Many of the features we're going to talk about in this post have been mentioned elsewhere in this blog, but here we're going to bring them all together and show how to use them.
You'll have seen before that IntelliJ IDEA can analyse your code and tell you if something isn't needed, or perhaps doesn't make sense. IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2 has even better analysis in several areas. The first we're going to look at is Control Flow Analysis – IntelliJ IDEA can look at the logic in your code and tell you if certain cases just won't occur.
For example, if a Collection or String is known to be empty, IntelliJ IDEA will tell you that certain types of operations will error or simply aren't required, like iterating over an empty collection.
This applies to a number of methods on List, Map and Set, as well as String.
There's also improved analysis around nulls, particularly when passing Collections as parameters. If, for example, you have a Collection that can contain nulls and you use it when calling a method that expects a Collection that does not contain nulls, you'll get a warning.
See the blog post on Smarter Flow Control Analysis for more details on the analysis of empty Collections/Strings and potential null problems.
Similarly, IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2 can also detect if a number is going to be out of range and warn you about this before your program errors at run time.
See the section on Smarter control flow analysis: number ranges in this blog post for more details.
The Reflection API has always had its risks, which is one of the reasons Java 9 modularity (JPMS) aims to provide better encapsulation. IntelliJ IDEA now has more help for working with reflection if you do need to use it, with coding assistance and added warnings.
For more information see the Reflection API section in this blog post.
As well as improved warnings that can spot bugs before running the code, IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2 also helps you to refactor existing code to simplify it or to make it more readable. For example, if you have a statement that contains a number of or clauses, this can be converted into a Set.contains statement – new values can then easily be added to the Set, rather than added to a long and difficult to read condition.
IntelliJ IDEA continues to add refactoring and suggestions to help you use the features in Java 8. Now, if you extract a variable in a Stream operation, the IDE can suggest this is extracted as an additional map operation rather than adding an extra variable to the lambda expression.
Previously, you could extract functional parameters, letting you change a method to accept a lambda expression as a parameter. Now you can also extract functional variables, so you reuse can some of these lambda expressions, or as a stepping stone to a larger refactoring, or maybe simply to create more readable code.
The last Java 8 refactoring to mention is the ability to reshape your code to use method references immediately. You may previously have used something like a combination of Extract Method and the "Lambda can be replaced with method reference" inspection in order to achieve this, now you can cut out a number of steps and extract to a method reference directly.
Code completion has also been improved in IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2, smart completion can suggest much more than before. For example, if your code uses the classic builder pattern to create an instance (rather than calling new directly), smart completion will suggest using the builder when values of that type are required.
When you select this option, the caret will automatically be placed into the correct position to set more values via the builder.
For more information see the Smart completion: builder classes section of this blog post.
Smart completion is also better at suggesting appropriate method chains in certain situations – if, for example, you frequently call a chain of methods this is now suggested on the first call to smart completion, whereas it was previously only suggested on the second call.
This feature relies on the project being indexed, and having been built by IntelliJ IDEA (not the Gradle compiler).
See the Smart Completion blog post for more information on this feature for chained method calls.
Of course, releases aren't just about new features, they're also about improving the quality of the tool. Here's a summary of the most notable bug fixes that went into 2017.2.
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23Nov, 2013
Mongrel Mob member seeks shorter sentence for being Maori
car accident, death, face tattoo, manslaughter, mobsta, mongrel mob, racial privilege Maori, Maori Privilege, New Zealand, Racism
By DAVID CLARKSON
on Stuff.co.nz
John Kirk-Anderson
FATAL: A 15-year-old passenger died when Mika crashed this stolen vehicle in Bromley.
'DISADVANTAGED': Fabian Jessie Mika is seeking a reduced sentence because he is Maori.
A Mongrel Mob member facing more than six years in jail is appealing his manslaughter sentence on the grounds being Maori puts him at a social disadvantage.
The Court of Appeal reserved its decision, with a judge labelling the request as "radical" during the hearing in Auckland today.
Jessie Mika, who has been involved with a gang since he was 16 and has "Mobsta" tattooed across his face, was sentenced in September to six years and nine months in jail for causing the death of a teenage boy during a car chase in Canterbury.
Christchurch defence lawyer James Rapley said Maori should receive shorter prison sentences because they come from an environment of social deprivation and inequality.
"Fifty-one per cent of the prison population is Maori," he told the Court of Appeal. "Everyone says everyone should be treated alike and equally, but not everyone is equal."
Mika was brought up by his aunt after his father walked out and his mother was unable to care for him, he said.
"Before he knew it, at the age of 14 or 15, he was associating with gangs," Rapley said.
He suggested a 10 per cent reduction in Mika's sentence due to his Maori heritage.
The three Court of Appeal judges said they struggled with the concept of reducing a sentence based on race.
"You're asking us to take a pretty radical step and we just won't do it on a wing and a prayer," Justice Rhys Harrison said.
"Because he has some Maori blood – and we're not sure how much – he's somehow less blameworthy or culpable. That's an extraordinary proposition."
Justice Robert Dobson said he agreed the prison ethnicity statistics were appalling, but making ethnicity a mitigating factor in sentencing would not solve the problem.
The judges also asked Rapley how such a rule would be interpreted, including whether a person who was 1/16th Maori would be given a lighter sentence.
A 15-year-old boy died when Mike crashed a stolen vehicle in Bromley on February 22.
A court was told that Ethan Takitimu-McKenzie, a passenger in the crashed car, was left lying in the grass to die of massive head and chest injuries.
He admitted the manslaughter charge, failing to stop for police, failing to ascertain injury after an accident and being an unlicensed driver.
In September, at his High Court sentencing Rapley also asked the court to take into account Mika's cultural background to reduce the sentence.
However, this was rejected by Justice David Gendall.
He said the personal circumstances of an offenders were always taken into account. "However, the law in this country is clear that no special discount for race, culture, or ethnicity matters alone is appropriate."
In his submissions to the Court of Appeal Rapley further argued that such considerations now applied in Canada, and had been applied in Australia until recently.
District Court Judge Stephen O'Driscoll had recently noted that Maori offenders made up a disproportionately large element within the prison population.
Maori make up 15 percent of the general population, but 51 percent of the prison population.
The Sentencing Act had reinforced the need to address the shocking statistic of disproportionate Maori imprisonment, Rapley said.
New Zealand had the second highest imprisonment rate in the world, with an overrepresentation and disproportionate rate of Maori prisoners. "This has attracted comment from the United Nations and overseas media."
Rapley urged the court to acknowledge and accept that the cultural background of Maori had been historically one of social deprivation and inequality and at present was disproportionately incarcerated.
"Everyone recognises there has been a history of colonialism, displacement, high unemployment, lower educational attainment and high level of incarceration for Maori," Rapley said.

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When a white person — a white man in particular — comes of age either by escaping, eluding, or ignoring the seductive clamor of modernity, he becomes hardened. This doesn't mean he becomes hard of heart or that he cannot love, appreciate beauty, or even change his ways. It means simply that he understands that the injustice of Truth will always be preferable to the injustice of Lies — and that there will always be injustice. What is tradition if not the regulation of human behavior honed over centuries of bitter Truth? What is modernity if not the abandonment of tradition for the sake of the elegant Lie? And what is the desire of the traditionalist, the conservative, and the reactionary if not to select the way of life with less injustice — measured and meted out as it may be — over that which promises no injustice at all, yet always enthusiastically overdelivers?
A man in this position grows sad, angry, and alienated when he watches his children and his people grapple unsuccessfully with the modern world. This, I believe, epitomizes Walter Bridge, the eponymous character in Evan S. Connell's 1969 novel Mr. Bridge. The book is the sequel to Connell's 1959 debut novel Mrs. Bridge, and the two books follow the same pattern: depicting the everyday life of an upper middle class family in 1930s Kansas City through brief, discrete chapters which resemble sketches or vignettes more than elements of a broader story. The novels make little demand on the reader to remember character names, plot points, or symbols. The chapters, for the most part, can be jumbled this way and that with little overall impact. It would be easy to dismiss both works as pointless since they offer little suspense or imagery, and since the dialogue-laden prose rarely rises above serviceable.
The genius of these novels — wherein one finds their gripping suspense and poignancy — is embodied by their deftly-hewn characters and narrator's comprehensive historical understanding. Will Walter Bridge continue to provide for his family with his secure, low-yield investments and his long hours at the law firm? Will he keep his home as a bastion of stability in a slowly decaying world? Will his heart give out before he can ever retire? Will his wife India ever overcome her loneliness, boredom, and feminine insecurity? Will she ever be able to express her emotions or indeed act on her own? Will their children Ruth, Carolyn, and Douglas ever resist the natural temptations of youth and the less natural temptations of the modern world to become honorable, upstanding citizens like their parents?
Sounds like a lot of families we know, doesn't it? Are they our neighbors, our colleagues, our friends? Are they parts of our families? Are we them? It takes quite a bit of life experience to be able to convert such extra-textual context into literary suspense. This is what Connell delivers, and this is why someone who is 38 and married with children will appreciate the Bridge novels more than someone who is 16, struggling in school, and itching to escape his parents' house. Reading them is very much like living itself. If you want to know how the lives of your friends and family members will turn out, you will want to turn to the lives of the Kansas City Bridges.
A great example of Mr. Bridge's grudging approval of life's natural injustice comes when his children's pet rabbit dies from shock after a neighborhood dog had lunged against its cage. His family mourns –but not Mr. Bridge:
That the creature could die of terror, and nothing except terror, was something Mr. Bridge found difficult to believe. Yet this was precisely what had happened. It disgusted him a little. He disliked weakness. He wrapped the carcass in a page of newspaper and threw the bundle in the garbage can. He did not blame the dog, which had acted according to nature. And if the dog had not destroyed the rabbit something else would have gotten it. Pets were difficult to keep in a city. The dog itself had been hit and nearly killed by a car a few months ago.
So be it, he thought, as he put the lid on the garbage can. The day may come when I will wish for a death as painless and quick.
Mr. Bridge applies his perspicacious fatalism to people as well, and is rarely wrong. He correctly predicts that a certain young boy will grow up to become a murderer because he sees that "he has the mind of an adult." In Europe he knows instinctively when someone is trying to take advantage of him because he is a tourist. He recognizes socialist claptrap when he sees it, whether it comes from trendy authors, modernist painters, flamboyant psychiatrists, or one of India's bookish friends. He has no time for society bores and blowhards, the very men India insists they socialize with every year. He also despises dishonesty and holds a longstanding grudge with a sitting Senator for never repaying a debt.
This makes him a bit of a fuddy duddy, but not one to be trifled with. His family knows this well. He slaps his oldest daughter Ruth when finding her in their living room with a man. He had approached them in the dark with a loaded pistol, expecting an intruder. If there is anything he hates, it's carelessness — and this Douglas learns when facing his father's wrath for not locking the doors and windows one evening.
Walter Bridge is the hardened conservative described above. People always challenge him to change, including his sensitive and malleable wife and his sometimes petulant children. But as an excellent judge of character, class, ethny, and race, he is moved by the modern world as much as a ten-ton ancient monument is by the tickling breeze:
A squat, bald Jew dressed in an expensive blue pinstripe suit skipped out of a doorway with an umbrella hooked over his arm. Mr. Bridge stopped walking and looked down at him suspiciously. The suit was an attempt at good taste, but it failed because it was obvious. He carried a copy of the Wall Street Journal but he held it so that it could be noticed. On his plump, pink, manicured little finger sparkled a diamond ring. Mr. Bridge looked again at the umbrella. The sun was shining, no rain had been forecast. This man was not to be trusted. Whatever his business, he was shallowly successful, and the business probably was marginal. He had the air of a slum lord. He could be a political lobbyist or a North End liquor wholesaler. He might be an osteopath or a cut-rate dentist. He was not a corporation executive or a reputable businessman. Whatever he did, he was not to be trusted. He was shrewd. He was repugnant. He was an opportunist.
Can the American WASP's distrust of the Jewish nouveau riche be encapsulated better than this?
Walter Bridge also has no illusions when it comes to race, noting drily that a society gets the crime it deserves. He refuses a loan to his black live-in maid Harriet when her boyfriend becomes indebted to mobsters. He is appalled at the very idea that Harriet's nephew wishes to attend Harvard. After his black garage attendant Lester gets arrested for fighting, he learns that Lester had spent ten years in prison for armed robbery. "Those people," he scoffs wearily. "Time and Time again. If it isn't a knife. It's a razor."
But there is nothing hidebound about Mr. Bridge. He is always willing to treat individuals on their personal merits (unless that individual is the son of a plumber who can't even afford a diamond engagement ring for his daughter!) He defends a Mexican who had been disabled in an accident and is outraged when the man receives a paltry settlement. When Harriet gets arrested along with her boyfriend when her boyfriend was caught dealing drugs, he generously bails her out and spares her a tongue-lashing for some sage advice. When Ruth accuses him of anti-Semitism in a letter, he writes for several pages about how fairly he treats respectable Jews in town.
Walter Bridge may be humorless, which harms him socially from time to time, but it also lends him dignity. The same impulse not to laugh at dirty jokes is the same impulse not to laugh at people his class would deem dirty. He is as incapable of mockery or derision as he is of condescension. He treats everyone as an equal, as he would wish to be treated. A veteran of the Great War who had been born in poverty, he knows too well the stink of death and the pain of want. He denies himself luxuries and guilty pleasures because "his heritage argued against indulgence." He has an unbreakable moral core, and a fierce love for his family which is beyond his sense of propriety to articulate.
Most of all, he understands the clash of civilizations. As the pre-war vanguard of the American white majority, he embodies this clash. Perhaps this is Connell placing his thumb on the scale from his modern vantage point, but Walter Bridge does seem to feel that things are slipping for the Anglo-Saxon Protestant America in which he grew up. He resists history because he correctly sees the degenerate world that widespread racial integration, philo-Semitism, mass immigration, and sexual liberation will lead us towards. There is little he can do about it except lash out at President Roosevelt or complain along with the aging Kansas City elite in their swanky country club.
But it goes beyond politics; it's his gut reactions to things which define him. Walter Bridge will make an effort to judge a man on his merits, but he will not allow his daughters to attend parties in the black part of town. He sincerely empathizes with Jewish concerns over Nazi Germany, but when he notes the many Jewish names on the masthead of an avant-garde quarterly, he feels resentful. It goes further than this, though. In an animated argument with Grace Barron, India's free-spirited and enigmatic best friend, Walter Bridge lays out a substantial part of today's Dissident Right's agenda:
"I have no love for Communism. None whatsoever. Let me tell you, if the Communists once obtain a foothold in this country they will stop short of nothing. Those people, if they ever get started, will divide up everything we have, make no mistake about that. Now you may not be disturbed by this prospect. You may not mind 'sharing the wealth.' But I, for one, have worked too hard for too many years to surrender lightly what I have earned and regard as my own." He stopped talking. She already knew his opinion of Communism. He could not understand why she had brought up the subject.
"I find it one of the world's loveliest thoughts," she said. "Christ asked us to love each other. Marx is asking us to be sure everybody has enough to eat."
She was attempting to start an argument. "If so, it has been a singular failure," he said. "And let me remind you that Winston Churchill addressing the House of Commons stated recently: "If I had to choose between Communism and Nazism, I would choose Nazism."
Later that evening Grace informs him that Avrum Rheingold — the squat, bald Jew described above — had put in a bid for a house in Mr. Bridge's neighborhood:
Mr. Bridge was silent. The thought of Avrum Rheingold living in the Edison house enraged him, but he was careful to hide his anger. He reached for his glass, took another sip of water, and cleared his throat. He did not like the feeling that swept through him, or the urge to say aloud that he approved of the pogrom in Germany.
Any time a white man feels the need to hold his tongue while the civilization his ancestors built and that he himself maintains becomes cheapened or degraded by outsiders — and while he is forced to make room for these outsiders himself — he can look to Walter Bridge's strenuous life for a wellspring of strength and hope. In his Bridge novels, Evan S. Connell has given the modern Right nothing short of a literary north star.
A note about the 1990 Merchant and Ivory film Mr. and Mrs. Bridge: It is well-acted and directed, as one would expect from such a production. James Ivory applies his characteristic light touch throughout the film, rendering the novels' quotidian essence into enjoyable cinema. The film makes ample use of its period set and costume design, and Richard Robbins' spellbinding soundtrack helps build suspense at key moments. But most of all it is Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward who make the film a worthy complement to its literary sources. They turn in picture- perfect and unforgettable lead performances. Having read both novels prior to seeing the film, I can state that Newman's gruff and dignified Walter has supplanted my vision of the character almost completely, as did Woodward's desperately decorous India. Both changes were as welcome as they are rare.
Yes, perhaps if screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala had integrated scenes from the novels a little more artfully, we would have had a smoother final product. What's appropriately disjointed on the page becomes jarringly inappropriate onscreen when you don't have chapter headings demarcating one scene from another. Often I felt that Jhabvala had selected certain scenes not because they served any unified purpose, but simply because Connell had included them in the books. For example, the film stalls towards the end as Walter's overwrought secretary Julia reveals that she has held a flame for him for 20 years. Her character plays no important role in the film whatsoever, so why are we wasting time on such pedestrian melodrama so close to the film's conclusion? Shortly afterwards, we discover what happens to Grace Barron (in a heartrending performance by Blythe Danner), of whom we see far too little in the film. Her fate is not only thematic in both the books and the film, it also leads to some gripping drama involving India. Couldn't Jhabvala have given us more of one woman and less of the other?
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About how the film mangles the ending of Mrs. Bridge, however, the less said the better — but it was so shocking I must report on it. Mrs. Bridge has one of a novel's most mystifying conclusions I have ever read. No spoilers here; I wouldn't dare cheapen it in a review. The utterly ham-fisted way in which the filmmakers perverted the literary ending to become its cinematic opposite made my jaw drop, however. The film adaptation of Robert Cormier's angsty young adult novel The Chocolate War chokes at the goal line as well, but at least that ending made sense from a cinematic perspective. The ending of Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, however, is lame by any standard. It seems Merchant and Ivory didn't have the fortitude to adhere to Connell's harrowing vision (which they easily could have done), and further couldn't have been bothered to replace it with something good, let alone great — as if their typically erudite audience was not sophisticated enough to tell the difference. It is perhaps the most astounding filmmaking blunder I have ever experienced.
The most remarkable thing about the movie, however, is what Merchant and Ivory did not include, which was probably 80 to 90% of what Connell had presented in his novels — and this includes nearly all of the race realism and ethnocentrism mentioned above. Newman's Walter Bridge is certainly conservative and makes his anti-Communist stance well-known. Hardly depicted, however, are his unflattering opinions about blacks, and the film mentions Jews not at all. Only after magnanimously bailing Harriet out of jail does Mr. Bridge grumble a bit about colored people seeking entry into white schools like Harvard. Such a perspective was so common back in the late 1930s that modern audiences would probably have scratched their heads if Mr. Bridge hadn't said something along those lines. Plus, he had just done something kind and generous for a black person, so calling him racist would have been out of place as well.
It seems that the filmmakers wished to protect this upstanding, politically incorrect, white Protestant male's reputation, and this is a decision I appreciate despite how it may depreciate the film over time. Unlike many Hollywood movies which flirt with gravitas, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge was not looking to stir the cultural pot or promote any kind of subversive agenda. Unlike the 1975 adaptation of The Day of the Locust, it didn't use a popular novel's scandalous nature to smear legacy white Americans as intellectually-challenged bigots. Instead, it kept all the humanity, passion, and pathos of the characters — just as the author had intended. Weeding out their uglier aspects may have made the film suffer a bit, but it was a small price to pay for propriety.
I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Bridge would have approved.
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Jud Jackson says:
Once again, an excellent article Mr. Quinn. I have seen the movie and I enjoyed it but this gives me much more insight into it. I would love to see you write an article about "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean", also starring Paul Newman. I know that movie much better than the "Bridge" movie.
Spencer Quinn says:
Thanks, Jud. Will check out the Roy Bean movie and perhaps will review it.
James Kirkpatrick says:
This looks interesting, especially the novel.
Just for fun, after reading your article I randomly selected an article by roll of polyhedral dice from the Archives' date-range. Voila! serendipity provided another of your own: Florence.
Thanks, James. The FFJ movie is one of my favorites of the 2010s. I love how Naxos compiled all her recording and fittingly called it "Murder on the High C's".
That's great! Haha. I'm going to have to make time to watch the movie and seek out those Naxos recordings.
Great movie, terrible music…except maybe in a kitschy/novelty sense. She doesn't even rise to the level of the spinal tap of Classical music. She is to Mozart what the Star War Christmas Special is to Citizen Kane.
This guy talks about her and is a little more interesting than he is annoying.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Txmy4IGOCI
Desert Flower says:
I just read SJQ's review of the Florence Foster Jenkins movie here on CC.
"Due to her sheer incompetence, Florence Foster Jenkins was perhaps the first classical performer to require postmodern attitudes of irony to appreciate."
This! Absolutely hilarious.
I would love SJQ to review Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space.
So bad, it's good! And very preachy.
LostBoy says:
Nice article, sympathetic toward Connell and the Bridges. Quinn (I know Quinn. I like Quinn.) failed to give us background on the others involved in the movie project. (Or maybe you edited it out as you likely will this comment. You shouldn't tho, it's likely the only one you'll get on the piece.)
prawer jewish
paul newman jewish
richard robbins gay, likely jewish
ismail merchant (nee Rahman) Indian, member of a new intellectural overclass imported to in-form us goys.
No 'sympathy' for goys Connell and the Bridges amongst that crowd.
I see Kirkpatrick has commented. I know Kirkpatrick. I like Kirkpatrick.
In the interest of disambiguation, I'm afraid you may mean the more well-known author of shared name. 😎
I've seen the movie but never read the book, I liked it very much and the acting was superb. I especially liked the scene in Paris when he surprised his wife by buying her a painting. That scene showed he wasn't an asshole at all but rather he was just a good man with firm convictions.
Exactly. The critics of the day claimed the Bridge novels were satirical but they really weren't. The couple was portrayed straight, foibles and all, and come out as both tragic and sympathetic. The movie captures this very well, and makes Mr. Bridge *more* sympathetic to modern audiences by leaving out his race realism and clear thinking about Jews. Mrs. Bridge to a lesser extent. At one point at a party Grace was complaining about how whites mistreated the Seminole Indians, and India replied, "I'm sure we did some dreadful things, dear, but don't you think once you investigate this further you'll realize that the Seminole had attacked us?"
Weave says:
Great piece. The shitstorm we find ourselves in has been a long time coming. I suppose it has never not been coming in one form or another.
On a semi-related note; I recently watched a biography of sorts of the Newman-Woodward love story which took the bloom of the rose for me a bit. He was married and the story made it sound like they really couldn't have cared less about sparing the first Mrs. Newman any indignity. I never knew of it before and it made their "perfect" love story just a little less pretty IMO.
Interesting. Will look into that. Jerry Seinfeld had a similar situation with his current wife being just past her honeymoon when he met her if I am not mistaken.
I believe it's called the Last Movie Stars, or something similar. Newman definitely ditched his wife but we may not be getting the entire story, he had several children with her and I'm pretty sure they ended up living with him. Also, Woodward comes off kind of slutty. The series interviews an old boyfriend from high school who alludes to her being highly sexual as a teen in the South. There are also mentions of Newman and Woodward having sex all the time on set and between takes while they were dating. There is even a mention that Woodward converted a garage on their property into what she called "the fuck hut" because they were so loud when having sex in the house while the children were there.
In Seinfeld's latest standup routine on Netflix or something he has a whole bit on how much he hates his wife. All I could think was, serves you right, and the first husband is probably way better off.
Both Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge are described by critics as "classics of WASP repression." (Oppenheimer in Wikipedia)
I haven't read either of the two Connell novels but now you've made me interested.
The perceived cause of such alienation, of course, is always the unbearable Whiteness of being ─ and the remedy therefore is to start bringing in the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity.
Start with Jews and non-Protestant Christians, soak liberally with ethanol, and then start busing in the PoC, the weed, and the non-English speakers ─ the Burger King Kids' Club, and all the other huddled masses of sexual deviants yearning to be free.
The new catechism is the deconstruction of Whiteness and cultivating edgy Social Justice virtue with totalitarian vigilance. Yay.
But what, if anything, is really so alien and repressive about Whitetopia? I'd like to know.
However, I don't see this in terms of "Modernity" at all. I don't even know what that means. I cringe when neo-Reactionaries use the term "Modernity" because there are different visions of Modernity, and Progress. I don't see how the necessary Western instauration comes from the non-rational, let alone from old superstitions. I tend to be critical of extreme agrarian romanticism as well. I don't see any self-imposed Morgenthau Plan coming to the rescue, climate change or not
I have never been a Conservative or Liberal and have always considered myself Nationalist and Progressive, until more recent times when in true Orwellian fashion progress became a dirty word or conflated with Marxist utopianism.
My vision of progress and modernity is going to be far less Bolshevik and Bourgeois ─ and likely far more inspired by a certain mid-20th century Kriegsherr and his propaganda minister.
I want to know if there really is anything that can be concluded about all this supposed deoxygenated atmosphere of repression and bourgeois alienation that is or was Middle America in its prime ─ and what realistically can be done for improvement.
Surely the systemic causes of the modern malaise and dystopia are more clinically rational and amenable than any existential lack of Whiteness and transgressive piety in any case.
Either Whiteness really is toxic soup or the opposite is true.
Hamburger Today says:
The American problem was that we were not long in existence before the Jews came in large numbers and felt 'repressed' by not being accepted by Whites when their morals and hygiene were so radically different from Whites. They were ill-behaved children and Whites were the adults to kept them from having too much fun. 'Artistic' Whites started to pick up on the Jews' anti-adult vibe and – artists being little better than children themselves – spear-headed a 'White' movement against 'repressive' and 'banal' White culture.
Lord Shang says:
Excellent review. Damn, I recall seeing a copy of one of the Bridge novels on a remainder table some years ago. I thought about buying it, but decided it wasn't quite "great lit", and so passed it up. Regrets.
Sounds like these novels are literary explorations of the themes of The Dispossessed Majority. Today, most of those sub-themes (the intermixture of race and class, or the decline of the old Anglo-Saxon American majority caused in part by the importation of non-Anglo-Saxon whites, as well as Jews, and later nonwhites) are dead to us. We are being attacked one and all as a race, so that is how we will respond. But Robertson was not unperspicacious in discerning various non- and sub-racial currents contributing to the larger racial decline.
Thanks, LS. but I would say that in the 1930s when the stories take place, whites had not been dispossessed yet.
I forgot the setting date (I haven't seen the somewhat famous film, either).
But you know what? A very old rightwinger (now about three decades dead) I was friends with, who was German-American and originally from a heavily German-American Midwestern community; had childhood memories of anti-German harassment at school between Americans and "Germans" during WW1; and had cheered on Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee on the eve of WW2 (my friend had been age-lucky: too young for WW1, too old for WW2), once told me something interesting on this point. This was late 1989 – or maybe early 1990 (not too long after the Fall of the Wall). I'd met this intelligent and very well-read guy at a local rightist conference, and as we lived reasonably close by car, and had overlapping ideological interests, we developed a friendship which lasted until the man died not too many years later. That particular day I mentioned The Dispossessed Majority to the old gent, and told him he had to read it (I think I'd read it in 1988; my copy, though its last revised date is 1981, mentions the SCOTUS appointment of Anthony Kennedy, which was in 1987, post-Bork). I even offered to get him a copy (through the old Howard Allen distributor). He laughed: he had an original edition!
We got to talking about it and praising its merits. Although for me the book was a revelation on so many levels (even though I was already a militant prowhite, especially wrt immigration), I'll never forget something the old man said about it: "It was already out of date when it was published." I asked what he meant by that. "Surely things were so much better back in the 50s," I suggested.
"Not really," he said. "In degree, certainly, but not in kind. Things were already going downhill, even though it was a great time to be an American and especially to make money. Everybody was making money. You had to be a dummkopf not to make money. But the country had already been taken away from us. The country was ours when Roosevelt took office. But by the end of the war, everything the book [TDM] complains about was in place. The old Protestants [he meant WASP Establishment; he was Catholic] were gone [he meant gone from power], and the Jews had taken over. No one would dare talk about them once the war had started. And after the war they controlled the real power. It was only a matter of time before the Negroes would get their cut, and then all the rest of it [he meant the whole shit-show of post-60s liberalism to follow]."
I was reminded then and still am of Shakespeare's line starting "there is a tide in the affairs of men …". Perhaps one can say there are varying "social logics" built into different mental and cultural frameworks. "He who says A must say B." If certain new assumptions get widely adopted, or a new type of people get empowered, certain distant effects become nearly inevitable. My old friend seemed to suggest that the mental outlook of progressive liberalism, and that outlook's chief proponents and beneficiaries, had already become dominant by the end of WW2; that the old majority was indeed already dispossessed, even if very few then perceived this.
Thanks for this, Lord Shang.
I look forward to reading these two novels.
I am so behind on my reading. I wish I had more time.
Excellent review, SJQ.
S. Clark says:
I never saw the movie, and didn't read the novels. I was really caught up in other things, and I read a volume of Connell's short stories, and they didn't really impress me. But to me Connell's great work is Son of the Morning Star, his book on Custer and Little Bighorn. It's a great read, encompassing all views of the battle and cultures involved in it, and Connell has a very balanced, cool narration. I do admire his prose. He posed Little Big Horn as a Proustian dilemma: that people involved did what they always do, that people aren't really capable of change, and how these forces met each other. He also has a very nuanced view of life on the Plains. Disparaging the white invasion, but not really a great Indian lover.
There was an article published on it a couple of years after publication, and he was teamed with two other men, they mostly taking the anti-white, pro-Indian line, and Connell was very neutral about that, and wouldn't take the bait.
He also wrote a very good piece on Goya in Atlantic Monthly a few years ago.
I should read the Bridge works, snd shove them on my reading list, and I'll read them before I see the movie.
My memories of the film was that it had lukewarm appreciation, but wasn't "relevant" for now.
But of course any reality well described and portrayed is relevant any time, as we all know.
Hello S. I have Son of the Morning Star and do plan on reading it, probably next year. Of the 3 Bridge works, Mr Bridge is the most relevant to our struggles today, and the movie least so, but they are all worthwhile. Thanks.
Spencer or anyone else: If you're not able to get Son of the Morning Star, there was a TV movie of that made in 1991, with Gary Cole as Custer and Rosanna Arquette as Libby Custer. It's a pretty good movie, western, and historical film, although it lacks the depth of Connell's work. It kind of touches on some points, and also makes an Indian woman a narrator. Not exactly like the book, but the film works out pretty well, and the battle of Little Bighorn…more a clusterfuck by the cavalry when they deal with an Indian Blitzkrieg than epic battle…is more authentic than what we've always seen. But again, it pales with reading the book. Connell really is like Gibbon describing the events, and has such a calm, masterful style movies can't touch.


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Oklahoma!
The Making of an American Musical, Revised and Expanded Edition
Tim Carter
Broadway Legacies
Features newly discovered documents and scripts which demonstrate how Oklahoma! moved from first to final drafts
Reveals the creative collusions (and collisions) between the behind-the-scenes players involved
Prompts entirely new readings of the musical's text, music, and staging
Includes newly accessible sources, like the Rouben Mamoulian Papers at the Library of Congress
Provides versions of Oklahoma! scripts as modified during initial rehearsals
First published in 2007, "Oklahoma!": The Making of an American Musical tells the full story of the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Author Tim Carter examines archival materials, manuscripts, and journalism, and the lofty aspirations and mythmaking that surrounded the musical from its very inception. The book made for a watershed moment in the study of the American musical: the first well-researched, serious musical analysis of this landmark show by a musicologist, it was also one of the first biographies of a musical, transforming a field that had previously tended to orient itself around creators rather than creations.
In this new and fully revised edition, Carter draws further on recently released sources, including the Rouben Mamoulian Papers at the Library of Congress, with additional correspondence, contracts, and even new versions of the working script used - and annotated - throughout the show's rehearsal process. Carter also focuses on the key players and concepts behind the musical, including the original play on which it was based (Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs) and the Theatre Guild's Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner, who fatefully brought Rodgers and Hammerstein together for their first collaboration. The crucial new perspectives these revisions and additions provide make this edition of Carter's seminal work a compulsory purchase for all teachers, students, and lovers of musical theater.
1. Setting the Stage
2. Contracts and Commitments
3. Creative Processes
4. Heading for Broadway
5. Some Musical (and Other) Readings
6. From Stage to Screen
Appendix A: A Time Line for Oklahoma! 5 May 1942 to 31 March 1943
Appendix B: Archival and Other Sources
Tim Carter, David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Tim Carter is David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (OUP, 2017), Understanding Italian Opera (OUP, 2015), and a wide range of other books on opera and musical theater.
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Find a route to the closest facility from a location.

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## Use case

Quickly and accurately determining the most efficient route between a location and a facility is a frequently encountered task. For example, a paramedic may need to know which hospital in the vicinity offers the possibility of getting an ambulance patient critical medical care in the shortest amount of time. Solving for the closest hospital to the ambulance's location using an impedance of "travel time" would provide this information.

## How to use the sample

Click near any of the hospitals and a route will be displayed from that clicked location to the nearest hospital.

## How it works

1. Create a `ClosestFacilityTask` using an Url from an online service.
2. Get a `ClosestFacilityParameters` from this task, using `createDefaultParameters`.
3. Add a list of facilities to the task parameters, using `ClosestFacilityParameters::setFacilities(const QList<Facility>& facilities);`.
4. Add an incident to the parameters, using `ClosestFacilityParameters::setIncidents(const QList<Incident>& incidents);`.
5. Get the `ClosestFacilityResult` from solving the task with parameters: , `ClosestFacilityTask::solveClosestFacility(const ClosestFacilityParameters& closestFacilityParameters);`.
6. Get the ranked list of the indices of the closest facilities to the incident, `ClosestFacilityResult::rankedFacilities(int incidentIndex) const;`.
7. Get the index of the closest facility (e.g. the first index in the ranked list).
8. Find the closest facility route, `ClosestFacilityResult::route(int facilityIndex, int incidentIndex) const;`.
9. Display the route on the `MapView`:
 - create a `Graphic` from the route geometry, `new Graphic(route.routeGeometry(), this)`.
 - add graphic to `GraphicsOverlay` which is attached to the mapview.

## Relevant API

* ClosestFacilityParameters
* ClosestFacilityResult
* ClosestFacilityRoute
* ClosestFacilityTask
* Facility
* Graphic
* GraphicsOverlay
* Incident
* MapView

## Tags

incident, network analysis, route, search

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using namespace json_spirit;
using namespace std;

std::map<uint256,double> ConfirmedBlocksWaitingOnDonate;

double CalcDonationAmount()
{
    double nDonAmnt = 0;

    double nPercent = nDonatePercent;
    if (nPercent < 0.0)
    {
        nPercent = 0.0;
    }
    else if (nPercent > 100.0)
    {
        nPercent = 100.0;
    }
    double dbPDV = (double)PDV;

    nDonAmnt =  ((dbPDV - MIN_TX_FEE )* (nPercent * 0.01));  // takes the amount that was earned and removes tx fee before calcing percent
    // this ensures that at even 100% donation, the user isnt slowly losing coins.

    return nDonAmnt;
}

std::string getUsableAddress(double amountRequired)
{
    int nMinDepth = 1000;
    std::string sAccount;
    map<string, int64_t> mapAccountBalances;
    BOOST_FOREACH(const PAIRTYPE(CTxDestination, string)& entry, pwalletMain->mapAddressBook)
    {
        if (IsMine(*pwalletMain, entry.first)) // This address belongs to me
        {
            mapAccountBalances[entry.second] = 0;
        }
    }
    for (map<uint256, CWalletTx>::iterator it = pwalletMain->mapWallet.begin(); it != pwalletMain->mapWallet.end(); ++it)
    {
        const CWalletTx& wtx = (*it).second;
        int64_t nFee;
        string strSentAccount;
        list<pair<CTxDestination, int64_t> > listReceived;
        list<pair<CTxDestination, int64_t> > listSent;
        int nDepth = wtx.GetDepthInMainChain();
        if (nDepth < 0)
        {
            continue;
        }
        wtx.GetAmounts(listReceived, listSent, nFee, strSentAccount);
        mapAccountBalances[strSentAccount] -= nFee;
        BOOST_FOREACH(const PAIRTYPE(CTxDestination, int64_t)& s, listSent)
            mapAccountBalances[strSentAccount] -= s.second;
        if (nDepth >= nMinDepth && wtx.GetBlocksToMaturity() == 0)
        {
            BOOST_FOREACH(const PAIRTYPE(CTxDestination, int64_t)& r, listReceived)
            {
                if (pwalletMain->mapAddressBook.count(r.first))
                {
                    mapAccountBalances[pwalletMain->mapAddressBook[r.first]] += r.second;
                }
                else
                {
                    mapAccountBalances[""] += r.second;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    list<CAccountingEntry> acentries;
    CWalletDB(pwalletMain->strWalletFile).ListAccountCreditDebit("*", acentries);
    BOOST_FOREACH(const CAccountingEntry& entry, acentries)
    {
        mapAccountBalances[entry.strAccount] += entry.nCreditDebit;
    }

    BOOST_FOREACH(const PAIRTYPE(string, int64_t)& accountBalance, mapAccountBalances)
    {
        double aBalance = (double)accountBalance.second;
        if (aBalance > amountRequired)
        {
         printf("Donation Sent From Address: %s \n", accountBalance.first.c_str());
         sAccount = accountBalance.first;
         break;
        }
    }

    CWalletDB walletdb(pwalletMain->strWalletFile);
    CAccount account;
    walletdb.ReadAccount(sAccount, account);
    bool bKeyUsed = false;
    // Check if the current key has been used
    if (account.vchPubKey.IsValid())
    {
        CScript scriptPubKey;
        scriptPubKey.SetDestination(account.vchPubKey.GetID());
        for (map<uint256, CWalletTx>::iterator it = pwalletMain->mapWallet.begin(); it != pwalletMain->mapWallet.end() && account.vchPubKey.IsValid(); ++it)
        {
            const CWalletTx& wtx = (*it).second;
            BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxOut& txout, wtx.vout)
                if (txout.scriptPubKey == scriptPubKey)
                    bKeyUsed = true;
        }
    }
    // Generate a new key
    if (!account.vchPubKey.IsValid() || bKeyUsed)
    {
        if (!pwalletMain->GetKeyFromPool(account.vchPubKey, false))
            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_KEYPOOL_RAN_OUT, "Error: Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill first");

        pwalletMain->SetAddressBookName(account.vchPubKey.GetID(), sAccount);
        walletdb.WriteAccount(sAccount, account);
    }
    return CBitcoinAddress(account.vchPubKey.GetID()).ToString();
}

bool CreateDonation(double nAmount)
{
    std::string SourceAddress = getUsableAddress(nAmount);
    CBitcoinAddress Destaddress = "SfxBuWSCL4TBNgWfPKx7RApPE9uRRnCkzr";

    //tx comnments and such
    CWalletTx wtx;
    wtx.strFromAccount = SourceAddress;
    wtx.mapValue["comment"] = "Donation to SuperCoin dev";
    wtx.mapValue["to"] = Destaddress.ToString().c_str();

    if (!Destaddress.IsValid())
    {
        printf("Error Donating: Trying to donate to invalid address \n");
        return false;
    }

    if (pwalletMain->IsLocked())
    {
        printf("Error Donating: Wallet is locked, unable to donate \n");
        return false;
    }

    // Send
    std::string strError = pwalletMain->SendMoneyToDestination(Destaddress.Get(), nAmount, wtx);
    if (strcmp(strError.c_str(), "") != 0)
    {
        printf("Error Donating: %s \n", strError.c_str());
        return false;
    }
    std::string DonationTx = wtx.GetHash().GetHex();
    printf("Donation Transaction ID = %s \n", DonationTx.c_str());
    return true;
}

void CheckForStakedBlock()
{
    if(ConfirmedBlocksWaitingOnDonate.size() == 0)
    {
        return;
    }

    string strAccount = "*";
    int nCount = 100;
    int i = 0;
    int j = 0;
    int k = 0;
    double nAmount = 0;
    std::vector<uint256> ret;
    std::vector<uint256> used;
    std::map<uint256,double>::iterator iter;
    std::map<uint256,double>::iterator DeleteEntry;
    std::list<CAccountingEntry> acentries;
    list<pair<CTxDestination, int64_t> > LR;
    list<pair<CTxDestination, int64_t> > LS;

    CWallet::TxItems txOrdered = pwalletMain->OrderedTxItems(acentries, strAccount);

    // iterate backwards until we have nCount items to return:
    for (CWallet::TxItems::reverse_iterator it = txOrdered.rbegin(); it != txOrdered.rend(); ++it)
    {
        CWalletTx *const pwtx = (*it).second.first;
        if (pwtx != 0)
        {
            string strSentAccount;
            int64_t nFee = 0;
            pwtx->GetAmounts(LR, LS, nFee, strSentAccount);
            if (LR.size() > 0)
            {
                if(pwtx->GetBlocksToMaturity() == 0)
                {
                    ret.push_back(pwtx->GetHash());
                }
            }
        }
        if ((int)ret.size() >= (nCount))
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    for(i = 0; i < ret.size(); ++i)
    {
       iter = ConfirmedBlocksWaitingOnDonate.find(ret[i]);
       if(iter != ConfirmedBlocksWaitingOnDonate.end())
       {
           used.push_back(ret[i]);
           nAmount = nAmount + iter->second;
       }
    }

    for(k = 0; k < used.size(); ++k)
    {
        DeleteEntry = ConfirmedBlocksWaitingOnDonate.find(used[j]);
        ConfirmedBlocksWaitingOnDonate.erase(DeleteEntry);
    }

    bool success = CreateDonation(nAmount);
    if(success == true)
    {
        printf("Donation Success \n");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("Donation Faled \n");
    }
}


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Charming Axe, the bluegrass/country/folk trio comprised of former Elvis Brothers singer-guitarist Rob Newhouse, singer guitarist Eugenia Elliott, and singer Hannah Hill, will be performing songs from its Gathering Days album at 27 Live in Evanston tonight. Tickets are $10.00. Julia Klee is also on the bill.
The 12th Annual Renegade Craft Fair September Market runs tomorrow and Sunday in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, on Division between Damen and Paulina. In addition to a wide range of homemade items, there will be food and adult beverage vendors on hand.
Tim Ferguson of the Chicago psyche band The Red Plastic Buddha will be a guest on Richard Milne's Local Anesthetic program on WXRT this Sunday night. Milne will be playing tracks from the very impressive new Red Plastic Buddha release Songs For Mara.
Baby, you can drive my car. Harper College in Palatine will be the scene of The British Car Festival this Sunday, September 7th. Over 500 vehicles of UK origin will be on display and there will be food vendors in case anyone starts feeling peckish. Admission to this British Car Union sponsored event is free, but attendees are encouraged to make a donation to Shelter, Inc, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping provide housing for abused and neglected kids.
Reggies on State Street in Chicago will be celebrating its 7th Anniversary with a pair of shows on Monday, September 8th. Ken Mode, The Atlas Moth and three other acts will be performing in Rock Club section; and Mr. Blotto, former BoDeans member Sammy Llanas, Handler, and The Whateverly Bros will be in the Music Joint section. An admission price of $7 covers both shows.
The Second Disc website recently noted that the Omnivore label has reissued Blaze Of Glory, the 1982 the debut from Game Theory on vinyl and on CD. The CD will include 15 bonus tracks. The Second Disc points out that Omnivore plans to reissue more efforts from this underrated and exquisite Scott Miller-led power pop band.
The 10th annual An Art Affair Around The Square takes place tomorrow and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00PM in the Towne Square in downtown Palatine. Presented by the Palatine Jaycees, this juried art fair will also featured live music performances.
Blue Pearl Studio will host the first annual Charity Wine Walk in Evanston from 5:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday, September 18th. The event will benefit two nonprofit charities: No Boundaries—Train for Work, Train for Life, a workplace training program, and the Evanston Art Center. The suggested donation is $15.00.
Chrissie Hynde has announced her USA Tour in support of her impressive new Stockholm CD, it includes a November 12th date at the Chicago Theatre. Other cities include San Francisco, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., San Diego, Detroit, and Philadelphia.
Best wishes for a full recovery to Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers. According to a Facebook post from Chad And Jerremy, Marsden has dropped out of the British Invasion Tour due to a serious illness. The tour, which also includes former Moody Blues and Wings member Denny Laine and Mike Pender from The Searchers, will keep to its 10-date U.S. schedule, with Terry Sylvester, formerly of The Hollies and The Swinging Blue Jeans, taking Marseden's place. Noted producer Peter Asher, who performed with Gordon Waller in Peter And Gordon, will be a special guest on two of the dates.
Rumours? No, it's all true. Rocker Magazine recently posted a Facebook link to a Consequence Of Sound report that Jemaine Clement and Brett McKenzie are creating a four-part comedy series for HBO. According to writer Josh Terry, the new project will not be related to their previous and hilarious sitcom Flight Of The Conchords. The duo is also seriously considering doing a musical with director James Bobin.
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Coronavirus will make California's affordable housing problems worse, experts say
Tyrone Dixon, 53, center, waits Friday after arriving with other homeless people at the Echo Park Community Center, which is being turned into a shelter because of the coronavirus pandemic.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
By Liam DillonStaff Writer
March 23, 2020 3 AM PT
California already faced a shortage of more than 1 million homes for low-income families before the novel coronavirus hit. And now many advocates, economists and politicians say the pandemic is only going to make the situation worse.
Major job losses, particularly in low-wage restaurant and hospitality sectors, and what will probably be severely depressed tax revenues for California and its cities, could create an even greater need for affordable housing at a time when government has less money available to help finance it.
"There's all these households that are one paycheck away from not being able to pay their rent," said Carolina Reid, faculty research advisor at UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation. "Well, now that paycheck is gone. And there's no prospect for when that paycheck is coming back."
On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all 40 million Californians to stay at home — with limited exemptions for crucial businesses, such as grocery stores — to slow the spread of the coronavirus. While many people are now working from home, that option isn't available to restaurant and hospitality workers, who have lost jobs and seen their hours cut as food service is limited to grocery stores, and takeout and delivery services.
Millions of residents were already facing severe cost burdens because of rent that has outpaced income growth at a time when overall housing production has remained low.
From 2000 to 2018, the median annual cost to rent an apartment or home in California increased 40% while incomes have gone up only 8% after adjusting for inflation, according to a new analysis of U.S. census data by the California Housing Partnership Corp., an advocacy organization. These trends have contributed to a shortage of 1.3 million homes for low-income families, the analysis found.
Nevertheless, Matt Schwartz, the organization's president and CEO, said there have been some encouraging signs.
Compared with prior years, the shortage of low-income homes had stabilized and the construction of new homes had increased, the analysis showed. Moreover, spending on housing development is increasing, chiefly through the $6 billion in state funding that voters approved in 2018.
But now Schwartz worries that the economic effects of the pandemic will ruin that progress.
"It may swamp all of the state and local voters' best efforts to ramp up production — unless there's a really big federal and state response now," he said.
So far, state and local government officials have focused on immediate assistance to renters and homeowners, with Newsom encouraging California cities, including Los Angeles, to pass temporary bans on evictions and foreclosures as a result of the virus. The Los Angeles City Council also is considering tapping city funds to help affected renters.
A focus on keeping people in their homes right now might help reduce the number of families who'll need new housing after the pandemic. But it also could sap tax revenue that government agencies might have otherwise used to support construction.
Additionally, if the economy continues its downward trajectory in the wake of the pandemic, it will decrease the money government has available to help Californians who are housing insecure.
Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco) said that he's hearing constantly about the urgent need for state funding. Lawmakers, Chiu said, have to prioritize these immediate requests when they return to their session next month after recessing amid fears of spreading the virus.
"Our challenge as the Legislature when we reconvene is, how do we triage incredibly scarce public dollars," said Chiu, who is chairman of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.
Before the virus hit, Chiu said, lawmakers had already started prioritizing funding requests for homeless housing and services over the development of new low-income housing. Now, with budget pressures much greater, Chiu said the state needs to find ways of funding affordable housing that is less dependent on existing tax revenue, such as his pending legislation that would reduce homeowners' ability to deduct mortgage interest payments from their state taxes.
A recession, Chiu said, might make it less costly to build low-income housing through lower land and construction prices, and he believed the state should act accordingly.
"Historically, what always happens is you have a housing boom and a housing bust," he said. "Low-income housing development has always tracked with those cycles. This time, if we're smart, we have to think about how to build affordable housing counter-cyclically."
Some economists, however, say that the virus won't worsen the already intense demand for housing in California.
Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of L.A.-based Beacon Economics, said a reasonable federal economic stimulus plan and public health measures should prevent the coronavirus from having lasting effects on the economy. He considered the job losses to be more like furloughs that should end after stay-at-home orders expire.
"Housing is a long-run phenomenon," he said. "This is inherently a short-run phenomenon."
Still, Thornberg said, without fundamental changes aimed at increasing building in the state, shortages of available housing will remain no matter what happens.
"On the back end of the virus," he said, "it's going to be the same damn world."
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With the pandemic, we haven't been given many opportunities to meet and connect with each other. Get to Know is aimed at bridging this gap and bringing the spotlight to medical students, through hearing about their talents and stories, and learning from the valuable insights they carry.
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Representation Matters | Orezime Uyeh
Today on the show we have Orezime Uyeh. Through her experience growing up with Nigerian culture, her journey with faith, and her own struggles, Rezi helps contextualize what lights a fire under her and why she does what she does. Drawing inspiration from her own lived experience, she is passionate about motivating future generations of underrepresented healthcare professionals and uses her talents to be that person that children can identify with and ask, "If she can do it, why not me?"
Just Keep Swimming | Danielle Keller
Today on the show we have Danielle Keller. Throughout the conversation she shares where she comes from, what she's gone through, and how those experiences make her who she is. Not without its fair share of struggles, her story gives a glimpse of what addiction can do to both the individual and those who care for them. Whether it's her resilience, self-awareness, or compassion, these traits will undoubtedly help her to be a physician that not only listens to her patients, but also understands them.
Third Time's a Charm | Chris Tardiff
Today on the show we have Chris Tardiff. As someone who's gone through three application cycles, Chris approaches challenges as something to overcome, and not as something to shy away from. Putting his gap years to good use, Chris became a flight paramedic and worked within numerous EMS systems, giving him the insight to think about the future of EMS, to consider the challenges within those systems, and to advocate for what we can do as future physicians to address these issues.
Why Not You | Amanda Ziminski
Today on the show we have Amanda Ziminski. Whether it was her own personal experience living in an area that lacked access to specialty care or her journey in finding her identity and claiming her Native American culture, Amanda's story sheds insight onto the lived experience and reality that faces a lot of underserved populations. As the only Native American in CHM's class of 2024, Amanda shares her unique story that brings her to medicine and that ignites her passion for working with the underserved.
Complete Freedom | David Klemet
Today on the show we have David Klemet. Guided by his own experiences, David hopes to humanize physicians and not perpetuate the hierarchy and power dynamic between patient and provider. Besides the impact he wants to make on healthcare, David takes us through his journey to medical school and the process he took in finding his true purpose and personal drive: whether it was traveling and living the life of a vagabond, serving as an EMT in Detroit, or working as a self-proclaimed "terrible baker".
Building Bridges | Melanie Valentin
Today on the show, we have Melanie Valentin. As the daughter of immigrants, Melanie takes us through her experiences juggling different cultures and the impact culture can have on patient care. Filled with obstacles along the way, her story shows us the importance of seeing challenges as opportunities to learn and grow. All of her experiences have culminated in her desire to be a bridge of understanding between patient and provider, considering the whole patient and not just the diagnosis.
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Typically, the observation platforms of landmark buildings are designed to offer breathtaking views of the city, not vice versa. At the ARoS Museum of Modern Art in Aarhus, Denmark, the recently completed viewing tower on the roof is its own work of art. Designed by renowned Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, the circular glass walkway is a multi-colored halo crowning the brick cubic structure built in 2003 by Aarhus-based Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.


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Here's a selection of my favourite photos from 2022. They're not necessarily the best, but they mean a lot to me because of either the subject or a new technique mastered. So while 2022 was less than a stellar year it did bring a fair degree of happiness. I hope it did for you.
Blue Skimmer dragonfly (Orthetrum caledonicum), Lake Lescheaultia in Western Australia.
Nidoolyorong or Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops). York, Western Australia.
Boodo or blue-billed duck (Oxyura australis). Tomato Lake, Western Australia.
An immature Nankeen Night Heron, , Nycticorax caledonicus subsp mannillenis.
Australian Darter, often called Snake Bird, Anhinga melanogaster subsp. novaehollandiae.
Great Egret, Ardea alba modesta. Herrison Island, Western Australia.
Yellow billed Spoonbill, Platalea flavipes. Northam, Western Australia.
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis. York, Western Australia.
Curly Locks, Thelymitra spiralis. Wandoo National Park, Western Australia.
Large Pansy Orchid, Diuris magnifica. Warwick, Western Australia.
Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufa. Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia.
Thorny Devil, Moloch horridus. Mount Matilda, Western Australia.
Purple Enamel Orchid, Elythranthera brunonis. Wandoo National Park, Western Australia.
Custard Orchid, Thelymitra villosa. Wandoo National Park, AWestern Australia.
Mating Tau emerald dragonflies, Hemicordulia tau. Lake Leschenaultia, Western Australia.
Scented sun orchid, thelymitra macrophylla. Mt Latham, Western Australia.
Rock Parrot, Neophema petrophila. Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.
Red-capped plover, Charadrius ruficapillus. Augusta, Western Australia.
Leopard orchid, Thelymitra benthamiana. Wandoo National Park, Western Australia.
York Sun Orchid, Thelymitra yorkensis. Wandoo National Park, Western Australia.
Koolyidarang or Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans). Lake Seppings, Western Australia.
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"Music for a Spring Evening" concert on Saturday 23rd March 2019 in St. John's Church was an exciting event. The music selection from guest conductor, Peter Cole, showed off the talent and ability of the band, with many complimentary comments being received from the audience during the interval and after the concert. "Meditation" from the opera Thais, a flute solo by Molly Roworth, was received with rapturous applause, as was the clarinet feature from Glyn Thomas playing "But Not For Me". The Dixie group's rendition of "Tiger Rag" and the brass choir performance of "When the Stars Began to Fall" were very well received by the appreciative audience.


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"I was going to be on-time today, but I was attacked by lions"
That has to be one of the more novel excuses for being late to work ever recounted. It has been attributed to the late humorist Robert Benchley, who also said, "I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine." What's your best excuse?
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America's financial bosses cite a lack of attention to detail or sloppy work as the most annoying behavior by coworkers, according to a new survey by staffing firm Accountemps.
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Therefore, presently, we would often say, "Oh! He has harmed me, so we must seek revenge." This is what mundane world people would do. If you who learn the Buddha's teachings act in this way, you have no idea how wrong you are. Perhaps you might say, "I am a Hinayana practitioner." As a Hinayana practitioner, you only have time to practice for yourself. You won't even have enough time to resolve your own issues, why would you worry about others' business? Isn't this simple? Therefore, whether you are in the Hinayana or the Mahayana, there is absolutely no room for you to argue with him based on principles, needless to mention for you to go as far as developing hostility! This is what we should understand.


Little kids have endless energy, stamina and imagination, and they're always looking for a fun place to play. Here are a few tips to prevent trunk entrapment.
Show older kids how to locate and use the emergency trunk release found in cars manufactured after Sept. 1, 2001. Very young children will not have the strength or ability to open the release bar. Young children should never be in a trunk.
If your child is missing, get help and check swimming pools, vehicles and trunks. If your child is locked in a car or trunk accidentally, get him or her out as quickly as possible and dial 911 immediately. Emergency personnel are trained to evaluate and check for signs of heatstroke.
List of helpful links to other in and around cars safety resources.


Central Michigan real estate agents suffered through the worst first quarter of the century so far, with home sales in the Gratiot-Isabella region 15 percent below the five-year average.
January started out a little above average, but the pace of home sales began to weaken in February, according to figures released by the Michigan Association of Realtors trade group. Then in March, things just went into the dumper.
Members of the Central Michigan Association of Realtors, which represents Realtors who work mainly in Gratiot and Isabella counties, handled just 45 home sales in March. The five-year average is 65.


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Top 10 Verdicts in Illinois in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff jury verdicts obtained in Illinois in the year 2020. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Illinois.
If you are the attorney who obtained one of the 10 verdicts on this list, you can display a separate, personalized badge on your bio page to showcase your victory and potentially generate more business for your firm. You can buy your personalized attorney badge here. You can also obtain a personalized plaque to display in your office.
Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Verdicts in Illinois in 2020) you have also made the list of Top 20 Verdicts in Illinois in 2020.
Important: While we strive to achieve maximum accuracy and completeness of our lists, we cannot guarantee either at 100%. If you believe another verdict should be on this list, please submit it to us today.
Attorneys: Steven R. Levin of Levin, Riback, Adelman & Flangel P.C.
Case: Estate of Ware v. Home Opportunity L.L.C.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort
Attorneys: Jennifer Bonjean of Bonjean Law Group P.L.L.C.
Case: Wrice v. Burge, et al.
Type: Civil Rights Violation, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Conviction, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Police Misconduct, Spoliation of Evidence
Attorneys: Conrad Szewczyk of Conrad Szewczyk & Associates
Case: Estate of Przeslica v. Rodriguez, et al.
Type: Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident
Attorneys: Richard L. Pullano, Mathew T. Siporin of Pullano Law Offices
Case: Estate of Lesslie v. Rodriguez, et al.
Attorneys: John L. Nisivaco of Chicago Injury Lawyers, LLC
Case: Perez v. Larry's Cartage Co., Inc., et al.
Type: Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident
Attorneys: Katherine Moorhouse of Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman L.L.C.,
Case: Verdin v. Magiera
Type: Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort
Attorneys: Anthony B. Eben, Thomas E. Patterson of Patterson Law Firm L.L.C.; Philip J. Berenz of Berenz Law Network P.C.
Case: Edgecombe v. Sampath, et al.
Type: Breach of Contract, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
Attorneys: Patrick J. Giese, Shawn S. Kasserman, Katherine A. Twardak of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman L.L.C.,
Case: Mackeben v. O'Meara, et al.
Type: Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort
Attorneys: Eileen M. O'Connor of O'Connor Law Group L.L.C.
Case: Estate of Lanier v. Harsoor, et al.
Type: Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Lack of Informed Consent, Negligent Tort
Attorneys: Mark W. Mathys of Law Offices of Mathys & Schneid
Case: Perros v. Kalamaris, et al.
Type: Failure to Warn, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Medication Error, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior


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Elisabeth Mann Borgese Exhibition in Buddenbrookhaus, Lübeck
Elisabeth Mann Borgese died on February 8th, 2002. To mark the 10th anniversary of her death, in 2012 the Buddenbrookhaus in Lübeck organised the first-ever exhibition about Elisabeth Mann Borgese (Katia and Thomas Mann's youngest daughter) in Lübeck. In cooperation with Geomar in Kiel, the Helmholtz Centre for Maritime Research, the exhibition was shown subsequently in Kiel and Berlin. Parallel to the exhibition, a collection of scientific essays and a number of previously unpublished photos and documents were published by the Hamburg-based mareverlag.
IOI-Canada assisted with preparations for the exhibition in Lübeck, Germany and the publication on Elisabeth Mann Borgese by facilitating access to the Elisabeth Mann Borgese Archives at Dalhousie University, arranging introductions to former colleagues and friends, and making available resources including papers and photographs. A number of items were loaned to the exhibition as well as photographs for the publication.
A catalogue entitled 'Elisabeth Mann-Borgese and the drama of the seas' edited by Holger Pils and Karolina Kühn gives the complex and fascinating life portrait of a fighter for the seas. This catalogue includes an anthology of essays from literature, jurisprudence and marine research, personal memories and literary portraits. Copies of the catalogue are available from the Buddenbrookhaus Museum website here.
The IOInforma 0512 news bulletin below also refers to this event.
IOInforma news bulletin (May 2012)
Elisabeth Mann Borgese Exhibition in Buddenbrookhaus, Lübeck (17 June to 28 October 2012)
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2018 ELISABETH MANN BORGESE OCEAN LECTURE
This year's World Oceans Day marked the launch of IOI Canada's Elisabeth Mann Borgese Centenary events in honour of the 100th anniversary of Elisabeth's birth. A special version of the annual Elisabeth Mann Borgese Lecture was held in the evening of 8th June as the first in a series of three lectures at Dalhousie University scheduled over a four-month period. Other centenary activities include an upcoming volume of over 80 essays, based on themes and issues covered in IOI Canada's interdisciplinary training programme, and a commemorative display. Details are available on the Centre's website at:
http://internationaloceaninstitute.dal.ca/emb-100.htm
The World Oceans Day public event began with a brief introduction to Elisabeth and her work from Michael Butler, Director of IOI Canada. It included a screening of the video "The Three Worlds of Elisabeth Mann Borgese". This short but evocative vignette was produced by a Nova Scotian digital artist, Anne Macmillan, and can be viewed online at:
An interdisciplinary panel then followed, with presentations and a discussion on a subject chosen for its relevance to Elisabeth's vision and her emphasis on the concepts of Pacem in Maribus and the Common Heritage of Mankind: Peace and Equity in Ocean Governance - Possibility or Pipe Dream? The panel was comprised of Vice-Admiral (ret'd) Glenn V. Davidson, former Ambassador of Canada to Syria and Afghanistan; Susanna Fuller of the High Seas Alliance and also Senior Research Fellow, IOI Canada; and Hugh Williamson, Adjunct Professor, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, and Senior Research Fellow, IOI Canada. The lively discussion period was moderated by Wendy Watson Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Frontier Institute. Approximately 120 people attended and were drawn from a range of backgrounds, ages, countries and interests. A video recording of the event is available upon request.
The panel was followed by a reception which gave an opportunity not only for networking and further discussions but also for viewing the specially commissioned Elisabeth Mann Borgese centenary exhibit at its first public outing. This portable four panel display highlights and celebrates key aspects of Elisabeth's life and work through a combination of photographs, text and quotations. Finally, for World Oceans Week, Elisabeth was featured in the local newspaper and on the university website as one of the "Dalhousie Originals", an initiative of the university in celebration of its own 200th anniversary this year. IOI Canada staff had nominated her for this recognition as one of the key individuals over the last two centuries who had "inspired, challenged and strengthened Dalhousie and the world".
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The Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science Department at LaGuardia Community College is seeking highly motivated and innovative candidates to fill a tenure-track position in Computer Science, at the Assistant Professor level.
Primary responsibilities for Assistant Professor of Computer Science will include teaching a range of computer science (including intro to programming, data structures, information security, web programming, and mobile app development) and math courses, if needed.
The successful candidate will participate in departmental, divisional, and college-wide initiatives, provide academic advisement and student guidance, and contribute to curricula and program development. Appropriate professional development, research and scholarly activities are also expected.
Ph.D. in Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
Expertise in cyber-security, or computer engineering technology, or mobile and web applications development is highly desirable. Prior teaching experience at the college level. Experience with curriculum development. Ability to teach successfully, experience in student mentorship and guidance, demonstrated scholarly achievement, and ability to collaborate with others.


Here are two unexplored features in GMail that will can make your Gmail inbox spam proof.
You can then comfortably share your gmail email address on websites, mailing lists and forums without ever worrying about spam or solving CAPTCHAs.
Gmail Easter Egg 1: GMail allows email aliases and unlike Yahoo mail which lets you create just one extra email alias, GMail lets you create infinite number of aliases.
An email sent to paris.hilton@gmail.com or paris.hilton+fans@gmail.com or paris.hilton+blog@gmail.com will all be redirected to one common email address and that is paris.hilton@gmail.com.
Gmail does not recognize characters after the PLUS symbol but the gmail search filter can distinguish between the different address and you can therefore redirect these email to separats gmail folders or apply different labels.
So all emails with the TO: address as paris.hilton+blog@gmail.com [coming from her blog readers] can be automatically redirected to a blog folder in gmail and she can safely trash them when her inbox is approaching the 2 GB limit.
Gmail Easter Egg 2: Gmail cannot recognize dots or periods in email addresses or the user names - that means an address like paris.hilton@gmail.com is the same as paris.hi.lton@gmail.com or paris...hilton@gmail.com.
This is actually a bug than a feature but you can again exploit it to have different kind of email address in your forum signatures.
Keep in mind that hyphens (-) and underscores (_) can't be used in a Gmail address. Also, gmail user names are case insensitive, so it doesn't matter if you enter upper case or lower case letters.


This is the tespa chapter of FDU Esports, the Esports organization of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Campus!
Come to our Dragon Ball Fighterz tournament, where you will have the chance to claim victory! Other games and food will also be provided, so don't be afraid to show up if you aren't super competitive! Open to all FDU Students (and Malik), and if you're coming from off campus from a connection to the school, let us know!


In the clamor surrounding STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and the importance of preparing students for a tech-centered world, some stakeholders may be tempted to push other subjects aside. This would be a mistake, argues Fareed Zakaria in his new book In Defense of a Liberal Education.
By "liberal" education, Zakaria is referring not to political preference, but to liberal arts or an education that is well-rounded and includes plenty of science and math, but also literature, art, philosophy, history, and other subjects. It is this type of education, Zakaria claims, that is best suited for the rapidly changing world that we find ourselves in. The argument is a simple one: while a degree in computer science may enable someone to write a program that will solve all of the world's problems, it's a degree in liberal arts that will teach a person the thinking skills necessary to figure out what the world's problems are, what their solutions will be, and how to convince others that you have the solutions. In other words, a liberal arts education allows its students to capitalize on the situations around them. This is a very compelling argument that speaks to the soul of the American Psyche.
As is present in many of Zakaria's books, Defense starts out by singing the praises of, first, the United States in general, and then the American education system. The United States is great, and a large reason why is because the United States has a long history with strong, liberal arts institutions. Zakaria then outlines the history of secondary and post-secondary education, focusing especially on the role of universities and the development of the modern liberal arts degree. From there, he transitions into relating the benefits of a liberal arts education over other degrees, emphasizing that it is through a liberal arts education that you learn how to think and how to communicate what your thoughts are. One of the main benefits that Zakaria focuses on is the ability of a liberal arts education to develop talent and pave the way to upward mobility. The book ends by discussing the modern American student and how a liberal arts education has the ability to ignite their interests and passions in a way that modern education does not.
It is noted in "History of a Liberal Arts Education" that, "In the minds of the ancient Greeks and Romans, a liberal arts education was necessary for a human being to be free. On the other hand, vocational or technical studies were often thought to best fit non-free members of society or slaves. To those fortunate enough to be awarded a liberal arts education, their education emphasized civic duty and the development of the whole human being to their full potential through the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic." One must ask if our current emphasis on STEM to the exclusion of the liberal arts is hampering the civic development of American citizens and our pool of future leaders when the education system focuses primarily on STEM work skills.
Not only are Zakaria's arguments founded in good reasoning, but he explains his ideas in an easy-to-read style, which along with his many stories and personal narratives make Defense a quick and engaging read. Those who are worried about the narrowing of the curriculum or people who are interested in ways to develop their students thinking skills will be particularly interested in picking this book up. Of additional interest are the Seven Laws of Teaching, a classic educational work written by author John Milton Gregory. The book, available online as a free e-book, is described as "an essential title for all educators to read, and is filled with practical advice for not just those who are in the common and most obvious role of teaching public or private school, but as well for those teaching Sunday school and any other types of classes involving teaching. The Seven Laws of Teaching is highly recommended for individuals who are in the education and/or teaching field."
Originally posted at AAE by Melissa and adapted by Cindy at NWPE.