After LeBron James bolted to the Los Angeles Lakers, many wondered which player will get the honor of getting his old locker spot in the Cleveland Cavaliers' locker room. As it turns out, no Cavs player will occupy that spot this season.
The Cavs have a new shiny locker room, and James' old locker is now a towel closet. Whether that's by design or a subtle shot at James is unknown.
LeBron led the Cavs to four-straight Finals appearances in his second stint with Cleveland. The Cavs won it all in 2016 over the Golden State Warriors, becoming the first team in NBA history to erase a 3-1 series deficit in the Finals. Assuming he doesn't play for the franchise again, James finishes his Cavs' career with averages of 27.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game. Sure enough, King James will have his No. 23 jersey retired and hung in the rafters at the Quicken Loans Arena one day.
By all accounts, the Cavs and James' divorce this time around was much smoother than it was back in 2010. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert didn't write a distasteful letter and, for the most part, fans in Cleveland understood why the four-time MVP took his talents to Los Angeles. Once James won that title in 2016, it was expected by many that he wouldn't stay in Cleveland long-term.


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Radicalisation Models and Mechanisms
Strategic objectives determined under this strategic document aims to address the push and pull factors that influence the radicalization of the population, with special emphasis on the youth.
Prevention of Radicalisation on Social Media and the Internet
This chapter focuses on the prevention of radicalization on social media and the internet in this digital age.
Religious Radicalisation and Violent Islamist Extremism in Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo
This article aims to present an analysis of internal and external factors that have contributed to the development of the phenomenon: the economic, social and ideological aspects, and the areas most affected by this issue.
The review concludes by considering the emergent literature on how violent extremism is being countered online, touching on both defensive and offensive measures.
A Genealogy of Radical Islam
A genealogy of the radical ideas that underline al-Qaeda's justification for violence shows that the development of jihadi thought over the past several decades is characterized by the erosion of critical constraints used to limit warfare and violence in classical Islam.
The EU and other Stakeholders' Prevention Strategies Towards VE in Albania
This policy paper focuses on the aptness of the EU and other stakeholders' prevention strategies towards violent extremism in Albania.
The Status of Violent Extremism in Albania
This study is prepared in the framework of the project "Countering violent extremism in Albania – Persisting violent extremist forms and threats and the way forward to reinforced PVE", supported financially by the Public Affairs Office of the US Embassy in Tirana.
Radicalisation in The Digital Era
This paper presents the results from exploratory primary research into the role of the internet in the radicalisation of 15 terrorists and extremists in the UK.
Countering Radicalisation in America
The challenges European authorities have had to face are similar to those their U.S. counterparts are expected to confront, and several lessons are at hand from the European experience.
The Problems of Radicalisation and Terrorist Recruitment in Prisons
The article examines the problem of radicalization among the incarcerated in places of confinement.
Belgian and Dutch Converts Joining the Islamic State
This Research Note sketched a more complex picture of converts joining IS than the one presented by the media.
Journey to Extremism in Africa
The Journey to Extremism in Africa report represents a major output of UNDP Africa's Preventing and Responding to Violent Extremism in Africa programme, which has set out since 2015 to provide leadership and support to national and regional partners in delivering development-focused and effective responses to the expanding crises associated with violent extremism across the continent.
Preventing Violent Extremism Through Promoting Inclusive Development, Tolerance and Respect for Diversity
This paper does not focus solely on religiously-inspired violent extremism. Many drivers apply to other forms of extreme behavior. Radical behavior in itself is not necessarily a problem. Non-violent radical behavior, especially if undertaken purposely in the political, economic or cultural sphere, can help to promote positive change. Violent extremism kicks in when radical behavior starts making use of indiscriminate violence as the means of expression.
Radicalization in Prisons? Field Research in 25 Spanish Prisons
This article has two principal objectives: (1) to study the behavioral dimensions of Muslim prisoners which predict their Islamist radicalism and (2) to study whether the behavior manifested by them is higher in prisons with a greater concentration of Muslims and a higher presence of prisoners convicted for Islamist terrorism than in prisons with fewer Muslims and no convicted Islamist terrorists.
Psychological Mechanisms Involved in Radicalisation and Extremism
A complete and clear conceptualization is crucial for developing prevention/intervention programs and good practices in dealing with this process which has been spreading in the past years. The final part deals with directions regarding prevention/intervention programs from a rational emotive and behavioral perspective, and also from the perspective of European policies.
Lone Actors in Digital Environments
his paper aims to provide an overview of digital environments and draw insights from qualitative research and monitoring of RWE online subcultures that reveals a shift towards a post-organisational reality, whereby online structures and subcultural milieus could be equally important for inspiring violence as connections to groups in the physical world.
Religion, Violence and Radical Environmentalism
Here, I scrutinize such charges by examining 18 years of radical environmentalism for evidence of violence and for indications of violent tendencies.
Community Perspectives on the Prevention of Violent Extremism in Macedonia
Using the data collected during the fieldwork exercise, the report aims to determine what makes each aforementioned municipality more or less affected by violent radicalisation.
Militant Extremist Mind-Set
In the present article, the authors report on the development of a scale for the measurement of the militant extremist mind-set.
Militant Extremist Mindset and the Assessment of Radicalization in the General Population
This paper presents new data and reviews the available evidence pointing to the existence of three main ingredients of militant extremist mindset.
"Electronic Jihad": The Internet as al-Qaeda's Catalyst for Global Terror
This study will examine the evolving doctrine of 'Electronic Jihad and its impact on the radicalization of Muslims in Western diaspora communities
Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons
This paper provides an overview of some of the most important research findings that have emerged on prison and violent extremism in recent years. Drawing on this research, the article synthesises and assesses the dominating themes and views in the literature. The paper also identifies a number of significant knowledge gaps that deserve further scholarly attention.
Radicalisation in the West: The Homegrown Threat
The aim of this report is to assist policymakers and law enforcement officials, both in Washington and throughout the country, by providing a thorough understanding of the kind of threat we face domestically. It also seeks to contribute to the debate among intelligence and law enforcement agencies on how best to counter this emerging threat by better understanding what constitutes the radicalization process.
Radicalisation, De-Radicalisation, Counter-Radicalisation: A Conceptual Discussion
Based on an in-depth literature review, this paper seeks to explore key terms and the discourses surrounding them in greater detail.
The Gamification of Violent Extremism & Lessons for P/CVE
After providing a brief introduction to gamification as such, this paper provides an overview of the use of gamification within extremist communities and the mechanisms by which it makes propaganda more attractive. Then, the potential for gamification in the P/CVE context is considered.
Extremists' Use of Gaming platforms
The first part of the paper discusses how traditional gaming (adjacent) platforms have contributed to extremist activities.
Radicalisation of Young Adults in the Balkan States:
The findings of this review suggest that approaches to deradicalisation should consider the importance of building communities through improved links between state-security, health, education and social care.
From Terrorism to 'Radicalisation' to 'Extremism
This article argues that the discourses of radicalization and, more lately, of extremism have served to confuse the remit of counterterrorism.
The Root Causes of Violent Extremism
This brief issue paper provides a summary of 'root causes' leading to violent extremism.
The role of sports and leisure activities in preventing and countering violent extremism
. Cooperating with youth professionals and applying pedagogical methods can create opportunities for youngsters to work on the attitudes and life skills that make them resilient to ideological exploitation and the lure of extremist violence.
Galvanising Youth in Combatting Online Disinformation
he following conclusion paper presents the outcomes of this meeting. The challenges and experiences of young people, as well as the young people's perspectives on opportunities and strategies to counter disinformation, can be found under 'Highlights of the discussion'. The second part of this paper offers actionable recommendations for practitioners who want to engage young people in strategies for combatting disinformation online
Understanding The Mental Health Disorders Pathway Leading to Violent Extremism
This paper identifies risk factors that make these people vulnerable to violent extremism, as well as ways that professionals can assess protective factors which may contribute to safeguarding them.
Delivering Counter and Alternative Narratives
The overall objectives of delivering CN or AN are likely to be uniform across actors: to deter individual(s) or group(s) from violent extremism through supporting alternatives or challenging narratives. More specific goals will vary according to different actors' positions in society.
Social Identity Theory for Investigating Islamic Extremism in the Diaspora
This paper attempts to contribute to the discussion on the role of identity in radicalization by using social identity theory. In doing so, the article explores the formation and transformation process of social identities, and argues that the nature of communitylevel groups and networks may contribute to identity 'readiness' for radicalization
R2PRIS: Methodological Framework
This report was developed by the partnership of R2PRIS Radicalisation Prevention in Prisons (2015-1-PT01-KA204-013062) project with the aim of presenting its first deliverable: the R2PRIS Methodological Framework.
Issues of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in Macedonia
The primary objective of this report is to examine the extent to which radicalisation and violent extremism is related to the practice of Islam. That said, the report does not qualify this type of extremism as the main security challenge in Macedonia due to the presence of other forms of extremism, such as nationalism. As the findings of the report will explain, religious extremism is often juxtaposed with nationalism.
Home Grown Terrorism and Islamist Radicalisation in Europe
An assessment of the factors influencing violent Islamist extremism and suggestions for counter radicalisation measures.
Radicalisation Research – Gap Analysis
This paper presents an overview of these research gaps as they have been outlined in the literature, in particular in the individual research papers on the RAN focus areas; as they have been voiced by practitioners and academics during the first RAN research seminar held between 12-13 April, 2016, in Vienna, Austria; and as communicated by WG leaders and the RAN Editorial Board in their feedback to this paper. It proceeds with describing research gaps that have been noted in all focus areas, followed by gaps which are specific to certain areas.
Violent Extremism in Kosova: What Community resilience Can Teach Us?
Challenges such as corruption, organized crime, poor education and health systems, lack of rule of law and poor governance have created an environment of hopelessness for better life in the country and have increased the level of the community's vulnerability to extremism and radicalism in the country.
Foreign Fighters and Kosovo's Diaspora: The case of Germany
This paper aims to provide some groundwork for research on the radicalisation of immigrants, by investigating why some Kosovar immigrants in Germany have joined violent extremism organisations like IS and Hayat Tahrir al Sham. In particular, the paper identifies some of the consequences of shifting social dynamics and identity formation as the ties between the diaspora community and the country of origin change over time.
Violent Extremism: Definition and Terminology
This guide is an effort by the Kosovo Center for Security Studies (KCSS) to address, in cooperation with Kosovo media, the absence of a compendium of the terminology and practices, in order to properly respond to the need for more accurate and substantive surveys and reporting on the phenomenon of violent extremism in Kosovo. This guide is a product of KCCS's research and of the longstanding experience of its researchers on recognizing and studying violent extremism and its origin in Kosovo, compiled with the support of the US Department of State and the US Embassy in Kosovo and through broad consultations with Kosovo media news desks, editors, journalists and local reporters from municipalities and the capital.
Countering the Cultivation of Extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This policy note explores a number of reasons why the BiH educational system is failing to proactively and preventively respond, and why this is a matter for concern.
Trends of Radicalisation Bosnia and Herzegovina
This report will examine the trends of radicalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina using two hotspots as that represent the manifestations of radicalization in currant Bosnia and Herzegovin
Stakeholders of (De)- Radicalisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This report examines the main radicalisation and de-radicalisation processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including main influences of certain individuals, institutions and groups who influencing these processes. It will also discuss types of radicalism that has been recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2001 and what are the main drivers of radicalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rethinking Radicalisation
This report explores how the unsubstantiated "religious conveyor belt" theory has influenced our response to radicalization among American Muslims and the consequences that have ensued. Since much of the government's response to radicalization is driven by perceptions of the risk of homegrown terrorist attacks, the report begins by demonstrating the differences of opinion between the Intelligence Community and law enforcement agencies regarding this threat.
Drivers of Youth Radicalisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The findings suggest that a range of factors including demographic characteristics, location, employment status, income, practicing of religion, and civic and political activism are associated with a degree of sympathy for violent extremism among youth in B.i.H.
Insights from Neurobiology on Influence and Extremism
These reports will provide the operational and policy communities with a deeper understanding of the unique behavioral and neurobiological factors that underlie political extremism, specifically in the cyber realm.
The Moral Questions on the Religious Basis for Terrorism
Having gone this far, we can conclude by saying that every claim for a religious sanctioned terrorism is a faulty one. This is as a result of our understanding of what many mainstream religions preach. Many Islamic, Christian, Hindus etc scholars have so far presented us with the image of religion that preaches peace, justice, etc.
An Internet-Mediated Pathway for Online Radicalisation
This chapter proposes an Internet-mediated radicalisation model, RECRO.
Countering Violent Extremism: Literature Review
This report consists of a literature review and analysis of the existing research concerning 'countering violent extremism'. This multifaceted report demonstrates the complexity of understanding Violent Extremism and best strategies to Countering Violent Extremism. This has been undertaken with the broader analysis of radicalisation and social cohesion theories, models and government policies and how they may impact on or contribute to best practice and policy in countering violent extremism.

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Dinner: The Playbook is a Bestseller!
I should probably say that I am "deeply humbled" to announce this — but it's more like I am freaking PSYCHED beyond beyond: Dinner: The Playbook comes in at #17 on next week's New York Times Bestseller List. Big props to the whole village that made it possible: Jennie Tung, Sharon Propson, Gina Centrello, Elyse Cheney, Maggie Oberrender, Kristina DiMatteo, Carole Lowenstein, Evan Camfield, Richard Callison, Mark McGuire, Andy, Phoebe, Abby, Iris, Mom, Dad, Emily, Steve, and every single DALS reader who has ever cooked one of my recipes, shared one of my posts with a friend, tagged me on one of your ever expanding social media platforms, blogged about DALS, bought one of my books, commented on a post, sent me a personal note telling me exactly how you feel — you can't imagine the gratitude. I could not have done it without you guys — thank you so much. Now get back to cooking.
Congrats! I can't wait to get your book. I also love that you said you're psyched over "deeply humbled"–I just listened to a podcast called A Way with Words where they discussed how saying you are humbled while accepting recognition for something rubs some people the wrong way. I don't mind, but I'm glad you're truly psyched!
Congrats!! If this doesn't reaffirm that people are genuinely interested in family dinner (yay!), then I don't know what does.
Congrats!!! I'm planning on getting my copy soon. With two little kids in our house, it's a must (and I have/love your first book too!).
Congratulations! Very well deserved! I read the whole thing from cover to cover the day it arrived – it is a great complement to the DALS cookbook and I am excited to use it.
Wait, why aren't you #1? Confused.
Congratulations, Jenny! So well-deserved. I am a full-time physician and have two young kids (ages 6 and 3). Since having kids, dinner planning, which used to be the highlight of my day, has become the bane of my existence. Thus, I was thrilled to get your first book and can honestly say that I'm even more excited about your second. It's truly a gem – to look at, to read, and, most importantly, to cook from. It has a sensible layout and an idiot-proof approach while producing palate-pleasing results. The quality of your work speaks for itself, and I, for one, am extremely grateful.
I bought this book last week, laughed my way through the introduction and have already made a couple of recipes. We absolutely loved the Grilled Chicken with Peanut Curry sauce with a side of Dilly Cucumber salad (added a teaspoon sugar to that recipe btw) but is was seriously SO good.
I was in such a dinner rut and this was exactly what I need – simple but good food.
Amazing!! I read your every blog entry, but have never left a note. This news deserves congratulations so here I am to say CONGRATS!!
I've been reading it on my commute this past week and am pumped to go grocery shopping this weekend! Congrats!
Prep it yesterday, made it to tonight. It's fantastic and easy. I can't believe this is the first time I've used a rub on meat. Boo Hoo, no leftovers.
You are so deserving of this! I have followed your blog for years. We just got the playbook last week after I have been frustrated with dinnertime for years. This book has changed everything for me. Not only do I finally have a comprehensive plan of how to research and test meals, but we are having huge success. My 4 year old and 6 year old have eaten your playbook recipes 5 nights in a row. I am taking back dinner time and we are all eating real food again. I am so grateful.
Made the Maple Candy pork chops tonight with mashed potatoes (inspired by a post earlier this week? last week?) and green beans. Even better…had the potatoes and pork chops prepped before leaving for school/work, and hubby got it all started in oven and on stovetop before I got home–a first! Playbook has been a great kick-start inspiration. Thank YOU for sharing it with us.
What an accomplishment!! Can't tell you how excited I was to see your essay in the latest Real Simple magazine. Especially after having a rough time trying to console my 12 year old about the hard realities of junior high! Everything you write is amazing and can't wait to treat myself to your new book!
Holy wow that's awesome! Congratulations on #17! Hope to see an update where it cracks the top ten.
Congratulations! I know this is a dream for many, many writers. Well done. And keep up the good work!
Congratulations!! It's totally okay to do a happy dance and celebrate!
Congrats! I am a bookseller and DALS is one of my best "hand-sell"s.
I've been checking out the playbook and have one big question: WHERE ARE THE COCKTAILS?!
I just got the book – and I have dreamed of having a book like this. I made an additional chart for the weekly shopping list, and a chart that shows the week and if something needs to be done in the morning or on the weekend. So excited. THANK YOU!!!!
Yay! Congrats!!! You SO deserve it!!
Where's the "like" button? CONGRATULATIONS!
Do you have shopping lists already prepared for the 10 meal plans you recommend in your book?


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John Rowan (July 12, 1773July 13, 1843) was a 19th-century politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Rowan's family moved from Pennsylvania to the Kentucky frontier when he was young. From there, they moved to Bardstown, Kentucky, where Rowan studied law with former Kentucky Attorney General George Nicholas. He was a representative to the state constitutional convention of 1799, but his promising political career was almost derailed when he killed a man in a duel stemming from a drunken dispute during a game of cards. Although public sentiment was against him, a judge found insufficient evidence against him to convict him of murder. In 1804, Governor Christopher Greenup appointed Rowan Secretary of State, and he went on to serve in the Kentucky House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1819, Rowan was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, serving until his resignation 1821. He was again elected to the state legislature in 1823. With the state reeling from the Panic of 1819, Rowan became the leader of a group of legislators dedicated to enacting laws favorable to the state's large debtor class. He believed the will of the people was sovereign and roundly denounced the Court of Appeals for striking down debt relief legislation as unconstitutional. He led the effort to impeach the offending justices, and when that effort failed, spearheaded a movement to abolish the court entirely and replace it with a new one, touching off the Old Court – New Court controversy. New Court partisans in the legislature elected Rowan to the U.S. Senate in 1824. During his term, the nascent Whig Party ascended to power in the state legislature, and at the expiration of his term in 1831, the Whigs replaced him with party founder Henry Clay.

After his term in the Senate, Rowan returned to Kentucky, where he served as the first president of the Louisville Medical Institute and the Kentucky Historical Society. In 1840, he was appointed to a commission to prosecute land claims of U.S. citizens against the Republic of Mexico, but resigned his commission in 1842 because of failing health. He died July 13, 1843 and was buried on the grounds of Federal Hill, his estate in Bardstown. According to tradition, Stephen Collins Foster, a distant relative of Rowan's, was inspired to write the ballad My Old Kentucky Home after a visit to Federal Hill in 1852, but later historians have been unable to conclude whether or not Foster ever visited the mansion at all. The mansion is now owned by the state of Kentucky and forms the centerpiece of My Old Kentucky Home State Park.

Early life and family
John Rowan was born July 12, 1773, near York in the Province of Pennsylvania. He was third of five children born to Captain William and Sarah Elizabeth "Eliza" (Cooper) Rowan. His siblings included two older brothers – Andrew and Stephen – and two younger sisters – Elizabeth and Alice. Captain Rowan served in the 4th York Battery during the Revolutionary War, and after the war, he was elected to three consecutive terms as sheriff of York County.

Having exhausted most of his resources in Pennsylvania helping establish the new United States government, Captain Rowan decided to move the family to the western frontier, where he hoped to start fresh and rebuild his fortune. On October 10, 1783, the Rowans and five other families embarked on a flat bottomed boat near Redstone Creek and began their journey down the Monongahela River toward the Falls of the Ohio. The travelers expected the journey to last a few days at most, but ice along the river slowed the journey, and a lack of provisions exacerbated the delays. Three of the families disembarked near what is now Maysville, Kentucky; the Rowans would later learn that most of these settlers were killed by Indians. The remaining settlers continued downriver, reaching Louisville, Kentucky on March 10, 1783.

In April 1784, the Rowans and five other families set out for a tract of land on the Long Falls of the Green River that Rowan had purchased before leaving Pennsylvania. The party arrived on May 11, 1784, and constructed a fort which they dubbed Fort Vienna. The fort, then located approximately 100 miles from the nearest white settlement, is the present-day town of Calhoun. The settlers at Fort Vienna frequently clashed with the Shawnee who used the area as a hunting ground. The Rowans would remain at Fort Vienna for six years.

Concerned for the education of his children, Captain Rowan moved the family to Bardstown, Kentucky in 1790. There, John Rowan began his education under Dr. James Priestly at Salem Academy. Salem Academy was, at the time, considered one of the best educational institutions in the west. Among Rowan's classmates at the Academy were future U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy, future U.S. Senator John Pope, future U.S. District Attorney Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, and future Kentucky state senator John Allen. Rowan and Grundy were members of a debating society called the Bardstown Pleiades which may have been an outgrowth of Salem Academy. Other notable members of the society included future Florida Governor William Pope Duval, future U.S. Postmaster General and Kentucky Governor Charles A. Wickliffe, and future Kentucky Senator Benjamin Hardin.

Completing his studies in 1793, Rowan moved to Lexington, Kentucky and read law under former Kentucky Attorney General George Nicholas. He was admitted to the bar in May 1795 and commenced practice in Louisville. Rowan struggled financially during his early years as a lawyer. Nelson County judge Atkinson Hill took an interest in Rowan, furnishing him with money to expand his law library and taking him as a business partner. In order to earn some money, Rowan accepted an appointment as a public prosecutor, but after securing a felony conviction against a young man in his first case, he was so troubled that he resigned the office and resolved never again to play the role of prosecutor. For the remainder of his career, he always represented defendants. An advocate of education, Rowan allowed several prominent young law students to study in his office, including future U.S. Treasury Secretary James Guthrie, future Supreme Court Justice John McKinley, and future Kentucky Governor Lazarus W. Powell.

Rowan married Anne Lytle on October 29, 1794. She was the daughter of Captain William Lytle, one of the early settlers of Cincinnati, Ohio, and by this marriage Rowan became the uncle of Ohio congressman Robert Todd Lytle. Rowan and his wife – who he affectionately nicknamed "Nancy" – had nine children: Eliza Cooper (Rowan) Harney, Mary Jane (Rowan) Steele, William Lytle Rowan, Atkinson Hill Rowan, John Rowan, Jr., Josephine Daviess (Rowan) Clark, Ann (Rowan) Buchanan, Alice Douglass (Rowan) Shaw Wakefield, and Elizabeth (Rowan) Hughes. Atkinson Hill Rowan served as an emissary to Spain for President Andrew Jackson. John Rowan, Jr. was appointed U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Naples by President James K. Polk, serving from 1848 to 1849. Ann Rowan married Joseph Rodes Buchanan, a noted physician of Covington, Kentucky.

In 1795, Rowan began construction of Federal Hill, his family estate, on land that his father-in-law gave him as a wedding present. Due to limited financial resources, the time required to import building materials from the east, and the craftsmanship required to construct the large home, the mansion was not completed until 1818. After a fire destroyed the log cabin in which the Rowans lived in 1812, they moved into the part of the mansion that was completed, and continued to live there while construction on the rest of the house was finished. Federal Hill was once believed to be the first brick house constructed in the state of Kentucky, but more modern sources give the designation to the William Whitley House, also known as Sportsman's Hill, which was completed in 1794 near Crab Orchard, Kentucky.

Rowan owned slaves. He identified with the Democratic-Republican Party and espoused the Jeffersonian principles of limited government and individual liberty. He was chosen to represent Nelson County at the constitutional convention held at Frankfort, Kentucky in 1799 to draft the second Kentucky Constitution. As a delegate, he advocated the supremacy of the legislative branch over the executive and judicial branches, which he believed provided ordinary citizens a greater role in state government. The constitution adopted by the convention abolished the use of electors to choose the governor and state senators, providing for the direct election of these officers instead.

Duel with Dr. James Chambers
Rowan was known throughout his life as an avid gamester. On January 29, 1801, Rowan joined Dr. James Chambers and three other men for a game of cards at Duncan McLean's Tavern in Bardstown. After several beers and games of whist, Chambers suggested playing Vingt-et-un for money instead. Rowan had determined not to gamble during this session of gaming, but impaired by the alcohol, he agreed. After a few hands, an argument broke out between Chambers and Rowan. The exact nature of the argument is not known. Some accounts claim it was over who was better able to speak Latin and Greek; others suggest that general insults were exchanged between the two men. A brief scuffle followed the disagreement.

How the matter escalated to a duel is also the subject of some uncertainty. In his biography of Benjamin Hardin, Lucious P. Little recounts that Chambers immediately challenged Rowan to a duel. According to Little, Rowan, embarrassed at his behavior, refused the challenge and repeatedly apologized for his actions, but Chambers was insistent on the duel and continued hurling insults of growing severity at Rowan until Rowan accepted the challenge. A letter from George M. Bibb, published a year after the event and reprinted in 1912 in the Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, claims that Chambers' challenge was issued through a letter delivered to Rowan by Chambers' friend, Major John Bullock, on January 31, 1801. Bibb claims that he and Rowan had, after the night of the incident, gone to nearby Bullitt County on business, that Rowan had returned first, and that Rowan showed Bibb the letter upon his return on February 1.

Bullock served as Chambers' second for the duel; Bibb acted as second for Rowan. According to Bibb, he and Bullock met on February 1 to discuss the parameters for the duel. Bullock proposed that the matter be dropped, but Bibb insisted that Chambers would have to retract his challenge, to which Bullock would not consent. The duel was held February 3, 1801, near Bardstown. Both combatants missed with their first shots. Both men fired again, and Rowan's second shot struck Chambers, wounding him severely. (Bibb's account says that Chambers was struck in the left side; other accounts state that the shot hit Chambers in the chest.) Rowan then offered his carriage to take Chambers to town for medical attention, and Chambers asked that Rowan not be prosecuted. Despite medical aid, Chambers died the following day.

Public sentiment was against Rowan in the matter of his duel with Chambers. Soon after the duel, friends of Chambers formed a posse and rode toward Rowan's house. Rowan concocted a ruse whereby he dressed a family slave in his coat and hat and sent him riding from the house on horseback. The posse was fooled into thinking the slave was Rowan and gave chase, but the slave escaped and Rowan's life was spared as well. Days later, the owner of the land where the duel had taken place swore out a warrant for Rowan's arrest for murder. Some accounts hold that, as Commonwealth's Attorney, Rowan's friend Felix Grundy would have been responsible for prosecuting the case against Rowan and that Grundy resigned the position to avoid prosecuting his friend. Grundy's biographer, John Roderick Heller, admits that this was possible, although no evidence exists to confirm it. Heller also points out that Grundy was Commonwealth's Attorney not in Nelson County (the location of Bardstown), but in neighboring Washington County at the time. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss and Colonel William Allen served as counsel for Rowan. The judge opined that there was insufficient evidence to send the case to a grand jury, and Rowan was released.

Secretary of State and early legislative career
Shortly after his duel with Chambers, Rowan moved to Frankfort, Kentucky, the state capital. In 1802, he was one of 32 men who signed a pledge to bring James Madison to Transylvania University as superintendent. This action began a long relationship between Rowan and Transylvania, and the university presented him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1823. Governor Christopher Greenup appointed Rowan Secretary of State in 1804. He served until 1806, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented Kentucky's Third District (which included Bardstown) during the Tenth Congress from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809, even though he did not reside in that district at the time.

The first major congressional debate in which Rowan participated was over the election of William McCreery as representative from Baltimore, Maryland. Joshua Barney, McCreery's opponent in the election, claimed that McCreery did not meet a requirement in the Maryland Constitution that a representative live in the district from which he was elected for twelve months prior to the election. McCreery admitted that he had moved from Baltimore to the country prior to the election but claimed that he still owned his home in Baltimore and lived there during the winter months. A resolution was introduced to declare McCreery the duly elected representative from Baltimore, and an amendment was added to clarify that the grounds upon which the resolution was based were that McCreery had not abandoned his Baltimore home. Despite his support for states' rights, Rowan opposed the amendment because he felt that state sovereignty was only made possible by national sovereignty and that the national legislature had the right to declare a state law unconstitutional. By giving another reason for declaring McCreery duly elected, Rowan felt this issue would be obscured. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 92–8, and the resolution to declare McCreery duly elected passed 89–18.

Also during the first session of the Tenth Congress, Rowan proposed that a congressional committee be formed to investigate accusations against General James Wilkinson that, in 1788, he took money from the government of Spain in exchange for efforts to separate Kentucky from Virginia and unite it with Spain rather than the United States. Aaron Burr had been accused of working with Wilkinson in the so-called Spanish Conspiracy, and when Burr had approached Rowan in 1806 to solicit his services in defending Burr against the charges, Rowan had declined because he believed Burr to be guilty. Rowan's proposal to form an investigative committee against Wilkinson failed, but he succeeded in gaining approval for a committee to investigate federal judge Harry Innes' purported role in the Conspiracy. Rowan was appointed to the committee and delivered its report April 19, 1808; the report stated that the committee could find no evidence of wrongdoing by Innes.

Rowan was not as active during the second session of the Tenth Congress, introducing no legislation and making no major speeches. Newly elected Kentucky Senator John Pope observed in a letter to a friend that the Democratic-Republicans in Congress disliked Rowan and were disappointed in his speaking and debating ability. He opined that Rowan's attempt to investigate Wilkinson had been a slap at party founder Thomas Jefferson (then in his second term as President), under whom Wilkinson was serving as Commanding General of the United States Army. Pope went on to write that, although Rowan personally cited no party affiliation, he was claimed by the Federalist caucus in the House. In studying Rowan's short tenure in the House, historian Stephen Fackler observed that "Rowan adhered more rigidly to the precepts of Jeffersonian republicanism than Jefferson himself, for the president compromised his principles in the national interest." Fackler observed that Rowan often disagreed with Jefferson as president, and that as a result, some historians labeled him a Federalist, a designation Fackler felt was in error.

After his tenure in Congress, Rowan was elected to represent Nelson County in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817. In 1817, the House debated a resolution instructing Governor Gabriel Slaughter to negotiate with the governors of Indiana and Ohio to secure passage of legislation requiring citizens of those states to return fugitive slaves. Representative James G. Birney vigorously opposed the resolution, and it was defeated. The pro-slavery members of the House then rallied behind Rowan's leadership to pass a substitute resolution which softened the most objectionable language but retained the call for fugitive slave legislation in Indiana and Ohio.

Legislative interim and service on the Court of Appeals

Rowan often found himself in demand as an orator and host. In February 1818, he was chosen to eulogize his close friend, George Rogers Clark. In June 1819, the citizens of Louisville chose him as their official host for a visiting party that included James Monroe and Andrew Jackson. In May 1825, he was one of thirteen men chosen by the citizens of Louisville to organize a reception for a visit by the Marquis de Lafayette.

Rowan was appointed as a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1819. During his time as a justice, he delivered a notable opinion opposing the constitutionality of chartering of the Second Bank of the United States. He also opined that the General Assembly was within its rightful powers to enact a tax on the Bank. In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a contradictory opinion. Dissatisfied with the confinement of service on the bench, Rowan resigned from the court in 1821. Though his service was brief, he was referred to as "Judge Rowan" for the rest of his life.

While Rowan was still a justice of the Court of Appeals, the General Assembly chose him and John J. Crittenden as commissioners to resolve a border dispute with Tennessee. The dispute had arisen from an erroneous survey of the border line conducted by Dr. Thomas Walker years earlier. Walker's line deviated northward from the intended line (36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude) by some twelve miles by the time it reached the Tennessee River. The Tennessee commissioners, Felix Grundy and William L. Brown, proposed that, because it had been accepted for so long, the Walker line be observed as far west as the Tennessee River, with Kentucky being compensated with a more southerly line between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. Crittenden was inclined to accept this proposal with some minor adjustments, but Rowan insisted that Tennessee honor the statutory border of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north. The Tennessee commissioners refused to submit to arbitration in the matter, and Rowan and Crittenden delivered separate reports to the Kentucky legislature. The legislature adopted Crittenden's report; Rowan then resigned as commissioner and was replaced by Robert Trimble. Thereafter, the commissioners quickly agreed to a slightly modified version of the Tennessee proposal.

In 1823, the state legislature chose Rowan and Henry Clay to represent the defendant in a second rehearing of Green v. Biddle before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, which involved the constitutionality of laws passed by the General Assembly relating to land titles granted in Kentucky when the state was still a part of Virginia, was of interest to the legislature. The Supreme Court, however, refused the second rehearing, letting stand their previous opinion that Kentucky's laws were in violation of the compact of separation from Virginia.

Old Court – New Court controversy

Due to the Panic of 1819, many citizens in Kentucky fell deep into debt and began petitioning the legislature for help. The state's politicians split into two factions. Those who advocated for measures that were more favorable to debtors were dubbed the Relief faction while those who insisted on sound money principles and the strict adherence to the obligation of contracts were called the Anti-Relief faction. In 1820, a pro-relief measure passed the General Assembly providing debtors a one-year stay on the collection of their debts if the creditor would accept payment in devalued notes issued by the Bank of the Commonwealth or a two-year stay if the creditor demanded payment in sound money. Two separate circuit courts found the law unconstitutional in the cases of Williams v. Blair and Lapsley v. Brashear.

Meanwhile, Rowan, who espoused the Relief position, was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1822 representing Jefferson and Oldham counties. He immediately became the leader of the Relief faction in the House. When Relief partisans decided to appeal Williams and Lapsley to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, which was at the time the court of last resort in the state, Rowan was chosen to argue the appeal before the court alongside George M. Bibb and Lieutenant Governor William T. Barry. Their efforts failed, however, as the Court found the measure unconstitutional, upholding the decisions of the lower courts.

On December 10, 1823, Rowan presented resolutions condemning the Court's decision to the legislature. The twenty-six page preamble to the resolutions laid out the Relief faction's reasoning upon the subject of debt relief and legislative supremacy. The preamble and resolutions were adopted in the House by a vote of 56–40. The offending judges – two of whom had been Rowan's colleagues during his service on the Court – were summoned before the legislature to defend their decisions later in December. Following their appearance, Rowan introduced a measure to remove them from office; the vote in the House was 56–40 in favor of the measure, but this fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to remove the judges. The Relief faction then introduced legislation to repeal the law that originally created the Court of Appeals, then replace the abolished court with a new court. Anti-Relief partisans decried the measure as blatantly unconstitutional. Rowan was the chief defender of the measure, and after his impassioned speech on the night of December 24, 1824, it passed by simple majority. In November 1824, Rowan heavily revised the preamble and resolutions he presented in the previous legislative session. These revised documents effectively formed the faction's platform for the upcoming elections.

Rowan's role in the Old Court – New Court controversy strained his relationship with his former friend, Benjamin Hardin. Hardin and Rowan had once been so close that Hardin named one of his sons "Rowan" in his colleague's honor. After the controversy, Hardin insisted that friends and family refer to Rowan Hardin as "Ben", but few people other than Hardin himself adopted the new name.

Service in the U.S. Senate
As a result of the 1824 elections, the Relief faction gained a 22–16 majority in the state Senate and a 61–39 majority in the House. The pro-Relief majority in the state Senate subsequently elected Rowan to the U.S. Senate, which had the inadvertent effect of weakening the faction's cause in the House by removing its leader there. Rowan served in the Senate from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1831. During the Twenty-first Congress, he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

On April 10, 1826, Rowan sponsored an amendment to legislation to reorganize the federal judiciary that would have required seven justices to concur with a decision in order to strike down a law as unconstitutional. The amendment, which ultimately failed, was offered in the aftermath of a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States declaring an occupying claimant law to be unconstitutional; Rowan personally disagreed with the Court's decision. Rowan offered another amendment providing that ministers of the federal courts would be subject to state laws when carrying out the decisions of the federal courts. After a month of debate, the entire bill was tabled.

An ally of Senator Richard Mentor Johnson, who was a primary voice against the practice of debt imprisonment, Rowan made a notable speech denouncing the practice on the Senate floor in 1828. A consistent opponent of internal improvements and tariffs, even those that would benefit his own constituents, he voted against a measure allocating federal funds for the construction of a road connecting the cities of Lexington and Maysville. The vote was ill-received by the people of the state, and Rowan's popularity took a significant hit. When the bill was re-introduced in the next congressional session, Rowan voted for it only after receiving significant pressure from the state legislature to do so. The bill passed in this session, but newly elected president Andrew Jackson vetoed it.

In the state legislative elections of 1830, the ascendent Whig Party gained control of both houses of the General Assembly. Rowan's strict adherence to Jeffersonian democracy and leadership of the New Court faction during the court controversy of the 1820s had put him at odds with Whig founder Henry Clay. By this time, however, not even Rowan's fellow Democrats endorsed his re-election. Henry Clay was elected instead.

Later life and legacy

After his service in the Senate, Rowan returned to Kentucky, dividing his time between Louisville and Bardstown. During an epidemic of cholera that spread through Bardstown in 1833, three of Rowan's children (William, Atkinson, and Mary Jane) died. The spouses of William and Mary Jane also died of cholera, as did Mary Jane's daughter, and Rowan's sister Elizabeth and her husband. Aid from Bishop Joseph Flaget and a group of nuns who traveled to Federal Hill during the epidemic probably spared the life of Rowan's orphaned granddaughter, Eliza Rowan Harney.

In 1836, Rowan and two other men founded the Louisville Medical Institute, the forerunner of the University of Louisville medical school. The next year, Rowan was chosen as the school's first president, serving in that capacity until 1842. He also served as the first president of the Kentucky Historical Society from 1838 until his death.

In his last act of public service, in 1839 Rowan was appointed as a commissioner to adjust land claims of U.S. citizens against the Republic of Mexico. During an adjournment of the commission in 1842, Rowan returned to Kentucky to visit relatives. While there, he fell ill and was unable to return to Washington, D.C.; consequently, he resigned his commission. Rowan died July 13, 1843. He was interred in the family burial ground at Federal Hill. In his will, Rowan specified that no marker should be placed over his grave, noting that his parents' graves had no markers, and he did not want to be honored above his parents. Several years later, members of his family placed a marker over his grave, despite his wishes. According to legend, the marker frequently tumbles from its base, purportedly a manifestation of Rowan haunting his grave.

Cousin of the Rowan family, Stephen Collins Foster, was inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin to write his ballad My Old Kentucky Home. The song was not associated with Federal Hill until after the Civil War, and Stephen likely never visited the site, as attested by his biographers such as John Tasker Howard, William Austin, Ken Emerson, and JoAnne O'Connell. The mansion remained in the possession of Judge Rowan's family until 1922, when his granddaughter, Madge (Rowan) Frost, sold it to the state of Kentucky to be preserved as a state shrine. Today, it is a part of My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown. In 1856, the Kentucky General Assembly created a new county from parts of Fleming and Morgan counties and named it Rowan County in Rowan's honor.

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Hong Kong is considered to have one of the most exceptional skylines and urban schemes in the world: contemporary skyscrapers stand amidst the mountains and harbour, ancient houses nestled between futuristic structures, neon lights, landscapes... But among Hong Kong's numerous remarkable architectures, its spatial typology of death is like no other.
Over the course of five years, RIBA-nominated architectural photographer Finbarr Fallon captured the hyper-dense graveyards of Hong Kong, showcasing the sublime geometry of its mountainside burials in a series titled "Dead Space".
The graveyards occupy the area's mountainsides as a response to its extreme urban density, as well as Chinese Feng Shui traditions. As congested as these tiered terraces may seem, but the graveyards are in fact extremely over-priced, making them unattainable to many. In addition to the expenses, there is also the obstacle of space constraints, which is why the Hong Kong government is now encouraging cremation instead of burials. Today, these graveyards represent an abstract intersection between tradition, eternal life, and modern-day demands.
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This week has witnessed many political events. Internally, the country has witnessed large demonstrations in Cairo and several provinces,under the banner of 'Revolution first', and this was followed by asit-in in Tahrir Square, Alexandria and Suez. There has also been adebate revolving around the authority of the State in controlling foreign funding particularly that extended to NGOs.
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On the regional and international levels, the independence of the'State of South Sudan was announced, Israel announced the adoption of new policies threatening regional stability, and there was also the controversy about the fate of the Arab revolutions being debated by Western scholars and political circles.
The Muslim Brotherhood explains its position on these events as follows:
First, internal affairs:
- There have been massive demonstrations breaking out all around the country. The protests are against the very slow pace of the government in achieving the demands of the revolution, led by the demand of cleansing state institutions from the followers of the toppled regime,which should include many sectors such as the police, governors,public information and media, universities, and even the Cabinet ofDr. Essam Sharaf itself. The protests also demanded expediting the trials of murderers and corrupt individuals, holding serious investigations into the killing of demonstrators to achieve retaliation and ensure just administration of justice among all people, and the demand to preserve the rights of the families of the martyrs. State negligence and bureaucracy has been an obstacle against fulfilling this much-needed demand. There have also been strong calls to stop the unjust pressure exercised by senior police officers to protect the killers of the victims and pressure the victims' families to get them to change their statements in the investigation or to waive their claims in order to get the officers to escape the due sanctions.
These demonstrations have paid off and have yielded a lot of fruit; the prime minister came out twice to speak to the people and made two statements that contained a positive response for many of these demands, but these statements did not tackle the due purge in universities, dissolving the existing old regime's labor union,preventing the trial of civilians before military courts, or transferring the former president from the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh to the prison hospital in Tora. The prime minister failed to address these elementary issues, while these are the things that would alleviate much of the legitimate popular resentment, in addition to the need to see the promises made by the government becoming a realityon the ground.
We wish that the Cabinet of Ministers had not been so late and slow acting regarding meeting these demands, so the people would not have been forced - and we are part of them - to go out in new demonstrations against the government. We hoped that the Cabinet would not wait and delay its response till it had to react and respond to the demands under the pressure of the demonstrations.
Some groups and political forces have decided to protest in Tahrir Square, Alexandria and Suez until their demands have been implemented. It is possible to understand their enthusiasm despite the fact that some of the protestors have disrupted the traffic, which has led to the entire traffic system in Cairo being paralyzed, in addition to the negative impact of the sit-on on people's work and rate of production.The most dangerous and the worst of all, was the action taken by some of the demonstrators sitting-in in Tahrir Square as they raided the Tahrir complex building and forced the staff out of their offices.This has prevented hundreds of thousands of stakeholders from finishing their paper work and has disturbed the work in the complex as a whole. In addition, some of the protesters have tried to stop the operations in the Suez Canal. These are all very grave actions becausethey push the country into chaos.
Therefore, the Muslim Brotherhood, after expressing its refusal to participate in the sit-ins, is also stating that it has always refused chaos and any action that leads to it. The Brotherhood calls upon the honorable and wise people among therebels - and all of them are wiseand honest - to refrain from anything that harms the supreme interests of the nation and anything that may affect Egyptian national security.
These events have prompted the Council of the Armed Forces to go out to the people and it made a statement on Tuesday, July 12, in the tone of threats and intimidation. We wish that the tone used would have been quieter and gentler, but still, we believe that this statement was balanced and positive in substance, and wise - in general - for it confirmed the army's commitment to ensure freedom of opinion, continuing dialogue with all groups and an emphasis on the obligation to hand over power to civilians in accordance with the timetable set forth in the Constitutional Declaration as well as continuing to
support the prime minister.
Yet, there is an important point that was raised regarding the intention of the military junta to set some governing rules and regulations for the selection of a constituent body which will draft the Constitution, and issuing these rules and guidelines in a special constitutional declaration, after having these rules approved by the national forces.
We believe that this would restrict the freedom of the members of parliament when making the election of the members of the constituent body that have already been approved to be formed through the referendum last March. In addition, it is obvious that the phrase "the national forces" is a very vague and loosely defined. Therefore, the Muslim Brotherhood believes that the existing Constitutional Declaration is sufficient, and it points that there is no justification whatsoever for having another constitutional declaration. We have to leave this to the elected members of parliament and the political parties themselves to fulfill the task of identifying these controls and exercising their full freedom in selecting this constituent body for drafting the constitution.
For a long time, foreign funding has been a challenge to the authority of the state, especially since the beginning of the implementation of privatization programs in the early 1990s; where donor countries have been providing financial assistance to some institutions away from the formal methods, and without coordination with the competent authorities. This has caused a breach of state sovereignty, and has undermined the ability of the state to track the path and impact of the movement of funds of all kinds. Therefore, the Muslim Brotherhood believes in the importance of respecting the laws governing the entry and exit of capital and foreign aid, as well as abiding by the set rules and regulations in this respect, pursuant to ensure the principle of transparency and the provision of solid accounting standards.
Second, Regional and International Affairs:
- During this week, the independence of the State of South Sudan has been officially announced, and Egypt and many other countries rushed to recognize the new state. This came after a long civil war that was ignited by many colonial countries. Israel has played a major role in this conflict in Sudan in order to break up the integrity of this country. There are a lot of issues that are still pending between the two states of north and south of Sudan, and we hope that these problems are resolved within the framework of a peaceful mechanism to avoid the interference of external forces.
The Muslim Brotherhood hopes that the new situation brings an appropriate framework for cooperation and integration at the regional level, while working to find a formula to solve existing problems independently and find possible ways for the consolidation of common interests. The Brotherhood hopes that Egypt maintains its share of Nile water and works for the development of the water resources in cooperation with the new State in the South.
- The government of Israel began to adopt policies that threaten regional stability. On one hand, it is active in developing settlement policies in the West Bank and Jerusalem, through the confiscation of Palestinian-owned land. This policy comes in the light of the Quartet Committee actions made to ensure the prevention of presenting the issue of the Palestinian State in the United Nations. On the other hand, it was very clear that Israel has violated the maritime rights of the State of Lebanon, where Israel made a decision to expand the use of territorial waters, whether for the exploration for gas or for other purposes. It is likely that this policy will give rise to legal disputes and political conflict, and this will restore the atmosphere of regional war. Other than this, Zionist pressures have led to the prevention of the flotilla (2) ships from sailing from the ports of Greece.
- Since the outbreak of the Arab revolutions, a major political controversy has erupted in the West about the fate of the political transformations in Middle Eastern countries. While some parties have expressed their concern that a genuine democratic transition could threaten the interests of Western countries, especially with Islamic movements assuming power, there was another group that believes that the Arab revolutions would not constitute a threat to Western interests, especially with the elimination of corruption and the establishment of a new system based on democracy and free elections. In this context, the Muslim Brotherhood asserts the primacy of democratic transitions, the peaceful rotation of power and the establishment of relations between all countries on the basis of cooperation and integration, taking into account that the system that is based on having power and authority in the hands of the people through democratic means is the one that would enhance the chances of political stability and prevent hatred.
- Many countries are now witnessing economic and financial crises, whether in America or Europe. This situation confirms the gravity and serious impact of the current economic situation and the global fiscal policies being applied, which threaten global economic stability, and even signal potential and serious economic collapses. This situation should be prompting non-western countries to identify the need to get rid of their economic dependency on the capitalist system, as well as the importance of reviewing the agreements of the Bretton Woods System that dominated the financial and economic policies in the wake of World War II.
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Having a new flooring or carpet installation can dramatically alter the aesthetic of a room. From upgrading to more durable flooring options in the kitchen or bathroom to opting for something plush and luxurious in the lounge, different types of flooring offer various benefits.
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La saison 2018 des Blue Jays de Toronto est la  en Ligue majeure de baseball pour cette franchise.

Contexte

Saison régulière
La saison régulière de 162 matchs des Blue Jays débute le  par une visite à Toronto des Yankees de New York et se termine le  suivant.

Classement

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Affiliations en ligues mineures

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Site officiel des Blue Jays de Toronto

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Q: Passing URL query string to Javascript function I'm trying to pass a query string from the URL to a Javascript function, but it nothing I do seems to work.  I am using PHP to generate the Javascript code.
If I have the following URL:

www.testing.com/?test=5

I want the function to output the following code:
"googletag.pubads().setTargeting("test","5");', 'close');"

I tried adding PHP code, using echo $_GET["test"], but instead of displaying the value, it displays $_GET["test"].  I even tried making a custom function in Javascript that picks up the URL query string, and when I try to display it, it just outputs the variable name, but not the value itself.  Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong and have ideas how to fix this problem?
Below is the function:
function google_admanager_dfp_add_js($js = NULL, $type = 'slot') {
    static $ga_js = array();

    // add the js to a type
    if (isset($js) && isset($type)) {
        $ga_js[$type][] = $js;

        //add the init and service scripts the first time this is run
        if (!isset($ga_js['service'])) {

            if (variable_get('google_admanager_dfp_useasync', FALSE)) {
                google_admanager_dfp_add_js("var googletag = googletag || {};googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];", 'service');
                google_admanager_dfp_add_js("(function() {var gads = document.createElement('script');gads.async = true;gads.type = 'text/javascript';var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol;gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js';var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);})();", 'service');

                google_admanager_dfp_add_js("googletag.cmd.push(function() {", 'pre');
                google_admanager_dfp_add_js("googletag.enableServices(); });", 'close');

            } else {
                google_admanager_dfp_add_js('(function() {var useSSL = \'https:\' == document.location.protocol;var src = (useSSL ? \'https:\' : \'http:\') +\'//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js\';document.write(\'<scr\' + \'ipt src="\' + src + \'"></scr\' + \'ipt>\');})();', 'service');

                // set the close script to fetch the ads.

                if (isset($_GET["test"])) {

                    // Line in question is below ->
                    google_admanager_dfp_add_js('googletag.pubads().setTargeting("test","");', 'close');
                }
                google_admanager_dfp_add_js('googletag.pubads().enableSyncRendering();googletag.enableServices();', 'close');
            }

        }
        return;
    }

A: You could get the pair using location.search, like this:
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var pair = query.split("=");

// ...
// Line in question is below ->
google_admanager_dfp_add_js('googletag.pubads().setTargeting('+pair[0]+','+pair[1]+');', 'close');

pair[0] will be test and pair[1] will be 5.

A: http://www.mathias-bank.de/2007/04/21/jquery-plugin-geturlparam-version-2/
Helped me do just what you're looking for in a simple .js file.
credit to Mathias Bank who created it.

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The Kids Are Alright. Or Are They?
I have never seen the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. This Sunday will see the Contest's 15th iteration and I am yet sit down and watch one from start to end. The more I thought about it the more I realised I don't think I could recall a single song from the past 14 years of JESC. The full extent of my exposure is when the winner pops up to awkwardly promote Junior in that lull during the voting of the main Contest. The fleeting glimpse never sufficiently grabbed my attention and made me watch in November though. But why?
Actually, to be fair Miriam made a better host than old…er…him
It may be something of a simplification but I'm not likely to watch it if it hasn't been on British TV for over a decade. With a lack of host broadcaster in the UK since 2005 there has been no way of watching it on the old fashioned 'proper telly'. Of course in that same period the inexorable rise of streaming services means that this really shouldn't be an excuse. However, the dearth of coverage in the UK must surely play a part.
Growing up with the main Contest it always felt like it had a significant presence on the BBC. The debate over the effort put into the participation at Eurovision can, has and will rage on but the level of coverage from the BBC has always been hard to miss. Every year it feels like a big live television event akin to a major sporting contest or a reality TV show final. The Eurovision Song Contest is basically the Bake Off final for musical coeliacs.
Compare this with Junior of which I have absolutely no memory of ever seeing when ITV covered it. I was 13 at the time of the first Junior Contest, a similar age to the majority of the performers and yet no recollection of any promotion or broadcast. No link up with up with CITV, no real push to get kids my age watching it, no real effort made. If you're trying to attract a younger audience with Mark Durden-Smith and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson as commentators then surely ITV were just setting themselves up to fail
Sure. They'll appeal to the 'yoof'.
There is something to be said that whenever any competition has a 'junior' element the implication is that the competitors aren't at their peak. These are highly talented young performers still honing their skill and maturing into their voice. Outwith ESC I have a few other obsessions (I know, the horror!). Formula 1 has been a love of mine for as long as Eurovision. I pour over every practice and qualifying session and watch every race with multiple screens of data. However, the junior formulae on the way up to F1 may come into my field of interest occasionally for a fleeting race or two every year. Never would I go out of my way to watch it. I also have a keen interest in track cycling having volunteered at an international event in Glasgow just after London 2012. When the Junior World Championship came to the same venue a few years later, I didn't even go as a spectator, never mind volunteer.
Whilst JESC isn't exactly used as a feeder to the Senior version (O'3GNE & Tolmachevys excluded) like motorsport or cycling there still seems to be something within me that can't take an interest in very talented, hard working young people doing something amazingly well. Perhaps jealousy plays a greater part than I first assumed. It may sound harsh but I just can't muster the enthusiasm for the junior competitors that I do for their senior counterparts.
Pupils at the School of Eurovision
Probably the most important factor is there's just something about child performers I find inherently uncomfortable. This maybe as a result of years of the mawkish 'end of the pier', Britain's Got Talent parading out cutesy little girls and boys performing saccharin sweet songs. On occasion the BBC decides that as part of group routine or for a special programme Strictly will have kids take to the floor. Seeing children as young as primary school age dressed in full dance regalia looking like mini adults is excruciatingly creepy to highest degree.
Whilst I'm aware that JESC is far more sophisticated than this I'm afraid this is what comes to mind when one thinks of child performers. Even if that in itself is not enough to dissuade me from young performers it's also knowing the pushy parents will be lurking in the wings. I'm sure this isn't the case for every mini singer, actor or dancer but whenever I see one all I can think of is the excellent League of Gentleman sketch involving the hideously overbearing parents entering their young daughter into a beauty pageant. If there's one thing worse the precocious kids it's the ghastly parents behind them.
This year though I shall attempt to cast aside my negativity and throw myself wholeheartedly into the Contest. I want to enjoy it, after all it gives a little Eurovision fix when we're still a month or two away from National Final Season. Whether I will actually enjoy it though, remains to be seen.
4 thoughts on "The Kids Are Alright. Or Are They?"
Nice article there – you are going to do something I will never do – watch any part of a JESC. In my blog I normally flag that up but I think that my readers are already aware that "Let Me Be The One" is a JESC free zone!
I am 50 and I lived through "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" – being 13 at the time meant I had no love at all for Year 3 kids singing a hideously cynical song aimed at grandparents and parents (in my eyes), at a time where they kept John Lennon and Jona Lewie off the number 1 spot. That killed any resemblance of calm I had for children singing and it persists to this day.
I also would feel very uneasy being at a Contest full of children and young teens at my age – recent events in the UK have really killed any chance that JESC might have had of being shown on any UK tv channel, in my opinion. There is a market for it in other parts of Europe but the vast majority of UK fans that I know will have nothing to do with it.
There's enough going on in the run up to the 'adult show' for me to write about but I hope that you have at least a decent show to watch!
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I had never even thought of the recent goings on in the UK Television industry affecting JESC in this country. Whatever slim chance it may have had seems stone dead. Seems odd though that ITV have decided to embrace 'The Voice Kids' and not then had a go at JESC, it would seem like the obvious option.
Thanks Martin, I'm hoping I can 'catch the bug' for want of a better phrase. I'm not too sure though.
If all the acts were like Destiny from Malta then I could see it being a sort of springboard to the adult version but from the little about JESC I pick up, it does come across like a musical pageant, as you alluded to…
It does mean that I can flick through a lot of the Eurovision news website content very rapidly at the moment!
To be fair I listened to a few songs earlier today and the Belarussian one would qualify for the adult final. The others I listened to…less so.
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