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From Soap Stars to Superstars
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On September 18 the final episode of the record-breaking soap "Guiding Light" will air on CBS. The show is in "The Guinness Book of World Records" as both the longest-running soap opera and the longest-running drama in television history. It started as a radio show in 1937 and moved to TV in 1952. Now, 72 years later, the beacon of daytime is going dim. But "Guiding Light" has more than longevity as its claim to fame; the soap also introduced the world to some of our biggest stars.
From Darth Vader himself -- James Earl Jones -- to "CSI: New York's" Melina Kanakaredes and "Heroes'" Hayden Panettiere, many acclaimed big- and small-screen actors got their start on "Guiding Light." Kevin Bacon did a brief stint on "GL" as T.J. Werner (after a season on "Search for Tomorrow") before the films "Diner" and "Footloose" made him a movie star. Julianne Moore pulled off the ultimate soap coup, dual roles, on "As the World Turns."
"Guiding Light" is just one of the many soaps that have served as a springboard for great actors. Here are some of Hollywood's brightest stars who got their start on daytime dramas.
Julianne Moore on "As the World Turns" (1985-1987)
Julianne Moore did one episode of "The Edge of Night" before being cast in the dual roles of half-sisters Frannie and Sabrina Hughes on "As the World Turns." Playing the tortured artist who steals her sister's fiancé brought the actress a Daytime Emmy in 1988, but it would be another nine years of small film parts before Moore won widespread attention playing Amber Waves in "Boogie Nights." 2002's "Far from Heaven" earned the actress Oscar, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild nominations. She was also nominated that same year for her work in "The Hours." Watch for her this fall in "The Private Life of Pippa Lee," with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, and Winona Ryder.
Marisa Tomei on "As the World Turns" (1984)
Academy Award-winner Marisa Tomei got her first acting gig while still attending college at Boston University. She dropped out of school to take the role on "As the Word Turns" playing airhead-turned-princess Marcy Thompson Cushing. After "ATWT," Marisa went on to the Cosby spin-off, "A Different World" before scoring her Oscar-winning role in "My Cousin Vinny." She was back in the Hollywood spotlight last year for her performance in "The Wrestler" alongside Mickey Rourke, and earned BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award nominations.
Meg Ryan on "As the World Turns" (1982)
Meg Ryan had a small part in the Jacqueline Bisset film "Rich and Famous" before being cast as Betsy Stewart Montgomery Andropoulos on "As the World Turns." Her relationship with Steve Andropoulos is one of the best-known daytime love affairs. Meg stayed with the soap for two years, but it was her roles in "Top Gun" and "When Harry Met Sally" that would propel her to superstardom. Watch for her guest appearance this season on "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Other notable "ATWT" cast members include Courteney Cox, Jason Biggs, Dana Delany, James Earl Jones, Parker Posey, Emmy Rossum, Martin Sheen, Richard Thomas, James Van Der Beek, and Steven Weber.
Leonardo DiCaprio on "Santa Barbara" (1990)
"Titanic" star and Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio spent his first year as an actor doing two roles. One was Garry Buckman on the short-lived small-screen adaption of the movie "Parenthood," and the other was Mason Capwell on the daytime soap "Santa Barbara." Leo went on to appear on "Growing Pains" as a homeless kid adopted by the Seaver family before striking out on the big screen with "This Boy's Life" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." DiCaprio has five movies in the works for 2010 and 2011, including his next collaboration with Martin Scorsese, "Shutter Island."
Other Hollywood hotshots to appear on "Santa Barbara" include Robin Wright Penn, John O'Hurley, and Eva LaRue.
Brad Pitt on "Another World" (1987)
Although most people think of Brad Pitt's first role as hitchhiker J.D. in "Thelma & Louise," Brad actually got his start in soaps. His first speaking role was playing a high school basketball player named Chris on the daytime drama "Another World." It was just a few episodes, but it got him his AFTRA card, and his acting career was off and running. A few episodes of "Growing Pains," a couple times on "Dallas," and the next thing you know, he's a Hollywood star in such films as "12 Monkeys," "Fight Club," and "Ocean's Eleven." Check him out now in "Inglourious Basterds," and try to imagine a time when we didn't know who he was.
Lindsay Lohan on "Another World" (1996-1997)
Almost ten years after Brad Pitt appeared on "Another World," a different newcomer came to Bay City. Ten-year-old freckled-faced Lindsay Lohan, who had been doing commercials and print ads for seven years, was cast as Alli Fowler in her first acting gig. She worked on the show for a year, until Nancy Meyers cast her in the remake of "The Parent Trap," with Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson. Then came "Freaky Friday" and "Mean Girls," and Lindsay was on a roll. Of course, we all saw the promise of those early roles eclipsed by the drama of her personal life, but there's still hope for Lindsay: she's got three movies slated for release in 2010.
Other famous "Another World" cast members include Christine Baranski, Charles Durning, Morgan Freeman, Kelsey Grammer, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Luke Perry, Ving Rhames, Eric Roberts, Kyra Sedgwick, Jean Smart, and Ed O'Neill.
Susan Sarandon on "A World Apart" (1970-1971)
In 1970 a young model named Susan Sarandon was cast as Patrice Kahlman, the adopted daughter of a soap opera writer on a new daytime drama called "A World Apart." The show, and thus Susan's first acting gig, lasted only a little over a year. Susan then went on to do a few months on "Search for Tomorrow" before diving into her film career. Two 1975 movies (cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "The Great Waldo Pepper," with Robert Redford) put her on the map, but it was 1988's "Bull Durham" that made her a household name.
Other fellow "A World Apart" actors include Dorothy Lyman, David Birney, and James Noble, while other notable "Search for Tomorrow" alumni include Don Knotts, Larry Hagman, Kevin Kline, Morgan Fairchild, Kevin Bacon, Olympia Dukakis, Viggo Mortensen, Jane Krakowski, Audrey Landers, Lee Grant, Sandy Duncan, and Angela Bassett.
Josh Duhamel on "All My Children" (1999-2002)
Josh Duhamel began his career as a model before getting his first acting gig as Leo du Pres on "All My Children." The heartthrob and his soap love, Greenlee Smythe du Pres (played by Rebecca Budig), were nominated twice for Daytime Emmy Awards as America's Favorite Couple. Josh left "AMC" when his character plummeted to his death in a waterfall. In true daytime fashion, the body was never recovered, so if Josh's new gig as Hollywood leading man/"Transformer" star doesn't work out for him, there could be an "amnesia" plot line in his future to give him a second coming on daytime.
Kelly Ripa on "All My Children" (1990-2002)
When Kelly Ripa was cast as Kathie Lee Gifford's replacement and Regis Philbin's sidekick on morning talk show "Live with Regis and Kelly," many prime-time-only TV viewers had the same question: Who? But to daytime fans, Kelly was a staple. She'd spent 12 years playing Hayley Vaughan, the punk rocker-turned-talk show host, a role that garnered five Soap Opera Digest Awards and three Daytime Emmy nominations. "All My Children" had been Kelly's first and only professional acting gig when she got the "Live" show, but it would jump-start her sitcom acting career with a recurring part on "Ed" and a co-starring role in "Hope & Faith," with Faith Ford. Not one to single-task, Kelly will soon be doing double duty once more, as host of her new show, "Mom, Inc.," on TLC.
Other famous "AMC" alumni include Mischa Barton, Kim Delaney, Lauren Holly, Eva LaRue, Jesse McCartney, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laura San Giacomo, and Christian Slater.
Tommy Lee Jones on "One Life to Live" (1971-1975)
After graduating from Harvard (where he was Al Gore's roommate), Tommy Lee Jones won a small role in the 1970 film "Love Story," and he also did some Broadway plays. But his first lead role was the murderer, adulterer, and blackmailer Dr. Mark Toland on "One Life to Live" from 1971 to 1975. Within a few years, he was making movies like "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "The Eyes of Laura Mars," but it was the TV miniseries "Lonesome Dove" that made him a star and propelled him to roles in "The Fugitive," "JFK," "Batman Forever," and "No Country for Old Men." Tommy is currently working on the third installment of the popular sci-fi series "Men in Black."
Other notable "One Life to Live" stars include Tom Berenger, Yasmine Bleeth, Dixie Carter, Marcia Cross, Roma Downey, Julia Duffy, Laurence Fishburne, Faith Ford, Judith Light, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Phillippe, Phylicia Rashad, Blair Underwood, and Mario Van Peebles.
Demi Moore on "General Hospital" (1982-1983)
Back in the '80s, "General Hospital" was THE soap to watch. If you didn't know who Luke and Laura were, you lived under a rock. But in 1982 Laura Spencer (Genie Francis) and Laura Templeton (Janine Turner) mysteriously disappeared. Crack reporter Jackie Templeton (played by Moore) came to Port Charles looking for her sister. She stayed for two years, long enough for her to get noticed in Hollywood, and superstar roles soon followed, including "St. Elmo's Fire," "Ghost," "A Few Good Men," and "Indecent Proposal." Up next for Demi is the film "Happy Tears," with Parker Posey, and "The Joneses" with David Duchovny.
Other stars to emerge from "GH" include Richard Dean, Tia Carrere, Tyne Daly, Kristin Davis, Mark Hamill, Ricky Martin, Emma Samms, Rick Springfield, John Stamos, Amber Tamblyn, Daniel J. Travanti, and Janine Turner.
Eva Longoria Parker on "The Young and the Restless" (2001-2003)
Eva Longoria Parker's first two pro acting gigs were a one-time appearance on "General Hospital" and Flight Attendant #3 on an episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210." Then she got her break when she was cast as Isabella Brana, the former call girl, attempted murderess, and psych ward inmate on "The Young and the Restless." All of the lying and cheating prepared her for her current A-list role as Gabrielle Solis on "Desperate Housewives."
Another fellow "Housewife" also got her start on soaps. Teri Hatcher, who plays Susan Mayer, cut her acting teeth on the short-lived '80s daytime drama, "Capitol."
David Hasselhoff on "The Young and the Restless" (1975-1982)
Before he fought crime with "Knight Rider's" K.I.T.T., before he ran in slow motion along California "Baywatch" beaches, before he became a German pop sensation, before he determined which Americans have talent, David Hasselhoff spent seven years playing Dr. William "Snapper" Foster on "The Young and the Restless." The Hoff even recorded a version of the soap's opening song, "Nadia's Theme," for a 1987 album.
Other famous "Y&TR" alum include Vivica A. Fox, John O'Hurley, and Tom Selleck.
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Clayton Kershaw a finalist for 4 Players Choice Awards
Kershaw also won NL Outstanding Pitcher in 2011 and 2013.
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LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw figures to clean up this awards season, and on Wednesday was named a finalist of four honors from his peers. Kershaw is a finalist for four MLB Players Choice Awards, including Major League Player of the Year.
Kershaw is one of three finalists for MLB Player of the Year along with Mike Trout of the Angels and Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins.
Kershaw is also a finalist for National League Outstanding Player along with Stanton and Josh Harrison of the Pirates, and for NL Outstanding Pitcher along with Johnny Cueto of the Reds and Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals.
The finalists for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award, which recognizes accomplishments on and off the field, was trimmed from six to three players, with Kershaw battling Adam LaRoche of the Nationals and Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs.
Kershaw won NL Outstanding Pitcher in 2011 and 2013, the same years he has won the National League Cy Young Award.
Matt Kemp, who recovered from two injury-plagued seasons plus two shoulder surgeries and an ankle procedure to hit .287/.346/.506 with 25 home runs this season (after six - count them, six - home runs in 2013), was not among the three finalists for NL Comeback Player of the Year. That honor went to the motley crew of Tim Hudson of the Giants, Edinson Volquez of the Pirates, and Casey McGehee of the Marlins.
Winners of all the Players Choice Awards will choose charities to receive grants totaling $260,000 from the Major League Players Trust.
The winners of the awards will be announced on MLB Network on Monday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m. PT.
Clayton Kershaw wins 2014 NL MVP, Cy Young, many other honors
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Now I want to upgrade my openlayer, for that I chose latest version ol6.
How do I add a TMS layer in ol6.
My openlayer 2 js is like this
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A: In OpenLayers TMS layers are tile layers using a XYZ source:
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Well, the "pro-illegals" would probably acknowledge the harshness of North Korea and even Mexico to their illegal immigrants, but still say the US needs to change what it is doing.
Of course the US needs to change what it is doing.
It needs to secure its borders, enforce its laws, punish illegal alien employers and deport all illegal aliens.
Once the above have been acknowledged and accomplished everything will be changed for the better.
Wow, North Korea sentenced Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years in their gulags for illegally crossing their border from China. I have seen documentaries on NK prison camps. This is basically a death sentence.
And the pro-illegals say the United States is inhumane? All we want is for the illegals to go home and apply for residence legally.
The illegals don't know how good they have it to be able to sneak into this country.
I was really angered by the way these two women were treated. I am still praying we can reach a negotiation with K Korea and have them home ASAP. This is trully inhumane but what can you expect from a communist country like N Korea? I wish them well.
From what I understand there was no intent on the part of these two women to enter NK, it was one accidently. The story they were working on was about China an had nothing to do with NK. NOW NK is holding them as some kind of bargaining chip.
It seems to be unclear whether they actually crossed the border, or not. In any case, I suspect anytime a foreigner is anywhere near their border North Korea will pick them up, and claim an illegal crossing if they think they can get away with it. What they want is a bargaining chip, and this time they hit the jackpot with 2 Americans.
What about their guide? Why didn't he warn them they were so near the border?
Well, these two criminals are paying for breaking North Korean law.
As much as I disagree with this law, and U.S. immigration law. This serves as an example why cultural differences and motives should be taken into consideration when applying punishment. Had the N.K. government had any sense, they should have just informed the two women that they were on N.K. territory and that they needed to turn back. Unless of course, N.K. had reasons to believe that these two women were spies.
I agree, I was only reporting what I had heard reported on The View, the sister to one of the prisoners, Lisa Ling (I think) used to be on The View so its often discussed there.
Why be right at the edge of South and North Korea anyway? That was taking huge risks. Sounds like it definitely had to do with NK's goings on. They were reporting on trafficing - was that human trafficing?
Those women were in the country illegally, but they were NOT immigrants. They were only there for temporary news purposes, not to move in.
Had they indeed been on the wrong side of the border, they should have known the consequences would not be favorable for them.
It's too bad, but they were very, very wrong.
Now if we were that stringent on entry laws, we'd be doing well and doing it WITHOUT illegals.
I'd be happy with some kind of a happy medium. We're the polar opposite of N. Korea, they have the tightest border and immigration laws and we have essentially no border and no immigration laws. Here we have an almost total free-for-all when it comes to borders, almost a "come and take it" sign posted for all to see.
NOW NK is holding them as some kind of bargaining chip.
Imagine if we were to turn around and do something like that??? 30 plus million bargaining chips. We should be able to get a thing or two from all those.


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Volvo Ocean Race: First Big Gamble
Published on November 16th, 2017
(November 16, 2017; Leg 2, Day 12) – The first big gamble for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet since crossing the Equator was playing out as a roll of the dice in the South Atlantic as team AkzoNobel lined up to 'cut the corner' in a bid to overhaul the leading quartet to their southwest.
At the 1900 UTC ranking Simeon Tienpont's AkzoNobel was in the Leg 2 top spot because their trajectory, around 70 nautical miles to the east of the fleet, puts them closer to Cape Town than any of their rivals.
But while they are technically in pole position in terms of distance to finish, the move is a tactical roll of the dice from Tienpont and his navigator Jules Salter. By positioning themselves to the east they have reduced the amount of miles they need to sail, but the compromise will likely be lighter winds.
By comparison, those teams closer to the Brazilian coast – Dongfeng Race Team, MAPFRE, Team Brunel as well as the most westerly boat, Vestas 11th Hour Racing – are likely to pick up the stronger winds brewing 500 miles to the south earlier, potentially catapulting them towards their goal.
Tienpont said AkzoNobel were hoping to make gains over the coming days from a swing in wind direction that will allow them to point their bows closer to Cape Town. "There's a bit of a lift coming in the next few days so everyone will come up," he said, "We've been a bit more on the inside and we've made a few miles back. It's given us a more competitive position on the front guys. We're trying to keep on the inside of them and shoot a bit further forward when we can."
Meanwhile Vestas 11th Hour Racing team director Mark Towill said that by being more to the west they hoped to delay an inevitable gybe out of a high pressure system and benefit from better breeze. "We're obviously a bit closer to the coast, a bit further away from the high pressure system," he added, "The next 18 hours will tell, but we're optimistic about our position right now. We're hoping that by being a bit further away from the high the gybe will happen a bit later for us and we will make some gains. Time will tell."
Although the position report doesn't show it, Dongfeng likely remain the true leg leaders with MAPFRE nipping at their heels in second. Onboard MAPFRE there's been no let-up as they do all they can to hold on to Dongfeng's coat tails while warding off the attack from Brunel and Vestas.
"When you have boats close by, you have to keep more active because if you relax a little bit the boats behind will catch you and the boats in front will gain in distance," said MAPFRE bowman and boat captain Antonio 'Neti' Cuervas-Mons, "It's very important you keep focused. That's why we have the position report every six hours – it keeps us working hard. We don't want to lose anything."
Splitting the difference between west and east, Turn the Tide on Plastic and Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag were continuing their battle after the latter reduced the distance to their rivals to just two miles. "We've had clouds from hell, and out of the cloud came Scallywag," Turn the Tide skipper Dee Caffari reported. "They're two miles behind now. Not what we wanted. It's like having a whole other Doldrums."
Note: This is the stage of the race where the rankings may be totally skewed, as a team committed to the south track falls back while any team hedging to the east to cut the corner instantly jumps up. The rankings will likely be in state of flux until the very end.
Leg 2 – Position Report (19:00 UTC)
1. Team AkzoNobel (NED), Simeon Tienpont (NED) 2861.3 nm DTF
2. Turn the Tide on Plastic (POR), Dee Caffari (GBR) 43.4 nm DTL
3. Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag (HKG), David Witt (AUS) 46.2 nm DTL
4. Dongfeng Race Team (CHN), Charles Caudrelier (FRA) 48.9 nm DTL
5. MAPFRE (ESP), Xabi Fernández (ESP) 56.4 nm DTL
6. Team Brunel (NED), Bouwe Bekking (NED) 59.6 nm DTL
7. Vestas 11th Hour Racing (DEN/USA), Charlie Enright (USA), 23.8 nm DTL
DTF – Distance to Finish; DTL – Distance to Leader
To see the crew lists… click here.
Race details – Live content – Scoreboard – Race route – Facebook – YouTube
The second leg of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race started November 5 and is expected to take three weeks for the seven teams to complete the 7000 nm course from Lisbon, Portugal to Cape Town, South Africa.
2017-18 Edition: Entered Teams – Skippers
• Team AkzoNobel (NED), Simeon Tienpont (NED)
• Dongfeng Race Team (CHN), Charles Caudrelier (FRA)
• MAPFRE (ESP), Xabi Fernández (ESP)
• Vestas 11th Hour Racing (DEN/USA), Charlie Enright (USA)
• Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag (HKG), David Witt (AUS)
• Turn the Tide on Plastic (POR), Dee Caffari (GBR)
• Team Brunel (NED), Bouwe Bekking (NED)
Background: Racing the one design Volvo Ocean 65, the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race begins in Alicante, Spain on October 22 2017 with the final finish in The Hague, Netherlands on June 30 2018. In total, the 11-leg race will visit 12 cities in six continents: Alicante, Lisbon, Cape Town, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport, Cardiff, Gothenburg, and The Hague. A maximum of eight teams will compete.
Source: Volvo Ocean Race
Tags: The Ocean Race, VOR17-18 L2
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Home Sport Rugby Gatland has found X-factor in Boshier
Gatland has found X-factor in Boshier
Mark Keohane
Boshier has had no equal in Super Rugby this season in winning turnovers
Warren Gatland has had an immediate impact on his return to New Zealand rugby.
His Chiefs are winning more than they are losing and Gatland has found an X-factor in Lachlan Boshier that was not quite as obvious in the past few years.
The 25 year-old Boshier has been in the Chiefs system since 2016 and has played 50 Super Rugby matches, but he made more of an impact in the first four rounds of this year's competition than he did in the past four years.
Boshier, modest and unassuming, is the opposite in the way he attacks the breakdown, and his style of play has blossomed because of Gatland's game strategy and emphasis on pressure defence. Gatland, as he did when coaching Wasps and Wales, has the ability to turn good players into super players; individuals blessed with strong basic skills who prosper because of Gatland's appetite for simplicity in how the game is played.
Boshier, at 1.94 metres, is blossoming in the specialist No 7 jersey role of openside flank. He has also formed a potent combination with All Black loose-forward Sam Cane, who is among the favourites to captain the All Blacks under new coach Ian Foster.
Boshier has had no equal in Super Rugby this season in winning turnovers. He is averaging five turnovers a match, with the next best player averaging two. His tackle count is also in the top five in the competition.
The All Blacks have struggled to find a settled loose-forward combination since legendary captain Richie McCaw retired and veteran blindside Jerome Kaino opted to finish his career with French club Toulouse. The All Blacks have used several players in the McCaw role, with Cane viewed as the natural successor, but Boshier's impact has allowed Cane to settle as blindside flank, with a feature of his game being his strong ball-carrying into contact.
Boshier played for New Zealand Schools in 2012 and for New Zealand Under-20s in 2014, but in his first four years of Super Rugby was never mentioned as a possible All Black loose forward. Now his name is top of the list in traditional and social media discussions when it comes to All Black selection. Gatland, who will lead the British & Irish Lions in South Africa in 2021 and return to New Zealand rugby for the 2022 season, has also rejuvenated Aaron Cruden's career.
Cruden, who won a World Cup medal with the All Blacks in 2011, moved off-shore to French Top 14 side Montpellier a few seasons ago. He battled with injury and never settled in Montpellier.
Gatland quickly has got the best out of Cruden, who in the past month, produced the form that made him a regular with the All Blacks inbetween the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.
Gatland has also settled on Damian McKenzie as a fullback, ending former All Black coach Steve Hansen's experiment of McKenzie at flyhalf.
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Q: Collecting results into a map from a yaml file with yq, values are unexpectedly null I am trying to get the results of the following structure from a yaml file
applications:
  a:
    enabled: true
    persistence: true
  b:
    enabled: true
    persistence: true
  c:
    enabled: true
    persistence: false

Using yq by mikefarah v4.30.4:
yq '.applications | to_entries | .[] |select(.value.enabled == true) | .key: .value.persistence' manifest.yml

But I get this output:
[{a: null}, {b: null}, {c: null}]

Trying other examples I get the following result
yq '.applications | to_entries | .[] |select(.value.enabled == true) | {.key: {.persistence: .value.persistence}}' manifest.yml
a:
  null: true
b:
  null: true
c:
  null: false

The result should be
a: true, b: true, c: false

A: The most immediate problem could be solved by more parens ((.key: .value.persistence) instead of .key: .value.persistence), but to get a single map as output, you should use a reducer:
yq '
(.applications
| to_entries
| .[]
| select(.value.enabled == true)
) as $i ireduce({}; .[$i.key] = $i.value.persistence)
' manifest.yml

...yields as output:
a: true
b: true
c: false


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Here are three takeaways from Kentucky basketball's dramatic loss at Notre Dame
Jon Hale
SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Kentucky basketball failed its first test after a seven-game homestand against low-major opponents.
In a game that was played within five points throughout, Kentucky was unable to execute down the stretch in a 66-62 loss at Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish were just 3-4 entering the game but were the first high-major opponent played by Kentucky since the season-opening loss to Duke.
Kentucky trailed by five with 3:14 left but clawed back into the game with a three-point play from super senior guard Davion Mintz and a long 3-pointer from super senior guard Kellan Grady as the shot clock expired.
Kentucky basketball:How the next 3 games can showcase TyTy Washington's 'special' talent
After Notre Dame tied the game at 62 with a free throw, the two teams traded unsuccessful possessions until freshman Blake Wesley gave Notre Dame the lead with a jumper with 12 seconds left. After TyTy Washington missed a layup for Kentucky with seven seconds left, Kentucky was unable to foul, and Notre Dame scored a fastbreak dunk for the final margin.
"I think they played not to lose," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "So now you're frozen. You're hoping they miss versus you make them miss because you're playing to win.
Here is what you need to know from the game.
Is it time to worry about Kentucky's 3-point shooting?
This was supposed to be the season Calipari finally embraced the NBA's ever-increasing emphasis on 3-point shooting.
Kentucky's Hall of Fame coach made sure to fill his roster with plus 3-point shooters, but somehow the current Wildcats have looked like most of Calipari's previous UK squads. UK entered the game ranked 339th of 358 teams in percentage of shots coming from 3-point range and 193rd in 3-point shooting percentage.
Kentucky missed its first 13 3-point attempts Saturday. It converted just 2 of 19 3s in the game.
"Let's hope it's a fluke," Calipari said. "We lost the game because in the last 8 minutes I just kept telling them defensive discipline, you'll win the game. Defensive discipline.
"And, layup, Sahvir (Wheeler); layup, TyTy; layup, Keion (Brooks). On back-door (cuts). Turn your head and the guy shoots the layup. We have a switch in a pick-and-roll we weren't supposed to switch. They get a wide-open 3, no one near the guy. That's 9 points in the last five minutes that were, 'Here, take these.' So, when you're shooting 2 for 19, you can't afford to do that too."
Perhaps the biggest issue for Kentucky on Saturday was who was taking the majority of its 3-point attempts. Five of the teams 10 first-half 3s came from point guard Sahvir Wheeler and forwards Jacob Toppin and Bryce Hopkins, three of the worst shooters on the team.
The rotation has already lost its two best shooters with a season-ending injury for Iowa transfer C.J. Fredrick and sophomore guard Dontaie Allen's inability to seize the opportunity injuries and illness to teammates afforded him during the Wildcats' recent seven-game homestand. Allen did not play against Notre Dame.
Even without Fredrick and Allen, Kentucky should have enough 3-point shooting between Grady, Mintz and Washington. Now Calipari has to find ways to get that trio better looks.
"I think we were very aware of their threats out there," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said. "Grady got that one open one in the corner in front of their bench. The one he made was at the end of a clock.
"We really chased them off, which leaves you a little naked with the big fella. But, it's two. Those count two. We've lived by that for like 22 years or something. If they hit five 3s, it's over."
Kentucky tornadoes:UK plans Tuesday telethon to help victims of Western Kentucky storms
When in doubt, go to Oscar Tshiebwe
Shooting as badly from 3-point range as Kentucky did Saturday should have led to a blowout loss against most high-major teams, but luckily for the Wildcats, Tshiebwe was on their team.
The 6-foot-9, 255-pound West Virginia transfer showed off considerable progress with the low-post moves he has worked on with UK coaches in recent weeks. Tshiebwe hit 11 of 14 shots for 25 points. The performance marked just the second time this season Tshiebwe converted 10 field goals in a game and only the third time he attempted more than 11 shots.
"We spend a lot of time in the gym working on it," Tshiebwe said. "You see the result. It is something before practice I have 30 or 40 minutes with coach Orlando (Antigua). I hit that hook shot."
The nation's leading rebounder did fail to record double-digits rebounds for the first time this season with seven boards. He did contribute three steals and one blocked shot.
Kentucky basketball:Actual attendance down almost 28% from 2019 for opening homestand
Kentucky basketball honors tornado victims
Before the game, Calipari and his players visited the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes on Notre Dame's campus to light candles for the victims of a devastating series of tornadoes that officials fear killed more than 100 people in Kentucky overnight Friday into Saturday morning.
"We are devastated this morning seeing the images of what has happened in Western Kentucky and across our state," Calipari tweeted. "We cannot imagine what you are going through. We stopped by the Grotto on the way to shootaround to pray for everyone affected by last night. You are in our hearts."
Notre Dame held a moment of silence to honor the victims of the storms before the national anthem.
Email Jon Hale at jahale@courier-journal.com; Follow him on Twitter at @JonHale_CJ.


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Q: Why does my application crash sometimes? All,
I would greatly appreciate some help. We have a system that is being sent data at 2 Hz (every 0.5 sec). My application is supposed to start acquiring this data upon the press of a "start" button through a handler, and upon pressing the "stop" button, the user can choose to save the data collected. If save is chosen, a new activity is SUPPOSED to be started, however, my application crashes. The error message:
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int java.lang.String.indexOf(int)' on a null object reference
 at com.example.cherryjp.buttonapp.StartNewSessionActivity$2.onClick(StartNewSessionActivity.java:130)
 at com.android.internal.app.AlertController$ButtonHandler.handleMessage(AlertController.java:162)
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)

and my code:
    package com.example.cherryjp.buttonapp;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.AbstractCollection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.UUID;

/**
 */
public class StartNewSessionActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    final int MSG_START_TIMER = 0;
    final int MSG_STOP_TIMER = 1;
    final int MSG_UPDATE_TIMER = 2;
    private static final UUID MY_UUID = UUID.fromString("00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb");

    long startTime;
    Double endTime;
    TextView watch;
    Double totalSeconds;
    Double seconds;
    Double minutes;
    Double hours;
    String time;
    boolean recording = false;
    String fromBluetooth;

    BluetoothAdapter mBluetoothAdapter;
    ArrayAdapter mArrayAdapter;

    final Context context = this;

    final int REFRESH_RATE = 100;
    Stopwatch timer = new Stopwatch();

    Handler mHandler = new Handler()
    {
        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            super.handleMessage(msg);
            byte[] writeBuf = (byte[]) msg.obj;
            int begin = (int)msg.arg1;
            int end = (int)msg.arg2;

            switch (msg.what) {
                case MSG_START_TIMER:
                    timer.start(); //start timer
                    mHandler.sendEmptyMessage(MSG_UPDATE_TIMER);
                    break;

                case MSG_UPDATE_TIMER:
                    watch.setText("" + timer.toString());
                    mHandler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(MSG_UPDATE_TIMER, REFRESH_RATE); //text view is updated every second,
                    if(writeBuf == null){
                        break;
                    }
                    String writeMessage = new String(writeBuf);
                    writeMessage = writeMessage.substring(begin, end);
                    fromBluetooth += writeMessage;
                    fromBluetooth += "\t";
                    break;
                                               //though the timer is still running
                case MSG_STOP_TIMER:
                    mHandler.removeMessages(MSG_UPDATE_TIMER); // no more updates.
                    timer.stop();//stop timer
                    //send reset signal for bluetooth

                    if(recording) {
                        launchSaveDialog();
                    }
                    recording = false;
                    watch.setText("" + timer.toString());

                    break;

                default:
                    break;
            }
        }

    };
    private BluetoothDevice mDevice;

    public void launchSaveDialog(){
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);

        builder.setMessage("Would you like to save that run?")
                .setTitle("Save confirmation");

        AlertDialog.Builder builder1 = builder.setPositiveButton("Save", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {

                Entry entry = new Entry();
                entry.setDate(MySQLiteHelper.getCurrentDateTime(context));
                entry.setRiderId(getIntent().getExtras().getLong("RIDER_ID"));

                //TODO: loop to pull values from bluetooth transmission
                //String fromBluetooth = "5\t1\t3\t2\t5\t3\t3\t4";
                String tempString = fromBluetooth;
                tempString = fromBluetooth.substring(fromBluetooth.indexOf('\t')+1);
                entry.setForceAndTimeTabSeparated(tempString);

                MainActivity.riderdb.addEntry(entry);

                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        "Run saved!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                showGraph(entry);

            }
        });
        builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });

        AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
        dialog.show();
    }

    public void showGraph(Entry entry){
        Intent immediateGraphIntent = new Intent(this, ImmediateGraph.class);

        final int result = 1;

        //Just getEntry on next intent instead of storing extras.
        immediateGraphIntent.putExtra("ENTRY_ID", entry.getId());

        //immediateGraphIntent.putExtra("PASSTIME", timeArray);
        //immediateGraphIntent.putExtra("PASSFORCE", forceArray);

        startActivity(immediateGraphIntent);

    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.session_start_page);

        Button startButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startsessionbutton);
        Button endButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.endsessionbutton);

        watch = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.watch);

        mBluetoothAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
        if (!mBluetoothAdapter.isEnabled()) {
            Intent enableBtIntent = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE);
            startActivityForResult(enableBtIntent, 1);
        }

        Set<BluetoothDevice> pairedDevices = mBluetoothAdapter.getBondedDevices();
        if (pairedDevices.size() > 0) {
            for (BluetoothDevice device : pairedDevices) {
                mDevice = device;
            }
        }
        final ConnectThread mConnectThread = new ConnectThread(mDevice);
        mConnectThread.start();

        startButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                //START recording stuff.
                recording = true;
                while(mConnectThread.mConnectedThread == null){

                }
                mConnectThread.mConnectedThread.write("begin".getBytes());
                mHandler.sendEmptyMessage(MSG_START_TIMER);
            }
        });

        endButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                //END recording stuff
                mHandler.sendEmptyMessage(MSG_STOP_TIMER);
            }
        });
    }

    public class Stopwatch {
        private long startTime = 0;
        private boolean running = false;
        private long currentTime = 0;

        public void start() {
            this.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            this.running = true;
        }

        public void stop() {
            this.running = false;
        }

        public void pause() {
            this.running = false;
            currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
        }
        public void resume() {
            this.running = true;
            this.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - currentTime;
        }

        //elaspsed time in milliseconds
        public long getElapsedTimeMili() {
            long elapsed = 0;
            if (running) {
                elapsed =((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime)/100) % 10 ;
            }
            return elapsed;
        }

        //elaspsed time in seconds
        public long getElapsedTimeSecs() {
            long elapsed = 0;
            if (running) {
                elapsed = ((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000) % 60;
            }
            return elapsed;
        }

        //elaspsed time in minutes
        public long getElapsedTimeMin() {
            long elapsed = 0;
            if (running) {
                elapsed = (((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000) / 60 ) % 60;
            }
            return elapsed;
        }

        //elaspsed time in hours
        public long getElapsedTimeHour() {
            long elapsed = 0;
            if (running) {
                elapsed = ((((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000) / 60 ) / 60);
            }
            return elapsed;
        }

        public String toString() {
            return String.format("%1$02d:%2$02d:%3$02d.%4$01d", getElapsedTimeHour(), getElapsedTimeMin(), getElapsedTimeSecs(), getElapsedTimeMili());
        }
    }
    private class ConnectThread extends Thread {
        private final BluetoothSocket mmSocket;
        private final BluetoothDevice mmDevice;
        private ConnectedThread mConnectedThread;

        public ConnectThread(BluetoothDevice device) {
            BluetoothSocket tmp = null;
            mmDevice = device;
            try {
                tmp = device.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(MY_UUID);
            } catch (IOException e) { }
            mmSocket = tmp;
        }
        public void run() {
            mBluetoothAdapter.cancelDiscovery();
            try {
                mmSocket.connect();
            } catch (IOException connectException) {
                try {
                    mmSocket.close();
                } catch (IOException closeException) { }
                return;
            }
            mConnectedThread = new ConnectedThread(mmSocket);
            mConnectedThread.start();
        }
        public void cancel() {
            try {
                mmSocket.close();
            } catch (IOException e) { }
        }
    }
    private class ConnectedThread extends Thread {
        private final BluetoothSocket mmSocket;
        private final InputStream mmInStream;
        private final OutputStream mmOutStream;
        public ConnectedThread(BluetoothSocket socket) {
            mmSocket = socket;
            InputStream tmpIn = null;
            OutputStream tmpOut = null;
            try {
                tmpIn = socket.getInputStream();
                tmpOut = socket.getOutputStream();
            } catch (IOException e) { }
            mmInStream = tmpIn;
            mmOutStream = tmpOut;
        }
        public void run() {
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            int begin = 0;
            int bytes = 0;
            while (true) {
                try {
                    bytes += mmInStream.read(buffer, bytes, buffer.length - bytes);
                    for(int i = begin; i < bytes; i++) {
                        if(buffer[i] == "\n".getBytes()[0]) {
                            mHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_UPDATE_TIMER, begin, i, buffer).sendToTarget();
                            begin = i + 1;
                            if(i == bytes - 1) {
                                bytes = 0;
                                begin = 0;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        public void write(byte[] bytes) {
            try {
                mmOutStream.write(bytes);
            } catch (IOException e) { }
        }
        public void cancel() {
            try {
                mmSocket.close();
            } catch (IOException e) { }
        }
    }

}

Any thoughts on this? I'm completely out of ideas on what is causing this to crash... something with the bluetooth connectivity, maybe?
Thanks,
John

A: fromBluetooth is null, and you can't call indexOf(...) on a null String.
You must therefore ensure that fromBluetooth isn't null (good) or handle the case where fromBluetooth is null (better) (e.g. if (fromBluetooth != null) execute logic).
Enjoy

A: Replace your code
 if(fromBluetooth!=null){
                tempString = fromBluetooth.substring(fromBluetooth.indexOf('\t')+1);
            }

with
fromBluetooth.substring(fromBluetooth.indexOf('\t')+1);

because you not checking string is null or not and directly findvalue using indexOf();


Minutes from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting have been released this week and St George bank is seeing "slivers of optimism," with the driving force for the positivity coming from the labour market.
With regards to the official cash rates, St George "expect that the RBA will stay on the sidelines, leaving the cash rate on hold this year and next year." The interest rate has been at its current level of 1.5% for 26 meetings in a row, since August 2016.
Based on the latesteconomic outlook from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), abc.net.au reports that interest rates could rise in the next two years, but only if wage growth sees a rise. OECD chief economist Laurence Boone told the ABC "the Australian economy is doing well."


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Q: Rationals cannot be resolved? Running Eclipse, I am working on program to do fraction addition for class, so it will probably look very unprofessional, but here goes. Basically my rational names cannot be resolved, and I'm not certain why. Does it have something to do with the scope? I've commented where the error occurs.
  package lab11tests;

    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class Tests {

    private static int num1 = 0;
    private static int den1 = 1;
    private static int num2 = 0;
    private static int den2 = 1;

        static Rational r1 = new Rational(num1,den1);
         static Rational r2 = new Rational(num2,den2);
         static Rational r3 = new Rational();

        public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
            System.out.print("Numerator 1: ");
            num1=input.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Denominator 1: ");
            den1=input.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Numerator 2: ");
            num2 = input.nextInt();
            System.out.print("Denominator 2: ");
            den2 = input.nextInt();

            System.out.println(r1.rational() + " + " + r2.rational() + " equals "+ r3.answer());
        }
    }
        class Rational {

        //  private int firstNum;
        //  private int firstDen;
            private int num;
            private int den;

            public Rational(int n, int d){

                num = n;
                den = d;

            }

            public Rational(){}

            public int getNum(){
                return num;
            }

            public int getDen(){
                return den;
            }

            public void add(){
                int commonDen = r1.getDen() * r2.getDen();`enter code here`
                this.num=(r1.getNum()*r2.getDen())+(r2.getNum()*r1.getDen()); //Errors are here, all r2 and r1's in the add method "cannot be resolved"
                this.den=commonDen;
            }

            public String rational(){
                return num + "/" + den;
            }

            public String answer(){
                return this.num + "/" + this.den;
            }

        }

A: The code that is bugging up is inside of class Rational. Attempting to use static variables r1 and r2 will result in an error because there is no r1 and r2 inside of class Rational. Instead, you need to access class Tests to use the static variables.

This is your current code.
int commonDen = r1.getDen() * r2.getDen();

this.num=(r1.getNum()*r2.getDen())+(r2.getNum()*r1.getDen()); //Errors are here, all r2 and r1's in the add method "cannot be resolved"

Instead, your code should look like this.
int commonDen = Tests.r1.getDen() * Tests.r2.getDen();

this.num = (Tests.r1.getNum() * Tests.r2.getDen()) + (Tests.r2.getNum() * Tests.r1.getDen());

A: Rational is a separate class here the Tests class brackets have been ended before the line of defining Rational class


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Q: To prove that given subset is open.
Show that the set of rank two matrices in $ M_{2X3}($$R$$)$ is open.

Can someone explain, what kind of topology we are talking about here. I feel like $ M_{2X3}($$R$$)$ should be homeomorphic to $R^6$, but then can we claim that every basis of $ M_{2X3}($$R$$)$ will be homeomorphic to some open set of $R^6$

A: The topology here is indeed the standard topology on $\mathbb{R}^6$. To show that said set is open, I will give you a hint: a matrix $B \in M_{2 \times 3}(\mathbb{R})$ has rank $2$ if and only if a $(2 \times 2)$-minor is non-zero. A minor is a determinant of a submatrix. What can you say about the determinant as a function from the matrices to the reals?


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Fuelling the digital revolution
An ARM case study
Today, ARM is the leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company and its unique partnership business model, has greatly influenced the proliferation of digital applications and ARM intellectual property is now becoming the architecture of choice in this field.
The word 'digital' first became popular with the introduction of the 'digital watch'. A watch displaying the time with a digital reading was completely new and excited a generation. Few realised that these digital representations heralded a new world based upon digitisation. Today we send messages, documents, images, programmes and much more, from millions of digital databases. The result has been a revolution based upon digitisation. In today's new economy the companies that have both innovated and invested in the development of intellectual property are fuelling the digital world.
The high technology organisations investing heavily in research and development (R&D) are creating the products that are transforming our lives. ARM focuses on the creation of ideas and technical methods through research and development. As users of high technology products, we often attribute the technology that makes them work to the brand name on the outside of the product. In most cases, however, the manufacturer of the product will have bought in the technology that allows it to function. In fact the chances are that you have used a product powered by ARM technology within the last hour. It could have been an MP3 player, a mobile phone, a handheld personal organiser or a digital camera. This case study focuses upon how ARM has developed a global influence despite being a relatively small player in a fast-moving industry. It has achieved this through its technology, its unique business model and its investment in R&D.
The first ARM Powered® processor was used on a desktop computer back in 1987. ARM was then no more than a small design team working within the Acorn Group, a company that developed computers for the educational market. ARM was established as a separate company in 1990 with only 12 employees working in a converted barn near Cambridge. The early aim was to establish a silicon chip design that would become a standard for the emerging digital marketplace.
ARM has been ranked as the leading supplier of 32-bit RISC microprocessor intellectual property in the world. By licensing rather than manufacturing and selling its chip technology, ARM has developed a way of working that has redefined the ways in which microprocessors are designed, produced and sold. This has enabled ARM to respond to new areas of electronics and create a range of products that drive key applications across a variety of diverse markets.
ARM's expertise in design, combined with innovative engineering from global partners has brought a wide array of electronic products to life. These include some of the more obvious applications such as MP3 players, mobile phones and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to less obvious applications such as advanced braking systems in cars and on-board diagnostic systems.
ARM was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. However, as a company with a global reach, it is also quoted on the Nasdaq, which was established in 1971 as the world's first electronic stock market and America's leading market for foreign listed companies.
ARM | Fuelling the digital revolution
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Home Breaking News Freedom, Prosperity Threatened in Chile With Election of Socialist
Freedom, Prosperity Threatened in Chile With Election of Socialist
Dec 16, 2013: 10:17 pm
After securing the greatest number of votes in the first round of Chile's presidential election last month with strong support from the Communist Party, self-styled "Socialist" Michelle Bachelet cruised to a widely anticipated victory in a run-off vote for the Chilean presidency held this weekend. The former defector to the mass-murdering Soviet bloc, who took refuge under the brutal Communist regime ruling East Germany, is hoping to replace Chile's freedom-preserving constitution with one that allows government to take over everything from healthcare to higher education.
According to analysts, with the "deep reforms" promised by Bachelet, the foundation of Chilean liberty and prosperity are now under threat. Latin America more broadly, meanwhile, has been almost completely conquered by a tightly knit network of communist and socialist forces working to impose tyranny on the people of the region. However, whether Bachelet will succeed in her quest to re-shape the most prosperous and successful nation on the continent remains to be seen, and opposition to the plan is growing.
"Chile, one of the few remaining bastions of freedom in Latin America, is in danger of going communist," noted anti-communist author and analyst Trevor Loudon. "Can the U.S. afford to lose yet another friend? Can the West afford to lose Chile — one of the most strategically situated nations in the world? The encirclement rolls on." Along with numerous other experts on the region and communism, Loudon argues that the ongoing socialist takeover of Latin America represents a major threat to the United States and freedom.
During her last stint in Chile's highest political office from 2006 to 2010, the Socialist Party leader avoided much of the extreme statism so prevalent across Latin America — leaving the nation and its foundations mostly intact as one of the few remaining outposts of relative freedom and prosperity in a region now dominated by socialist and Marxist machinations. This time, however, she has vowed to radically transform Chile, starting with the liberty-friendly Constitution that economists argue has been a key component the country's extraordinary success thus far.
If Bachelet gets her way, a radically larger and more intrusive government will take over healthcare, higher education, and more. Big tax hikes and huge spending increases are also on the agenda. "Chile has looked at itself, has looked at its path, its recent history, its wounds, its feats, its unfinished business and this Chile has decided it is the time to start deep transformations," Bachelet claimed in front of supporters on Sunday after winning the election against the more liberty-oriented Evelyn Matthei.
The president-elect also promised to "responsibly" carry out the "deep reforms" that she claimed were allegedly "needed" in the wealthiest nation in the region — presumably an effort to soothe escalating fears of a Hugo Chavez-style socialist revolution that could plunge the nation into poverty and chaos. With her alliance with the Communist Party having secured a large enough majority in the legislature to push through much of her agenda, Bachelet also claimed that those who "want change" represent a "broad majority," and so, "it's time to put them into action."
"Today in Chile we're in the majority and it's time we moved forward to fulfill the dream we all have, to again believe in ourselves, and to believe that there's strength in unity," Bachelet said, echoing the empty rhetoric of other socialist and communist leaders in the region who have come to dominate Latin American politics, largely through deception and promises of re-distributed wealth. "I am proud to be your president-elect today. I am proud of the country we've built, but I am even more proud of the country we will build."
While Bachelet has managed to convince much of the Chilean public and the establishment press around the world that her Socialist Party and its allies represent the "center-left," other evidence suggests that is highly unlikely. Her political party, for example, once led by fervent Castro ally Salvador Allende, who planned to impose Cuban-style tyranny on Chile, is part of the Socialist International, the largest and most influential global alliance of "democratic" Marxist political forces in the world.
Bachelet's Socialist Party of Chile, which is openly allied with the Communist Party as part of its "New Majority" ruling alliance, is also a key player in the Foro de São Paulo (FSP, or São Paulo forum). The ruthless network of socialist and communist parties, along with Marxist narco-terrorist forces, was founded by Fidel Castro, the Sandinistas, and other prominent pro-communism totalitarian luminaries. It now dominates Latin American politics as the socialist takeover accelerates.
Bachelet herself, meanwhile, still fondly remembers her time living in exile behind the Iron Curtain. "Whether the readers like to hear this or not, the time I spent in Potsdam and Leipzig was a very happy part of my life," she was quoted as saying in German media reports about her years living under the communist rule of the Soviet-backed East German dictatorship. "My experience in Germany was beautiful." Of course, the experiences of countless others — especially victims of the infamous East German secret police, the Statsi — were dominated by horror, torture, persecution, and more.
Most alarming to critics is her drive to replace Chile's strong pro-liberty constitution with a new one, which analysts say is aimed at facilitating Bachelet's radical agenda. "The new constitution will be sent to Parliament in my first year of government," she vowed in an interview with a Chilean newspaper this weekend, adding that she already has a "team of experts" working on the scheme. "A democratic constitution is essential in this new chapter of Chilean history."
Details of the controversial plan to fundamentally transform Chile's system of government remain murky. However, experts have noted that the nation's constitutional system — adopted after Allende was ousted by the military for conspiring to enslave Chile under communist tyranny — is largely responsible for the country's unparalleled success in a region currently dominated by socialist strongmen, poverty, and increasing totalitarianism from Cuba and Venezuela to Brazil and Ecuador.
Still, apparently oblivious to the consequences of such machinations across Latin America, Bachelet's allies are equally zealous for the vaguely defined "change" promised during the campaign. "She will govern a country with profound demands for change," claimed Senator Ricardo Lagos Weber of Bachelet's New Majority coalition, adding that he expected the opposition to roll over for "what the people" are allegedly demanding. "The country isn't flat on its back, it is healthy, organized, growing economically, creating jobs and improving salaries. But it is also deeply unequal."
Addressing "inequality," of course, has been the rallying cry of virtually every socialist strongman to seize power in the region over the last decade as part of what analysts continue to downplay as a mere "pink tide." As part of her campaign, Bachelet, for example, promised that government would use taxpayer funds to provide "free" university education, seizing on protests whipped up by radical communist agitators to claim that the "people" are demanding it. The groundwork for more socialism down the road will undoubtedly be laid in other sectors as well — at least if Bachelet and her allies succeed.
In nearby Brazil, "moderate" President Dilma Rousseff, a "former" communist terrorist, used a similar strategy to take power, styling herself a "moderate" seeking "change." Now, she rallies her allies in the Communist Party amid an increasingly radical effort to "change" Brazil. Indeed, the FSP strategists seeking to foist socialism on Latin America have mastered the art of seizing power, relying on deception, oil money from Venezuela, drug money from Marxist terror groups like the FARC, international communist allies, and more.
Unsurprisingly, communists around the world have high expectations for Bachelet in Chile. The Communist Party USA, for instance, wrote in its propaganda outlet that her election, along with her Communist Party and fellow Socialist allies in the legislature, would "have profound implications not only for the Chilean working class, but for Western Hemisphere politics and beyond." While strong opposition remains, Bachelet's alliance is already boasting that it does not foresee "obstructionist" measures by the opposition to stop the imposition of "what the people are demanding."
Of course, more than a few analysts and businesses are already getting nervous. But at this point, with Bachelet having secured more than 60 percent of the vote in the run-off, liberty-minded forces in Chile say there is little left to do except hope for the best, prepare for the worst, stifle the socialist march toward "progress" as much as possible — and work to ensure that the looming damage can be undone before the anticipated bloated and corrupt welfare state manages to sink its roots too deep. The end result of the alternative — letting the socialists and communists succeed — can be witnessed across Latin America. It speaks for itself.
Photo of Michelle Bachelet: AP Images
Alex Newman, a foreign correspondent for The New American, is normally based in Europe after growing up in Latin America. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Which, as it turns out, works in my favour; not being able to speak Polish is one of the reasons why I landed a job teaching English. Although I have to say that the word teaching should be used loosely in this context.
With no experience what so ever in teaching, a mediocre grade C GCSE from 1984, an umbilical cord reliance on my spellchecker and a prevailing Yorkshire accent; it took me by surprise when I got the job.
Of course I put it down to my amiable personality and winning smile, or it could be that the company who requested an English native speaker asked for someone without any experience; either way I got the job and every Tuesday I head off to Mielec (about 15km away) to the offices of the local electricity company to chat with key members of staff, in English.
The morning is broken down into three lessons (90 minutes each), the first two are one to one classes with the president of the company and then the financial director. The third and final lesson is with a small group who's numbers fluctuates between two and six people, depending on how busy they are. This final group works within the accounting and technical departments of the company and their English is at a slightly higher level, which can make for some interesting conversation.
We are provided with course books printed by the Oxford University Press; although I doubt very much if there is any link to this well know English scholarly institute, and if there is then I have to say that I'm disappointed with the many Americanisms and spellings that are used throughout; the use of the letter Z instead of S is particularly annoying; although I admit it might be handy if playing scrabble!
Whilst I began using the books to structure the lessons I often found the guidelines on use quite muddled and difficult to understand, so as time has gone on the books are now only used to provide us with a topic of conversation. That is if we haven't already settled down to discussing other things, such as the latest skiing trip, a visit to Krakow or the fate of Manchester United over the weekend. Incidentally I support Barnsley as the nearest geographical league football team to my place of birth, it also means that I have no interest in football!
And that's it, I babble along asking questions for four and a half hours (getting paid for six), listening to conversation and correcting any errors that become apparent. I have to say that most mistakes relate to the tense used, plurals and pronouns (I had to look the last one up on Google). Everybody is friendly, professional and, with the group especially, we are able to have a good laugh; a perfect job by all accounts.
Posted in Life in Poland and tagged teaching, work.
A lot of stuff is only available if you register, but the monthly news lesson is free and I think it's great – with exercises and questions on a Guardian news article all planned and ready to print!
Thats fantastic Cathy, thank you for pointing me in the right direction; the site looks great and I've just signed up.
My daughter went to Spain to Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). I have to admire her pluck in going to a foreign country, by herself, and getting a job. She didn't make very much money though because she wasn't from the EU. I am soooo happy she met her husband in the states so we can be relatively close.
It must have been quite an adventure, I spent a bit of time in Spain myself and almost moved there once upon a time, but that's another story.
Sounds like a good opportunity and I'm sure you're a good teacher!
Keep up the good work, sounds like a good way to get out and meet people too!
I look forward to reading that post and I'm enjoying reading more on your blog; it was in reading it earlier today that reminded to write this post, which I promised to do a while ago.
How familiar all this sounds! I started teaching English in Romania as the result of meeting the 'Inspector for English' for the Romanian 'county' in which I was living. It's an amusing story so maybe I'll do a post about it sometime. However, I was lucky enough then to be 'trained' by the British Council. The only real difference is that I wasn't paid, though I often had free accommodation, sometimes in a school hostel. I taught adults as well as high school kids and university students, but enjoyed the primary schools most.


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Bluefields, miejscowość położona w regionie Westmoreland w zachodniej części wyspy Jamajka.

Historia
Założona w 1519 pod nazwą Oristan, jako jedna z pierwszych osad hiszpańskich na Jamajce. Dzięki położeniu w zatoce była miastem portowym z którego korzystała flota hiszpańska, następnie brytyjska, a także piraci. Z tego portu w 1670 roku flota bukaniera Henry'ego Morgana miała wyruszyć na podbój Panamy.
W 1746 roku osiedlili się tutaj szkoccy jakobici szukający schronienia po przegranej bitwie pod Culloden - stąd wiele szkockich nazw w i okolicach miejscowości.

Atrakcje turystyczne
 plaża Bluefields (ang. Bluefields Beach Park), jedna z najbardziej popularnych plaży na wyspie.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Miasta na Jamajce

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