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Curling 2015-16: Mid-season review
December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015 theroaringgameblog
As we wave goodbye to 2015, it's time for a look back at some of the events and stories from the first half of the curling season, and the Scottish teams' part in them.
For all the talk of new broom technology ruining the sport, there was still a great deal that was familiar: brilliant events, Canadian Grand Slam dominance and Team Edin winning the biggest prizes…
Edin and Sidorova conquer Europeans
Esbjerg, Denmark, was the setting for the 2015 European Curling Championships and did a great job – competitors praised the ice, the volunteers and the fact that the A and B arenas were on the same site.
Scotland's representatives were Team Smith for the men's section and Team Muirhead in the women's.
Smith had seen off Teams Brewster, MacDonald and Murdoch to qualify for Esbjerg, but their relative inexperience (this was a first men's Europeans for the 2013 World Juniors champions) seemed to tell early on.
They slid to a W1 L4 record with defeats against Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands – their A-Division status seemed to be at stake and playoff hopes a distant dream.
But suddenly it clicked into place. Finland were beaten 7-3 and from there Smith reeled off the wins against Italy, Russia and Germany – they had their confidence back, and were making the big shots.
They had secured Scotland's spot at the 2016 World Men's Championship, but faced a tiebreaker against Sweden to make the semi-finals.
They were edged out 8-7 by Edin's Swedish rink – a disappointment after their run of wins, but undoubtedly a fine European debut for Smith.
Home from a great 12 days in Denmark and the ECC 2015 proud of @Team_Smith13 you showed a lot of great character this week boys #curling
— Viktor Kjäll (@VikKjell) November 29, 2015
There was less drama for Team Muirhead in making the women's playoffs, as they racked up seven wins from nine.
The drama was saved for their semi-final with Finland, as the Finns led 5-0 after three ends and the game looked to be slipping away from the Scots.
But the nightmarish start was followed by seven ends of professional and increasingly dominant curling from Muirhead's rink, dragging themselves back to 6-6 after seven ends and stealing two in end eight for a lead they never relinquished.
It was not to be the perfect ending for Muirhead, as Team Sidorova of Russia won the final 6-4 – but the silver medals represented a step up from last year (where they won bronze), both on the podium and in terms of quality, delighting coach David Hay with their consistent level of performance.
Gold for Sidorova was a fitting reward for a team who operated with an air of composure and control throughout the week – while in the men's competition it was Sweden who took top spot.
Having narrowly beaten Scotland in the tiebreaker, Team Edin got up to their 2014-15 tricks again, really turning it on when it mattered to beat Norway in the semi-finals and Switzerland in the final.
Homan hammer Grand Slam rivals
While the four Grand Slam of Curling men's titles played for so far have gone to four different winners – Team Koe claimed the Tour Challenge, Team McEwen the Masters, Team Gushue the National and Team Epping the Canadian Open (angle raises ahoy) – there's been one team ruling the women's events.
Team Homan may have lost the Tour Challenge final to Team Tirinzoni of Switzerland, but since then they've been winning. A lot.
The Masters, National and Canadian Open all fell before them, three of their titles in a season that has seen them take more than $160,000 in tournament winnings… with plenty more to come in 2016, no doubt.
As for the Scots… well, Tirinzoni's Tour Challenge win is the only Grand Slam title not to go to a Canadian rink at this point in the season, so it's been an uphill battle.
Teams Brewster and Smith reached the semi-finals of the Tour Challenge tier 2, but the Olympians of Team Murdoch struggled – at least up until the Canadian Open, where they went out at the quarter-final stage after earlier notching wins over Teams Jacobs, Laycock and Bottcher.
In the women's Grand Slams, Muirhead made the quarter-finals of the Tour Challenge (beaten by Homan) and semi-finals of the Canadian Open, Team Jones denying the defending champions a spot in the final.
With those results – as well as being runner-up at both Europeans and the Stockholm Ladies Cup, plus semi-finalists at the Women's Masters Basel – it's been a consistent enough season so far. Indeed their skip believes they're in a better place than they were at this point in 2014.
One more thing from the Grand Slams: Gushue's fall at the Masters.
As well as prompting discussion about whether helmets should be worn on the ice, it also raised the issue of concussion.
Gushue miraculously (or, perhaps, dangerously) returned towards the end of the game in which he fell – but should that have been his decision to make, or one for an objective party, i.e. a doctor?
Curling Canada is now looking to create the sport's first concussion protocol ready for the 2016-17 season, which can only be a good thing.
Scots winning at home and away
So it's been nearly but not quite for the Scottish teams so far in 2015-16? Not exactly.
Smith claimed the spoils at the Goldline Scottish Curling Tour Edinburgh International, seeing off Van Dorp's Dutchmen, their other most notable performance coming at the Swiss Cup Basel, where they fell to Gushue in the semi-finals.
Winners of Edinburgh International 2015 @Team_Smith13 #curling #sct pic.twitter.com/Qh1Sz81Qtc
— Viktor Kjäll (@VikKjell) November 8, 2015
Brewster won the Curling Night in America men's event held in Eveleth, as well as finishing runners-up to Edin at the Baden Masters in August and to compatriots Team Mouat at the Champions Curling Tour event in Dumfries this month.
Mouat had previously won the BrokerLink OVCA Junior Superspiel in Ottawa, Canada – a week after beating Epping twice on the way to the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau semis – and also the Forfar Open on the Scottish Curling Tour.
The team currently holding the most Scottish Curling Tour titles this season, though, are Team Hardie, who won both the Braehead and Dumfries Opens.
Just a few days before Christmas, Murdoch won the Karuizawa International in Japan, seeing off Pat Simmons' rink in the final, and taking momentum into 2016.
What a week here in Japan. Karuizawa International Champions!!#teameffort @Curling_Tet @leith_dave @sportscotland pic.twitter.com/HZoMGcKs8U
— Team Murdoch (@teammurdoch) December 20, 2015
On the women's side of things, Team Gray won the Dumfries Challenger CCT ladies event, having reached the semi-finals of the Dave Jones Northbridge Mayflower Cashspiel and quarter-finals at the Boundary Ford Classic, both in Canada, earlier in the season.
Team Fleming have had a tough few months, although they did make the quarters at the Women's Masters Basel and semis at the Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Alberta.
The future's bright
Scotland's hopes for future success also performed well in the first part of the season.
The first leg of the Asham Under-21 Slam was held in Greenacres and the men's section was won by Team Whyte, while the women's title went to Karina Aitken's rink.
From there, while the men's events were won by a different team each time, Team Murray went all Homan on their opponents and claimed top spot at Kinross, Inverness and Lockerbie.
As for the junior men, Team Bryce won in Kinross, Team Brydone in Inverness and Team McNay in Lockerbie.
There were also Scottish teams involved in the European Junior Curling Tour events – several picking up medals.
Team Jackson won gold at the Braehead Junior International in September, while Mouat won men's bronze.
Brydone and K Aitken won silver and bronze respectively at the EJCT event in Oslo, Norway, while Bryce and Murray took third and fourth respectively in Thun, Switzerland.
Hopes for 2016
The next year promises to be a big one for Scotland. Tour events begin with the Perth Masters, which has again attracted a world class field, from January 7-10.
Others include the Glynhill Ladies International (also January), Aberdeen City Open (February), Aberdeen International (March) and Perth Ladies International (April).
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club hopes for increased media attention and spectator numbers for these, and the Scottish Championships in February of course, ahead of Braehead hosting the 2016 Europeans in November.
Another area of potential growth is in mixed curling, boosted by mixed doubles' inclusion in the 2018 Olympics.
Scotland (Cameron Bryce, Katie Murray, Bobby Lammie and Sophie Jackson) were a tiebreaker away from making the quarter-finals of the inaugural World Mixed Curling Championship in Bern, Switzerland, in September.
In April 2016 we have the World Mixed Doubles Championship in Karlstad, Sweden – Scotland will be represented by Bruce Mouat and Gina Aitken, and hopefully they can lay down a marker for the nation at this key time in the development of the discipline.
One more hope for the year to come: a concrete resolution to #broomgate.
Following complaints about 'joystick curling' and teams calling others 'cheats', certain broom heads were banned, at least temporarily, at elite level while the sports governing bodies try to sort it out.
It's not an easy thing to do. How do you answer questions such as:
– How effective a broom is too effective?
– What should the balance be between good shot-making and good sweeping?
– What should the balance be between getting in the best physical shape and getting the best out of your equipment?
– Can the World Curling Federation be seen to make objective calls when it is sponsored by some broom suppliers (Balance Plus and Goldline) and not others (notably Hardline)?
However those in charge of the sport come to a conclusion (I wouldn't want to be in their shoes!), it must involve the global curling community and the testing/decision-making process must be transparent.
Or, in other words, what these guys said.
Thanks for reading and supporting The Roaring Game Blog in its first few months… may you, dear reader, and the sport have a fantastic 2016!
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Tom Brydone January 4, 2016 / 5:52 pm
Excellent summary! Appreciate all your work! More power to the blog!
Time to take a break
Curling season preview 2018/19
Strong finish to Team Fleming's Worlds debut
World silver for Whyte, mixed doubles triumph for Aitken/Mouat
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Baltimore needs more bike lanes, fewer cars
A cyclist rides in the northbound Roland Avenue bike lane last year. (Kim Hairston / The Baltimore Sun)
I read with wonder the commentary, "Stop caving in to Baltimore's bike lobby" (Sept. 9) by Rush Loving Jr. Has he ever set foot in Baltimore? Does he know that the city was originally designed for human-powered transportation? Is he aware that for 150 years before the automobile became the dominant form of transportation, people roamed the city on foot, on horseback, bicycle and eventually, trolley cars? Does he know that in the 1940s and 1950s, the streets were retrofit to accommodate autos and the layouts changed so that there was ample space for automobiles and the pedestrians and bicycles were given the leftovers? Who advocated this change?
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Gabriele D'Annunzio, från 1924 furste av Montenevoso, född 12 mars 1863 i Pescara, Abruzzo, död 1 mars 1938 i Gardone Riviera vid Gardasjön, Lombardiet, var en italiensk författare, journalist och pilot.

Biografi
Efter universitetsstudier i Rom blev D'Annunzio journalist på tidningen Tribuna. Under första världskriget vann han stor berömmelse som flygare. Efter kriget, år 1919, besatte nationalisten D'Annunzio med sin egen frikår staden Fiume (nuvarande Rijeka i Kroatien) som innan dess tillhörde Österrike-Ungern.. D'Annunzio var inte någon ivrig anhängare av Mussolini och fascismen men räknades av dessa ändå som en föregångare. D'Annunzio kallades även för våghals och "ledare".

D'Annunzio debuterade som 1879 med diktsamlingen Primo vere och hade vid 20 års ålder gett ut fem diktsamlingar. Hans mest kända bok är romanen Elden. 1937 blev han invald som president i den Italienska akademien.

Bibliografi (urval)
 Primo vere 1878
 In memoriam 1880
 Canto novo 1882
 Intermezzo di rime 1884
 Isotteo 1890
 Chimera 1890
 Elegie romane 1892
 Il piacere 1889
 Njutningslysten (översättning Tom Wilson, Bonnier, 1902)
 Ginovanni Episcopo 1892
 Ginovanni Episcopo (översättning E. af D., Wahlström & Widstrand, 1895)
 L'innocente 1892
 Oäkta (översättning Tom Wilson, Bonnier, 1902)
 Den oskyldige (anonym översättning, Åhlén & Åkerlund, 1914)
 Poema paradisiaco 1893
 Il trionfo della morte 1894
 Dödens triumf (översättning Augusta Hagberg, Svanbäck, 1898)
 Le vergini delle rocce 1896
 Il fuoco 1900
 Elden (öfversättning från italienskan af F., Bonnier, 1901)
 Elden (översättning Agne Hamrin, Natur och kultur, 1946)
 I fratelli
 Sogon d'un mattion di primavera 1897
 Vårdröm (översättning Anton Lindsström, A. Lindsström, 1916)
 Sogon d'un tramonto d'autunno 1898
 La città morta 1898
 La Gioconda 1899
 Francesca da Rimini 1902
 La figlia di Iorio 1904
 La nave 1908
 Il ferro 1914
 Italia o morte 1919
 Italia e vita 1920
 Notturno 1921
 Il sudore di sangue 1924
 Il compagno dagli occhi senza cigli e altri studi del vivere inimitablie 1928

Vidare läsning
 Käthe Hopps, Gabriele D'Annunzio : heroismer (översättning Lili von Wallenstein, Bokbål förlag, 2014)
Göran Hägg, D'Annunzio : dekadent diktare, krigare och diktator (Norstedts, 2015)
Magnus Bärtås och Fredrik Ekman, Bebådaren : Gabriele D'annunzio och fascismens födelse (Albert Bonniers förlag, 2017)

Referenser

Noter

Källor
 Svensk uppslagsbok, Lund 1929

Externa länkar
 Bohman, Therese, "Kejsaren av Fiume" i Aorta, nr 18

Födda 1863
Avlidna 1938
Italienska flygare
Italienska journalister
Italienska poeter
Italienskspråkiga poeter
Italienska författare
Italienskspråkiga författare
Italienska fascister
Män
Personer från Pescara
Alumner från Universitetet La Sapienza

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Bingham High School Sterling Scholars
A Sterling Scholar is a high school senior who is publicly recognized and awarded for his or her pursuit of excellence in scholarship, leadership and citizenship in the State of Utah. A potential Sterling Scholar presents an all-encompassing portfolio on his or her work in a specific category and during the later stages of the competition is interviewed by judges in the category's field. Sterling Scholars are awarded at the high school, regional, and state levels. During the awards ceremony at the school and state level the finalists are announced.
It is time once again to choose Bingham's Sterling Scholars. Seniors—official application forms are now available online. Seniors may apply to be a Sterling Scholar in any of 14 categories (one application per category). Winners will be announced at the Sterling Scholar Assembly which will be held on Tuesday December 6. Finalists will go on to participate in the state Sterling Scholar competition in February.
Categories include:
English; Mathematics; Social Sciences; Science; World Languages; Computer Technology; Skilled and Technical Sciences Education; Family and Consumer Science; Business and Marketing Education: Speech, Theater and Forensics; Vocal Performance; Visual Arts; Instrumental Music; Dance
Please click the link to the right for Bingham's list of nominees
It is important to remember that all Bingham finalists are judged at the state using the following formula: 50% is calculated by their scholastic ability (general academic achievement as well as a more specific analysis of their academic achievements in her or his category), 25% of her or his score is determined by their leadership, and the remaining 25% for her or his citizenship and service to her or his school and community.
All applications need to be returned to Mr. Barton on, or before, Tuesday October 1st by 2:45. If you have any questions about the Sterling Scholar competition, please contact Mr. Barton
2019 Timeline will be as follows:
Sept 03 -Application forms are available to students online (below) or in SS206
Oct 01 -Application turned in to Mr. Barton--attach a report of your first quarter senior year classes (not an official transcript)
Oct 31 -Semi-Finalists posted at noon (online and SS206)
Nov 12 -Orientation meeting for all finalists at 7 AM in Mr Barton's room, SS206
Dec 04 -Sterling Scholar Assembly--Winners announced to participants and student body
Dec 10 -Orientation for all School Sterling Scholar winners at 7:00 AM in Mr Barton's room, SS206
Sterling Scholar Finalists will need to
Jan 22 -Complete Sterling Scholar Portfolio
Feb -Regional Interviews (by invitation)
Bingham High School Sterling Scholars Nominees


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BabaYagaMusic.com » Encyclopedic Dictionary » Dance Index »
Romany (Gypsy) Dance, Music and Culture
Following the Romany Trail... from a comfortable chair...
In the past 40+ years several World Romani Congresses have convened, at which the representives of Romanies from many countries (9 in 1971, 34 in 2013) adopted resolutions intended to contribute towards the recognition and protection of the Roma. The first Congress proposed that the word "Rom" or "Romany" be used to describe them all, in lieu of other traditional terms (such as "Gypsy") which often have misleading historical connotations. The fifth Congress, in 2000, produced the Declaration of Nation, in which they claim non-territorial nationhood.
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Image source: Wikipedia Commons.
"The mediaeval Gypsies of Europe were the last wave of Aryan emigration that flowed westward during the early fifteenth century and this wave was possibly preceded by more than one similar exodus."— Richard Burton.
"The Romani, the largest European minority group with approximately 11 million people, constitute a mosaic of languages, religions, and lifestyles while sharing a distinct social heritage. Linguistic and genetic studies have located the Romani origins in the Indian subcontinent... Our analyses based on genome-wide data from 13 Romani groups collected across Europe suggest that the Romani diaspora constitutes a single initial founder population that originated in north/northwestern India ~1.5 thousand years ago (kya). Our results further indicate that after a rapid migration with moderate gene flow from the Near or Middle East, the European spread of the Romani people was via the Balkans starting ~0.9 kya.— Mendizabal and Lao.
"Academic consideration of Gypsy music— beginning at the start of the 19th century and tied to rising interest in Romany people overall— would culminate in two models; those of assimilation and nonassimilation. Both aimed to situate Gypsies and their music within European culture... Up until the beginning of the 20th century, the assimilative model was based on the concept of nationality propagated within the whole of Europe. As such, Gypsy music was presented as an integral component of European culture, a form that joined with local musical idioms to create national musical traditions in individual countries, especially those with high proportions of Romanies. Meanwhile, within the nonassimilative model, Gypsy music was presented as belonging to a distinct culture whose outlook was inherently alien to European civilization... Especially beginning at the end of the 19th century— driven by various peoples' search for noble roots in the ancient world— it [race] became of special importance for European history. To emphasize one's own racial purity could mean denigrating the Other, with Gypsies and their music often the casualties of academic writings having such a bent... A notion of European exceptionalism, among nineteenth-century intellectuals and others, guided such views.
"Contemporary research is conducted within two parallel currents; one focuses on the musical practices of particular Romany groups, and analyzes their musical traditiona; the second seeks to assess Romany music as a comprehensive phenomenon. These two tracks, while not contradictory, reflect the elusive, generalized nature of the term 'Gypsy' or 'Romany,' which refers to the collectivity of nomadic groups. Likewise, so-called Gypsy music is not monolithic... it constitutes a conglomerate of varied musical traditions. Some groups, although settled for generations, have revived their music and developed their own idiom, as a result of intense pressues associated with acculturation. Other groups have remained migratory and have absorbed musical styles from other ethnic groups with which they have interacted... What we might call inter-Romany exchange in a given geographic region has also been powerfully important in creating a musical language."
"Accordingly, reserachers of Romany music have emphasized its intensely varied strains: from Spanish flamenco through Bulgarian wedding reception music to the choirs of the Russian Romany and right up to the music of the Hungarian Gypsies performed for restaurant guests. These adaptations of musical language have meant that no single, dominant style of 'Gypsy Music' exists, nor does a common model for musical adaptation unite all Romany gruops... This ability to adapt and diversify explains the huge scope of the influence of Romany music, not merely in its commercial popularity among the non-Romany, but also in its emotional nature and power for a variety of listeners.— Anna Piotrowska
Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month website.
Romany life, experienced and observed during many years of friendly intercourse with the Gypsies published in 1915, author Frank Cuttriss.
Romany Road UK
The Gypsy Lore Society, founded in 1888 in Great Britain. One hundred years later, it moved headquarters to the US in 1989.
Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society 1888 -1999.
Romafest Gypsy Dance Theatre performing a staged Romanian dance.
Under threat of persecution from church and state authorities in Spain during the 16th century, "Gitanas", Muslims, and Jews came together to help each other survive, and within this melding of cultures Flamenco was born. Flamenco dancers physically interpret the music of the singer and guitarist through movements which include percussive footwork and intricate hand, arm and body movements, the most inspired of which will conjure the "duende" or magic, of the dance. -- worldartswest.org
The popular image of the "snake charmer" originates from the Kalbeliya tribe of Rajasthan in Northern India, thought to be the "Gateway of the Gypsies" due to the belief that the Roma diaspora began there in the 11th century. Kalbeliya dancers wear black in homage to the Mother Goddess Kali, from whom the tribe derives their name. In this dance, performers twirl ecstatically and stomp the earth in costumes of ornate embroidery and intricate beadwork while conjuring 'kundalini' or 'serpent power.'— worldartswest.org
Rekha solo dance to live music at a festival.
Solo dance to female singers. Black and silver costumes.
Duet to folk song from Rajasthan
Latcho Drom: famous clip of Rajasthan dance and song.
Kalbelia Dance solo from Rajasthan. Suva Devi is the dance artist. Her dance is intended to represent the movements of a mischievious snake.
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan. UNESCO production. Kalbelias are described as a community of snake charmers, musicians and dancers. The video provides a brief overview of occupations, food, costume and music.
The Russian styles of Romani dance are famous for whirlwind spins, flamboyant skirt flourishes and graceful arm movements influenced by Russian ballet. Also drawing on the tradition of Russian Character dancing, the performers often act out specific situations in character using pantomime and comedy to enhance the dance presentation. The variations in tempo, from slow and deliberate to a frenzied finish,convey both the artistry of the dancer and the cathartic release of the dance. -- worldartswest.org
Laurel Victoria Gray, in an interview in the Crescent Moon magazine in 1995: "There are several styles of Russian Gypsy dance. One is a very theatricalized style that you might call a character dance. And so you really would have to have ballet training to do some of the movements that are required in this. So, I purposely left out those movements in [my] choreograpy because I wanted a more authentic piece.
"[Russian Gypsy dance] is very passionate and expressive, smoldering and has really fast little shoulder shimmies. There is some foot work, spins, skirt work. There is an arched back and a very proud carriage. There are extreme leans from the side that are very dramatic. And even if you don't want to do Russian Gypsy dance per se, these movements, especially the carriage of the torso and upper body, can add a whole new dimension to your Oriental routine.
"Gypsies are much more outgoing and aggressive in their dances than a typical woman would be in her Oriental dance style or in her deameanor. In Gypsy styles of dance you can be more aggressive. You have permission because you are playing a character."
Theatre Roman video clips from the 1940s:
Female solo singing and skirt dancing.
Female solo singing and dancing.
Solo and chorus singing and dancing
Svenko, a Russian Romany dance and music theatre group.
Migration milestones:
Constantinople.
Central Europe.
Switzerland and France. This migration was probably the result of enslavement in Romania.
Romany acrobats and palm readers are reported in Paris.
Middle 15th Century:
Romany skill on stringed instruments earn them recognition.
Professional Romany musicians migrate to Ferrata, an Italian cultural center renowned for music.
Eighteenth century:
Gypsy musicality becomes a focus of European academic research.
Sterotypical image of the solitary Romani musician as a romantic hero emerges. Western music research attempts to establish a monolithic, holistic view of Romany music.
BBC, The Lost Music of Rajasthan, Video, Web.
Richard Burton, The Jew, the Gypsy, and El Islam, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1898.
Short descriptions of Rajasthani, Turkish Rom, Russian Rom and Flamenco at worldartswest.org.
Video describing Collena Shaki's dance research on Rajasthani Dance.
Gypsy Lore Society founded in 1888 in the United Kingdom.
Isabel Mendizabal,Oscar Lao,Reconstructing the Population History of European Romani from Genome-wide Data, Web, Current Biology, Vol 22, 2012.
Smithsonian online has several short articles about Gypsies in American... Keep clicking on the different links to see them all.
US Holocast Museum online has some articles on the destruction of the Gypsies by the Nazis.
National Geographic map of Romany migration over the centuries.
Lacio Drom website
Patrin Web Journal: Romani Culture and History.
DOM Research Center for Middle East and North African Studies.
Music at The GypsyChronicles.net.
Anna G. Piotrowska, Gypsy Music in European Culture, Translated by Guy Torr, Northeastern University Press, 2013.
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I am a public relations practitioner and leadership instructor. In the course of a few months, three things happened to me that caused me to say, "Hey, I can do a podcast about women in and of TV!"
"Mom, Battlestar Galactica has a number of complex leadership threads going on in it. You should watch it."
In advising my class of what professional attire was appropriate for their presentation, I swiftly pulled up Julia Sugarbaker's The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia speech that aired in October 1986. Suddenly, my 10 minute answer wandered from shoulder pads and hair ton professional wear for women in their 20s & 30s. "These were working women we saw every week," I told the class. "Yes Designing Women and other shows definitely influenced workplace wardrobe decisions for young women in the 80s."
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The rest is herstory!
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The White House National Security Council underscored the urgency of Michigan's energy crisis Thursday, asking consumers to listen to official pleas.
Washington — The White House National Security Council underscored the urgency of Michigan's energy crisis Thursday by urging consumers to follow the instructions of local officials as the state endures record-breaking cold.
"For those in Michigan, please listen to your State and local authorities tonight and tomorrow re natural gas use in the coming days," the council said Thursday morning on Twitter.
The plea followed a request from Consumers Energy Co. late Wednesday for its 1.8 million customers to reduce their thermostats after a fire at a gas compression facility in Macomb County.
The utility warned of brief shutoffs if customers didn't heed its request.
"This truly is an unprecedented crisis," Consumers Energy CEO Patti Poppe said. "We have never been in this situation before."
An emergency alert also went out cellphones Wednesday asking residents of the Lower Peninsula to turn their thermostats down to 65 degrees into Friday — a message echoed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the public service commission. Consumers said later Thursday that customers could turn up their thermostats after Friday midnight.
The utility said the Ray Compressor Station, where the fire occurred, accounts for roughly 64 percent of its supply.
DTE Energy also called for reduce electricity usage during the extreme cold to "help safeguard the reliability of the regional energy grid."
"I urge everyone in Michigan to heed the Governor's call, exercise leadership, and turn down the thermostat to 65 until noon tomorrow," tweeted U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, who worked for the White House National Security Council under President George W. Bush.


As with most things, what we experience when we receive a finished product or what we see in simply looking at something on the surface rarely shows what happens behind the scenes. The work, the moving parts and the zillions of steps that it often takes to get things done in order to arrive at a desired result are not necessarily immediately obvious.
Take sculpting for instance…At the beginning, the statue David was a block of nothingness; a chunk of earth. No shape, no hint, no form or template, no instructions marked out in dotted lines…this means that the sculptor had to know what was going to be, as Michelangelo (Renaissance artist and final creator of David) did; claiming that "freeing the human form hidden inside the block" was his job. From the roughing out, the refining and the final stages, the steps and the painstaking work are exhaustingly phenomenal in results of the finished product.
With this in mind (although we had nothing to do with the integral design of these – they are just one of nature's masterpieces), we thought it would be fun to go behind the scenes of what it takes to get the gorgeous roses pictured below looking like they do and staying this beautiful for a long time.
"Flowers are cut with the stems left long and soaked in buckets of water for about 2-3 days. When they are ready to go into the freeze dryer we cut most of the stem off, leaving about one inch.
The machine is prepped by setting the machine's temperature to -80 degrees Fahrenheit. Once that temperature has been achieved, the buds are placed evenly on racks and put into the machine.
Click here for a very scientific explanation of the freeze drying process.
After the vacuum starts its job of removing moisture, the temperature is increased a little each day for about three weeks. The machine has to be defrosted every few days as the ice builds up from the moisture that is being taken out of the roses.
After about three weeks when there is no more ice build up the roses are ready to be taken out.
Maybe now when you receive a wreath with stunning, freeze dried roses nestled in fresh leaves, you'll know a little bit of what happens behind the scenes here at Creekside Farms and a few of the steps it took to have them there, sitting pretty and frozen in time.


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Empowering victims to empower themselves
TOPICS:#DatingViolence#DomesticViolence#GenderViolence#HealthyRelationships#SafeCampus#SexTraffickingarticles by Solange Echeverria
Confidential W.E.A.V.E. advocate comes to Los Rios to discuss dating violence; domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking. (Illustration by Lidiya Grib)
By Solange Echeverria February 21, 2017
The Los Rios Community College District and Women Escaping Assault and Violent Environments have partnered together to bring a WEAVE Confidential Advocate to each of its campuses one day per week.
WEAVE is Sacramento's primary provider of violence and crisis prevention services, offering resources and support to victims of gender-based violence, which encompasses domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking.
On campus, American River College's Student Health Center is the place for students to come and get support, information and referral from the WEAVE Confidential Advocate regarding the spectrum of gender violence.
"Health starts with us having our basic needs met and goes on to include; feeling safe and secure, having a sense of belonging, feeling respected by others, and having the ability to respect ourselves." said Michelle Arnott, ARC's Health Center Director.
Arnott added that access to resources, along with crisis response, education, and expertise is critical in providing support to those who report sexual assault or intimate partner violence."
The initial groundwork in providing this support was laid under Title IX, landmark federal legislation enacted in 1972 that prohibits sexual discrimination in schools. Over the years sexual discrimination has been expanded to include sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence under Title IX and schools are also required to have policies and procedures in place to help students who are victims.
According to information from the non-profit organization Know Your Title IX, 19 percent of college women will be sexually assaulted during their time in college and 84 percent of those assaults will occur within a student's the first four semesters of enrollment.
According to tjhe website CampusSafety.com members of the LGBTQ community are also at risk with nearly half of all bisexual men and nearly four in ten gay men have experiences some type of sexual violence other than rape in their lifetimes; 46 percent of bisexual women and one in eight lesbian women experience rape in their lifetime. Men are also not immune from sexual assault, neither are the disabled who are three times more likely to be assaulted than those that do not identify as disabled.
Gender-based violence and the ensuing trauma it causes can have a heavy impact on victims, especially on their education. That is the reason why, according to KnowYourTitleIX.org, a national organization dedicated to eradicating sexual assault and gender violence on college campuses, it has dual status as both a criminal and civil rights offense.
In a report published in 2015 by the The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the myths and stereotypes of victims are stubborn and pervasive; there are common misconceptions that abuse or assault only happens to low income women or minorities. The victim is often seen as provoking the violence, asking for it. . In the case of sexual assault, girls and women are commonly still questioned about how they were dressed or how much alcohol they had to drink when they report assault or abuse. Men are often ignored or ridiculed as victims because of the perception that they can't be raped or beaten by intimate partners.
Creating safety can be a very complex journey for the victim, but there are difficulties for those charged with helping as well. according to Erienne Ramos, ARC's Weave Confidential Advocate .
Ramos added that schools can be microcosms of the world at large, and stereotypes about victims and perpetrators abound inside the hallways of institutions of higher learning just as they do everywhere else. Ramos added that it's not just female victims of sexual assault and violence that fall prey to stereotypes, they persist for male victims as well.
"There is a perception that men are always so horny that they can't be raped. Also, men who report are often seen as weak" Ramos said.
Ramos helps students and ARC navigate that complex journey by providing advocacy, information and resources to all that come through her door every Wednesday afternoon.
Ramos works on all campuses in the Los Rios Community College District.
"It can be very scary to drive to the WEAVE office, to talk to a total stranger. We want to remove barriers. I can meet students literally where they are at, "Ramos said.
Although the numbers of gender-based assaults reported to the Los Rios Police Department through the Clery Act were relatively low in 2015 with a total of seven crimes reported that year, Ramos says she expects those numbers to rise as more students come to her requesting help.
In addition to the regulations under Title IX, schools and colleges in the United States are required by The Clery Act to keep report crimes that occur on campus.
The Clery Act, named after Jeanne Clery, a student who was raped and murdered in her dorm room by a fellow student with a documented history of on-campus assault, also requires schools to develop school safety policies and protocols as well as to give "timely" warning to known risks to public safety -i.e. sex offenders.
In addition, it protects victims against retaliation either on behalf of the perpetrators and the institutions themselves; for example, college employees are prohibited from urging a victim not to file charges or a formal complaint. This has been a common factor in the past as colleges and universities seek to protect their public reputations.
This helps students by requiring transparency on behalf of colleges and universities in terms of policies and procedures as well as removing the barriers that prevent victims from getting help.
All services provided through the WEAVE Confidential Advocate are confidential and while the services are listed by appointment only, Ramos says she encourages drop-ins for anyone reaching out to her for help. Translation services available for limited English speaking students.
In a written statement Ramos also shared some advice for friends and allies of victims should they come to them for help. She suggests that you believe your friend and tell them it's not their fault.
"Don't judge or blame them. Empower victims to make decisions on their own-do not tell them to leave or what to do. Give them helpful resources [such as a contact for WEAVE])"
The WEAVE Confidential Advocate is available at ARC are every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., located in the Student Health Center.
For more information, contact Ramos at [email protected]
Solange Echeverria
Solange is a first-semester student on the Current. She is majoring in journalism and hosts the Friday Morning Blues Program and Libro Abierto radio programs.
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First Direct Arena Leeds, Leeds
At night, the First Direct Arena is illuminated so that it can be seen for miles around
First Direct Arena Leeds
Raj Patel Principal
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Leeds City Council
Acoustic consulting Building design Building Information Modelling (BIM) Civil engineering Economic planning
The First Direct Arena, Leeds was a Council-funded project in the midst of the recession. A world-class, proficiently sustainable music venue, the £60m arena has a 13,500 capacity. Lying in the centre of the city, the arena's innovative super-theatre design aimed to enhance and re-generate the city by creating a vibrant atmosphere.
Creating an estimated 500 new jobs and contributing £25.5 million each year to the local economy, the arena showcases everything in terms of events from gigs, sports, theatre and awards evenings.
Surrounded by sensitive residential accommodation, the location of the arena site imposed tight constraints on environmental noise breakout for a venue of this type. This necessitated a high performance yet cost-effective facade and roof system.
We redefined and renegotiated the acoustic design criteria and created an optimised structural envelope solution using a double-skin facade with a solid precast concrete layer to minimise low-frequency noise breakout.
The Arup team devised an integrated, resiliently supported concrete roof layer, replacing the proposed costly acoustic cassettes and saving over £1m. Our innovation minimised the technical risk and ensured the commercial viability of the scheme, which had been jeopardised by tough economic conditions.
At night, the First Direct Arena is illuminated so that it can be seen for miles around. Innovative colour changing LED lighting concealed within the façade can be controlled to achieve dramatic effect, along with reflecting the nature of the events on show. This novel lighting effect allows the arena's aims of enhancing and re-generating the city to be achieved through its creation of a vibrant atmosphere.
The project was delivered by a team of consultants and engineers from our Leeds and Sheffield offices.
UK's First 'Fan-shaped' Arena
The integration of the UK's first 'fan-shaped' bowl allowed the desired capacity of 13,500 to be achieved. This alternative layout means that guests are never any further than 56m away from the stage, with the nearest seats being only a mere 3.4m away, allowing every seat to directly face the performance area. Utilising the early concepts of the amphitheatre, this layout optimises 'sightlines'.
The UK'S Most Sustainable Arena
The UK developed BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) was used to assess the environmental and sustainable impact of the arena. The First Direct Arena achieved the highest BREEAM score for a building of its type in the UK through its material selection which made use of recycled products and sustainable materials. With the arena striving to be as sustainable as possible, sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) were applied to the front of the new public plaza in the form of soakaway and infiltration drainage.
Close proximity to residential buildings
A main key constraint of the chosen site was its positioning. Surrounded by noise-sensitive residential accommodation, noise breakout from the arena had to be limited to 10dB below background levels, therefore, Arup's acoustic services were at the heart of the design.
The close proximity of the adjacent residential accommodation posed a unique technical challenge. Arup acoustics' extensive experience and benchmarking against similar venues allowed us to overcome this problem of noise breakout through tailoring acoustic build up requirements accurately, against the required performance for each elevation of the bowl. This enabled a best value system to be utilised in all locations to ensure that the requirements were achieved, rather than a more expensive blanket approach.
Recycled water use
Rainwater from the roof is collected and used for the flushing of the venue's toilets. From roof downpipes, rainwater harvesting tanks are sized to meet non-event toilet and urinal flush demand. Over an 18 day period, the tank collects 50% of non-event water consumption and runs it through a dedicated pipework system. These integrated drainage systems help make the First Direct Arena incredibly sustainable.
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namespace chromeos {

using ::testing::AnyNumber;
using ::testing::InvokeWithoutArgs;
using ::testing::Return;
using ::testing::ReturnNull;
using ::testing::WithArg;
using ::testing::_;

const char kUsername[] = "test_user@gmail.com";
const char kNewUsername[] = "test_new_user@gmail.com";
const char kPassword[] = "test_password";

class MockLoginDisplay : public LoginDisplay {
 public:
  MockLoginDisplay()
      : LoginDisplay(NULL, gfx::Rect()) {
  }

  MOCK_METHOD4(Init, void(const UserList&, bool, bool, bool));
  MOCK_METHOD0(OnPreferencesChanged, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD1(OnUserImageChanged, void(const User&));
  MOCK_METHOD0(OnFadeOut, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD1(OnLoginSuccess, void(const std::string&));
  MOCK_METHOD1(SetUIEnabled, void(bool));
  MOCK_METHOD1(SelectPod, void(int));
  MOCK_METHOD3(ShowError, void(int, int, HelpAppLauncher::HelpTopic));
  MOCK_METHOD1(ShowGaiaPasswordChanged, void(const std::string&));
  MOCK_METHOD1(OnBeforeUserRemoved, void(const std::string&));
  MOCK_METHOD1(OnUserRemoved, void(const std::string&));

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MockLoginDisplay);
};

class MockLoginDisplayHost : public LoginDisplayHost {
 public:
  MockLoginDisplayHost() {
  }

  MOCK_METHOD1(CreateLoginDisplay, LoginDisplay*(LoginDisplay::Delegate*));
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(GetNativeWindow, gfx::NativeWindow(void));
  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(GetWidget, views::Widget*(void));
  MOCK_METHOD0(OnSessionStart, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD0(OnCompleteLogin, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD0(OpenProxySettings, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD1(SetOobeProgressBarVisible, void(bool));
  MOCK_METHOD1(SetShutdownButtonEnabled, void(bool));
  MOCK_METHOD1(SetStatusAreaVisible, void(bool));
  MOCK_METHOD0(ShowBackground, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD0(CheckForAutoEnrollment, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD2(StartWizard, void(const std::string&, DictionaryValue*));
  MOCK_METHOD0(StartSignInScreen, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD0(ResumeSignInScreen, void(void));
  MOCK_METHOD0(OnPreferencesChanged, void(void));

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MockLoginDisplayHost);
};

class ExistingUserControllerTest : public CrosInProcessBrowserTest {
 protected:
  ExistingUserControllerTest()
      : mock_cryptohome_library_(NULL),
        mock_network_library_(NULL),
        mock_login_display_(NULL),
        mock_login_display_host_(NULL),
        testing_profile_(NULL) {
  }

  ExistingUserController* existing_user_controller() {
    return ExistingUserController::current_controller();
  }

  virtual void CleanUpOnMainThread() OVERRIDE {
    CrosInProcessBrowserTest::CleanUpOnMainThread();
    testing_profile_.reset(NULL);
  }

  virtual void SetUpInProcessBrowserTestFixture() OVERRIDE {
    MockDBusThreadManager* mock_dbus_thread_manager =
        new MockDBusThreadManager;
    DBusThreadManager::InitializeForTesting(mock_dbus_thread_manager);
    CrosInProcessBrowserTest::SetUpInProcessBrowserTestFixture();
    cros_mock_->InitStatusAreaMocks();
    cros_mock_->SetStatusAreaMocksExpectations();

    mock_network_library_ = cros_mock_->mock_network_library();
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_network_library_, AddUserActionObserver(_))
        .Times(AnyNumber());
    MockSessionManagerClient* mock_session_manager_client =
        mock_dbus_thread_manager->mock_session_manager_client();
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_session_manager_client, EmitLoginPromptReady())
        .Times(1);
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_session_manager_client, RetrieveDevicePolicy(_))
        .Times(AnyNumber());

    cros_mock_->InitMockCryptohomeLibrary();
    mock_cryptohome_library_ = cros_mock_->mock_cryptohome_library();
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_cryptohome_library_, IsMounted())
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(true));

    mock_login_utils_ = new MockLoginUtils();
    LoginUtils::Set(mock_login_utils_);
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_, PrewarmAuthentication())
        .Times(AnyNumber());
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_, StopBackgroundFetchers())
        .Times(AnyNumber());

    mock_login_display_.reset(new MockLoginDisplay());
    mock_login_display_host_.reset(new MockLoginDisplayHost());

    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_user_manager_.user_manager(), IsKnownUser(kUsername))
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(true));
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_user_manager_.user_manager(), IsKnownUser(kNewUsername))
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(false));
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_user_manager_.user_manager(), IsUserLoggedIn())
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(false));
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_user_manager_.user_manager(), IsLoggedInAsGuest())
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(false));
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_user_manager_.user_manager(), IsLoggedInAsDemoUser())
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(false));
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_user_manager_.user_manager(), IsSessionStarted())
        .Times(AnyNumber())
        .WillRepeatedly(Return(false));

    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_.get(), CreateLoginDisplay(_))
        .Times(1)
        .WillOnce(Return(mock_login_display_.get()));
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_.get(), GetNativeWindow())
        .Times(1)
        .WillOnce(ReturnNull());
    EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_.get(), Init(_, false, true, true))
        .Times(1);
  }

  virtual void SetUpOnMainThread() OVERRIDE {
    testing_profile_.reset(new TestingProfile());
    ExistingUserController* controller =
        new ExistingUserController(mock_login_display_host_.get());
    controller->Init(UserList());
    profile_prepared_cb_ =
        base::Bind(&ExistingUserController::OnProfilePrepared,
                   base::Unretained(existing_user_controller()),
                   testing_profile_.get());
  }

  virtual void TearDownInProcessBrowserTestFixture() OVERRIDE {
    CrosInProcessBrowserTest::TearDownInProcessBrowserTestFixture();
    DBusThreadManager::Shutdown();
  }

  // These mocks are owned by CrosLibrary class.
  MockCryptohomeLibrary* mock_cryptohome_library_;
  MockNetworkLibrary* mock_network_library_;

  scoped_ptr<MockLoginDisplay> mock_login_display_;
  scoped_ptr<MockLoginDisplayHost> mock_login_display_host_;

  ScopedMockUserManagerEnabler mock_user_manager_;

  // Owned by LoginUtilsWrapper.
  MockLoginUtils* mock_login_utils_;

  scoped_ptr<TestingProfile> testing_profile_;

  // Mock URLFetcher.
  MockURLFetcherFactory<SuccessFetcher> factory_;

  base::Callback<void(void)> profile_prepared_cb_;

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ExistingUserControllerTest);
};

scoped_refptr<Authenticator> CreateAuthenticator(
    LoginStatusConsumer* consumer) {
  return new MockAuthenticator(consumer, kUsername, kPassword);
}

scoped_refptr<Authenticator> CreateAuthenticatorNewUser(
    LoginStatusConsumer* consumer) {
  return new MockAuthenticator(consumer, kNewUsername, kPassword);
}

// These tests are failing under ASan, but not natively.
// See http://crbug.com/126224
#if defined(ADDRESS_SANITIZER)
#define MAYBE_ExistingUserLogin DISABLED_ExistingUserLogin
#define MAYBE_AutoEnrollAfterSignIn DISABLED_AutoEnrollAfterSignIn
#define MAYBE_NewUserDontAutoEnrollAfterSignIn \
    DISABLED_NewUserDontAutoEnrollAfterSignIn
#else
#define MAYBE_ExistingUserLogin ExistingUserLogin
#define MAYBE_AutoEnrollAfterSignIn AutoEnrollAfterSignIn
#define MAYBE_NewUserDontAutoEnrollAfterSignIn NewUserDontAutoEnrollAfterSignIn
#endif  // defined(ADDRESS_SANITIZER)
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExistingUserControllerTest, MAYBE_ExistingUserLogin) {
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_, SetUIEnabled(false))
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_, CreateAuthenticator(_))
      .Times(1)
      .WillOnce(WithArg<0>(Invoke(CreateAuthenticator)));
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_,
              PrepareProfile(kUsername, _, kPassword, false, _, _, _))
      .Times(1)
      .WillOnce(InvokeWithoutArgs(&profile_prepared_cb_,
                                  &base::Callback<void(void)>::Run));
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_,
              DoBrowserLaunch(testing_profile_.get(),
                              mock_login_display_host_.get()))
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_.get(), OnLoginSuccess(kUsername))
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_.get(), OnFadeOut())
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_,
              StartWizard(WizardController::kUserImageScreenName, NULL))
      .Times(0);
  existing_user_controller()->Login(kUsername, kPassword);
  ui_test_utils::RunAllPendingInMessageLoop();
}

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExistingUserControllerTest,
                       MAYBE_AutoEnrollAfterSignIn) {
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_,
              StartWizard(WizardController::kEnterpriseEnrollmentScreenName, _))
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_.get(), OnFadeOut())
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_.get(), OnCompleteLogin())
      .Times(1);
  existing_user_controller()->DoAutoEnrollment();
  existing_user_controller()->CompleteLogin(kUsername, kPassword);
  ui_test_utils::RunAllPendingInMessageLoop();
}

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExistingUserControllerTest,
                       MAYBE_NewUserDontAutoEnrollAfterSignIn) {
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_,
              StartWizard(WizardController::kEnterpriseEnrollmentScreenName, _))
      .Times(0);
  // That will be sign in of a new user and (legacy) registration screen is
  // activated. In a real WizardController instance that is immediately switched
  // to image screen but this tests uses MockLoginDisplayHost instead.
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_,
              StartWizard(WizardController::kRegistrationScreenName, _))
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_, CreateAuthenticator(_))
      .Times(1)
      .WillOnce(WithArg<0>(Invoke(CreateAuthenticatorNewUser)));
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_utils_,
              PrepareProfile(kNewUsername, _, kPassword, false, _, _, _))
      .Times(1)
      .WillOnce(InvokeWithoutArgs(&profile_prepared_cb_,
                                  &base::Callback<void(void)>::Run));
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_.get(), OnLoginSuccess(kNewUsername))
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_.get(), OnFadeOut())
      .Times(1);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_login_display_host_.get(), OnCompleteLogin())
      .Times(1);
  existing_user_controller()->CompleteLogin(kNewUsername, kPassword);
  ui_test_utils::RunAllPendingInMessageLoop();
}

}  // namespace chromeos

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