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PNG wants Australia to end security firm Paladin's Manus contract immediately
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James Marape was sworn in as PNG's new Prime Minister in May. (Supplied: PNG Prime Minister's Office)
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says he wants Australia to stop Paladin's contract for security work on Manus Island immediately.
James Marape said PNG "will not tolerate" foreign firms doing security work in the country
PNG wants to see a local company to take over the Paladin contract on Manus Island
The awarding of the contract to Paladin is currently being investigated by the auditor-general
Mr Marape addressed PNG's Parliament on the issue, in the first sitting day since he was elected.
The company's $423 million contract for work with refugees and non-refugees on the island comes up for renewal at the end of the month.
Mr Marape said PNG "will not tolerate" foreign companies undertaking work such as security in the country, which he said could be done by local firms.
"We don't intend for foreign contractors to operate here in business like security — it is a business that local companies can be engaged in and I ask the Australian Government to stop this contract forthwith," he said.
He said that "as far as the PNG Government is concerned" the contract should be terminated.
PNG wrote to the Home Affairs Department earlier month about ending the contract.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton had previously said it was "likely" the contract would be continued.
The awarding of a government contract to Paladin Group is currently being investigated by Australia's auditor-general, though the Home Affairs Department has defended the controversial arrangement.
Asylum seekers have been living on Manus Island for nearly six years. (Supplied)
The relatively unknown company are with its Singapore arm.
Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo told a Senate hearing in February that the PNG Government was planning to take over responsibility for the services in October 2017, but in July that year decided it could not proceed because it was in caretaker mode ahead of its election.
PNG says local companies now have the capacity and expertise to provide security services on Manus Island and would like to see a transparent tender process introduced.
Asylum seekers who had been trying to reach Australia were first sent to PNG for offshore processing nearly six years ago.
They have been living in accommodation centres in the local community, which are guarded, since the detention centre was closed in late 2017.
Mr Dutton's office has been contacted for comment.
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PNG wants security company Paladin's Manus contract terminated
Senators grill bureaucrats over $422m Paladin Holdings security contracts on Manus Island
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» Bringing the Beach Inside
Bringing the Beach Inside
01 Oct 2019 by Emmalee Molay in categories Announcements, Company News, Resident Life, Wellness
When the Wellness Center was renovated in 2014, one area was left untouched— the indoor therapy pool room. When Summer Rentsch, Director of Wellness, joined the Plymouth Harbor team, it was one of her goals to enhance the look and feel of the indoor therapy pool room and bring it up to the level of excellence which the rest of the Wellness Center enjoys. "The wall seemed to be staring back at me saying 'make me beautiful,'" Summer said. "With the art displayed in the Wellness Corridor, the idea for a painted mural came to mind!"
When one visits the Wellness Center, they are greeted with scenic bay views through floor-to-ceiling windows, so it only seemed natural to bring those same views into the design of the mural. "I knew I wanted the mural to look as natural as possible, and after speaking with multiple artists it was clear that continuing the look of the horizon with a beach scene would blend best," Summer said.
Once the concept was decided upon, the search for the artist began. After much research on local muralists and their work through the website Thumb Tack, Summer found Gregg LaBrecque and scheduled a consultation. "When Gregg presented Tena Wilson, VP of Resident and Employee Relations, and me with the hand-painted rendering, our jaws dropped and we instantly looked at each other and knew he was the one for the job," Summer said.
The space was primed for Gregg to begin his work, and over the span of two weeks a beautiful, realistic and detailed scene appeared on the therapy pool wall. "I could not be happier with how it turned out," Summer said. "It brings a smile to my face at the start of each day when I walk into work, and I feel that the space is now a much more conducive environment for healing."
Upon the completion of the wall, Gregg left us with some touching parting words: "I was honored and thrilled to be selected by Plymouth Harbor to execute the mural in the therapy pool room. Every aspect of the job and the process exceeded my expectations. I am grateful to all who embraced the project and the outcome and for the positive feedback I received, but more so for the wonderful people I met during the project. All of the residents were so supportive and so engaging, and the staff and management always made me feel so welcome. This was and will always be more than just another job to me. Sincere thanks to all my new friends at Plymouth Harbor!"
The mural is the latest addition in the Carmichael Art Collection, begun when former resident and artist Ruth Carmichael left a permanently restricted fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for Plymouth Harbor. We remain grateful for Ruth's legacy gift, allowing residents and staff to be inspired each day with exquisite art here at Plymouth Harbor.
If you haven't had a chance to see the new mural, take a walk down to the Wellness Center. Seeing the wall will make you feel as if you're just steps away from the sea and sand. Although you can't get there through the painted path, lucky for us we are just minutes away from the real thing!

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Watch: Wrexham legend Mickey Thomas reflects on famous free kick v Arsenal 30 years on
Mickey Thomas speaking with Bryn Law on Sgorio. S4C
Wrexham AFC legend Mickey Thomas has reflected on the the famous free kick he scored for the club against Arsenal 30 years on.
The former footballer, who also played for the likes of Manchester United, Everton and Chelsea, spoke about the iconic moment with sports journalist Bryn Law, on the S4C football show, Sgorio.
The wonder goal, in front of a capacity 13,343 sell-out crowd has against then then First Division Champions Arsenal at the Racecourse in the 1992 third round tie, has gone down in the annals of the club's history as a fans' favourite.
Wrexham AFC's performance is considered one of the greatest FA Cup giant-killings of all time after the club came back from 0-1 down to win the game 2-1.
In a wide ranging chat, which including discussing his recovery from cancer, Mickey told Bryn that the goal will "live forever" in his mind, and that the victory means "so much".
He said someone comes up and asks him about the strike, which "cemented Wrexham in the history of the FA Cup", every day.
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Mae 30 mlynedd wedi mynd heibio ers i Mickey Thomas sgorio'r gôl enwog yn erbyn Arsenal, ond mae mwy na un gôl i stori anhygoel y dewin bach o Fochdre!
Cyfweliad @BrynLaw gyda Mickey Thomas ar Y Cae Ras, @Wrexham_AFC 🏴 pic.twitter.com/5kr4Kyqvmj
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Bryn said: "It's incredible in a way that at 37 you scored the most famous goal of your career didn't you, so all of those goals scored before that, that's the one."
Mickey said: "Every day I get somebody coming up to me about that goal. I only watch it 200 times a day. So you can understand that goal will live in my memory, but you know Bryn, you know football, you're a big fan, you have to understand that day not just for me but for everyone. It wasn't about me an Steve Watkin scoring a goal. It was a combination of everything coming together."
'Never forget'
Bryn said: "I'll never forget it and I was one of those packed into the stadium that day. So the free kick gets awarded. What's the thought process there for you? Any question that anybody else is going to take this?"
Mickey said: "This is a true story. I took a free kick on the Thursday with a five yard run up and I'd hit it and it's gone like a rocket. It didn't hit the target. It's still going around the universe now, but I thought 'I'm gonna try the same process', and I hit it as you well know, I hit it so well.
"Even when I look at it now I think, it's like a rocket, you know. How did I get that much energy and power into that shot, and it's just one of those things that it was going to be our day. It was a moment that it will live forever in my mind of course and everyone on the day. But I just think it meant so much more, the victory, you know. Not just the goal but the victory.
"It cemented Wrexham in the history of the FA Cup you know, and I sit here with you today and it just so fresh in my mind. I'm dying to look at that spot I took the free kick from. I want to go back on that pitch. Every time I come here I want to look to that spot and every time I see a free kick I wanna go down and take it.
"Yeah it's something special that'll never go away from me and it won't go away from Wrexham football club. To eclipse that would be something special."
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Ergyd fythgofiadwy! A gol Steve Watkin yn goron ar y cyfan,
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I will never get tired of watching Mickey's free kick for as long as I live. This and Vokes' goal against Belgium in 2016. Arbennig, y ddau.
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A word is a unit of language that carries meaning. It consists of one or more morphemes. There are four definitions of 'word' from the point of view of English.
Words are single units of meaningful speech or writing, and are made up of letters and syllables, and even punctuation marks, like the apostrophe in Peter's. They can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, names of people, cities, toys, brands, abbreviations and acronyms, and even sounds (onomatopoeia), like the following (regular) verb - The cows didn't stop mooing all day!
They are used to describe ideas, actions, things, people, colours – anything we need to talk about or think about.
2 How many words do I know?
3 How do I know I know a word?
For number of words in English see main article Number of words in English.
At least in the Western hemisphere, brands like Mercedes, Ford, Coca-Cola or Sony form part of almost every language – not just English. Words which originally start out as acronyms, like radar and sonar, become incorporated as "normal" words very quickly.
One of the advantages of the flexibility of English is that it incorporates new words easily and can adapt them as necessary, depending on usage: Fax = noun and verb; Text = noun and verb; Texting = send text messages (SMS) using mobile phones; Google = verb, as in using the Google search engine to find information on the World Wide Web.
Based on several studies, it would seem reasonable to estimate that an "average" person with an "average" education knows an average of 50,000 words either well or vaguely.
Estimates of passive vocabulary add another 25 per cent to a person's lexicon. These averages exclude specialized terminology related to specific professions such as Medicine, Finance or Law, unless in general use, as well as many other fields such as sports, photography, food and cooking, etc., which contain many words common to the people interested in such matters, but unknown to others. Note also the significant difference between active and passive knowledge. Based on the above figures, a reasonably well-educated person probably uses around 12 per cent of the word stock of a language.
Furthermore, other studies suggest that the "average" person learns around 1,000 new words a year in his or her mother tongue until the age of 20. Foreign language students following a standard language coursebook can consider themselves lucky if they learn an average of 300 new words a year.
Recent studies show that the brain is not usually able to cope with learning more than 8 to 10 new words in one go. This, however, should not be considered any limitation whatsoever: 365 days x 8 words/day = 2,920 new words a year – not a bad lexicon to have in another language!).
Regardless of the number of words we may know, there is a general tendency, even in our mother tongue, to use fewer words in everyday speech. According to a study of native English speakers carried out in the early 80s these speakers only used around 600 different words in a normal day's social conversation, excluding work-related matters. However, twenty years later, in the early years of the new millennium, the same research team found that the figure had dropped to 400 words.
The webiste Test your vocab runs a test for both native speakers and foreign learners.
Based on their results they have established that "most Native English adult speakers who have taken the test fall in the range 20,000–35,000 words".
They have also produced some interesting statistics on vocabulary size of English students by country. This seems to give some impartial support to the frequently-heard claim that Scandinavians are good at English.
How do I know I know a word?
ix. know if it has negative or positive associations.
We must remember that each word, be it a verb, a noun, an adjective or whatever its function, can and must be able to relate to certain other words. That is, each word acts as a magnet to attract other words, other associations, other contexts.
Thus, when we learn the word car, we can associate it with at least some of the following variations: a fast car (+ adjective); drive a car (+ verb); car park; a car manufacturer (+ noun); I've got a car (sentence); a secondhand car dealer (as a phrase) in such a way as to not only situate the "new" word in a natural context but also to review other known words, thereby maintaining them fresh in our memory. From there, we can go on to closely-related words and expressions such as driver, passenger, motorist, mechanic, pedestrian, backseat driveretc.
Likewise, certain verbs require certain prepositions – depend on, listen to, try to – and that certain words require certain special uses: come/go/leave home but be/stay at home.
A constant debate is whether concepts such as facts – the names of people or places and other proper names be considered as forming part of one's personal lexicon when calculating its size. Undoubtedly, the name, or fact, Shakespeare, is as much a part of the English language as the word literature or drama. And the fact/word London is probably used more often than the word village or town. Thus, given the overlapping of criteria, calculating the size of one's own vocabulary is complicated and must vary according to many different factors.
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British Muslim leaders denounce bombings, face backlash: "Not in the Name of Islam"
Despite Muslim denunciations of the July 7 bomb attacks in London, a number of British towns and cities have been targeted in an apparent backlash. Mosques in two areas of London as well as in Leeds, Telford, Bristol, Birkenhead and Norwich were attacked in the aftermath.
In a letter sent July 11 to Britain's imams, ulema and mosque officials, Sir Iqbal Sacranie, the recently knighted secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said they had been informed that police throughout Britain had been alerted to the possibility of attacks on mosques and on institutions of other faiths.
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Many Muslim leaders were quick to denounce the July 7 attacks as being totally contrary to the spirit of Islam and have called on British Muslims to cooperate in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
The news on July 13 that the bombings were probably the work of young British Muslims from Leeds and Dewsbury, Yorkshire, was received with "anguish, shock and horror" by Sacranie.
Reiterating the "absolute commitment and resolve" of British Muslims to help the police bring to justice all involved in this crime of mass murder, Sacranie said in a statement: "We are determined to work together with all concerned to prevent such an atrocity ever happening again."
Likewise, U.S.-based Muslim American organizations have stepped up efforts to assure non-Muslims that they condemn terrorist goals and cooperate with law enforcement agencies on the local and national levels.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had already launched in May an online petition drive, called "Not in the Name of Islam," to disassociate the religion from the violent acts of a few Muslims. After the London bombings, CAIR also bought television time for public service announcements.
In Los Angeles, leaders with the Muslim Public Affairs Council pledged to help U.S. Muslims threatened or attacked to report hate crimes to law officials. Speakers at a July 8 press conference included Imam Muzammil Siddiqi, chairman of the Council of Islamic Jurisprudence of North America, and Bishop Murray D. Finck of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Pacifica Synod, based in Orange County.
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Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik (2) walks off the field after an NCAA college football game against Syracuse on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Freshman quarterback Cade Klubnik rallied No. 5 Clemson to two fourth-quarter touchdowns after replacing mistake-prone starter DJ Uiagalelei and the Tigers won their ACC-record setting 38th straight game at home, 27-21, over No. 14 Syracuse on Saturday.
Will Shipley ran for two touchdowns and a career-high 172 yards as the Tigers (8-0, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their 14th straight overall — but not without a big-time scare from the Orange (6-1, 3-1).
Uiagalelei was picked off twice and had a fumble Ja'Had Carter returned 90 yards for a touchdown as Clemson trailed 21-10 at the half.
The Tigers caught fire with the five-star Klubnik behind center. He led a 15-play, 80-yard series that ended with Phil Mafah's 1-yard TD run on fourth-and-goal to cut the deficit to 21-16.
After a Syracuse punt, the Tigers and Klubnik got going again. He started with an 11-yard run before Shipley burst through the line for the go-ahead, 50-yard touchdown run for a 22-21 lead. Clemson went for two and Klubnik escaped one tackler in the backfield before finding Joseph Ngata for the final points.
NO. 2 OHIO STATE 54, IOWA 10
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —C.J. Stroud overcame a slow start to throw four second-half touchdown passes and Ohio State's defense took advantage of six Iowa turnovers to key the rout.
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Tanner McCallister had two interceptions and Tommy Eichenberg had a pick-6 as Ohio State (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) took advantage of an inept Iowa offense to consistently start drives with good field position.
Miyan Williams rushed for a first-half touchdown, and Stroud threw to Marvin Harrison, Emeka Egbuka, Julian Fleming and Mitch Rossi for second-half touchdowns.
Noah Ruggles contributed four field goals.
NO. 3 TENNESSEE 65, UT MARTIN 24
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tight end Princeton Fant ran for two touchdowns and threw for another to lead Tennessee over the FCS Skyhawks.
Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker completed 18 of 24 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns. Jalin Hyatt caught seven passes for 174 yards and two scores for the Vols (7-0).
Dresser Winn threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns for UT Martin (4-3).
NO. 6 ALABAMA 30, NO. 24 MISSISSIPPI STATE 6
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Bryce Young passed for 249 yards and two touchdowns and Alabama's defense continued its domination of Mississippi State.
The Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) rebounded from their first loss of the season, a 52-49 defeat to No. 3 Tennessee. Alabama defenders got a measure of redemption after giving up more points than any Alabama team since 1907.
Will Rogers and the Bulldogs (5-3, 3-3) couldn't reach the end zone against Alabama until the final play. It was the first touchdown Mississippi State had managed against the Tide in three meetings under coach Mike Leach, getting outscored (120-15).
Rogers completed 30 of 60 passes for 231 yards. Jo'quavious Marks scored on a 1-yard run to end the game. Young completed 21 of 35 passes with a couple of long ones on scrambles, including a 31-yard TD to JoJo Earle.
LSU 45, NO. 7 MISSISSIPPI 20
BATON ROUGHE, La. (AP) — Jayden Daniels ran for three touchdowns and passed for two scores as LSU roared back from an early two-touchdown deficit to hand Mississippi its first loss this season.
The performance gave the dynamic Daniels the LSU record for touchdowns rushing by a quarterback in a season with nine. He finished with 258 yards passing and 121 yards rushing without a turnover.
Rebels running back Quinshon Judkins rushed for two TDs and helped Ole Miss to a 17-3 second-quarter lead.
LSU (6-2, 4-1 SEC) outscored Ole Miss (7-1, 3-1) 41-3 the remainder of the game and finished with 500 total yards to 404 for coach Lane Kiffin's vaunted Mississippi offense.
NO. 8 TCU 38, NO. 17 KANSAS STATE 28
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Max Duggan threw for 280 yards with three touchdowns and Kendre Miller ran for 153 yards and two scores as TCU again rallied from a big early deficit to stay undefeated, beating Kansas State to take over sole possession of first place in the Big 12 Conference.
Duggan's 55-yard strike to Quentin Johnston late in the third quarter put the Horned Frogs (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) ahead to stay.
The Frogs, with new coach Sonny Dykes, have won four consecutive games over ranked opponents. Three in a row was already a first in school history.
Kansas State (5-2, 3-1) had jumped out to a 28-10 lead when Will Howard threw for two touchdowns and ran for another after taking over for banged-up quarterback Adrian Martinez on its second drive. Deuce Vaughn's 47-yard run for his first touchdown in five games capped the fourth consecutive TD drive for the K-State.
NO. 10 OREGON 45, NO. 9 UCLA 30
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Bo Nix threw for 283 yards and five touchdowns as Oregon handed UCLA its first loss of the season.
The win extended Oregon's winning streak at Autzen Stadium to 23 games, matching a school record. The Ducks (6-1, 4-0 Pac-12) have won six straight since a season-opening loss to Georgia and are the lone remaining undefeated team in Pac-12 Conference play.
The loss snapped a nine-game overall winning streak for the Bruins, who have not won in Eugene since 2004. UCLA (6-1, 3-1) hasn't defeated the Ducks since 2017.
Nix, a transfer from Auburn, has thrown for 17 touchdowns and rushed for eight this season. He completed 21 of 28 passes, eight to Troy Franklin for 132 yards and two scores.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns and Zach Charbonnet rushed for 151 yards and a score for the Bruins.
NO. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE 41, TEXAS 34
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Sanders passed for 391 yards and two touchdowns, including the 41-yard game-winner to Bryson Green with just over three minutes remaining as Oklahoma State bounced back from a double-overtime loss to TCU the previous week.
Green's had five catches for a career-high 133 yards for Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12).
The Oklahoma State defense intercepted Quin Ewers three times, two by Jason Taylor II, the other by Kendal Daniels in the final minute to end the Longhorns' final threat.
Bijan Robinson ran for 140 yards and a touchdown and caught a 41-yard touchdown pass for Texas (5-3, 3-2). Ewers passed for 319 yards and two touchdowns.
NO. 13 WAKE FOREST 43, BOSTON COLLEGE 15
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Sam Hartman threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score as Wake Forest won its third straight.
All of Hartman's touchdown throws — including two each to Taylor Morin and Jahmal Banks — were to receivers already in the end zone. He completed 25 of 40 passes for 313 yards for the Demon Deacons (6-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Phil Jurkovec threw for a touchdown and ran for another for Boston College (2-5, 1-4), which hasn't defeated a top 25 opponent since 2018.
NO. 16 PENN STATE 45, MINNESOTA 17
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford threw four touchdown passes and Penn State's defense forced seven punts in a win over Minnesota.
A week after the worst game of his six-year career, a smattering of boos rang out from the 107,000 fans clad all in white when Clifford was announced as the starting quarterback. By halftime, the Happy Valley crowd had changed its tone.
Clifford threw darts over the middle to tight ends Tyler Warren and Theo Johnson on back-to-back possessions in the second quarter to put Penn State (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) up for good. The rout was on when he lofted a deep ball to Parker Washington for a 35-yard score on Penn State's first possession of the second half.
Nick Singleton added two touchdown runs and Mitchell Tinsley caught another TD pass for the Nittany Lions. Clifford was 23 for 31 for 295 yards.
Penn State hosts No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday.
The Golden Gophers (4-3, 1-3) lost their third straight, this one amid difficult circumstances. Starting quarterback Tanner Morgan was ruled out with a head injury, leaving the offense to freshman Athan Kaliakmanis who completed just 9 of 22 passes for 175 yards.
NO. 21 CINCINNATI 29, SMU 27
DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Coe kicked a school-record five field goals, including a season-long 52-yarder and Cincinnati broke up a two-point play in the closing minutes to hold on.
Charles McClelland and Ryan Montgomery scored on runs of 76 yards and 1 yard for the Bearcats (6-1, 3-0 American), who won their 19th in a row against against American Athletic Conference opponents.
Tyler Lavine scored on a 1-yard plunge with 1:57 to pull SMU (3-4, 1-2) within two, but Preston Stone's 2-point conversion pass intended for Roderick Daniels Jr. fell incomplete.
Stone, a redshirt freshman, replaced starter Tanner Mordecai, who left the game and the field late in the third quarter with an apparent injury.
NO. 25 TULANE 38, MEMPHIS 28
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —Michael Pratt threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Tyjae Spears ran for 125 yards and another score as Tulane celebrated its first Top 25 ranking since 1998.
The Green Wave (7-1, 4-0 American Athletic) scored on three of their first four possessions and took a 35-0 lead into the second half before the Tigers rallied.
Seth Henigan had 257 of his 312 passing yards in the second half for the Tigers (4-4, 2-3), finishing with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Eddie Lewis caught two touchdown passes, finishing with three receptions for 94 yards.
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Biden's Climate Policy Is a Titanic Disaster in Waiting
November 2, 2021 Topic: Climate Change Region: United States Tags: Climate ChangeGreen New DealFossil FuelsChinaBuild Back Better
Rather than spending trillions that we do not have and making promises that cannot be kept, Congress and the administration should focus on implementing policies that reduce regulatory barriers to energy innovation, streamline permitting and regulatory reviews, and promote pro-growth tax policy.
by Jack Spencer James Jay Carafano
President Joe Biden's approval ratings are more underwater than the Titanic. With rising fuel costs, spreading inflation, and unprecedented illegal border crossings, Americans had already begun to sour on many of Biden's top priorities even before the debacle in Afghanistan. But, like the captain of the Titanic, this presidency might just be seeing the tip of the iceberg. Biden's energy and environmental policies may wind up plunging his popularity to the bottom of the deep.
Biden's climate policies are fatally flawed, on both foreign and domestic fronts. On the global stage, Biden plans to fight climate with joint actions that are never going to happen and distract the nation and the world from real environmental challenges like clean air and clean water. At home, he plans to meet his self-defined climate goals by starving Americans of affordable, reliable energy while imposing a government-mandated transformation of the energy sector. The latter is to be accomplished through sharply higher taxes, massive deficit spending, and burdensome regulations—an approach that won't deliver a better economy or a better environment.
Over the Horizon
Biden fancies that he can lead the global response to climate change. The Chinese justifiably beg to differ, as do Russia, India, and numerous other developing nations.
China is already the world's leader—in emitting greenhouse gases. A voracious energy consumer, its energy consumption has quintupled since the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Biden will somehow have to convince the Chinese to hamstring their economy in pursuit of his climate agenda.
It's a naïve conceit, but one which the administration may pursue in a most callous fashion. John Kerry, in his non-Senate-confirmed position as Special Climate Envoy, has gone so far as to suggest the United States might even ignore Beijing's genocidal campaign against the Uyghurs to make a deal. "Life," he said, "is full of tough choices."
It is also full of stupid ones. China has already demonstrated its commitment to continued Uyghur oppression, regardless of what the rest of the world thinks. Thinking that we can talk China into hurting itself economically in exchange for turning a blind eye to Chinese systematic human rights abuses is wholly specious.
Like most countries, China talks a good line on climate responsibility—whatever that means. Its actual policy, however, is to obtain any energy at the cheapest price it can find—and "at all costs" if necessary. Increasingly, China is trying to alleviate its dependence on imported fuel by encroaching on the maritime fuel resources of its smaller neighbors. Yet even with these rapacious energy policies, China is in the midst of an energy crisis. This is not a country that's going to concern itself with becoming carbon neutral anytime soon.
The situation doesn't look any brighter on the other side of the world, where America's best partners are experiencing trouble keeping the lights on. Europe faces an energy crunch all its own. Shortages and prices are at record levels and, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, "Double-digit year-on-year increases are likely to continue throughout the winter." The Europeans' situation is exacerbated by their major fuel supplier: Russia. The Russians are having production problems. Moreover, they are playing energy politics with the Europeans, refusing to increase their natural gas deliveries until Germany expedites approval of the Nord Stream II pipeline.
Will our allies really make good on all their green energy promises if it means tanking their economies? The smart money says "no." After all, just look at what happened in Rome this Halloween at the G20 summit. Just days before jetting off to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, leaders of the world's biggest economies retreated from their formerly zealous conviction to oppose building new coal power plants.
While the administration is grasping at air to secure China's promise to lower emissions sometime in the future, it's more than willing to make Americans bite the bullet now.
In the last year and a half, Congress has added nearly $5.5 trillion to the national debt, and the Biden administration is pushing for trillions more through radical social, labor, and climate policies. No matter what the reported price tag is, the reality is these proposals will expand the scope of the federal government into Americans' lives for generations to come and make a wreckage of federalism.
The administration has moved quickly to implement or propose hundreds of billions in subsidies and tax favors for green energy technologies. It has proposed policies to reorient the energy grid and the entire transportation sector around arbitrary climate goals.
It has developed a raft of regulations that target nearly every aspect of the coal, oil, and natural gas industries. Even though Americans get nearly 80 percent of their power, heat, and transportation fuel from these energy resources, one gets the impression that the administration believes they are illegal. Firmly in bed with Big Green, the administration's energy policy can best be described as command-and-control cronyism.
Another term that comes to mind is abject cynicism. The administration knows that all of this will have almost no impact on global temperatures by the end of the century. Climate Czar Kerry has openly acknowledged this on several occasions.
The administration also knows full well that higher energy costs act like a tax on the entire economy—one that hurts the poor the most. Between 2018 and 2019, as average energy costs fell 5 percent and Americans' per capita energy costs decreased in every state except California, the nation's economy was breaking records in growth and employment.
Californians' costs rose, no doubt, because the state pursues a reckless climate agenda that includes banning gasoline-powered cars and regulating nuclear plants out of business. Yet the Biden administration would have the rest of the country follow California's example. And it's employing regulatory tricks like the "social cost of carbon" to inflate the supposed benefits of its job-killing climate regulations.
The administration seems bent on "transforming"—i.e., ruining—the energy sector and the national economy with it in service to a radical climate agenda.
A Real Action Agenda
A far more productive and realistic approach would be to expand economic freedom at home and abroad and especially amongst developing countries. Decades of data from The Index of Economic Freedom clearly show that economic freedom goes hand in hand with economic growth, which is essential to environmental stewardship. In fact, climate-related deaths have fallen 96 percent over the last century, thanks to rapid economic growth and increased access to affordable, reliable energy.
Rather than urging our friends and allies to pursue policies that make their energy sectors more brittle and costly, the United States should be championing freer trade to get them the energy they need. Rather than naively taking China at its word, we should be pushing for transparency, reaffirming our commitment to human rights, and defending the sovereignty of neighboring nations against Chinese bullying.
This is a fundamentally different approach than the Biden administration's reliance on extravagant government spending, high taxes, and massive regulation. But we can expect to see—as we've seen countless times in the past—the dynamic and diverse creativity of people innovating to address whatever challenges the future holds.
Jack Spencer and James Jay Carafano are vice presidents of The Heritage Foundation.


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Stevens, John, ed. Music and Poetry in the Early Tudor Court. London: Methuen, 1961: 420-1.
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Sleeping With Your Ears Open takes you on patrol with the men of the Australian SAS as they conduct their operations in Borneo and South Viet Nam.
Accompanied by personal photographs from these secret operations, the stories in this book are told first-hand by the SAS men themselves. Gary McKay interviewed men who served in the swamps and mountains of Borneo and the jungles of Viet Nam, to get a feel for how they thought and what type of teamwork was required on the SAS patrol. The men who flew the Huey helicopters in support of the SAS operations in Viet Nam have also contributed and they give a graphic account of the exacting and demanding patrol insertion techniques that ensured the patrol and aircrew's survival.
The reader will be with the SAS soldiers on patrol where on occasions they were unable to move even six metres for fear of being caught. The nerve-wracking drama of living on the edge is conveyed through the experiences of the men who often thought that 'this patrol might well be their last'. The five-man patrols were always outnumbered but never defeated: this book shows why these elite soldiers were able to survive.
'Sleeping With Your Ears Open takes the reader into the heart and soul of the men of the Australian Army's Special Air Service Regiment. It provides a clear insight into the rigours of the SAS selection process, training for war in Papua New Guinea, then in graphic and sometimes raw and brutal detail into combat behind enemy lines in Borneo and South Viet Nam.
The hardback version is now a collector's item and Batawood Books holds the remaining 50 copies in existence. The paperback version has been taken out of print and replaced with a new edition called On patrol with the SAS – Sleeping with your ears open.


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use litle\sdk\LitleOnlineRequest;
use litle\sdk\XmlParser;
class DeactivateFunctionalTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function test_simple()
    {
        $hash_in = array(
            'orderId'=>'1',
            'orderSource'=>'ecommerce',
            'card' => array (
                'type'=>'VI',
                'number'=>'4100000000000000',
                'expDate'=>'1213',
                'cardValidationNum' => '1213'
            )
        );

        $initialize = new LitleOnlineRequest();
        $response = $initialize->deactivate($hash_in);
        $message = XmlParser::getAttribute($response,'litleOnlineResponse','message');
        $this->assertEquals('Valid Format',$message);
    }
}

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The sun is setting on Japan. For the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm John Stonestreet with The Point.
Having kids is so important, not having them might have national consequences.
Mary Brinton at Harvard calls that country's emphasis on career over childbearing "death to the family." Below-replacement-rate fertility creates an aging population, which strains government entitlements, and forces young people to work longer hours for ever lower pay to support aging parents and grandparents.
Humans are mortal. We die. If a society as a whole doesn't recognize the need to "be fruitful and multiply," life becomes hard for everyone. Children, it turns out, really are a blessing.


Mercury is at superior conjunction with the Sun on 7th February. At the time of conjunction, the planet will be on the opposite side of the Sun, some 1.40 AU (209 million km or 131 million miles) distant from Earth.
During the last week of February, Mercury is visible as a very low down difficult evening star (mag –0.8), only a few degrees above the western horizon shortly after sunset. The view is better for northern hemisphere observers compared to their southern counterparts.
Venus is a brilliant evening object in Pisces, visible towards the west shortly after sunset. With an apparent magnitude of –4.1, it is unmistakable and by months end will set up to 4 hours after the Sun.
On the evening of 9th February, Venus and Uranus (mag. 5.9) will be less than half a degree apart. Later in the month (25th) a thin crescent Moon will pass 3 degrees north of Venus.
Mars is now moving in a westerly retrograde motion, beginning the month in Virgo before heading swiftly back into Leo. The red planet rises well before midnight and with an apparent magnitude of -1.0 is nearly as bright as Sirius. Telescopically, the apparent diameter of Mars is increasing nicely, from 11.8 arcseconds at the start of the month to 13.8 arcseconds at the end.
An almost full Moon will pass about 10 degrees south of Mars on 10th February. At the end of the month, Mars will be approx. 15 degrees from Regulus (mag. 1.35), the brightest star in Leo.
Jupiter is in Aries and still reasonably placed for observation as an evening object during February, although now well past opposition. The giant planet sets a little earlier each night as the month progresses. At the end of February it sets about 2 hours later than at the beginning of the month. During this time the apparent Jovian disk size shrinks from 39 to 36 arcseconds.
A crescent Moon will be a few degrees north of Jupiter on 27th February. The gap between Jupiter and Venus is continuing to close; at the end of February Jupiter is only 12 degrees north of Venus.
Saturn is located in Virgo, about 7 degrees from bright star Spica (mag. 1.0). The rings are wide open and well situated for observation. Saturn is now moving towards opposition and at the start of the month rises about half way through the night. At the end of the month it appears an hour or two earlier.
On February 8th Saturn is stationary before proceeding westerly in retrograde motion. However, the position of Saturn will change little during the month; only about half a degree in relation to the fixed stars. The night of 12/13th February will see the Moon pass within a few degrees of both Saturn and Spica.
During February the apparent diameter of Saturn is a healthy 18 arcseconds.
Uranus is located in Pisces and visible as an evening object, best seen during the first part of the month. However, it won't be long before the planet is lost to the evening twilight. A good time to look for this distant world is on the evening of 9th February when mag 5.9 Uranus is just half a degree south of Venus (mag. -4.0).
Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun and not observable during the month.


The Eiffel tower is created in a miniature at the Ho Chi Minh city's Zoo and Botanical Garden (Thao Cam Vien).
Many world and Vietnamese wonders were created in miniature in Ho Chi Minh City by Chinese and Singaporean artisans for a show to mark the upcoming New Year, Valentine's Day and the Lunar New Year festival.
Around 40 leading artisans worked hard for almost a month to create The Wonders of the World at the city's Zoo and Botanical Garden (Thao Cam Vien).
Apart from the world's famous wonders such as the Eiffel tower, the Great Wall of China, the Pisa leaning tower, the Taj Mahal,… Viet Nam's best-known landmarks such as the One-pillar (Mot Cot) Pagoda, and Ha Long Bay were also built on scales of 1:30 to 1:10, using some 30 tons of steel and thousands of lanterns brought in from Singapore.
These will be part of a show from Dec. 31 to Feb. 25 which will also feature lots of entertainment programs and displays of lantern models of 150 animals and plants.
Three months ago the same festival was held in Singapore's Chinese Garden and had attracted over 300,000 visitors. Besides, it has been successfully held in over 15 countries and territories like the US, Korea, Italy, Canada, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia over the past 20 years.


Thread: Should I upgrade my suspension fork?
I'm currently riding my Gaint Stance 27.5 2 https://goo.gl/ovudLl . Usually when I ride, it's whole day (18hrs) or half a day (11hrs) of ride on a rocky and muddy terrain (80%) and pitch road (20%), with majority of steep climbing and downhills, rarely plains.
When riding downhills my forearms takes lots of punishment with this fork. Is it worth upgrading fork to longer travel 140mm or 150mm forks in this frame. If yes any recommendations on forks around $1000, please. I'm considering of Pike RCT3 or Revelation RCT3 if it fits my bike.
with a 120mm fork, you're already at 68 deg headtube angle. If you went with a longer fork, you'd have to adjust the pressure to keep a similar angle or you're steering will feel way off and you have an increased risk of frame/steer tube damage. I would consider something in the 140mm range as a maximum. Really should base a new fork's length off the axle-to-crown length.
I'd look at a good fork with adjustable compression damping. The XC30 gold does not have compression damping, just a rudementary lockout. Just about anything without a TK lockout will be better on a rockshox fork, and any fox/marchozzi/manoutu fork will be better.
Thank you for the reply watts888 .
Your going to run into a big issue. Most better forks do not come with standard quick release drop outs anymore. So you'll be looking possibly at a new hub/wheel. There are some available (I know manitou makes options for them still) but unsure about any others.
How about the Manitou Minute 120mm, will it be smarter upgrade for my current forks (RockSox 30 Gold TK).
My wife has a Manitou Minute 130 mm and really likes it. It has the QR dropouts and seems to perform pretty well.


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3% of U.S. population is homosexual, bisexual or transgender: Gallup poll
Updated: Jan. 05, 2019, 9:05 p.m. | Published: Oct. 18, 2012, 8:37 p.m.
NEW YORK — A new Gallup survey, touted as the largest of its kind, estimates that 3.4 percent of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
The findings, released today, were based on interviews with more than 121,000 people. Gallup said it is the largest study ever aimed at calculating the nation's LGBT population.
Sam Devold shows off her gay pride with rainbow eye shadow during Pride Fest on Front Street in Harrisburg in July. Sean Simmers, The Patriot-News/2012
The report's lead author, demographer Gary Gates of the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute, said he hoped the findings would help puncture some stereotypes about gays and lesbians while illustrating the diversity of their community.
"Contemporary media often think of LGBT people as disproportionately white, male, urban and pretty wealthy," he said. "But this data reveal that relative to the general population, the LGBT population has a larger proportion of nonwhite people and clearly is not overly wealthy."
According to the survey, which was conducted between June and September, 4.6 percent of African-Americans identify as LGBT, 4 percent of Hispanics, 4.3 percent of Asians and 3.2 percent of whites. Overall, a third of those identifying as LGBT are nonwhite, the report said.
There was a slight gender difference — 3.6 percent of women identified as LGBT, compared to 3.3 percent of men. And younger adults, aged 18 to 29, were more likely than their elders to identify as LGBT.
One striking difference: among 18-to-29-year-olds, 8.3 percent of women identify as LGBT, compared with 4.6 percent of men the same age.
In contrast to some previous, smaller studies, the Gallup survey found that identification as LGBT is highest among Americans with the lowest levels of education. Among those with a high school education or less, 3.5 percent identify as LGBT, compared with 2.8 percent of those with a college degree and 3.2 percent of those with postgraduate education.
A similar pattern was found regarding income groups. More than 5 percent of those with annual incomes of less than $24,000 identify as LGBT, compared to 2.8 percent of those making more than $60,000 a year.
Among those who report income, about 16 percent of LGBT individuals have incomes above $90,000 per year, compared with 21 percent of the overall adult population, the Gallup survey found. It said 35 percent of those who identify as LGBT report incomes of less than $24,000 a year, compared to 24 percent for the population in general.
Regarding family status, 20 percent of LGBT individuals said they are married and an additional 18 percent are living with a partner; they weren't asked about the gender of those spouses and partners. Among non-LGBT Americans, 54 percent are married and 4 percent are living with a partner, the report said.
The survey found that 32 percent of both LGBT and non-LGBT women have children under 18 in their home. By contrast, 16 percent of LGBT men had children in their home, compared to 31 percent of non-LGBT men.
Gates said he was struck by the geographical spread of the LGBT population — pegged at 3.7 percent in the East, 3.6 percent in the West, 3.4 percent in the Midwest and 3.2 percent in the South.
The results were based on responses to the question, "Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender?" included in 121,290 Gallup interviews conducted between June 1 and Sept. 30.
The overall 3.4 percent figure is similar to a 3.8 percent estimate made previously by Gates after averaging a group of smaller U.S. surveys conducted from 2004 to 2008.
The survey noted that its findings did not account for LGBT people who, for whatever reason, did not want to acknowledge their sexual orientation in the interviews.


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Q: Is it possible to reduce the number of constructors I am using in this code? Constructor overloading and forwarding with multiple classes I wrote this code earlier today. The purpose of the code is to implement ICommand such that it exclusively runs only one method at a time, and returns silently for others.
I wrote it for use with a multi-platform user interface so that multiple key presses aren't registered.
It has a ton of constructors, and I don't understand overloading of this sort very well. I am taking design patterns next semester and Object Oriented Programming the semester after that, so hopefully my code will be cleaner after that!
Is there a way for me to shorten the code (reduce the number of constructors needed)?
using System;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace dobjenkins
{
    public interface IAsyncCommand : ICommand
    {
        Task ExecuteAsync (object parameter);
    }

    public class AsyncCommand : IAsyncCommand
    {
        private readonly Func<object, Task> execute;
        private readonly Func<object, bool> canExecute;

        ///
        /// Constructors and initializors
        ///
        protected AsyncCommand ()
        {
        }

        public AsyncCommand (Func<object, Task> execute, Func<object, bool> canExecute)
        {
            this.execute = execute;
            this.canExecute = canExecute;
        }

        public AsyncCommand (Func<object, Task> execute)
        {
            this.execute = execute;
        }

        public AsyncCommand (Func<Task> execute, Func<bool> canExecute)
        {
            this.execute = _ => execute ();
            this.canExecute = _ => canExecute ();
        }

        public AsyncCommand (Func<Task> execute)
        {
            this.execute = _ => execute ();
        }

        ///
        ///  Execute Methods
        ///

        public async Task ExecuteAsync (object parameter)
        {
            await execute (parameter);
        }

        public async void Execute (object parameter)
        {
            await ExecuteAsync (parameter);
        }

        ///
        /// CanExecute methods/Event
        ///

        public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;

        public void ChangeCanExecute ()
        {
            var ev = CanExecuteChanged;
            if (ev != null) {
                ev (this, EventArgs.Empty);
            }
        }

        public bool CanExecute (object parameter)
        {
            return canExecute == null || canExecute (parameter);
        }
    }

    public sealed class AsyncCommand<T> : AsyncCommand
    {
        private readonly Func<T, Task> execute;
        private readonly Func<T, bool> canExecute;

        public AsyncCommand (Func<T, Task> execute)
        {
            this.execute = execute;
        }

        public AsyncCommand (Func<T, Task> execute, Func<T, bool> canExecute)
        {
            this.execute = execute;
            this.canExecute = canExecute;
        }

        ///
        ///  Execute Methods
        ///

        public async Task ExecuteAsync (T parameter)
        {
            await execute (parameter);
        }

        public async void Execute (T parameter)
        {
            await ExecuteAsync (parameter);
        }

        public bool CanExecute (T parameter)
        {
            return canExecute == null || canExecute (parameter);
        }
    }

    public class ExclusiveCommand : ICommand
    {
        protected ICommand Backing;
        protected static bool IsBusy = false;

        //
        //  Constructors
        //
        #region Constructors
        public ExclusiveCommand()
        {
        }

        //
        // SYNC (normal) CONSTRUCTORS
        //

        public ExclusiveCommand (Action<object> execute, Func<object, bool> canExecute)
        {
            Backing = new Command (execute, canExecute);
        }

        public ExclusiveCommand (Action<object> execute)
        {
            Backing = new Command (execute);
        }

        public ExclusiveCommand (Action execute, Func<bool> canExecute)
        {
            Backing = new Command (execute, canExecute);
        }

        public ExclusiveCommand (Action execute)
        {
            Backing = new Command (execute);
        }

        //
        // ASYNC CONSTRUCTORS
        //

        public ExclusiveCommand (Func<object, Task> execute, Func<object, bool> canExecute)
        {
            Backing = new AsyncCommand (execute, canExecute);
        }

        public ExclusiveCommand (Func<object, Task> execute)
        {
            Backing = new AsyncCommand (execute);
        }

        public ExclusiveCommand (Func<Task> execute, Func<bool> canExecute)
        {
            Backing = new AsyncCommand (execute, canExecute);
        }

        public ExclusiveCommand (Func<Task> a)
        {
            Backing = new AsyncCommand (a);
        }

        //
        //  End Constructors
        //
        #endregion Constructors

        // Execute

        public async void Execute (object parameter)
        {
            if (IsBusy) {
                return;
            }
            IsBusy = true;

            var async = Backing as AsyncCommand;
            if (async != null) {
                await async.ExecuteAsync (parameter);
            } else {
                Backing.Execute (parameter);
            }

            IsBusy = false;
        }

        //
        /// Can execute
        //

        public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;

        public void ChangeCanExecute ()
        {
            var ev = CanExecuteChanged;
            if (ev != null) {
                ev (this, EventArgs.Empty);
            }
        }

        public bool CanExecute (object parameter)
        {
            return Backing.CanExecute (parameter);
        }
    }
}

public sealed class ExclusiveCommand<T> : ExclusiveCommand
{
    ///
    ///  Constructors
    ///
    #region Constructors
    public ExclusiveCommand()
    {
    }

    //
    // SYNC (normal) CONSTRUCTORS
    //

    public ExclusiveCommand (Action<T> execute, Func<T, bool> canExecute)
    {
        Backing = new Command<T> (execute, canExecute);
    }

    public ExclusiveCommand (Action<T> execute)
    {
        Backing = new Command<T> (execute);
    }

    //
    // ASYNC CONSTRUCTORS
    //

    public ExclusiveCommand (Func<T, Task> execute, Func<T, bool> canExecute)
    {
        Backing = new AsyncCommand<T> (execute, canExecute);
    }

    public ExclusiveCommand (Func<T, Task> execute)
    {
        Backing = new AsyncCommand<T> (execute);
    }

    //
    //  End Constructors
    //
    #endregion Constructors
}

A: You can use optional parameters like so:
public AsyncCommand (Func<object, Task> execute, Func<object, bool> canExecute = null)
{
    this.execute = execute;
    this.canExecute = canExecute;
}

This will allow your to remove your AsyncCommand (Func<object, Task> execute) constructor.
You could also just have your Func<object, Task> overload and drop the Func<Task> overload and require clients to write the _ => stuff lambda. But that may or may not be acceptable depending on your requirements.


today was a better food day!
i'm still guessing i will have lost a little weight from this journey.
although nothing like the 4-5lbs per trip i would lose in the early years of my traveling here!
i didn't have to go into the factory till after lunch today so i had a little time to play in my art journal.
just messing around with pattern & color.
there was also time to visit a farmers market down the road.
i only brought my 50mm fixed lens with me- which makes it hard to show you just how huge this market was.
i have a bunch more pictures to show you tomorrow as i'm running out of time.
some are pretty gross so if you have a timid stomach you may want to skip tomorrow's post.
MMM! All those veggies look so good Michelle! I know you can't read my blog right now, so I'll tell you that yesterday was FANTASTIC! I meet my personal hero (and a Canadian hero at that!) Rick Hansen. It was really something.
Looks great!! I love market photos. Thanks for whatever you post. I'm betting there's some cow eye soup or other delicacies! Post away… we all need a little culture shock to keep us from being to self-centered. Hope to see you again soon!
Your pics are fascinating! Really enjoying a glimpse into your trip. I know that feeling of seeing your 2d work transformed into something 3 dimensional- so fun!
Yeah, my stomach is not in love with those food photos,and where the dishes were made!! So I will skip tomorrow and thanks for the warning!!
What I am in love with is the color, and patterns of your amazing art!!! Plus the wonderful market photos of people! Really interesting!! Thanks for sharing…hope you don't fade away to nothing!!
Such intensity of energy and activity. Even the quiet still vegetables seem infused with it. I love the variegation of the color on on your journal's leaves.
Thank you for taking us along to the market.


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2010-11: Helped the 200-yard freestyle relay place seventh at the Patriot Invitational... Swam a personal best, and the team's third fastest 50 free (21.31) at the America East Championships.
Background: Named the Player of the Year for 2009-10 by the Niagara Gazette… Earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors in 2010… Was a two-time New York Section VI 100-yard freestyle champion… Also earned All-American consideration for the 50 and 100 free in 2009.
Personal: Son of Denise and Shawn Carey… Has three younger brothers, Seth, Quinn and Liam... Majoring in media and communications studies… Born Jan. 14, 1992.


text:
<?php

namespace AppBundle\Command;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\Question;
use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager;
use AppBundle\Entity\Category;

/**
 * A command console that creates users and stores them in the database.
 * To use this command, open a terminal window, enter into your project
 * directory and execute the following:
 *
 *     $ php app/console app:add-user
 *
 * To output detailed information, increase the command verbosity:
 *
 *     $ php app/console app:add-user -vv
 *
 * See http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/console/console_command.html
 *
 * @author Javier Eguiluz <javier.eguiluz@gmail.com>
 */
class AddCategoryCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand {

    const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;

    /**
     * @var ObjectManager
     */
    private $em;

    protected function configure() {
        $this
                // a good practice is to use the 'app:' prefix to group all your custom application commands
                ->setName('app:add-category')
                ->setDescription('Creates category and stores it in the database')
                ->setHelp($this->getCommandHelp())
                // commands can optionally define arguments and/or options (mandatory and optional)
                // see http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console/console_arguments.html
                ->addArgument('name', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'name')
                ->addArgument('urlName', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'visible url')
                ->addArgument('description', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'Short description of this template')
                ->addArgument('parent', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'Id of parent')
        ;
    }

    /**
     * This method is executed before the interact() and the execute() methods.
     * It's main purpose is to initialize the variables used in the rest of the
     * command methods.
     *
     * Beware that the input options and arguments are validated after executing
     * the interact() method, so you can't blindly trust their values in this method.
     */
    protected function initialize(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
        $this->em = $this->getContainer()->get('doctrine')->getManager();
    }

    /**
     * This method is executed after initialize() and before execute(). Its purpose
     * is to check if some of the options/arguments are missing and interactively
     * ask the user for those values.
     *
     * This method is completely optional. If you are developing an internal console
     * command, you probably should not implement this method because it requires
     * quite a lot of work. However, if the command is meant to be used by external
     * users, this method is a nice way to fall back and prevent errors.
     */
    protected function interact(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
        if (null !== $input->getArgument('name') && null !== $input->getArgument('urlName') && null !== $input->getArgument('description') && null !== $input->getArgument('parent')
        ) {
            return;
        }

        // multi-line messages can be displayed this way...
        $output->writeln('');
        $output->writeln('Add Category Command Interactive Wizard');
        $output->writeln('-----------------------------------');

        // ...but you can also pass an array of strings to the writeln() method
        $output->writeln(array(
            '',
            'If you prefer to not use this interactive wizard, provide the',
            'arguments required by this command as follows:',
            '',
            ' $ php app/console app:add-user name urlName description parent',
            '',
        ));

        $output->writeln(array(
            '',
            'Now we\'ll ask you for the value of all the missing command arguments.',
            '',
        ));

        // See http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console/helpers/questionhelper.html
        $console = $this->getHelper('question');

        // Ask for the username if it's not defined
        $name = $input->getArgument('name');
        if (null === $name) {
            $question = new Question(' > <info>Name</info>: ');
            $question->setValidator(function ($answer) {
                if (empty($answer)) {
                    throw new \RuntimeException('The name cannot be empty');
                }

                return $answer;
            });
            $question->setMaxAttempts(self::MAX_ATTEMPTS);

            $name = $console->ask($input, $output, $question);
            $input->setArgument('name', $name);
        } else {
            $output->writeln(' > <info>Name</info>: ' . $name);
        }

        // Ask for the username if it's not defined
        $urlName = $input->getArgument('urlName');
        if (null === $urlName) {
            $question = new Question(' > <info>urlName</info> or leave empty to use name as urlName: ');
            $urlName = $console->ask($input, $output, $question);
            $input->setArgument('urlName', $urlName);
        } else {
            $output->writeln(' > <info>urlName</info>: ' . $urlName);
        }

        // Ask for the username if it's not defined
        $description = $input->getArgument('description');
        if (null === $description) {
            $question = new Question(' > <info>description</info> optional: ');
            $description = $console->ask($input, $output, $question);
            $input->setArgument('description', $description);
        } else {
            $output->writeln(' > <info>description</info>: ' . $description);
        }

        // Ask for the username if it's not defined
        $parent = $input->getArgument('parent');
        if (null === $parent) {
            $question = new Question(' > <info>parent</info> optional: ');
            $parent = $console->ask($input, $output, $question);
            $input->setArgument('parent', $parent);
        } else {
            $output->writeln(' > <info>description</info>: ' . $parent);
        }
    }

    /**
     * This method is executed after interact() and initialize(). It usually
     * contains the logic to execute to complete this command task.
     */
    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
        $startTime = microtime(true);

        $name = $input->getArgument('name');
        $urlName = $input->getArgument('urlName');
        $description = $input->getArgument('description');
        $parent = $input->getArgument('parent');

        $parentObj = null;
        if (null !== $parent) {
            $parentObj = $this->em->getRepository('AppBundle:Category')->findOneBy(array('name' => $parent));
        }

        $existingCategory = $this->em->getRepository('AppBundle:Category')->findOneBy(array('name' => $name));

        if (null !== $existingCategory) {
            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('There is already a category "%s".', $name));
        }

        // create the user and encode its password
        $category = new Category();
        $category->setName($name);

        if (empty($urlName)) {
            $urlName = $name;
        }
        ;

        $category->setUrlName($urlName);
        $category->setDescription($description);
        $category->setParent($parentObj);

        $this->em->persist($category);
        $this->em->flush($category);

        $output->writeln('');
        $output->writeln(sprintf('[OK] %s was successfully created', $category->getName()));

        if ($output->isVerbose()) {
            $finishTime = microtime(true);
            $elapsedTime = $finishTime - $startTime;

            $output->writeln(sprintf('[INFO] New user database id: %d / Elapsed time: %.2f ms', $category->getId(), $elapsedTime * 1000));
        }
    }

    /**
     * This internal method should be private, but it's declared as public to
     * maintain PHP 5.3 compatibility when using it in a callback.
     *
     * @internal
     */
    public function passwordValidator($plainPassword) {
        if (empty($plainPassword)) {
            throw new \Exception('The password can not be empty');
        }

        if (strlen(trim($plainPassword)) < 6) {
            throw new \Exception('The password must be at least 6 characters long');
        }

        return $plainPassword;
    }

    /**
     * This internal method should be private, but it's declared as public to
     * maintain PHP 5.3 compatibility when using it in a callback.
     *
     * @internal
     */
    public function emailValidator($email) {
        if (empty($email)) {
            throw new \Exception('The email can not be empty');
        }

        if (false === strpos($email, '@')) {
            throw new \Exception('The email should look like a real email');
        }

        return $email;
    }

    /**
     * The command help is usually included in the configure() method, but when
     * it's too long, it's better to define a separate method to maintain the
     * code readability.
     */
    private function getCommandHelp() {
        return <<<HELP
The <info>%command.name%</info> command creates new category and saves it in the database:

  <info>php %command.full_name%</info> <comment>name urlName description parent</comment>

HELP;
    }

}


text:
Software Development Engineer II - Commerce Products
What Twitch is looking for in applicants
Launched in 2011, Twitch is a global community that comes together each day to create multiplayer entertainment: unique, live, unpredictable experiences created by the interactions of millions. We bring the joy of co-op to everything, from casual gaming to world-class esports to anime marathons, music, and art streams. Twitch also hosts TwitchCon, where we bring everyone together to celebrate, learn, and grow their personal interests and passions. We're always live at Twitch. Stay up to date on all things Twitch on LinkedIn, Twitter and on our Blog.
Creators are the backbone of Twitch, and their sustainability relies primarily on their ability to earn a living doing what they love. As a member of the Subscriptions engineering team, your core focus is to build products and features that enable creators to earn that living. You will be empowered to work across the stack and across functions. You will take high ownership of your services - architecting, building and operating them. You will partner with other engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists to deliver solutions.
This position can be located in Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; and San Francisco, CA.
You work with product managers, technical leads and other engineers to design, develop, launch and operate interactive experiences
You have a firm understanding of how to efficiently and effectively build complex distributed applications at scale. You also recognize that distributed applications have limitations, and understand how to factor those limitations in when building client-side experiences.
You collaborate closely with both your team and related teams - fostering shared understanding of how to solve common problems and deliver solutions
You obsessively care about and work backwards from the customer's experience
You have a natural curiosity that leads you to better outcomes
5+ Years experience developing software in a professional environment
Prior experience building consumer-facing products at scale
Proficient Front-end and Back-end coding skills in modern languages and frameworks
Experience designing and architecting consumer facing products and applications
Proven ability with algorithms, data structures, data modeling and/or schema design
Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Experience with Golang, React,js and/or GraphQL
Familiar with building software and services using AWS technologies such as DynamoDB, Elasticache, Lambda, Step Functions and EC2
Familiarity with Twitch communities, gaming and/or streaming your own content on Twitch
Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
Maternity & Parental Leave
Amazon Employee Discount
Monthly Contribution & Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages, etc.)
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Workers in New York City who perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business must show proof they have been fully vaccinated against COVID or request and receive approval for a reasonable accommodation, including medical or religious accommodation.
Job ID: TW6865
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Q: [PostgreSQL]: Subquery has too many columns I am trying to run a query, but the result is showing the error message "Subquery has too many columns". I have to change where the clause with array to string but the error is the same. could you help me, if you have any suggestions or different queries as modify to solve this?
the query is:
create table my_schema.table_1 as select a.*
            , O.ID1
            , J.ID2
            , K.ID3
            , L.ID4
            , M.ID5
            , S.ID6
            , O.plan_name plan_name1
            , J.plan_name plan_name2
            , K.plan_name plan_name3
            , L.plan_name plan_name4
            , M.plan_name plan_name5
            , S.plan_name plan_name6
            from (
            select
                  PRD_ID
                , NBR
                , SI
                , START_TIME
                , ATTR4
                , G_ID
                , BYTE_UP
                , BYTE_DOWN
                , LIST
                , TYPE_ID1
                , TYPE_ID2
                , TYPE_ID3
                , TYPE_ID4
                , TYPE_ID5
                , TYPE_ID6
                , CHARGE1, CHARGE2, CHARGE3, CHARGE4, CHARGE5, CHARGE6
            from my_schema.source where prd_id = '20200101'
            and TYPE IN (3) ) a
            left outer join (select distinct id, price_plan_name from my_schema.id_ref_v9) O on split_part(split_part(list,';',1),',',1) = O.id
            left outer join (select distinct id, price_plan_name from my_schema.id_ref_v9) J on split_part(split_part(list,';',2),',',1) = J.id
            left outer join (select distinct id, price_plan_name from my_schema.id_ref_v9) K on split_part(split_part(list,';',3),',',1) = K.id
            left outer join (select distinct id, price_plan_name from my_schema.id_ref_v9) L on split_part(split_part(list,';',4),',',1) = L.id
            left outer join (select distinct id, price_plan_name from my_schema.id_ref_v9) M on split_part(split_part(list,';',5),',',1) = M.id
            left outer join (select distinct id, price_plan_name from my_schema.id_ref_v9) S on split_part(split_part(list,';',6),',',1) = S.id
            WHERE (
            O.id in (select * from my_schema.LIST_PRICEID4)or
            J.id in (select * from my_schema.LIST_PRICEID4)or
            K.id in (select * from my_schema.LIST_PRICEID4)or
            L.id in (select * from my_schema.LIST_PRICEID4)or
            M.id in (select * from my_schema.LIST_PRICEID4)or
            S.id in (select * my_schema.LIST_PRICEID4))


Entries tagged with "development studies".
Development Studies: A Disciplinary Home for Interdisciplinary Work?
I continue my musings on the recent emergence of development studies in the American academy . . .
The rise of development studies presents two interesting opportunities for development in general – a chance to start treating development as a discipline, and the chance to bring interdisciplinary (or, in the parlance of the donor and implementation world, integrated) thinking to the fore in development.
If people come into development from narrow, technical backgrounds, they are unlikely to know the history of ideas into which they have waded. They may not know the history of interventions that have been tried in the past. Understanding the ideas to which one is responding or building on with a particular program or project, and knowing the previous history of similar efforts, seems to me to be critical to achieving any development goals. For such a knowledge base to become common in the field, development cannot just be an object of study for other academic disciplines – it has to be recognized as its own discipline to which new students must be introduced.
Academia has, for essentially my entire academic life since I entered undergrad, argued for greater interdisciplinary collaboration. As best I can tell, very little of academia has actually shifted academic incentives such that interdisciplinary work might actually emerge and flourish. The emergence of development studies presents an opportunity to create such incentives within an academic discipline*. Any program of development studies that considers not only theory and thought, but also the history of development interventions, will necessarily engage the fact that development is an inherently interdisciplinary undertaking. While economists have long held sway over the (informal) discipline of development, they are hardly the final answer for most questions that anyone engaged in development might face on a day-to-day basis (market failure around the environment, anyone?). As the same time, the climate scientist is probably not going to have a lot of answers for how we might foster the emergence of local markets better able to address the predicted/modeled challenges of future climate change. Technical expertise is critical to achieving development goals, but narrow disciplinary expertise is likely to reproduce stovepipes of information, funding and programming that make it difficult to address the suite of issues arising around most development challenges. In the rise of development studies, we have the chance to break down these stovepipes under the rubric of a single discipline, thus creating a home for interdisciplinary work within a discipline (yes, that is contradictory), as it were. At the same time, graduates of such programs would already think "integratively," perhaps one of the biggest challenges I have seen for implementation.
Much of this opportunity could be realized even in the course of a Masters degree – which is critical to most programs, as they are Masters-terminal. However, if development studies is to realize these potentials, it will require Ph.D.-level engagement by students and faculty to build literature, journals, and approaches requisite of an academic discipline. This, however, must take shape in the context of an extended and varied engagement with donors and implementers that can only really be had if we move more people between academia and the donor/implementer world. Creating the incentives for such movement is an entirely different question . . .
*Note: as a geographer, I have to point out that my discipline displays all of the characteristics of an interdisciplinary endeavor – most departments contain everything from qualitative social scientists to soil or atmospheric scientists to experts in the GISciences, and we are rewarded for collaborating with one another. Of course, we are collaborating within geography, and publishing in journals accepted by geography, which makes things much easier. But working across the various academic divides (quant/qual, human/environment, etc.) has already been modeled . . .
Disclaimer: This post is my personal work, and does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of any of my current or past employers.
As I prepare to return to life as a full-time academic, I have become acutely aware of the explosion of development studies programs in the United States over the past 4-5 years. A mere 10 years ago, if you wanted a development studies degree most of your options were in the UK, not the US…and to be honest, most of your best options were outside the US as well. Otherwise, you picked a discipline like economics, anthropology or geography, and focused on development topics as a part of your disciplinary focus (this was my route). This is no longer true – today there are development studies masters programs all over the US. For the first time in the US, we are seeing the mass professionalization of "development studies" on a scale that reminiscent of various colonial administrations more than 100 years ago, something that should probably give everyone pause.
But what is development studies for, aside from generating tuition dollars for cash-strapped universities? Is development studies a professional degree, an academic discipline, or something in between? I am not sure I have a clear answer to this question, but I do know that I am concerned by some recent conversations that suggest that development studies programs should be about what the practitioners/implementers/donors want and need. The logic here is one of professionalization: those seeking development studies degrees ostensibly want jobs, and therefore they should be trained to do the sorts of things that their future employers want them to do. However, this is a narrow and shortsighted view of what development studies is and should be, even as a professional degree – and to some extent it represents a narrow and boring view of what academia might bring to the table.
Development is a constantly evolving field. We learn more about how the world works each day, and identify new challenges all the time. Further, in an ever-more interlinked economic world experiencing unprecedented environmental change, new challenges and opportunities emerge all the time. If we mean to train people to be effective across their careers, we cannot be focused on what is important/trendy now, but what the persistent challenges are most likely to be over time…and where the emergent challenges are most likely to spring up.
More than that, though, it is a mistake to assume that demand-driven programs will actually train people in a manner that makes them true assets to their future employers. Certainly there is great expertise and experience on the practitioner side of development, but that is no guarantee that what people think they need from a development studies graduate is, in fact, what they need from an employee. Take, for example, gender and development. There is no question at all that gender is an absolutely critical part of the social processes that influence/are influenced by development interventions. Without a solid understanding of such things as gender roles and power relations in the places where we do our work, we are likely to overlook important dynamics that will influence the outcomes of our projects and programs. So, development studies programs should incorporate gender and development training into their programs. That said, development studies programs should not simply reproduce in their students the same sorts of analytic approaches and capacities as seen in much current development practice – because much of that work is employing seriously outdated approaches to gender that actually obscure tremendously important social processes and relations. For example, in my work in Ghana, I have demonstrated that the feminist empiricist approach that dominates most contemporary gender and development work over-homogenizes women, even at the village level, such that we can lose sight of the particular challenges faced by the poorest women (in Ghana, it was about the poorest 40% that were hard to see – article here). So it is not our job to simply train people to existing standards – it is to train people in the most current thinking.
But even this is not enough – a good development studies program must also teach its newly trained professionals how to bring the latest and best thinking on development subjects to their employers in a manner that is implementable. This requires a significant effort, and expertise that most academic institutions lack. Simply put, you need people in the program with experience in both academia and in the world of implementation, and who speak the languages of both worlds. Contrary to what most development studies academics think, academia has little clue how implementers and donors actually work and think. This is why so little academic work has an impact in the donor/implementer world. The best training on the latest thinking is useless if the trained cannot actually make use of what they know once they are employed.
The answer, then, is perhaps not a demand-driven degree, but instead an academic program that engages and cultivates relationships across the implementation world to remain responsive to need and demand, while at the same time helping to shape that demand through research, writing and a flow of well-trained students into development practice. This will require a very different sort of staffing than most new programs have on hand – it will require identifying not only talented academics, but also those willing to leave the world of implementation to teach (or development studies is going to have to cultivate a lot more people like me with experience in both worlds). Once the staffing problem is sorted out, there will be a cultural problem – how to build rapport between critical academics and thoroughly modernist practitioners such that the program has intellectual coherence (it doesn't go very well when faculty contradict one another course to course) and might actually generate new and exciting research and teaching. It will be interesting to watch the new programs, as they emerge, negotiate these issues . . .
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Is a Hybrid Vehicle in Your future?
When the first hybrids arrived onto the car market, many people deemed the vehicles to be unproven and under-performing. Although hybrid vehicles have improved by leaps and bounds over the last few years, there are still some myths circulating about vehicles that are equipped with a hybrid engine. Here are SOME of the biggest myths concerning hybrid cars.
Unlike the electric-powered cars of yesteryear — the hybrid vehicles of today deliver impressive styling. In many instances, the exterior design of the hybrid car is virtually identical to its gasoline-only counterpart, awesome right? No longer do car enthusiast have to sacrifice STYLE in order to get ah-mazing fuel efficiency.
Hybrid Engines Are Weak and Unresponsive.
The notion that hybrid vehicles are WEAK could not be further from the truth. Hybrid engines are able to produce a power outlet that is on PAR with traditional engines. Certain hybrids engines are able to deliver VERY quick acceleration — yet keep fuel consumption to a minimum.
There's NO evidence to support the claim that hybrid vehicles are unreliable. There are PLENTY of hybrid vehicles on the road that have surpassed 200,00 miles on the odometer. And, prospective hybrid owners can expect several years of trouble-free service.
Although some hybrid vehicles have a tad less cargo room, the difference is usually barely noticeable. The Toyota Camry Hybrid offers a large trunk are that's perfect for storing luggage and groceries.