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In The Midst Of Wolves
by Keith Remer
5.0 stars – 12 Reviews
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Here's the set-up:
David Robbins has it all – a loving wife, two great children, a thriving business, and a stunning home in the nicest neighborhood in quiet Shawnee, Oklahoma. He is a pillar of his community and an elder of the local Presbyterian Church. But his life quickly unravels when a seemingly deranged drifter takes the parishioners of Robbins' church hostage. The consequences are catastrophic. Because of Robbins' actions during the ordeal, an ambitious assistant district attorney files charges on Robbins that can potentially put him in prison for the rest of his life. Robbins' troubles grow exponentially when his wife files for divorce, his business collapses, and he is treated with contempt by the community – especially by the members of his church. Meanwhile, the tormented perpetrator of the horrendous crime committed on the parishioners is on the run. Despite its tragic beginnings and less than perfect outcome, In The Midst Of Wolves, ultimately is the story of faith, forgiveness, redemption, and eventually one of justice.
5-Star Amazon Review
"Keith Remer is once again, amazing! This book had me obsessed with reading it and finding out what happened in the end, the end was great but after reading with a fury to get to the ending, I was sorry it was over. Having retired from a prosecutor's office I could relate to a lot of the details and they were right on. Thanks Keith for another great book, keep up the good work! Can't wait for the next one!"
International award winning author Keith Remer is a native Oklahoman. As such, he realized long ago there are no better breeding grounds for thrillers than the trailer parks, oilfields, churches, ranches, skyscrapers and meth-labs of the Bible-Belt. Remer fills his fictionalized accounts with the products of the region's western, Native American, outlaw, and fundamental Christian cultures to produce unforgettable characters who bring his unique plots to life.
Keith is a retired army colonel. He spends his retirement as a small-time rancher and adjunct college professor. In the late 70's and early 80's he took a ten-year break from the army to serve as an Oklahoma City police officer. During those years he policed the roughest precincts of the city. Remer's specialized military training awarded him opportunities to join the S.W.A.T. team and bomb squad.
Keith was raised as the son of an oilfield roustabout. He spent his formative years in shanties and mobile homes as he was moved from one oil boom town to another. He rubbed elbows with relatives who were outlaw bikers long before putting those types in jail. He's been in bar fights and shoot-outs and has shaken the hands of two American Presidents. His stories are a product of his background.
To date, Keith has written eight novels and converted two into screenplays. At the insistence of a number of producers and directors, he intends to adapt all his novels for the big-screen.
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International Award-Winning Author Keith Remer's Thriller The Hiding Place of Thunder is Our eBook of the Day at just $6.99 with 4.9 Stars with 26 out of 26 Rave Reviews, and Here's a Free Sample
July 26, 2012 by KND
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Terrible things are happening in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. A black teen and his white girl friend have disappeared. After an altercation with white ruffians, a Choctaw Indian turns up missing as well. It's not a good time for a Jewish boy from Boston to spend time in this place where it seems minorities are suddenly unwelcome.
Sheriff Burl Hansen has his hands full even before fate forces him to bond with the boy from Boston. Hansen, though, will not heed the mystical warnings of a Choctaw holy man until it's too late to save citizens from the terror of good intentions gone awry.
In a Godly community where honorable men have strayed, only a force beyond human comprehension can intervene from The Hiding Place of Thunder.
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"No writer has grabbed my attention since I read my first John Grisham novel. If The Hiding Place of Thunder is an example of Keith Remer's novels to come, America and the world have discovered a great new author. I am hooked, and a Remer fan for life." — Steve Bender, producer, director and author, 68 at 40 Retrospective and If I Can Dream
"Keith Remer is truly one of the most gifted storytellers of our time. The Hiding Place of Thunder is a haunting and provocative masterpiece, which leaves the reader no choice but to keep turning its pages. It's one of those books that will keep you thinking about it long after you've finished reading it." — Stacy D. Shelton, author, Me, the Crazy Woman and Breast Cancer
Keith Remer knows his craft and weaves compelling stories taken from real life. His novels present those kinds of reflective moments we need to take pause with in our own lives. He has inspired and taught me. —Chris Querry, author, Alat Farad, Eden's Keys, and A Love Made Real, reviewer, Myshelf.com
Not a cure for insomnia. Are you looking for something boring to help put you to sleep? Well folks this book ain't it. It's down home rude and crude. It's hot just like our beloved Oklahoma in the summer. You start out thinking this is just another who-done-it but soon find out you haven't got a clue who the bad guy is and you are riding this out to the end. – Okie Doc
I have a few favorite authors – Koontz, Cornwell…and Keith Remer! Remer has an extraordinary talent for escorting a reader into the minds and lives of his characters allowing one to "live" the story. His books always leave me waiting for the next one to be published! Please keep them coming! – Linda Geier
From the first page to the last, I wasn't reading the book, I was totally immersed in the book. Most mystery novels are really easy to predict and as a result can get very boring. That doesn't happen with "Thunder". I know it's normally a cheesy accolade to say the author "grabs" you, but not in this case. – Captain Billy
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Free Kindle Nation Shorts — May 10, 2012: An Excerpt from THE HIDING PLACE OF THUNDER by Keith Remer
May 10, 2012 by KND
Today's 10,200-word Free Kindle Nation Short lands you in
Pushamataha County, Oklahoma. A black teen and his white girl friend have
disappeared.
After an altercation with white ruffians, a Choctaw Indian turns
up missing as well. It's not a good time for a Jewish boy from Boston to spend
time in this place
The mystical warnings of a Choctaw holy man are ignored until it's
too late to save citizens from the terror of good intentions gone awry.
The Hiding Place of Thunder
4.9 Stars –
Text-to-Speech and
Terrible things are happening in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. A
black teen and his white girl friend have disappeared. After an altercation
with white ruffians, a Choctaw Indian turns up missing as well. It's not a
good time for a Jewish boy from Boston to spend time in this place where it
seems minorities are suddenly unwelcome.
Sheriff Burl Hansen has his hands full even before fate forces
him to bond with the boy from Boston. Hansen, though, will not heed the
mystical warnings of a Choctaw holy man until it's too late to save citizens
from the terror of good intentions gone awry.
In a Godly community where honorable men have strayed, only a
force beyond human comprehension can intervene from The Hiding Place of
Thunder.
"No writer has grabbed my attention since I read my first
John Grisham novel. If The Hiding Place of Thunder is an example of Keith
Remer's novels to come, America and the world have discovered a great new
author. I am hooked, and a Remer fan for life." -Steve Bender, producer,
director and author, 68 at 40 Retrospective and If I Can Dream
"Keith Remer is truly one of the most gifted storytellers
of our time. The Hiding Place of Thunder is a haunting and provocative
masterpiece, which leaves the reader no choice but to keep turning its pages.
It's one of those books that will keep you thinking about it long after
you've finished reading it." -Stacy D. Shelton, author, Me, the Crazy
Woman and Breast Cancer
Keith Remer knows his craft and weaves compelling stories taken
from real life. His novels present those kinds of reflective moments we need
to take pause with in our own lives. He has inspired and taught me. -Chris
Querry, author, Alat Farad, Eden's Keys, and A Love Made Real, reviewer,
Myshelf.com
An Excerpt from
by Keith Remer and published here with his permission
"YOU CALLED IN
AND I RESCUED YOU;
I ANSWERED YOU IN
THE HIDING PLACE OF
the bat down, Herman, and stop calling me a son of a bitch."
"This here is my bat, and you are standing on my land. So don't go tellin'
me what to do, Burl. Besides, if I was to put this here baseball bat down, it'd
be kind of hard to knock yer head off with it…You goofy son of a bitch!"
Burl Hansen leaned back against the fender of his car and crossed two beefy
arms over a barrel chest. "Herman, don't make me come over there and take
that damn thing away from you."
Herman Grambs puckered his crusty lips and deposited a glob of thick black tobacco
juice between Hansen's cowboy boots. "Some says you the biggest and
baddest son of a bitch in this county Burl. But you ain't near big enough or
bad enough to take away my bat!"
Hansen unfolded his arms and pointed a thick index finger at the feisty little
welfare recipient. "It's hard to make me angry Herman, but you're about to
do it. You got about three seconds to throw that…"
A sudden beeping sound from within his car interrupted Hansen's threat.
"What is that noise?" Grambs piped.
"It's my cell phone," Hansen grumbled as he pushed away from the
car's fender. "You don't move. I gotta see who's calling."
"I ain't goin' nowhere. Hell, I live here…you son of a bitch!"
Hansen grabbed the phone, pushed the talk button and barked, "This is
Burl."
"Hi, honey."
Hansen grimaced at the sound of his wife's voice. She seemed to have a knack
for calling at the most inconvenient times.
"Who is it?" Grambs asked.
"It's my wife."
Grambs cupped a hand around one side of his mouth and hollered, "Howdy,
Vicki!"
"Herman Grambs says 'Hello,'" Hansen relayed, then grumbled back to
Grambs, "Vicki says 'Hi.'"
Turning his attention back to his wife, Hansen asked in his typically gruff
manner, "Whatcha need, Vicki?"
"Do you know what a bar mitzvah is?" The sweet voice
sounded distressed.
"A what?" Hansen countered.
"A bar mitzvah. I just watched one on T.V. It was on the Discovery
Channel."
"A bar mitzvah? Yeah, yeah, it's some kind of Jewish ceremony,"
Hansen said, doing nothing to conceal his agitation. Before Vicki gained a
chance to respond, Burl covered the phone with his hand and hissed at Grambs,
"You better throw that bat down!"
"You better kiss my ass!" Grambs hissed back.
"It's a ceremony," Vicki continued, "performed when a Jewish boy
turns thirteen that…"
"Oh, hell, not this again!" Hansen bellowed, and immediately wished
he hadn't. Vicki hung up without another word. Despite his renowned terse
disposition, Burl Hansen didn't relish hurting his darling wife's feelings. He
felt really rotten, and feeling rotten did nothing to improve his already
tweaked temperament.
Hansen crammed the small phone into the rear pocket of his jeans and stomped
around to the back of his car. He popped the trunk and pulled out a
twelve-gauge pump shotgun, violently jerked the slide forward and back to
chamber a shell and whirled to level the barrel at Herman Grambs' midsection.
"Drop that bat Herman, or I'm going to drop you."
The bat hit the ground and both of Grambs' hands went high into the air over
his head. "Goddammit Burl," he whined, "I used to like you back
when we was in high school."
"Everybody liked me back in high school Herman. I was a star
linebacker."
"Yeah, you was a hell of a football player and a real nice feller, too.
Now that you're the county sheriff though, you've become a sure enough
asshole!"
"Is that right? Well let me tell you something Herman. I liked you a whole
lot better before you started exposing yourself to young girls!"
"Young?" Herman squealed. "Hell Burl, she was fifteen if she was
a day!"
At the moment, Hansen needed no more than a simple spark to ignite his anger.
Vicki's feelings were hurt, and the mere mentioning of a bar mitzvah had
turned Hansen's thoughts to a fourteen-year-old boy way back east in Boston,
Massachusetts. Anytime and every time Hansen thought about this boy, his mood
darkened.
"Herman, I want you to get in the car, and I want you to shut up. If I
have to listen to one more word from your hillbilly mouth, I'll probably pull
out your nasty tongue and beat you to death with it."
Herman Grambs never seemed real smart, but he now proved to be no idiot. He
crawled into the car and managed to keep his mouth shut.
Darrell Baker prepared to
cross the street in front of the Pushmataha County Courthouse when Sheriff
Hansen pulled up in his cruiser. Newly implanted in the town of Antlers,
Oklahoma, the high school junior knew few adults other than his teachers, but
he knew of the sheriff. Although Burl Hansen presently served as a small time
cop in a God-forsaken land of hicks and rednecks, he'd once been phenomenally
famous in Darrell's home town of Chicago, Illinois.
Darrell's grandparents lived in this out-back country nearly all their lives.
Long before Darrell wound up here with his next of kin, he'd known Antlers to
be Burl Hansen's home town and where the famed hero chose to return after he
retired from the National Football League.
This once awesome linebacker and a few other standouts from the Chicago Bears
had attracted Darrell Baker to football. Universities across the nation already
vied for Darrell's tremendous passing arm. His grandparents and others assured
him the recent tragic change in his life and the subsequent move to this
backwoods dive would not hamper his lifelong dream of being a professional
quarterback. Darrell only hoped in the next four to five years, there would be
a greater presence of African-American quarterbacks in the professional ranks.
Because Hansen pulled his car into a parking space just feet away from him,
Darrell stopped in his tracks. He'd never been this close to a sports legend.
Darrell measured six-three and weighed two hundred and ten pounds. However, the
man unfolding from the driver's seat of the muddy cruiser made him feel small.
Darrell guessed Hansen to be at least six-six and real close to three hundred
pounds. The former Bear sported a significant belly, but the rest of him still
looked capable of running down quarterbacks and crushing them at will.
Once he'd performed the arduous task of getting out from beneath the steering
wheel, Hansen adjusted the ball cap on his head and tucked his flannel shirt
into his jeans. Preoccupied with a boy in Boston he'd never even laid eyes on,
Hansen failed to notice the young man standing on the curb just a few feet
"You're Burl Hansen."
The sheriff's hand grasped the rear door handle to let Herman Grambs out of the
back seat. Instead, he dropped his hand and turned to face the big teenager.
"Yeah, I am. Who are you?"
"My name is Darrell Baker. I'm from Chicago, and I grew up watching you
play football."
The athletic looking young
black kid named Baker set off bells in Hansen's mind. Then he remembered.
"You're Teddy and Martha Hallum's grandson."
"That's me," the boy nodded.
Hansen offered Darrell his right hand. "I heard what happened to your
mama. I'm sorry."
"Thanks," Darrell replied as he shook hands with Hansen.
"I also hear you are one heck of a quarterback."
"I do what I can," Darrell grinned.
"That's what they say. I'm anxious to watch you play. When I got a few
spare minutes, we need to sit down and swap game stories."
"Cool," Darrell nodded, his grin widening.
Hansen turned back to the rear door of his car wondering if the boy in Boston
possessed any athletic abilities.
Baker stepped out of the way as Sheriff Hansen opened the passenger's door. The
man in the back with the tangled mess of thinning hair and scraggly beard did
not look at all happy. But neither did Hansen.
"Come on Herman, I don't have all day," the sheriff barked.
"Don't rush me, you son of a bitch. I'm a by-god tax-payin' citizen and I
pay your goddamned salary! So you got just as long as I want to take to
Hansen grabbed his prisoner by the scruff of the neck to interrupt the
declaration and jerk him from the back seat. The sheriff took several steps
before lowering the man enough so his feet touched the ground.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, my neck! You have done broke my fuckin' neck!" the
stained and crusty man bellowed.
The sheriff maintained his grip, shaking the much smaller man like a rag doll.
"Shut up, you ignorant bastard or I will break your neck, both your arms
and your legs, too! Just shut the hell up!"
"Okay! Okay!" the prisoner managed through chattering teeth.
As Hansen shoved his captive in the direction of the courthouse, the man's eyes
made contact with Darrell. "What the hell you lookin' at, tar baby?"
Darrell thought the entire state of Oklahoma would be flat and bare, but he was
wrong. The Kiamichi Mountains, with thick forests of pines, surrounded the
southeastern county of Pushmataha. He heard the state referred to as the
Heartland and the Bible Belt. He thought the people from such a place would be
less hateful, hostile, and color conscious than the people of Chicago, but he
was wrong about that, too.
"He's looking at an idiot, Herman," Sheriff Hansen said before
kicking the man in the butt with the side of his boot. "Now get your ass
moving."
The grungy man in Hansen's custody had been the first person in Antlers ever to
verbally assault Darrell. He wasn't, however, the first racist the newcomer
encountered. Mannerisms, looks, and subtle attitudes of some classmates had
Darrell believing that Antlers High housed more than its fair share of bigots.
It didn't help that Darrell was one of only six blacks in the junior class of
ninety-eight students. Still, the majority seemed to have no problems with him
being a minority. Most had been cordial, and one in particular had been
downright friendly. Darrell's reaction to this particular person had no doubt
prompted most of the racist attitudes.
Shelly Rafell had gorgeous blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She introduced
herself to Darrell during the second hour of his first Monday in the new
school. Her approach had been blatantly flirtatious, and what started as
friendly banter culminated in a date the following Friday. At Antlers' one and
only movie theater, Darrell Baker and Shelly Rafell kissed and cuddled. Later,
in Shelly's new Camaro, Darrell went where other boys had quite obviously
already been. Darrell and Shelly's hand-holding the next week at school raised
more than one set of eyebrows.
The fact that some didn't approve of the relationship didn't bother Darrell one
little bit. He approved of it very much, and no matter what anybody else said
or thought about it, Darrell intended to take just as long as Shelly agreed to
Darrell didn't move from his place on the curb until his hero and the cracker
disappeared into the courthouse. Then he set out on his after school trek home.
Darrell didn't intend to walk much longer. Having to walk in his old
neighborhood in inner-city Chicago was one thing. Practically everybody there
walked or took the subway. Walking in Antlers, though, proved altogether
another thing. No self-respecting high school junior in Antlers walked anywhere.
They drove. As soon as Granddaddy finished teaching him how, Darrell would be
driving as well.
In less than ten minutes, Darrell made it to the outskirts of town. With only a
few blocks left between him and his grandparents' place, a white car pulled
alongside and slowed to a near stop. Darrell stooped to peer into the front
passenger window and immediately felt relieved to find an attractive red-head
smiling at him.
"You wouldn't by any chance be our new football star now would you?"
The woman's smile broadened as she brought the late model Ford to a complete
Darrell stepped up to the car and leaned in for a closer look. The contrast
between the woman's very white skin and her long red hair appealed to him. The
tight and very short skirt riding high on bare, shapely legs practically took
his breath away. "I'm Darrell Baker, and I do play a little
"You are a tease, Darrell Baker. The word around town is you play a lot of
football, and play it very well."
Darrell shrugged his broad shoulders and offered his best smile. A large set of
very dark sunglasses covered much of the woman's pretty face, making it hard to
determine her age. If Darrell had to guess, though, he would put the woman in
her early thirties. Her smile really turned him on.
"Word gets around fast in this place," Darrell chuckled.
"Oh honey, you got that right," she giggled, "and if the word
was to ever get out that I saw our new football hero walking and didn't offer
him a ride, well, I'd probably be thrown out of the football booster club! You
climb in this car, Darrell Baker, and let me give you a ride," she said,
patting the seat beside her.
Darrell didn't argue and wasted no time squeezing in next to her.
"My goodness, you are such a huge young man," the woman cooed as she
blatantly scanned every inch of his body. "Your arms are as big around as
my legs," she exclaimed before leaning toward Darrell to pat his left
bicep. "and hard as a rock!"
Her blouse gaped as she leaned, and Darrell zeroed in on more than a fair
amount of cleavage. Only after nearly swallowing his tongue did he manage to
mumble, "I work out quite a bit."
"I guess you do," the woman sighed, as her hand went from patting to
caressing his arm. "Tell me, Darrell Baker," she continued as she
picked up his left hand and placed it on her cream-colored thigh, "have
you got time for a little ride before I take you wherever it is you're
going?"
"Uh, yeah, sure, I got some time."
The woman slammed the Ford into gear and gunned away from the curb as Darrell
stroked her soft thigh. Being on foot in Antlers, Oklahoma, wasn't such a bad
thing after all.
"Oh, by
the way, my name is Shannon," the woman in the red wig lied.
The Baker boy moved his hand only a few inches under her hiked up skirt and
started working to get a finger into her panties. "Nice to meet you,
Shannon," the teen beamed.
Knowing she had several miles to drive, Shannon spread her legs just enough to
keep the boy occupied, then she pushed down harder on the gas pedal.
It became quickly apparent that Baker wasn't going to be content just probing
and poking around her panties. When he started trying to work the undergarments
down her thighs, she faked a giggle. "I do like what you got in mind,
Darrell, but not while I'm flying down the road at seventy miles an hour. You
just wait 'til we get stopped and I'll help you get those panties out of the
"I hear that," Baker grinned as he moved his hands from beneath her
skirt to the buttons of her blouse.
Before he could free her breast for the whole passing world to see, the woman
hiding behind the sunglasses thought of something that might slow him down.
"Tell me, Darrell, why in the world would anyone leave a big, glamorous
city like Chicago to come to our little wide spot in the road?"
It worked. Baker let go of the buttons and straightened in his seat. "Oh,
uh, well, I stayed there with my mama, and she, uh, died."
The woman acted surprised and faked a look of pity. "Oh, no, honey! That's
terrible. How did she die?"
"Cancer," Darrell sighed, turning his head to look out the window.
Realizing how quickly the memory of the loss extinguished the boy's burning
desire, the woman fought back a smile. She now only needed to keep Baker's mind
on his dead mother and off her tits just a couple of more miles. She didn't
want the black bastard pawing at her when she parked the car under the dense
clump of trees next to the Kiamichi River.
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April 28, 2012 by Kindle Nation
Run River Run
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River Yates is a descendant of both the outlaws and lawmen that battled in the San Bois Mountains of the Oklahoma Territory. River was once as rambunctious as any of his ancestors, but that was before the voices of his brutal past started calling from the big red barn on his ranch. Now the legendary River is not the man he used to be. In order to protect a newfound love from the homicidal antics of a madman, he must overcome the fears of turning back to the tactics of the River Yates of old.
One Reviewer Notes
Having waited an interminable time for Run River Run to come out I was quick to download it to my kindle. I expected Keith to keep my attention, and he did. I couldn't put the book down. I loved it. Keith tells a good story, and a believable one. His Silver Dollar Saloon brought back many memories of rousting drunks out of the Silver Dollar in Oklahoma City when he and I were young cops. Keith puts just enough twists and turns in the story to keep you wondering what's going to happen next, but not so many that you get lost trying to keep up. I love the way Keith melds old time western values with modern times. He is a great story teller, one who I hope keeps writing for a long time. – Amazon Reviewer, 5 Stars
International award winning author Keith Remer is a native Oklahoman. As such, he realized long ago there are no better breeding grounds for thrillers than the trailer parks, oilfields, churches, ranches, skyscrapers and meth-labs of the Bible-Belt. Remer fills his fictionalized accounts with the products of the region's western, Native American, outlaw, and fundamental Christian cultures to produce unforgettable characters who bring his unique plots to life.Keith is a retired army colonel. He spends his retirement as a small-time rancher and adjunct college professor. In the late 70's and early 80's he took a ten-year break from the army to serve as an Oklahoma City police officer. During those years he policed the roughest precincts of the city. Remer's specialized military training awarded him opportunities to join the S.W.A.T. team and bomb squad.
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package com.jakduk.api.admin;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.data.mongo.DataMongoTest;

import com.jakduk.api.model.db.AttendanceLeague;
import com.jakduk.api.model.db.Competition;
import com.jakduk.api.model.embedded.LocalName;
import com.jakduk.api.repository.AttendanceLeagueRepository;
import com.jakduk.api.repository.CompetitionRepository;

/**
 * Created by pyohwan on 17. 1. 3.
 */

@DataMongoTest
public class AttendanceLeagueRepositoryTest {

	@Autowired
	private AttendanceLeagueRepository repository;

	@Autowired
	private CompetitionRepository competitionRepository;

	private AttendanceLeague attendanceLeague;
	private Competition competition;

	@BeforeEach
	public void before() {

		competition = Competition.builder()
			.code("KL")
			.names(new ArrayList<LocalName>() {{
				add(new LocalName("ko", "K리그", "K리그"));
				add(new LocalName("en", "K LEAGUE", "K LEAGUE"));
			}})
			.build();

		competitionRepository.save(competition);

		attendanceLeague = AttendanceLeague.builder()
			.competition(Competition.builder()
				.id(competition.getId())
				.code("KL")
				.names(new ArrayList<LocalName>() {{
					add(new LocalName("ko", "K리그", "K리그"));
					add(new LocalName("en", "K LEAGUE", "K LEAGUE"));
				}})
				.build())
			.season(1983)
			.games(40)
			.total(419478)
			.average(20794)
			.numberOfClubs(5)
			.build();

		repository.save(attendanceLeague);
	}

	@Test
	public void findByCompetitionId() {
		List<AttendanceLeague> attendanceLeagues = repository.findByCompetitionId(competition.getId());
		assertEquals(1, attendanceLeagues.size());
		assertEquals(attendanceLeague, attendanceLeagues.get(0));
	}

	@AfterEach
	public void after() {
		repository.deleteById(attendanceLeague.getId());
		assertFalse(repository.findById(attendanceLeague.getId()).isPresent());
		assertEquals(0, repository.findAll().size());

		competitionRepository.deleteById(competition.getId());
		assertFalse(repository.findById(competition.getId()).isPresent());
		assertEquals(0, competitionRepository.findAll().size());
	}
}

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Keeping Tibetan Language Alive
Language preservation is vital to protecting cultures, and in Tibet, much like any other community around the world, some people wish to adapt to changing norms while others wish to remain steadfast in tradition.
Since 2011, more than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated. Repression by the Chinese government and security forces have characterized life in Tibet for hundreds of years and recent political, religious, economic and social human rights violations continue to shock our consciences. Protesters are shot and killed; children, men and women (and their loved ones) are often abducted and tortured for protesting or talking about protesting; and, people are arrested for waving Tibet's flag and communicating abroad about events in Tibet. Monks and nuns who practice Buddhism and follow the Dalai Lama are regularly subjected to re-education programs. China has forcibly resettled thousands of Tibetans from their agricultural lands into newly constructed towns, stripping them of their traditional source of income. [1]
Every aspect of Tibetans' lives are threatened and their language isn't immune. A recent report from BBC describes the struggle to keep their language alive in schools that now use Mandarin for everything ranging from the curriculum to the signs in the hallways and the exams. While some Tibetan parents send their children to Mandarin schools because they believe their children will have greater economic opportunity in the future, others fear a loss of culture.
Further complications in protecting the primacy of the Tibetan language stem from significant economic changes in the region including big industry (specifically water bottling) and a new railway between Beijing and Lhasa carrying about one million migrant workers, Chinese and foreign tour groups, and Tibetans each year [2].
Many young Tibetans who identify with their history and tradition, even when studying on the coast, raise their voices against cultural exploitation. In 2010, Tibetan university students in Beijing organized a protest against the government's education plan that stated that local languages would be secondary to the common language (Mandarin). Protesters carried a banner proclaiming: "Protect Ethnic Minority Languages and Promote Chinese Civilization."[3] Students are aware of their right to learn in their own languages and believe that if they are prevented from doing so, their cultures will one day disappear.
PHOTO CREDIT: Tom Wool, www.tomwool.com
[1] Free Tibet, www.freetibet.org.
[2] Grammaticas, Damian, Is Development Killing Tibet's Way of Life? July 10, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10638506 (accessed July 18, 2013).
[3] Bristow, Michael. Education Reforms Anger Tibetans. October 10, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11634364 (accessed July 18, 2013).
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How did you link with Jason?
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Shot in Balenciaga, Rodeo Dr. Shoes by Balenciaga.
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i love the organization of department stores i dislike having to interact with sales ppl plz leave me alone when i'm shopping i kno wot i want and i kno where everything is n if i don't i can find it myself.
Shot in Nordstrom, the Grove. Top by Acne Studios. Green skirt by Regina Pyo.
They say that local malls are on they're way out due to online shopping. Did, or do you hangout at the mall and would you be sad to see it go?
malls will not go away ppl like to shop some malls are destination spots and are designed to create this illusion of a fun enriching experience.
i live by the The Grove and i walk thru it everyday. they do a good job of creating a bomb shopping atmosphere. there are nice smells, plants, a fountain, there's upbeat music playing, its clean. it's so pleasant, i don't get tired of it. i wouldn't care tho if malls go extinct.
Shot in Barneys, Beverly Hills. Pink dress by Sies Marjan. Slides by Chanel.
Do you online shop? If so, for what? Any faves?
i love to scroll amazon and ebay for hours my main internet purchases are books.
What's your favorite piece of clothing you've ever owned in your entire life?
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By Farkhanda Asad
Abubakar Siddique
Aqeela Asifi with her students.
When a young Afghan schoolteacher arrived in a Pakistani refugee camp two decades ago, she was shocked to discover that merely mentioning girls' education was frowned upon.
Today, Aqeela Asifi, 49, runs one of the most successful refugee schools in the world. Scores of local girls among the 1,000 Afghan refugee pupils are enrolled at Asifi's school in Kot Chandna, a remote village in Mianwali district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province.
"When I first arrived in the Kot Chandna, even speaking about girls' education was considered shameful," she recalled. "It seemed impossible to convince people to send their girls to school."
Asifi didn't give up. With her family's help, she gradually persuaded community elders to allow their girls to attend the tent school she opened months after arriving in 1992. "I told them I wouldn't ask for any fees and would even buy the books and stationary for them myself."
Within three years, Asifi saw a sea change in local attitudes toward women's education. "People began to trust me, and soon almost everyone wanted to send their children to our school."
UNHCR took note of her success. In 1996, the UN refugee agency converted her informal school into an official school for Afghan refugee girls. Her success motivated parents to petition UNHCR to open four more girls' schools in Kot Chandna.
Asifi is proud to have educated generations of Afghan refugee girls. "When you have mothers who are educated, you will almost certainly have future generations who are educated," she said.
Aqeela Asifi, a 49-year-old teacher has dedicated her life to refuge education
This week, UNHCR presented Asifi with the Nansen Refugee Award in recognition of her extraordinary humanitarian work. The refugee agency says the award includes a commemorative medal and $100,000 in prize money that will go toward funding a special project for refugees.
"Aqeela Asifi has shown us all that, with courage, change can happen," UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini said. "We must continue her fight."
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Abubakar Siddique wrote this story based on Farkhanda Asad's reporting.
Farkhanda Asad
Farkhanda Asad is a journalist for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal in Prague.
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Coney Island, Missouri
— Village —
Location of Coney Island, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°35′35″N 93°23′48″W / 36.59306°N 93.39667°W / 36.59306; -93.39667Coordinates: 36°35′35″N 93°23′48″W / 36.59306°N 93.39667°W / 36.59306; -93.39667
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0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
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– Density 1,555.6/sq mi (600.6/km2)
Central (CST) (UTC-6)
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29-16115[1]
Coney Island is a village in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The population was 94 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Coney Island is located at 36°35′35″N 93°23′48″W / 36.593104°N 93.396719°W / 36.593104; -93.396719.[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 94 people, 46 households, and 29 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,555.7 people per square mile (604.9/km²). There were 105 housing units at an average density of 1,737.7 per square mile (675.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.94% White and 1.06% Native American.
There were 46 households out of which 13.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.04 and the average family size was 2.50.
In the village the population was spread out with 12.8% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 13.8% from 25 to 44, 35.1% from 45 to 64, and 35.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $27,500, and the median income for a family was $30,000. Males had a median income of $20,625 versus $11,563 for females. The per capita income for the village was $12,204. There were 11.5% of families and 15.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 28.6% of under eighteens and 7.1% of those over 64.
^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
v · d · eMunicipalities and communities of Stone County, Missouri
County seat: Galena
Branson‡ | Branson West | Crane | Galena | Hurley | Kimberling City | Reeds Spring
Blue Eye | Coney Island | Indian Point | McCord Bend
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Michigan basketball is always adjusting, and is still undefeated
Michigan's ability to adjust to every opponent it plays has been one of the highlights of this 14-0 start.
Michigan basketball is always adjusting, and is still undefeated Michigan's ability to adjust to every opponent it plays has been one of the highlights of this 14-0 start. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2019/01/03/michigan-basketball-always-adjusting-and-still-undefeated/2478920002/
Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press Published 10:52 p.m. ET Jan. 3, 2019
Michigan's John Beilein recaps Penn State win. Nick Baumgardner, Freep
Michigan forward Ignas Brazdeikis after scoring against Penn State forward Lamar Stevens during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)
Change is constant. And few have shifted through differing situations better than John Beilein.
And through two months this season, his team has followed along.
No. 2 Michigan entered Thursday night's game anticipating something different, knowing they'd have to react and change and find a way against a scrappy Penn State squad that was going to defend the Wolverines differently than anything they've seen in three weeks.
They knew this because Beilein told them it would happen.
More: Michigan basketball stays perfect, runs by Penn State, 68-55
"We knew we'd be able to read coverages (eventually)" said Michigan guard Jordan Poole, who finished with 17 points in the Wolverines' 68-55 win over the Nittany Lions. "That's something that got us going in the second half, reading things, getting easy shots.
"Then once the coaches see that they're able to draw up really good plays (later in the game)."
More: Michigan unsure of Isaiah Livers' status for Sunday vs. Indiana
Michigan had two games during the final two weeks of December and faced zone defenses each time. The Wolverines weren't exactly sure how Penn State would play schematically on Thursday, but they knew it'd be aggressive.
When Penn State eventually came out in an intense man-to-man defense, Michigan's offense was flustered.
So it adjusted.
And won the game. Again.
Michigan Wolverines 68, Penn State Nittany Lions 55
Michigan forward Ignas Brazdeikis after scoring against Penn State forward Lamar Stevens during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan head coach John Beilein on the bench during second half action against Penn State Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Zavier Simpson rebounds against Penn State guard Jamari Wheeler during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan center Jon Teske passes against Penn State guard Myles Dread during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Zavier Simpson drives against Penn State guard Josh Reaves during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan center Jon Teske (15) and Zavier Simpson (3) defend against Penn State forward Mike Watkins during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Jordan Poole drives against Penn State during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Charles Matthews scores against Penn State during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan forward Ignas Brazdeikis scores against Penn State forward Lamar Stevens during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Jordan Poole scores against Penn State guard Myles Dread during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Charles Matthews scores against Penn State guard Myles Dread during second half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan forward Ignas Brazdeikis scores against Penn State forward Lamar Stevens during first half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Zavier Simpson scores against Penn State guard Josh Reaves during first half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Zavier Simpson scores against Penn State forward John Harrar during first half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Charles Matthews drives against Penn State forward Lamar Stevens during first half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Eli Brooks defends against Penn State guard Myreon Jones during first half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
Michigan guard Jordan Poole scores against Penn State guard Myles dread during first half action Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press
"I'll use a football analogy. You're playing against two wishbone teams and then three weeks later you're playing a spread offense again, the timing's bad," Beilein said. "But once we got through that, we score 43 points in the second half and that's more of who we have to be."
Michigan remained perfect Thursday night, pushing out to 14-0, 3-0 in Big Ten play. But very few of the Wolverines' 14 victories thus far have been the same.
The Wolverines have hammered athletic teams on the road, they've run fast-paced teams out of their own building. They've slugged it out defensively when opponents want to slow the game down and turn things into a grinder.
They've combatted zones and traps and different ball-screen looks and come out the other side without a loss.
Individually, players are beginning to adapt as well.
Michigan head coach John Beilein on the bench during second half action against Penn State Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)
Poole, for example, faced on-ball denials on the perimeter for the first time this season. Really, for the first time since high school. The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard has emerged as a go-to scorer for the Wolverines, averaging better than 17 a game over the team's last nine outings.
Teams have responded to that.
And Poole has adjusted.
"It's definitely a compliment in a way, but you have to adjust (fast) because you're playing really good teams with good defenders," Poole said. "So I'm finding a way to get the right shots, but also (trying to) make plays for others, knowing they're icing me and I have a double (team) coming.
"That all comes with the game."
True freshman Ignas Brazdeikis also continues to evolve on the fly. He hit 30 percent of his 3-point attempts through the first five games of the season but has worked tirelessly with Beilein to become a more polished spot-up shooter on the perimeter.
Over his last nine games, Brazdeikis is better than 42 percent from long range.
Add that to his ability to get to the basket off the dribble, and growing prowess at the other end of the floor, and he remains one of Michigan's best players.
"I told you guys that earlier in the year, that my shot would improve," Brazdeikis said Thursday with a smile. "It'll continue to improve as well."
Michigan is one of four remaining unbeaten teams in college basketball for a lot of reasons. The Wolverines are one of the best defensive teams in America, evidenced by the 18 turnovers they forced Penn State into Thursday. Michigan has three players (Poole, Brazdeikis and Charles Matthews) who can get their own shot and the core of the roster has Final Four experience.
But more than anything, Michigan is one of the country's remaining unbeatens because of its ability to shift and change in a blink.
Beilein's team can play with up-tempo teams, snail-paced teams and everything in between.
His ability to change has been one of the trademarks of his career. And this team's ability to adapt and do things differently night in and night out has been its biggest asset through 14 games.
"I hope that's always the trademark of our teams. Whether it's zone or man or someone's injured or we're big or small, that we can move to the direction that gives the opponent issues," Beilein said.
"And allows us to have success."
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Concerns of Potential Lottery and Gas Tax Impact on the City; Police Expenses
The Centreville City Council met Tuesday, May 7th, discussing money in and money out as they pondered economic impacts of activities both in and out of their control.
Reviewing and making corrections/changes until approving the minutes of the previous meeting took the first 5 minutes of this week's meeting. Afterwards, money dominated the night's conversation.
Police Department Expenses and Savings
The City financial report shows that over $12,000 went to maintenance and repairs on police vehicles between October 2018 and April 2019. In April alone vehicle repairs soaked up almost $3,000 of expenses.
Disposal of old and retired police vehicles via government auction came under debate as to whether the three Dodge Chargers with blown, inoperable engines were worth auctioning off through the government site. The Council decided to post the three vehicles on Facebook themselves and take offers directly from the public.
Chief of Police Rodney Smith delivered his status report for April to the Council. In summary, he stated that calls and arrests were up from previous months, while traffic stops were down due to less time for officers to patrol traffic because of the greater number of calls to cover.
It also came to light during the Chief's report that the department intends to slowly convert the interior lights in the police station to LED and away from the old fluorescent overhead lights, which have been on and burning 24/7 for years, according to the Chief. Apparently, the light switches for the front offices also switch the outlets, so if the lights were turned off, so were all the computers and other electronic equipment. New switches will be wired in that will allow the roughly 40 lights to be turned off, saving significant money on power bills.
Two new tasers will also be purchased for officers that currently do not have one. The Chief found a source for refurbished tasers, which will save almost 50% of cost on this purchase, which was approved by the Council.
Potential Lottery and Gas Tax Woes?
Mayor Terry Morton expressed concerns for the additional expense to local businesses associated with lottery ticket sales. He wondered what the City would get out of the deal.
He also wondered what, if anything, the City will see in revenues from the new gas tax. To that end, Councilman Don Mack responded that he had numbers from a source in Montgomery that stated the County doesn't get any of the money from it, and the money will go to the State and the municipalities directly. $85,000 total per year in gas tax revenue, including the new additional tax, was estimated to go to the city. This information seems to contradict what has been discussed in County Commission meetings regarding the distribution of the new tax revenues among the counties.
The Mayor was still concerned that the additional fuel expense to citizens wouldn't be offset by the additional revenue. Mack postulated that the money could be used for "match grants" which could greatly increase the tax's effect within the community.
Following this discussion, the Council went into Executive Session to discuss an employee. Afterwards, they agreed to change the date of their next meeting to Monday, May 20 at 5:00pm instead of Tuesday in order for members to attend BCHS graduation. They also passed a motion to invite Mr. Jimmy Lott to the invocation of their next meeting in honor of his 101st birthday.
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What do women really want?
What do stunningly attractive women with the heart and smarts to match seek in a male companion? We asked a lady who fits that description to elaborate.
by Tara Rushton
I was 15 years old when I met my first love. It was on the two-hour journey home from my all-girls high school. He had dirty blond hair that sat upon his head like an unbundled haystack, a complexion like butter, a crooked smile that made me giggle then blush, light blue eyes, and a speckling of freckles dotted across his face. He made me swoon. He wasn't just attractive — he had it all. He drove! Yes, correct — a dirty silver Commodore. He was three years my senior and worked as a delivery boy unpacking crates from his truck. How utterly dreamy, right? At least, to an adolescent girl who lusted over school folders plastered with Nirvana and Edward Furlong images; a girl who longed to play Juliet to Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo. Back then, I can admit it, I was easily pleased.
Now fast forward to the present day. I recently bumped into Mr Commodore. Now that Dreamy-Blue-Eyes is in his 30s, was I still attracted to him? I want to say, "Yes, sure, why not?" But in all honesty, since that fateful train journey home and the subsequent relationship and break up with The One Who Wasn't, a serious process has occurred within me — one that happens to women worldwide. The process of taste refinement. And, any man who wants to attract women who tick all the boxes — brains and benevolence, as well as beauty — really needs to understand that process.
Just as one swirls, sniffs, sips, aspirates and spits wine to determine whether it is compelling to their palate, a female must endure a process of 'male tasting' throughout her life to determine what she finds compelling in a partner. With wine, I have a penchant for Chenin Blanc, a white from the Loire Valley which is light on my palate; a little fruity but oily to balance, approachable and easily paired. It's in complete opposition to a heavy, oaky Chardonnay which, despite being more complex in character, is far too creamy and buttery for me. I guess this reflects my taste in men.
I've always fancied a more mature drop (I have Dreamy-Blue-Eyes to thank for that). At 15, I was already developing a taste for an independent, ambitious man capable of supporting himself and therefore his lady. However, as I progressed through my teens and early-20s to my mid- to late-20s, I started to realise that the things that I had once placed at the top of my tasting notes were now found near the bottom — or not on my list at all.
In my teens and early 20s, I dabbled in the market of models, current and former, who had finally realised they needed a 'proper job'. Staring deeply into the eyes of a hunk who looked like he'd just walked off an Abercrombie & Fitch shoot became a hobby. But the expiry date on those relationships came too quickly. I was maturing, travelling, studying and experiencing life at a fast rate and I wanted to find someone who could match me, teach me, challenge me — and also wear the pants and be a man.
As I hit my mid-20s, I began to date men who knew who they were — and had a pretty good idea of what they wanted. They were ambitious, well liked by their friends and colleagues, independent, intelligent, warm, kind and, above all, funny. By no means were my Chenin Blanc grapes the prettiest on the vine, but they left no acidic aftertaste on my palate. I realised I wanted more.
I wanted to meet my match. I found I was drawn to well-travelled, educated, ambitious, bright men who were not just academically intelligent, but — more importantly perhaps — emotionally intelligent. Relationships need to be dynamic, and that involves being with someone who has hobbies and interests that may be poles apart from your own — but which will lead you to trying things you'd never dreamt of... The most fulfilling relationships in my life have been with men that have constantly taught me new things, challenged me and made me want to strive to be a better, more successful person. I have learned that it's not necessarily the guy with the stunningly angelic face and athletic build that is going to win me over — instead, it's the educated, witty guy who has confidence, charisma and charm with a taste for the finer things in life that will steal my attention.
It took me a solid 13 years of sniffing the aromas of Irish Rorys, West-Australian Garths, Greek Antons and British Toms to finally narrow down my tasting notes. Now, having done so, I can assert that the man who can walk up to a woman with confidence (as opposed to cockiness), make her laugh and also make her think, whilst she feels at ease and beautiful at the same time is, to borrow the title of a rather cheesy rom-com, what women want.
From dry Rieslings, aromatic Gewürztraminers, soft Merlots to full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignons, the variety and varietals of men are unbounded. And I think most women who have reached the same stage of still-youthful maturity would agree: a woman, by that stage of her life, isn't looking for the most beautiful, plump or juicy grape hanging from the vine. She is looking for the grape which, when crushed, provides a structure that is complex but not too full-bodied, an aroma that is delicate and fresh, and an intensity which is balanced and easily paired... With her, that is.
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Pollak: Big Tech Censorship is the IRS Scandal of 2020
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Joel B. Pollak
This week, Breitbart News revealed that Google, is trying to intervene in the 2020 elections by censoring conservative news and preventing voters from receiving information they need to make an informed decision in November.
Google has killed search traffic to Breitbart. Moreover, Twitter suspended Breitbart News' account after the website streamed a press conference of dissident doctors on Facebook Live.
YouTube — owned by Google — removed the video, and Twitter censored tweets that included excerpts from the video, including a tweet by the President of the United States. Facebook also suspended private groups that posted the video.
Though there are a few cases of liberal posts being flagged or taken down, Big Tech is distorting the national debate to benefit Democrats and hurt Republicans.
The pattern is reminiscent of the IRS scandal that emerged in 2013. In the months before the 2012 election, there were anecdotal reports of Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations facing closer scrutiny from the IRS. When they applied for recognition as non-profit groups, which would allow them to receive tax-exempt donations (as many liberal interest groups do), conservative groups found that they were subjected to delays and intrusive questioning.
Hundreds of conservative groups were affected. As a result, many of them never launched. The Tea Party — the grass roots effort that had led Republicans to victory in the House in 2010 — was taken off the field for the 2012 elections.
The effect on the election was significant enough that the Wall Street Journal's James Taranto suggested that Barack Obama's reelection victory that year should be listed in the history books with an asterisk, because he won unfairly.
Big Tech is attempting to do for the 2020 elections what the IRS, with the open encouragement of the Democrats, did eight years ago. Democrats even proposed legislation that would make what the IRS did retroactively legal. If Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, they would have passed it and continued to use the IRS to clamp down on conservatives. In 2020, Democrats are using a different tactic: they have outsourced the repression to Big Tech and the private sector.
This is not wholly a "private" effort, though. A coalition of Democrat-friendly "civil rights" organizations is pressuring tech companies to censor conservatives, under the guise of tackling "hate speech." They have organized an advertising boycott of Facebook, for example.
If Joe Biden wins, Silicon Valley lobbyists will flood the new administration. Google had extraordinary access to the Obama White House, with Google executives visiting hundreds of times — more than once a week. Senior Obama administration figures found cozy jobs in Silicon Valley, and many would certainly return to run a Biden administration. There would be even less government scrutiny than there is today about what Big Tech does to stifle free speech.
Though some Democrats talk about breaking up the Big Tech companies, a Biden administration would be unlikely to do so. And if it did, it would let Silicon Valley write its own rules — restoring Net Neutrality, for example, which slowed investments broadband infrastructure. Biden would be able to reverse President Donald Trump's executive orders on freedom of speech on the Internet, and allow Big Tech to continue to shape America's political debate to its own liking.
The full extent of the IRS scandal was not known until after the 2012 election. This time, everyone knows in advance what Big Tech is doing. Republicans need to stop them now — before it is too late.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). His new book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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President Hollande's First Budget was the Easy One
By Graeme Mackay
The Socialists, lead by Francois Hollande, and their cohorts now control 315 seats in the 577-seat Assembly, marking the first time in 30 years that Socialists have enjoyed such dominance in the French government. Reuters
In an effort to raise over €7 billion, French President François Hollande and his Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in their Budget on Thursday 05 July 2012, measures that included an increase in the tax rate from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for all income over €1 million - about £790,000 at the current exchange rate. The act of a Communist state by American and British standards but not the crucifixion scale that was demanded by the country's hard-Left. The Left Front and the New Anti-Capitalist Party during the recent General Election had advocated a confiscatory 100 per cent rate for such high incomes. It was also a disappointment to much of the left-wing media which accused the President of letting the "wealthy" off lightly.
Never mind, it was a start on France's road to a balanced Budget which President Hollande is determined to achieve by 2017 even though this piece of anti-rich reprisal has been criticised by many as window-dressing. Better off French people are no keener than their counterparts elsewhere to pay swingeing rates of tax, little surprise, so this alone is not expected to contribute more than two-three billion Euros to the French Treasury, although it should be a small fillip for the legal and accounting professions.
President Hollande in getting his "growth pact" agreed to by Chancellor Merkel at the Brussels Summit on 28/29 June must have noticed that the deal came with strings attached, even although it cost Germany little or nothing, for it obliges the signatories to rein in sovereign deficits and debt to GDP ratios amongst other promises, and all to be enshrined in each country's national law. Worse, with assurances given on the road to the Presidency to protect jobs, tackle France's 10 per cent unemployment rate, reverse the last Government's raising of the State Retirement Pension Age to 62 back to 60, create 60,000 teaching posts in the near future and review the minimum hourly wage, Mr Hollande had closed down many of his options even before entering the Elysée Palace.
If only to assuage Chancellor Merkel, at least on the Retirement reversal, a letter was apparently sent to Berlin explaining that this should prove inexpensive, as to qualify for the State Pension at 60 one must have paid full contributions from the age of 18, in other words for 42 years and few workers in France have been paying this full contribution before the age of 29. The rest of us might wonder what all those strikes were about when President Sarkozy was battling the legislation through the National Assembly!
Giving the President and his further-to-the-Left Prime Minister some relief and potential room for manoeuvre however, was a report from the Commission of Auditors on the outlook for the French economy. The report, which had been commissioned by President Hollande was published on 02 July. It lowered the projected figures for GDP growth - widely used during the Election campaign by the Socialists - from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent for 2012. This is still better than the zero growth figure The Economist predicted late last year in their publication The World in 2012. Worse for 2013 though, is the Auditors expected fall from 1.7 per cent to 1.2 per cent
Even such a lacklustre increase was the good news when Prime Minister Ayrault delivered the real punch lines: between 2007 and 2011 France's National Debt had increased by €600 billion to nearly €1.8 trillion, close to 90 per cent of GDP and costing the French Treasury about €1 billion per week to service. This charge is the second-largest in the Budget.
Mr Ayrault stated that he would protect the working and middle classes and raise the extra revenues from the "rich" and big business. Therefore he has imposed a €1.1 billion special tax on banks and oil companies and a €2.3 billion wealth tax on richer households. This, no doubt, is the tax Tanya Powley in the Financial Times warned readers about on 07 July:
"James Johnston of law firm Bircham Dyson Bell warned that Britons who have retired to France and reside in the country for more than 50 per cent of the year, could pay up to 1.8 per cent of their wealth in tax per year: 'For them, any increase in in wealth tax would apply not just to property , but to all of their worldwide wealth..."
Ms Powley earlier in the article noted that, though not mentioned in Mr Hollande's Election manifesto, non-residents who own and rent out a property in France can expect to be taxed now at 35.5 per cent (up from 20 per cent) "applying to income earned since the beginning of the year" and should they sell the property, any gain on sales proceeds will be taxed at 34.5 per cent from August, currently 19 per cent.
Myriam Chauvot of French finance newspaper Les Echos quotes one source on 07 July as saying non-resident rentals will affect some 60,000 households receiving an annual average €12,000 per year in rental income, generating about €50 million in 2012 and €250 million from 2013 for the Government.
All this is still not enough though for President Hollande, who wants to reduce the deficit by €10 billion in 2012 and by €33 billion in Budget 2013. Pay cuts for many senior Government Ministers will be put in place - the President will take a cut of 30 per cent - and this will apply to leaders in the Nationalised industries. Where there is not a pay cut, pay freezes can be expected for most in the public sector and there will be little or no new recruitment - up to two-thirds of positions vacated due to retirement may not be replaced. Like Britain in 2010, all Ministries will have to submit new departmental budgets, initially for a seven per cent reduction in costs.
It won't be long before President Hollande will be able to exchange tales of political woe with Prime Minister Cameron, once that is after his Opposition get their act together. Such a great time to be in politics!
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