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A federal court has issued a significant insurance coverage decision at odds with the years-long practice in Washington State of resolving cleanup liability disputes with the government short of trial. One consequence of the ruling—intended or otherwise—is to make litigation between the government and insured parties an unwelcome but sometimes necessary option to cover environmental investigation costs that insurance companies previously more willingly paid.
In Travelers Indemnity Co. v. City of Richland,[1] a judge in the Eastern District of Washington held that an insurer's duty to defend a policyholder ends when the insured agrees to do work under a consensual administrative order (known as an "Agreed Order"). In simplest terms, the court held that once a party commits in an Agreed Order with a government agency to perform certain work—in this case, the remedial investigation and feasibility study at a contaminated site—there is no longer an adversarial relationship between the parties, and therefore nothing left to "defend."
The area of insurance law the court addressed in the City of Richland case—the scope of the insurer's duty to defend—may sound dry as dust, but it is critically important to Washington policyholders who are relying on their insurance to defray cleanup costs. Under the insurance policies at issue, the insurer takes on two distinct duties: (1) the duty to defend the policyholder against liability claims; and (2) the duty to pay the policyholder's legal liability to a claimant, i.e., settlements, judgments, or, in the environmental context, the cost of conducting the prescribed cleanup (the latter duty is also called the "duty to indemnify"). Under Washington law, the legal standard for triggering the duty to defend is low: any claim against the policyholder that is "conceivably covered" under the policy commences the insurer's duty to defend. Once that duty is "triggered," the insurer must pay the costs of defending the policyholder—the fees of the insured's attorneys and technical consultants—on an ongoing basis, and without regard to any potential coverage defenses the insurer might have (i.e., defenses going to the duty to indemnify, under which the legal standard is much higher). Further, defense costs typically are paid without limitation and independent of the policy's coverage limits. Thus, a policy written many years ago with modest limits of liability (say, $100,000) may nonetheless allow the insured to avoid paying hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in defense costs. Costs falling outside the duty to defend may ultimately prove to be covered under the policy limits as "indemnity," but the policyholder faces a longer and more uncertain road to recovering indemnity costs as "damages," and the amount of recoverable damages is limited by the limits of the policy at issue.
Washington's cleanup program, known as the Model Toxics Control Act ("MTCA"), and to some extent the federal cleanup program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") are premised on cooperation between the government and regulated parties. Both MTCA and CERCLA make going to court to fight with the government expensive and uncertain. It exposes parties to the risk of penalties, increases the transaction costs for all parties, and leaves decision-making for judges who often lack the technical training to decide complex scientific cases. The state and federal Superfund laws were designed this way—to make the risks of non-compliance severe enough that parties, even parties with an arguable defense to liability, would cooperate, at least through the investigative phase, reserving their battles for a later day, perhaps over the extent of the cleanup remedy.
Precisely because of the way MTCA and the federal Superfund system were constructed, the overwhelming majority of cleanups in Washington and elsewhere are conducted either "voluntarily" or administratively, the latter through Agreed Orders at the state level or Administrative Orders on Consent ("AOCs") at the federal level. The court system has traditionally gotten involved only if a party refuses to do the work, and the State or the United states is forced to bring an action to compel the work to be performed.
Until recently, the insurance industry signed on to the proposition that the system of voluntary and cooperative cleanups was in its self-interest as well. Insurers routinely paid for consultants to conduct remedial investigations ("RIs"), time-critical removal actions, and, in some cases, feasibility studies ("FSs") as "defense costs," including in cases in which the work was being conducted pursuant to an Agreed Order or AOC. For decades, insurers recognized that these tasks were a fundamental part of the policyholder's defense against the government's cleanup claims, and that the presence or absence of an Agreed Order or AOC did not change their coverage decision. Further, from the insurers' perspective it was believed to be better to pay the consultants to do the work as "defense" costs than to pay the lawyers and experts to fight with the government. A lawsuit brought by the government would certainly be considered a cost of defense, and could lead to less favorable outcomes, including penalties assessed against their insureds.
More recently, however, at least some insurers began taking a different position. In Gull Industries, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.,[2] the Washington State Court of Appeals addressed whether a letter from Ecology to the owner of a contaminated property confirming the existence of contamination exceeding cleanup standards was the equivalent of a "suit" triggering an insurer's duty to defend the property owner. The appeals court held that it was not, because the letter "did not communicate any explicit or implicit threat of immediate and severe consequences" if the contamination was not addressed.
While it addressed a different factual situation, the City of Richland case follows a similar logic. Without citing Gull Industries, the federal court that decided City of Richland was persuaded that "defense" costs are triggered only where there is something to defend—i.e., "immediate and severe consequences" of non-compliance, or something like it. Because the City of Richland was cooperating with Ecology, by entering into an Agreed Order, rather than litigating with it, or refusing to comply with an order, the court ruled that the City's insurers no longer had a duty to defend it, at least with regard to the work required by Agreed Order: the costs of performing a RI/FS.
City of Richland had to do with the Horn Rapids Landfill, a municipal landfill. In March 2016, Ecology notified the City of that it was a potentially liable person ("PLP") under MTCA at the landfill. The City notified Ecology that it accepted its status as a PLP.
The City thereafter tendered Ecology's claim to Travelers and demanded that Travelers provide a defense and indemnity under the City's policies. After a period of dispute, Travelers eventually agreed to pay the City's defense costs from the date of Ecology's PLP letter until the date that the City executed an Agreed Order with Ecology. The Agreed Order, which the City provided to Travelers in draft form, required the City to conduct an RI/FS at the site. After the Agreed Order was final, Travelers announced that it had satisfied its obligations to pay the City's defense costs with respect to the defense of the Agreed Order. Any work under the Agreed Order, according to Travelers, was not "defense" in nature, and was instead "damages," which should be characterized as "indemnity" for insurance purposes.
Travelers sued the City, seeking a declaration that the insurer had no defense or indemnity obligation with respect to the landfill. However, Travelers' motion for summary judgment was limited to its claim that any investigatory costs that the City incurred under the Agreed Order were damages (i.e., costs potentially recoverable as indemnity, not defense, under the City's insurance policies). The City brought a cross-motion for summary judgment, arguing that Travelers' duty to defend was not terminated by the Agreed Order.
The court started by reaffirming some basic principles of Washington environmental coverage law, including that coverage is provided when PLPs engage in cleanups in the cooperation of environmental agencies, and that a settlement agreement with an environmental agency, which resolves a party's liability, means that cleanup costs are damages for insurance coverage purposes. The court also referred to a 2010 decision from the eastern district, Teck Metals, Ltd., v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's,[3] holding that a settlement agreement between a liable party and the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") requiring the liable party to conduct an RI/FS obligated the insurers to pay such costs as damages. That decision had concluded, according to the court, that RI/FS costs in that case did not "represent investigation costs incurred in defense of a claim."
The court acknowledged that an Agreed Order, under Washington law, is not a settlement agreement, which the City's Agreed Order made clear. However, according to the court, "the Agreed Order settled the questions of whether [the City] would perform the RI/FS." For this reason, relying on the Teck decision, the court found that "the costs of performing the RI/FS are damages, rather than defense costs." The court therefore granted summary judgment in favor of Travelers, holding that such costs were "damages" and characterized as indemnity under the applicable policies.
The court acknowledged, however, the ample Washington State case law holding that the duty to defend continues "until the suit it is defending is resolved by settlement or judgment," and that "the RI/FS is but one step of the many necessary to address such legal and environmental quagmires." The court therefore held that, although "the Agreed Order resolved [the City's] liability to perform the RI/FS," the City nonetheless "faces future liability related to the cleanup of the" landfill. As a result, according the court, Travelers "has a duty to continue to defend [the City] while liability is being determined," because the City "faces future liability for hazardous substances cleanup under" MTCA. The court granted summary judgment in favor of the City with respect to Travelers' ongoing duty to defend, but excluded from that duty the obligation to pay the City's RI/FS costs.
The decision is consequential, even if limited only to RI/FS costs, because those costs routinely approach or exceed $1 million per site. For a small city like Richland, already struggling to meet public needs, the costs of funding an investigation into a City landfill can mean not being able to provide other basic services.
In Washington, Agreed Orders are often used not only for the RI/FS work at issue in the City of Richland decision, but also for interim actions taken to address "emergency" situations, like open storage of waste drums, or threats to drinking water. Aspects of such work, which can run into the millions of dollars, have historically fallen within the category of "defense costs" under typical CGL policies, which has provided PLPs/insureds with funds to develop data from contaminated sites that is often pivotal to understanding the PLP/insureds' potential defenses to liability at the site as a whole, before the final remedial action costs have been determined.
Based on the City of Richland decision, a policyholder in Washington State relying on its insurer(s) to pay its defense costs will have to think twice about agreeing to do anything under an Agreed Order or AOC. If the logic of City of Richland is adopted by Travelers and other insurers broadly, any party who does work by agreement with the government will pay those costs upfront, and can only recover them, if at all, if they prevail in proving down the road that their insurer breached their contract—possibly only after an expensive coverage trial, and only if the costs are within their coverage limits.
Brad Marten is a partner with Marten Law PLLC. He can be reached at 206-292-2600. Frank Cordell is a partner with Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell, LLC. He can be reached at 206-467-6477.
[1] No. 4:17-CV-5200, Dkt. 27 (E.D. Wash. May 30, 2018).
[2] 181 Wn. App. 463 (2014).
[3] 735 F. Supp. 2d 1260 (E.D. Wash. 2010).
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Q: what is a term for "not caring for something that isn't beneficial to you"? I am currently writing a paper on the hunger games and I have a thesis stating there is a lot of "Indifference towards other who aren't beneficial" in the novel
I would like to narrow down this thesis or find a term fitting its description

A: Fair weather friend: one who is helpful or friendly only when it is to their advantage.
I would say, however, that this idiom has implications only for one friend. The idea is that a fair weather friend will abandon you should you cease to be beneficial to them. My own opinion of The Hunger Games is that there are a few mutually beneficial friendships where both parties benefit for a while (e.g. game participants joining forces at the start of the game), but the eventual back stabbing is unavoidable and somewhat expected.

A: Your question asks for a word by expressing a "double negative" description. This is, in a sense, like asking for a word or phrase for "caring for something that is beneficial to you". A good word for that would be "utilitarian".  That is "to care about what is useful, and to not care about what is not useful (superfluous)". "Utilitarian" would be a good term that is consistent with the "Indifference towards others who aren't beneficial (are superfluous)" in the novel.
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/utilitarian
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/superfluous?s=t

A: I believe that you should probably coin your own term in your exposition and then use your coined term as a reference.
Why?  If you were to choose an already existing idiom, you would risk bringing aspects of that idiom that imply different things than you might hope to define.
I would recommend the word Expedience as part of a coined term.
... and then couple it with another word that best fits the tone you would like to take ... it might be  "expedient chauvinism" (which might carry too much 'hate bias' though) or bias of expedience or similar.
You might start with a longer description of the situation working the word in,  "they all show an indifference to those that are less useful to them: a bias based on expedience or which I will refer to as "expedient-neglect"  (or expedient-indifference).
( or something similar that you like the sound of better)
.. using a hyphen for a coined term might help remind the reader that it is your own term.

expedience at Dictionary.com
2.
a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest.

The reason why "expedience" does not stand on it's own is that "regard for what is advantageous rather than right and just" does not in itself imply it is directed at people.  "indifference" would not either and , 'bias' not only for people, and "chauvanism" and "bigotry" have become tied to gender and racial bias.  "Expedient Elitism" would imply a bit of arrogance even if not intended. All words have some rhetorical baggage to them .
While expedient indifference would not directly refer to people, given your exposition I believe a reader will remember that you have set up the term to refer to other participants.   I would try expedient-indifference going in knowing that someone reading it without context might not guess your full intent.

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Can one worship Satan and other pantheons?
As much as I feel drawn to Satan and the demons, I've always felt drawn to the Nordic gods as well and didn't really know how to go about working with two pantheons, or if that would make me less dedicated to Satan.
Thanks guys/gals for any info I receive.
Re: Can one worship Satan and other pantheons?
What do you think, would Satan value it more if you would listen to what other people say?
Or if you would decide that you nevertheless want to worship other deities as well and consider your own desires more important than the common opinion?
So, I would say, if you wanna worship other deities, following through with that makes you more dedicated to Satan as you are thereby following your own will.
And if you then end up only worshiping those other deities, well, would that be so bad if you feel like doing so?
Would be a bit of a difference depending on whether you refer to Odin, or to Loki, or to, say, Freyr.
Depending on that, I would have quite different ideas on how to combine the pantheons.
In general, venerating both Satan and entities from other pantheons is pretty widespread among Satanists.
Absolutely, Satan is just one form of this being, who has always been part of a greater pantheon. I mainly have been working with other Egyptian deities, a few Hebrew entities, and lately Mephisopheles.
Sure, if you are a pantheist or polytheist.
My experience, is that Satan isn't some jealous Jehovah. He's my bro, he's fam, but he doesn't care if I date other girls.
Anyway, there are all sorts of legit reasons to add additional pantheons to one's realm of experience. If anything, it lets you know the gods don't exist in enmity.
I work with Celtic and Greek pantheons if they suit me, which many of them do, but I'm completely a Satanist through and through.
From where I sit, I don't ascribe to this, but I understand where you are coming from. To me, all these energies are very different things. But, that being said, there is great value in reaching out and having direct knowledge of these things. You're a Satanist, you make the rules, you can talk to anything you want.
But, that being said, I experience "Satan" as different from supposed cultural equivalents... to me they're all different folks.
This sort of prompts me to write, btw... I'm thinking about things like cultural and blood connections (which is most of the non-Satan deities I work with). Anyway, it's an interesting subject... People seem to think blood does not matter, but if you find out your genealogy you will find immediate connections with those spiritual beings very easy. Anyway, something to explore.
That too what other people said, Satan isn't the jealous type, and I think compliments many other pantheons depending on interpretation. Surprisingly (to some) religion wasn't so rejecting of the carnal and more earthly/human aspects of existence before Christianity came onto the scene.
Why would one want to worship Satan?
The colloquial concept of worship is that of slaves. In the western world the notion of worship is pretty cut and dry. If Satan is adversarial to slave mentalities then he would not demand any slave-like worship. Quite the opposite actually! Satan would demand study, the empowerment of humankind via knowledge and understanding. Even the Romantic image of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost: "For it is better to Reign in Hell, than to Serve in Heaven."
Satan wouldn't take the same stand as the gods of the Right Hand Path who demand slavish worship while hiding behind false concepts like charity, altruism, and holiness.
I do not accept Satan as a supernatural power or deity. Since there is a lack of evidence of supernatural deities in our world. Experience of something Super-normal is one thing, supernatural is something very different.
The real question is: Why would the rebel against Tyrant Deities (which probably don't exist) would even want to be worshiped the way those deities were?
No matter which way you slice it the path leads to Supernatural Madness. Inverse Christianity isn't LHP at all. It's just really Goth RHP.
Worship of Satan is very much missing the greater point.
Devotional Satanism and Inverse Christianity are two very different things, though.
Why I would like to worship Satan?
Because it feels good to do so. Because I've fallen in love with my deity and need some way to express my feelings. Because it's part of my character to enjoy being submissive.
All that by the way independent of whether Satan exists as an actual being or not.
I agree with you in preferring the term supernormal over supernatural - yet we needn't take that Merriam Webster-definition that literally, it likely still has the sense intended by the author if we exchange that term.
Satan would demand study, the empowerment of humankind via knowledge and understanding.
Why would worship be in conflict with learning? Striving for knowledge is a form of worshiping Satan, imo.
Exactly. If I had to give a name to my system of beliefs it would probably something like "Chaos-gnostic Luciferianism". Discovering Gnosis is the ultimate goal for myself which can be achieved through both veneration and learning. Now, I don't worship Lucifer in the same sense that 99% of religions worship their gods, but there is a deep sense of connection.
I don't find worship or even adoration of Satan to be inherently bad. I admire him because he and the demons/fallen angels lead man to freedom. I am FREE to choose to worship Satan and work with he and his. He does not force me, nor does he threaten me if I do not.
I worship Satan because a relationship with him is what I want. It's nothing at all like the Christians who worship their "God" out of fear and guilt. I hate God, I view Satan as being everything God is not, chief of all he is freeing. He broke the chains of my Christian upbringing and let me see through the veil of guilt and shame they had blinded me with.
Satan opened my eyes, so I choose to work with him and worship him.
I don't really care for the term "worship" that much. But when it comes to the belief in external deities, they can only be as real as what they represent is real. For that reason, I accept both atheistic and theistic interpretations, it hardly matters anyway.
...there is a lack of evidence of supernatural deities in our world.
One thing we do have hard evidence for is that life is short and not always sweet. Having rejected conventional religion, we find our own ways to make it meaningful and enjoyable.
At the same time I both believe and don't believe in the literal existence of Lucifer.
I can relate to this statement, it's that unknown thing which is difficult to put a finger on. This probably isn't a real word, but dare I say "quasi-theism"?
Quasi-Theism could apply to my point of view as well. I have yet to see anything that convinces me that any deity exists in the objective universe as anything more than an idea in the minds of humans, along with all the depictions that are in art and literature that result from this idea. But these ideas still exert an influence on us, changing our thoughts and actions. Whether or not Yahweh exists, millions of people have been killed in his name. I can perceive and interact with my interpretation of a deity, which varies from someone else's interpretation. I can do this and recognize that it is entirely possible that it is all in my head, but this doesn't have to reduce it's meaning.
You can worship whatever/whoever you want . . . the quest is, why would you want to worship anything other than your Self? I'd like to point out that admiration and emulation are not forms of worshiping.
I would rather someone worship Satan, or a pre-Christian god instead of Yahweh. I believe some gods are what I call "pretenders to the throne" i.e. anti-natural deities which seek eradication of innate nature.
Yahweh is the most popular of this, and in the Christian Bible they say that when a sinner accepts Yeshua that their old nature "dies" and that they gain a new nature (hence being "born again").
Contrasting, Satanists are "born, not made" just one day someone becomes aware of the description. Hindu view is that one's nature as divine is innate, just unrealized. Hence there is no destruction of the old nature, rather the destruction is of the new, illusion of confusion that obscures pure sight of nature (shuddha vidya). It is still pro-nature.
If a Satanist, Luciferian or Setian attempts to attain some form of "higher self" that is a realizing one's full potential, this is essentially embracing said nature. It was always there inside of them, innate.
Christianity would say to forsake this, and instead trust everything to a deity that keeps one limited so that they can be controlled. It is illusion and delusion, or in some cases something akin to a thought form that has taken on it's own life that group thought can no longer contain. It's existence relies on people being kept in spiritual infancy, otherwise they would realize it's unreal nature and it would die.
With the foundation of the natural world gone, or at least avoided, people stray further from their innate nature and become more stuck in ignorance. This is why I worship Satan and exalt the natural world; it is the key through which enlightenment is attained.
As it says on our homepage, "The Path of Darkness leads to Enlightenment." At least where I am coming from, the Universe and Kali are traditionally seen as "Darkness" and it is said the way to Shiva is through worship of Shakti (Darkness).
Many of us already do this, Setians have Set and the Black Flame, and Satanists have Satan and the Carnal. Luciferians emulate the same ideas, but with light to symbolize the revelation itself rather than the method but it's the same between all these paths IMO it's just different language and symbolism. These are all Left Hand Path so it makes sense that the methodology and underlying premise is the same.
I should clarify that on Luciferianism I think that there is more of a focus on balance. In Satanism this is sometimes touched upon for example in the idea of "counter productive pride" ect Setianism as far as I can tell, focuses more on exerting effort towards the realized self, as a process of refinement. Similar to Luciferian in that aspect of balance, but with more of a focus on overcoming the limitations of nature while embracing the more emergent aspects of consciousness.
In other words I think the underlying premises are largely the same, it's a difference of focus in various areas and different sides of similar (although not identical) "puzzles". What some might consider "unnatural" or supernatural I might consider totally "natural" which can really confuse the discussion, so take into consideration I am describing natural as that which is the most innate quality of something even if it is "alien" or "different" from the material world.
If one takes the position that Satan's nature and our nature are the same, or at least from the same source, then it is a veneration of the qualities that one seeks to emulate.
Functionally, worship of an archetype is to try to emulate and take on those traits. This is common in symbolic Satanism just without explicit worship. In Tantra, the LHP sects traditionally imitate the deities in a literal sense to take on their traits.
The idea is to become the deity which is synonymous with becoming equal to the deity but distinct because the god is a tool towards liberation . It is worship of Self. The deity is the vessel. This applies to any kind of path that seeks apotheosis.
This kind of worship lies out of fast and hard categories of theism and atheism.


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By snarkwars on October 22, 2019
Star Wars: Episode IX, Full Trailer: Ready Or Not, Here It Comes
Star Wars, Episode IX (Full Trailer)
Regular readers of this site will recall that I am, regrettably, not the Sequel Trilogy's biggest fan, a position I have held since I was first greatly underwhelmed by The Force Awakens. And since Snark Wars is primarily about repeatedly screaming at the Internet about how much I love Star Wars, even when it is very stupid, I've largely kept my distance from ST-era content. God knows the market for "Random Idiot With a Blog Nerd-Raging About the Star Wars Sequels" is fucking saturated as it is (though in fairness, my nerd rage is far, far gentler than most of what's out there.)
That said, if there's one thing we all know to be true about me, it is that I am utterly hopeless and will show up for Star Wars no matter what, so, despite my misgivings, I am absolutely 100% happily going to see Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker Which Is Definitely The End of The Saga We Swear. Upon seeing all the way over-the-top hype for the recently-released trailer (like, they ran ADS for what is A LITERAL ADVERTISEMENT, guys, LOL WE ARE ALL SO PATHETIC) I thought it would be funny to meet the outsized buzz for a 2-minute-and-37-second ad with a full-blown, needlessly long Snark Wars recap of it. I promise to leave my angrier snark in a locked drawer, and I also promise to pretend that I have not read literally every possible maybe-spoiler about this movie already, so no potential spoiler content lies ahead.
So! Where did we last leave the ever-expanding cast of the Skywalker Saga ("Finding New Ways to Ruin Civilization for Over 40 Years")? Let's take a look:
Luke Skywalker, Very Crabby Old Man/Green Milk Fan, had grown out a full-blown depression beard, stalked around Planet Ireland grumpily while shirking his Jedi Master Duties, and at one point whole-ass blamed part of the universe/The Jedi Order's problems on Obi-Wan Kenobi for having trained Anakin. Look, I know it was the depression talking and all, but HOW DARE YOU, Luke. That said, blaming Obi-Wan for something bad that a Skywalker did is entirely on brand for this family, so, fine. At this point Obi-Wan's ghost probably doesn't even notice it anymore. Luke had then followed up this whole "everything sucks and I'm going to bed" show with A) committing arson with Yoda's ghost, and B) having a late in the game Change of Heart, which culminated in C) dying after livestreaming himself across the galaxy in order to taunt his idiot nephew. I can't say I thought this was going to happen to Luke, or, y'know, ANYONE, because it is insane, but also I've been around Star Wars long enough to no longer be surprised by anything.
Leia Organa, Yelling Aficionado/Better Than You, had spent some of our last outing in a coma after using the Force to literally fly through space at one point. The Skytwins have been through some stuff, you guys. Eventually after beating the whole "coma" thing, she wound up hunkering down in a cave with the last 5 people left in the Definitely-Not-The-Rebel-Alliance-It's-Called-The-Resistance-It's-Different, lamenting that her allies across the galaxy weren't heeding her call for help, and also that the universe saddled her with the world's worst son.
Supreme Leader Snoke, Definitely Is Going to Get Explained At Some Point For Sure They Absolutely Have a Plan and Everything, drew the "hyped villain who goes down relatively easy" card, dying at Kylo Ren's hand after a showdown in the galaxy's ugliest throne room. This means he also drew the "hitched his wagon to a dumbass Darksider Skywalker's star" card, which as we know often does not pan out well for anybody. On the bright side for Snoke and his hilarious gold lamé ensemble, he died after getting cut in half, so you can pretty much assume he's not actually dead.
Rey, Last Name Pending (God End My Suffering), spent the entire last movie basically trying to forcibly yank Luke out of his depressive episode so she could learn how to be a Jedi, while being repeatedly contacted through Force Skype by Kylo Ren. I love that Force Skype is a thing, and I hope Anakin did it to Obi-Wan constantly because that seems like the sort of obnoxious thing he'd do. At one point she and Kylo touch hands, which I've heard I am supposed to have a lot of feelings about, which I personally do not one way or the other. At any rate this whole Force-bonding thing led to her feeling compassion for Kylo, because Luke evidently sensed some sort of Major Darkness in him once and maybe tried to kill him, and also everyone got all bent out of shape just because Kylo killed a bunch of people including his own dad. (Let no one wonder about Kylo's genetics, then, since "I, a repeat murderer, am the real victim here" is pretty much the most Anakin thing ever.) Ultimately, our girl Rey rejected Kylo's offer to rule the galaxy with him, and she made it back to the Resistance Gathering in time to help them all escape and pose for the cast photo at the end of the movie. She also stole a bunch of old books about the Jedi from Planet Ireland. (I already feel bad for her, because you know that like 50% of those books are just gossip about Jedi who lived 5,000 years ago or stacks of unpaid electrical bills.)
Poe Dameron, Winner of This Trilogy's Obi-Wan Kenobi Award For Best Hair/Leia Organa's Better Son, crank-called the First Order and got into a tiff with Amilyn Holdo while Leia was in a coma that culminated in him briefly attempting a mutiny and to be honest it's been a little bit since I watched the movie so I'm kinda fuzzy on all the details. He looked handsome as hell, though, I remember that, and he is now one of the 5 remaining not-Rebels left.
Finn, Winner of This Trilogy's Obi-Wan Kenobi Award For Good-Hearted Person Who Deserves None of This/Winner of This Trilogy's Obi-Wan Kenobi Award For Being Everyone's Boyfriend, ended up on a wild goose, er, bantha chase of a mission with Rose Tico to the casino planet of Canto Bight, which I thought looked kind of cool and apparently I am one of like, 7 people in this fandom that felt this way. (It's something I'm used to at this point, honestly.) They ended up getting double-crossed on this mission, and Finn wound up in a showdown with Captain Phasma, who I was 100% sure died in the last movie so naturally she was, of course, not dead. I am assured she died in this battle with Finn. (Sure.) At any rate, Finn is now also one of the 5 not-Rebels left.
Rose Tico, Saga Newcomer/Finn Fanclub Member, looked (and was) cute as hell, tragically lost her sister, went on the aforementioned ill-fated mission with Finn, and had Angsty Feelings about the 1% and also about Space Horses, as one does. For reasons that remain mildly confusing and annoying to me, Star Wars decided we needed a love quadrilateral (…?) of sorts to occur with one movie left to go, so at one point towards the end of the episode she kissed Finn, too, although I can completely understand why a person would want to kiss John Boyega, so maybe it's not that confusing. She, too, is one of our 5 not-Rebels.
Kylo Ren, The Only Person Who Has Ever Wanted to Be Darth Vader (Including Actual Darth Vader), attempted a Shirtless Scene of his own (with mixed results if you ask me, but I'm probably not the best person to ask here,) (THOSE HORRIBLE PANTS GOD WHY) (sorry I'll move on now), called Rey on the Force Phone repeatedly, pouted, complained, killed his boss, got rejected by Rey and then yelled at Hux, which in fairness is always funny and I'd have been fine with the entire movie just being those two hating each other, probably because "bratty Skywalker bickering with a pompous British redhead" is one of the only things I care about in this world.
THERE ARE TOO MANY GODDAMN PEOPLE IN THIS STUPID SERIES NOW, OK? I know I didn't even get to everyone, but WE'RE DONE NOW, because this is maybe the longest preamble I have ever written on this site and this is a RECAP OF A TRAILER. Seriously.
Recurring Theme: Always On the Move
The trailer opens with Rey tearing through a jungle landscape. I feel like this girl has spent half the trilogy sprinting.
She's using her lightsaber — the one that got destroyed in the last movie — to deflect blaster bolts as she runs. I am DYING, you guys, because I just realized ANAKIN'S LIGHTSABER IS YET ANOTHER CHARACTER THAT WE SAW DIE WHO WASN'T ACTUALLY DEAD. No one's ever really gone indeed.
Recurring Theme: Probable Misdirection
She keeps going, and we start in with the Dramatic Trailer Voiceovers: Finn kicks things off by saying "…it's an instinct…a feeling…" as we transition to Rey flinging herself into some wreckage:
Finn appears on the screen, looking off into the distance with concern as his voiceover continues that "…the Force brought us together":
Look, I would be SO DOWN for Force-sensitive Finn you guys. SO DOWN. I already hate JJ Abrams for putting this out there because I don't trust him to deliver on this, and yet STILL I HOPE.
Recurring Theme: The Gang's All Here
Now Poe takes the voiceover mic, and we cut to a shot that I feel like we have seen some version of literally 2 million times: why, it's a ragtag group of Rebels on their way to Band Together Against All Odds!
Poe says "We're not alone…good people will fight if we lead them", and we cut to a shot of Rose looking Very Concerned Indeed, while Billie Lourd and Merry the Hobbit look on:
I sincerely love how 99% of all trailers, but especially fantasy-genre ones with Epic Tales to Tell like this one, are almost exclusively always just shots of people looking at something with a Meaningful Glance:
The boys turn: ah! Ships! Ships are coming! Many, MANY SHIPS, as it turns out, but we'll get there.
Rey takes the mic now: People keep telling her they know her! But — DUN DUN DUUUUN! — no one does. Oooooooooh.
Naturally this is Kylo "Let Me Butt In" Ren's cue to not only make a Skywalker-Style Patented Dramatic Idiot Entrance, but also to be like but what about meeeeee? He totally knows her! STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT YOU, KYLO. LET THE WOMAN MONOLOGUE.
I'm surprised he was willing to go out in the rain and ruin his hairstyle like this. Also, his ridiculous Pouty Face is cracking me up.
Then it's pew-pew-pew! We're off to the North Pole, or something!
This Is What I Deserve
LOL. OK, so, I don't know what I am going to think of this movie, or this trilogy as a result of it, but know one thing: the fact that Sidious is back is the best thing that has ever happened to me, like, marriage and the birth of my children excepted. IT IS FUCKING HYSTERICAL, and it KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER. I first saw the teaser for this movie (and therefore learned they were bringing him back) at Celebration this year, and we were in the main room for it. It was THE funniest moment I have EVER HAD as a Star Wars fan. I made this face of total shock for a split second, and then I laughed so hard I cried. A woman sitting near us handed me a tissue because she thought I was overcome with touchy emotional feelings about it, when in reality I was crying because STAR WARS IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER AND THEY LITERALLY BROUGHT YET ANOTHER PERSON BACK FROM THE DEAD, AGAIN. I didn't have the heart to be like "oh I'm not moved, I'm just unable to cope with how ridiculous this all is and it's giving me life", in part because there were people around me who were moved to tears by the teaser.
ANYWAYS. Sheev. Sheev Palpatine. Darth Sidious. My villainous FOREVER FAVE, played to perfection by Ian McDiarmid, is back. And. AND! He has THE MOST AMAZEBALLS SET EVER LOOK AT THIS FUCKING THRONE:
I can't. I CANNOT. The mist! The spikes! WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING HERE.
Sheev commandeers the voiceover now AS WELL HE SHOULD, HE SHOULD DELIVER ALL VOICEOVERS EVEN WHEN IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR HIM TO, and delivers the wonderfully silly "Long have I waited…"
As he speaks, we cut to a shot of…a LOT of ships, several of which may be ones we've seen before (the Ghost!):
I am not nearly a thorough enough Star Wars nerd to even pretend that I know (or care, really) about spaceship types. It amazes me when people are like "oh yeah, that's an R-class Mega Ship Thinger with an extended cabin and the limited-edition pin-striping that was in the background of one episode of TCW in season 3" (which is, of course, total bullshit I just made up, but is basically how all of that discussion always sounds to me. I am very happy for the Ship Geeks who flipped their shit about this shot yesterday though! There is nothing I love more in this world than nerds having fun.)
What is most entertaining to me about this shot is knowing that they're bringing back a bunch of old jalopies, so the Rebellion is basically stuck working with the equivalent of a used car lot, while Team Sheev is showing up with the like 40 billion pristine-looking Star Destroyers we saw in the last trailer.
Recurring Theme: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan Is One-Quarter Complete
Sidious goes on: "…your coming together…" as we get a super cute shot of part of the gang on board the Falcon:
…and then we cut to Kylo and Rey duking it out, as Sheev ominously adds "…is your undoing."
I really hope everything that has happened in the saga so far is only like 8% of Sidious' overall plan. I mean if the guy intends to live forever, maybe it's true! He's got plenty of time on his hands to keep fucking with the galaxy, right?
Recurring Theme: C-3PO, Just Wanted to Be a Goddamn Robot Butler and Now It's All This
We now cut to this super cute little alien guy, who's doing something to the back of Threepio's head. This poor droid, you guys. He's supposed to be translating Bocce or helping with water vaporators or serving fruitcake at Padme's dinner parties or whatever, and yet he keeps getting pulled into space battles and whatever this bullshit is. He wasn't wrong: he WAS made to suffer.
Poe asks: what are you doing there, Threepio? And I would like to point out that I am glad Rey is finally getting a gigantically oversized coat she can dramatically discard later.
Threepio replies: he's taking one last look at his friends! Oh! Well, I'm sure nobody is going to have feelings during this bit!
Giant Floating Words of Marketing appear now to inform us that all of this is going down THIS CHRISTMAS…
…as Luke wrestles the mic from Sheev to Wise-Old-Manly tell us that "Confronting fear is the destiny of the Jedi" as we watch Rey and Leia hug:
The Giant Marketing Words shout at us that THE SAGA WILL END, which is obviously bullshit because at this point I fully expect to be recapping Skywalker saga trailers from my nursing home, and Luke says "Your destiny…" as we first see some people riding a different flavor of Space Horse on what appears to be a spaceship…
…Kylo and Rey smashing some sort of Vader Relic… (And the Giant Words yell at us that THE STORY LIVES FOREVER, which sounds about right.)
…some space battle stuff…
…and we see Rey standing in front of presumably Sidious, since we are lucky enough to hear some evil cackling:
Finally, we cut to a close-up shot of Rey as Luke says "The Force will be with you…"
…and Leia says "…always." (Awww!)
And then — baaaa, baaaa, buh-buh-buh BAAAAAAAA-BAAA, buh-buh-buh BAAAAAAA-BAAA, BUH-BUH-BUH BAAAAAAAAAAA, you know the drill:
Evidently this motion picture is in theaters December 20th, and tickets — I've got mine — are on sale now! Don't pretend, nerds, you know you'll be there. I'll save you some popcorn. See you on the other side!
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const bunyan = require('bunyan');
const {expect} = require('chai');
const sinon = require('sinon');

const CMD = 'DELE';
describe(CMD, function () {
  let sandbox;
  let log = bunyan.createLogger({name: CMD});
  const mockClient = {
    reply: () => {},
    fs: {delete: () => {}}
  };
  const cmdFn = require(`../../../src/commands/registration/${CMD.toLowerCase()}`).handler.bind(mockClient);

  beforeEach(() => {
    sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create().usingPromise(Promise);

    sandbox.stub(mockClient, 'reply').resolves();
    sandbox.stub(mockClient.fs, 'delete').resolves();
  });
  afterEach(() => {
    sandbox.restore();
  });

  describe('// check', function () {
    it('fails on no fs', () => {
      const badMockClient = {reply: () => {}};
      const badCmdFn = require(`../../../src/commands/registration/${CMD.toLowerCase()}`).handler.bind(badMockClient);
      sandbox.stub(badMockClient, 'reply').resolves();

      return badCmdFn()
      .then(() => {
        expect(badMockClient.reply.args[0][0]).to.equal(550);
      });
    });

    it('fails on no fs delete command', () => {
      const badMockClient = {reply: () => {}, fs: {}};
      const badCmdFn = require(`../../../src/commands/registration/${CMD.toLowerCase()}`).handler.bind(badMockClient);
      sandbox.stub(badMockClient, 'reply').resolves();

      return badCmdFn()
      .then(() => {
        expect(badMockClient.reply.args[0][0]).to.equal(402);
      });
    });
  });

  it('test // successful', () => {
    return cmdFn({log, command: {arg: 'test', directive: CMD}})
    .then(() => {
      expect(mockClient.reply.args[0][0]).to.equal(250);
      expect(mockClient.fs.delete.args[0][0]).to.equal('test');
    });
  });

  it('bad // unsuccessful', () => {
    mockClient.fs.delete.restore();
    sandbox.stub(mockClient.fs, 'delete').rejects(new Error('Bad'));

    return cmdFn({log, command: {arg: 'bad', directive: CMD}})
    .then(() => {
      expect(mockClient.reply.args[0][0]).to.equal(550);
      expect(mockClient.fs.delete.args[0][0]).to.equal('bad');
    });
  });
});

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My husband and I just returned from 10 days in St. Lucia. We highly recommend the island for many reasons. We also had some tips that we would have liked to know in advance.
First - we did not stay in a resort. We rented a lovely house in the very southern part of the island. We liked being in a real neighborhood. That said, the difference between the way the majority of real St. Lucians live, and the resort population is disturbing. The poverty is fairly appalling. Even so, the St. Lucian population that we ran into was overwhelmingly friendly, helpful and charming.
The beaches are all free and available for everyone. We LOVED Jalousie beach. There is a section for 'riff-raff', like us, and a wide swath for the paying guests of the resort. Leave there in the evening and have drinks at Ladera overlooking the Gros Piton. A luxury day on the cheap!
Do make sure to arrange a rental car with 4-wheel drive absolutely. Arrange it through a name brand company. Check the fine print. We rented through two smaller car rental companies. The first rented us a small, dirty, non-4 wheel drive car -- we returned it less then 2 hours later and endured their 'return charges' and other silliness. The second, rented us a much larger, cleaner 4-wheel drive Toyota, large enough for us and our two friends when they joined us, but also wanted to charge us the cost of a new tire when the no-tread tire went flat. You need a working spare tire as well. The roads are mountainous, twisting, two-lane, dangerous and hair-raising, and that is the main highway. Once off the highway the roads are steep, unpaved, rutted and impassible without 4-wheel drive. You also need a driver with nerves of steel - which we had-- my husband. An international driver's licence will save you the $22. needed to buy a St. Lucian permit.
You can use US dollars all over St. Lucia. The locals, including banks, will not accept US dollars that are in any way damaged: no rips, holes, bends, etc. Watch out, I think that several damaged bills were passed to us before we were aware that they were useless on the island. Also, off the resorts, credit cards are not usually accepted. Even gas stations require cash (good condition cash!). Prices listed in the tour guides may not be current, so bring lots of cash.
We climbed the Gros Piton, which I recommend, although it is a tough, tough, climb. It is straight up all the way, over rough terrain. The views at the top were terrific, but, you truly need to be a fit climber to do this with ease. Also, consider who you would like to guide you up the Piton. There are guides in the small tourist area of Fond Gens Libre, who charge $30. per person. These guides literally just 'guide' you up the mountain - no info, no help, no pointing out of sights. We had a very cute 15 year old who could climb like a happy goat, but, was not at all helpful. Apparently, if you hire a 'tour guide' you will get an expanded experience.
There are two supermarkets in Vieux Fort - one right in downtown, and the second on the highway going towards Soufriere - the second is considerably better. Buying fish at the fishery in Vieux Fort got us a whole small FRESH tuna at about $5./lb with a bit extra for cleaning and filet-ing. We had great food in tiny, local places as well as the resorts. Try it all.
Super nice report thanks for posting.
Just a small bit of information we picked up on a walking tour of Soufriere - St Lucia is relatively newly independent and quite poor. However, they made some interesting decisions about how to spend national income: Every child goes to school for free until they are 18. Healthcare is free for all citizens. Both seem to be of a quite high standard.
The comments about credit card use is grossly inaccurate. My wife and I were in St. Lucia twice last year and used our cards in restaurants, supermarkets, gas stations and even the Customs at Hewanorra International Airport when we had to pay duty on a television we brought in. Obviously one can;t reasonably expect a small local restaurant, as an example, to have credit card facilities. ATM machines are available throughout the island too.
St. Lucia gained its full independence from Great Britain on February 22, 1979.


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Leader of World's Most Successful Speculative Trading Syndicate Visits Centre
The Centre for Risk Research was fortunate to secure a two-day visit from Professor William Benter, the founder and leader of the world's most successful speculative trading syndicate.
A captivated audience
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He delivered a lecture entitled How Decision Analytics Beat the Market to a packed theatre of enthused masters students and academics. The lecture provided a rare opportunity to gain insights into the processes and theories that enabled William to successfully model and predict sporting event outcomes and to win millions of dollars. After the lecture, William addressed a number of topical questions from the captivated audience and then took the time to engage in more detailed discussions with a small number of students.
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Q: PyCharm: How do I get rid of this tooltip documentation window? I see this whenever I hover my mouse on any variable or names in my code.

How can I reset all values to defaults in my PyCharm? I see 2 settings options under file menu, which one of this is intended for global settings ? What's the point of having 2 settings when they both have the same options. Is it project specific application?

A: Settings | Inspections -- there is "Reset To Default" tool button (Ctrl+R is default shortcut on Windows)
Or you can delete the file profile. it will recreate a default profile next time you will run pycharm


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static NSString *CJConfigurationAPIBaseUrl = @"kAPIBaseURL";
static NSString *CJConfigurationAuthAPIBaseUrl = @"kAuthAPIBaseURL";

#pragma mark - Initialisers

+ (CJEngineConfiguration *)sharedConfiguration
{
  static CJEngineConfiguration *_sharedConfiguration = nil;
  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;

  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
    _sharedConfiguration = [[self alloc] init];
  });

  return _sharedConfiguration;
}

#pragma mark - Environment

static NSString* theEnvironment = @"development";
+ (NSString *)environment
{
  return theEnvironment;
}

+ (void)setEnvironment:(NSString *)environment
{
  NSArray *environments = @[@"development", @"staging", @"production"];
  NSAssert([environments containsObject:environment], @"%@ is not a supported environment", environment);

  theEnvironment = environment;
}

#pragma mark - Configuration keys

static NSDictionary* configurations = nil;
- (NSDictionary *)configurationForEnvironment:(NSString *)environment
{
  NSAssert(environment, @"An environment is needed!");

  if (configurations == nil) {
    configurations = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:@[
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                                                             @"kAuthAPIBaseURL": @"http://auth.local.clubjudge.com:3000"
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Moët & Chandon's Golden Tree Lighting Ceremony at V&A's Silo District | Eat. Play. Drink. Cape Town.
Capetonians and visitors are invited to open the festive season at this year's Moët & Chandon Golden Tree Lighting Ceremony taking place at 7pm on Thursday, November 29 at Silo 7, adjacent to the Radisson Red at the V&A Waterfront Silo District. The evening will include performances by the acclaimed South African Youth Choir and the Cape Town City Ballet and is open to the public at no cost.
Sitting at an impressive four-storeys high and built with more than 1800 recycled champagne bottles collected from all over South Africa, the Moët & Chandon Golden Tree is wrapped in a shimmering gold ribbon created using over 2000 discs. Once the sun sets, visitors can look forward to an impressive lighting display, with the 230 metres of LED lights individually programmed to illuminate in sync with themed festive music that most attendees will most definitely recognise.
With shops open until 8pm, visitors are also invited to indulge in some late-night Christmas shopping on the 29th, as well as delicious Moët & Chandon festive specials at participating restaurants in the Silo District.
The Moët Golden Tree will be in the Silo District until Sunday, January 6.
VIP tickets: Are available for R395. Available directly from the Radisson Red, tickets include access to the VIP area around the tree and a mini Moët bottle presented from the mini Moët Serving Machine.


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Victoria Petty Sessions Registers
Did your ancestor have any dealings before the Court of Petty Sessions in Victoria? Discover if your ancestor was a plaintiff or a defendant and what issue was brought before the court.
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The Court of Petty Sessions was created to hear minor criminal cases such as those involving drunkenness and theft. These cases, brought before a magistrate, would usually not involve a jury.
Each result will provide you with a transcript and an image of the original court register. The original records are kept at Public Records Office Victoria in North Melbourne, Australia. The registers for the years 1854 to 1985 are included in this collection, totaling more than three million records.
Transcripts of records from the Court of Petty Sessions may include the following information:
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Dating back to colonial days, the Court of Petty Sessions first convened in 1838 in Melbourne. Such courts were additionally spread across Victoria; by 1880, there were 235 locations. There were usually two or more Justices of the Peace needed for a Court of Petty Sessions.
Minor criminal matters and committal proceedings were brought before the court. Complaints regarding money were originally limited to sums not exceeding £20. Today, the Magistrates' Court addresses issues that would have been brought before the Court of Petty Sessions.
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There are 74 courts included in these records.
Alberton Courts (1900-1902), totaling 234 records
Alexandra Courts (1888-1910), totaling 6,223 records
Amherst Courts (1859-1868), totaling 3,065 records
Bacchus Marsh Courts (1863-1888), totaling 9,787 records
Bannockburn Courts (1864-1909), totaling 5,919 records
Bealiba Courts (1864-1888), totaling 2,542 records
Bendigo and Eaglehawk Courts (1858-1965), totaling 24,989 records
Bendigo Courts (1860-1873), totaling 71,805 records
Branxholme Courts (1869-1929), totaling 5,427 records
Brighton Courts (1888-1985), totaling 387,069 records
Broadford Courts (1891-1975), totaling 33,750 records
Carlton Courts (1878-1888), totaling 21,011 records
Castlemaine Courts (1862-1958), totaling 92,359 records
Chewton Courts (1865-1915), totaling 7,771 records
Colac Courts (1858-1950), totaling 172,119 records
Dargo Courts (1888-1897), totaling 492 records
Dunolly Courts (1859-1888), totaling 16,353 records
Eaglehawk Courts (1861-1972), totaling 92,745 records
El Dorado Courts (1869-1885), totaling 4,316 records
Flemington and Kensington Courts (1916-1952), totaling 57,081 records
Footscray Courts (1860-1955), totaling 317,030 records
Fryerstown Courts (1858-1890), totaling 10,662 records
Gaffneys Creek Courts (1888-1891), totaling 149 records
Geelong Courts (1809-1962), totaling 275,303 records
Geelong West Courts (1889-1938), totaling 27,911 records
Gisborne Courts (1862-1930), totaling 5,772 records
Healesville Courts (1888-1956), totaling 24,652 records
Heathcote Courts (1888-1941), totaling 24,234 records
Heidelberg Courts (1888-1976), totaling 139,092 records
Heywood Courts (1800-1927), totaling 7,455 records
Huntly Courts (1879-1915), totaling 2,106 records
Indigo Courts (1860-1871), totaling 6,750 records
Inglewood Courts (1863-1888), totaling 10,662 records
Jericho Courts (1873-1885), totaling 949 records
Keilor Courts (1869-1887), totaling 651 records
Kensington Courts (1888-1921), totaling 46,628 records
Koroit Courts (1868-1877), totaling 4,815 records
Kyneton Courts (1863-1960), totaling 55,474 records
Lilydale Courts (1875-1976), totaling 89,991 records
Longwood Courts (1864-1868), totaling 724 records
Majorca Courts (1864-1888), totaling 6,940 records
Maldon Courts (1862-1890), totaling 16,897 records
Malmsbury Courts (1861-1947), totaling 19,655 records
Maryborough Courts (1861-1888), totaling 24,562 records
Moe Courts (1888-1981), totaling 131,303 records
Mortlake Courts (1861-1956), totaling 22,064 records
Mount Moriac Court (1862-1894), totaling 3,409 records
Newstead Courts (1863-1890), totaling 3,897 records
North Melbourne Courts (1860-1887), totaling 39,369 records
Northcote Courts (1888-1978), totaling 270,494 records
Oakleigh Courts (1888-1976), totaling 42,230 records
Oxley Courts (1874-1904), totaling 3,011 records
Portland Courts (1877-1878), totaling 858 records
Prahran Courts (1856-1888), totaling 66,851 records
Pyramid Hill Courts (1885-1963), totaling 13,826 records
Queenscliff Courts (1858-1964), totaling 21,071 records
Raywood Courts (1865-1938), totaling 10,501 records
Rokewood Courts (1888-1967), totaling 5,382 records
Romsey Courts (1868-1909), totaling 10,744 records
Sale Courts (1862-1888), totaling 29,040 records
South Barwon Courts (1859-1899), totaling 6,300 records
Steiglitz Courts (1853-1899), totaling 9,938 records
Swan Hill Courts (1862-1969), totaling 14,159 records
Tarnagulla Courts (1860-1888), totaling 6,417 records
Tylden Courts (1865-1872), totaling 1,324 records
Wahgunyah Courts (1860-1916), totaling 7,826 records
Wangaratta Courts (1854-1871), totaling 5,659 records
Warrnambool Courts (1852-1888), totaling 39,614 records
Wedderburn Courts (1859-1889), totaling 7,479 records
Williamstown Courts (1869-1958), totaling 98,639 records
Winchelsea Courts (1865-1944), totaling 7,829 records
Woodend Courts (1871-1963), totaling 24,925 records
Yandoit Courts (1888-1905), totaling 1,694 records
Yarrawonga Courts (1888-1975), totaling 54,923 records
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0:08Skip to 0 minutes and 8 secondsThomas Tosier is appointed chocolate maker to the King in 1717. He gets this position because of his very successful chocolate house. However, of course, because he's too busy making chocolate for the King, someone has to run the business. And that someone is his wife, Grace Tosier. The chocolate house becomes a destination for the rich and the famous to go to. You get accounts of people like Prince Frederick of Wales, ambassadors from Spain and Portugal, all people you would expect to go to the very smartest places. What makes Grace Tosier's chocolate house very interesting is that she's really capitalising on her husband's position. She always refers to herself as Grace Tosier, wife of the King's chocolate maker.
0:58Skip to 0 minutes and 58 secondsHowever, what she's trying to do in her chocolate house in Greenwich is give a royal experience, mimicking the experience that her husband was giving people with his chocolate in the court. So, for example, she installs a dance floor and holds various balls in accordance with the court calendar. So, celebrating the King's birthday and celebrating various other occasions. So what you get at Grace Tosier's chocolate house is a VIP experience. Royalty is part of the entire marketing of the chocolate house that she owns in Greenwich. So even when her husband dies and she remarries, she keeps the name Tosier. So it becomes associated with her brand, as it were. Grace Tosier becomes a celebrity in her own right.
1:49Skip to 1 minute and 49 secondsThere are reports of her in newspapers which describe her as having a very large, wide-brimmed hat, and having flowers in her bosom. She really is a celebrity. There are two portraits of her which are painted by Bartholomew Dandridge, and these portraits form part of a series which really are kind of celebrities of London. These include not only aristocracy, but London characters, and Grace is included among them. So she becomes a limited edition, someone, something to collect.
In this video we are joined once more by Polly Putnam, Collections Curator for Historic Royal Palaces, as she explains how Thomas Tosier's wife became a chocolate-making celebrity in her own right.


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Home » What's Hot » Press Releases » RiskSense Platform Addresses Business Stakeholder Requirements for Security Analytics and Risk Transparency
RiskSense Platform Addresses Business Stakeholder Requirements for Security Analytics and Risk Transparency
New Cyber Risk Management Capabilities Provide Real-Time Visibility and Benchmarking to Boost Security Program Strength
Sunnyvale, Calif. & Albuquerque, N.M. – February 3, 2017 – RiskSense® Inc., the pioneer and market leader in pro-active cyber risk management, today announced the latest release of its Software-as-a-Service platform. RiskSense 7.0 integrates the TIBCO® Jaspersoft® Business Intelligence Engine, providing enhanced flexibility in the design and customization of self-service reports, clear and concise visualizations, and quick analysis and report generation. These advanced security analytics capabilities enable automated coordination among business stakeholders, provide real-time visibility into an organization's cyber risk exposure, and enable security program benchmarking over time.
RiskSense will demonstrate the new RiskSense Platform 7.0 and its built-in business intelligence and analytics engine at RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco, booth S2816 from February 13 – 16, 2017.
The rise in the sophistication level of threats and security breaches, as well as stringent regulations and compliance requirements are driving the need for near real-time security analytics and reporting. This is being complicated by ever-expanding attack surfaces, which have extended beyond the network and endpoints to encompass databases, cloud environments, applications, and the Internet of Things.
In this context, RiskSense provides security professionals with clear visibility into vulnerabilities, threats, and their organization's cyber risk exposure. Since it discovers risks as they occur, RiskSense can reduce security investigations from days to minutes. By enabling organizations to understand their cyber risk exposure across the entire security stack and all attack surfaces, RiskSense also provides better protection for critical business assets while reducing the time and cost associated with threat management and compliance-focused reporting.
RiskSense Platform 7.0's integration of the TIBCO Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Engine provides end users with the following capabilities:
Analytics UI with Configurable Reports
All reports come with pre-defined filtering attributes for Asset, Threat, Vulnerability, Risk, and Remediation use cases, allowing for swift customization of the report template library.
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This report provides a high-level summary of organizational vulnerabilities. This report highlights high, medium, and low-severity vulnerabilities and an organization's susceptibility to exploit, malware, and RiskSense Verified (RSV) vulnerabilities across the internal network, external network, and Web applications.
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This report provides executives with actionable intelligence regarding organizational vulnerabilities. The report lists the top ten most vulnerable groups in an organization's environment, sorted, in order by the RiskSense Security Score. The report also provides a high-level view of vulnerabilities and weaknesses discovered in a customer's Web applications.
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This report highlights important details pertaining to an organization's overall cyber risk. It provides organizations with a high-level view of the organization's overall risk posture and key influential risk factors.
"Any intelligence-driven security program must begin with a comprehensive understanding of risk facing the organization," said Torsten George, vice president of global marketing and products at RiskSense. "The RiskSense Platform aggregates a wealth of data that enables organizations to understand both their current and anticipated risk posture. The integration of the TIBCO Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Engine enhances the platform's ability to extract massive amounts of data at scale and present it in the most meaningful manner to security professionals and business executives alike."
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RiskSense®, Inc. provides vulnerability management and prioritization to measure and control cybersecurity risk. The cloud-based RiskSense platform uses a foundation of risk-based scoring, analytics, and technology-accelerated pen testing to identify critical security weaknesses with corresponding remediation action plans, dramatically improving security and IT team efficiency and effectiveness. For more information, visit www.risksense.com or follow us on Twitter at @RiskSense.
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2017 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm
Results: 2017 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm | Elite Men
Stockholm, Sweden • 26 Aug, 2017
2 Kristian Blummenfelt 1994 NOR 3 01:49:28 00:18:30 00:00:48 00:59:34 00:00:33 00:30:04
4 Ryan Sissons 1988 NZL 7 01:49:33 00:18:28 00:00:46 00:59:39 00:00:29 00:30:12
5 Justus Nieschlag 1992 GER 30 01:49:36 00:18:04 00:00:47 00:59:08 00:00:26 00:31:13
6 Thomas Bishop 1991 GBR 5 01:49:39 00:18:25 00:00:51 00:59:40 00:00:31 00:30:15
8 Aaron Royle 1990 AUS 15 01:50:14 00:17:56 00:00:50 00:59:14 00:00:28 00:31:48
9 Andreas Schilling 1991 DEN 11 01:50:26 00:18:37 00:00:53 00:59:24 00:00:31 00:31:04
12 Simon Viain 1993 FRA 20 01:50:51 00:18:51 00:00:51 01:00:02 00:00:29 00:30:40
13 Adam Bowden 1982 GBR 16 01:50:56 00:18:16 00:00:49 00:59:50 00:00:28 00:31:35
16 Vicente Hernandez 1991 ESP 8 01:51:41 00:18:39 00:00:57 01:00:10 00:00:31 00:31:25
17 Dorian Coninx 1994 FRA 14 01:51:51 00:18:02 00:00:48 00:59:11 00:00:30 00:33:22
18 Jørgen Gundersen 1995 NOR 48 01:51:56 00:18:03 00:00:52 01:00:01 00:00:30 00:32:33
21 Marco Van Der Stel 1991 NED 29 01:51:58 00:18:13 00:00:48 00:59:52 00:00:31 00:32:36
25 Henrik Goesch 1994 FIN 31 01:52:59 00:18:42 00:00:53 01:00:11 00:00:33 00:32:42
28 Erwin Vanderplancke 1995 BEL 37 01:53:19 00:18:42 00:00:49 01:00:16 00:00:28 00:33:07
29 Marcel Walkington 1993 AUS 25 01:53:29 00:18:09 00:00:54 01:00:45 00:00:30 00:33:14
30 Gianluca Pozzatti 1993 ITA 42 01:53:47 00:18:11 00:00:53 00:59:51 00:00:28 00:34:27
32 Gabriel Sandör 1996 SWE 52 01:54:27 00:18:41 00:00:53 01:00:10 00:00:30 00:34:14
35 Oscar Coggins 1999 HKG 53 01:55:09 00:18:44 00:00:53 01:00:11 00:00:33 00:34:50
36 Jorik Van Egdom 1995 NED 43 01:55:11 00:19:12 00:00:51 01:02:21 00:00:30 00:32:19
37 Sam Ward 1994 NZL 39 01:55:16 00:18:47 00:00:53 01:02:44 00:00:31 00:32:23
38 Ilya Prasolov 1994 RUS 32 01:55:35 00:18:48 00:00:57 01:02:37 00:00:29 00:32:46
39 Itamar Alster 1995 ISR 55 01:55:41 00:18:44 00:00:49 01:00:13 00:00:31 00:35:25
40 Menno Koolhaas 1995 NED 45 01:55:58 00:18:48 00:00:53 01:02:42 00:00:28 00:33:08
43 Denis Vasiliev 1989 RUS 50 01:57:00 00:18:43 00:00:55 01:02:46 00:00:27 00:34:11
44 Peter Denteneer 1990 BEL 36 01:57:11 00:18:11 00:00:52 01:03:21 00:00:31 00:34:19
LAP Marc Austin 1994 GBR 22 LAP 00:18:06 00:00:55 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
LAP Andrey Moiseenko 1994 RUS 54 LAP 00:20:47 00:00:56 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
DNF Fernando Alarza 1991 ESP 2 DNF 00:18:05 00:00:48 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
DNF Henri Schoeman 1991 RSA 6 DNF 00:17:57 00:01:13 00:59:43 00:00:28 00:00:00
DNF Richard Varga 1989 SVK 12 DNF 00:17:51 00:00:56 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
DNF Brandon Copeland 1996 AUS 44 DNF 00:18:33 00:00:54 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
DNF Matevž Planko 1998 SLO 51 DNF 00:18:48 00:00:50 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
DNF Viacheslav Vasilev 1991 RUS 56 DNF 00:20:35 00:00:58 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
Technical Delegate: Duncan Hough/GBR. Race Referee: Stefane Mauris/SUI. Competition Jury: Duncan Hough/GBR, Kris Gemmell/NZL, Ria Damgren Nilsson/SWE. Distances: Swim 1500 m (1000m+500m), Bike 40.5 km (4.5 km + 9x 4 km) Run 10 km (4 laps). Water temperature: 18.4ºC. Air Temperature 17.5ºC. Wetsuits allowed. Athlete #6 Schoeman/RSA served a 15 seconds penalty at T1.


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Winnebago's Leisure Seeker was Australia's archetypal C-Class Motorhome: a space efficient box-on-wheels design that could easily be adapted from vehicle to vehicle with a minimum of redesign work. Winnebago made a million of them, figuratively speaking, and when production ceased it left a hole in the Company's expanding line-up that it decided to fill with the sixth-berth Ceduna.
Essentially a re-born Leisure Seeker with a different roofline (so I'm advised), the Winnebago Ceduna continues the tradition of bang-for-your-buck real estate, but without any real innovation. It's something of an anachronism, given Winnebago makes some very stylish and up-to-date motorhomes, but as they say: horses for courses.
The test Ceduna rode on Volkswagen's Crafter 50 LWB cab-chassis, which seems to have become the Euro workhorse-of-choice amongst manufacturers looking for an appealing, lower-cost entry model: witness its popularity amongst rental fleets.
This is a smart move because Crafter is a twin-under-the-skin with the considerably more expensive Mercedes Benz Sprinter. In essence you get Mercedes' design, engineering and quality at a VW price; because they all come down the same assembly line until they need their engine, gearbox and sundry bits fitted, at which point they are shipped off to VW for finishing. It's a curious arrangement that obviously has commercial advantages for both companies, but savvy motorhome manufacturers and buyers are the real winners.
Under the bonnet is where Crafters and Sprinters diverge most noticeably, and VW's workhorse engine is its 2.5-litre 5-cylinder turbo-diesel, producing a modest 100 kW and 300 Nm. In other guises this same engine produces significantly more power, meaning as a motorhome it should be suitably under-stressed. Mated to this is Volkswagen's six-speed automated-manual transmission (AMT) – another major point of difference with the Sprinter, which uses a full automatic gearbox.
If this all sounds a little tame you can have a Ceduna on a Sprinter 519 cab-chassis, complete with thumping 140 kW/440 Nm 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel and the full auto transmission, but at a considerable price premium.
One curiosity of the Crafter/Sprinter's Euro-heritage is its small 75-litre fuel tank. Larger tanks are optionally available, but 100-litres should be the minimum for Australian touring conditions – especially when lugging a big body on the back.
Ceduna comes with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) of 4490 kg, meaning it can be driven on a standard car licence and it can tow another 2000 kg. However, its tare weight is a not-inconsiderable 3756 kg, so with a full load of people, fuel and water you'd need to be very circumspect about what else you could carry. Do the maths and you'll see what I mean.
The Ceduna is 7.11 meters long, 2.472 metres wide and 3.235 meters tall, and is equipped with dual air bags, disc brakes with ABS, electronic stability control (ESP) and the usual array of powered features like windows, mirrors, locking and steering. Semi-automatic Climatic airconditioning is standard, too.
You sit deep inside the Crafter's cab, with excellent visibility forwards and to the sides. The seats seem unremarkable but are as comfortable at the end of the day as they are to begin with. The multi-adjustable steering wheel sits upright, like a car, rather than bus-like, as in many commercial vehicles and although the instruments are easy to read, you'll need to spend time with the owner's manual to fully decipher the workings of all the minor controls.
Perhaps the Crafter's greatest on-road attribute is its absolute rock-solid front end. Never fazed by road irregularities, potholes, passing trucks or whatever, it causes neither steering kick-back nor wander and inspires great confidence in all situations. It also has a terrific turning circle – another benefit of its Mercedes' heritage.
The Ceduna body does contribute to general body roll, as you'd expect, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. Being rear-wheel-drive helps steering feel, while dual rear wheels enhances stability and towing ability, too.
On the down side, performance is leisurely at best, due to the shifting pattern of the AMT gearbox. Reluctant to up-shift at times (especially from first gear at low speeds) and with a considerable lag when it does, getting to know this gearbox takes time, but once familiar its foibles are quickly accommodated and forgotten. So don't be put-off from what you might read, or from a brief, initial driving experience. And remember, you can always manually override when the terrain/situation/mood takes you.
The test Ceduna had about 44,000 km on the clock as a Winnebago demonstrator and loan vehicle and had obviously been well used. Despite that it drove well and no more shakes and rattles than I'd expected. Winnebago backs its new motorhomes with a 5-year/1 million kilometre structural warranty in addition to VW's 3 year/Unlimited km vehicle warranty. While the 1 million km allowance might seem more gimmick than useful, in reality it all amounts to substantial security, backed by a national dealer network.
Only a died-in-the-Insulwool Winnebago fan would call the Ceduna's boxy body beautiful, but it's functional and it works. It's really quite a juxtaposition to the out-there looks of the Crafter.
To reduce wind resistance the Luton-peak over the cab has a low roof line, but this compromises interior over-bed headroom. There's a good-sized through-boot at the rear, which is also the only external storage locker, apart from the one near the driver's door that hold the 2 x 4-kg gas bottles and has room for cables, hoses and other hook-up essentials.
The body sits on a steel floor plate and has a one-piece internal plywood floor, separated by insulation. Wall panels are fully insulated, as you'd expect, and the roof is a one-piece rubber design, to reduce the chance of water ingress. Herr-brand louvered wind-out hopper windows on both sides (the rear window is fixed) look old fashioned and have a real rental feel, but work well and can be left open in the rain – unlike sliders and some more modern designs. They're also very secure. Speaking of which, a Herr dead-bolt entry door with flyscreen is fitted, but the screen-door section isn't lockable and affords no security whatsoever, which is mystifying on a motorhome.
Capacity-wise, the Ceduna comes with 100 litres capacity for its fresh and grey water tanks. The removable toilet cassette holds 17 litres of stuff you don't want to read about, while the Suburban gas and electric hot water system holds 23 litres. Two x 100-amp house batteries look after electrical duties when away from mains power. Oh yes, LED clearance lights are fitted but it's a pity the LED theme doesn't extend to the tail lights or outside lights, which would make them far more durable and efficient.
An electric entry step affords easy access to the Ceduna's quite cavernous interior. The layout has the bathroom right behind the driver and a wardrobe behind the passenger, the kitchen on the nearside and a rear u-shaped lounge (or New Zealand Back as Malcolm calls them) with an electric bed that lowers from the ceiling. There's also the second bed in the Luton Peak, above the cab.
Stepping inside will be a trip down memory lane for previous Leisure Seeker owners – because it seems little, if anything, has changed. Flat-faced timber cupboards and matching brown upholstery are a real blast from the past, as are the beige curtains and timber-look flooring. On the plus side this means the design works and is durable; on the down side it's like buying an early 90s Commodore when Holden is also selling 2012 models: If you're a function-over-form kind of person you'll probably love it.
There's certainly room to dance in the 'entry lobby' and there's plenty of room down the centre of the vehicle (which means the bathroom could be wider). At the rear the u-shaped lounge has seatbelts for four and an approved child restraint anchor point, plus plenty of windows, so be sure to reverse into any spot to get the best views. The roof-top airconditioner also doubles as a heater, while interior lighting is mainly old-school: A mixture of 12-volt fluoro and halogen, plus a few LEDs.
The rear-only sideways seating with lap seatbelts, for those not lucky enough to be riding up front, is another concession to old design habits. The trend now is to have a cafe-style dinette behind the driver with forward and aft-facing seats equipped with lap-sash seatbelts: Far safer and far better for on-the-road communication.
With room to seat six at dinner time in this six-berth motorhome, it will be a fight to see who gets to use the table and who eats off their laps. I'd say two will miss out, but to its credit the table is highly adjustable and can also be lowered when it's time to lower the overhead bed. Best to eat while it's light, too, as the bed precludes any direct overhead lighting.
The flat-screen TV with integrated DVD sits on a swivel mount on top of the wardrobe unit, behind the front passenger's seat. It's a long way from the lounge but is designed so it can be watched from there (with binoculars, perhaps?) or from the over-cab bed.
The kitchen is well equipped but bench space is at a premium, despite a small flip-up extension by the door. You'll probably need to use the dining table when catering for larger numbers.
Standard equipment includes a sizable 150-litre Dometic 3-way fridge/freezer with automatic energy switching (AES), meaning it will choose between gas, vehicle 12-volt (while the ignition's on) and mains power. This sits at floor level between the bathroom and rear lounge, on the offside, with the stainless steel microwave above it.
Across from these, between the entry door and rear lounge, is the working heart of the kitchen. There you'll find a glass-lidded stainless steel cooker with an oven and grill, plus two gas hobs and a single electric element on top. Above it is a stainless steel range hood, while a glass-lidded single-bowl sink with integrated drainer shares the smallish bench top and is positioned closest to the entry door. There's good drawer and cupboard space, plus decent over-bench cupboard storage and an extra cupboard above the microwave.
Most electrical operations are controlled from a single panel above the end of the kitchen bench, by the entry door, which also includes an internal and external thermometer. You can check the batteries and water tank level, amongst other things, but the hot water system switch is beneath the sink, as is the rear electric bed switch. Why the latter wouldn't be down by the bed is a mystery.
The Ceduna's six overnight occupants sleep in two double beds and two singles.
Access to the over-cab bed is via a reasonably wide and secure aluminium ladder, but once up there over-bed headroom is adequate rather than brilliant. There's a single reading light at both ends and a safety net to stop kids from unexpectedly experiencing the terrifying effects of gravity in the night.
The Ceduna's party trick is its electrically-operated roof bed, which is about queen size and which stores away unobtrusively above the rear lounge when not in use. It's a great idea that works well and is truly space efficient.
The rear lounge converts to two lengthways single beds, but you'll need to ensure those occupying them aren't claustrophobic, as they will be sleeping beneath the partially-lowered overhead bed. Conversely, if the rear roof bed can't be lowered right down you might need a step or two or three to access it. As with everything in a motorhome, compromise reigns supreme. At least you can leave the rear roof bed made-up when not in use and its pretty much out of sight.
Entering the Ceduna's bathroom brings you into a small powder/change room featuring an angled bench-top with a corner hand basin and mixer tap. There's good cupboard space and a well lit makeup mirror, plus a big side window fitted with a venetian blind a little too long for it. What's that they say about the devil and detail?
It's good to have a private dressing room, especially when there are potentially up to six people aboard, but it could be a bit of a squeeze – especially for larger occupants.
The shower set-up is quite unusual in that the cubicle has the toilet at the rear; with its own screen door to keep it and the loo roll dry. When standing in the shower you're really between a bog and a dry place (sorry), so just remember to close both screen doors and you'll keep everyone happy!
Winnebago's Ceduna is a capable motorhome that should provide years of reliable service. It's neither exciting nor innovative, yet it obviously appeals to a range of buyers who value proven practicality above all else.
As a six-berth motorhome it has great room for two people and acceptable room for four, but the rear bed arrangement could cause issues when used to capacity, not to mention the lack of dining-table space for six people. Payload capacity with six adults aboard would be an issue requiring careful management, too.
VW's Crafter is the bright spot in the equation, providing proven engineering with comfort and convenience, plus quite reasonable fuel consumption. I averaged a gnat's whisker less than 15 l/100 km on test, although I did only cruise at 100 km/h on the freeway and there was only me on board.
The Ceduna is a solid motorhome, but it reminds me of how far motorhome designs have come in the last decade – in a thousand little ways. It just needs a makeover to bring it back to the future.
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