Is China undermining democracies around the world?
China sees undermining democracies as standard practice: experts say.
China experts on Tuesday called attention to Beijing's efforts to undermine liberal democracies and highlighted Taiwan's role in finding strategies to mitigate the campaign aimed at serving the interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The united front actions and interference engaged in by China are simply part of the routine day-to-day operations of the CCP, said Peter Mattis, a research fellow in China Studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in the United States.
"They are not special activities. They are not covert actions. They are not something done outside of the normal policy channels," Mattis said on Tuesday at the Ketagalan Forum: 2018 Asia Pacific Security Dialogue.
Brady said these "magic weapons" fall into four categories: using the Chinese diaspora as CCP agents, co-opting foreigners to promote the CCP's foreign policy goals, intensifying propaganda to influence global perceptions of China, and creating a China-centered economic bloc through the "One Belt, One Road" initiative.
Clive Hamilton, a professor of political ethics at Charles Sturt University in Australia, said China has directed "all of the weapons of its political warfare" at his country since 2004 to absorb it into its influence and shift it away from the U.S. China's reach has extended into Australia's political, social, business, media, and education sectors through various methods, Hamilton said.
That has given the CCP powerful weapons at its disposal to subvert Australia not by applying outside pressure on it but by eroding resistance from within, he said.
"Many influential academics and commentators are now reliable friends of China" who help create narratives promoting favorable perceptions of the CCP, focusing on the economic benefits of bilateral relations and downplaying its interference in Australia, he said.
In the panel discussion at the forum on "China's sharp power and its challenges to the democratic world," the experts also addressed the role Taiwan can play in addressing the challenges facing democracies.
"This is an opportunity for Taiwan to take a leadership role because Taiwan knows (China's) united front work better than anyone in the world," Brady said. She said she would like to see Taiwan share its knowledge and expertise on this tactic to help the world better understand it.
Mattis agreed that Taiwan has a lot to offer because "there is no country that has been exposed to (China's) united front tactic for as long as Taiwan has." But he disagreed on the uncertainties created by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that they might hold true for Australia or South Korea, but that Taiwan is in a different position.
That's because "on two of the core areas where President Trump made campaign promises — the first was trade and the second was allies paying their fair share — Taiwan is not a trade problem for the United States and Taiwan is not benefiting from a lot of donations…Taiwan has had to pay its way in the alliance," Mattis said.
"They haven't been the ones who have assimilated a view of stability in U.S.-China relations that subsumes Taiwan and places Taiwan as a dependent agent that doesn't have its own right to choose where its future lies," he said.


When San Francisco's most powerful couples have to make important decisions regarding their personal lives—whether it be a prenup to the wedding of the decade or a discrete divorce after a dysfunctional breakup—they turn to Anne Cochran Freeman and Monica Mazzei. The family law ladies practice at Sideman and Bancroft and some consider them to be the Bay Area's answer to celebrity divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser. The dynamic duo consider themselves marriage experts who consider their elite client's happiness of utmost importance. They've seen it all, from expensive fights over a four-post bed (which they found out was later burned by the angry ex-husband!) to secret lives found after scrubbing household electronics to custody battles over Siamese cats. Since we're fascinated by the unique view that this pair into a distinctive often-not-talked-about world, we asked them to share what a day in their life is like. Below they share the juicy details in their own words.


A most refreshing drink made with plain yoghurt; it may be sweet, salty or sour. Found all over the Middle East and parts of India, it is perfect to drink on a hot summer's day or with spicy foods.
Pour yoghurt into a jug and beat with a whisk until very smooth and free of lumps. Gradually add iced water, whisking well. Season with salt and pepper and serve, poured over ice cubes.
Sweet lassi: Beat 2 tablespoons plain yoghurt with 2 teaspoons sugar, gradually add about 250 ml iced soda water and serve poured over ice cubes in a tall glass. Serves 1.


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Highgate Harriers star Maud the fastest club runner at National Six Stage Road Relays
Published: 4:00 PM October 7, 2015
Updated: 7:21 PM December 7, 2020
Andy Maud stole the show in only his second appearance for Highgate Harriers on Saturday, recording the best time of all the club runners at the National Six Stage Road Relays.
Maud, who ran the second leg for Highgate at Sutton Coldfield in the Midlands, crossed the line in 17 minutes and three seconds – which was quicker than four international runners at the event.
His time beat those posted by Reading's Jonathan Davies (17:14), Bolton United's Tom Lancashire (17:17), Scotland's top cross-country athlete Andrew Butchart (17:19) and the English 5k track and inter-counties champion Richard Weir of Derby (17:21).
Maud's display helped the Harriers to finish ninth out of the 72 clubs at the competition, despite the fact they were missing four of their five fastest runners.
Robel Bahelbi went first and clocked 18:00, followed by Maud, Chris Rainsford (18:07), Robert Wilson (18:40), Ben Noad (18:51) and Over-45 veteran Ben Pochee (18:58).
That gave Highgate a total time of 1:49.39, leaving them ahead of Enfield & Haringey, Brighton and Hove, Swansea Harriers and a Bedford & County AC side who have generally had the beating of them in recent years. Tonbridge AC won the title in 1:47.24.
Meanwhile, the Harriers' B team had also qualified for the event, and they were 32nd overall in 1:54.59.
That made them the third-fastest of the B teams in the race, while they also beat the first teams of Hercules Wimbledon, Tyne Bridge Harriers, Trafford Harriers, Taunton AC, Morpeth Harriers and Nene Valley.
Fergal Smithwick clocked 18:54, followed by Jon Laybourn (18:51), James Millett (18:47), Sean Renfer (18:39; Michael Dan (20:00) and Oliver Kean (19:48).
Meanwhile, Highgate's ladies were in action at the Women's National Four Stage Road Relay Championships – and they came 12th out of the 85 clubs at Sutton Coldfield, clocking 1:00.18 and overcoming local rivals Shaftesbury Barnet, Serpentine and Hillingdon in the process.
The Harriers' first three runners were Under-20 juniors, with Hannah Viner (15:28), Georgia Fear (15:34) and Hattie Brock (15:52) being followed by 23-year-old Ashley Scott (15:22).
Emma Burgess also ran in the event, making up a Highgate B team by herself, and she finished 42nd overall in 16:16.
Elsewhere, Sophie Sheldrake set a personal best to finish as the second-fastest woman in the Middlesex 10k road race on Sunday – and as she was the quickest runner who was eligible to represent Middlesex, she won the county gold medal.
Sheldrake improved her best time from 38:54 to 37:54 while racing around three laps of Victoria Park.

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Building Trust at Work| The Trust Equation
High Trust environments invite people to focus their precious energy and passion on creating and delivering value rather than on managing politics, their reputation and their image. In this episode, I walk through The Trust Equation, a model that illustrates distinct, yet nuanced elements of trustworthiness.
LeeAnn Mallory
Trust Equation Guide
The Trusted Advisor
Trusted Advisor Associates
If you want a high-trust workplace, be trustworthy!
The Value of a High Trust Workplace
High Trust environments invite people to focus their precious energy and passion on creating and delivering value rather than on managing politics, their reputation and their image.
The ability to show up authentically and to openly collaborate creates a path of least resistance. The lack of friction produces freedom and flow. In high-trust organizations, people show up as their authentic selves, maximizing teamwork and solid relationships.
So how do you go about creating a high-trust environment? A quick search on Amazon for books on Trust reveals over 80,000 titles; narrowing the search to building trust gives us over 10,000 results. There is no shortage for approaches and models for Trust.
In this episode, we delve into Charles Green's Trust Equation, a model that illustrates distinct, yet nuanced elements of trustworthiness. You'll have the opportunity to explore the level of trustworthiness in one of your relationships from three different perspectives by using the Trust Equation.
Credibility, Reliability, Intimacy and Self-Orientation
05:06 – "(…) think of all models as a trellis. They give us something to hold on to – a structure for growth and reaching out. And not to get too deep with the metaphor, but we also need to remember to clear out the dead stuff that no longer serves the living organism."
06:50 – "Both Credibility and Reliability can be observed, or measured, and take less emotional energy than Intimacy.
09:25 – "Self-orientation – Take a moment to reflect on the term, self-orientation. What do you think of when you think of someone who is self-oriented?"
14:26 – "Use the equation as a journaling tool, using the initial ratings as a starting point and going deeper from there. (…) Focus on yourself and raising your own rating. You can even ask someone whom YOU trust to share their ratings of you."
How did you do? What were the most surprising results?
For more resources highlighted in this episode please visit the links below:
A Guide to the Trust Equation:
https://rise-leaders.com/trust-equation-guide-2/
Episode 15: How to Talk About Race at Work
https://rise-leaders.com/how-to-talk-about-race-at-work/
Charles Green: The Trusted Advisor on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Trusted-Advisor-David-H-Maister/dp/0743212347/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Charles+Green%27s+The+Trusted+Advisor&qid=1597958450&sr=8-2


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Tracy Morgan poked fun at his near-fatal car accident at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.
The 50-year-old comic was left severely injured and his friend James McNair was killed when their limousine bus was hit by a Walmart truck in 2014, and he joked that his ordeal had left him "set for life".
Appearing on stage at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, where he presented Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series to the cast of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", he said: "I gotta say, it's an honor to be presenting this award tonight.
In 2017, the former "30 Rock" star admitted the accident had inspired him to continue his stand-up comedy career.
He said: "I got hit by a truck, it was a great story. So that's what happened. I had a story to tell.
"When anything ever bad happened to me I made it funny and I turned it good. This was a bad thing that happened to me.
"It doesn't cost nothing [sic] to be nice. I know my purpose in this world is to spread love. I love you and you can't do nothing about it," he said.


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Amanda Michelle Seyfried (born December 3, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and model. Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Seyfried began modelling when she was 11 and ventured into acting when she was 15 with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2001) and Joni Stafford on the ABC soap All My Children (2003). She gained prominence following her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and her recurring role as Lilly Kane on the UPN television series Veronica Mars (2004–2006). See more.
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Hollywood is just like high school. The popular people only like the other popular people. And the thing is, some people aren't nice – or they're nice, but only to your face, not elsewhere.
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"""Test of "New Hunt" wizard."""

from grr.gui import runtests_test

from grr.lib import access_control
from grr.lib import aff4
from grr.lib import config_lib
from grr.lib import data_store
from grr.lib import flags
from grr.lib import output_plugin
from grr.lib import test_lib
from grr.lib.flows.general import processes
from grr.lib.rdfvalues import client as rdf_client
from grr.lib.rdfvalues import foreman as rdf_foreman
from grr.lib.rdfvalues import paths as rdf_paths

class DummyOutputPlugin(output_plugin.OutputPlugin):
  """An output plugin that sends an email for each response received."""

  name = "dummy"
  description = "Dummy do do."
  args_type = processes.ListProcessesArgs

class TestNewHuntWizard(test_lib.GRRSeleniumTest):
  """Test the Cron view GUI."""

  @staticmethod
  def FindForemanRules(hunt, token):
    fman = aff4.FACTORY.Open("aff4:/foreman", mode="r", aff4_type="GRRForeman",
                             token=token)
    hunt_rules = []
    rules = fman.Get(fman.Schema.RULES, [])
    for rule in rules:
      for action in rule.actions:
        if action.hunt_id == hunt.urn:
          hunt_rules.append(rule)
    return hunt_rules

  @staticmethod
  def CreateHuntFixtureWithTwoClients():
    token = access_control.ACLToken(username="test", reason="test")

    # Ensure that clients list is empty
    root = aff4.FACTORY.Open(aff4.ROOT_URN, token=token)
    for client_urn in root.ListChildren():
      if aff4.VFSGRRClient.CLIENT_ID_RE.match(client_urn.Basename()):
        data_store.DB.DeleteSubject(client_urn, token=token)

    # Add 2 distinct clients
    client_id = "C.1%015d" % 0
    fd = aff4.FACTORY.Create(rdf_client.ClientURN(client_id), "VFSGRRClient",
                             token=token)
    fd.Set(fd.Schema.SYSTEM("Windows"))
    fd.Set(fd.Schema.CLOCK(2336650631137737))
    fd.Close()

    client_id = "C.1%015d" % 1
    fd = aff4.FACTORY.Create(rdf_client.ClientURN(client_id), "VFSGRRClient",
                             token=token)
    fd.Set(fd.Schema.SYSTEM("Linux"))
    fd.Set(fd.Schema.CLOCK(2336650631137737))
    fd.Close()

  def setUp(self):
    super(TestNewHuntWizard, self).setUp()

    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      # Create a Foreman with an empty rule set.
      with aff4.FACTORY.Create("aff4:/foreman", "GRRForeman", mode="rw",
                               token=self.token) as self.foreman:
        self.foreman.Set(self.foreman.Schema.RULES())
        self.foreman.Close()

  def testNewHuntWizard(self):
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      self.CreateHuntFixtureWithTwoClients()

    # Open up and click on View Hunts.
    self.Open("/")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent, "client_query")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent, "css=a[grrtarget=ManageHunts]")
    self.Click("css=a[grrtarget=ManageHunts]")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent, "css=button[name=NewHunt]")

    # Open up "New Hunt" wizard
    self.Click("css=button[name=NewHunt]")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "What to run?")

    # Click on Filesystem item in flows list
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent, "css=#_Filesystem > ins.jstree-icon")
    self.Click("css=#_Filesystem > ins.jstree-icon")

    # Click on the FileFinder item in Filesystem flows list
    self.Click("link=File Finder")

    # Wait for flow configuration form to be rendered (just wait for first
    # input field).
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent,
                   "css=.Wizard input[id=args-paths-0]")

    # Change "path" and "pathtype" values
    self.Type("css=.Wizard input[id=args-paths-0]", "/tmp")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=args-pathtype]", "TSK")

    # Click on "Next" button
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Output Processing")

    # Click on "Back" button and check that all the values in the form
    # remain intact.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Back")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent,
                   "css=.Wizard input#args-paths-0")

    self.assertEqual("/tmp", self.GetValue(
        "css=.Wizard input#args-paths-0"))

    self.assertEqual(
        "TSK", self.GetSelectedLabel("css=.Wizard select#args-pathtype"))

    # Click on "Next" button
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Output Processing")

    self.Click("css=.Wizard button:contains('Add Output Plugin')")
    # Configure the hunt to send an email on results.
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=output_1-option]",
                "Send an email for each result.")
    self.Type("css=.Wizard input[id=output_1-email_address]",
              "test@%s" % config_lib.CONFIG["Logging.domain"])

    # Click on "Next" button
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Where to run?")

    # Create 3 foreman rules
    self.WaitUntil(
        self.IsElementPresent,
        "css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1-option]")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1-option]",
                "Regular Expressions")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1-attribute_name]",
                "System")
    self.Type("css=.Wizard input[id=rule_1-attribute_regex]",
              "Linux")

    # Make the button visible by scrolling to the bottom.
    self.driver.execute_script("""
$("button:contains('Add Rule')").parent().scrollTop(10000)
""")

    self.Click("css=.Wizard button:contains('Add Rule')")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_2-option]",
                "Integer Rule")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_2-attribute_name]",
                "Clock")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_2-operator]",
                "GREATER_THAN")
    self.Type("css=.Wizard input[id=rule_2-value]",
              "1336650631137737")

    # Make the button visible by scrolling to the bottom.
    self.driver.execute_script("""
$("button:contains('Add Rule')").parent().scrollTop(10000)
""")

    self.Click("css=.Wizard button:contains('Add Rule')")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_3-option]",
                "OSX")

    # Make the button visible by scrolling to the bottom.
    self.driver.execute_script("""
$("button:contains('Add Rule')").parent().scrollTop(10000)
""")

    # Click on "Back" button
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Back")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Output Processing")

    # Click on "Next" button again and check that all the values that we've just
    # entered remain intact.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Where to run?")

    # Click on "Next" button
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Review")

    # Check that the arguments summary is present.
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Paths")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "/tmp")

    # Check that output plugins are shown.
    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("EmailOutputPlugin"))
    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("test@%s" %
                                       config_lib.CONFIG["Logging.domain"]))

    # Check that rules summary is present.
    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("Regex rules"))

    # Click on "Run" button
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")

    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent,
                   "Hunt was created!")

    # Close the window and check that cron job object was created.
    self.Click("css=button.Finish")

    # Select newly created cron job.
    self.Click("css=td:contains('GenericHunt')")

    # Check that correct details are displayed in cron job details tab.
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "GenericHunt")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Flow args")

    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("Paths"))
    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("/tmp"))

    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("EmailOutputPlugin"))
    self.assertTrue(self.IsTextPresent("test@%s" %
                                       config_lib.CONFIG["Logging.domain"]))

    # Check that the hunt object was actually created
    hunts_root = aff4.FACTORY.Open("aff4:/hunts", token=self.token)
    hunts_list = list(hunts_root.OpenChildren())
    self.assertEqual(len(hunts_list), 1)

    # Check that the hunt was created with a correct flow
    hunt = hunts_list[0]
    self.assertEqual(hunt.state.args.flow_runner_args.flow_name,
                     "FileFinder")
    self.assertEqual(hunt.state.args.flow_args.paths[0], "/tmp")
    self.assertEqual(hunt.state.args.flow_args.pathtype,
                     rdf_paths.PathSpec.PathType.TSK)
    # self.assertEqual(hunt.state.args.flow_args.ignore_errors, True)
    self.assertTrue(hunt.state.args.output_plugins[0].plugin_name,
                    "EmailOutputPlugin")

    # Check that hunt was not started
    self.assertEqual(hunt.Get(hunt.Schema.STATE), "PAUSED")

    # Now try to start the hunt.
    self.Click("css=button[name=RunHunt]")

    # Note that hunt ACL controls are already tested in acl_manager_test.py.

    # Run the hunt.
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      with aff4.FACTORY.Open(hunt.urn, mode="rw", token=self.token) as hunt:
        hunt.Run()

    # Check that the hunt was created with correct rules
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      hunt_rules = self.FindForemanRules(hunt, token=self.token)

    self.assertEqual(len(hunt_rules), 1)
    self.assertTrue(
        abs(int(hunt_rules[0].expires - hunt_rules[0].created) -
            31 * 24 * 60 * 60) <= 1)

    self.assertEqual(len(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules), 2)
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[0].path, "/")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[0].attribute_name, "System")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[0].attribute_regex, "Linux")

    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[1].path, "/")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[1].attribute_name, "System")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[1].attribute_regex, "Darwin")

    self.assertEqual(len(hunt_rules[0].integer_rules), 1)
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].integer_rules[0].path, "/")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].integer_rules[0].attribute_name, "Clock")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].integer_rules[0].operator,
                     rdf_foreman.ForemanAttributeInteger.Operator.GREATER_THAN)
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].integer_rules[0].value, 1336650631137737)

  def testOutputPluginsListEmptyWhenNoDefaultOutputPluginSet(self):
    self.Open("/#main=ManageHunts")
    self.Click("css=button[name=NewHunt]")

    # Select "List Processes" flow.
    self.Click("css=#_Processes > ins.jstree-icon")
    self.Click("link=ListProcesses")

    # There should be no dummy output plugin visible.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Output Processing")
    self.WaitUntilNot(self.IsTextPresent, "Dummy do do")

  def testDefaultOutputPluginIsCorrectlyAddedToThePluginsList(self):
    config_lib.CONFIG.Set("AdminUI.new_hunt_wizard.default_output_plugin",
                          "DummyOutputPlugin")

    self.Open("/#main=ManageHunts")
    self.Click("css=button[name=NewHunt]")

    # Select "List Processes" flow.
    self.Click("css=#_Processes > ins.jstree-icon")
    self.Click("link=ListProcesses")

    # Dummy output plugin should be added by default.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Output Processing")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Dummy do do")

  def testLabelsHuntRuleDisplaysAvailableLabels(self):
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      with aff4.FACTORY.Open("C.0000000000000001", aff4_type="VFSGRRClient",
                             mode="rw", token=self.token) as client:
        client.AddLabels("foo", owner="owner1")
        client.AddLabels("bar", owner="owner2")

    self.Open("/#main=ManageHunts")
    self.Click("css=button[name=NewHunt]")

    # Select "List Processes" flow.
    self.Click("css=#_Processes > ins.jstree-icon")
    self.Click("link=ListProcesses")

    # Click 'Next' to go to output plugins page.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")

    # Click 'Next' to go to hunt rules page.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")

    # Select 'Clients With Label' rule.
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1-option]", "Clients With Label")

    # Check that there's an option present for labels 'bar' (this option should
    # be selected) and for label 'foo'.
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent,
                   "css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1] option:selected[value=bar]")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsElementPresent,
                   "css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1] option[value=bar]")

  def testLabelsHuntRuleCreatesForemanRegexRuleInResultingHunt(self):
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      with aff4.FACTORY.Open("C.0000000000000001", mode="rw",
                             token=self.token) as client:
        client.AddLabels("foo", owner="test")

    self.Open("/#main=ManageHunts")
    self.Click("css=button[name=NewHunt]")

    # Select "List Processes" flow.
    self.Click("css=#_Processes > ins.jstree-icon")
    self.Click("link=ListProcesses")

    # Click 'Next' to go to the output plugins page.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")

    # Click 'Next' to go to the hunt rules page.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")

    # Select 'Clients With Label' rule.
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1-option]", "Clients With Label")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1]", "foo")

    # Click 'Next' to go to the hunt overview page. Check that generated regexp
    # is displayed there.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "(.+,|\\A)foo(,.+|\\Z)")

    # Click 'Next' to go to submit the hunt and wait until it's created.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Hunt was created!")

    # Get hunt's rules.
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      hunts_root = aff4.FACTORY.Open("aff4:/hunts", token=self.token)
      hunts_list = list(hunts_root.OpenChildren(mode="rw"))
      hunt = hunts_list[0]

      hunt.Run()  # Run the hunt so that rules are added to the foreman.
      hunt_rules = self.FindForemanRules(hunt, token=self.token)

    self.assertEqual(len(hunt_rules), 1)
    self.assertEqual(len(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules), 1)
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[0].path, "/")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[0].attribute_name, "Labels")
    self.assertEqual(hunt_rules[0].regex_rules[0].attribute_regex,
                     "(.+,|\\A)foo(,.+|\\Z)")

  def testLabelsHuntRuleMatchesCorrectClients(self):
    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      client_ids = self.SetupClients(10)

    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      with aff4.FACTORY.Open("C.0000000000000001", mode="rw",
                             token=self.token) as client:
        client.AddLabels("foo", owner="owner1")
        client.AddLabels("bar", owner="owner2")

      with aff4.FACTORY.Open("C.0000000000000007", mode="rw",
                             token=self.token) as client:
        client.AddLabels("bar", owner="GRR")

    self.Open("/#main=ManageHunts")
    self.Click("css=button[name=NewHunt]")

    # Select "List Processes" flow.
    self.Click("css=#_Processes > ins.jstree-icon")
    self.Click("link=ListProcesses")

    # Click 'Next' to go to the output plugins page and then to hunt rules page.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")

    # Select 'Clients With Label' rule.
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1-option]", "Clients With Label")
    self.Select("css=.Wizard select[id=rule_1]", "foo")

    # Click 'Next' to go to hunt overview page.  Then click 'Next' to go to
    # submit the hunt and wait until it's created.
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.Click("css=.Wizard button.Next")
    self.WaitUntil(self.IsTextPresent, "Hunt was created!")

    with self.ACLChecksDisabled():
      hunts_root = aff4.FACTORY.Open("aff4:/hunts", token=self.token)
      hunts_list = list(hunts_root.OpenChildren(mode="rw"))
      hunt = hunts_list[0]

      hunt.Run()  # Run the hunt so that rules are added to the foreman.

      foreman = aff4.FACTORY.Open("aff4:/foreman", mode="rw", token=self.token)
      for client_id in client_ids:
        foreman.AssignTasksToClient(client_id)

      # Check that hunt flow was started only on labeled clients.
      for client_id in client_ids:
        flows_count = len(list(aff4.FACTORY.Open(
            client_id.Add("flows"), token=self.token).ListChildren()))

        if (client_id == rdf_client.ClientURN("C.0000000000000001") or
            client_id == rdf_client.ClientURN("C.0000000000000007")):
          self.assertEqual(flows_count, 1)
        else:
          self.assertEqual(flows_count, 0)

def main(argv):
  # Run the full test suite
  runtests_test.SeleniumTestProgram(argv=argv)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  flags.StartMain(main)

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Unlocking the door to potential therapeutic treatments for serious complications from infections
Posted on December 6, 2019 |
GlycoNet scientists used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to solve the structure of an enzyme that could help burn victims and prevent deaths from different kinds of infections.
GlycoNet scientists Dr. Lynne Howell (left) and Dr. Donald Sheppard (right) characterized an enzyme critical for the integrity of the fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. (Photo: supplied)
By Sarath Peiris
Concern is growing worldwide over the increased drug resistance of two pathogens, the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, responsible for causing serious lung infections in immunocompromised people and those with chronic lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and obstructive pulmonary disease.
Aspergillosis is the second most common hospital-acquired fungal infection, and its mortality rate is more than 50 per cent. P. aeruginosa also creates a high death toll. A major challenge facing researchers looking for new therapies to battle pulmonary infections is overcoming the defence mechanisms of these two microbes.
The pathogens collect on lung tissue, wounds, catheters, as well as heart valves, and produce slimy, sticky membranes called biofilms that attach microbes firmly to these surfaces.
The microbe colonies make a protective matrix—a sort of shell—from sugar-based polymers or protein-based polymers and DNA) to prevent the body's immune system, or antibacterial or antifungal drugs, from penetrating. This shell makes it difficult to eradicate the pathogens that are causing infections.
For the past five years, GlycoNet scientists Dr. Lynne Howell of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto and Dr. Donald Sheppard from McGill University have been working together to understand how these microbes produce their matrices, and the mechanisms that create the polymers.
"The idea is, if we understand the basic mechanisms of how the polymers are produced, we can understand ways to degrade the polymers and disrupt the matrix, making the microbes more susceptible to antibiotics," says Howell.
Their past research has shown that a type of enzymes known as glycoside hydrolases can help break up the physical and chemical barriers of the matrices by attacking the polymers.
"We want to exploit that enzyme technology to break down the polymers, and essentially develop a therapeutic or biologic that could be used to treat infections in chronic patients," says Howell.
Howell and Sheppard, along with members of their teams and researchers from the Netherlands and Spain, wrote a paper recently for the Journal of Biological Chemistry about a specific enzyme called Ega3 they characterized for the first time using the Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility (CMCF) at the CLS.
A representation of the crystal structure of barrel fold Ega3.
"The CLS was instrumental in helping us solve the structure of this enzyme and thereby understand the mechanism by which it works," Howell says. "We were able to determine which part of the sugar polymer this enzyme works on. It's critical information in terms of being able to potentially modify the enzyme to make it work better."
Ega3 is involved in creating a polymer, Galactosaminogalactan (GAG), which is an integral component of the A. fumigatus matrix. Howell said the enzyme is also capable of disrupting or degrading the GAG polymer, and it can degrade polymers produced and used in P. aeruginosa matrixes.
"Our goal is to find a single enzyme that's capable of degrading the polymers of those organisms. Then you only need one enzyme or one therapeutic," she says.
"If we can find ways of disrupting the matrix using these enzymes, we will eventually be administering the enzyme plus an antifungal or antibiotic at the same time. What we've been able to show in other work is that when you add the enzyme plus a therapeutic, you enhance the activity of the antifungal to kill these matrix-encased fungi," adds Howell. She also notes that it could take at least ten years before a therapy could be developed, tested and brought into the marketplace.
Characterizing the Ega3 enzyme has also enabled researchers to investigate the similarity in the chemical structure of polymers produced by other organisms, Howell said, opening the door to potential therapeutic treatments for different microbial infections, such as burn wounds and other wounds that are difficult to heal.
Howell is a Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at SickKids, a Professor at the University of Toronto's Biochemistry Department, and a member of the CLS Board of Directors. Sheppard is also Director, McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University.
This article is republished from SickKids News.


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A Florida appellate court ruled on Tuesday that a law enacted to license cannabis providers in the state does not comply with the amendment that legalized medical marijuana and is therefore unconstitutional. The ruling by the 1st Court of Appeals in Tallahassee held that the law requiring cannabis businesses to be vertically integrated and handle all aspects of cannabis production from seed to sale created an oligopoly and should be struck down.
The court also upheld the lower court's ruling that provisions of the medical marijuana regulations enacted by the state legislature that capped the number of licenses for providers also did not conform with the amendment passed by voters in 2016. The decision by a panel of three judges is expected to be further appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, according to media reports.
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A suit challenging the requirement that cannabis providers in the state be vertically integrated was filed by Florigrown, a company based in Tampa.
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Bagged a Budtender Interview? Be Ready to Answer These Questions
Health insurance, paid holidays, half-price pot and the opportunity to spend every single day surrounded by top-shelf weed. Just a few of the perks and privileges that accompany a career as a budtender.
Unsurprisingly, the most appealing positions with leading dispensaries attract enormous attention. Even in smaller towns and cities across the U.S., you can expect heavy competition from other candidates. You'd be surprised how far some folks are willing to travel for a weed-related job they might actually enjoy.
As a result, it's a good idea to ensure you're well prepared. If you're lucky enough to bag a budtender interview, you've passed the first test. But you still need to convince them you're the right person for the job in a face-to-face interview.
During which, you can expect to be asked a whole bunch of weird and wonderful questions.
Of course, the exact questions you'll be asked will differ from one establishment, interviewer, area and prospective position to the next. Nevertheless, you'll almost certainly face most (or even all) of the following during your first budtender interview:
What are the main duties and responsibilities of budtenders?
Right off the bat, they'll want to check whether you know what's
Ricki Lake's 'Weed the People' Documentary Features Sonoma County Cannabis Oil Maker
In a scene from a new documentary, "Weed the People," produced by television celebrity Ricki Lake, Sonoma County resident Mara Gordon and her husband, Stewart Smith, are at the stove in their kitchen, simmering ground-up cannabis in organic olive oil.
They discuss what blend of marijuana strains would help a woman named Linda with stage 4 cancer, which had spread to her lungs and abdomen. The woman wanted pain relief but didn't want a feeling of "stoniness" from the oil they were cooking for her, Gordon said.
"I was thinking of putting her on the Williams Wonder and cutting it with the Cannatonic," Gordon says, describing two different marijuana strains, in the film.
– Read the entire article at News.
Jay-Z Joins Cannabis Company as Chief Brand Strategist
The rapper is the latest celebrity to get into the marijuana business as its legalization for recreational use has spread to 11 US states.
Billionaire rapper Jay-Z is entering the fast-growing cannabis industry, taking a role with California company Caliva as a strategist.
Privately-owned Caliva, formed in San Jose in 2015, said on Tuesday that Jay-Z had entered a long-term partnership in which he will focus on outreach and the creative direction of the company.
The rapper, whose formal title with Caliva will be chief brand strategist, will also further his social justice efforts by increasing job training for former prisoners as well as fostering quality and fairness in the development of the legal marijuana industry, the company said in a statement.
– Read the entire article at The Guardian.
Later this July, Pennsylvania's list of 21 conditions that qualify for medical marijuana treatments will grow to 23. On Thursday, Pennsylvania's Department of Health approved the addition of two new qualifying conditions: anxiety and Tourette Syndrome. According to Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, the decision to add the two conditions wasn't an easy one. But ultimately, Levine approved the conditions in light of growing evidence that cannabis can be an affective adjunct to traditional anxiety and Tourette Syndrome treatments.
The addition of the two conditions could transform Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program. While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say it's difficult to know exactly how many people have Tourette Syndrome, studies estimate that 1 of every 162 (0.6 percent) of children in the U.S. lives with the condition. Furthermore, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting more than 18 percent of the adult population.
PA Health Secretary: Cannabis Should Accompany Anxiety, Tourette Treatments, Not Replace Them
Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Act became law in April 2016. But it would take until early 2018 for the program to be fully up and running. The law mandates that the state's medical marijuana program be run by a Director
North Dakota Offers Path to Pardons for Low-Level Marijuana Convictions
According to a new study published in the journal JAMA [Journal of the American Medical Association] Pediatrics, marijuana legalization not only doesn't increase teen usage rates, but it may also actually decrease them.
For the study, researchers examined survey data on substance use collected from 1.4 million adolescents between 1993 and 2017, reports Reuters. During that period, 27 states and Washington, D.C. legalized medical marijuana and seven states legalized cannabis for recreational purposes. The study found that while medical marijuana laws didn't appear to influence whether teens used marijuana, recreational marijuana laws were actually associated with an 8% decline in the odds that teens would report trying marijuana in the previous 30 days and a 9% decrease in teens reporting frequent use.
Reduced supply may explain why, said lead study author Mark Anderson, an associate professor in agricultural economics at Montana State University in Bozeman.
"It may actually be more difficult for teens to obtain marijuana as drug dealers are replaced by licensed dispensaries that require proof of age," Anderson said by email. "Selling to minors becomes a relatively more risky proposition after the passage of these laws."
It's possible legalizing marijuana leads more parents to talk to
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing today on the impact of marijuana laws in America.
Despite the wave of cannabis progress, and products, sweeping the country coast to coast, marijuana arrests rose in America last year for the second year in a row. Are we generally down from the most horrifying arrest numbers seen when prohibition was at full blast? Yes. Are communities of color still impacted the most by cannabis enforcement? That's going to be a big yes. The committee noted in announcing the hearing that of the 660,000 arrests for marijuana last year, 600,000 were for simple possession.
The Committee leadership was hoping to give the reps taking part an opportunity to consider the wider issues around the importance of reforming marijuana laws in America.
The subcommittee was chaired by congresswoman Karen Bass. Bass noted that since the time President Nixon declared a war on drugs, people of color have been hit the hardest. African Americans are 3.73 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than white people.
"Part of the has devastation has been we criminalized a health problem." Chairwoman Bass noted, "While we poured millions of dollars into
The State of Hawaii decriminalized possession of small amounts of cannabis on Tuesday after an attempt by lawmakers to legalize the recreational use of marijuana failed earlier this year.
Under the measure, House Bill 1383, possession of up to three grams of cannabis will no longer be subject to punishment with time in jail but would instead carry a fine of up to $130. Currently, possession of any amount of cannabis in Hawaii is punishable with up to 30 days behind bars and a fine of up to $1,000. The new law is scheduled to go into effect on January 11, 2020.
Bill Becomes Law Without Governor's Support
The bill was passed by the Hawaii legislature in May of this year but did not have the support of the state's governor, Democrat David Ige. At a press conference in June, Ige said that deciding to sign or veto the bill would be a "very tough call." He eventually did neither, and the bill became law when a deadline to act on the legislation expired on Tuesday.
The governor explained that he believes that the bill could lead to further legislative efforts to decriminalize cannabis "and other mechanisms to make marijuana
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Grand Canyon's men's basketball team opens the 2018-19 season at NCAA Tournament participant South Dakota State, will be part of the Wooden Legacy in California and has a trip to Texas.
Those are some of the highlights in the Antelopes' second season being eligible for the NCAA Tournament.
South Dakota State has reached the NCAA Tournament each of the past three seasons.
"That's going to be a tough place to play," coach Dan Majerle said.
GCU will play at Texas on Dec. 15, six days after taking on Nevada -- a Sweet 16 team last year -- at Talking Stick Resort Arena as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic presented by Citi.
The Antelopes open at home on Nov. 10 against Delaware State, followed by home games against Jacksonville on Nov. 12 and Arkansas State on Nov. 16.
The ESPN-televised Wooden Classic is Nov. 22, Nov. 23 and Nov. 25 in Fullerton, Calif. The games have yet to be determined but GCU is part of a group that also includes Miami, Seton Hall and Utah.
"We're excited about our non-conference schedule," Majerle said. "There are some really good teams."
GCU's first big home test should come Dec. 1 against Boise State.
After making it tough on Louisville at home and beating San Diego State at GCU Arena two years ago, it's getting challenging for GCU to get big-name basketball schools to agree to visit GCU Arena, home of the growing Havocs, one of the country's most passionate student sections.
"It's not like we're dodging anybody," Majerle said.
Also on the schedule: the start of a home-and-home with Northern Iowa, with the Antelopes traveling to Northern Iowa this season and hosting UNI the next.
GCU went 22-11 last season, losing in the WAC tournament final to New Mexico State with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
Nov. 10: Delaware State, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12: Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
Nov. 16: Arkansas State, 7 p.m.
Nov. 22: Wooden Legacy, TBA, Fullerton, Calif.
Nov. 23: Wooden Legacy, TBA, Fullerton, Calif.
Nov. 25: Wooden Legacy, TBA, Fullerton, Calif.
Dec. 1: Boise State, 7 p.m.
Dec. 9: Nevada, at Talking Stick Resort Arena, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 22: Mississippi Valley State, 7 p.m.
Jan. 3: Utah Valley, 7 p.m.
Jan. 5: Seattle, 7 p.m.
Jan. 17: Chicago State, 7 p.m.
Jan. 19: Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Feb. 7: UT Rio Grande Valley, 7 p.m.
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One of the most frequently asked questions in the Quaker Archives is for information about the Underground Railroad and other related anti-slavery activities of Quakers in North Carolina. This guide provides some information on local resources and information about how to do research on the Underground Railroad and related topics in Guilford's Hege Library.
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About: Guilford College
The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, originated during the chaotic time of the English Civil War in the 1640s. They were considered a radical form of Christianity because they rejected the authority of the established Church, its clergy and its outward forms and rituals. Instead, Quakers sought a "restored" Christianity based on the plain and simple teachings of Jesus and the witness of the primitive Church. They emphasized the direct leadership of God in their lives, believed in the spiritual equality of women and men, acknowledged the "light of God" in all people, and developed habits of nonviolence, decision-making based on the unity of the community, plainness and absolute honesty and integrity.
In 1837, Guilford College opened as New Garden Boarding School, an institution intended to serve the children of the Religious Society of Friends living in and around Guilford County, N.C. New Garden Boarding School provided a "guarded" education, one in which children of Friends could be formed in an environment shaped by the Quaker testimonies. The first students at the school used the "thee's" and "thou's" of Quaker plain speech, dressed plainly, worshiped in the silence of the Quaker meetinghouse, and were schooled in the simple truths of the Bible and the Quaker community. As Quaker society changed and the school grew into a less separated and more diverse college, Guilford constantly interpreted and reinterpreted what core Quaker testimonies were important in its life.
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African American History Month Presentation by Adrienne Israel
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Carnegie Room, Hege Library
Hege Library will host its second annual African American History Month brown bag lunch presentation, this year featuring Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean Adrienne Israel. Her talk will focus on the Underground Railroad activities of Quakers who lived in the New Garden community and free black people who lived in this part of Guilford County during the antebellum period.
She will discuss the early years of the Underground Railroad in the area where Guilford College is located and which historians have identified as the southern starting point of the Underground Railroad. She also will discuss relationships between Quakers and free black people, and other anti-slavery activities in Greensboro and Guilford County.
The context is 19th century slavery in Guilford County, the history of free blacks in this region during the era of slavery, Quaker influence in the county, and how these three elements seem to have overlapped to make Underground Railroad work possible in this part of the slave-holding South. The presentation will be based on Adrienne's research in progress and illustrates the significance of Friends Historical Collection primary sources in her area of study.
Adrienne holds undergraduate and master's degrees from Howard University in English literature and African studies, respectively, and a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University. Throughout a long and notable career of teaching, scholarship and administration, commencing at Guilford in 1982, she achieved full professorship in history and intercultural studies, and served as Humanities Division director and interim associate academic dean and director of faculty development. She has served the College as academic dean since 2002, first in an interim capacity, and in 2003 was selected academic vice president and academic dean following a national search.
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Guilford College blog – February 29, 2012:
"Guilford's Ancient Poplar Tree Predates the American Revolution"
For many years, it could only be estimated. But now the age of the Underground Railroad Tree is known–310 years, give or take a decade. Earlier this month, Kyle Dell, David Petree and Max Carter joined Paul Knapp, a dendroecology professor from UNCG, to core and date the huge tulip poplar tree in the Guilford Woods that has been known for decades as the Underground Railroad Tree.
After walking through the Guilford Woods, which Knapp described as an "extremely unique and rare example of urban forests in the Piedmont," he and his graduate students cored the tree in two different places. They have prepared the two core samples in their UNCG lab, one of which will soon be returned to Guilford for display.
Knapp shared this, "The sample we collected dated to A.D. 1778 and we estimated that there were at least another 75 years of growth beyond what we could sample. A conservative age estimate would be approximately 310-years-old, but an age approaching 350 years is possible. We did not detect any rot in our sample, suggesting that the tree is structurally sound. The most recent ring widths showed no growth decline and the tree appeared visually healthy."
Gwen Gosney Erickson, director of the Friends Historical Collection, offered a disclaimer of sorts, noting, "There are sections of the Guilford College woods which have remained old growth and resulted in some trees of notable size. This tulip poplar is often featured on historical walking tours and has become known as the 'Underground Railroad Tree.'
"Due to their present size and age, these trees were likely silent witnesses in the forest in the first half of the nineteenth century when enslaved African Americans and others using the woods as a protective cover passed by and so provide a nice sense of continuity. However, there is no documentation that any particular tree held significance. Presumably these trees that are now notable would have been much smaller in their youth, and therefore not used as a landmark as they are today."
Carter, for one, is glad to have the estimate. He's been talking about the tree for years, and is glad to know he hasn't been exaggerating.
Dell, who is a faculty member in environmental science, said that having the tree on our campus provides a valuable touchstone to his students who are interested in experiencing first-hand the human and environmental history of Guilford's campus.
"When my students bear witness to the tree and even touch it, they become a part of the tree's history in ways that connect them deeply to the core values and experiences of Guilford," Dell said. "Paul Knapp, who did the coring, praised Guilford for exercising such stewardship of its land, the forest and the Underground Railroad tree in the face of urban sprawl, pressing economic needs and other factors.
"Sharing our woods with Paul, as an expert on using trees to better understand ecosystems and climate change, was a special experience and reinforced to me the need to maintain robust land management and preservation practices at the College."
"Underground Railroad Tree" - video transcription
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"Quakers and segregation" - video transcription
"Quaker education of slaves" - video transcription
"Reconstruction period and education" - video transcription
Ways to engage in history!
Snow Camp, North Carolina
Pathway To Freedom is an outdoor drama showing the hardship and heroism of the Quaker community as they helped enslaved African Americans in the 1840's and 1850's. The play re-enacts the fateful decisions to escape on the "Underground Railroad" in North Carolina to get to Indiana.
http://www.snowcampdrama.com/
Performances by Snow Camp's theatrical group at Mendenhall Plantation's Barn
Historical information about this song (please click link):
http://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200215449/
My home is over Jordan.
Deep River, Lord
I want to cross over into campground.
Oh, don't you want to go,
To the Gospel feast;
That Promised Land,
Where all is peace?
Oh, deep River, Lord
[Note: There are different variations of this song.]
Questions about the meaning of these words:
Could they refer to the Deep River in Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina?
Possible interpretive meaning:
Jordan ----- a reference to the Ohio River and freedom (symbolically used in this way)
Peace ----- a reference possibly to Quaker beliefs
Gospel feast ------ a religious gathering
Cross over into campground ------ crossing the river into a religious meeting place, camp meeting, or campground for a meeting --- or --- a reference to areas around Deep River Meeting House that were campgrounds for Revolutionary War soldiers.
My home is over Jordan ------ a longing to be free and escape by crossing the Ohio River . . . possibly to reunite with family
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Mayor releases plan to address historically high city public safety staffing shortages
By Kaitlin Rust
Published: Feb. 8, 2022 at 9:23 PM CST
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Mayor Latoya Cantrell says staffing shortages are at historic highs for public safety departments, losing 11-percent of the City's workforce over the course of the pandemic.
Only 81-percent of the City's budgeted positions are currently filled. There are 270 NOPD vacancies, 54 at the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center, EMS needs to fill 28 positions and there are 26 mechanics needed to work on all of our emergency vehicles.
These vacancy rates are as high as 52-percent and mainly in high-skill low-wage positions.
"We will certainly feel the impacts of these vacancies if we do not ramp up our efforts to both recruit as well as retain our public safety workers," Cantrell said.
Cantrell and CAO Gilbert Montaño laid out a plan with a $15 million one-time cost that would largely be seen in 2023.
It looks at bonuses for new and current employees in these public safety departments, including referral bonuses.
It would also include a series of policy changes proposed to the Civil Service Commission, City Council, and State Legislature that could attract qualified applicants and would increase pay and create more equitable pay scales.
Also, changes could make the hiring process more efficient, cutting down the time it takes to fill a position.
"We're just trying to take out any roadblock that we've seen," Montaño said. "We're doing everything we can to highlight every piece of the items that really get us across that finish line."
Another large point, reforming and centralizing human resources under one department with about 25 employees.
Cantrell and Montaño say NOPD in particular hasn't had HR in two years.
"Although that seems very minutia, it has such an impact of how we're turning around officers how we're strategically isolating some of those job fairs," Montaño said.
The plan's funding would come from the State legislature or the American Rescue Plan funds, through the City Council.
Some recurring funding could be needed moving forward, depending on what is approved and advanced.
"If everyone who says they care about public safety cares about public safety in action, I think we can get this done. Swiftly," Cantrell said.
Cantrell said she has been fighting back and forth with the Civil Service Commission and has gone to the "ad nauseam" with pay raise requests, only to be denied.
"It's not the first time we've tried to take this on with the Civil Service Commission, but time and time again, it's still a significant challenge that we face as an administration, and we need to overcome the barriers that have been presented by our Civil Service Commission working off of 1956 rules."
The Civil Service Commission Chair, Brittney Richardson sent us this statement in response:
"The Civil Service Commission looks forward to receiving and reviewing the Mayor's proposals to facilitate the recruitment and retention of City employees, particularly those in difficult-to-fill positions. The Commission and its staff are strongly committed to increasing the pay of City employees and helping to find creative solutions to address the current public safety crisis. However, we are disappointed in many of the Mayor's comments, in particular, we disagree that countless requests for pay increases have been denied by the Commission. We request that the Mayor point to specific requests, especially for public safety positions.
In an effort to recruit and retain employees, the Commission has consistently demonstrated its commitment to better pay for our workforce. Most recently the Commission worked with the Council and Administration to approve pay increases based on the new $15/hr minimum wage for 224 job classifications, impacting over 1/3 of City employees. In 2021, the Commission approved requests from the Administration for pay increases for an additional 19 job classifications including EMS positions, Police Captain and Major, and Police Human Resource Administrator.
Furthermore, we disagree with the Mayor's statement that the Commission's Rules are from 1956. As part of a wholesale reform of Civil Service in 2014, over 30 sections of the Civil Service Rules were substantially amended. These Rule amendments were passed by the Mayor in her role as Councilmember at that time. Fifty-two additional amendments have been made to the Civil Service Rules since the 2014 reforms. While the Commission works to review the Mayor's proposal, we encourage the administration and Council to also consider allocating funding for merit-based pay increases which are permitted by the Civil Services Rules but have not been funded since 2017.
The five members of the commission, four of whom volunteer, are all citizens of this great City and are impacted by the same issues that its residents face that's why we volunteer to do this important work. The civil service staff works tirelessly to support the City in its efforts to attract and retain the best talent based on merit. We invite the Mayor to meet with Commission to discuss the perceived challenge of working within the Civil Service system."
Cantrell says they will submit several proposals for consideration at the upcoming Civil Service Commission meetings. If approved, commissioned police officers could begin receiving retention payments commensurate with the length of service, as well as additional catch-up payments for officers currently serving. Juvenile detention counselors, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, and mechanics could receive payments upon approval from the Civil Service Commission, and again after a year of service.
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Cyril Deplace (né le ) est un patineur artistique français.

Biographie

Carrière sportive
Cyril Deplace a participé à neuf championnats de France élites entre 1991 et 1999. Son meilleur classement est une  aux championnats 1992 à Colombes.

Il n'a jamais été sélectionné par la FFSG pour patiner à une épreuve du Grand Prix ISU, aux championnats d'Europe, aux championnats du monde juniors, aux championnats du monde seniors et aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver.

Il quitte le patinage amateur en 1999.

Reconversion
Cyril Deplace devient entraîneur de patinage artistique. Il est titulaire d'un Brevet d'État d'éducateur sportif . Il a notamment travaillé au club de Wasquehal Patinage Lille Métropole (WPLM) dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais et au Club de Patinage Artistique de Monthey (CPA Monthey) en Valais en Suisse.

Il crée la société MONSIEUR CYRIL DEPLACE à Maisons-Alfort le , spécialisée dans les activités récréatives et de loisirs, jusqu'à sa fermeture le .

Palmarès

Notes et références

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Patineur artistique français
Naissance en mars 1974

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act nearly doubled the standard deduction beginning in 2018 and indexed it annually for inflation through 2025 ($12,950 for single taxpayers and $25,900 for joint filers in 2022; $13,850 and $27,700 in 2023). The result was a dramatic reduction in the number of filers who itemize — from 30.6% of all returns in 2017 to 9.5% in 2020.1
As the number of itemizers fell, so did the amount individuals gave to charities as a percentage of total annual contributions. According to Giving USA, the total amount dropped below 70% for the first time ever in 2018 and remained there through 2021.2
Although the primary motivation for charitable giving usually comes from a desire to give back, an associated tax break can be a strong supporting factor. If you are an IRA owner who is 70½ or older, you may be pleased to learn that you can give to charity without itemizing and still get a tax break through what's known as a qualified charitable distribution (QCD).
How a QCD Works
Generally, distributions from traditional IRAs are subject to federal income tax, unless an exception applies. QCDs, however, are excluded from income and therefore won't affect your tax obligation. Moreover, once you reach age 72, a QCD can satisfy all or part of your required minimum distribution (RMD), which otherwise could substantially increase your taxable income for any given year.
To make a QCD, you would direct your IRA trustee to issue a check made out to a qualified public charity. You may contribute up to $100,000 from your IRA; if you're married, your spouse may also contribute up to $100,000 from his or her IRA.
A QCD must be an otherwise taxable distribution from an IRA. If you've made nondeductible IRA contributions, then each distribution normally carries with it a pro-rata amount of taxable and nontaxable dollars. If you have multiple IRAs, they are aggregated to determine the calculation. With QCDs, the pro-rata rule is ignored, and taxable dollars are treated as distributed first.
Charitable Giving by Source, 2021 (in billions)
Source: Giving USA, 2022 (total may not equal 100% due to rounding)
QCDs come with a few caveats:
If you have a checkbook IRA, you may also write a check directly to the charity; however, the contribution will count as a QCD for the year in which it is cashed, not the year it is written. This is particularly worth noting for donations made late in the year.
You can take a QCD from SEP and SIMPLE IRAs, but only if they're "inactive," i.e., have not received any contributions in the same year.
You cannot deduct a QCD as a charitable contribution on your federal income tax return.
As of 2019, individuals age 70½ and older can continue contributing to their IRAs as long as they have earned income (generally, work-related earnings). However, if you make deductible contributions after age 70½, the amount of any QCD made at any point in the future will be taxable up to the value of those contributions.
Private foundations, donor-advised funds, supporting organizations (as defined by the IRS), charitable gift annuities, and charitable remainder trusts are ineligible to receive QCDs.
1) IRS, 2022 (most recent full-year data )
2) Giving USA, 2022
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The controversial changes to U.S. overtime law—on hold since a Texas court's Nov. 22 preliminary injunction—are still frozen in the courts. It's possible, but unlikely, the OT changes could be revived in the courts. The new rules are expected to quietly be put out to pasture by Trump's Department of Labor, which is expected to offer its own, more modest, rewrite of the overtime rules this year or next. Read more at www.theHRSpecialist.com/overtime.


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Khan Looks To Expose Crawford
In his first title opportunity since his knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez, many critics believe Amir Khan will suffer another loss on April 20th against Terence Crawford at Madison Square Garden.
"It's going to be a tough fight, but I think I can win the fight, a lot of people tell me that I do not have a chance, but I'm fighting for my legacy, I have to be very smart, I'm bigger, I'll be the fastest and also I have everything to win, I'm at the peak of my career," said Amir to ESPN Deportes.
"Crawford, as a fighter, has everything, but I'll be ready, if he wants to go to the front, if he wants to box, I'll be ready. I think I'm the best fighter he's faced. I'm going to expose him, he's never faced someone as fast as me. I need the perfect fight, in one night, in one fight, I'll get where I want, I want to be remembered as one of the best and this fight will give me that."
While Khan took some devastating losses, but the former world champion makes it clear that he never lost at welterweight.
"This fight is at my ideal weight, I lost 140 pounds, it was hard for me to make weight, then at middleweight with Canelo was a lot for me, but at 147 I have given great fights, I have the power, the power, the class, the speed, I have everything," Khan said.
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Originally thinking about a cake, I stumbled across this recipe and quickly changed to muffins. With only a few online posts about jamming these eggs into baked goods, the biggest problems seemed to be finding the right cake base, and sinking eggs. Deciding to go with a vanilla cupcake batter, I went light on the liquids to thicken the batter in hopes of keeping the egg in place. The results were good. While the muffin is tasty, the egg didn't sink at all, leaving most of the egg visible. The creme center didn't turn into liquid gold like I thought, instead remaining basically the same.


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Bonnie Meszaros
Title Assistant Professor of Economics, Associate Director - Center for Economics Education and Entrepreneurship
Email meszaros@nospam5e31c0a3b495a.udel.edu
Office 102 E Purnell Hall
Meszaros holds an undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a masters and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. She teaches classes for in-service and pre-service teachers in economics and how to teach it in grades K-12. In her work at the Center, Bonnie offers economic education programs that emphasize standards-based instruction, higher-order thinking skills and integration of economics and entrepreneurship across the curriculum. She served as project director and as a member of the writing team for the development of Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and was one of the coauthors of National Standards for Financial Literacy. She is a past president of the National Association of Economic Educators and was a recipient of the Bessie B. Moore Service Award and the Patty Elder International Award. Bonnie has co-authored numerous economic education materials including, Wide World of Trade, Focus: Economics Systems, High School Economics, Focus; Globalization, Economics: Grades 3-5 and a series of economics and children's literature packages. She has published in The Journal of Economic Education, Social Studies and the Young Learner, Social Education, AEA Papers and Proceedings, and Theory and Research in Social Education.
Ph.D. in education, University of Delaware, 1986
M.Ed. in education, University of Delaware, 1980
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1967
Focus: Globalization (with Sandra Odorzynski, Phil Van Fossen, William Boshardt), National Council on Economic Education, 2006.
Economics: From Here to There, Editor (with Mary Suiter), National Council on Economic Education, 2006.
"Teaching about Saving and Investing in the Elementary and Middle School Grades," (with Mary Suiter), Social Education, 69:2 (March 2005), 92-95.
Focus: High School Economics, 2nd edition, (with Sarapage McCorkle, Mark Schug, Michael Watts), National Council on Economic Education, 2001.
"The Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics: From Standards to Classroom Implementation," (with Laurie Engstrom) Social Studies & The Young Learner, 11:2 (November/December 1998), pp. 7-12.
"Voluntary Economics Content Standards for America's Schools: Rationale and Development," (with John Siegfried), The Journal of Economic Education, 29:2 (Spring 1998), pp.139-149.
"What Should High School Graduates Know in Economics," (with John Siegfried), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 87:2 (1997), pp. 247-253.
Leon and Margaret Slocomb Professional Excellence Award
Bessie B. Moore Service Award, National Council on Economic Education
Harry J. Carman Award for Outstanding Achievement and Professional Excellence in Social Studies
William Forbes Award for Excellence in Economic Education
Education Alumni Association Commitment of Education Award
DuPont company's Environmental Respect Award
President, National Association of Economic Educators
Board of directors, Delaware Financial Literacy Institute
Women for Financial Independence Advisory Group
Delaware State Testing Program, Item Writing and Content Review Committees
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The high tea at Tedder and Woodroffe was just delightful and by getting it through a Scoopon deal made even more excellent because it was a great offer. Just $49 for high tea, for four people with treats and a bottle of bubbly.
Tedder and Woodroffe is a very cute cafe restaurant, located in the classy district of Tedder Avenue, just in main beach. It offers high tea, but also it is a fully functioning licensed restaurant offering breakfast lunch and dinner, and from what I could spy on the other tables the food looked awesome. I shall be back!
Inside the decor is simple and crisp - it is set out beautifully with white chairs, flowers and statement decor which gives it a real summery light and breezy feel. I have been to other places for High Tea but this is by far my favourite, as it just has the edge in terms of luxury but without being too expensive.
You get a selection of yummy sandwiches, scones with jam and cream and some gorgeous home made cakes and pastries. It was just the right amount of food and everything was delicious, fresh and well presented, plus you get a coffee or tea of your choice. I had a my usual mocha which was fab.
The bubbly was a good bottle too, and was just a lovely indulgence and a real treat for me and my friends.
Tedder Avenue is one of my favourite places on the Gold Coast - it has a real upmarket feel and the shops and bars and restaurant on offer have a chic city vibe, despite it being just metres from the beach.
It's easily accessible by public transport too with many bus routes stopping at the top of Tedder Avenue, on their way along the Gold Coast Highway.
An absolute must on the Gold Coast - treat yourself or someone special for a birthday, mothers day or just because you deserve it.
Oh and a little tip, if using a voucher, book as early as possible to secure the special date and time you want. They get pretty busy and booked up fast, especially at the weekend.
When: Open seven days for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7am until late.