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Toca Boca is a Swedish video game developer focused on child-friendly applications for tablets and smartphones – the studio has more than 70 active million app users worldwide. Toca Boca's games are based on the idea that children should be able to understand them without adult instruction. The games cannot be won or lost, nor do they have high scores or courses. The studio is, since April 2016, owned by Spin Master and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Toca Boca was founded in September 2010 by Swedes Emil Ovemar and Björn Jeffery, both of whom worked for the Bonnier Group. Ovemar and Jeffery felt that there was a lack of good educational and playful touchscreen games for the youngest players. The company launched its first app, Helicopter Taxi, in March 2011 and has since released nearly 50 more apps, making Toca Boca one of the largest app developers in the children's games market. Toca Boca's apps has been downloaded more than 400 million times by users in over 238 markets ever since the first launch.

In 2016, Bonnier sold Toca Boca to the Canadian toy and entertainment company Spin Master for SEK 263 million. In 2020, Fredrik Löving took over as Toca Boca's new CEO. Toca Boca saw significant growth in 2021, and Spin Master stated in its annual report that Digital Games, of which Toca Boca is a significant part, had a revenue of over US$ 174.8 million. Their monthly active users increased by 64% to over 70 million globally during the same period. Three-quarters of the users came from Toca Boca's most popular app, Toca Life World.

Naming
Toca Boca means "Touch the mouth" in Spanish and comes from the fact that the player would touch the logo's colorful mouth to start the first games the company developed.

Applications

Toca Boca has released 46 digital toys that have been downloaded more than 400 million times around the world, making it the No. 1 paid app publisher in the App Store. Various applications developed include:

Helicopter Taxi
Helicopter Taxi, the first application released by Toca Boca, was a digital toy that integrated augmented reality effects. Using a device's camera, the player designates six horizontal surfaces in reality as "The Beach," "The Tall Building," "The Factory," "The Hospital,"
and "The Hangar." The physical locations do not need to match the landing description, however, and the surfaces for landing do not need to be exact or consistent. The toy's characters consist of two pilots and five passengers, and the objective is to pick up as well as bring the passengers to their destination by moving about with the device to simulate the helicopter flying.
This game was later discontinued.

Toca Tea Party
The second application released by Toca Boca, Toca Tea Party, imitates a tea party, primarily through roleplaying. The player is able to design their table by selecting the tablecloth, dishes, music, and drinks. Interactions such as "eating," "drinking," "spilling," and "cleaning up" exist. Party guests may consist of toys and/or people with the touch screen support for multiple users simultaneously.

Toca Kitchen
Toca Kitchen, the tenth application, allows the player to interact by choosing how to prepare a food (slice, boil, blend, etc.) in order to feed one of the four characters. Each character has his or her own preferences of ingredient and style, evident through the character's reactions and willingness to eat a product. Food can be obtained infinitely many times and there are few limits to the number of times a food can be processed.

Toca Kitchen Has 4 Games, Toca Kitchen (2011) Toca Kitchen, Monsters (2012), Toca Kitchen 2 And The Last From 2018

Toca Life Series
Toca Life is a series of games that encourage the player to imagine stories
for characters in the game. The player can drag the character around
the screen with their finger and make him or her eat, sit, etc. In the series, there
are different locations the character could go to based on the game's
theme. (Town, Farm, Office, etc.) There are groups such as Kids, Elders, Babies, and Creatures. The player can add more than one
character to a scene. Dressing up the characters was introduced in Toca Life: City.

List of Toca Life Installments (in order):

Toca Life: Town
Toca Life: City
Toca Life: School
Toca Life: Vacation
Toca Life: Farm
Toca Life: Stable
Toca Life: Hospital
Toca Life: Office
Toca Life: Pets
Toca Life: After School

Toca Life: World
Toca Life: World was released in November 21, 2018—it connected all the existing standalone Toca Life apps into one interconnected universe. Unlike the rest of the games in the series, the app is free to download, and players are invited to play the free version (which comes with Bop City, a free house, as well as the free version of a character creator,And free places), or to customize the app with whatever options they find the most interesting. But a player can still buy more characters and places

If a player already purchased any of the Toca Life games (shown here), then they will have access to those apps within Toca Life: World. Players can play with the characters from the individual Toca Life apps inside any of the Toca Life: World locations.

A web series based on the game, under the title Toca Life Stories, was released in February 21, 2020 on Toca Boca's official YouTube channel. It focused on four close friends with mismatched personalities, Rita, Zeke, Nari and Leon (the main characters in the Toca Life app series), on a quest to vanquish boredom in their neighborhood of OK Street (based on one of the towns found in Toca Life: World). The series is animated by Canada-based Pipeline Studios, with voices recorded in America-based Studiopolis, despite it being a web series, it briefly aired on some television channels such as Pop in the United Kingdom.

List of applications developed
A list of applications released to the market is as follows:
 46. Toca Hair Salon 4, March 6, 2020
 45. Toca Kitchen Sushi, December 6, 2018
 44. Toca Life: World, November 21, 2018
 43. Toca Life: Neighborhood, October 25, 2018
 42. Toca Mystery House, June 14, 2018
 41. Toca Life: After School, March 22, 2018
 40. Toca Life: Pets, December 6, 2017
 39. Toca Life: Office, September 20, 2017
 38. Toca Lab: Plants, June 14, 2017
 37. Toca Life: Hospital, April 12, 2017
 36. Toca Hair Salon 3, December 7, 2016
 35. Toca Life: Stable, November 23, 2016
 34. Toca Life: Farm, October 26, 2016
 33. Toca Life: Vacation, June 15, 2016
 32. Toca Dance Free, March 29, 2016
 31. Toca Dance, March 1, 2016
 30. Toca Blocks, December 16, 2015
 29. Toca Life: School, October 28, 2015
 28. Toca Life: City, June 25, 2015
 27. Toca Kitchen 2, December 18, 2014
 26. Toca Nature, November 13, 2014
 25. Toca Boo, October 23, 2014
 24. Toca Life: Town, May 29, 2014
 23. Toca Pet Doctor, February 27, 2014
 22. Toca Lab: Elements, December 12, 2013
 21. Toca Hair Salon Me, November 27, 2013
 20. Toca Mini, October 24, 2013
 19. Toca Cars, September 18, 2013
 18. Toca Builders, June 20, 2013
 17. Toca Hair Salon 2, December 13, 2012
 16. Toca Tailor: Fairy Tales, November 29, 2012
 15. Toca Tailor, October 25, 2012
 14. Toca Band, September 20, 2012
 13. Toca Train, June 14, 2012
 12. Toca Kitchen Monsters, April 5, 2012
 11. Toca House, February 23, 2012
 10. Toca Kitchen, December 15, 2011
 9. Toca Hair Salon - Christmas Gift, November 30, 2011
 8. Toca Birthday Party, October 13, 2011
 7. Toca Store, October 5, 2011
 6. Toca Robot Lab, July 14, 2011
 5. Toca Hair Salon, June 7, 2011
 4. Paint My Wings, May 25, 2011
 3. Toca Doctor, April 28, 2011
 2. Toca Tea Party, March 16, 2011
 1. Helicopter Taxi, March 15, 2011

Digital toys
The term digital toy is sometimes used to differentiate certain apps from more typical virtual games. While most aspects between the two are the same, Toca Boca distinguishes digital toys as more "open-ended" with fewer rules. However, neither are thought nor proven to have a more or less harmful or beneficial impact on players. While these "digital toys" are aimed towards children, it does not mean they are just for children.

Awards
Toca Boca has won:

2022

 Kidscreen Award Winner, Best Game App—Original: Toca Life World

2021

 App Store Awards Winner: iPhone App of the Year: Toca Life World

2020

 Webby Award Winner in the Apps and Software category, Family & Kids 2020: Toca Life World

2019

 Kidscreen Award Nominee, Best Game App—Original: Toca Mystery House
 Parent's Choice, Silver Award: Toca Life: World

2018

 Fas Company, Innovation by Design: Toca Lab: Plants
 KAPi Best Children's App (older kids): Toca Life: Hospital
 Parent's Choice, Silver Award: Toca Life: World
 Kidscreen Award Nominee, Best Game App—Original: Toca Life: Hospital

2017

 Kidscreen Award in Best Video Streaming Platform for TocaTV

2015
 Webby Award Finalist in the Mobile Sites & Apps category for Toca Nature
 2015 BolognaRagazzi Digital Award Mention for Toca Nature
 iKids Award 2015: Best Learning App - Tablet for Toca Lab

2014
 Cinekid App of the Year for Toca Pet Doctor
 The National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) for Toca Town (Silver)
 The Lovie Award Silver Winner in the Mobile & Applications category for Toca Lab
 Junior Design Awards 2014, Shortlisted for Best Children's App
 App Store Best iPhone Apps of 2014 for Toca Lab
 App Store Best iPad Apps of 2014 for Toca Nature

2013
 The KAPI Award for Most Pioneering Team in Children's Technology
 Bestekinderapps.de Best Innovative Apps & Games for Kids 2013 for Toca Tailor and Toca Hair Salon Me
 TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) Kids Audience Choice Favourite digiPlaySpace App Award for Toca Kitchen
 iKids Award 2013: Best Game App - 6 and Up for Toca Tailor
 Parents Choice Award for Toca Tailor (Gold), Toca Hair Salon 2 (Silver), Toca Band (Gold), Toca Builders (Gold), Toca Train (Silver)

2012
The Lovie Awards for Toca Kitchen (bronze) and Toca Hair Salon (shortlist entertainment)
 The National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) in the Virtual category for Toca Kitchen (gold) and Toca Train (honors)
The Parents' Choice Awards for Toca Tea Party (gold), Toca Kitchen (gold), Toca Robot Lab (gold), and Toca Hair Salon (silver). Toca Boca was the only development studio in the mobile category to win three gold awards.

2011
The Telenor Digital Prize
 The National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) for Toca Hair Salon (gold) in Children's Media / Virtual Category

References

External links
 Toca Boca official website

Swedish artist groups and collectives
Video game companies of Sweden
2005 establishments in Sweden
Video game companies established in 2010
2016 mergers and acquisitions
Companies based in Stockholm


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'42 die in fire' in Thailand refugee camp
The toll from a blaze that swept through a camp in northern Thailand has risen to 42, a Thai official said, after hundreds of temporary homes for refugees from Myanmar were reduced to ashes.
Dozens of people were injured in the fire, which broke out on Friday at the Mae Surin camp in Mae Hong Son province, with women, children and the elderly believed to make up the majority of the victims.
Rescue workers were on the scene at the remote mountainous camp area, Mae Hong Son provincial governor Narumol Paravat told AFP by telephone.
"The latest death toll we can confirm through military walkie-talkies is 42," she said, adding the toll was likely to rise further as rescue workers search the area.
Authorities believe the fire was sparked by an unattended cooking flame.
A local district official said hot weather, combined with strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly among the thatched bamboo shelters.
Police on Saturday said around 400 temporary homes had been incinerated, while the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Bureau said a school, clinic and two food warehouses had also been destroyed.
The Thai government pledged an investigation into the fire at the camp, which houses roughly 3,700 refugees.
Ten camps strung out along the Thai-Myanmar border house a total of about 130,000 people, who first began arriving in the 1980s.
Many of the refugees have fled conflict zones in ethnic areas of Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Families often live cheek-by-jowl in simple bamboo-and-thatch dwellings.
Many of the camp residents have been registered with the UN as refugees, and an ongoing resettlement programme has allowed tens of thousands to move to third countries.
After a new quasi-civilian government replaced the long-ruling junta in Myanmar two years ago, Thailand announced it wanted to shut the border camps, raising concern among their residents.
But so far the displaced residents have been allowed to stay and the Thai government has stressed that it will only send them back when it is safe.
Many of the refugees are from Myanmar's eastern Karen state, where a major rebel group, the Karen National Union (KNU) signed a ceasefire deal with the new regime last year after decades of civil war.
Vast numbers of people fled the former Myanmar junta's counter-insurgency campaign, which rights groups say deliberately targeted civilians, driving them from their homes, destroying villages and forcing them to work for the army.
Years of war have left the Karen region littered with landmines while development has been held back, leaving dilapidated infrastructure and threadbare education and health services.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed at a different border camp in February last year by a fire that the authorities also blamed on cooking.
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The benefits of pop-ups are manifold. Firstly, it provides a change of taste for the clientele of the host restaurant. Also, an awareness is created about the guest restaurant (which is usually from another city) so that on future visits to that city, customers know of a good dining option.
Varq, the Indian fine dining restaurant at Taj Mahal Hotel, Delhi is known for its contemporary Indian cuisine. Here new techniques and new styles of presentation of Indian dishes have been adopted without disturbing the authenticity of the ingredients which go into the dishes. The restaurant is extremely popular in Delhi, and is regarded a pioneer in the field of modern Indian cuisine.
From 17th to 20th August, Firdaus at Taj Krishna is showcasing Varq under the "Culinary Trails by Taj" banner. A team from Varq, including Sous Chef Rajesh Kumar Singh and F&B Manager Mohit Madaan, are in Hyderabad to oversee this. For these four days, Firdaus will offer quite a range of select items from the Varq menu – about 30 of their overall 60 plus dishes. Set menus for vegetarians as well as non-vegetarians will also be offered so that the customers can get an overall view of contemporary Indian food. This is the second pop-up from Varq after a successful one at Taj Westend, Bangalore.
Invited for a preview of the pop-up, we were treated to Chef's Special Menu. First, we were greeted with Teekha Tamarind, a welcome drink. The taste of the mocktail had a combination of tanginess and sweetness, and I found it quite refreshing.
A mini Truffle and Cheese Naan was served as amuse-bouche. The naan was brushed with truffle and melted cheese and tasted extremely delicious.
The starters were presented in a platter. There were two different non-vegetarian starters, Gandheri Kabab and Ambedi Fish Tikka. Gandheri is sugarcane in Hindi, and the presentation had minced chicken served on a sugar cane stick, which in turn was mounted in a shot glass with some amchur based chutney. Soft chicken, sweet sugarcane and the tangy amchur combined to deliver a really nice taste to the dish.
Ambedi Fish Tikka also had a component of raw mango in it, with the delicate fish in a curd based marinade and garnished with sorrel leaves. Corn Kabab was served for the vegetarians.
Kale Chane Ki Cappuccino is a signature dish of Varq. The black chickpea broth looked just like cappuccino, the frothy drink with chickpea dust on top of the froth. This is a must try dish in this promotion.
Before the main course, Raw Mango Sorbet was served as a palate cleanser. The presentation of this deserves a mention, done brilliantly in a black bowl with liquid nitrogen streaming out. The sorbet was perfect with strong mango flavours and an aftertaste of kala namak.
For the main course, one could choose one out of four dishes, but we ended up trying about three. My choice was Green Chilli Tulsi Pine Nut Fish, a large chunk of pan seared sea bass with a green masala served on Alleppy style coconut curry. I had it with the Chilly Mustard Rice served as an accompaniment.
Martabaan Ki Meat is a lamb dish which is slow cooked in a traditional ceramic martabaan which is commonly used for preparing pickles. This dish cooked with pickled chillies complemented well with the Jalapeno Naan. I took quite a fancy to the Aloo Lal Mirch which was served as an accompaniment too.
I tried a little bit of two other dishes – Murg Sirka Pyaz and a paneer dish the name of which I do not remember. The former was a onion and tomato gravy with soft chicken tikkas. This was served in a round crust and again styled well. Both the dishes gives you a feel of typically good North Indian cuisine. This was definitely one of the promotions where all the dishes were consistently good.
For desserts, again we had a nicely styled platter. It had Apple Kheer, Jalebi, and Kalakand. The thick apple kheer was made with green apples. The soft kalakand and blueberry fillings inside filo pastry sheets served in the shape of tokri were exceptional.
Finally a Chocolate Dome was brought to the table which was flambéed right in front of us. The chocolate dome had chikki kulfi in it. Then rabri based on Baileys cream was poured over the melted dome, resulting in a dessert with a synergy of different tastes. Varq is also known for its signature teas. And we ended our meal with some refreshing rose tea.
I would rate this promotion at Taj Krishna as one of the best of the fifty odd food festivals I have attended in Hyderabad during 2017. It should not be missed by any gourmet diner who loves Indian food. As you progress with the meal, the Varq team is always on hand to explain the finer nuances of the dishes. Apart from a-la-carte dishes, there are two set menus from the chef which may be tried out if you want a complete experience. The festival is on for both lunch and dinner till Sunday.


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China must urgently address rights violations in Tibet – UN senior official
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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
The United Nations human rights chief today urged China to address the allegations of rights violations in Tibet, which have led to an alarming escalation of "desperate" forms of protest in the region, including self-immolations.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said she was disturbed by "continuing allegations of violence against Tibetans seeking to exercise their fundamental human rights of freedom of expression, association and religion," and pointed to "reports of detentions and disappearances, of excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators, and curbs on the cultural rights of Tibetans."
Ms. Pillay, who has had several exchanges with the Chinese Government on these issues, according to a news release from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said authorities need to do more to protect human rights and prevent violations.
"I call on the Government to respect the rights to peaceful assembly and expression, and to release all individuals detained for merely exercising these universal rights," she said.
Among the cases reported is that of a 17-year-old girl who was severely beaten and sentenced to three years in prison for distributing flyers calling for Tibet's freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama. Others have been sentenced to up to seven years in prison for writing essays, making films or distributing photos of events in Tibet outside of China. Serious concerns have also been raised about fair trial standards, and the torture and ill-treatment of detainees.
The human rights chief appealed to Tibetans to refrain from resorting to extreme forms of protest and urged community and religious leaders to use their influence to help prevent any further loss of life.
"I recognize Tibetans' intense sense of frustration and despair which has led them to resort to such extreme means," she noted, "but there are other ways to make those feelings clear. The Government also needs to recognize this, and permit Tibetans to express their feelings without fear of retribution."
Ms. Pillay also urged the Government to allow independent and impartial monitors to visit and assess conditions on the ground and to lift restrictions on media access to the region. There are currently 12 outstanding requests for official visits to China by UN Special Rapporteurs on various human rights issues, including freedom of religion and belief.
Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.
"Deep underlying issues need to be addressed, and I call on the Government to seriously consider the recommendations made to it by various international human rights bodies, as well as to avail itself of the expert advice being offered by the UN's independent experts on human rights," she said, adding that OHCHR stands ready to assist on these issues and promote best practices with regard to the protection of minorities.
In a separate development, OHCHR today welcomed last week's announcement of the passage of China's first mental health law by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
"We have only just received the Chinese text of the law and we have not yet managed to analyze it in detail but we understand that it addresses some key areas of concern. For example, it provides that individuals with psychiatric conditions who are deemed unlikely to cause harm to themselves or others should not be held in psychiatric institutions against their will," OHCHR's spokesperson, Rupert Colville, told reporters in Geneva.
"The law should provide an important framework for civil society in China to monitor and advocate on mental health care issues, and for persons suffering such disabilities to better claim their rights and entitlements," he added.
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Allerjen
We were blown away by the album Equilibrium from Allerjen, so when they announced they were playing the upcoming Download Festival, I can't say we were surprised! However, seeing as they're about to play, I figured we should catch up with them before they go and play, just to see what's going on and how they're feeling!
1). What are the names of your members?
John Dower - Vocals / Bass
Paul Wilkinson – Guitars
Paul Tarbuck – Drums
Audie Harrison - Guitars
2). When did you all get together?
John - Allerjen started in 2003 as a 3-piece with original members John, Wilko and T. After hundreds of gigs, an album and some sweet supports slot we realized it was time for a change in 2010. To be honest, Audie had been bugging us for years to come and have a jam with us, we thought "why not" and as they say the rest is history!
T - John and Wilko are founding members of Sphere and Allerjen, I joined in August 2003 and Audie joined around late 2010
John – Wilko and myself met as far back as primary school and have stuck like glue ever since. Even as far back as 2001, we met up with T and Audie through Audie's first band, even before T had joined Allerjen. Who knew 9 years later we'd eventually end up in a solid line up together?
T - I met John and Wilko just as Allerjen had formed (2001/2002), whilst following the band that Audie was previously with (weird!) at various gigs. Allerjen needed a drummer in 2003 and I reluctantly joined as at the time I wasn't gigged at all or skilled in any way. I'm a bit better now ha ha ha :)
4). How would you describe your music?
John – When anyone asks me, I generally say it's just metal. It's got so many variables in the sound, especially the new 4-piece sound, it's like the original Allerjen sound but more mature and evolved. The best advice I can give people is listen for yourself as so many reviewers find it hard to pigeon hole us into a certain category, which we think is a good thing.
Wilko - It's evolved over time, we used to be content with simply bludgeoning peoples faces. Now we try to right songs from a more technical perspective, but without compromising on the face bludgeoning.
T - We're very hard to pigeon-hole and I find we seem to be stumping a lot of reviewers for the album. I guess we've always classed ourselves as Metal, but never aimed to sound like any other band out there. We have our influences of course but we write music that we all enjoy to play and not because we can jump on bandwagons to please anyone else.
Audie - it's really hard to categorize specifically due to the varied influences we all have and bring to the table. I think really the simplest way to describe it is metal but there's melodic, progressive, death, and other elements that make up our sound
John – My influences have changed over the years, vocally and bass wise. When I first started playing guitar and bass I was listening to Green Day, Offspring and the likes, so would have to admit it was players like Mike Dirnt and Flea. As I grew into a more metal sound, it opened my eyes to some truly brilliant playing styles, especially in the underground - Profane bassist Darryll Clarkson, Fourwaykill vocalist Chris Neighbour and Man Must Die vocalist Joe McGlynn, amazing! Though as true influences go, without sounding cheesier than cheddar, it's the guys in the band who now influence me more than anything, pushing me to do my best and perform.
Wilko - I personally find inspiration from the musicians and bands that we come into contact with. I've been influenced and inspired by those around me.
T - We all have our individual influences, but not really a band influence as mentioned in the last question. Mine would probably be Roger Taylor, Alex Van Halen, Dave McClain, Vinnie Paul, Cozy Powell to name a few.
Audie - mine vary quite a lot and i don't tend to think in terms of influences so much as "artists I'm currently listening to most." right now the major ones in the "metal" category are Animals as Leaders, Textures, Opeth, Soilwork, Red seas Fire, and Sentenced.
6). Complete the sentence: One day as a band we hope to…
John – play some of the worlds greatest festivals.
Wilko - Continue. So many great bands we have played with over the years have quit or disbanded, we want to take this thing as far as we can.
T - Play Download...oh...wait
Audie - eat 400 eggs consecutively without being sick ;-)
John – What's the worst that can happen? Not like it? Just give it a go, T will hug you (straight after playing a show)
Wilko - We just make honest music, we're mot riding any bandwagons, the band has been a major part of our lives for a long time, we just want to make heavy music.
T - It's something a bit different to the norm, we don't sound like Down or Mastodon or Black Label Society, etc., etc., it's an original sound which is sometimes bordering on death metal, prog, classic rock, thrash but is always heavy as hell. It's up to you, buy the album (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and make up your own minds.
Audie - because its something a bit different mainly. its not too formulaic or generic, and there's something in there for most fans of metal music to enjoy. Plus it would make us really really happy if you do =-)
8). What are your plans for the upcoming year?
John – We're absolutely over the moon that we're playing Download this year! Really a big thing for the new line up and good platform for everyone to hear the new Allerjen sound and lose any pre-conceptions they had about us from the older sound.
Wilko - We have recently shot a video for 'Achieving Equilibrium' for our new album. Then just over a week later we start the summer with a bang, we will be playing the takeover stage at download! Not sure anythings gonna top that for a while.
T - More gigs up and down the country, hopefully more festivals, and at some point we'd like to head out to Europe.
Audie - well were playing download on the boardie takeover stage this june and after that were playing up and down the country trying to get the name Allerjen into as many ears as possible.
9). What albums/EP's have you released so far and where can people get hold of them?
2008 – No Guts, No Glory - http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Guts-Glory-Allerjen/dp/B00168ZI3Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337500316&sr=8-2
2012 – Equilibrium - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Equilibrium-Allerjen/dp/B006JZ5L90/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337500316&sr=8-1
The amazing Loud Stuff review of Equilibrium - http://www.loud-stuff.com/allerjen.html
10). Finally – say something profound that will make everyone think:
John – Why are fish fingers called fish fingers? When fish don't have any fingers……..
Wilko - Mankind reached it's innovative, intellectual and evolutionary peak with the invention of curly fries! It's all downhill from here!!
T - If you choke a smurf, what colour will it turn? (yeah, it's an oldie but a goodie!)
Audie - eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines..
Thanks very much for reading
John, Wilko, T and Aud
Website - http://www.allerjen.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/allerjen
Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/allerjen
iPhone app - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/allerjen/id493108274?mt=8


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/*
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   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at
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   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/

package client

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"strconv"

	"github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/lib/go-tc"
)

func (to *Session) GetATSServerConfigList(serverID int) (tc.ATSConfigMetaData, ReqInf, error) {
	resp, remoteAddr, err := to.request(http.MethodGet, apiBase+"/servers/"+strconv.Itoa(serverID)+"/configfiles/ats", nil)
	reqInf := ReqInf{CacheHitStatus: CacheHitStatusMiss, RemoteAddr: remoteAddr}
	if err != nil {
		return tc.ATSConfigMetaData{}, reqInf, err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	data := tc.ATSConfigMetaData{}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data); err != nil {
		return tc.ATSConfigMetaData{}, reqInf, err
	}
	return data, reqInf, nil
}

func (to *Session) GetATSServerConfigListByName(serverHostName string) (tc.ATSConfigMetaData, ReqInf, error) {
	resp, remoteAddr, err := to.request(http.MethodGet, apiBase+"/servers/"+serverHostName+"/configfiles/ats", nil)
	reqInf := ReqInf{CacheHitStatus: CacheHitStatusMiss, RemoteAddr: remoteAddr}
	if err != nil {
		return tc.ATSConfigMetaData{}, reqInf, err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	data := tc.ATSConfigMetaData{}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data); err != nil {
		return tc.ATSConfigMetaData{}, reqInf, err
	}
	return data, reqInf, nil
}

func (to *Session) GetATSServerConfig(serverID int, fileName string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	return to.getConfigFile(apiBase + "/servers/" + strconv.Itoa(serverID) + "/configfiles/ats/" + fileName)
}

func (to *Session) GetATSServerConfigByName(serverHostName string, fileName string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	return to.getConfigFile(apiBase + "/servers/" + serverHostName + "/configfiles/ats/" + fileName)
}

func (to *Session) GetATSProfileConfig(profileID int, fileName string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	return to.getConfigFile(apiBase + "/profiles/" + strconv.Itoa(profileID) + "/configfiles/ats/" + fileName)
}

func (to *Session) GetATSProfileConfigByName(profileName string, fileName string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	return to.getConfigFile(apiBase + "/profiles/" + profileName + "/configfiles/ats/" + fileName)
}

func (to *Session) GetATSCDNConfig(cdnID int, fileName string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	return to.getConfigFile(apiBase + "/cdns/" + strconv.Itoa(cdnID) + "/configfiles/ats/" + fileName)
}

func (to *Session) GetATSCDNConfigByName(cdnName string, fileName string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	return to.getConfigFile(apiBase + "/cdns/" + cdnName + "/configfiles/ats/" + fileName)
}

func (to *Session) getConfigFile(uri string) (string, ReqInf, error) {
	resp, remoteAddr, err := to.request(http.MethodGet, uri, nil)
	reqInf := ReqInf{CacheHitStatus: CacheHitStatusMiss, RemoteAddr: remoteAddr}
	if err != nil {
		return "", reqInf, err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	bts, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	return string(bts), reqInf, err
}

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Detroit King 2020 WR/SS Rashawn Williams is visiting Michigan State this upcoming weekend which is the 2nd time he is visiting the Spartans since the summer.
The impressive Athlete out of King holds 6 offers as of now and more will surely come over time for the 6'1 180 lbs stud!
Williams shared what he's looking forward to on his trip to MSU, "Possibly getting closer to the offer," said Williams. "If not that then build a bond with the coaches."


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77% of British Sikhs stressed out, says annual British Sikh Report
Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal has written the introductory analysis article for the annual British Sikh Report, which this year focuses on mental health in the British Sikh community.
The British Sikh Report is an annual survey of the UK Sikh population, with the aim of exploring current trends and issues so as to engage in active discussion with political and community leaders and groups. This year the report focused on mental health in the Sikh community.
In her article, Jagbir highlighted that there is no word for 'mental illness' in Punjabi, which instead uses metaphors and proverbs, such as, 'my heart is heavy', 'my head is heavy' and 'sinking heart'. Jagbir also outlines the cultural context of mental health in the Sikh community, which is often attributed to possession by a spirit or demon, the casting of an evil eye, or black magic.
The report and its finding were covered in the Times of India. India has a Sikh population of 20.8 million people (1.72% of the country's total population), of which 77% are concentrated in the state of Punjab.
Jagbir presented the report in Parliament on Wednesday 25 April to a group of MPs and civil servants, along with CitySikhs, the group that organises the British Sikh Report, and a group of young Sikh mental health activists who are raising awareness in the community through open and frank discussion.
Read coverage about the British Sikh Report in the Times of India


On Appeal from an Order Denying Wolf Mountain's Motion for Summary Judgment and Granting ASCU's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment by the Third Judicial District Court, Silver Summit District, Honorable Bruce C. Lubeck.
David M. Wahlquist; Rod N. Andreason; Ryan B. Frazier; Kirton & McConkie; Attorneys for Appellant.
John R. Lund; Kara L. Pettit; Snow, Christensen, and Martineau; Attorneys for Appellee.
Reply Brief, Wolf Mountain Resorts v. ASC Utah, No. 20100342 (Utah Court of Appeals, 2010).


SKU: 031-37-358. Category: Cuckoo Clock.
This lavishly decorated Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Chalet Style has an eight-day movement and plays music on the full hour while the wooden cuckoo calls every half and full hour. It has two great tunes that will play alternatingly: "Edelweiss" and "Der Fröhliche Wanderer" (The Cheerful Wanderer). There is a manual night shutoff to silence the cuckoo during the night. All features are hand-carved and hand-painted, of course. It is the best cuckoo clock for you if you have a bit more wall space: it measures 10,6 x 15,3 x 15,7 inches (27 x 39 x 40 cm).
The scene on this Black Forest cuckoo clock is incredibly rich in detail. There is your traditional mountain farmhouse with the typical flower boxes in front of the windows and handmade wooden shingles on the roof. In an open space above the dial there is a group of dancing couples in their colorful traditional costumes who start dancing every time the music plays. During the music the mill wheel turns, and the farmer is chopping wood. In front of the house a visitor enters the scene: the clock peddler. Until the early 20th century, these peddlers were a common sight in the Black Forest carrying their stock with them and selling handmade cuckoo clocks all over and outside the Black Forest. This is the best cuckoo clock for those who truly love the Black Forest.


Breathing in Grace: God has something to say to me!!!
God has something to say to me!!!
....but the trouble is we I don't always listen.
I want to share a few things that have happened to me in the last couple of weeks that all have to do with listening to the Holy Spirit....and praying for discernment!!!
A while back, I woke up in the middle of the night with scripture on my mind....it wasn't the "words"....it was book, chapter, verse....and I had no idea what they were. I couldn't get it off my mind, so I got up and grabbed a Bible and searched it out. I still can't remember if it was I, or II Corinthians....but as I read chapter 4, verses 7-12 of each of those books....well, they both spoke to me, so I'm figuring God wanted me to glean something from them both!!!
Yesterday, I went to the doctor with my Mom. Before she came to pick me up, I felt God speaking to me to pray with my her. Now....I've prayed FOR my Mom....a lot....but never WITH her. As far back as I can remember, I don't ever recall my Mom praying with me....but, like me, I'm sure she prayed for me. I tried to tell myself that wasn't what God was asking me to do....actually, I asked Him if He was sure....ha! ha! When I opened the door to go outside to wait on her, the word "obedience" came to mind. My Mom always wants me to drive, so as I was getting in the car and buckling up....I said, "Mom"....and she immediately asked "What's wrong?". I told her nothing was wrong, but that God had asked me to pray with her and I knew I had to do it. If you knew my Mom, you would understand why I had to be that specific with her. Anyway....I took her hand in mine, and we prayed. I prayed out loud....and so did she.
And....while we were at the doctor's office, as the PA explained something to us that my Mom had been experiencing....I knew in my spirit I had to speak up. As she told my Mom that sometimes the brain and the body aren't in sync....and often the brain would try to convince us of something that wasn't actually true. I felt in my spirit that I had to speak up and say something. I shared that sometimes the devil is trying to convince us of something that we know is totally wrong.....and when we wake up in the middle of the night having somewhat of an anxiety attack, we need to pray....pray away any stronghold that Satan might have on us!!! I'm not sure that the PA is a CHRISTian....because she said absolutely nothing....not even a nod of the head!!!
....how God does indeed speak to us thru His Holy Spirit!!!
Don't you just love getting Godfirmations?!?!?!
I still have many things to say to you.
You are not strong enough to understand them now.
The Holy Spirit is coming.
He will lead you into all TRUTH.
He will not speak His Own words.
He will speak what He hears.
He will tell you of things to come.
Hope your weekend is full of lots of sweet blessings!!!
Great post, thank you - I get that too, the book, chapter and verse, I read and God speaks, now I have to really listen and put into practice eh.
Oh . . . how I loved this post.
The Holy Spirit is so real to me the last year as I've struggled thro some things. Probably wouldn't have struggled so much if I would have obeyed faster.
I love the word Godfirmations. Is that your word or did it come from somewhere else. I'd like to add it to my definitions and words, but want to give credit to the right person.
God is so faithful to nudge us and speak to us, and as we practice listening we can hear more fully and react more quickly next time. I loved how you received chapter and verse. I usually just get words! :-) Thank you for sharing at Tell me a Story and please return next Tuesday to enter or view the stories.


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Raymond Gregory was elected to the City Council in November 2018 as the first representative from the recently-formed District 5, which covers the Panorama and La Pasada neighborhoods, the southern and western portions of the Rio Vista neighborhood, and the Park David Senior Housing complex.
Raymond previously served more than 27 years with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, before retiring in 2017. During his tenure with the Sheriff's Department, Raymond held many ranks and worked a variety of locations and functions, including patrol, jails, as a courtroom deputy, an internal affairs investigator, eventually rising to the rank of Assistant Sheriff. Locally, he served as commander of the Sheriff's Indio Station as it transitioned to its current location in Thermal. As part of that assignment, he served as Chief-of-Police for the cities of Coachella and La Quinta. Previously, he also served as commander of the jail in Indio, and before that as the Asst. Chief for the La Quinta Police Department.
Raymond has lived in the Panorama-area of Cathedral City for over 21 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from California State University, San Bernardino, in Administration with a Management concentration, and a Master of Arts degree in Management from the University of Redlands. Raymond is married, and his husband works for a local non-profit organization. He has two grown children, and one grandchild.
Raymond comes to the council as someone with government and business knowledge, but also as someone who has worked closely with others in a team environment to get things done and who believes in doing the right things for the right reasons. Raymond is honored to have garnered the support of many local community organizations and government leaders, who know he always puts the needs of his community first and foremost, seeks to be the voice for the people where needed, and finds balanced compromise wherever possible. Raymond is progressive on social issues and a staunch defender of individual rights and freedoms yet believes government must be careful with how taxpayer dollars are spent. Being business-friendly and maintaining safe and healthy neighborhoods must remain the first priority of the City.
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The first Harry Potter book came out in 1997, and no one at the time could imagine that in the 10 years that followed, it would become the most read children's book and a $6.4 billion worth film franchise. The aim of this essay is to try to explain the reason for the popularity of the Harry Potter books. The aim is also to show the changes that the series caused, how they influenced the people who read them, how they had an impact on literacy and overall, on British popular culture. In the first part of the essay I will briefly explain the beginning of the Harry Potter phenomenon and its growing popularity in the countries all over the world. In the second part I will deal with the character of Harry, explaining why he has such an appeal to the readers and how come people identify with him. In the third part, I will explain the impact Harry Potter books have on society, how they influence young adults and children. The fourth part will deal with the controversies about Harry Potter, the views and thoughts of religious people who see Harry Potter as a book that should be banned. In the fifth part, I will mention the difference the phenomenon caused when it comes to the book business and the film industry of Britain.
The Harry Potter phenomenon had its humble beginning all the way back in the 1990s, when the first book, written by J. K. Rowling, came out in the shops. The main protagonist, a scrawny, young child wizard, who wore round glasses, had an immediate appeal to the readers, but no one at that time knew that the young boy would turn out to be the literary icon of the last decade. The popularity of the book resulted in it being translated into various languages, thus establishing its status as a phenomenon known worldwide. During the second and the third installment, the stories developed as the characters matured, so the series began to reach out to both young and adult audiences. The transition from the book to the big screen, Christopher Columbus's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone from 2001, introduced the magic world of the young wizard to even further audiences, leading to the formation of many fan clubs and websites, proving that the Harry Potter phenomenon was there to stay.


More road construction began in the vicinity of Edmonton International Airport last Wednesday.
More road construction began in the vicinity of Edmonton International Airport last Wednesday, but once completed will offer better traffic flow.
"Starting today, September 9, Edmonton International Airport (EIA) will begin a $15-million Airport Road Upgrade project," stated a press release from Chris Chodan, EIA Communications.
"The project is a significant investment in the safe, smooth flow of traffic at EIA." Chodan said the project will be split into two parts, one right now in the fall of 2015, one which stretches to year's end.
"Phase 1 of the roadwork will be completed in late October, and Phase 2 will take place between October and December, 2015," stated Chodan.
Contacted by The Leduc/Wetaskiwin Pipestone Flyer Sept. 9, Chodan said there will be some impact on traffic that local motorists should note. "There will be some restriction of Airport Road from EIA East towards Nisku, from 2 lanes down to 1," he stated in an email.
This $15-million improvement project is funded entirely by EIA, and is a reinvestment of non-aeronautical revenue such as parking fees and vending machine revenue. Airport Improvement Fees (AIF) are not a funding source for this project.
Steve Rumley, EIA Vice President Infrastructure, said EIA is proud of its new project and is eager to see it completed. "EIA is a key regional economic driver, and our core values place safety and security first. To ensure the safety of travelers and support current development, we are committing our time and resources to this infrastructure improvement project," he stated in the press release.


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The construction term "pointing" refers to the finishing of mortar joints in masonry, be it stone or brick. Mortar often does not have as long a lifespan as the brick it holds together, and over the years must be periodically removed and replaced. Repointing is the process of removing deteriorated mortar from the joints of a masonry wall and replacing it with new mortar. Repointing restores the visual and physical integrity of the masonry, and therefore the longevity of the building envelope.
Telltale signs of mortar deterioration include mortar erosion exceeding ¼", crumbling mortar, voids in the mortar, and hairline cracks in the mortar and bricks. These signs should not be ignored. To ensure there's no further damage to the building, repointing should be performed as soon as possible.
While repointing is necessary, it's erroneous to assume that repointing alone will solve all building envelope deficiencies. Water entry can result from deficiencies in flashing, waterproofing, gutters, lintels, sills, sealant joints, etc. It's important to determine the root causes of any observed deterioration, and the sources of water infiltration, prior to performing any repair work. Our estimator will do this for you. Without eliminating the source of the problem, mortar deterioration will continue, and repointing efforts will be a waste of time and money.
In most cases, the project costs associated with external restoration of a building are relatively low in relation to the benefits, particularly, the increase in property value and subsequent resale factor. Additionally, the reduction in risk, or potentially costly structural defects, outweigh any immediate costs.
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Q: rails 4.1 beta upgrade 'action-view no method error' I am trying to upgrade my rails application from rails 4.0.2 to 4.1 beta, I followed all the instructions given on http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/4_1_release_notes.html#action-pack-removals .
Whenever i run my application, this is the error i get

/Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/railtie/configuration.rb:95:in `method_missing': undefined method `action_view' for # (NoMethodError)
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/jquery-rails-3.0.4/lib/jquery/rails/railtie.rb:7:in `block in '
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/activesupport-4.1.0.beta1/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:36:in `call'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/activesupport-4.1.0.beta1/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:36:in `execute_hook'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/activesupport-4.1.0.beta1/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:45:in `block in run_load_hooks'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/activesupport-4.1.0.beta1/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:44:in `each'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/activesupport-4.1.0.beta1/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:44:in `run_load_hooks'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/application.rb:121:in `initialize'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:171:in `new'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:171:in `instance'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/application.rb:90:in `inherited'
    from /Users/surendra/Desktop/faces/config/application.rb:13:in `'
    from /Users/surendra/Desktop/faces/config/application.rb:12:in `'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:79:in `require'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:79:in `block in server'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:76:in `tap'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:76:in `server'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:40:in `run_command!'
    from /Users/surendra/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/railties-4.1.0.beta1/lib/rails/commands.rb:17:in `'
    from bin/rails:4:in `require'
    from bin/rails:4:in `'

my application.rb file is this
require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__)

require "action_controller/railtie"
require "rails/test_unit/railtie"
require "sprockets/railtie"

Bundler.require(:default, Rails.env)

module ElitmusFaces
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
    # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
    # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.

    # Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
    # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.
    # config.time_zone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)'

    # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
    # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
    # config.i18n.default_locale = :de
  end
end

Can you help me with this error,i would like to know where the error occured

A: I finally solved this problem, since I was not following rails convention in application.rb, I had to dig deeper to find where the problem is. It looks like the problem is caused by
 require "action_controller/railtie"

And the error it is showing is, actionview method not found. So I just replaced that line with
 require "action_view/railtie"

I got this info from
https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/7356
it seems that actionview is decoupled from actionpack, so i needed to add it myself.

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A 12-member delegation from the Diocese of Trenton will join more than 3,000 bishops, clergy, religious and laypeople from across the country as they participate in the Convocation of Catholic Leaders July 1 through 4 in Orlando, Florida.
The Monitor recently was honored with eight awards in the Catholic Press Association's 2017 Journalism Competition.
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., announced clergy appointments, effective July 1.
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., announced appointments June 21.
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., hosted a luncheon June 16 in honor of Diocesan Chancellor and Chief Administrative Officer Anthony Mingarino and Diocesan Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Daughter of Charity Sister Joanne Dress.
The diocesan Ministry of Evangelization and Family Life will present its annual evangelization conference 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 in St. David the King Parish, Princeton Junction.
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.'s, hour-long, monthly radio program, "The Shepherd's Voice" will air on WFJS 1260 AM, WFJS 89.3 FM, WGYM 1580 AM and WSMJ 91.9 FM beginning at 3 p.m. June 2.


It's five am and i've wanted to write for days now. It seems like as soon as one thing settles in something else creeps in and causes my thoughts to move toward the new ones. Breathing is a God given gift. As I wake up each morning I am aware and have experienced that a loved one didn't have the opportunity to do the same. But yet I breathe. And still I am thankful for it. But as I breathe, at times anxiety trickles in. It seems that my world starts feeling more and more consumed. But sometimes I am fortunate enough to recall. I am fortunate to have experienced some peaceful situations throughout life. Times where my heart rested. Where it would beat a normal beat. Where a simple hand held made me feel like nothing else mattered and it was just two, Oh how I long to breathe like that again. How I long for the times of quiet in the presence of my beautiful peace. As I now sit outside I hear birds chirping, I see the clouds moving across the moon, I hear that oh so familiar train that seems to follow me wherever I go… and still… this peace is not a fully satisfying peace. In this moment I can breathe but my stomach turns from wanting and needing. It's vividly in my mind and heart and I can't push it away. But do I want to? I don't think that I do. But how I long do I breathe without the very thing which helped to give me life. I look to the heart of it all and I know that a good breathe is something that we all long for and if experienced it is a truly life changing most satisfying thing.


If the essential maxim for house hunters is 'Location, Location, Location' then surely it's 'Repetition, Repetition, Repetition' for language learners (check out a recent blog post we wrote about the value of repetition as a language learning tool).
Repetition need not be boring; it all depends on how it is done. And here's a great way to build repetition into your Spanish teaching schedule: a Spanish Year Calendar which can be used by the children themselves every school day.
Now the really cool bit. Before the children learn to say each day's date, using examples like the three shown later in this post, they make their own calendars in class.
The simplest way to do this is with 12 pieces of A4 card, each piece representing a different month of the year.
That's it. Simple! All the children need do is complete the process for all 12 months (use different coloured pieces of card if you have them), use a hole punch to make two holes a the top of each piece of card, then thread string through to hold the complete calendar together.
Note that months of the year and days of the week are not capitalised in Spanish. For more about capitalisation in Spanish click here.
Look how repetition is used here. The words 'Hoy es' always appear at the start of the sentence. They are followed by the day and the date. So what we are looking at is a great mix of same language followed by same structure. ¡Perfecto!
PS If you are short on time (and creative skills perhaps!) you could consider purchasing this excellent Spanish Fabric Calendar via Little Linguist. It includes all the necessary calendar-related language plus Weather and Seasons!


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Abbott's attack on Triggs is an attack on women and the human rights of all Australians.
Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson, former Policy Director of The Institute of Public Affairs, must be revelling in the Abbott government's attack on the integrity of the AHRC President, Professor Gillian Triggs, even if few others can. Wilson has leapt at the opportunity to demonstrate what he stands for. Do nothing. Watch others put the boot in. Then pick up your reward.
To the rest of us, however, the attack on Professor Triggs marks a dark new chapter in the descent of the Abbott government as it prosecutes every means available to get its own way and replace Triggs with Wilson. It clearly plans to induce Triggs to resign, leaving the AHRC presidency available to a more malleable, more ideologically correct, less bothersome candidate. Triggs' replacement will avoid any real scrutiny; asking of questions or calling the government to account. Wilson would be ideal for the job.
Triggs, however, is made of sterner stuff. After suffering nine hours of unconscionable bullying by senate committee members on Tuesday, the professor has so far resisted all coercion and duress; maintaining both her dignity and her right to continue to discharge her responsibilities. Yet Abbott appears on the news tonight baying for her blood. The government, he says, has lost faith in the commissioner. Lost faith? This could be a protracted foolhardy campaign in which the LNP loses heavily as it so clearly acts in bad faith.
In the process of trying to reduce Gillian Triggs' resolve, the government has made an ass of itself. And in the process it has revealed its 'freedom commissioner', Tim Wilson to be an ass. Above all it has opened up for all the world to see its own, unique, asinine notion of freedom. Wilson's case is instructive in highlighting the limited sense in which this government understands freedom.
Wilson represents LNP/IPA freedom, a type of neoliberal or Tea Party freedom, a 'free-market' variety of freedom which compels him to hang back when common decency alone would prompt any reasonable human being to defend his President. Triggs has been bullied, belittled and branded a political stooge. Yet Wilson won't interfere, it seems, on principle.
Wilson has not lifted a finger to defend Triggs. "I support all my colleagues," he said, when asked if he supported Professor Triggs. "I'm not going to get involved in fuelling the debate around this report." While long-term arbitrary detention of children is not in anyone's interests, he says, he supports the government's asylum seeker policy. But by not getting involved, he condones his government's cruelty and brutality. He fuels debate whether he likes it or not, precisely by choosing to watch on. Why?
The "free market approach" to human rights ignores existing power relations, an approach which protects human rights for the strong but offers naught to the disadvantaged or the rest of us. It is why Attorney General, George Brandis took a shine to young Tim in the first place. Yet there seems to be more at work than this ideology. Should the attacks lead to Triggs' resignation, Wilson, the lone neoliberal of all the HR commissioners, stands favourite to get her job. He has the right neoliberal credentials. As the IPA, the power behind Abbott's throne, dared put it recently, 'It is comforting that there is at least one supporter of freedom in the Human Rights Commission.'
The government's furious assault on Triggs may be seen at base as a convenient distraction from the substance of her report, The Forgotten Children, which finds that detaining children breached Australia's international obligations, and calls for a royal commission and for the children in immigration detention to be released. This reading of events, however, does not take into account Brandis' orchestrated campaign to get the senate committee to put the boot in. Nor does it heed the signs of its game plan to replace Triggs with Wilson.
As a distraction, the government's concerted character assassination on Triggs, is another performance in its theatre of cruelty, so far, comprising an attack by the PM in parliament, numerous character assassinations and a nine hour inquisition of Triggs before a senate estimates review committee yesterday chaired by Ian MacDonald, who was flippant about his damning decision not to read the report with: I've got plenty of things to read,' thereby instantly clearing himself from any suspicion of acting in good faith – and for good measure insulting Triggs and demeaning her inquiry. He also abused his position as chairman to chide Triggs. Women of the senate leapt to her defence.
Keating famously called the senate 'unrepresentative swill' but a less flattering low was reached by Liberal Senator Barry O'Sullivan when he boomed: 'Just thought you would like to hear a man's voice,' This moronic, boorish gibe was made when Ian MacDonald, the chair bought into the debate by alleging that Triggs had 'done nothing' during the Labor government. Senator Penny Wright justly objected to the chairman's attack. To O'Sullivan, however, too many women were talking. His insult to proceedings marked a new low in decorum and respect for women. Women will find it inexcusable unforgiveable. The spectacle of Gillian Triggs' ritual abasement by nine hours of bullying into resignation by our nation's elected representatives degrades all of us. It marks another, irretraceable step in the Abbott government's steep decline.
Abbott and Brandis's unprecedented attack on Triggs claims that the HRC's report on children in immigration detention is partisan and politically motivated. But why so late? Brandis implausibly claims it was not until mid-January that he read politics and partisanship into The Forgotten Children report. He was given the report in October 2014. The government's accusations and smear campaign bear all the markings of a setup.
Furthermore, the claims are clearly false. Any objective reading reveals the HRC report to be equally critical of both Coalition and Labor governments, over their treatment of children in detention. If Brandis has a legitimate gripe about the timing of the report, he hasn't articulated it in any proper way, preferring to buy into Tony Abbott's outright attack on Triggs' integrity.
As a 'Freedom Commissioner,' Wilson might be expected to voice an opinion on the blatant attempt by the PM and the Attorney-General to curtail Triggs' freedom to report her findings without fear or favour. Yet he has said nothing. Some comment is warranted, even mandated, even if Wilson cannot bring himself to defend his president from the government's attacks on her integrity and impartiality. Yet there is silence from his quarter. Tim represents this government's new breed of human rights watch dog; a lame, tame, toothless pup waiting to be thrown the next doggie biscuit.
Every dog has his day. Wilson would be happy that the words political and partisan were not being applied to him. He was given his current five year job as Freedom Commissioner by an AG and a PM who created it for him in December 2013. Why? Balance was required, as George Brandis explained:
"The appointment of Mr Wilson to this important position will help to restore balance to the Australian Human Rights Commission which, during the period of the Labor government, had become increasingly narrow and selective in its view of human rights."
What Brandis chose not to mention was that earlier in 2013, the IPA had called for the Human Rights Commission to be abolished, a point Shadow Attorney Mark Dreyfus quickly raised on news of Wilson's appointment.
"How can Mr Wilson possibly undertake the role of a Human Rights Commissioner when it's obvious he has such contempt for the Commission itself?" Dreyfus said. "By appointing Mr Wilson, Senator Brandis has sent a strong signal about exactly the kind of blatant political agenda he wishes to pursue as Attorney-General."
Imagine the phone call from George Brandis. No need to put in a job application; no need for any interview; just let us know and we'll take care of all the rest, Tim. Duties? All you have to do is keep our end up, Tim. 18C has to go. Triggs ditto. Hang in there and you are a real chance for her position. And by the way, we will start you on $322,000. What young upwardly mobile Liberal party member wouldn't have surrendered their membership to embrace such an irresistible opportunity?
Wilson's inaction is an indictment of himself and his government and adds to the ugly spectacle of an orchestrated government attack on the independence and impartiality of one of its most distinguished commissioners. It is above all a warning to all citizens of how our Team Australia government deals with criticism or dissent. Above all it says dreadful things about its view of the status of women. Should the Abbott government game plan succeed, the teeth will have been pulled from the Human Rights Commission, leaving a pliant lap dog in the service of the government, pretending to protect the nation's human rights while it fawns all over its master.
February 25, 2015 · Posted in Political Comment ·
« Abbott's security statement provokes greater insecurity, instability and hastens his own political decline.
Brandis must apologise to all Australians, especially women and then resign immediately. »


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Bruce Norman Runnegar (born 2 February 1941, Brisbane) is an Australian-born paleontologist and professor at UCLA. His research centers on using the fossil record to determine how, where, and when life originated and evolved. He has published on a wide variety of topics, including the phylogeny of molluscs, Dickinsonia fossils and oxygen levels, and molecular clock techniques.

One of the earliest species of molluscs, Pojetaia runnegari, is named after him.

Early life
Runnegar was educated at the University of Queensland, graduating with his B.Sc. with honours in 1964. He would go on to take his PhD at UQ in 1967, under supervisor, Palaeozoic coral palaeontologist Professor Dorothy Hill. He was a teaching fellow at the University from 1964-1967 as well as a demonstrator in 1967. Following his PhD he took up a lecturing position at the University of New England in 1968. He took his D.Sc. from UQ in 1978.

Career
After a year at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., as a National Research Council Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate, Runnegar returned to the University of New England in 1970. He would be promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1971 and Associate Professor 1974. He was Head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics from 1983 and became Professor of Geology and Geophysics (personal chair) in 1985.

In 1987, Runnegar took a position as Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was Director of the IGPP Centre for Astrobiology (joint University of California/NASA Astrobiology Institute) from 1998 and Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute from 2002-2006.

He was the Foundation editor of the Australian palaeontology journal, Alcheringa in 1974. He was President of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists from 1984-1985.

Honors and awards
 Recipient of the Mawson Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (1981)
 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1987)
 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993)
 Fellow of the Geological Society of America (1998)
 Recipient of the Lapworth Medal (2009)
 Recipient of the Paleontological Society Medal (2010)

Personal life
Runnegar is married to wife, Maria. They have one daughter.

References

External links
Profile at NASA's Astrobiology Institute
Profile at UCLA's Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Profile at the Encyclopedia of Australian Science

1941 births
Living people
Australian paleontologists
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
University of Queensland alumni
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the Geological Society of America
Astrobiologists

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Q: Dynamic controls are not going away I have an existing application page that's fairly large. I have to add some content to it that's dynamic. I want to add the content on a button click. This is currently not working. Owell...
However, if I generate the content on page init or load during a non postback event the content does generate. Great!
What's weird is that when I initiate the postback and don't regenerate the content, upon the page completing it's load, the dynamic content is still there!!!
Because the content is being generated dynamically I'd expect it to be gone after a postback. Is there an asp setting that I'm unaware of that might account for why the dynamic content doesn't go away on postback? Is there a non asp standard that might account for this?
Thanks.

A: So in my case, the reason this wasn't working as expected is because the page was using UpdatePanels. Thus when a post back occurred only the areas w/ an update panel updated as expected.
I needed to put the placeholder I was populating into an UpdatePanel. Now the content generates as expected.


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When the entire India was coming together to fight off Corona and showing their gratitude to the heroes of our country who are selflessly serving the corona patients, BIGO LIVE, a leading global live streaming platform, on Janta curfew spread their love to corona warriors through their campaign #WeAreThankful.
"Our campaign #WeAreThankful is a gesture to thank all those men and women who are out there and contributing their bit in our fight against COVID 19. It is very important for all of us to keep a positive attitude and keep sharing our love to each other. It is a time, when the entire humanity must come together and take responsibility to do their part in controlling the spread of the disease. BIGO family is very thankful to our prime minister and the government, who are trying day and night to curb Corona virus and taking all the right measures to control it. Our heartfelt gratitude also goes out to the general public who directly or indirectly are out there and helping us by fighting corona." Nagesh Banga, Deputy Country Head of BIGO LIVE commented on the occasion.
BIGO LIVE family, on Sunday got together on their live streaming platform with a common cover pic & a gratitude message that said #WeAreThankful . All the content creators & broadcasters, who are official broadcasters of BIGO LIVE went online by live streaming sharp at 5pm as the event began, and paid their gratitude and at the same time motivated their followers to do the same and urged them to come together as a society and support each other. All these broadcasters on their live streams, stood up and cheered for the medical, aviation & police forces & all those real life hero's who have been working, round the clock so that the general audience can stay safe and healthy.
Over hundreds of Bigo Live broadcasters continued streaming for the duration of one hour, who are having fans over millions . It was an iconic event for the entire Singapore based BIGO family to see how such small effort on everyone's part can make up such a huge difference and thereby reaching out to over millions of people through their gesture. This platform not only gave an opportunity to showcase they are thankful for what the government has decided, but also supports the lower income groups who are sacrificing their livelihoods for the safety of others and it's because of 'Bigo Live' that people can make that choice and difference.
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Q: How to unit test the heartbeat pattern? I am writing a client which sends a "heartbeat signal" to the server every second. The client calls a WCF service in the background thread to report its activity.
How to unit test this? Do I need to wait for a couple of seconds and check if appropriate method was called several times?
Should it be some sort of scenario test instead? Maybe I shouldn't be worried about calling the service continuously through the whole clients lifetime cycle?
I can test a single call to WCF service but it doesn't test the "heartbeat pattern".
I am using TDD approach. (C#, NUnit, Moq)
Any suggestions or examples?
EDIT:
I think it wasn't clear enough.
This is a much simpler version of what I have:
public class FeedService
{
   private Timer t;

   public FeedService()
   {
      t.Interval = 1000;
      t.Elapsed += TimerElapsed;
      t.Start();
   }

   private void TimerElapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
   {
      t.Stop();
      SendHeartbeat();
      t.Start();
   }
}

...and this is my test:
[Test]
public void Heartbeat_called_twice_after_2_seconds()
{
  var mockFeedService = new Mock<FeedService>();

  Thread.Sleep(2000);
  mockFeedService.Verify(x => x.SendHeartBeat(), Times.AtLeast(2));
}

I have a two questions:
1) Why my test always fails? What I am doing wrong?
2) Should I test it at all?

A: The functionality that you wish to test must be first isolated. For example in this case, there are a two aspects that could be tested. One is that the hearbeat component actually sends a heartbeat message on the designated schedule. The other is that the service receives the message. If you abstract the service, then you can test the hearbeat component in isolation from the service implementation. This can be done in a unit test by starting the hearbeat component, then sleeping, then verifying that the expected number of messages were received by the stub or mock service implementation. The test that ensures the service is receiving the message is an integration test and so is a not a "pure" unit test. However, since it must be tested anyway, you can have a test case for this as well.

A: I would wrap the interaction with the service in a "gateway" type class. This can be replaced by a mock in your test, and the mock can count the calls that you make, or whatever statistics you might need.
Regards,
Morten

A: The scenario you want to test is, strictly speaking, an integration test.
The approach I've taken to similar test-construction scenarios is to use this handy function:
/// <summary>
/// Wait no longer than @waitNoLongerThanMillis for @thatWhatWeAreWaitingFor to return true.
/// Tests every second for the
/// </summary>
/// <param name="thatWhatWeAreWaitingFor">Function that when evaluated returns true if the state we are waiting for has been reached.</param>
/// <param name="waitNoLongerThanMillis">Max time to wait in milliseconds</param>
/// <param name="checkEveryMillis">How often to check for @thatWhatWeAreWaitingFor</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private bool WaitFor(Func<bool> thatWhatWeAreWaitingFor, int checkEveryMillis, int waitNoLongerThanMillis)
{
    var waitedFor = 0;
    while (waitedFor < waitNoLongerThanMillis)
    {
        if (thatWhatWeAreWaitingFor()) return true;

        Console.WriteLine("Waiting another {0}ms for a situation to occur.  Giving up in {1}ms ...", checkEveryMillis, (waitNoLongerThanMillis - waitedFor));
        Thread.Sleep(checkEveryMillis);
        waitedFor += checkEveryMillis;
    }
    return false;
}

Usage:
// WaitFor (transaction to become failed, checkEverySoOften, waitNoLongerThan)
int wait = (Settings.EventHandlerCoordinatorNoActivitySleepTime + 5) * 1000;
var failedEventExists = WaitFor(() => EventQueueManager.GetFailedEvents(0, 10).TotalRecords > 0, checkEveryMillis: 1000, waitNoLongerThanMillis: wait);

if (!failedEventExists)
    Assert.Fail("Waited longer than " + wait + " without any evidence of the event having been handled.  Expected to failed event on the queue.");

It uses c# features only available since .Net4 but that probably suits most .Net developers these days.


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Als Museumsufer wird in Frankfurt am Main der Standort einer Gruppe von 26 Museen bezeichnet, die sich alle in unmittelbarer Nähe des Mains befinden.

Geschichte
Die Idee zu der Ansammlung unterschiedlicher Museen hatte 1977 der damalige Frankfurter Kulturdezernent Hilmar Hoffmann im Kommunalwahlkampf propagiert, nachdem entsprechende Vorschläge in Fachkreisen schon früher entwickelt worden waren. So hatte bereits 1973 der Architekt Till Behrens sein "Grüngürtel-Mainufer-Konzept" in das Frankfurter Forum für Stadtentwicklung eingebracht. Zwischen 1980 und 1990 wurden unter der Federführung des späteren Amtsleiters des Hochbauamtes der Stadt Frankfurt Roland Burgard die bestehenden Museen ausgebaut und neue errichtet. Dabei wurden teilweise ehemalige Patriziervillen umgebaut oder Neubauten entworfen. Für die Entwürfe waren Architekten wie etwa Richard Meier, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Josef Paul Kleihues, Günter Behnisch und Hans Hollein verantwortlich.

Seit 2008 saniert und erweitert die Stadt viele ihrer Museen. Das Städel erhielt einen Erweiterungsbau. Außerdem wurde das Filmmuseum renoviert.  Auch die Altbauten des Historischen Museums sind bereits wieder eröffnet worden.

Im Oktober 2007 schlossen sich rund 30 Frankfurter Museen unter der Wort-Bild-Marke "Museumsufer Frankfurt" zusammen. Diese soll ähnlich wie "MQ"  für das Museumsquartier Wien oder die "Museumsinsel" Berlin ein etablierter Begriff für den Museumsstandort Frankfurt werden. Mit dem "Museumsuferticket" und der "Museumsufercard" bietet der Verbund Vergünstigungen in den 38 teilnehmenden Museen an.

Museen
Neun Museen reihen sich am südlichen Ufer des Mains in Sachsenhausen zwischen dem Eisernen Steg und der Friedensbrücke am Schaumainkai. Diese sind, mainabwärts aufgezählt:
 Ikonen-Museum an der Deutschordenskirche (Brückenstraße/Deutschherrnufer)
 Museum Angewandte Kunst (früher: Museum für Kunsthandwerk) mit der Villa Metzler
 Museum der Weltkulturen (früher: Völkerkundemuseum, jetzt Eigenbezeichnung: Weltkulturen Museum.)
 Deutsches Filmmuseum
 Deutsches Architekturmuseum
 Museum für Kommunikation (früher: Bundespostmuseum)
 Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Eigenbezeichnung: Städel Museum)
 Liebieghaus (Museum alter Plastik)
 Museum Giersch (Museum für Kunst der Region)

Am nördlichen Mainufer in der Innenstadt befinden sich das Jüdische Museum am Untermainkai und das Historische Museum in der Altstadt am Mainkai. Etwas weiter vom Mainufer entfernt liegen im Altstadtbereich die Kunsthalle Schirn, das Museum für Moderne Kunst, das Museum Judengasse und das Archäologische Museum im Karmeliterkloster. Auf der Maininsel an der Alten Brücke wurde 2006 die Ausstellungshalle Portikus eröffnet.

Veranstaltungen
Das Museumsuferfest findet seit 1988 jedes Jahr am letzten Wochenende im August statt. Die Nacht der Museen wird seit dem Jahr 2000 jährlich im Frühjahr veranstaltet.

Siehe auch
 Kultur in Frankfurt am Main

Literatur
 Roland Burgard: Das Museumsufer Frankfurt: Architekten und Bauten, Basel, Verlag Birkhäuser 2020. ISBN 978-3-0356-1881-5.

Belege

Weblinks

 Museumsufer Frankfurt – Website der Stadt Frankfurt am Main

Kultur (Frankfurt am Main)
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Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen
Frankfurt am Main im 20. Jahrhundert


Get ready to laugh, America! At the funniest topic of all — ourselves.
The United States of Tamarie: An All-American Revue (Made in China) is arguably the most hilarious entry yet in performer, writer and director Tamarie Cooper's series of free-wheeling annual summer musicals.
After taking maternity leave last summer, Cooper has returned to the challenge of cooking up another original show with her trademark zaniness and irreverence intact, but with refreshed creativity and sharpened focus.
The current Catastrophic Theatre production serves up a gimlet-eyed yet affectionate send-up of all the varied aspects of contemporary American identity. In that cause, Cooper, her creative collaborators and her insanely talented gang of onstage cohorts come up with one pointed and uproarious sequence after another.
Most of United States rides on the sheer craziness and outrageousness that Cooper's fans have come to expect. Yet underpinning much of it is a genuinely inspired sense of satire that lifts the overall show to a new level of consistency and purpose.
The full-company opener America is Awesome gets the show off to a rousing start, with everyone frenetically singing the nation's praises and bouncing around the stage with mad exuberance, all but Cooper clad in Uncle Sam costumes. After the number, a lone dissenter rises from the audience: series regular Walt Zipprian (as himself), objecting to the mindless jingoism. He storms the stage, cataloging the nation's faults and historical wrongs, until he has all the cast (but Cooper) echoing his negativism in America Is Terrible.
The rest of the show finds Cooper and Zipprian as co-hosts, analyzing different facets of American life — Zipprian ever the critical voice, Cooper trying to find the bright side and restore the initial pro-America mood.
Are most Americans ignorant of history, geography and such? The show answers the charge with a wry game show spoof, Answer Like an American, featuring Kyle Sturdivant as the smarmy emcee and Cooper as the eager contestant who scores not with correct answers but with answers an American would give.
Another sequence heralds the low opinions that other nations have of the U.S. Sean Patrick Judge as snooty and condescending France, Sturdivant as troublemaking Germany, Karina Pal Montano-Bowers as calculating China, and the rest berate the U.S. while sending up stereotypes of each nation's identity.
Born Again Texans treats the notion that unfortunates born in other states can become "born again" as transplants to Texas. Naturally, it takes the form of a frenzied revival meeting, with Sturdivant as the wild-eyed evangelist who "saves" the (gasp) Chicago-born Cooper.
In Act 2, Cooper tries to find the elusive ideal America by time traveling to the "good old days" — the 1950s, the 1930s, the 1920s, even all the way back to the pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. But each time, she finds some drawback that renders life in that period unendurable. When she tries the reverse, escaping into the future, the results are likewise problematic. At one point, she finds herself in a near-future Obama Nation, in which all the ridiculously dire predictions of Obama bashers have, in fact, come true.
Cooper again proves a winning stage personality with top comic skills. Following a format effectively employed by comedians from Jack Benny to Mary Tyler Moore to Jerry Seinfeld, she often plays bewildered "straight man" to the constellation of zanies surrounding her.
Zipprian is ideally cast as the genial crank, oozing enough snide sarcasm to make David Letterman seem sincere by comparison. Sturdivant impresses with his succession of alarming wackos who start out over the top and go off the charts from there, especially his vivid turn as a Conspiracy Theorist. Sean Patrick Judge turns in one gem of satiric characterization after another, from pretentious Frenchman to '30s movie hero spouting incredibly intense machine-gun-fire dialogue in one of the funniest scenes.
Ivy Castle as an obnoxious TV newscaster, Elissa Levitt as a dippy futureworld folksinger and Richard Lyders' indefatigably irritating Kenny G. are a few of the memorable cameos that enliven the show.
As director, Cooper keeps the action percolating and her lively dance routines are exuberantly performed by the company. Musical director Miriam Daly and her four-piece band do nifty work throughout.
The United States of Tamarie is surely the freshest, funniest and most pertinent show you'll encounter on any Houston stage this summer.


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Q: Check if click occured inside or outside of modal window I am catching click on website and closing modal window.
But how to actually check if click occured inside or outside of modal window?
    $(document).click(callself(this, function (inst, event) {
        var modalElement = $(selector);
        if (modalElement.css("display") == "block") {
            this.closeButtonClicked();
        }
    }));

A: lets say your modal window id is modal.
with jQuery:
$(function(){
    $(document).click(function(){
        console.log('document is clicked');
    });

    $('#modal').click(function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        e.stopPropagation();
        console.log('modal is clicked');
    });
});

hope that helps.


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