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// Copyright (c) Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Immutable;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection.PortableExecutable;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Host;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PooledObjects;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop;
using Roslyn.Utilities;

namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Implementation.ProjectSystem
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Manages metadata references for VS projects.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// They monitor changes in the underlying files and provide snapshot references (subclasses of <see cref="PortableExecutableReference"/>)
    /// that can be passed to the compiler. These snapshot references serve the underlying metadata blobs from a VS-wide storage, if possible,
    /// from <see cref="ITemporaryStorageService"/>.
    /// </remarks>
    internal sealed partial class VisualStudioMetadataReferenceManager : IWorkspaceService
    {
        private static readonly Guid s_IID_IMetaDataImport = new Guid("7DAC8207-D3AE-4c75-9B67-92801A497D44");
        private static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<Metadata, object> s_lifetimeMap = new ConditionalWeakTable<Metadata, object>();

        private readonly MetadataCache _metadataCache;
        private readonly ImmutableArray<string> _runtimeDirectories;

        private readonly ITemporaryStorageService _temporaryStorageService;

        internal IVsXMLMemberIndexService XmlMemberIndexService { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The smart open scope service. This can be null during shutdown when using the service might crash. Any
        /// use of this field or derived types should be synchronized with <see cref="_readerWriterLock"/> to ensure
        /// you don't grab the field and then use it while shutdown continues.
        /// </summary>
        private IVsSmartOpenScope SmartOpenScopeServiceOpt { get; set; }

        internal IVsFileChangeEx FileChangeService { get; }

        private readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim _readerWriterLock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim();

        internal VisualStudioMetadataReferenceManager(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, ITemporaryStorageService temporaryStorageService)
        {
            _metadataCache = new MetadataCache();
            _runtimeDirectories = GetRuntimeDirectories();

            XmlMemberIndexService = (IVsXMLMemberIndexService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(SVsXMLMemberIndexService));
            SmartOpenScopeServiceOpt = (IVsSmartOpenScope)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(SVsSmartOpenScope));

            FileChangeService = (IVsFileChangeEx)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(SVsFileChangeEx));
            _temporaryStorageService = temporaryStorageService;

            Debug.Assert(XmlMemberIndexService != null);
            Debug.Assert(SmartOpenScopeServiceOpt != null);
            Debug.Assert(FileChangeService != null);
            Debug.Assert(temporaryStorageService != null);
        }

        internal IEnumerable<ITemporaryStreamStorage> GetStorages(string fullPath, DateTime snapshotTimestamp)
        {
            var key = new FileKey(fullPath, snapshotTimestamp);
            // check existing metadata
            if (_metadataCache.TryGetSource(key, out var source))
            {
                if (source is RecoverableMetadataValueSource metadata)
                {
                    return metadata.GetStorages();
                }
            }

            return null;
        }

        public PortableExecutableReference CreateMetadataReferenceSnapshot(string filePath, MetadataReferenceProperties properties)
        {
            return new VisualStudioMetadataReference.Snapshot(this, properties, filePath, fileChangeTrackerOpt: null);
        }

        public VisualStudioMetadataReference CreateMetadataReference(string filePath, MetadataReferenceProperties properties)
        {
            return new VisualStudioMetadataReference(this, filePath, properties);
        }

        public void ClearCache()
        {
            _metadataCache.ClearCache();
        }

        private bool VsSmartScopeCandidate(string fullPath)
        {
            return _runtimeDirectories.Any(d => fullPath.StartsWith(d, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
        }

        private static ImmutableArray<string> GetRuntimeDirectories()
        {
            return ReferencePathUtilities.GetReferencePaths().Concat(
                new string[]
                {
                    Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Windows),
                    Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles),
                    Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86),
                    RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory()
                }).Select(FileUtilities.NormalizeDirectoryPath).ToImmutableArray();
        }

        /// <exception cref="IOException"/>
        /// <exception cref="BadImageFormatException" />
        internal Metadata GetMetadata(string fullPath, DateTime snapshotTimestamp)
        {
            var key = new FileKey(fullPath, snapshotTimestamp);
            // check existing metadata
            if (_metadataCache.TryGetMetadata(key, out var metadata))
            {
                return metadata;
            }

            if (VsSmartScopeCandidate(key.FullPath) && TryCreateAssemblyMetadataFromMetadataImporter(key, out var newMetadata))
            {
                if (!_metadataCache.TryGetOrAddMetadata(key, new WeakConstantValueSource<AssemblyMetadata>(newMetadata), out metadata))
                {
                    newMetadata.Dispose();
                }

                return metadata;
            }

            // use temporary storage
            var storages = new List<ITemporaryStreamStorage>();
            newMetadata = CreateAssemblyMetadataFromTemporaryStorage(key, storages);

            // don't dispose assembly metadata since it shares module metadata
            if (!_metadataCache.TryGetOrAddMetadata(key, new RecoverableMetadataValueSource(newMetadata, storages, s_lifetimeMap), out metadata))
            {
                newMetadata.Dispose();
            }

            return metadata;
        }

        /// <exception cref="IOException"/>
        /// <exception cref="BadImageFormatException" />
        private AssemblyMetadata CreateAssemblyMetadataFromTemporaryStorage(FileKey fileKey, List<ITemporaryStreamStorage> storages)
        {
            var moduleMetadata = CreateModuleMetadataFromTemporaryStorage(fileKey, storages);
            return CreateAssemblyMetadata(fileKey, moduleMetadata, storages, CreateModuleMetadataFromTemporaryStorage);
        }

        private ModuleMetadata CreateModuleMetadataFromTemporaryStorage(FileKey moduleFileKey, List<ITemporaryStreamStorage> storages)
        {
            GetStorageInfoFromTemporaryStorage(moduleFileKey, out var storage, out var stream, out var pImage);

            var metadata = ModuleMetadata.CreateFromMetadata(pImage, (int)stream.Length);

            // first time, the metadata is created. tie lifetime.
            s_lifetimeMap.Add(metadata, stream);

            // hold onto storage if requested
            if (storages != null)
            {
                storages.Add(storage);
            }

            return metadata;
        }

        private void GetStorageInfoFromTemporaryStorage(FileKey moduleFileKey, out ITemporaryStreamStorage storage, out Stream stream, out IntPtr pImage)
        {
            int size;
            using (var copyStream = SerializableBytes.CreateWritableStream())
            {
                // open a file and let it go as soon as possible
                using (var fileStream = FileUtilities.OpenRead(moduleFileKey.FullPath))
                {
                    var headers = new PEHeaders(fileStream);

                    var offset = headers.MetadataStartOffset;
                    size = headers.MetadataSize;

                    // given metadata contains no metadata info.
                    // throw bad image format exception so that we can show right diagnostic to user.
                    if (size <= 0)
                    {
                        throw new BadImageFormatException();
                    }

                    StreamCopy(fileStream, copyStream, offset, size);
                }

                // copy over the data to temp storage and let pooled stream go
                storage = _temporaryStorageService.CreateTemporaryStreamStorage(CancellationToken.None);

                copyStream.Position = 0;
                storage.WriteStream(copyStream);
            }

            // get stream that owns direct access memory
            stream = storage.ReadStream(CancellationToken.None);

            // stream size must be same as what metadata reader said the size should be.
            Contract.ThrowIfFalse(stream.Length == size);

            // under VS host, direct access should be supported
            var directAccess = (ISupportDirectMemoryAccess)stream;
            pImage = directAccess.GetPointer();
        }

        private void StreamCopy(Stream source, Stream destination, int start, int length)
        {
            source.Position = start;

            var buffer = SharedPools.ByteArray.Allocate();

            var read = 0;
            var left = length;
            while ((read = source.Read(buffer, 0, Math.Min(left, buffer.Length))) != 0)
            {
                destination.Write(buffer, 0, read);
                left -= read;
            }

            SharedPools.ByteArray.Free(buffer);
        }

        /// <exception cref="IOException"/>
        /// <exception cref="BadImageFormatException" />
        private bool TryCreateAssemblyMetadataFromMetadataImporter(FileKey fileKey, out AssemblyMetadata metadata)
        {
            metadata = default;

            var manifestModule = TryCreateModuleMetadataFromMetadataImporter(fileKey);
            if (manifestModule == null)
            {
                return false;
            }

            metadata = CreateAssemblyMetadata(fileKey, manifestModule, null, CreateModuleMetadata);
            return true;
        }

        private ModuleMetadata TryCreateModuleMetadataFromMetadataImporter(FileKey moduleFileKey)
        {
            if (!TryGetFileMappingFromMetadataImporter(moduleFileKey, out var info, out var pImage, out var length))
            {
                return null;
            }

            Debug.Assert(pImage != IntPtr.Zero, "Base address should not be zero if GetFileFlatMapping call succeeded.");

            var metadata = ModuleMetadata.CreateFromImage(pImage, (int)length);
            s_lifetimeMap.Add(metadata, info);

            return metadata;
        }

        private ModuleMetadata CreateModuleMetadata(FileKey moduleFileKey, List<ITemporaryStreamStorage> storages)
        {
            var metadata = TryCreateModuleMetadataFromMetadataImporter(moduleFileKey);
            if (metadata == null)
            {
                // getting metadata didn't work out through importer. fallback to shadow copy one
                metadata = CreateModuleMetadataFromTemporaryStorage(moduleFileKey, storages);
            }

            return metadata;
        }

        private bool TryGetFileMappingFromMetadataImporter(FileKey fileKey, out IMetaDataInfo info, out IntPtr pImage, out long length)
        {
            // We might not be able to use COM services to get this if VS is shutting down. We'll synchronize to make sure this
            // doesn't race against
            using (_readerWriterLock.DisposableRead())
            {
                // here, we don't care about timestamp since all those bits should be part of Fx. and we assume that
                // it won't be changed in the middle of VS running.
                var fullPath = fileKey.FullPath;

                info = default;
                pImage = default;
                length = default;

                if (SmartOpenScopeServiceOpt == null)
                {
                    return false;
                }

                if (ErrorHandler.Failed(SmartOpenScopeServiceOpt.OpenScope(fullPath, (uint)CorOpenFlags.ReadOnly, s_IID_IMetaDataImport, out var ppUnknown)))
                {
                    return false;
                }

                info = ppUnknown as IMetaDataInfo;
                if (info == null)
                {
                    return false;
                }

                return ErrorHandler.Succeeded(info.GetFileMapping(out pImage, out length, out var mappingType)) && mappingType == CorFileMapping.Flat;
            }
        }

        /// <exception cref="IOException"/>
        /// <exception cref="BadImageFormatException" />
        private AssemblyMetadata CreateAssemblyMetadata(
            FileKey fileKey, ModuleMetadata manifestModule, List<ITemporaryStreamStorage> storages,
            Func<FileKey, List<ITemporaryStreamStorage>, ModuleMetadata> moduleMetadataFactory)
        {
            var moduleBuilder = ArrayBuilder<ModuleMetadata>.GetInstance();

            string assemblyDir = null;
            foreach (string moduleName in manifestModule.GetModuleNames())
            {
                if (moduleBuilder.Count == 0)
                {
                    moduleBuilder.Add(manifestModule);
                    assemblyDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileKey.FullPath);
                }

                var moduleFileKey = FileKey.Create(PathUtilities.CombineAbsoluteAndRelativePaths(assemblyDir, moduleName));
                var metadata = moduleMetadataFactory(moduleFileKey, storages);

                moduleBuilder.Add(metadata);
            }

            if (moduleBuilder.Count == 0)
            {
                moduleBuilder.Add(manifestModule);
            }

            return AssemblyMetadata.Create(
                moduleBuilder.ToImmutableAndFree());
        }

        public void DisconnectFromVisualStudioNativeServices()
        {
            using (_readerWriterLock.DisposableWrite())
            {
                // IVsSmartOpenScope can't be used as we shutdown, and this is pretty commonly hit according to
                // Windows Error Reporting as we try creating metadata for compilations.
                SmartOpenScopeServiceOpt = null;
            }
        }
    }
}

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From the locally renowned hangers (steep sided wooded valleys), to fantastic secluded pubs, to mile upon mile of footpath, bridleway and byway, this relatively small area has much to offer. This little loop starts at the back of the Selborne Arms and takes about 1½ to 2 hours to do. Why not do a Sunday morning walk? Follow this by a hearty Sunday roast at one of the 2 pubs in Selborne, both of which have a great selection of ales.
Along the walk you may catch glimpses of roe deer, buzzards getting mobbed by crows or various water fowl. If you're really lucky you might see a kingfisher darting along the river.
From the car park head for the main road. Turn left, and cross the road right up towards the church. Head through the right hand gate and cross churchyard to little gate at the end.
Descend to the bottom of the field and go over the bridge. Walk along the footpath following signs for Hangers Way. Through next kissing gate, continue straight on. At next kissing gate (lakes in field), follow the waymark for Hangers Way (route forks left). Walk across the field, over the wooden bridge and stile, up hill, and over next stile.
Through the next kissing gate, and follow the path over the field. Once over stile at other end, turn right off the Hangers Way down track. Go down the track to the farm, bear right on the track, and just before bungalow on right, turn right signposted as Right of Way. Through a metal gate and follow field edge to the woods.
Continue straight on track until you come to a gate and the edge of a road. Once past gate, turn right through a wooden gate about 100 yards down (signposted as footpath). Over the bridge, bear left, up steps and turn left back onto Hangers Way.
Over a little wooden bridge bear left in the field onto a defined path (instead of heading back to churchyard). Go through the squeeze gap at edge of field. Walk up the road until you hit a main road, turn left and then turn right after the Selborne Arms. Go back to the base where a well deserved beer is waiting for you.


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E.F. San Juan Family Business Celebrates Milestone
Company's production manager earns honor
For generations, members of the San Juan family have crafted a sterling reputation as custom woodworkers. Photo by Michael Booini
E.F. San Juan, Inc. believes building, renovation and restoration work should be an exciting, fulfilling, and pleasant experience and that a partnership with E. F. San Juan can make dreams for a home or commercial space realities. If you can imagine it, they can create it.
E.F. San Juan is celebrating its 45th year in business and is known for its custom moulding, millwork, and cabinetry. Their craftsmen and designers, led by the company's owners, create innovative, artistic and efficient solutions. They don't just seek customers; they seek partners as committed to the experience as they are.
The San Juan family's roots in woodworking date to the mid-1900s. Three generations later, E.F. San Juan has evolved from modest facilities and equipment to a state-of-the-art facility.
Recently, Eddie San Juan received the honor of being distinguished as a member of this year's Woodworking Network "Wood Industry 40 Under 40" class. Woodworking Network celebrates the next generation of industry professionals making an impact on wood products manufacturing in North America.
Eddie is a dynamic and natural leader in his role as the production operations manager at E.F. San Juan.
Eddie San Juan "led his team and the company in an amazing transformation," wrote his nominator. "In a relatively short period of about 20 months and in the wake of a devastating Category 5 hurricane, Eddie took the lead of a 35-year-old manufacturing operation, kept it alive and thriving in makeshift conditions, and then guided the transition of it all to two new 12,000-square-foot facilities."
The history of E.F. San Juan has been captured in a documentary produced by Lisa Burwell and team from The Idea Boutique and Shane Reynolds of Color Earth Productions. It examines some of the business's most memorable projects and includes comments from some of the Emerald Coast region's most prominent people in architecture and construction including Seaside founder Robert Davis, architect Geoff Chick of Geoff Chick & Associates and Todd Lance of Alys Beach Construction.
Tags: building, cabinetry, craftsmanship, custom moulding, documentary, E.F. San Juan, milwork, woodworking

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3 pages this week! It's a never before seen record from us!!
After everything, I have to say that's his best reaction yet.
Seriously last update I was like, "He's probably a vampire. :3"
also- he's as pale as a sheet, if he was anything but it would be interesting though.
I wonder if he intended to give little one his blood or something so he could eventually be fully vampire aka sidekick material.
Anyway, Sergio's reaction is sooo believable. XD And I totally love how the fluffy towel looks around Sergio... *.* I wanna... steal him. Yes, steal.
Everykids is gonna be all like 80 I knew it! Burn the witch!
... EEEEEEEEE~! *dies from his cute pout-ish face* HE'S SO CutieCuteCute! But wait, who said 'WHAT' at the end? It must have been Simon, right? But who is he asking?
I bet Simon is jealous that he doesn't get to be a vampire.
lol Sergio is awesome in every way!
I just want to marry this comic.
Ahaha, yeah, didn't guess that. Vampire superhero, nice.
Oh I so knew it lol. I have had a feeling for a while now that he was a vamp.
What a nonchalant reaction for a kid.
Vampires are less suprising than superheroes. I guess he has a point, after everything that's happened tonight.
I'M surprised! Julian looks upset. Perhaps he should go visit his glittery friend Edward!
KIDDING JULIAN IS SO MUCH BETTER.
You guys ROCK! Thanks for the update!
Oh dear, I love this boy.
AHHHHH! I got burned! He's so hot!
I.. Sergio is just.. so FLUFFY OMG. <3!!
This is truly an amazing webcomic, so happy my GF hipped me on to it!
i honestly just want to hug the authors and never let go!!!
i just wanna hug the authors and never let go!!
GUESSED WHAT HE WAS AND WAS CORRECT!
First off: I KNEW IT. Hell, most of us probably guessed it, but I appreciate the not-so-dramatic moment of revelation here SO MUCH. Sergio's reaction especially. I laughed out loud while reading this.


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Complete Battle Update from Yarmouk Camp; 1,600 Civilians Escorted to Safety
by Leith Aboufadel
Day seven of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) offensive at the Al-Yarmouk Camp began with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launching a barrage of mortar shells at the latter's positions on 30th Street; this led to fierce clashes on the border of the Al-Qadam District between the two parties.
With the firefights engulfing 30th Street, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) – in coordination with the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) and Fatah Al-Intifada – attacked the ISIS militants on Libya Street, recapturing the territory lost to the enemy combatants on Sunday night.
The Palestinian resistance forces are now in control of 40 percent of the Al-Yarmouk and Falasteen Camp Districts, along with the majority of Al-Tadamon – the firefights at the latter district involves the Islamist forces not loyal to ISIS.
As a result of their success, the Palestinian resistance forces were able to secure the safety of 1,600 civilians inside the district by creating a safe passage to the north, where they were greeted by aid workers and soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army.
The SAA soldiers escorted the civilians to safety at a nearby camp and then transferred those seeking medical assistance to a local hospital.
According to a source from Jarmana Camp, the Palestinian resistance forces are trying to secure the safety of the remaining civilians in Al-Yarmouk Camp; however, they are unable at the moment due to the Islamist factions clashing with one another inside the district.
For the Islamist factions loyal to Jaysh Al-Islam, they are currently wedged between the Palestinian resistance forces and ISIS – rumors have surfaced that members of the Hamas affiliated "Aknef Beit Al-Maqdis" militia have defected to the Syrian Al-Qaeda group "Jabhat Al-Nusra"; however, this is still not confirmed.
ALSO READ ISIS suffers heavy losses in powerful attack by Russian warplanes in central Syria
Aknef Beit Al-Maqdis clashed with ISIS at the Palestine Street axis near the Loubya building; this battle resulted in the latter gaining more ground in central Al-Yarmouk.
The PLA destroyed a large tunnel that stretched from the Al-Yarmouk Camp to the Falasteen Camp after an airstrike by the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) unearthed this supply area.
The leader of the "Free Palestine Liberation Army," Khaled Al-Hassan (AKA "Abu 'Uday"), was killed while clashing with ISIS at the Hajar Al-Aswad and Al-Yarmouk Camp border axis.
Tags: ISISSyriaYarmouk
Leith Aboufadel
Editor-in-Chief Specializing in Near Eastern Affairs and Economics.
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Q: receive multiple div id from .parentsUntil() Need to find id from multiple div what found by .parentsUntil() method (for a future draw and send ajax)
This is possible to use .parentsUntil for this.
Have script like this

$(document).on('change', ':checkbox', (function(e) {
  var prod = $(this).closest("#product");
  var productUntilContainer = prod.parentsUntil('.container-fluid');
  console.log(productUntilContainer);
  /*
    if ($(this).is(":checked")) {
      prod.remove()
    } else {
      prod.remove()
    }*/
}));

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                  пар #4 en : 3043

 пар #3 en : 9740

 пар #3 en : 8907

$1172.00

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Manufacturer #1

                  <input type="checkbox" class="custom-control-input" id="112">

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                  пар #3 en : 2853

 пар #1 e : 6405

 пар #3 en : 2564

 пар #1 e : 8738

$1660.00

$2653.00

Manufacture #5

                  <input type="checkbox" class="custom-control-input" id="114">

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            Marja

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                  пар #3 en : 2853

 пар #1 e : 6405

 пар #3 en : 2564

 пар #1 e : 8738

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                  пар #1 e : Beetle

$421.00

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A: It's not exactly easy to tell what it is you want to happen, or what problem you're having, but if you want to get a list of ids from your .productsUntil list, take this as an example:

$('button').on('click', function() {
    console.log('hello world');
    var prod = $(this).closest("#product");
  var productUntilContainer = prod.parentsUntil('.container');
  console.log(productUntilContainer.length);

  const ids = [];
  productUntilContainer.each(function() {
    ids.push($(this).attr('id'));
  });

  console.log(ids);
})

          <button>click</button>

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Time to pay attention to Belarus
Ever since winning the presidential election in 1994, Aleksander Lukashenko has ruled the country with an iron fist, obsessed with staying in power (Photo: kremlin.ru)
By Vlad Kobets and David J. Kramer
Warsaw/Miami, 12. Jul 2019, 08:49
Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko last month opened the second European Games, four years after the inaugural session hosted by Azerbaijan.
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Minsk, the capital of Belarus, hosted the 2019 European Games - with Vladimir Putin attending the opening
Russian president Vladimir Putin's attendance for the closing ceremony on June 30 didn't calm the situation.
Ever since winning the presidential election in 1994, Lukashenko has ruled the country with an iron fist, obsessed with staying in power. He disappeared several opponents and critics in the late 1990s.
In 2006, he resorted to fraud to secure victory in the presidential election and cracked down violently against his opponents. The United States and European Union in turn slapped sanctions on him and his regime.
After Lukashenko released all the political prisoners in 2008, the West eased sanctions; they reimposed sanctions after another bad election and crackdown in 2010.
They lifted them almost entirely after the 2015 elections, which did not see a repeat of the crackdown in previous elections; this easing of sanctions also came against the backdrop of Putin's illegal annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine.
Before Putin, the doddering Boris Yeltsin was Lukashenko's Russian counterpart, and Lukashenko was convinced he could outmanoeuvre Yeltsin.
Lukashenko thought a union treaty between Minsk and Moscow signed in December 1999 would be the path for him to run the two countries together.
Lukashenko's plans were scuttled, however, when Putin replaced Yeltsin as Russian president. In Putin, Lukashenko found himself with a new Russian leader who had no intention of serving as second fiddle.
Putin's pressure builds
Putin steadily pursued a more assertive policy toward Russia's neighbours, including invasions of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014.
Pressure on Belarus grew as well, as Putin reduced oil subsidies and other financial support to Belarus. He convinced Lukashenko to join various regional entities - the Collective Security Treaty Organization and Eurasian Economic Union – as part of an effort to establish a Russian sphere of influence.
Putin also wants to set up a military base in Belarus, which would take to another level the increasing integration of Belarusian and Russian military and security forces.
The recent report of the International Strategic Action Network for Security clearly demonstrates Putin's "creeping assault on the sovereignty of Belarus."
More recently, the Russia-Belarus union, dating back to 1999, is back in fashion, because formalising such an arrangement is one way for Putin to stay in power beyond his term limits as Russian president come 2024.
With his approval ratings dropping - from a high of about 85 percent following the annexation of Crimea in 2014 to 66 percent this year, according to the Levada Center - Putin risks triggering blowback if he tries to abolish term limits by amending the Russian constitution.
Leading a Russia-Belarus union state might give Putin a less objectionable way of hanging on – but that would come at the expense of Belarus.
Over the 25 years he has been in power, Lukashenko has done enormous harm to Belarusian identity and independence, sacrificing whatever was necessary to maintain Kremlin backing, especially when the West applied sanctions.
As he has done on numerous occasions, Lukashenko is trying to play Russia and the West off of each other to get the best deal.
But Belarus is much more than Lukahsenko. It is home to a younger generation of Belarusians, who dream of making it a better place. They were born and raised in an independent Belarus and have no attachments to the Soviet Union.
To them, Russia is a foreign and separate state, and they don't want to lose their independence to a union state under Kremlin pressure.
Young Belarusians live on the internet, which enables them to evade government repression, communicate with each other and organise large-scale events. They are interested in local issues as well as such things as the celebration of 100 years of Belarusian independence when the country emerged from the ruins of the Russian Empire.
These young people love their country, for it is the only home they know.
Putin's cyber-warriors have been bombarding Belarus with propaganda claiming Belarus is not a real nation. Russian media used to describe Belarus as a "brotherly nation," but more recently, Kremlin spin-doctors peddle the notion that Belarusian language, culture, history and very existence are fake.
This Kremlin-backed approach is not working, however. Belarusian media activists have turned out to be resilient. They have refused to sell off their social media accounts, websites and local public pages to customers from the east.
They have come to understand that they represent the final frontier for their country. Young Belarusians are taking a stand against Putin's expansionist tendencies and authoritarianism at home, which has brought them to the edge of crisis.
Like Ukrainians and Georgians, who are fighting for their independence and territorial integrity, the people of Belarus are doing the same.
The younger generation of Belarusians refuses to allow their country's sovereignty to be traded away in any geopolitical machinations. They are the ones who deserve Western support, not the regime in Minsk.
Indeed, the US and EU should find better ways to support Belarusian civil society and independent media more broadly.
A country of 9.5 million people standing between the European Union and Russia, Belarus matters; it is a key part of fulfilling the vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.
And yet it finds itself in its current predicament because of Putin's revanchist policies and because Lukashenko has left his country vulnerable and exposed by protecting his personal interests, not his country's.
For the West, boosting Lukashenko is not the answer but standing up for Belarus' sovereignty and territorial integrity is by making clear to Putin now the costs of any untoward moves against Belarus.
Belarus may be hosting the European Games, but Putin is not playing games when it comes to Belarus' independence. The West needs to get serious as well.
Vlad Kobets is executive director of the International Strategic Action Network for Security(ISANS). David J. Kramer is senior fellow in the Vaclav Havel Center for Human Rights and Diplomacy and director of European and Eurasian Studies at Florida International University's Green School of International & Public Affairs, and a former assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; he is author of Back to Containment: Dealing with Putin's Regime.
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Wednesday Roundup: Reclaim Appalachia

Abandoned Mine Lands funds sits unused while coal counties suffer • Rural hospitals have better results from surgical procedures • Rural Ohio schools oppose state spending plan • Agency recommends plan to fight Lake Champlain flooding • AT&T expanding wireless data service to residential market.

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A cooling tower and coal pile outside the Big Sandy Power Plant near Louisa, KY.
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Abandoned Mine Lands Fund. While Central Appalachian counties struggle to find resources with which to reinvent their coal-dependent economies, $2.5 billion that could be used for that purpose sits unused in a federal fund.
Willie Davis reports in LEO on the status of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund, a pot of money created by fees levied on the mining of coal. The fund is supposed to support the reclamation of abandoned mine lands, restoring those damaged areas to their pre-mining conditions. Davis (who has also written several pieces for the Daily Yonder) says the fund could be a springboard for creating jobs for out-of-work miners and preparing the Central Appalachian region for an economic makeover. Instead, the money, by and large, sits unused.
"It's almost impossible for anyone in Eastern Kentucky to get their hands on that money," says Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo. "Congress has kept that money bottled up for 30 years. It's the hardest money to access … If I knew the answer to (why), I'd probably be the smartest man in America."
Rural Hospital Performance. Rural hospitals ranked higher for the results of their surgical procedures than urban ones, according to a new Consumers Union report.
CU looked at data from 2009 to 2011 for common surgical procedures and gave ratings to hospitals, weighting the data to account for patients who were older and sicker – and therefore less likely to do well for reasons beyond the hospitals' control.
"Rural hospitals did better, on average, than other hospitals, and many hospitals practically unknown beyond their zip code outranked famous ones," Reuters reported. "CU also found that several urban hospitals did well despite serving many poorer, sicker patients, including Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland."
"For a complex procedure you're probably better off at a well-known academic hospital," Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, told Reuters. "But for many common operations less-known, smaller hospitals have mastered the procedures and may do even better" with post-surgical care.
The CU study offers a different picture of rural hospitals than this spring's review of Critical Access Hospitals.
Rural Education Funding in Ohio. Education Week reports on efforts to oppose Ohio's state education budget because it will hurt rural and poor districts:
An organization made of 136 rural Appalachian school districts is calling Ohio's latest spending plan the worst for poor districts in decades.
The Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools, which is a partnership with the Ohio University College of Education, represents a 35-county region of Ohio that is within Appalachia.
Tom Perkins, the group's president and superintendent of the Northern Local school district, said in The Hannah Report story that the state's poorest districts are being hardest hit by the new funding formula, and that the state is making it difficult to maintain excellent programs for students.
Another one of its past presidents said its member schools are going to have to rely more on local property values and taxes. That was a key problem in 1997 when the state Supreme Court found its funding formula unconstitutional.
Lake Champlain Flooding Study. The threat of flooding along New York's Lake Champlain has prompted an international organization to recommend a $14 million study to reduce flood damage. The International Joint Commission says Canada and the United States should work over the next five years to find strategies to reduce flooding like the 2011 floods that damaged communities in New York, Vermont and Quebec. The lake level is elevated this summer, as well. Climate change could make flooding more likely in the future, some state officials say, according to North Country Public Radio.
Urbanizing China. The cost of China's urbanization push could come to as much as $106 billion a year, a government think tank says. That's the equivalent of 5.5% of the nation's fiscal revenue, Reuters reports.
AT&T Markets 3G/4G for Residential Access. AT&T is selling technology most associated with smartphones as a way for people to connect with the Internet from their homes. Gigacom reports that AT&T is "offering a residential broadband and voice service that relies on a 3G/4G modem for its link back to the network rather than traditional wireline access technologies."
AT&T is offering the service in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and parts of eastern Kentucky on the West Virginia border. Those are areas outside the phone company's wireline service area, Gigacom's Kevin Fitchard says.
The plan's data limits, connection speed and cost mean it probably won't appeal to anyone who has other broadband options, Gigacom says. Base price is $80 a month (bundled with voice service) for 20 gigabytes of data. Use more data? Pay more money.
"This is clearly not the connection you want to use to stream Netflix to your HD TV or download iTunes movies.," Fitchard writes.
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View important probate terms:
Administrator: The person appointed by and qualified by the probate clerk to administer the decedent's estate when he or she died without a will.
Administrator CTA: A person, other than the executor named in the will, that is appointed to administer the decedent's estate. This person serves when all named executors are unable to serve due to incapacity, death, or refusal of their right to serve.
Beneficiary: The person or organization entitled to receive from the estate.
Bond: A written and signed promise to pay a certain sum of money on a certain date, or on fulfillment of a specified condition, to which the obligor officially recognizes an obligation to pay money in the event he or she does not properly perform his or her duties.
Certificate of Qualification: This Certificate is the paper that the personal representative receives from the probate clerk at the time that he or she qualifies as executor or administrator of the decedent's estate and it states that the qualified representative has authority to act on behalf of the estate.
Certified Copy: A copy of a record or document signed and certified by the Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the Court as a true copy of the record in that Court that is the custodian of the original record or document.
Codicil: An addendum to a will that may modify, add to, alter, subtract from, restrain or revoke provisions in an existing will.
Commissioner of Accounts: An individual appointed by the Circuit Court to monitor the activities of personal representatives.
Creditor: An organization or person who owes the decedent money.
Decedent: The deceased person.
Estate: All property belonging to the decedent at the time of his or her death, including real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, and all other assets owned by or in his or her control.
Executor: The individual named in the decedent's will to administer the estate. The Executor must appear before the Clerk and qualify to validate his or her appointment.
Fiduciary: A term used to refer to an executor, administrator or trustee. This is a person in a position of trust for another's property.
Heirs at Law: Individual(s) who would inherit the decedent's estate if he or she died without a will.
Holographic Will: A will written wholly by the testator in his own handwriting and not witnessed.
Intestate Estate: An estate that is administered without a will.
Inventory: A list detailing the schedule of property in an estate, describing the specific article and its value.
Personal Representative: A term used for either the administrator or executor of the decedent's estate.
Probate: The procedure that admits a will to record in the Clerk's Office. Also, used to include the entire process of administering an estate including qualification.
Qualification: The procedure where the Clerk appoints a person to serve as executor or administrator of a decedent's estate.
Self-Proved Will: A will that includes a notarized affidavit of the testator and attesting witnesses, who all signed in the presence of each other.
Testator: One who dies leaving a will.
Testate Estate: An estate to be administered pursuant to a will.
Will: A written document that gives instruction on how a decedent wants his or her property disposed of after his or her death.
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Back in 1983, Steve Kocsis first planted this dramatic Beamsville Bench site—family owned since 1958—but didn't begin producing wine until 1999, giving his inaugural wines a head start in terms of richness and concentration. Sustainable agricultural practices winters, Ontario is home to and a longer aging process speak to a traditional focus; indeed, a visit to the winery is a glimpse into the aging potential of Niagara wines: the current vintage for reds is 2003. Steve's son Richard and son-in-law Alberto round out the team creating the winery's show-stopping Vidal Icewines (like the 2010 Cuvée Limited Edition winner 2004 vintage), plus rich Chardonnays, lively Rieslings and concentrated Cabernet-based reds.


The Cleveland Catholic Diocese has decided not to challenge a Vatican decree to reopen 12 parishes that had been shuttered in an austerity move. In 2009, Bishop Richard Lennon stunned much of the region's Catholic community when he announced a parish reconfiguration plan that would close 50 churches. He argued that population shifts, a dwindling pool of priests, and various economic concerns had forced his hand. The Bishop's spokesperson says 14 of those shuttered churches appealed his decision to the Vatican, and last month 12 of them won their appeals and church decrees from Rome ordered that they be reopened. Tuesday, flanked by his advisors at Cleveland's downtown Cathedral, Bishop Lennon announced his decision not to appeal the Vatican decrees. "Doing so would prolong the process for a number of years, and would create more uncertainty and continue to divide our Catholic community," Lennon said. "Therefore, I will move forward and carry out the Congregation for the Clergy's directives regarding the parishes in an orderly manner." Bringing the closed buildings back to life will involve clean-up, minor maintenance and the return of sacred objects that had been removed. The Bishop said the Diocese will work with the priests and parishioners as they re-establish their parishes in the coming weeks, though he offered a few words of caution. "The parishes that are reopening will face many of the challenges that led to their being closed. As is true for all parishes, it will be essential for each of these parishes to demonstrate, on an ongoing basis, that they have the active membership and the financial wherewithal to sustain themselves." Christine LaSalvia of Lakewood's St. James church says her parish plans to do just that. "About two years back we had put together a financial plan and assembled a group that wanted to be involved in fundraising and other efforts to get restarted, if the decision went our way," LaSalvia said. In addition to St James, seven churches in Cleveland, two in Akron, and one each in Bedford and Lorain will reopen their doors. Bishop Lennonsays earlier news reports that a thirteenth church had also won it's appeal were false. For Christine LaSalvia of St. James, it's been a long three years, and she's glad the ordeal is over. "We didn't get open for Easter, but we're just grateful to be reopened and we look forward to the future."


Wantagh - On July 31, Rob Thomas performed at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, as part of his co-headlining tour with Counting Crows. K Phillips was their opening act.
His dynamic vocal performance of "Her Diamonds," where the stage was graced with red lights, was absolutely stunning. It was followed by the mid-tempo, Grammy-nominated tune "Lonely No More," and he encouraged his fans to dance along with him on "Let's Dance," where he paid homage to the late but great David Bowie, who would have been in awe of his killer version.
Thomas noted that he did not mind it being a little cool tonight at Jones Beach, since he is used to playing in 110 degree weather in other places. Following "Fire on the Mountain," he gave a shout-out to K Phillips for opening up for him, and suggested that the audience check out his music; moreover, he shared that he knows Adam Duritz, the lead singer of the Counting Crows for well over 20 years, and he described his voice as a "hug."
He went on to sing the infectious "3 AM," where he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar, as dark blue lights dimmed from the stage. This acoustic rendition showcased his crystalline voice, and he introduced each of his gifted band members to the crowd. He sang "Someday" with maximum soul, and he noted that it is a song about acceptance and understanding, and rightfully so.
After "Disease," he performed the ballad "Pieces," which was his latest single from his third solo album The Great Unknown, released on Atlantic Records, and he was able to tug at the heartstrings.
"Unwell" was one of the highlight songs of the evening, where everybody was singing along with Thomas and his band. It was met with a warm reception, and he expressed how proud he is of his New York fan-base. He showed his sassy side on "Streetcorner Symphony," as well as his versatility as a recording artist.
Thomas took his fans on a trip down memory lane with his Grammy-winning "Smooth," where his voice was indeed smooth as silk. Towards the end, he joined his two female background vocalists, and they delivered a killer ending of "Smooth" with their powerhouse pipes. He closed his set on an up-tempo note with "This Is How a Heart Breaks," which was a mouthful for Thomas, yet it allowed him to move from each side of the stage, and he got a workout doing so. For this bravura performance, he earned a standing ovation for a job well done. "I love you," he told his Long Island fans. "Be good to each other," he added, prior to blowing them a kiss, and he reiterated his appreciation for K Phillips and Counting Crows.
Overall, Rob Thomas sang with a great deal of heart and passion. He had the New York audience in the palm of his hand, and he gave it his all. He was able to command the stage well, and his set was highly eclectic, consisting of a good mixture of ballads, mid-tempo and upbeat tunes. His live show at Jones Beach earned five out of five stars.
For more information on singer-songwriter Rob Thomas, his music and upcoming tour dates with Counting Crows, check out his website.


Happy Friday! My old fading hydrangeas are making me super happy this week. Which is nice because the back to school/after-school activity train is officially kicking my booty. One day I was on the road basically from 2:30 to 6:30. I know, moan me a river. But when I realized that the kiddo's activities have lengthened in time and one was a polar opposite direction from her school, well I might have shed a tear or two or three. But hey, fall time is STILL THE BEST TIME.
A back to school menu plan.
A whole lot of bowl dinners.
Handmade Charlotte now has craft kits for sale!
Some really clever IKEA hacks.
Can't WAIT for Sarah's cookbook.
Hey cozy mystery fans - my dear pal Laura suggested this series to me.
AAAAAGH I'm so worried about all of this 'Great British Baking Show' business! I want all the lineup to stay together, I already heard the hosts might leave - if the judges leave, I'm out.
I try to not poach other links from other lists, but I saw this linked on Design Mom and my jaw dropped. This article on the fashion waste crisis is the most fascinating thing I've read in a loooooooong time. Read the WHOLE thing. Amazing. It makes me want to just own some t-shirts and have 5 Japanese smock apron thingys and just wear those same things forever.
Cool Book of the Week: 'Miss Moon - Wise Words from a Dog Governess' by Janet Hill is a book you might have seen around....or everywhere! If you're into books. Or maybe this is the first time you've seen it, and then I can feel I've done a good job here today because it's so worth seeing! I REALLY want to own this, and I really think I might need to just get it. Even though Julia is past the picture book stage, I think she would love this a ton - SO unusual and unique. First, I seriously want to wallpaper a room in my house with the art. And second, the story idea is so cool - A dog governess, Miss Wilhemina Moon (awesomest name ever!), lives off the coast of France on a small island and cares for sixty-seven dogs of all shapes and sizes. She imparts 20 happy life lessons to help tame the wild dogs, and in so doing, sheds some useful information that we all would do well to remember! This is one of the most interesting book finds I've come across in a few years.
You did a good job here today! I've missed seeing this book before, and it's now on my "to get" list. Thank you.
NOOOOOOO.....I love the Great British Baking Show-it is one of my favorite things! I had no idea there were problems with the BBC-ARRGHH!I love the judges, the hosts, how nice the contestants are to each other.
Can we take comfort that we are several seasons behind the UK? We should have a few more coming up on PBS, right??
I know! I'm so worried! why does $ have to ruin everything??
Bowl dinners are the best, and this book is so pretty.
I am ALL ABOUT bowl dinners!!!!
Love that book. We got it from the library and it's really so pretty.
Whoa that article on clothing waste just blew my mind.
I'm still worried about the GBBO. Have there been any updates?


Troy and I decided to take a walk on the beach this past weekend. We got to walk on the frozen lake which was really neat and took some neat pictures. Enjoy!
Beautiful pics. In some places, the snow almost even looks like sand.
such beautiful photos!! the weather and sunlight is just gorgeous!
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It's so neat to see snow next to shore- I love these sunny pics!


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Hero Trying to Save Thousands of Kittens
Antonia Noori Farzan
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Antonia Noori Farzan | June 28, 2016 | 8:32am
Here's a fact guaranteed to ruin your day: in May, more than 200 kittens were euthanized in Broward County's animal shelter because they suffered from serious illnesses or didn't have homes.
From April to October, thousands of kittens are born. Their mothers often leave them for a few hours to forage, leading people to assume they've been abandoned.
"People really think they're doing a good deed when they find a litter of kittens and bring them to the shelter," Roz Harris, the founder of Friends of Broward County Animal Care and Adoption, explains. "But often, they get sick in the shelter because they're not getting the antibodies from their mother's milk." A better alternative, she says, is to leave food for the kittens and watch from a distance to see if their mother returns.
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Harris is behind the BFF Kitten Kountdown, a fundraiser for groups like HALO Rescue, the Freckles Freedom Fund, and Dr. Donna's Pet Foundation, who are taking in some of the kittens. Those organizations use the money for food, cat litter, and kitten formula, as well as to spay and neuter kittens brought to the county shelter. So far, Harris has raised $2,715 of her $5,000 goal.
Harris, who is 52 and lives in West Palm Beach, is also hoping that people will foster kittens until they turn eight weeks old and no longer need to be bottle fed every few hours — which the shelter doesn't have the resources to do.
"I hate to say it, but if we have 15 kittens that need to be bottle fed, and there are no fosters available, we have no other choice but to euthanize them, because they will die," Thomas Adair, the director of the Broward County Animal Shelter, says.
The good news is that so far this year, 759 kittens have been given to foster parents and 195 have been adopted. Another 523, however, have been put down.
Based on statistics from past years, the Broward County Animal Shelter will likely take in 1,750 kittens by October. So far, more than 30 kittens have found foster or permanent homes as a direct result of Harris' campaign.
"I know that seems like a drop in the bucket," she says. "But the alternative is to not do this, and let many of them not make it."
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Antonia Farzan is a fellow at New Times. After receiving a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, she moved to South Florida to pursue her dream of seeing a manatee and meeting DJ Khaled (ideally at the same time). She was born and raised in Rhode Island and has a BA in classics from Hamilton College.
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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

import fr.soreth.VanillaPlus.Localizer;
import fr.soreth.VanillaPlus.Player.VPSender;

public abstract class SPH{
	public final static String EMPTY = "", ZERO_INT = "0", ZERO_DOUBLE = "0.0";
	public final static String sender = "([0-9a-zA-Z]+)";
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How is Bullying Defined? Student Response
2:51 minHow is Bullying Defined? Student Response
Last week on PACERTalks About Bullying, we answered the question, "How is bullying defined?" in 60 seconds or less. On today's episode, we are having students share their responses to the same question.
I am really excited for this week's episode of Pacer Talks About Bullying. Last week, we answered the question: How is bullying defined in 60 seconds or less? In today's episode, we're having 3 students respond to the exact same question, so they'll be sharing their responses to how bullying is defined in 60 seconds or less. They have some really amazing insight to share so, let's get into the episode.
>> Bullying can look like somebody calling somebody a name, being mean to them, just like being mean in general, but mainly-- well, mainly, sometimes it's physical, which is really bad, but mainly name-calling and physical. Bullying probably makes other kids feel really bad and like they don't belong where they are and that they're not really smart and they shouldn't really be there. Like, if somebody, for instance, wants to play a game with you, you don't just say, 'No'. They're just going to go over there and not want to play with you. That's mean, but if you say, 'Yeah, sure, come on over. Let's go play!', then that's not bullying, which is really what you want to do.
>> I would define bullying as something that hurts someone or makes someone feel small. Bullying can be physical, it can be verbal, or it can be like cyber-bullying, it can be a lot of things. All types are hurtful because, like, no matter what it is, it still hurts. Bullying can make you feel like you're not like worth it, that you're small, it can just like make you feel bad about yourself.
>> I think bullying is like when people don't have any friends or they just like don't know what to do and so they end up injuring or trying to make other people feel bad about it. Bullying with words, bullying with like physically, and it could be bullying on the internet or cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is like maybe somebody bullied you on social media. People think differently, but I would say that they can all be hurtful in their own way.
>> And that wraps up this week's episode of Pacer Talks About Bullying. Thank you so much to all of the amazing students involved in this episode. We'll see you right back here next week, and remember, together we can create a world without bullying. See ya!


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Given its 6-ton body, 4-foot jaw, and dagger-like teeth, no wonder paleontologists named this dinosaur "tyrant lizard king." T. rex was one of the largest carnivores (meat-eaters) ever. Like other theropod dinosaurs, T. rex walked on two legs and used its tail for balance.
Barnum Brown and the First T. rex Fossils
While hunting in Hell Creek, Montana in 1901, Dr. W.T. Hornaday found some large mysterious fossils. He showed photos of them to scientists at the American Museum of Natural History. Paleontologist Barnum Brown identified the bones as Triceratops remains. Excited, Brown led expeditions to Hell Creek, and in 1902 and 1908 he found the first two T. rex specimens. Although incomplete, these fossils revealed much about this dinosaur. Moving the fossils in the early 1900s was a headache. They had no power tools to dig out the remains, and often had to carry the bones by wagon over bumpy roads for many miles.
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For nearly 80 years, the T. rex skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History stood upright, balanced on its legs and huge tail, like an enormous 3-legged stool. In 1993, scientists decided that this 3,500-pound fossil should be more "down to earth" in a stalking position. Because fossil footprints of dinosaurs almost never show their tails touching the ground, scientists reasoned that T. rex probably held its tail in the air for balance. Walking this way would have put much less pressure on its spine.
Most Tyrannosaurus rex fossils have been found in what part of the U.S.?
New Mexico and Texas
Northwest Montana and South Dakota
Are you right?
Paleontologists have found most T. rex fossils in the Northwest, in states such as Montana and South Dakota.
Mark Norell
paleontologist
In our old exhibit, T. rex looked like Godzilla. Now it looks like a bird.
Scientific Name: Tyrannosaurus rex
Pronunciation: tie-RAN-oh-SAW-rus rex
Meaning: "tyrant lizard king"
Locality Found: North America
Age: Late Cretaceous, 65 million years ago
Length: 12 to 18 meters (40 to 58 feet) long
Height: 6 meters (20 feet) tall
Weight: 6350 to 7260 kilograms (14,000 to 16,000 pounds; 7 to 8 tons)
Characteristics: T. rex had jagged teeth measuring 7.5 to 15 centimeters (3 to 6 inches) in length
Image credits: Rick Spears; Mark Norell: courtesy of Discovery Channel Online.
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By jk on October 30, 2012 in Authors, Books & Movies, David Mitchell
In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle wrote that some human communities are meant to dominate others. David Hume in the 18th century carried the theory further by suggesting that Blacks are inferior to the Whites. There were others like the French naturalist Georges Cuvier and British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper who produced variations of this racist theory. In Cloud Atlas the movie, Hugo Weaving's various characters remind the tormented that there is a natural order for things and it cannot be upset and Tom Hanks who plays Henry Goose tells Adam Ewing that the strong always prey on the weak as he tries to kill him.
This exploitation of the weak by the strong runs as a thread across David Mitchell's epic novel Cloud Atlas. Though the movie is out now, let's start with the book. Unlike any other book I have read both due to the structure and the topics it handles, the book has six novellas set in different time periods. While The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing is set in the 1850s on a ship sailing the pacific ocean towards San Francisco, Letters from Zedelghem is about Robert Frobisher, who becomes an apprentice to a great musician in Belgium. Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery is about an impending nuclear disaster and is set in the 70s in California and The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish is set in the present in London. The futuristic pieces are An Orison of Sonmi~451 set in Seoul in the near future and Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After is set in the post-apocalypse period.
It is not six novellas one after the other, but more like one inside the other. The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing ends abruptly and the second one starts. The second one is left incomplete and the third one starts. As the Russian dolls come out one after the other and it reaches Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After, the stories go backwards till they finish with The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing. Though they are set in different periods, they are not disconnected. Thus the journal of Adam Ewing is discovered by Robert Frobisher. Luisa Rey gets hold of Frobisher's music piece and her own story lands as a novel on Cavendish's desk. Sonmi~451, the heroine of the Neo Seoul piece watches a movie adaptation of Cavendish's life and Sonmi~451 herself becomes a goddess for the folks who survive the Fall. But the connection among the characters is beyond this simple technique; the characters are the same people who are born across centuries and the connection is much deeper. Or as Mitchell said, "Literally all of the main characters, except one, are reincarnations of the same soul in different bodies throughout the novel identified by a birthmark."
Now that's not it. Each of the pieces is written in the literary style of that period among which the language spoken after the Fall is the most difficult to comprehend. Also, the amount of detail that has gone into each section immerses you into that period. As you get sucked into that story, it abruptly ends and you are transported to another period where you make all the connections with the characters in the previous story. Also the topic dealt with are vast: it goes all the way from slave trade to missionaries converting the natives to corporations feeding fabricants with fabricants to racial and economic issues. Reading the book was a mindblowing experience.
In the movie, the treatment is a bit different. While the book spends lot of time in one episode before moving to the next, the movie cuts from one to another abruptly. It goes back and forth in time connecting events logically and visually. But the most interesting decision the directors made is to cast the same set of people across the stories and thus we get to watch Tom Hanks as the villain in the Adam Ewing story and as a good hearted shepherd in the post-apocalypse world. Some portions of the movie differ from the book (There is no Eva for Frobisher to fall in love with; Sonmi~451 does not realize that her escape was choreographed by the totalitarian administration; the post-apocalypse characters do not leave earth), but the new versions do not irritate a bit.
Since I had read the book, the movie was easy to follow, but I am not sure if it was the same experience for folks who came without prior knowledge. While reading the book, the thought that comes to mind is that this book is not filmable, but they managed to make a good movie out of it.
See Also: "Cloud Atlas" author David Mitchell: Adaptation is Translation, Review: 'Cloud Atlas' is the Most Daring & Satisfying Film of the Year, Movie Trailer
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TRIAL OF PROPHET KACOU PHILIPPE:
Here is an audio file of the trial. The judiciary police ordered that every phone be exceptionally turned off for this trial. Still, some people were able to partially film the trial. Listen to the trial of the 10-year-in-jail sentence. A secular country interfering in some church doctrine issues: https://goo.gl/x3NDbc
Note: Ivorian authorities claim that Prophet Kacou Philippe was never taken to the police headquarters and any person who says the contrary should be sued for defamation.
Brother Armel Adja, one of the Brothers detained from June 10 to June 14, reported: "We were questioned separately. But we were all asked the same questions. One of the questions was: " How do you explain the fact of stating that Prophet Kacou Philippe spent the most difficult nights of his life here, while he was never taken to this place? That's a defamation. Do you intend to discredit the police?." And we were all astonished." While he was at the police headquarters, Prophet Kacou recorded an audio (https://goo.gl/opSN68) but they say it is a lie.
Fortunately, a guard, who discreetly filmed the prophet, handed the video over to the believers of Prophet Kacou Philippe. This police officer said: "There is no more any trace of Prophet Kacou Philippe in the records of the "violon" of the police headquarters. And yet, he was there from Wednesday, May 18, at 11pm to Friday, May 20. All of our bosses came downstairs here and saw him. Very early on Friday morning, two men came and handcuffed him and went with him in a small car without saying a word. And last week, a colleague of mine was placed on leave for 3 days because he wanted to understand [about Prophet Kacou Philippe's case]."
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The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled From India to Europe for Love: Book Review
A true story of cycling incredible distances for a purpose; not to break a record or to escape a boring job. Pradyumna Kumar (known at 'PK') cycles from India to Sweden to marry his wife because he cannot afford the plane ticket. This book is much more than a cycling story- it is a harrowing tale of the cruelties of the Indian caste system. Don't expect too much detail on the cycling part of the story as the focus is very much on the childhood and later life of PK, but it is a fascinating tale and provides the important backdrop to the cycling journey.
A word of warning: this is not purely a cycling travel book. If you are hoping for a tale of a bike ride that begins from page one then you might be disappointed. The bicycle ride does not actually begin until page 175! This perhaps makes the title of the book somewhat misleading, but the bike ride is simply the conclusion to an incredible story about a boy growing up in India.
Due to PKs position in the caste system (the Indian class system, but much more complicated than a western class system) he has a very cruel childhood. He is an 'untouchable' and that means when he goes to school he is not allowed in the classroom with the rest of the children. He has to stand outside on the veranda and observe the lesson from there. During playtime he is relegated to a corner of the school yard and not allowed to play with the other children. It is a heartbreaking beginning to PKs journey in life.
Luckily PKs talent as an artist helps to save him from poverty and this leads to some incredible circumstances, such as meeting the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. He has a lucrative business painting portraits at a fountain in Delhi. This is where he meets his future wife, Lotta, a Swedish backpacker on the hippie trail. Lotta must return home and PK remains in India, but this is the woman that he wants to marry so he decides he must go to Sweden to make this happen.
And so the bike ride begins, although PK also uses planes and trains for part of the way thanks to kind gestures from strangers. PK has a way with people and everyone warms to him, so is not short of help. Although the bike journey is lacking in the detail that you would get from a true cycle travel book it is clearly an incredible achievement. In fact, it is more impressive than many of the rides that have been written about by people who want to break a record or do something adventurous because PK has done no preparation and has very little money. He begins the journey on a very cheap women's Raleigh bike. He has no specialist equipment, no bicycle clothing and no fitness training. He is using a bicycle for what it was invented for- cheap and efficient transport.
The bicycle journey is interesting to read because he travels through many countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Austria, Germany and Denmark. PK records his impressions of these lands and the people that he meets. It feels a little bit rushed, but that is simply because PK is not doing this journey for the pleasure of travel but to reach his future wife.
PKs motivations for undertaking a long-distance cycling journey are hard to top for storytelling- escaping the caste system and marrying the woman that he loves. It is a fascinating and moving tale. Don't buy this book to read about a cycling adventure as you will be disappointed, but buy it for this extraordinary story of love that happens to involve bicycle travel.
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Out of the 16 sankars i.e. sacraments of life mentioned in the Hindu religion one sankar is the Jawal ceremony or Mundan or the first haircut of the baby.
Once the fontanelle or the soft spot on the brains starts to close this ceremony can be done, which is usually anywhere between 9-18 months. So after the baby has turned one year old you can take into consideration any auspicious day or anyday as per your convenience as book an appointment with your hairdresser. Do consult your pediatrician before just as a precaution.
There ain't much fan fair for this ceremony unlike other Marathi ceremonies which might require lot of preparations. This function mostly revolves around the child's father, maternal uncle, paternal aunt and of course the hair dresser.
We performed this ceremony on an auspicious day of Dussehra that was on 10th October 2016 and it is a Hindu Holiday thus everyone especially father and uncle are available. At first the child's paternal aunt or the married ladies in the house perform apply tilak to the baby and then worship the instruments of the hair dresser. The kiddo then sits on his maternal uncle's' lap and the hairdresser does his job.
Now according to old customs when this ceremony was conducted especially in the rural areas, the parents of the kid would then take the hairdresser to their farm/property or orchard under their possession. The hairdresser would then bury the hair under any tree of his choice on that property. Thereby the tree and its fruits would belong to the hairdresser and his family. They can either cut it or enjoy the fruits was hairdresser's choice. Deforestation is a crime in today's era (which we totally support) thus the process is now monetized. The hairdresser is offered money and sweets for his services though the hair is still buried under a tree preferable a mango or a banana tree.
Once the hairdresser finishes his task and is given his dues it's time to take care of the bald head. There would be few cuts or burning sensation; to soothe that out application of milk cream is suggested. The milk cream instantly moisturizes the bare skin and immediately heals any minor cuts as well.
After which the kid is placed on the father's lap and is given a bath by the paternal aunt. Later the lad is dressed up in new outfit and the ladies again apply tilak on his forehead. Chandan paste is applied to the rest of the head to soothe any burning sensation if any.
Later hard boondi ladoos are toppled over an umbrella under which the maternal uncle and kid are sitting. The ladoos are collected by other kids and thoroughly munched upon. Sweets are offered to elders/guests and the family visits nearby temple or pray at home determining the end of the jawal ceremony.
Usually kids create a havoc in this ceremony because they find either the hairdresser scary or they find the entire process intimidating. But our son made this process whole lot easier for us. He did not cry or get scared or try to run off.
Thus noting down what we did that day and which worked for us and might help any parent out there who is planning of their baby's mundan.
We had asked the hairdresser to be available from 11am -1pm which was our son Arha's playtime. Thus Arha had a good nap and his food and then this ceremony was done thus he was not sleep deprived and was used to doing some activity in that particular time slot.
We made sure our son was well eaten in this time frame thus he wouldn't be restless or would have hunger pangs.
We made sure that the hairdresser did not pounce on Arha instantly. We let the hairdresser and Arha play with few toys before the whole process began.
Our cellphones were charged so that YouTube could be played continuously so that our boy wouldn't look up and the hair dresser can do his job.
Keep your kids favorite toys handy.
Do not stand in front of your kid and create distractions We did that which led to minor cuts.
Even if there are cuts do not panic keep an first aid powder handy that can be dabbed upon immediately.
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Watching documentaries is one of the best ways to improve your English. Now you can surf the Net and look for things that interest you, but I thought I might help you out by adding 10 films I've found on-line. Each one is no more than 20 minutes long. I might add another 10 next month if you like these, so be looking out for them!
When you are watching a documentary turn on your English learning skills. What do I mean?
Have a pen and paper beside you to write notes - facts you like or think will be useful, unknown words etc.
Think about the basic points raised in what you are watching. If someone was to ask you what the documentary was about, what information would they need to know? Could you tell them?
If you really enjoyed the documentary, would you recommend it to a friend? Which friend, and why?
If you thought the documentary was awful, what were the precise reasons for this?
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