As the oldest sister of four girls, with the younger three being triplets, I had an instant connection to Frozen. While many Disney classics feature Princesses, Frozen was different. In this unique, soon-to-be classic animated Disney film, there is a princess and a queen. The two women are different physically and emotionally, but one thing is for sure...nothing and I do mean absolutely nothing can break their sisterly bond.
As anyone with sisters will tell you, bonds between sisters are intense and this movie symbolizes the good, bad, and downright ugly emotions that can erupt between two sisters. In addition to an empowering plot that I can truly get behind, the two main characters of the film are absolutely beautiful. With beautiful gowns, hair, and accessories, Queen Elsa and Princess Anna Halloween costumes are sure to be everywhere this year.
To make sure you create the perfect Princess Anna Halloween costume or dress-up costume, I have gone over everything you will need to recreate Anna's coronation look.
Your little princess will magically feel like Princess Anna at her sister's coronation when she wears this dress up gown. The quality and craftsmanship used to create this gown make it a great choice for Halloween or everyday dress-up.
There are tons of Princess Anna gowns available right now. To recreate Princess Anna's coronation gown look, you need the green gown that Anna wore to her sister's, Elsa's, coronation. This green coronation gown has embroidered detail and gold accents.
When most people think of Princess Anna's footwear, they imagine Princess Anna's tall boots that she wears while trekking up the mountain with Kristoff. While these boots are attractive and unique, they aren't the right footwear choice for the Princess Anna coronation gown look. Instead, you need the slippers that Princess Anna wore to the coronation celebration. If you don't want to opt for the designated coronation slippers, any black, simple ballet slipper would do.
Which Princess Anna look do you prefer?
If you don't have red hair, you can still complete Anna's coronation look with a red wig. Unlike the majority of the movie where Anna is wearing braided pigtails, the feisty princess has a much more reserved look for her big sister's big day. Check out the Princess Anna wigs below. If you want to recreate the look with your natural hair, look for the Princess Anna hair tutorial farther down.


In the Nicholtown neighborhood of Greenville, South Carolina, you will find the pet-friendly community of Evergreen Place Apartments. Our one, two, and three bedroom apartment homes are smoke-free, including desirable features like modern, energy-efficient kitchens with built-in microwaves and hard wood-like flooring or plush wall-to-wall carpeting. Evergreen Place Apartments features a community clubhouse, business center with computers to finish that important project, barbecue and picnic area, and our very own splash park. Our convenient location with access to I-385 and I-85 makes it easy to explore nearby attractions like Greenville Drive Baseball League, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville Tech, and Haywood Mall. Evergreen Place Apartments are a great place to explore the area's many opportunities for entertainment, shopping, and dining experiences! Welcome home to Evergreen Place!


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package com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.impls.neo4j;

import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.Edge;
import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.Vertex;
import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.impls.StringFactory;
import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.impls.neo4j.util.Neo4jEdgeSequence;
import org.neo4j.graphdb.Direction;
import org.neo4j.graphdb.DynamicRelationshipType;
import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;

/**
 * @author Marko A. Rodriguez (http://markorodriguez.com)
 */
public class Neo4jVertex extends Neo4jElement implements Vertex {

    public Neo4jVertex(final Node node, final Neo4jGraph graph) {
        super(graph);
        this.rawElement = node;

    }

    public Iterable<Edge> getOutEdges() {
        return new Neo4jEdgeSequence(((Node) this.rawElement).getRelationships(Direction.OUTGOING), this.graph);
    }

    public Iterable<Edge> getInEdges() {
        return new Neo4jEdgeSequence(((Node) this.rawElement).getRelationships(Direction.INCOMING), this.graph);
    }

    public Iterable<Edge> getOutEdges(final String label) {
        return new Neo4jEdgeSequence(((Node) this.rawElement).getRelationships(DynamicRelationshipType.withName(label), Direction.OUTGOING), this.graph);
    }

    public Iterable<Edge> getInEdges(final String label) {
        return new Neo4jEdgeSequence(((Node) this.rawElement).getRelationships(DynamicRelationshipType.withName(label), Direction.INCOMING), this.graph);
    }

    public boolean equals(final Object object) {
        return object instanceof Neo4jVertex && ((Neo4jVertex) object).getId().equals(this.getId());
    }

    public String toString() {
        return StringFactory.vertexString(this);
    }

    public Node getRawVertex() {
        return (Node) this.rawElement;
    }

}

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#ifndef HEADER_CURL_TOOL_MSGS_H
#define HEADER_CURL_TOOL_MSGS_H

#include "tool_setup.h"

void warnf(struct Configurable *config, const char *fmt, ...);

void helpf(FILE *errors, const char *fmt, ...);

#endif /* HEADER_CURL_TOOL_MSGS_H */


Welcome to CITGO Hodach Petroleum, your local CITGO on 9830 W St Martins Rd in Franklin, Wisconsin! Our gas station hours are Mon-Fri 5am - 9pm, Sat 6am - 9pm, Sun 7am - 9pm. With continuous use, TOP TIER™ CITGO TriCLEAN® gasoline keeps fuel injectors and intake valves clean while minimizing emissions. CITGO fuel doesn't just help your vehicle run smoother. Our locally owned station helps keep our whole community humming. Looking for great deals on gas or goods? Download the Club CITGO mobile app, our fuel rewards program, and start saving today! GO where we're always Fueling Good.


Students will respect all other students, teachers, adults, and property.
This includes no "put-downs" and not talking when others are talking.
All homework will be turned in completed and on time.
Late or incomplete work will result in a reduction of grade.
Absent students will have one day for each day missed to make up work.
Students will come to class on time and prepared.
Bring all books, pencils, homework, etc.
Students will stay on task and not disrupt others' learning.
Talking during lessons or while others are talking will not be tolerated!
Students will give their best effort in everything they do.
Always try your best—anything less is not acceptable!


For over 20 years, HTC has been the pioneer in developing more effective methods to grind and maintain floors. Today, HTC is the only company in the world that offers machines, tools, training, cleaning and maintenance systems for all types of flooring. Whether your business is a flooring contractor, a construction company or is in the cleaning industry, HTC can offer your business the latest technology and the best prospects for your business to grow.


Great things have come from the humble backyard shed. Harley motorcycles. The world's first aircraft. Instant noodles. And O'Brien Beer.
When founder, John O'Brien, discovered he had coeliac disease in 1998, it put an end to enjoying some of the finer things in life, one of which was beer. But instead it led to the creation of something great. Realising there wasn't any gluten free beer on the market, he retreated to his backyard shed to make one.
Driven by passion and thirst, he went to work on a brewing formula for an all-natural gluten free beer, with no colourings or preservatives. After many batches – and much trial and error – he hit upon one that blew barley-based beers out of the water and pulled no punches when it came to taste.
In 2004, John went looking for investors and in August 2005 he released O'Brien Pale Ale, Australia's first commercially brewed gluten free beer. Two years later Rebellion Brewing was established – a nod to its Ballarat roots.
Today, they source all sorghum and millet from local Aussie farmers, buying the best quality early harvest grains available. And they keep true to the dream born out of the shed.
The result is an award-winning, full-bodied flavour that extends across their entire range.
O'Brien Beer is for beer lovers. O'Brien Beer is for everyone. Always 100% gluten free. No preservatives or colourings. And always true to flavour without compromise.
O'Brien – naturally crafted, distinctly different.
The key to great tasting beer is getting the malting right. But unlike brewers of barley and wheat beers, we can't just buy malted gluten free grains off the shelf. They simply don't exist.
So over the years we've had to get clever and develop our own process for malting the best gluten free grains for each of our beers.
To get it right, we've invested heavily in specialised equipment, some designed externally and some built to perfection by us. This equipment is crucial because the mashing process – the mixing of the malted grain and water at varying temperatures – is significantly different for gluten free malted grain than it is for barley and wheat based beers.
The wort (raw sweet unfermented beer) is extracted from the mash using our mash filter, one of our own unique pieces of equipment that you won't find in any other microbrewery.
We then follow the traditional brewing process to perfect each beer, ready to be bottled.
9. Then it's over to you to chill and enjoy. Cheers!
Because the brewing process is so different than it is for barley and wheat based beers, our brewery is specially fitted with customised equipment, some expertly designed externally and some built to perfection by us.
It's this equipment that sets O'Brien Beer apart from other craft beers.
This means a little extra effort for us, but big rewards for you. It means our grains haven't been sitting on a shelf for years, waiting to be used. They're sourced fresh from local Aussie farmers, and specially malted following our own exacting methods.
The result is a fresh and uncompromising taste that extends across our whole range of beers, every one of them 100% gluten free, without preservatives or colourings.


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Home News Five Reasons to be Excited about the upcoming BMW i4
Five Reasons to be Excited about the upcoming BMW i4
One of the most exciting cars in the pipeline at BMW has to be the upcoming i4. The Bavarians have been slacking a bit on the electrified front, over the past few years. While BMW has sold a lot of "electrified" cars, and recently boasted about it, those cars are mostly hybrids which all have internal combustion engines.
Where BMW has slacked is in fully-electric vehicles, cars that burn not a drop of fuel of any kind. However, that's going to soon change, as BMW is going to release no less than three all-electric models by 2021. Most importantly, the BMW i4. So let's take a look at five reasons why you should be excited about the i4.
5. Gran Coupe Styling
Everyone loves a BMW Gran Coupe. Be it the 4 Series, 6 Series or 8 Series, there seems to be unanimous love for any Gran Coupe designs. Thankfully, the upcoming BMW i4 will be based on the next-gen 4 Series Gran Coupe, which will give it a sleek, sporty sedan body style. So not only will it be an all-electric performance sedan from BMW but it will also look great.
4. Fast-Charging Capability
As it stands right now, the upcoming BMW i4 is set to have 150 kW charging capability. In today's market, that's quite good. Only three current electric vehicles on sale have that sort of charging speed; the Porsche Taycan, Audi e-tron and Tesla Model 3. Admittedly, finding a charging station that can provide the requisite juice is almost impossible at the moment. Though, when the i4 finally makes its debut, that technology will be far more readily available.
3. All-Weather Performance BMW
BMW hasn't claimed yet whether or not the i4 will be solely all-wheel drive or have all-wheel drive as an option. However, there's a near certainty that the BMW i4 will at least be offered in a dual-motor, all-wheel drive configuration. That will give it real-time torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, capable of making the i4 an all-weather performance Bimmer. For years, BMW M cars were shunned by enthusiasts in areas with rough winter climates. Now, they're beginning to get all-wheel drive for those customers and the i4 will go along with them.
2. Healthy Range
It seems that no auto manufacturers can actually meet their claimed ranges when their EVs finally go on sale. However, if the BMW i4 can even get close to reaching its claimed 373-mile (600 km) range, it will have one of the very best in the business. That's also far more than anyone will need to cure range-anxiety. That's a further range than most performance gasoline cars, if we're being honest. If it has 350 miles of range, the BMW i4 will be a home run.
1. Speed and Powerrrrr
The BMW i4 should make even the most hardened of electric car detractors happy, even Jeremy Clarkson. Why? Because it will have gobs of speed and power. The i4 will pack BMW's latest fifth-gen electric powertrain technology which will give it a claimed 530 hp. That means it will be able to get from 0-60 mph in about 4.0 seconds flat. That's damn quick for an electric sedan with even 350 miles of range. It's not Tesla Model 3 Performance quick but it's still quick enough. It will also have a top speed of 120 mph. So the BMW i4 will be faster than most of its own sport sedans and be all-electric. Sounds perfect.
The article Five Reasons to be Excited about the upcoming BMW i4 appeared first on BMW BLOG
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I have posted a few stir-fry recipes on here, I know. But the thing is, whether you need a quick and easy weeknight meal or you're just trying to clean out the fridge, stir-fry is a fantastic go-to. Last week I was CRAVING Thai something fierce. We don't really have any Thai places around here so if you are craving it, you better be willing to go for a little drive or make it yourself. So, I decided to rummage through my fridge to see what I could come up with. I found carrots, red bell peppers, mushrooms, edameme, ladies and gents we have a stir-fry! The star of this dish...The Spicy Peanut Sauce! It is out of this world and I KNOW you are going to love it!
I have said this time and time again. When you are preparing any sort of stir-fry dish, well, any Asian dish in general, the key to success is in the preparation. Take a moment and chop all of the vegetables, mince your garlic, grate the ginger, pre-measure the liquids, etc. because this is going to go fast. You will also want to put a pot of water on to boil for the Chow Mein noodles.
Next you are going to get the sauce ready.
Combine the soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, peanut butter, garlic, ginger, and Sirracha in a bowl.
Whisk them all together until smooth.
This is a thick sauce. If you are going to put this into a squeeze bottle like I did, this is fine. If you are going to drizzle it over your stir-fry or add it to the stir-fry, I would add 2-3 tbsp. of water to thin it out a little.
By this time the water should be boiling and you can add the noodles.
Now place a deep skillet over a medium high heat and get it smokin' (and it will literally smoke) hot!
Add the oil along with the carrots and peppers.
Next add HALF of the scallions to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes.
They will cook for 3-4 minutes.
Cook until they are heated through. 3-4 minutes.
Now you can add the noodles to the pan and give everything a toss.
Add the Stir-fry to the plate, drizzle with the spicy peanut sauce, and top with a few of the scallions, some sesame seeds, and cilantro. And there you have it! A healthy, flavorful, quick and easy meal that the entire family will love! Of course you can also add chicken to this if you would like, but trust me when I tell you that it is very filling as is. You won't even miss the meat. So give this amazing recipe a try tonight! You won't regret it!
Prepare all of the vegetables, measure out the liquids and peanut butter, and bring a pot of water to a boil.
Add the chow mein noodles to the water.
Place a deep skillet over medium/high heat and let is get HOT.
Add the carrots and red peppers. Cook 1-2 minutes.
Add HALF of the scallions and cook 1-2 minutes.
Add the mushrooms. Cook 3-4 minutes.
Add the edameme and cook 3-4 minutes.
Add the chow mein noodles and toss with the vegetables.
Plate the stir-fry, drizzle with peanut sauce, and top with the rest of the scallions, sesame seeds, and cilantro.
*If the sauce it too thick add 2-3 tbsp of water to thin it out.
**If you are going to add the sauce to the stir-fry itself, this is where you would do that.


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import Events from '../lib/events'

(function(QUnit) {

  QUnit.module('Events');

  QUnit.test('on and trigger', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    obj.on('event', function() { obj.counter += 1; });
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1, 'counter should be incremented.');
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 5, 'counter should be incremented five times.');
  });

  QUnit.test('binding and triggering multiple events', function(assert) {
    expect(4);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);

    obj.on('a b c', function() { obj.counter += 1; });

    obj.trigger('a');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1);

    obj.trigger('a b');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 3);

    obj.trigger('c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 4);

    obj.off('a c');
    obj.trigger('a b c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 5);
  });

  QUnit.test('binding and triggering with event maps', function(assert) {
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);

    var increment = function() {
      this.counter += 1;
    };

    obj.on({
      a: increment,
      b: increment,
      c: increment
    }, obj);

    obj.trigger('a');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1);

    obj.trigger('a b');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 3);

    obj.trigger('c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 4);

    obj.off({
      a: increment,
      c: increment
    }, obj);
    obj.trigger('a b c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 5);
  });

  QUnit.test('binding and triggering multiple event names with event maps', function(assert) {
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);

    var increment = function() {
      this.counter += 1;
    };

    obj.on({
      'a b c': increment
    });

    obj.trigger('a');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1);

    obj.trigger('a b');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 3);

    obj.trigger('c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 4);

    obj.off({
      'a c': increment
    });
    obj.trigger('a b c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 5);
  });

  QUnit.test('binding and trigger with event maps context', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    var context = {};
    _.extend(obj, Events);

    obj.on({
      a: function() {
        assert.strictEqual(this, context, 'defaults `context` to `callback` param');
      }
    }, context).trigger('a');

    obj.off().on({
      a: function() {
        assert.strictEqual(this, context, 'will not override explicit `context` param');
      }
    }, this, context).trigger('a');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo and stopListening', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenTo(b, 'all', function(){ assert.ok(true); });
    b.trigger('anything');
    a.listenTo(b, 'all', function(){ assert.ok(false); });
    a.stopListening();
    b.trigger('anything');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo and stopListening with event maps', function(assert) {
    expect(4);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    var cb = function(){ assert.ok(true); };
    a.listenTo(b, {event: cb});
    b.trigger('event');
    a.listenTo(b, {event2: cb});
    b.on('event2', cb);
    a.stopListening(b, {event2: cb});
    b.trigger('event event2');
    a.stopListening();
    b.trigger('event event2');
  });

  QUnit.test('stopListening with omitted args', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    var cb = function() { assert.ok(true); };
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', cb);
    b.on('event', cb);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event2', cb);
    a.stopListening(null, {event: cb});
    b.trigger('event event2');
    b.off();
    a.listenTo(b, 'event event2', cb);
    a.stopListening(null, 'event');
    a.stopListening();
    b.trigger('event2');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenToOnce', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    // Same as the previous test, but we use once rather than having to explicitly unbind
    var obj = {counterA: 0, counterB: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var incrA = function(){ obj.counterA += 1; obj.trigger('event'); };
    var incrB = function(){ obj.counterB += 1; };
    obj.listenToOnce(obj, 'event', incrA);
    obj.listenToOnce(obj, 'event', incrB);
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counterA, 1, 'counterA should have only been incremented once.');
    assert.equal(obj.counterB, 1, 'counterB should have only been incremented once.');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenToOnce and stopListening', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'all', function() { assert.ok(true); });
    b.trigger('anything');
    b.trigger('anything');
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'all', function() { assert.ok(false); });
    a.stopListening();
    b.trigger('anything');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo, listenToOnce and stopListening', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'all', function() { assert.ok(true); });
    b.trigger('anything');
    b.trigger('anything');
    a.listenTo(b, 'all', function() { assert.ok(false); });
    a.stopListening();
    b.trigger('anything');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo and stopListening with event maps', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenTo(b, {change: function(){ assert.ok(true); }});
    b.trigger('change');
    a.listenTo(b, {change: function(){ assert.ok(false); }});
    a.stopListening();
    b.trigger('change');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo yourself', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var e = _.extend({}, Events);
    e.listenTo(e, 'foo', function(){ assert.ok(true); });
    e.trigger('foo');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo yourself cleans yourself up with stopListening', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var e = _.extend({}, Events);
    e.listenTo(e, 'foo', function(){ assert.ok(true); });
    e.trigger('foo');
    e.stopListening();
    e.trigger('foo');
  });

  QUnit.test('stopListening cleans up references', function(assert) {
    expect(12);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    var fn = function() {};
    b.on('event', fn);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn).stopListening();
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn).stopListening(b);
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn).stopListening(b, 'event');
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn).stopListening(b, 'event', fn);
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
  });

  QUnit.test('stopListening cleans up references from listenToOnce', function(assert) {
    expect(12);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    var fn = function() {};
    b.on('event', fn);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'event', fn).stopListening();
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'event', fn).stopListening(b);
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'event', fn).stopListening(b, 'event');
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'event', fn).stopListening(b, 'event', fn);
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._events.event), 1);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo and off cleaning up references', function(assert) {
    expect(8);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    var fn = function() {};
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn);
    b.off();
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn);
    b.off('event');
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn);
    b.off(null, fn);
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
    a.listenTo(b, 'event', fn);
    b.off(null, null, a);
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
    assert.equal(_.size(b._listeners), 0);
  });

  QUnit.test('listenTo and stopListening cleaning up references', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenTo(b, 'all', function(){ assert.ok(true); });
    b.trigger('anything');
    a.listenTo(b, 'other', function(){ assert.ok(false); });
    a.stopListening(b, 'other');
    a.stopListening(b, 'all');
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
  });

  QUnit.test('listenToOnce without context cleans up references after the event has fired', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenToOnce(b, 'all', function(){ assert.ok(true); });
    b.trigger('anything');
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 0);
  });

  QUnit.test('listenToOnce with event maps cleans up references', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenToOnce(b, {
      one: function() { assert.ok(true); },
      two: function() { assert.ok(false); }
    });
    b.trigger('one');
    assert.equal(_.size(a._listeningTo), 1);
  });

  QUnit.test('listenToOnce with event maps binds the correct `this`', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var a = _.extend({}, Events);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events);
    a.listenToOnce(b, {
      one: function() { assert.ok(this === a); },
      two: function() { assert.ok(false); }
    });
    b.trigger('one');
  });

  QUnit.test("listenTo with empty callback doesn't throw an error", function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var e = _.extend({}, Events);
    e.listenTo(e, 'foo', null);
    e.trigger('foo');
    assert.ok(true);
  });

  QUnit.test('trigger all for each event', function(assert) {
    expect(3);
    var a, b, obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    obj.on('all', function(event) {
      obj.counter++;
      if (event === 'a') a = true;
      if (event === 'b') b = true;
    })
    .trigger('a b');
    assert.ok(a);
    assert.ok(b);
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 2);
  });

  QUnit.test('on, then unbind all functions', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var callback = function() { obj.counter += 1; };
    obj.on('event', callback);
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.off('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1, 'counter should have only been incremented once.');
  });

  QUnit.test('bind two callbacks, unbind only one', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var obj = {counterA: 0, counterB: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var callback = function() { obj.counterA += 1; };
    obj.on('event', callback);
    obj.on('event', function() { obj.counterB += 1; });
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.off('event', callback);
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counterA, 1, 'counterA should have only been incremented once.');
    assert.equal(obj.counterB, 2, 'counterB should have been incremented twice.');
  });

  QUnit.test('unbind a callback in the midst of it firing', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var callback = function() {
      obj.counter += 1;
      obj.off('event', callback);
    };
    obj.on('event', callback);
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1, 'the callback should have been unbound.');
  });

  QUnit.test('two binds that unbind themeselves', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var obj = {counterA: 0, counterB: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var incrA = function(){ obj.counterA += 1; obj.off('event', incrA); };
    var incrB = function(){ obj.counterB += 1; obj.off('event', incrB); };
    obj.on('event', incrA);
    obj.on('event', incrB);
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counterA, 1, 'counterA should have only been incremented once.');
    assert.equal(obj.counterB, 1, 'counterB should have only been incremented once.');
  });

  QUnit.test('bind a callback with a default context when none supplied', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var obj = _.extend({
      assertTrue: function() {
        assert.equal(this, obj, '`this` was bound to the callback');
      }
    }, Events);

    obj.once('event', obj.assertTrue);
    obj.trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('bind a callback with a supplied context', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var TestClass = function() {
      return this;
    };
    TestClass.prototype.assertTrue = function() {
      assert.ok(true, '`this` was bound to the callback');
    };

    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.on('event', function() { this.assertTrue(); }, new TestClass);
    obj.trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('nested trigger with unbind', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var incr1 = function(){ obj.counter += 1; obj.off('event', incr1); obj.trigger('event'); };
    var incr2 = function(){ obj.counter += 1; };
    obj.on('event', incr1);
    obj.on('event', incr2);
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 3, 'counter should have been incremented three times');
  });

  QUnit.test('callback list is not altered during trigger', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var counter = 0, obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    var incr = function(){ counter++; };
    var incrOn = function(){ obj.on('event all', incr); };
    var incrOff = function(){ obj.off('event all', incr); };

    obj.on('event all', incrOn).trigger('event');
    assert.equal(counter, 0, 'on does not alter callback list');

    obj.off().on('event', incrOff).on('event all', incr).trigger('event');
    assert.equal(counter, 2, 'off does not alter callback list');
  });

  QUnit.test("#1282 - 'all' callback list is retrieved after each event.", function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var counter = 0;
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    var incr = function(){ counter++; };
    obj.on('x', function() {
      obj.on('y', incr).on('all', incr);
    })
    .trigger('x y');
    assert.strictEqual(counter, 2);
  });

  QUnit.test('if no callback is provided, `on` is a noop', function(assert) {
    expect(0);
    _.extend({}, Events).on('test').trigger('test');
  });

  QUnit.test('if callback is truthy but not a function, `on` should throw an error just like jQuery', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var view = _.extend({}, Events).on('test', 'noop');
    raises(function() {
      view.trigger('test');
    });
  });

  QUnit.test('remove all events for a specific context', function(assert) {
    expect(4);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.on('x y all', function() { assert.ok(true); });
    obj.on('x y all', function() { assert.ok(false); }, obj);
    obj.off(null, null, obj);
    obj.trigger('x y');
  });

  QUnit.test('remove all events for a specific callback', function(assert) {
    expect(4);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    var success = function() { assert.ok(true); };
    var fail = function() { assert.ok(false); };
    obj.on('x y all', success);
    obj.on('x y all', fail);
    obj.off(null, fail);
    obj.trigger('x y');
  });

  QUnit.test('#1310 - off does not skip consecutive events', function(assert) {
    expect(0);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.on('event', function() { assert.ok(false); }, obj);
    obj.on('event', function() { assert.ok(false); }, obj);
    obj.off(null, null, obj);
    obj.trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('once', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    // Same as the previous test, but we use once rather than having to explicitly unbind
    var obj = {counterA: 0, counterB: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);
    var incrA = function(){ obj.counterA += 1; obj.trigger('event'); };
    var incrB = function(){ obj.counterB += 1; };
    obj.once('event', incrA);
    obj.once('event', incrB);
    obj.trigger('event');
    assert.equal(obj.counterA, 1, 'counterA should have only been incremented once.');
    assert.equal(obj.counterB, 1, 'counterB should have only been incremented once.');
  });

  QUnit.test('once variant one', function(assert) {
    expect(3);
    var f = function(){ assert.ok(true); };

    var a = _.extend({}, Events).once('event', f);
    var b = _.extend({}, Events).on('event', f);

    a.trigger('event');

    b.trigger('event');
    b.trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('once variant two', function(assert) {
    expect(3);
    var f = function(){ assert.ok(true); };
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);

    obj
      .once('event', f)
      .on('event', f)
      .trigger('event')
      .trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('once with off', function(assert) {
    expect(0);
    var f = function(){ assert.ok(true); };
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);

    obj.once('event', f);
    obj.off('event', f);
    obj.trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('once with event maps', function(assert) {
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    _.extend(obj, Events);

    var increment = function() {
      this.counter += 1;
    };

    obj.once({
      a: increment,
      b: increment,
      c: increment
    }, obj);

    obj.trigger('a');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 1);

    obj.trigger('a b');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 2);

    obj.trigger('c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 3);

    obj.trigger('a b c');
    assert.equal(obj.counter, 3);
  });

  QUnit.test('bind a callback with a supplied context using once with object notation', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var obj = {counter: 0};
    var context = {};
    _.extend(obj, Events);

    obj.once({
      a: function() {
        assert.strictEqual(this, context, 'defaults `context` to `callback` param');
      }
    }, context).trigger('a');
  });

  QUnit.test('once with off only by context', function(assert) {
    expect(0);
    var context = {};
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.once('event', function(){ assert.ok(false); }, context);
    obj.off(null, null, context);
    obj.trigger('event');
  });

  // QUnit.test('Backbone object inherits Events', function(assert) {
  //   assert.ok(Backbone.on === Events.on);
  // });

  QUnit.test('once with asynchronous events', function(assert) {
    // var done = assert.async();
    expect(1);
    stop();
    var func = _.debounce(function() { assert.ok(true); start(); }, 50);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events).once('async', func);

    obj.trigger('async');
    obj.trigger('async');
  });

  QUnit.test('once with multiple events.', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.once('x y', function() { assert.ok(true); });
    obj.trigger('x y');
  });

  QUnit.test('Off during iteration with once.', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    var f = function(){ this.off('event', f); };
    obj.on('event', f);
    obj.once('event', function(){});
    obj.on('event', function(){ assert.ok(true); });

    obj.trigger('event');
    obj.trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('`once` on `all` should work as expected', function(assert) {
    expect(1);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.once('all', function() {
      assert.ok(true);
      obj.trigger('all');
    });
    obj.trigger('all');
  });

  QUnit.test('once without a callback is a noop', function(assert) {
    expect(0);
    _.extend({}, Events).once('event').trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('listenToOnce without a callback is a noop', function(assert) {
    expect(0);
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    obj.listenToOnce(obj, 'event').trigger('event');
  });

  QUnit.test('event functions are chainable', function(assert) {
    var obj = _.extend({}, Events);
    var obj2 = _.extend({}, Events);
    var fn = function() {};
    assert.equal(obj, obj.trigger('noeventssetyet'));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.off('noeventssetyet'));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.stopListening('noeventssetyet'));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.on('a', fn));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.once('c', fn));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.trigger('a'));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.listenTo(obj2, 'a', fn));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.listenToOnce(obj2, 'b', fn));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.off('a c'));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.stopListening(obj2, 'a'));
    assert.equal(obj, obj.stopListening());
  });

  QUnit.test('#3448 - listenToOnce with space-separated events', function(assert) {
    expect(2);
    var one = _.extend({}, Events);
    var two = _.extend({}, Events);
    var count = 1;
    one.listenToOnce(two, 'x y', function(n) { assert.ok(n === count++); });
    two.trigger('x', 1);
    two.trigger('x', 1);
    two.trigger('y', 2);
    two.trigger('y', 2);
  });

})(QUnit);


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A Gurn from Nurn: One of those days when you wonder if Highland Council is beyond repair?
One of those days when you wonder if Highland Council is beyond repair?
"Highland Council expects to begin restructuring its cleaning service from next year to save £580,000.
It said the 12% reduction in the service's budget would mean cutting 30 full-time posts and ending cleaning supervisor roles in some areas.
The union Unison said the cuts would affect low-paid female workers." More here.
Contrast that with a story in the Strathspey Herald: "New figures suggest Highland Council spends around £30,000 a month on hire cars for its workers.
The council spent a total of £363,063 on hired cars, including £120,138 on fuel costs for the last financial year.
The local authority defended the costs – saying the council covered the largest local authority area in Scotland." More here.
"The Council has to save around 6% across all services next year. Would you be willing to pay a bit more council tax to protect some services against cuts eg. education, care, roads, voluntary groups etc" You can participate here.
HC is most definitely beyond economical repair, and it comes as no surprise that yet again they choose to get rid of those who actually do the work. Before any of the cleaners posts are made redundant they need to start reducing the hierarchy.
£30,000 a month is a huge amount of money on hire cars -- they could run their own fleet of ultra efficient , high mpg, zero tax cars leased on a hire contracts for that amount, for a whole year and pay nothing else, saving 11 months * 30,000 pounds!
its an utter disgrace - its time for a massive shake up in how our councils are run at the Top and what they spend their money on - make it a Mayoral system on a 2 year voting cycle.
STOP WASTING OUT COUNCIL TAX NOW.
They could be cutting back on. Our bedding plants as well. Nairnshire this week has a story on it a shame as Nairn used to have nice displays of flowers. And it could all go. They have been filling in some beds over the years. And not putting up the hanging baskets.
This is a good example of necessary cuts. Given a choice between keeping bedding plants, street cleaning or road gulley emptying, I'd choose one of the latter.
Highland Council have forked out these costs on vehicles. Well maybe that's the lesser of two evils. Not all journeys are possible by bus - cue debate on public transport. And not all journeys are possible by walking or cycling. And to be quite frank if Eco transport was sustainable, we'd all be driving around in cars fuelled by turnips. Often it's cheaper for an employer to hire a car and pay petrol costs for a long journey, than pay a straight mileage rate of approx £0.45 / mile. Eg a 200 mile journey for an employee paid for example £0.45 /mile costs £90. But a £25 hire car and petrol costs for the same 200mile journey may cost say £45.


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National Populism and Christian Symbolism: A Conversation with Tobias Cremer
By: Tobias Cremer
National populist movements on both sides of the Atlantic—such as the presidency of Donald Trump and the Front National of Marine Le Pen—invoke Christianity in a myriad of ways, from incorporating Christian symbolism in political rallies to developing a rhetoric of defending the "Judeo-Christian" tradition. Some observers have considered the role of religion in right-wing populist movements as evidence of a new sort of "clash of civilizations," whereas others have suggested the emergence of a "post-Christian" culture war. The relationship between Christianity and Western populism will continue to shape political, religious, and social life in Europe and the United States, especially with the fast-approaching 2020 U.S. presidential election.
This week the Berkley Forum sat down with Tobias Cremer, a visiting researcher at the Berkley Center, to discuss the ambiguous relationship between Christianity and national populist movements in the United States and Western Europe. Cremer, who will consider these themes as part of a lecture in late January 2020, also reflected on his time at the center. What follows is a transcript of the conversation, edited for length and clarity.
Berkley Forum: What are the sources of the recent surge of populism in Western societies? Why are we seeing a rise in populism now?
Tobias Cremer: The recent surge of national populism is more than just a protest vote. Its cause is a very deep societal change: the emergence of a new social cleavage that is centered around identity.
Social cleavages are the main social divides in society that define and shape the political landscape and the parties that populate it. Historically, we had two main social cleavages. On the one hand, you had the economic cleavage between free marketeers and those who wanted a command economy. On the other, you had the divide between social conservatives and social liberals, a cultural wall of sorts.
There are a lot of people who try to interpret the current surge of national populism both in Europe and the United States in terms of these traditional cleavages. But if you look a bit deeper at the numbers, economic and social concerns were not the driving factors in national populist movements.
What we see is that more and more people who vote for these national populist movements say that their main concern is identity, citing issues such as immigration and race relations. Issues of identity often trump others such as taxation, free trade, abortion, and gay marriage.
At the moment, we might be witnessing the emergence—maybe even reemergence—of a third cleavage that is really about national identity, about who are we and who are the others. The nation is the us, and the nation is defined primarily in terms of ethnic and cultural identifiers.
BF: Religion has often been closely tied to traditional conservative movements. Is the relationship between Christianity and right-wing populism different? If so, how?
TC: There seems to be quite a strong difference in how religion fits into this new identity cleavage. Traditionally, if you look at Christian democratic parties in Europe, the focus is really on Christian values. They have the whole idea in German in the christliche Menschenbild: the idea of a Christian vision of man that informs your politics, very much on the traditional moral cleavage line.
New national populist movements care comparatively less about Christian values and Christian beliefs. What is interesting is how Christianity in these movements really becomes not just a belief, but a form of a cultural identity—it's often more about cultural belonging than theological beliefs.
One question I ask many of the religious and political leaders I interview for my research: What do you actually mean when you talk about Christian identity? It is really striking that if you ask mainstream politicians and clergy, they start talking about theology: the resurrection of Christ, the Trinity, and Bible verses.
Most national populists, however, start talking about history, tradition, and culture. Almost all of them also reference Islam in their definition of Christian identity. They say, "We are Christian because we have days off on Sunday not Friday. We are Christian because we have a church in the middle of the village and not a mosque. We are Christian because we are not Muslim."
The focus on Islam is new. The people who were most supportive of Trump early on—and who were most hostile towards immigration and Islam—were actually those white evangelicals who don't go to church. White evangelicals who to go to church more frequently were significantly more open towards immigration, more open towards Islam.
BF: Why is the appropriation of Christianity more appealing to a non-churchgoing audience?
TC: There seem to be two factors that help to explain why churchgoing audiences do not find appeals to Christendom as compelling as non-churchgoers do. One factor is the ever-availability of a Christian alternative, which we see in Europe. If you have a Christian democratic party that focuses not just on Christian identity but also on Christian values, church-attending Christians will remain attached to these parties.
You saw this quite strongly, for instance, in the French presidential election of 2017. In the first round of voting, Marine Le Pen strongly under-performed among churchgoing Catholics and Catholics overall. I think she did about almost double as well among French atheists as she did among French churchgoing Catholics.
You can actually see similar tendencies in the United States. In the primaries, churchgoing white evangelicals were actually most likely to support people like Ben Carson or Ted Cruz. That of course changed once there was no Christian alternative. So, when confronted with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the churchgoing Christians fell in line and started to support the Trump campaign.
Another important factor is the role of churches themselves. You see in countries like Germany and France that churches do speak out very, very strongly—at times even comparing the struggle against national populism to the "Kirchenkampf" of the Confessing Church in Nazi Germany. They seem to be able to create something of a social taboo in particular among those who do go to church very often, of saying it is not Christian to vote for party A or B, for a rising populist party.
This is true for the Catholic Church in particular, but it is also true for hierarchical Protestant churches. If a protestant bishop or president of bishops says that voting for a certain party is unacceptable, they can create something of a social firewall.
Church authority seems to be less important in the United States, first of all because American Christianity is less hierarchical. There is nobody who can claim to speak for Christianity because you have thousands of denominations and actually a growing group of Christians who are nondenominational.
BF: How has the Berkley Center contributed to your work on populism and religion? What kind of research activities have you conducted during your time here?
TC: My time at the Berkley Center has been absolutely fantastic. It was an absolute privilege to come here. I conduct a lot of interviews with political and religious elite—about 100 already—because my research really focuses on the qualitative side of things. For that you have to be on the ground, so I wanted to go to the United States and ideally Washington, DC. The Berkeley Center has just been perfect because it is probably the foremost institution in the United States where you really manage to study politics and religion in a productive way.
It has also been helpful because Georgetown is so plugged into both academic research and political and religious networks. A lot of people I interviewed, I met at Georgetown events or through common contacts in the Berkeley Center. Being here has really been instrumental in getting access to many political and religious leaders.
BF: What are your plans after leaving the center?
TC: I have to go back to Cambridge to finish my Ph.D. I have already done the German and French case studies. The American case study was the last one because it is the most complicated with so many nuances and so many faith leaders.
In addition to another book project with David Elcott at NYU on religious awakening, I hope to turn my dissertation research into a book that helps to understand what white populists actually mean when they talk about religion. What are the nuances? How do these movements work internally? How do Christian communities react to national populism?
I do hope that this can contribute to academic debates, but I also notice that when I speak to high-level politicians and church leaders, there is a real demand to understand national populist movements because the problem in both Europe and the United States is one of polarization. Members of the elite know liberals, mainstream conservatives, and mainstream Christians. No one knows people from national populist movements.
It is very easy to do the same othering that some people accuse national populists of doing if you don't understand their movements. Trying to understand national populist movements is, I think, a big step.
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Elon Musk's promised Twitter exposé on the Hunter Biden story is a flop that has left several people in the lurch
Free speech crusader Elon Musk is not happy with Twitter's yearlong decision to suppress a news report about Hunter Biden's laptop just before the 2020 presidential election. So in an effort to "restore public trust in Twitter," Musk indicated last month that he would release internal communications that would show how things went.
That arrived Friday night in the form of a long and laboriously slow tweet thread (it took a full two hours to complete) from journalist Matt Taibbi, to whom Musk appears to have leaked the documents and coordinated to post his findings on Twitter.
Taibbi later deleted a tweet with Jack Dorsey's email address
Taibbi's thread includes screenshots of emails between Twitter leadership, members of the Biden campaign, and outside policy leaders. At one point, there's even a "confidential" message from Twitter's deputy general counsel.
The emails show that Twitter's team is struggling with how to handle the New York Post story that broke the news of Hunter's leaked laptop files – and whether they made the right moderation decision in the first place. At the time, it wasn't clear if the material was genuine, and Twitter decided to post links or images of the After's story, citing its policy on the distribution of hacked material. The move was controversial even then, primarily among Republicans, but also with speech advocates concerned about Twitter's decision to block a news outlet.
While Musk may hope we see documents proving that Twitter's (largely former) staffers nefariously decide to act in ways that have now helped President Joe Biden, the communications mostly show a team debating how to handle a difficult moderation decision. are completed and communicated.
"I'm struggling to understand the policy basis for marking this as unsafe," a former communications officer wrote. "Are we going to mark similar stories as unsafe as well?" asked another.
Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of trust and safety at the time, said the company had decided to err on the side of caution "given the SERIOUS risks here and the lessons of 2016." Jim Baker, Twitter's deputy general counsel, agreed that "it's reasonable for us to believe that they may be [hacked] and that caution is advised."
Musk claims this is evidence of government interference, but it clearly isn't
The emails don't show how the initial decision came about — just that there were emails afterwards where leaders at Twitter discussed whether it was the right choice. Taibbi reports that Jack Dorsey, who was CEO of Twitter at the time, was unaware of the decision.
Musk seems to read the events as evidence of government interference. "If this isn't a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution, what is?" he wrote in response to a leaked email. But the email appears to show that the Biden campaign, which is not a government agency, is flagging tweets to Twitter for "review" under their moderation policy before the election. Taibbi says "there's no evidence – I've seen that – of any government involvement in the laptop story."
Meanwhile, Taibbi's handling of the emails — which appear to have been handed to him at Musk's direction, though he only references "sources on Twitter" — appears to have revealed personal email addresses of two high-profile leaders: Dorsey and Representative Ro Khanna . An email address belonging to someone who identifies Taibbi as Dorsey is included in one message, in which Dorsey forwards an article Taibbi wrote criticizing Twitter's handling of the After story. What appears to be Khanna's personal Gmail address is included in another email, in which Khanna reaches out criticizing Twitter's decision to close the Afteralso the story of.
The story also revealed the names of several Twitter employees who were in communication about the moderation decision. While it's not inappropriate for journalists to report on the involvement of public figures or key decision makers, that doesn't describe all of the people named in the leaked posts. And given the buzz surrounding Hunter's laptop, the leaked materials could expose some of those people to harassment. 'I don't understand why naming names is necessary. Seems dangerous," says Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote tonight in clear reference to the leaks.
Taibbi later deleted the tweet with Dorsey's email address. The one with Khanna's is still up and running at the time of writing. The edge contacted Taibbi for comment but did not immediately hear back. Twitter, whose communications team was dismantled during layoffs last month, also did not respond to a request for comment. Khanna and Dorsey also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Many junior programs can be paid through our online store. However, ACTUAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION will still need to be provided to the golf course. In some instances, the day you choose for your program will also need to be identified. Because of this, all paper "sign up forms" are required to be turned in to the respective course (via in-person, email or fax.) The online store is for easy payment, only. Thank you.
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Illinois lawmakers recently introduced ISMS-backed legislation to take on insurance companies and defend patients' rights by ensuring that networks are adequate, accessible and transparent. Although just launched in late April, the bipartisan proposal has already attracted more than 20 co-sponsors.
The Network Adequacy and Transparency Act ( House Bill 6562) would require insurers to develop networks that meet the needs of patients for plans sold in Illinois. Insurers would also be required to maintain up-to-date directories of "in-network" health professionals and facilities, and communicate with patients when there are changes to networks.
The bill would ensure continuity of care for pregnant women and patients with certain other conditions, protecting them from being forced to transition away from their physicians when networks change.
ISMS is aggressively working to enact House Bill 6562! Watch ISMS President Thomas M. Anderson, MD, participate in the Springfield press conference announcing the legislation; read ISMS' News Release and a Summary of House Bill 6562.
Proposed legislation ( House Bill 4364) would license "certified midwives" to provide unsupervised home birthing services and a wide range of other services for a pregnant woman and a newborn – all without the support of medical technology or other qualified professionals. These services are distinctly medical in nature, such as using pharmaceuticals to control hemorrhaging.
ISMS and several other medical specialty groups serving children and women strongly oppose this legislation due to the significant risks that come with home births performed by unqualified individuals. House Bill 4364 simply does not establish adequate educational requirements to create a newly licensed profession.
The legislation is now referred to the Rules Committee, but could still advance during this session. Read ISMS' position paper on House Bill 4364 and check here for the latest updates.
ISMS opposes dangerous legislation that would allow optometrists to perform certain surgical procedures and administer medications by injection. This legislation is not in patients' best interest and actually threatens their safety!
One proposed procedure to be performed by optometrists is the chalazion treatment, which could require an incision on the inner lid of the eye. Injections, including subcutaneous, subconjunctival and intramuscular injections, would also be allowed.
The bill has been placed on the Calendar Order of 3rd Reading, which is the final review period prior to being called for a Senate vote.
Call to Action: Please contact your state representative and state senator and urge him or her to vote NO on Senate Bill 2899.
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Friedrich Alexander Zickerick (* 6. September 1831 in Neudamm; † 25. Februar 1882 in Wolfenbüttel) war ein deutscher Kupferschmiedemeister und Fabrikant.

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Friedrich Zickerick wurde 1831 in Neudamm in der Neumark geboren. Er besaß in Dedeleben im heutigen Landkreis Harz eine kleine Werkstatt und siedelte 1861 nach Wolfenbüttel über. Hier gründete er einen bescheidenen Betrieb als Kupferschmied. Er versuchte eine Konzession zur fabrikmäßigen Herstellung kupferner Waren und Aggregate zu erhalten, was ihm nach einigen Schwierigkeiten 1863 gelang. Er richtete seine Produktion nach dem Bedarf der aufblühenden Zuckerindustrie des Umlandes aus. Das Unternehmen entwickelte sich schnell zu einem der bedeutendsten Industriebetriebe in Wolfenbüttel mit Aufträgen aus Russland und Amerika. 1874 wurde Friedrich Zickerick Mitglied des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI).

Zickerick starb im Februar 1882 im Alter von 50 Jahren in Wolfenbüttel. Seine hinterlassene Metallwarenfabrik Friedrich Zickerick ging 1908 in Konkurs. Das direkt an der Eisenbahnstrecke Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel gelegene Fabrikgelände erfuhr zahlreiche Nachnutzungen, über die Konservenfabrik O. Keune, einen Edeka-Markt, das Schering-Werk bis zum heutigen Baumarkt (Stand 2020). In Wolfenbüttel wurde die Zickerickstraße nach ihm benannt.

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Unternehmer (19. Jahrhundert)
Person (Wolfenbüttel)
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Gestorben 1882
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Мађарска је административно подијељена на 19 жупанија (, једнина: -{megye}-) и главни град () Будимпешту. Жупаније су даље подијељене на 174 округа (, једнина: -{járás}-). Главни град Будимпешта је подијељен на 23 округа (, једнина: -{kerület}-).

Постоје 23 града са правима жупаније (, једнина: megyei jogú város), који се понекад зову и урбане жупаније. Локалне власти тих градова имају проширена овлашћења, али нису независне територијалне јединице.

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Осим сједишта жупанија, постоји пет градова са правима жупанија:
 Ерд (жупанија Пешта)
 Дунаујварош (жупанија Фејер)
 Ходмезевашархељ (жупанија Чонград-Чанад)
 Велика Канижа (жупанија Зала)
 Шопрон (жупанија Ђер-Мошон-Шопрон)

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Immunogen: N-terminal, extracellular region of human Calcium Sensing Receptor. [UniProt# P41180].
Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR) was the first GPCR identified whose main physiological ligand is an ion and it has the ability to sense extracellular concentration of Ca2+. CaSR's activity is mediated by a G-protein that activates a phosphatidylinositol-calcium second messenger system and it is capable of interaction with VCP, RNF19A (execute CASR's ubiquitination) and ARRB1. CaSR is expressed primarily in chief cells of parathyroid glands where, when activated by high Ca2+ concentrations, it decreases PTH release (calcium-retaining hormone) to maintain Ca2 +. Alternatively, under hypocalcemia conditions, CaSR is inactive and PTH is released which restores normocalcemia by acting on kidney as well as intestine to increase Ca2 + absorption, and on bone, to mobilise skeletal Ca2 +.
CaSR is also expressed in other tissues which do not play an obvious role in Ca2 + homeostasis (breast, blood vessels, liver, and placenta) and altered CaSR expression and/or activity have been found associated with parathyroid glands disorders, osteoporosis, vascular calcification and cancer. CaSR is implicated in regulation of diverse processes that includes hormone secretion, gene expression, ion channel activity, modulation of inflammation, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, depending on cell type, and therefore, represents a key molecule in physiology. Defects in CaSR have been linked to familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia type 1 (FHH), neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT), familial isolated hypoparathyroidism (FIH) and epilepsy, idiopathic generalized type 8 (EIG8).
Western Blot of Calcium Sensing Receptor in transfected 293 cell lysate. ECL exposure, 5 minutes. In this photo, the protein has aggregated and thus the higher MW band as expected.


Just saw "Alien: Covenant" with my friend Tyten. For me it's a mix of Prometheus and Alien which I love. Michael Fassbender is brilliant as always. It's definitely not better than Alien or Aliens, but worth seeing.
Ridley Scott has achieved so much in his career that if all he wants to do is Alien films until he's dead, I'll watch every one.


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The G&G Interview
Catching Up With Bill Withers
Thirty years after walking away from music, Bill Withers joins the ranks of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame royalty
by Allison Glock
photo: Jeff Riedel
Withers, photographed at the Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood, California, in January 21, 2015.
When he was growing up in Beckley, West Virginia, the only music the three-time Grammy winner Bill Withers was exposed to was "in the church." But, he says, "When you have a facility for music, you know right away, when you're born, I guess." It would be several decades before Withers acknowledged that gift, re-embracing his hymn-honed voice and unleashing his natural inclination for arrow-sharp lyricism on such indispensable tracks as "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Use Me," high points of a career that lasted only fifteen years but whose legacy endures. Withers, who withdrew from the public eye to focus on his family in the mid-1980s, will finally be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April. Now seventy-six, he's pleased at the recognition, though hardly inclined to gloat. "Pride goeth before the great fall," he says jokingly. Besides, he continues, "the induction could have happened or could not have happened. Either way, I was going to have to keep living."
Musical Benchmark
Withers takes five during a stroll along Hollywood's Sunset Strip.
You came to music late in life.
I was a severe stutterer until I was about thirty. In a rural area like where I was from, when you stutter, people don't think you're very bright.
Your hometown in West Virginia had around two hundred residents.
Everything was based around the coal mines. I knew that to do anything I wanted to do, I needed to leave. I would go to the movies and see other places. As soon as I was old enough—before I was even shaving—I joined the navy.
You were in the military for nine years, some of that stationed in Pensacola, Florida, in the 1950s and 1960s. What was that time in the South like for you?
It was more or less surviving. Let's face it, when I was coming along, the likelihood of me being able to do much was slim. I mean, in those days the South didn't have great plans for guys like me [laughs].
In 1967 you left the navy and moved to California, where you fell into the music business.
I had ninety days to reenlist or not. And I thought about it. Do I want to try to take on this world? I hadn't been a civilian since I was a kid. Am I ready to take this chance? And I said yes to overcome the fear of finding out. There was something dormant in me. I knew it was there whether anybody else did or not.
What was the tipping point?
I would fool around up in San Jose. If I had a couple drinks, I'd sit in with the band. And they'd drop little seeds in my head. I remember in Oakland I went to see Lou Rawls and I heard the guy behind the bar say he was paying him $2,000 a week. I thought, That's interesting. I think I was making $3.25 an hour at the time. So I went home and told my mother I was going to become a singer-songwriter.
Did you know you had what it takes?
I think maybe you know that long before anybody else does. Or you think you do. Now, there are a lot of people who think they have it that don't. But everything in life boils down to this riddle: Are you what you think you are? The world will let you know whether you are a keeper or just recreational.
In a short time span, you wrote and recorded several indelible songs. Then, in 1985, you walked away from it all. That choice seems to vex a lot of folks.
Yeah, well, that's their problem [laughs]. The music business was no piece of cake. There was this guy at my record label who wanted me to do stuff like cover Elvis Presley songs [snorts]. Get the hell out of here. I got tired of it. Most of my dreams came true and some of my nightmares, too. I had a pretty good run. And by then I had a family and some kids, so I went about trying to do a good job at that. Without even thinking about it, I just went ahead with my life.
Do you have regrets?
Everybody's got regrets. The trick is not to spend a lot of time thinking about them.
You may have stepped out of circulation, but your music never did.
People kept recording my songs. They worked on their own. I became more popular as time wore on. I could play a larger venue now than when I was making music all the time.
And now you're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The induction is a compliment. I'm not ambivalent. I'm actually looking forward to it. But I'm not a jump-up-and-down kind of guy. If I go to a football game, I sit there and watch it. I'm not waving my arms and carrying on. It doesn't mean I don't feel something, you know. I feel it's healthier to look out at the world through a window rather than through a mirror. With a mirror, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.
Allison Glock
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International Oceanic Enterprises, Inc. of Alabama
Heiner Herwegh, Lawrence Crompton, and Justin Watson
During True Parents' visit to the IOE plant in 1985. Left to right: Mr. Hwang; Bob Finamore, regional sales manager; Dr. Martin Porter; Father; Mother; David Kirpich, sales manager; Heiner Herwegh, general manager; and Clinton Jones, plant manager.
In June 1978, International Oceanic Enterprises, Inc. of Alabama (IOE) opened its doors. The story of how it began is quite unique.
Earlier that year Master Marine, Inc., which has since become a successful shipbuilding business, bought a shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Besides building boats for customers, Master Marine bought its own fishing boats as well. These boats started shrimping and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico with hired captains and crews, from whom the Master Marine brothers could receive professional training.
On one side of their shipyard stood an old shack that had formerly been used as a place where boats unloaded and sold their catches. Some of the brothers thought, "Wouldn't it be great to unload right here and sell our own catch?" And so Dr. Paul Werner, who was responsible for Master Marine at that time, decided to do just that. I he place was fixed up, equipment was bought and installed, a manager was hired, and Master Marine Seafood was born.
A bird's-eye view of the facilities at IOE of Alabama.
An Amazing Deal
Meanwhile, across the Bayou, a large seafood plant, including an ice plant and a fuel dock, stood vacant. It had been out of business for many years. The former owner had gone bankrupt, and it came to the attention of International Oceanic Enterprises, Inc. of Virginia that the plant would soon be auctioned off. At that time, Father and "his Moonies" were not too beloved in the area! We were feared as competition by the business community and condemned as kidnappers and brainwashers by the ministers and congregations of the local churches. We were informed that several of the major businesses in Bayou La Batre were united together, determined to stop us from purchasing the plant. If necessary, they intended to drive the price up until we would stop bidding, and then buy the plant for themselves, although none of them were actually interested in owning it. When Father heard about this, he recommended that we not attend the auction, and the plant was sold for a fraction of its real value because nobody really wanted it besides us. A well-known local businessman had made the first bid and no one challenged it. To our surprise, the new owner contacted us immediately following the auction and offered to sell the plant to us for little more than he had bid.
That same day IOE of Virginia became the owner of a new seafood plant, ice plant, and fuel dock, all for about 25 percent of their appraised value! Thus IOE of Alabama came to be. Until this day, the local people believe that the man who bought the plant at the auction was our agent, but in reality we had never met the man before. He himself said that he did not believe that any group should be treated the way we were being treated, and he was unruffled by the public outcry that followed his sale to us.
In the beginning, brothers and sisters did just the manual labor, but within three months we were doing management, processing, and sales. We started to buy not only from the Master Marine fleet, but from other boats and other unloading docks in the area as well, for in spite of rumors, people were attracted by our honesty and our high standards. Now we buy fish and shrimp from Florida, all along the Gulf Coast -- through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas -- and from the East Coast as well.
A shrimp peeling machine.
Processing and Marketing
Shrimp come in many different species, sizes, and qualities. Shrimp smaller than 50 per pound with the head on are usually processed through huge machines that remove the head, tail, and shell, leaving only the shrimp meat. These shrimp are then separated by size and packed in five-pound cartons to be frozen. The bigger shrimp can be frozen with the head on or off. They can be individually quick-frozen or separated by size in our grading machines and block- frozen in two- or five-pound packs.
Since 1978 we have been constantly expanding and improving our plant. We have just finished our latest expansion -- a 4,000-square-foot staging and handling area for loading and unloading trucks, plus a major addition to our business-office space.
Over the years IOE of Alabama has grown substantially. We can now grade 2,800 pounds of shrimp an hour, peel 2,200 pounds an hour, and individually quick-freeze 1,800 pounds an hour. Our total blast- freezing capacity is 40,000 pounds a day, and we have a 700,000-pound holding freezer. Last year we processed 7 million pounds of shrimp and over 1 million pounds of fish.
In the busy season, from April to September, we process 19 hours a day and employ 150 regular workers and 100 shrimp headers. Management, sales, and most of the office personnel are now staffed by Unification brothers and sisters.
Since the market changes every day, decisions have to be made and changed continually. Quality has to be monitored at all times. We handle 406 different shrimp items. Profit is generated not only by the difference between buying and selling prices, but also by grading the shrimp exactly according to size and quality and by finding the best type of processing for each grade of shrimp, thus creating the best marketable product. It is absolutely important that sales and processing work together on a day- to-day basis. About a year ago we bought computers to enhance our marketing ability.
Our product is known as one of the best on the American market, outstanding for its quality, taste, and accurate weight and size measurements. Our sales area sweeps from the Midwest to the East Coast, from Florida to Canada. Many restaurants and seafood stores in the surrounding cities are directly supplied every week by our salesmen with six- or ten-wheel trucks. Our tractor trailer and our ten-wheel truck make weekly trips up the East Coast supplying other major cities. We supply our customers not only with shrimp and fish but also with other products such as crab legs, scallops, lobster tails, and frog legs. These we buy from other processors.
We employ about 100 shrimp headers.
God's Blessing
IOE of Alabama has established a good reputation in the seafood industry. Any success, though, is due to our attempt to be centered on God, to follow our True Parents, to unite with Dr. Martin Porter (who succeeded Dr. Werner in 1983 in taking responsibility for all fish-related operations in Bayou La Batre), and to work together as a team to bring success to True Parents. Supporting our True Parents is our main desire, and for that we always try to put differences aside. When we look back, we can see how much Heavenly Father helped us make the right decisions at the right time. Any accomplishment is due to God's blessing on the foundation of our unity.
On December 21, 1986, Father visited us in Bayou La Batre. We were happy to be able to report that our sales were up 40 percent for the year. He predicted that after we reach $50 million in sales per year, we will see IOE grow beyond our greatest dreams.
Presently we are preparing our plant so that it can run 24 hours a day as soon as the season starts in April. We are determined to fulfill Father's ideals and expectations.
Grading and packing shrimp.
Shrimp Fishing On the Gulf Coast
Material contributed by Lawrence Crompton, captain of the Sea Hope III
Written by Justin Watson
The fishermen who work on the four shrimp boats operated by Master Marine out of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, are definitely unsung heroes, living a life of great sacrifice, hardship, and even danger to realize Father's vision for the ocean. Not many members of the church actually know what they go through. Presently, nine Master Marine brothers plus several non-church members follow a grueling schedule that keeps them out at sea for 14-20 days at a time.
After an eight-hour trip from port out to the shrimping grounds, which stretch along the Gulf of Mexico from Alabama to Texas, the three- to five-man crew on each vessel begins the exhausting process of shrimping. Depending on the size of the boat, two to four large nets are dragged along the ocean bottom, and after four to six hours the nets are hauled up and emptied on the deck. The catch has to be sorted, because most of what is caught in the nets has little or no economic value, often called "by-fish." Some fish, like trout and flounder, are saved, but the majority have to be dumped back into the ocean.
Once the shrimp are sorted out, the crew must laboriously remove the head of each shrimp by hand, because headless shrimp bring a higher market price. The shrimp are then washed and put on ice. This entire operation takes almost three hours; then the nets are dropped for another four- to six-hour run.
While the nets are in the water, most of the brothers can rest while one person keeps watch, but when the nets are brought up the process of sorting, cleaning, and storing begins again. The cycle of work and sleep continues around the clock. Shrimping in all kinds of weather, with irregular sleep that is often interrupted, crews become exhausted after seven or ten days. This is a big hazard, because the deck of a shrimper is a dangerous place if one is not alert and careful. The presence of heavy machinery and complex cables and lines, combined with the constant motion of the vessel, makes even small mistakes potentially fatal.
During storms, the boats usually retreat to anchor in the Mississippi River delta. On such occasions two boats will often tie up together for a bit of "social time" -- to eat together, watch videos, and of course tell fishing stories. After two to three weeks on the water, the fishermen return with their catch to spend a week at home. Most of the Master Marine fishermen now have families, so they tend to stay in port longer than they did several years ago. But readjusting to shore life is not easy. The interrupted pattern of sleep they experience on the boat makes it almost impossible for them to sleep through the night when they are on shore.
Shrimp will fetch the relatively high price of $1.50 to $6.00 a pound, depending on the size, on whether the head has been removed, and on market demand. But the cost of shrimping is also high. A boat must make about $1,000 a day just to meet operating costs. It takes a catch of 2,500 to 3,000 pounds to break even on a trip, 4,000 to 6,000 pounds to make a moderately successful trip, and more than 7,000 pounds to make a really good trip. This season, one Master Marine boat brought in a 20,000- pound catch.
In recent years the shrimping industry has faced hard times. The high price of shrimp has led to over-fishing and a decrease in the number caught. The increasing scarcity of shrimp, combined with higher fuel prices, has forced many boats out of business. The plight of shrimp fishermen today reflects the general decline of the entire fishing industry in America. This situation shows why Father is so desperate to fulfill his vision of the ocean as a storehouse that will feed the world.


The fort was built upon destroying of the famous Buddhist temple known as the Gangathilaka Viharaya by the Portuguese. It is now replaced by the Kalutara Viharaya, which is one of the most visited tourist attractions.
Even though the Portuguese built the fort in 1622, a Sri Lankan king by the name of King Mayadunne captured it in a battle lead by his 13-year-old son Tikiri Rajjuru Bandara (who late later became king Rajasinghe 1). However, the Portuguese retook it and handed it over to the Dutch without a fight in 1655.
After being handed over to the Dutch, two additional bastions were contructed by increasing the size of the ramparts and digging a moat. Rumours say that the Dutch got down special architects from Netherlands to rebuild this fort. It was later surrendered to the British in 1769 and they used it as the residence of the government agent. Today no remains of the fort are left, and the Kalutara Vihara stands here instead.
Unfortunately, the fort collapsed after the battle of Kandy, and the temple which was destroyed long before was rebuilt on the same location, now called the Kalutara Vihara. Located in proximity to many Kalutara Hotels, the temple is visited by many tourists and locals who come to seek blessings. Hotels such as the Mermaid Hotel and Club are just a mere 10 mins from the location and is the ideal place to stay at if you want to explore the city.
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Sur le site du Center of Migration Studies : Treating Syrian Refugees as a National Security Threat : Do the Means Fit the End?
Syrians represent one in five of the world's nearly 60 million forcibly displaced persons. In November 2015, 13.5 million Syrian residents needed humanitarian aid, 6.5 million were internally displaced and almost 400,000 lived in besieged regions. More than 4.6 million Syrians have been registered as refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, where most live, at best, in a kind of holding pattern and, at worst, in survival mode. With a combined gross domestic product of roughly $1.4 trillion, these nations cannot accommodate populations of this size and need, and United Nations (UN) appeals for Syrian refugees have been grossly underfunded. Not surprisingly, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have embarked on perilous journeys to Europe. Europe's chaotic and divided response to them has shaken the very foundations of the European Union.
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in the spring of 2011, the United States has provided more than $4.5 billion in humanitarian funding for Syrians, resettled roughly 2,500 Syrian refugees, recognized the asylum claims of a few thousand additional Syrians, and designated and twice re-designated Syria for Temporary Protected Status. Despite harsh opposition, the Obama Administration has not wavered from its commitment to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in FY 2016. The Administration has also devoted diplomatic capital to resolving the Syrian crisis. To that end, on December 18, 2015, nearly five years after the onset of the Syrian civil war, the UN Security Council approved a resolution that outlines a peace process for Syria. Any process to end the Syrian conflict faces substantial obstacles. However, a level of peace and stability will be crucial to the safe return home of displaced Syrians and to resolving the Syrian refugee crisis.
Instead of insisting that the United States take a leadership role in responding to the world's largest and perhaps most daunting refugee crisis since World War II, Congress has turned its attention to curbing the admission of Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees. On November 19, 2015, the House passed the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015. The Act requires that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Director of National Intelligence certify to 12 different Congressional committees that each Syrian and Iraqi refugee seeking admission, as well as each refugee who recently passed through or resided in these states, does not constitute a threat to the United States. If the Act were to prevent these high-level officials from delegating responsibility for certifications, it would bring the admission of Syrian, Iraqi, and other refugees to a virtual halt, stranding thousands of well-vetted refugees in desperate circumstances. If the United States were to regain interest in their cases in the future, the long and arduous refugee screening process would begin anew for them. The US Senate is scheduled to vote on this bill on January 20, 2015. However, President Obama has vowed to veto the SAFE Act if it passes Congress.


A Cinematic Short Film celebrating the life of a man called Bob. Throughout his entire life he's always put the ocean first, which has lead to him being homeless and living in a van. But he loves the ocean and his life as much as ever, and of course, still surfs every day.
With the end of the world imminent, a man is hired to write the history of human existence. Who are the people and what are the events that should be remembered?