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NSW By-Elections:- Greens Hand Willoughby and NSW Parliament to the Libs
There were 4 by-elections on Saturday. The Liberal vote fell, which is normal in by-elections, especially with a Federal government as hopeless as this one and the NSW pork-barreling reports, iCare incompetence and dodgy rail entities to dress up the books.
In Willoughby the Liberal primary vote fell 14.65%, from 57.03% to 42.38% (in the count so far). But what is interesting is that the Greens have given the seat to the Liberals by not allocating preferences. At the latest count, the Libs got 42.38%, Larissa Penn, a credible independent got 31.36% (up from 9.91% when she stood last time) and the Greens 11.64%.
Note the maths: Independent + Greens = 43.0%. Libs= 42.38%
Larissa Penn, the leading independent has stood before and would appear to be a considerable improvement on a right-wing Liberal who also ensures continuing Liberal dominance in the Parliament. A lot of votes are still not counted and it is not certain that she would have won even with Green preferences, but it certainly would have been a line ball. The other candidates who together got 14.62% may well have favoured a progressive independent over the status quo. William Bourke of Sustainable Australia got 3.44%, Penny Hackett of the Reason Party (previously called Voluntary Euthanasia Party) got 5.97% and even the LibDems at 2.67% may well have favoured an independent over a Lib. This is what preferential voting is for. I do know that a bigger cross bench makes for better legislation.
The major parties introduced optional preferential supposedly to make it easier for voters who didn't know about those little parties and were in danger of voting informal. In reality they did it because if preferences exhaust it becomes 'first past the post' which favours those with big primaries. The big parties can (and have) put in a few dodgy independents to soak up the primaries of other independents and win even though a majority of people did not want them. Minor parties should stick together and allocate preferences. It is most irresponsible of the Greens not to do this. I wonder if they are scared of 'like-minded independents' and would rather have just the major parties and themselves than more diversity in Parliament Their long-term voting strategy of frequently exhausting their preferences rather than numbering all squares would support this proposition. In this case they numbered no squares themselves but put 'VOTE 1' then the lame recommendation 'then number the other squares in order of your preferences'. Perhaps this was a sop from head office to the candidate, and perhaps the swing was bigger than anticipated and if they thought the Liberals were beatable they may have done differently. Perhaps, perhaps, but the Libs will keep a seat that may have changed hands, sent a big symbolic message and changed the parliament significantly. Silly Greens. The Libs should be very grateful to the Greens but will hope that no one will notice that the anti-democratic fiddle of optional preferential has really helped them this time.
In Bega the Liberals had a 13.46% swing against them (48.91 to 35.45%) and Labor picked up 11.93% (30.59 to 42.52%) and gained the seat. The Greens dropped 2% and the Shooters entered the fray and picked up 5.47%. We may have had a COVID and pork-barrel election up here, but down there where the bushfires wiped out whole towns and numbers of people were huddled on the beaches and rescued by the navy the government may have been in trouble for different reasons. But the swing was still very similar to Willoughby.
In Strathfield, Labor held on, but did not look too flash considering the mess the Liberals are in. Their primary vote fell from 44.30 to 40.07% (4.23%). The Liberal vote fell from 38.89 to 37.24% (only 1.65%). The combined major party vote fell from 83.19 to 77.28% (5.91%), and the Greens fell from 8.79 to 5.94% (2.85%). This was probably due to Elizabeth Farrelly, the well-known SMH journalist who is stridently in favour of better town planning and was sacked by the SMH when it was revealed that she was a member of the ALP. She stood as an independent, got 9.28% and did not direct preferences, giving her almost no chance. The Labor candidate Jason Sun-Yat Li is a good person, but did not live in the electorate, which is a bad look. He will, however, be an asset to the somewhat talent-poor NSW Labor Parliamentarians.
In Monaro, which the Nationals retained after the retirement of leader John Barilaro is likely to get little attention. The National's primary vote fell from 52.31 to 45.48% (6.83%) which was similar to what Labor gained 27.16 to 33.04% (5.88%). The Shooters did not stand in the by-election adding their 7.78% to the pool, but an Independent who got 5.93% took up much of this and the combined major party votes only fell from 79.47 to 78.52% (0.95%).As the percentage of postal and early votes continues to rise the margin of error of these figures is increased but the sample size is large enough for the results to probably stand, (unlike in the Hunters Hill local elections where the pre-poll and postal vote varied significantly from the polling days votes, probably influenced by an anonymous defamatory leaflet which was miraculously delivered to the whole electorate on the Wednesday night, favouring the Liberals. The change in the voting pattern gave them the mayoral election.)
The NSW Parliament will have one less Liberal, so the numbers will be Liberals 33, Nationals 12 (=Coalition 45), Labor 37, Greens 3, Shooters 3 and Independents 5. With a total of 93, it takes 47 votes for a majority, but the Coalition 45 can still rely on two of the independents, John Sidoti and Gareth Ward as these two were elected as Liberals. They both resigned from the Liberal party but not the Parliament after allegations were made against them, Sidoti from ICAC re property development in Fivedock and Ward after allegations of sexual violence. It is interesting that both our Federal and NSW state governments rely on people who left their party for embarrassing reasons to survive.
Business as usual. Thanks Greens.
Toll Doesn't Pay Toll
Trucking giant Toll Holdings tells its drivers to avoid toll roads as they are not worth the time savings. It might be noted that Air Freight to Melbourne is actually taken by trucks, the only thing being sky high is the prices.The toll roads have the price levels befitting a private monopoly of Transurban. They were sold as lessening congestion. They have taken the money and now we have done nothing for our rail network. There was an article in the SMH of 29/9/21 and also this one:
www.truckandbus.net.au/toll-says-no-to-tolls/
Please Sign the Petition to stop the COVID Lockdown Ending Prematurely
The Governments, Federal and NSW State, seem hell bent on ending the COVID lockdown.
Morrison stuffed up the vaccine and Gladys stuffed up the lock-down.
Now Morrison is talking about 'Freedom' and 'One Australia' showing that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Gladys is talking about the need for more deaths as if it is an inevitable consequence of the Delta strain and that nothing can be done to mitigate the situation . She is talking about bed numbers and trying to conjure ICU nurses out of thin air. The fact that the State public hospital system is always at full capacity with beds in corridors in ED is well known to any health professional who has any dealings with the system and is about to bite us big time.
So what should be done? The lockdown can only buy time to improve the vaccine rollout, but this is still very much worth doing. Figures from NSW that I posted last week suggested that vaccination reduced the chance of being in ICU by about 97%. Vaccinated people can still get and transmit COVID as it seems that the antibodies are not in secretions, so it is not until the virus invades that the body starts to fight it. But as the disease is milder, vaccinated people will cough less, spread the virus for less time and be less sick themselves.
NSW has given about 7.2 million doses to a population of 8.2 million people. For everyone in NSW to have 2 doses it would take about 16 million doses. If we assume that about 4% of people are anti-vaxxers and want to take their chances, and 16% are children under 12 for whom the vaccines are not approved, then 80% of the total population should be vaccinated, which will take about 13 million doses. At the current rate of a million doses a week, that should take about 6 weeks from now.
The government already has a huge debt and will avoid a lot of future costs by prevention rather than 'cure'. A support package for those who cannot work is naturally needed also. There was a full page ad in the SMH last week with a number of businesses urging the Government to stick to the opening up timetable of the Doherty Report. Given that the Doherty Report recommendations were based on a far lower number of cases and it was assumed that what cases there were could be traced and were not Delta variants, the report needs to be reconsidered. Perhaps because it is from a reputable research organisation and that it is a long read it has not been seriously challenged, The Government has used it to try to justify the early opening.
One of the disappointing things in my life has been the revelation that some people really do not care a fig about anyone as long as they are personally OK. I was initially shocked to find that the Tobacco industry really did not care how many people died as long as they could make money. I found that the asbestos industry was the same, and then that most businesses skimp on safety on the principle that 'we take the money, you take the risk' There has also been the worrying trend, which I still link to Harvard management theory in the 1980s that managers can manage anything, and just need to buy any expertise that they do not have. Often that do not even know what they do not know, so they neglect to ask, do not know who or what to ask, or find the advice inconvenient. And sometimes they put ads in the paper.
We also cannot assume that those in Government know or care or that their primary concern will be for the welfare of their constituents. Presumably their unlikely re-election is what they are focused on.
So please sign the petition to stop the early opening- it currently all we can do.
Irresponsible COVID Policies will Destroy the Federal and NSW Liberals
Ok. I am making a prediction. The totally irresponsible Liberal COVID policies will destroy both the Morrison government and the NSW Liberals.
Why? The strategy of unlocking with only 70% of over 16 adults vaccinated is totally irresponsible. It is true that less children will get a bad infection and die, but some will- perhaps 1 in 100,000. But if a few million children go back to school, that is still a significant number. The unvaccinated children will also get infected and go home to their families and infect them. Every parent who has had kids start at day-care knows how many more colds they got that year.
As far as the adults are concerned, if there are still 30% of them unvaccinated, that is a huge number to make an epidemic. The hospitals always manage with very slim margins of capacity. How many beds are in corridors and how many trolleys in ED normally? Quite a few. Now they are stopping non-urgent surgery, but these cases are not trivial, and cancer patients may well die of their delays.
But they key point is that the hospital system will be overwhelmed by cases and that those cases would not be necessary if the government held its nerve and continued the lockdown until all those who wanted the vaccine had it- upwards of 95% perhaps. If NSW is vaccinating a million people a week and has 8 million people needing 2 doses each, that is 16 weeks, less the fact that almost half the adult doses has been given. 12 weeks might be a realistic estimate, better if the vaccine can be hurried further. As far as the children are concerned, I recall in the 1950s when polio vaccine came- we were simply lined up in the school corridor at lunch time and everyone was done.
The cost of vaccination compared to the cost of hospitalisations does not bear thinking about. It is also probably that the cost of the hospitalisations and time lost will exceed the cost of a decent home support system- but Morrison will not even consider this, still talking about tax cuts before the election, as the national debt balloons to record levels. Do the rich really need this?
Morrison also wants to force states that have almost no COVID to open up. Qld and WA, having isolated themselves, controlled COVID and given themselves quite a remarkably normal quality of life do not want to be forced to open to NSW and Victoria, where COVID is frankly out of control. Morrison needs Qld seats to get re-elected. If he forces Qld to open and the pandemic spreads there as it will, his chances of re-election is nil.
Gladys Berejeklian is now talking about vaccinations, trying to distract attention from the number of cases and is systematically getting us used to the idea that since we now can never get to zero cases, we have to open up, and might as well do it now as later. This is not true, if now we are not vaccinated, and later we will be. She is blamed for the Delta virus escape as she did not mandate vaccination for limo drivers who ferried people from the airport to the quarantine hotels and then was slow to lock down Bondi when the infection escaped in June. So now to say it is all inevitable and unlock with what amounts to a very low vaccination rate is likely to lead to very big epidemic, the health system being overwhelmed, a lot of unnecessary deaths and yes, Gladys losing the election.
And Gladys does not like Morrison either, so she had better throw him under a bus before he does it to her.
NSW Govt tries to Blame Limousine Driver for New Sydney COVID Outbreak
The pathetic efforts of Gladys Berejeklian to blame the limousine driver for the latest COVID outbreak, which has now caused a city-wide lockdown and an increasing number of cases needs to be judged on its demerits. Obviously there should have been regulations that anyone on the front line had to be vaccinated, and surely driving a limo from the airport to the quarantine hotel is 'front line'.
She said that she 'could not control the subcontractor of the subcontractor.' Actually, she could have. Now she has the regulation that she should have had months ago- front line staff have to be vaccinated.
Of course, the reason for the spread of the virus from the Melbourne quarantine hotels months ago was the fact that the support staff had many jobs, because they were not permanent and had shifts everywhere. The same problem occurred with transmission in Victorian Nursing homes- casual shifts. Now it is Sydney drivers.
The farmers are moaning that they will not be able to pick the fruit without the visas for backpackers, foreign students and Pacific Islanders. Skilled migrants? I do not think so. It is about sub award wages and poor conditions. If Australia is a rich country we need also to remember our roots as the country of a 'fair go'. If top wage are high by world standards, so they should be at the bottom. If wages were high enough Aussies would pick the fruit, and cleaners and limousine drivers would have regular jobs and award wages.
But here was the NSW Government trying to blame the limo driver for the outbreak. But today's Sun Herald has the Police Commissioner saying that the driver had committed no crime. Neither has the NSW Government- they are just incompetent, but no one seems to blame them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-17/nsw-quarantine-worker-may-have-breached-health-order/100223120


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It's all okay. You have no reason to have to throw it out. The main carrier oil in product is coconut oil. This is a very common experience and has nothing to do with the quality of the oil. The development of coconut oil "grains" or crystals is determined by the melting point of the oil and the environment in which it is stored.
The melting point of coconut oil is generally quoted as being 24 C. If the temperature is above 24 C, the oil will be liquid. If the temperature is below 24 C, it will become solid. This is really a generalisation but gives you a general idea.
There is nothing wrong with the oil. It is still as healthy as ever.
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A rather Nefarious review
By Sacharrine on Jun 24, 2017
Nefarious was one of those games that seemed to have sneaked by me. Released in January this year, this game was Kickstarted and successfully went through Steam Greenlight to make it onto the store pages. Now, the concept of playing as a villain isn't exactly new but getting it right does take some work and Nefarious seems to be hitting it in all the right places.
Insert "Came in like a Wrecking Ball" pun here.
To give you a quick overview, the game's main core attraction is the old style 2D side-scrolling platformer with 'reverse-boss battles' in which you play as the "boss" of the level. There are several nods to the Sonic the Hedgehog games including the boss fight itself which some may find either nostalgic or a trite irritating. You may come in like a wrecking ball, but the wrecking ball's physics likely has other ideas. However, while the reverse-boss battles do work, they take some getting used to and feel a tad more like a very cool, heart pounding mini game which, at least in my opinion, isn't all that bad.
Gameplay outside of the boss battles tends to be a bit weird. When it works, it works wonderfully well and you feel connected to the character as he runs, jumps and grenade jumps. It feels like an old Megaman game. However, there are times when some of the mechanics work totally against you. To be fair, this was partially forewarned in a few of the negative Steam reviews that repeatedly tell you that Nefarious is not worth your money, so there must be some truth in it, right? Well, there is some truth to it. Some. Grenade jumping, especially with the suspended grenades can be a hit or miss, literally. The basic mechanic is that as long as your character, Crow, is near a grenade, pressing the jump key will detonate the grenade immediately, giving him a boost in jump height, much like you would do with the demoman and his grenades or sticky bombs in Team Fortress 2. Unfortunately, they've added a bit of slipperiness to the running mechanism. This means you will sometimes not land or jump exactly where you would be wishing to and you might fly off a cliff or not land on one of the suspended grenades. In the early game, I had brushed off this issue as the reviewer simply not having enough skill or adaptability. By the late game I came to realize what he meant. The problem lies in the need to tighten to controls a bit more and perhaps actually getting a controller; I played using a keyboard, so ghosting might have been an issue (where you can press no more than 2 keys at a time). But by my second playthrough though, I had more or less mastered the controls. True, they're not perfect but with a bit more grit and practice, you'll eventually actually understand how the controls work and figure out how to nail the various grenade jumps you'll need. I will agree that the slipperiness is definitely an issue though since you can and will slide to your death.
Grenade jumps for fun and profit.
The game itself while short, doesn't feel that way. Playing it, I felt like I was binge watching an entire season of any TV show. Very much feels like when you were playing an old Playstation One game for hours on end; you wanted to know how the story progresses and what happens next. Nefarious does that well and while the initial story arc felt pretty bland and boring, it actually works very well as a set up for the next stages and the various character interactions.
One of the defining things about the game I felt was the music. I could go on and on about how the art style of the game is partially based on references to older, more popular games and how cutesy it looks but I won't, since that will speak for itself. The music definitely works well and can be quite comedic on its own. For instance, you've a level where in the intro section, you have singing yaks (or huge bison?) and they just belt out the starting parts of their stage song. Some of the songs work well for their respective levels and they don't really work elsewhere, though you're welcome to listen to the track if you've managed to find the vinyl collectible for it by turning on your jukebox while on Crow's ship. A wonderful example of Nefarious's songs is Crow's Theme, which is a jazzy, broadway tune. Its a nice change as when compared to a lot of other games' EDM, dubstep and heavy metal tracks. The final boss music is also definitely one of the game's more iconic songs. That and the turn-based boss fight music are real gems. (A bit of a spoiler there, sorry. But it needs to be mentioned!)
Character interaction
'Cos you know... it's 2017 and stuff...
The thing that actually got me really into the game was the character interactions. By playing off villain tropes and the 'Bowser kidnaps the princess' type tropes, the game actually has a wonderful setting ready for their stars and the lines delivered by each of the cast seems downright hilarious as they mock the usual hero-villain conventions we've come to learn from playing Super Mario, Sonic and other games in which you've got to save a princess or something. The main villain Crow is definitely a good character. A self-proclaimed genius and at times, rightfully so, but he can be a bit daft at other times though it comes across naturally rather than an obvious nod to humour. The other characters, namely the princesses and one prince (Crow is an equal opportunity kidnapper) all have very well fleshed out personalities and play off each other very well.
The icing on the cake is most definitely the interactions between Crow, Mayapple (Princess Peach replacement) and her designated hero Mack (a sort of Rocket Knight, sword wielding version of Megaman / Zero a la Megaman / Rockman). Their usual cycle of Crow kidnapping Mayappple and Mack foiling Crow is broken when Mack accuses Mayapple of secretly seeing Crow more than dating Mack. Obviously, Mack does not seem to understand how a kidnapping works. This interaction is made even more comedic when Mack leaves Crow to successfully kidnap Mayapple and they return to Crow's ship. Because the kidnapping is so routine, even the ship's crew and Crow's assistant Becky know what food Mayapple likes to eat and actually allow her to roam the ship freely. This is just an example of the insanity in Nefarious and the best bit is that there is a method to it and it definitely works.
There is a slight issue though. While you can talk with anyone on the ship, the only ones with dialogue that change as you progress through the game are STABILE (the shop bot), Becky and the princesses (and prince). Your minions literally say the same things throughout the entire gameplay and I'm not sure whether that is another hidden trope or deliberately done to save time and effort. I think the latter. However, that is a very small problem in an otherwise good game.
For another type of gamer
I think for all it's worth, Nefarious does have another small issue. It caters specifically to gamers who are aware of an earlier era of games where 2D was king and saving princesses was all the rage for some reason. So, that means older gamers or gamers who've bothered to play old titles like Sonic and Super Mario. There is a possibility that a lot of the tropes and references might fly over the heads of the younger players although the game's Steam review index seems to indicate otherwise. I do still feel that in order to fully appreciate Nefarious's jokes, you do need to at least be aware of some of the norms that were set up by these older games.
Uhh....he called in sick?
The clincher?
For all the faults and despite the reasonably short length of the game, I would definitely still recommend the game. There is enough humour there that isn't solely related to tropes that it'll work. This isn't the sort of game you play because the mechanics are good or that the soundtrack and art are amazing. No, you would play this just to see how Crow deals with the royalty he's kidnapped and how he deals with being rejected by his nemesis, well okay, sort of rejected. You want to see how far a villain in this particular world can get and what happens next. This game is driven by their characters and that's quite something else. Let me put it this way, if there was new material for Nefarious either in game form or otherwise, I'd buy it immediately. It's that good. That said though, the team that put Nefarious together have Kickstarted a comic series based on the game. So, I'll be leaving you with this review while I pop off to go buy a comic. Long story short, if you're into games with role reversals and are a fan of a game with good stories, better humor and lovely characters, this game is for you.
Every now and then the villain does have a point, yes?
Above Average but...
The game's mechanics could be better and it could be longer but fortunately the story saves it.
Good Characters
Grenade Jumping
Slippery Controls
A Bit On The Short Side
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Del Norte Credit Union announcements and newsworthy information.
Del Norte Credit Union Gives Government Furloughed Employees a Taco Tuesday Meal at El Parasol; DNCU will provide $10 El Parasol Gift Cards to affected Government Employees on January 29th as a way to extend help beyond their membership base.
Lisa Muñoz Joins Del Norte Credit Union Mortgage Team; Lisa Muñoz is a Mortgage Loan Officer Based in Santa Fe, N.M.
Del Norte Credit Union Gives Holiday Shoppers a Chance to Win $1,000!; Espanola, Rio Arriba and Pojoaque residents who choose to SHOP LOCAL will be entered in the giveaway.
Del Norte Credit Union Affirmed #1 Financial Institution and #1 Lender for the Fourth Year in a Row! Santa Fe Reporter's Readers Proclaim DNCU the best of the best in Santa Fe, July 2018.


West Hartford, CT (June 8, 2011) – The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Al Lowry, is announcing the June 2011 CT REIA monthly meeting for real estate investors. This event will take place on Monday June 20, 2011, from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT. This event is free for CT REIA members and $30 for not-yet-members.
Dr. Albert Lowry has become America's premier authority on real estate investing. From an early age Albert's childhood struggles made him keenly aware of how much he wanted financial independence. He began fulfilling his dream by getting his real estate license and learning how to sell property. He rapidly began acquiring duplexes and triplexes, and did the routine maintenance himself. He continued building his portfolio and began expanding his method to include leveraging, rehabilitating, and exchanging his investments. Within a very short time, he mastered the real estate market and began creating the concepts and techniques that are the backbone of the Lowry Formula. Attendees of this meeting will learn: how to buy real estate below market value, why the bank's loss is your gain, how to locate distressed properties, how to research and evaluate foreclosure properties, how to calculate profits, and much more.
CT REIA is an organization that provides motivation, networking opportunities, and up-to-date education for people that want to buy their own home or investment property. Each month, a nationally known real estate investment trainer is featured. Real estate professionals, investors, landlords, property managers, realtors, contractors, wholesalers, rehabbers, and the general public are invited to attend our meetings. For more information on this and other real estate investing seminars from CT REIA, please call (860) 265-4414 or visit the Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association website.


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A US and Italy-led coalition of world powers and regional players on Sunday urged Libya's warring factions to lay down their weapons and back a new national unity government under a UN peace plan due to be signed on Wednesday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry was among ministers and officials from 17 countries who, along with the UN, the EU and the Arab league, called for an immediate ceasefire across Libya.
They pledged support for efforts to end the chaos that has engulfed the North African state since the 2011 overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi, and to reduce the risk of Isis expanding its presence.
"We came here today because we cannot allow the status quo to continue," Kerry said at the close of talks attended by 15 officials from different wings of Libya's splintered political class.
"It is dangerous for the viability of Libya, dangerous for Libyans and, because of Daesh (Isis) migrating there, dangerous for everyone.
"We refuse to stand by and watch a vacuum filled by terrorists."
Kerry dismissed criticism that the proposed Government of National Accord was being imposed from outside in the absence of consensus on the ground, and amid a security situation which makes it uncertain that the new administration will be able to base itself in the capital Tripoli.
"This is a process driven by Libyans, they are determined to do this," the top US diplomat said.
The ministers were joined in the afternoon by the Libyan officials from factions in the country's rival parliaments, an internationally-recognized one based in Tobruk and an Islamist-backed assembly in Tripoli.
Some representatives of both assemblies have tentatively agreed to sign the UN plan in Morocco on Wednesday but it remains unclear how much opposition it will encounter.
Kerry insisted that majorities of both parliaments supported the peace plan and said only fringe players were obstructing progress.
The figures who had come to Rome "have decided they are not going to let Libya be the prisoner of one or two people or small groups," he said.
UN envoy Martin Kobler, who brokered the accord due to be signed on Wednesday, said: "They represent the majority, the voice of the people of Libya."
The accelerated diplomacy reflects fears in Western capitals that instability in Libya will allow Isis-allied groups to expand beyond a small section of coastline they currently control around the city of Sirte.
Anarchy in Libya has also given people traffickers a free hand to use the country as a launchpad from which hundreds of thousands of migrants have been sent to Europe in the last two years.
European governments want that route closed off amid fears a looming humanitarian crisis in Libya could accelerate the flux.
France's representative at the talks, Harlem Desir, told reporters: "We cannot accept a situation of political chaos where terrorism thrives. It is a threat to the security of the region and to Europe."
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni hailed Sunday's talks as "a turning point in a crisis that has lasted far too long" but acknowledged that the stabilization of Italy's former colony would require a long term commitment.
The upbeat tone of the conference's hosts contrasts with the prevailing pessimism among many Libya-watchers about the prospects of a new administration leading to sustainable peace.
Former Italian foreign minister Emma Bonino and the head of International Crisis Group Jean-Marie Guehenno called the rush towards a Wednesday signing "an irresponsible bet."
Writing in Politico, the pair said it is "wishful thinking" to believe a majority of Libyans will back a foreign-backed sole national authority.
If the government cannot return to Tripoli, it will have no control over state administration and attempts to force the issue could trigger renewed fighting, they argue.
Alison Pargeter, of Britain's Royal United Services Institute, said ahead of Sunday's talks that it was difficult to be optimistic.
"The country needs a proper reconciliation process. At the moment the largest tribes are outside the process. Because they were pro-Kadhafi, they are completely on the sidelines."
Under the UN plan, the new government is to be formed within 40 days of the accord due to be signed in Skhirat, Morocco on Wednesday.


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Q: Unit Testing Controller Actions that call IsAjaxRequest() Some of my controller actions need to respond with different ViewResults depending whether or not they were called by an AJAX request. Currently, I'm using the IsAjaxRequest() method to check for this. When this method is called during a unit test, it throws an ArgumentNullException because the HTTP context is missing.
Is there a way to mock/fake this call? Or is this a sign I should be checking for an AJAX request another way?

A: Using moq library in MVC test projects
[TestClass]
public class HomeControllerTest
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void Index()
    {
        // Arrange
        HomeController controller = new HomeController();
        controller.injectContext();
        // controller.injectContext(ajaxRequest: true);

        // Act
        ViewResult result = controller.Index() as ViewResult;

        // Assert
        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
    }
}

public static class MvcTestExtensions
{
    public static void injectContext(this ControllerBase controller, bool ajaxRequest = false)
    {
        var fakeContext = new Mock<ControllerContext>();
        fakeContext.Setup(r => r.HttpContext.Request["X-Requested-With"])
            .Returns(ajaxRequest ? "XMLHttpRequest" : "");
        controller.ControllerContext = fakeContext.Object;
    }
}

A: Would it help if you provide a Test Double for the HTTP Context?
This can be done like this:
var httpCtxStub = new Mock<HttpContextBase>();

var controllerCtx = new ControllerContext();
controllerCtx.HttpContext = httpCtxStub.Object;

sut.ControllerContext = controllerCtx;

where sut represents the System Under Test (SUT), i.e. the Controller you wish to test.
This example uses Moq.

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Mali Independent Observer: An Unprecedented Impasse in Implementation Amid Controversy Over Revising Peace Agreement
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BAMAKO, MALI – The Carter Center, which serves as the Independent Observer of Mali's 2015 peace agreement, today released a report describing the current, unprecedented impasse in the implementation process. The report stresses that since October 2021, dialogue between the signatories of the agreement – the government, the Coordination of Azawad Movements, and the Platform – has grown increasingly difficult and there has been little progress in implementing the agreement.
The blockage in the implementation process coincides with a surge in military activism and other challenges in Mali, such as tensions between the transitional government and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including sanctions imposed by ECOWAS; the withdrawal of support to stabilization by some of Mali's traditional international partners; and a major rise in conflict and the number of civilian victims in central and northern Mali.
While numerous factors contributed to the current situation, the Independent Observer's report focuses on the controversy over revising the agreement (relecture in French) as a significant factor in producing the impasse. The concept of revision increased uncertainty about the peace process and impeded a sustained relaunch of implementation. It has also fed skepticism among many Malians about the agreement, which has been long growing along with the lack of concrete results from the implementation process.
Despite these developments, the report notes that the Malian parties continue reiterating their commitment to the agreement. The report mainly highlights that the debates and tensions around the idea of a revision of the agreement are, in many senses, unnecessary and unconstructive. In reality, over seven years of implementation, the parties have regularly and consensually adapted provisions of the agreement to their needs and changing circumstances. To move forward, the signatories need to refocus on strengthening their dialogue and taking pragmatic steps while, at the same time, reengaging with the Malian public to restore hope in the peace process and building nationwide buy-in to the agreement.
From September 2021 to June 2022, the Independent Observer took several steps to encourage dialogue between the parties and progress on implementation. The seminar organized by the Independent Observer in February 2022 was a significant attempt to aid progress in implementation, based on discussions of the Independent Observer's reports and recommendations. The parties' representatives and other stakeholders formulated consensual proposals to relaunch the implementation process. Few, however, have to date been taken up by the parties, although both they and international mediation have lauded the seminar as a positive step. In addition, in May 2022, Jason Carter, chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Carter Center and the grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, led a delegation that visited Mali. The delegation met with President of the Transition Assimi Goïta as well as other stakeholders in the implementation process and reaffirmed the Carter Center's continuing support to peace and reconciliation in Mali.
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Background: The Carter Center was designated as the Independent Observer in late 2017. According to Article 63 of the 2015 agreement, the Independent Observer's job is to impartially identify blockages in the implementation process and recommend steps for enhancing implementation. The United Nations Security Council recognized the Center's role as the Independent Observer in Resolutions 2391 (December 2017), 2423 (June 2018), 2480 (June 2019), 2541(June 2020), and 2584 (June 2021), and it assumed its role in January 2018. This report, intended for the Malian parties, the international community, and the public, is the 10th from the Independent Observer.
L'Observateur indépendant pour la mise en œuvre de l'Accord au Mali : La mise en œuvre dans une situation de blocage sans précédent nourrie par les débats sur la « relecture » de l'Accord
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Should I Keep the House in a Divorce in Arizona?
People facing a divorce or legal separation often ask the question: "Should I keep the house in a divorce in Arizona?" The answer to that question depends upon a lot of different factors. The decision you make regarding staying in the home or moving from your home during a divorce may have a big impact on your case and how issues in your case are decided by a judge.
The first thing to consider is whether you have children. If you have children, those children are already settled into their home, their friends, their neighborhood, and their school. Judges understand divorce can have a negative impact on the children.
Most judges do not want to create more change in the children's lives by having them move from their current home to a new home. So, moving from your home during a divorce in Arizona could negatively affect the amount of time you spend with your children. However, parents who share equal parenting time with their children will not be impacted by this decision.
The next thing to consider is the costs of living in the home. Specifically, can you afford to continue living in the home? Regardless of your finances, you can ask the court to issue a Temporary Order requiring your spouse to contribute to the monthly expenses associated with the home until such time your case ends in a divorce or legal separation.
Your other option is to seek reimbursement for the expenses you paid for the house at your final divorce trial. The court has the authority to order your spouse to reimburse you for payments you make on a community property debt, such as a mortgage.
Your safety is another concern to consider. People who have been victims of domestic violence may be better served by securing a new residence and keeping their address information confidential. The court has the authority to order your contact information, including your new home, be confidential to protect you from an abusive spouse.
Another important consideration is whether you want to be awarded the home in your divorce. If you do, it doesn't make sense to move out of the home only to try to move back into the home when your divorce is final. In fact, it is very unlikely the court will award you the home if you moved out of the house during your divorce if the other spouse claims he or she wants to be awarded the home and he or she still lives in that home.
We often encourage our clients to reach an agreement to sell the home in a divorce or legal separation case. The reasons for selling a home in a divorce are less legal and more emotional. We have found that our clients' who sell their homes are much more comfortable not having the constant reminders of the memories they have and are reminded about when they keep the home.
If you decide to move from your home during a divorce, you should take personal property that is particularly valuable or sentimental with you when you move. It may be difficult to get those items back after a divorce is filed. Most judges are not happy if you try to litigate the division of personal property at a divorce trial. Some judges will actually order the sale of all of your personal property if you and your spouse cannot resolve the issue of the division of your property before trial.
Call the experienced Scottsdale and Phoenix Arizona divorce attorneys at (480)305-8300 at Hildebrand Law, PC to learn more about keeping the house during a divorce in Arizona.
Chris Hildebrand wrote this article about keeping the house during a divorce in Arizona to ensure everyone has access to information about divorce laws in Arizona. Chris is a family law attorney at Hildebrand Law, PC. He has over 24 years of Arizona family law experience and has received multiple awards, including US News and World Report "Top Arizona Divorce Attorneys", Phoenix Magazine "Top Divorce Law Firms", and Arizona Foothills Magazine "Best of the Valley" award. He believes the policies and procedures he uses to get his clients through a child custody case should all be guided by the principles of honesty, integrity, and actually caring about what his clients are going through.


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Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park will undergo the most extensive survey of its marine habitats ever, helping scientists to better understand how to protect it, and reef systems like it, across the Pacific.
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The park verges the ocean side of the Great Barrier Reef on Australia's Northeast coast, and is home to unique animals and ecosystems, which include black marlin breeding grounds, humpback whale migration paths, and homes for countless other reef dwelling species.
Director of National Parks James Findlay said the project would monitor 20 large reef ecosystems in the coral marine park over the next three years.
"With a management plan coming into effect for the Coral Sea for the first time in July this year, it is very important that we monitor the health of these isolated coral reef ecosystems and increase our understanding of these amazing places."
Scientists will aim to get a better understanding of how the reefs are connected, the impact of coral bleaching, as well as how the reefs recover, which could help in the rehabilitation of other coral systems around the world.
"Our last voyage showed that some reefs have been affected by bleaching, but we saw some signs of recovery," Professor Morgan Pratchett from James Cook University said.
"If no further bleaching occurs, these reefs will continue to recover and may play an important role in the broader recovery of our tropical reef systems. ■
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Astro Boy Volume 4
Writer / Artist
North American Publisher / ISBN: Dark Horse - 978-1-56971-679-3
Format: Black and White
Original publication language: Japanese
Categories: All-Ages, Manga, Science-Fiction
Review by Woodrow Phoenix
Volume four of Astro Boy features four adventures translated by Frederick L. Schodt, 'Robot Land' (1962), 'Ivan the Fool' (1959), 'A Day to Remember' (1960), and 'Ghost Manufacturing Machine' (1957). They are personally selected by Osamu Tezuka from two decades of Astro Boy comics, with his added introductions. This volume features the inventiveness, mile-a-minute plots, memorable characters, action and exciting escapes Tezuka is known for, but it also embodies one of the more difficult aspects of his work that comes from the way he mixes tones and emotion over the course of a story. Tezuka often throws in surprising or unrelated ideas to give things a lift or change the pace of a sequence, but just as often he leaves these ideas unexplored or uncontextualised. Frequently these ideas are bizarre enough to almost derail the main story. All four of the strips in this volume have weird and very dark moments dropped into otherwise light plots, and if you have children reading these stories you may need to be prepared for some anguished questions.
'Robot Land' is a theme park on the lines of Disneyland, except that in charge of the park is a robot named Satan. Unsurprisingly he's a merciless despot who cruelly dominates all the robots who work there. After an escaped robot begs Astro Boy for help, he sneaks into Robot Land to fight Satan and a variety of foes but runs out of energy. Can Professor Ochanomizu get him back before the park's inventor, Dr. Haidu has him destroyed for trespassing?
'Ivan the Fool' is inspired by the H.G. Wells story 'The First Men in the Moon'. Astro takes a job during his school vacation working as a steward on a space ship cruising to Venus. Unfortunately it crashes on the moon, the stranded passengers have to face a few life or death challenges and Astro meets the Soviet Union's first robot called Ivan.
'A Day to Remember' introduces a fascinating concept: families who are recently bereaved can have robot duplicates created of their dead family members. The duplicates spend three days with the family before being sent off in a boat in a symbolic ceremony. Astro Boy turns out to be almost identical to a boy named Jiro, so he is dispatched to spend three days with the boy's parents. However, Jiro is no ordinary boy either and the rest of this tale unrolls in a completely unrelated direction.
Last and longest story in this volume is 'Ghost Manufacturing Machine'. It starts with some disturbing animal experimentation to demonstrate the evilness of the villains in this adventure, the dictator Hitlini (you can probably guess who he's modelled on) and Professor Pablos, who is working on a new kind of robot. After Professor Ochanomizu is kidnapped by these two, Astro Boy defies the Robot Law, leaves Japan without permission and flies to Golgonia to try and rescue him. The large cast of artificial beings in this story includes another robot boy named Platinum, who has a very similar origin to Astro himself.
Tezuka delivers expertly crafted work in this collection, but the stories are a bit random and overall this book is a lot less satisfying than the first three volumes in this series.
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When you're from Wisconsin if you're able to deal with the cold, you can ride 9 months out of the year. That's not bad right? Of course there is the oddball BMW ADV rider that will ride through everything including ice and snow now and again but for the rest of us, seventy five percent of the year you get to ride your motorcycle. That's not nearly as bad as owning a snowmobile or a wave runner is what I say to non-riders who really don't see the point of owning a motorcycle. But ask any true riding enthusiast living in the Midwest if seventy five percent is enough in the beginning of March and you are likely to be met with a sneer as he or she walks off grumbling about salt and dirt and the first good rain. It's at those times of year and this year in particular with it being the last day of March and there still being thirty degree days and snow still on the ground that a true moto-rider can be at his wits' end.
Having gone through these doldrums for 11 years now as a rider in the Midwest it is with great pleasure that I accepted a job working as a Transmission System Operator for Pacific Gas & Electric at their Vacaville, CA control center (in The Bay Area). Honestly, the deal was sealed for me the day after my face to face interview when I took my rental VW Beetle with just 56 miles on the long way back to Oakland starting at Highway 128 in Winters and connecting with Highway 121 into Napa. That little jaunt on a 70 degree morning was all it took to sell me on California just before I flew back to the frigid Midwest.
It was in conversation with my wife (Anne) while I was visiting Vacaville that the possibility of me going moto-only first came up. I was telling her about how at least in Vacaville that everything seemed to be surprisingly close to what things cost us here in Madison, WI. I already knew through some research before coming out that the cost of living was only a few percent higher than Madison but the one thing that stood out was the cost of fuel. In mentioning that to Anne she said, "Well maybe you can sell your car here and only ride your motorcycle when we're in California." I have long justified the many motorcycle expenses with the fact that they are so much more fuel efficient than cars. I was glad to know that she was actually listening to me all these years and I was glad to find out that we were on the same page. It has been a dream of mine to not rely on an automobile pretty much since I had first swung my leg over a motorcycle. Of course I'd be a fool to think that this will be an easy undertaking. It gets HOT in Vacaville 108 degrees is a normal number to see there, and while it doesn't snow (very often) it does rain a lot in the winter and at nights it can get down into the 30's and with my job that involves rotating shifts I will be riding at night. You have to have enough gear with you to be prepared for any sort of swings in the weather and the level of vigilance you have to have with maintenance of your ride had to be raised exponentially. Just dealing with dressing twice every day will wear on me and dealing with "cagers" on a daily basis will try my patience. I have no illusions that this will be easy I truly hope that in the end I will find that the positives outweigh the negatives. Either way I want to share the experience with people who may be interested in giving it a try themselves. There will also be plenty of commentary on the other aspect of this adventure; relocating to an area where we the closest family is 8+ hours away and where we really know nobody so hopefully there will be enough to keep you as the reader interested.
I will be bringing my current bike with me; it is a 2001 Yamaha FZ1. It has just over 31,000 miles on it. It's not worth much money anymore but it will be receiving a thorough once-over at the shop before it is pressed into duty as a full time machine. This may be a biased statement but the FZ is one of the best all-around bikes ever built but and I'm not so old that the desire to wick it up the corners has completely died just yet so I couldn't see myself skewing towards anything closer to a touring motorcycle. Over the next few weeks I am hoping to sell my 2005 Buick LaCrosse, PG&E is going to ship my FZ to California, and Anne will driving her 2008 Saturn Vue to meet me in California in July. She's a teacher and a professional symphony violinist so she wants to finish out the school year here in Madison and she also had some Suzuki Violin Educator training sessions already scheduled here in the Midwest. The only tricky part about shipping the FZ is that they tell you that it can get there anywhere from two days (impossible) to 14 days after pickup. This is PG&E's shipper not a moto-only shipper so they are used to shipping cars I think. I initially was hoping that I could ship it early and have someone sign for it in so the bike would be waiting for me when I got there. But the more they explained that the person would be signing away any recourse I would have should the signer miss any damage that occurred in shipping the less I thought that would be a good idea. I don't know anyone personally in the Vacaville area that I could trust to sign off on that. So the plan now is for me to ship the bike two days before I leave and avoid the chance of it beating me to California. That means that initially I will be renting a car but that is the way it has to be.
...and the Solution Waterproof 2.0 Road Boots.
I will also be bringing a Joe Rocket Reactor Mesh Jacket in Silver, non-gauntlet riding gloves and steel toe "work boots" for when it gets really hot. I think I am going to look into some of the Kevlar reinforced jeans once I get out there too.
Here is a shot of the actual items I purchased mounted on my bike after the first test ride, temperature was 26 degrees. These are all in their collapsed positions so the tank bag gets about 3" taller and the saddlebags get about 3" wider each and each side of the tail bag expands about 3" as well. I am still looking for a solution to mount that tail bag back on the "luggage rack" so that I can have a passenger and the entire luggage at the same time. If I'm honest the cargo capacity should be adequate but I would like to have a little more. I could always add a backpack if I was going on a longer trip though.
And here is a shot of me with on that ride; unfortunately I couldn't get a shot of everything. All the new gear was quite warm you can see that I have a regular scarf on I may need to purchase something more geared to motorcycling as a small triangle of flesh remained exposed between the helmet and the scarf and that did feel the sting of the cold a bit. But underneath the gear I only wore a t-shirt, jeans and some thin dress socks. If I were to go on a ride more than a half hour I would have needed thicker wool socks as my feet started to feel cold (but not bad) at sustained 70mph speeds.
I think that this should serve as a pretty good intro for the blog and for me. I hope that I'll be able to provide some entertaining stories and some interesting insights along the way. Thanks to anyone who stop by and read my words. Stay tuned for the next update!


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Innlegg på arrangement mot kjønnslemlesting av kvinner
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Av: Ambassadør Steffen Kongstad
- The International Day on Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a strong reminder of the work that still lays ahead in our endeavors to eliminate this practice, sa ambassadør Steffen Kongstad i sitt innlegg på den internasjonale nulltoleransedagen mot kjønnslemlesting av kvinner.
The International Day on Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a strong reminder of the work that still lays ahead in our endeavors to eliminate this practice.
I also think that this annual event serves an important purpose in mobilising attention and understanding as I have noticed that the extent and magnitude of this problem is still not sufficiently recognised by many despite the extensive documentation produced and the advocacy work undertaken over many years. Over the last years much progress has been made in addressing FGM. But there is still a strong need to intensify our efforts.
When the UN General Assembly in December 2012 unanimously adopted the resolution "Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations" it marked a milestone in our efforts to end this practice. The resolution has given us a clear and comprehensive framework, and it commits all states to promote, protect and fulfill the rights of girls and women by ending this practice.
We are here today to mobilize action by all stakeholders to accelerate the elimination of FGM. And I have been asked to speak about international and national commitments to eliminating FGM. There are numerous international instruments that clearly commit and obligate states to end harmful practices like FGM. The question is not whether there are such commitments, -and clear obligations. They certainly do exist.
FGM is a clear violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted gender inequality, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is normally carried out on minors and is a violation of the rights of children. The practice also violates a person's rights to health, security and physical integrity, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; it violates the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; and it violates the right to life when the practice results in death.
The question and the challenge is rather how we meet and implement our commitments and obligations.
To Norway the elimination of FGM has for several years been a political priority. Nationally, several legal, administrative, health & medical measures have been introduced to address the problem.
In our international efforts we do recognise that on an issue of this nature, with all its cultural and social complexities and sensitivities, one has to work in ways taking these factors into consideration. We therefore support the work of organisations like UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and the Inter-African Committee, as well as the political and practical efforts of the countries most affected by the practice of FGM.
Change and results are now emerging on the ground. The number of girls subjected to this practice is decreasing. Momentum has been created. Impressive partnerships have been established. Government institutions, civil society organisations, UN agencies, women's groups, religious and local leaders, health workers, journalists, mothers and fathers now work together to end FGM. Even public pressure, which for centuries weighed in favour of these practices, is seen to move against the practice.
The new Norwegian government has confirmed that we will intensify and accelerate our efforts on FGM/C and we are now evaluating ways to improve our work through a more holistic approach. This entails using the knowledge we have gained so far to better integrate our efforts on FGM to other relevant development priorities – such as gender equality, maternal – and child health, primary education and human rights. To take just one example: In WHO, we are part of the core group developing a resolution on violence, particularly against women and girls, which also addresses FGM. We believe this represents one important way to address the issue: Mainstreaming it into broader subjects where appropriate. FGM is not an isolated issue; it needs to be addressed within many broader contexts, such as violence, health impact and human rights.
In conclusion; we will continue and strengthen our partnerships with other countries and relevant organisations to eliminate the horrible and unacceptable harm done to girls and women by FGM. We all share that responsibility.
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Please provide an overview or corruption challenges and anti-corruption efforts in Iraq.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in a US-led military operation in 2003, Iraq has struggled to build and maintain political stability, safety and the rule of law. Deeply entrenched corruption continues to be a significant problem in the country and a core grievance among citizens. Among the country's key challenges, and at the root of its struggle with corruption is its consociationalist governance system, known as muhasasa, which many observers contend has cemented sectarianism, nepotism and state capture.
Consecutive governments since 2003 have promised to tackle corruption through economic and political reform. But, as yet, these promises have not been followed by sufficient action. This is partly due to an unwillingness to tackle the systemic nature of corruption, weak institutions ill-equipped to implement reform efforts and strong opposition from vested interests looking to maintain the status quo. As a result, Iraq is left with an inadequate legal framework to fight corruption and with insufficiently equipped and independent anti-corruption institutions.
Trust in government and the political process has been eroded, erupting in ongoing country-wide protests against corruption, inadequate service delivery and high unemployment. This leaves the new government of Prime Minister Kadhimi, who has once more promised to tackle the country's massive corruption challenges, with a formidable task at hand.
Drivers of corruption
Scale of corruption
Key areas affected
Anti-corruption efforts and their effectiveness
A recent history of political instability, violence and authoritarianism have left Iraq with weak institutions, weak rule of law and vested interests resistant to reform.
Sectarianism has decreased in recent years, allowing for a greater focus on issue-based politics. But it is still deeply entrenched in Iraq's governing system, which is at the root of many of the country's corruption challenges.
The state's dominant position in the economy, an underdeveloped private sector, overreliance on oil and the role of militias have facilitated high levels of state capture.
Recent years have seen citizen perceptions about corruption worsen and trust in government and its institutions declining, indicating a growing gap between citizens and the state.
A powerful protest movement against corruption emerged in recent years which, in a first, cuts across sectarian lines and makes concrete demands on government, pressuring the latter to issue more meaningful reforms.
Jennifer Schoeberlein [email protected]
Saul Mullard (U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre) and Matthew Jenkins (Transparency International)
Matthias Einmahl Adam Graycar Simon Jenkins
Iraq: overview of corruption and anti-corruption Iraq: overview of corruption and anti-corruption Overview of national approaches to anti-corruption packages
Corruption in investor-state arbitration Anti-corruption clauses in constitutions Anti-corruption agencies in Europe


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A Houghs Neck man with nearly 40 years of management experience in the private sector has announced he'll run for Ward 1 city councilor in the fall election.
John McCone, a Quincy resident for the past 28 years, says he'll take out nomination papers, which become available at the city clerk's office Tuesday. His candidacy likely would set up a race against incumbent Ward 1 City Councilor Margaret Laforest.
Laforest has been Ward 1's representative since 2010. The ward includes many of the city's coastal neighborhoods, including Houghs Neck, Germantown, Adams Shore, Merrymount as well as parts of Quincy Center.
McCone, who attended Stonehill College and Northeastern University, is currently a supervisor with Verizon. He said he has served as a management professional in the telecommunications and technology field for 37 years.
McCone's past community involvement includes volunteering at the Long Island Shelter, serving five years as event coordinator for Quincy's First Night Family Celebration and organizing local beach cleanups, substance abuse education programs and community food drives.


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#ifndef DATAMODEL_H
#define DATAMODEL_H

#include "Event.h"
#include <list>
#include <vector>

// This class builds a list of events
//   Start, Stop, Pause, and Tag events are grouped together
//   Other events are placed in a time sorted group between
//   the grouped events.

// This is the class that reads the files as generated by runtime/src/chpl-visual-debug.c
// in the Chapel runtime.
//
// Initially the data files are in ascii.  To turn these into binary data files,
// both this class and runtime/src/chpl-visual-debug.c need to be modified to
// write (chpl-visual-debug.c) and read (this class) in binary.

class DataModel {

 private:

   int LoadFile (const char *filename, int index, double seq);

   void newList ();

 public:

  //
   DataModel() { numLocales = -1; curEvent = theEvents.begin(); }

  //  LoadData loads data from a collection of files
  //  filename of the form  basename-n, where n can
  //  be a multi-digit number
  //  Returns 1 if successful, 0 if not

  int LoadData (const char *filename);

  //  Number of locales found in loading files

  int NumLocales () { return numLocales; }

  int NumEvents () { return theEvents.size(); }

  Event * getFirstEvent()
      {
        curEvent = theEvents.begin();
        if (curEvent == theEvents.end())
          return NULL;
        return *curEvent;
      }

  Event * getNextEvent()
      {
        curEvent++;
        if (curEvent == theEvents.end())
          return NULL;
        return *curEvent;
      }

  int NumTags () { return numTags; }

  Event * getTagNo(int n)
      {
        //printf ("getTagNo %d: ", n);
        curEvent = theEvents.begin();
        // sequential search ... ugg
        while (curEvent != theEvents.end()
               && (((*curEvent)->Ekind() != Ev_tag)
                   || ((E_tag *)(*curEvent))->tagNo() != n)) {
          curEvent++;
          //printf (".");
        }
        //printf ("\n");
        return *curEvent;
      }

 private:

  int numLocales;
  int numTags;

  typedef std::list<Event*>::iterator evItr;
  std::list<Event*> theEvents;
  std::list<Event*>::iterator curEvent;

};

#endif


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I'm married to Phil Hickey, soon to be Phil Ulrich, as he changes his name in preparation for the adoption of our children, Dominic and Mark. We're all excited to become a family and sharing the same last name is an important part of our commitment to each other. We live in Orrington where Dominic attends Center Drive School and is a member of the St Nicholas Choir. Phil is a stay-at-home Dad for Mark and he works part-time in the Nursery, volunteers in the Church Office and helps out on Second Saturday and the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen. I work as a Family Nurse Practitioner at PCHC's Hope House Clinic where I've been privileged to provide medical care for Bangor's homeless and underserved population for 7 years.
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Q: Question on Probability and Bayes' theorem You roll a fair six-sided die. If the die shows an odd number then you toss a fair coin that number of times. If the die shows an even number you do not toss the coin at all. What is the probability that you see at least two Tails?
I kind of know where to start - you find the probability of getting 0 and 1 tails and take that away from 1. Don't know what to do next

A: $T: \text{tossing tails}$
$$\begin{aligned}
P({T\ge2})
&= P(\texttt{roll 3}\texttt{ AND } T\in\{2,3\})+ P(\texttt{roll 5} \texttt{ AND }T\in\{2,3,4,5\}) \\
&=P(\texttt{roll 3})\cdot P(T\in\{2,3\}|\texttt{Flip coin thrice})+
P(\texttt{roll 5})\cdot P(T\in\{2,3,4,5\}|\texttt{Flip coin five times})\\
&=\frac{1}{6}\cdot P(T\in\{2,3\}|\texttt{Flip coin 3 times})+
\frac{1}{6}\cdot P(T\in\{2,3,4,5\}|\texttt{Flip coin 5 times})\\
&=\frac{1}{6}\cdot \frac{a}{8} + \frac{1}{6}\cdot \frac{b}{32}
\end{aligned}$$
We'll leave $a$ and $b$ for you to calculate.
UPDATE:
It's been a while.
$$P(T\in\{2,3\}|\texttt{Flip coin 3 times})=P(TTH)+P(HTT)+P(THT)+P(TTT)=\frac{4}{8}=\frac{1}{2}.$$
$$P(T\in\{2,3,4,5\}|\texttt{Flip coin 5 times})=1-P(T\in\{0,1\}|\texttt{Flip coin 5 times})=1-P(HHHHH)-5P(THHHH)=1-\frac{6}{32}=\frac{13}{16}.$$
$$P(T \ge 2)=\frac{1}{6}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{13}{16}\right)=\frac{7}{32}.$$


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