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The Ben Carson Show (The Value of His Values)
Warren Rojas of Roll Call makes the obvious point:
Whether Ben Carson fudged a bit on that offer of a "full scholarship" to West Point or it's a question of "semantics," as he told reporters on Nov. 6, it wouldn't be the first time a politician misrepresented their military experience.
Thus begins a brief review of Missouri congressional candidate Ron Dickey (D), Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), former Rep. Wes Cooley (R-OR), and former Rep. Bruce Caputo (R-NY)
And in some cases it's worse than others, but we should note that getting caught making stuff up about military service and honors is not necessarily the end of a politician's career.
And perhaps Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson ought to take a look through these sordid histories. And while it is true the good doctor really does need to work, generally speaking, on how he responds to revelations of exaggeration and fabrication about the telling of his inspiring life story, a candidate who wants us to believe he is "not a politician" faces additional challenges when trying to walk, talk, and play the game like a politician.
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The Jeb Bush Show (Seriously Inadequate)
Consider, please, that while Donald Trump managed to get into a stupid fight with Rick Perry and win, this is actually about Jeb Bush:
Almost immediately after Donald Trump's controversial remarks about Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) military service, Republican officials denounced the criticism in a specific way. "There is no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honorably," the Republican National Committee said in an official statement.
The problem, of course, is that Republicans appear to apply that principle selectively. In 2004, John Kerry faced ridiculous lies about his heroic military service, and at the time, GOP leaders saw great political value in smearing a decorated war veteran.
Take Jeb Bush, for example. In January 2005, the day before his brother's second inaugural, the Florida governor wrote a letter to the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" ringleader, expressing his appreciation for the smear campaign. Celebrating the "Swifties," as Jeb Bush called them, the Republican wrote to retired Col. Bud Day, "Please let them know that I am personally appreciative of their service to our nation. As someone who truly understands the risk of standing up for something, I simply cannot express in words how much I value their willingness to stand up against John Kerry."
In this case, "stand up to" was apparently a euphemism for "tell lies about."
(Benen)
And while we might refer to the former Florida governor by his derisive title as the Serious Clown, the question remains as to why anybody thought Mr. Bush was a serious candidate. Maybe he needs another do-over.
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The Donald Trump Show (Artless)
Among the challenges presented by the mere proposition that anyone should take the Donald Trump Show seriously are, first, that such considerations should be necessary, and also that as such spectacular pretenses of scandal swirl around the Consummate Clown's candidacy, few will attend these aspects:
For a variety of pundits, this effectively marked the end of Trump's campaign – it was the ultimate flame out, the argument goes, for a narcissistic candidate who simply can't control his impulses.
And those assumptions may very well prove to be true, but I wouldn't bet on it just yet.
Keep in mind, right-wing hostility towards McCain is quite common, despite his conservative voting record, so Trump's classless rhetoric may not necessarily be a deal-breaker with the GOP base. Indeed, at the Iowa event, after Trump made his remarks, he left the stage to a standing ovation – if the party activists in attendance were offended by what they heard, they didn't show it.
We'll have to wait for the next round of polling, but it's hardly a foregone conclusion that Trump has burst his own balloon.
As for the larger context, I remain eager to hear Republicans explain the selectivity of their outrage. When Donald Trump relies on racism to advance his ambitions, GOP officials tolerate his antics, but when Trump criticizes John McCain, that's a bridge too far? By what standard is that acceptable?
For that matter, if Republican leaders want to argue that attacks on Americans' military service are simply beyond the pale, perhaps party officials can take this opportunity to apologize to John Kerry, who was smeared by Swiftboat lies in the 2004 cycle – lies that were celebrated at the time by 2016 candidates like Jeb Bush and Rick Perry – and who saw the spectacle at the Republican National Convention of party activists mocking Purple Hearts. While they're it, Republicans can express some regret for related smears directed at former Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.).
Perhaps this is Donald Trump's greatest service to the Republican Party. That it will hurt is its own question. For while some might rush to Mr. Trump's aid and suggest he has some sort of point, be it about Mexicans or McCain or whatever, it is also important to take note of why so many conservatives would rather take a middling path.
It is easy enough to suggest Mr. Trump's candidacy represents the height of Republican anti-intellectualism, but that would only be to date, in any case. And there is much talk this cycle about the FOX News debate, which is virtually accepted as winnowing the field from seventeen candidates to ten according to national polling in such a manner they might as well simply draw lots; and it does seem true that instead of playing to state-level concerns as we have traditionally seen, candidates are passing on those issues and aiming to make headlines in order to boost national polling numbers. And while far too few make the note about the fact that these are conservatives shifting poiltical power within their ranks from state to national considerations, perhaps it is because that sparkling gem is actually beside the point. That is to say, enjoy it, but such incongruity can wait for another day; there are more important issues afoot.
The real problem for Republicans is that Mr. Trump's reckless rhetoric is nothing more than an ill-expressed distillation of American conservatism. The arrogant, vicious bigotry is unwieldy even in its most artful expressions, and much like an old saying, it might be hard to define art affirmatively, but its absence is clear about Mr. Trump.
Image note: Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, Saturday, 18 July 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Benen, Steve. "Trump has no regrets after smearing McCain's service". msnbc. 18 July 2015.
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This is important: Over the years we witness much political wrangling over our American military. Even the question of whether our service members should answer to the law can become fraught with the cheap politics of patriotism. But a question has been nagging at me for years: Why do conservatives get to abuse our service members this way?
Via msnbc:
• The perils of political paranoia in Texas (MaddowBlog, 29 April)
• Cruz sympathizes with 'Jade Helm 15' conspiracy theorists (MaddowBlog, 4 May)
• Walmart, Pentagon try to knock down conspiracy theory (MaddowBlog, 5 May)
• Fearful Texas GOP base amuses nation with conspiracy panic (TRMS, 6 May)
(1) Look me in the eye and tell me our service members would do it. I dare you.
(2) This insulting nonsense has reached the top valence of American politics, with at least three Republican presidential candidates joining in: Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
There is no point three.
This is absurd.
Image note: Detail of frame from The Rachel Maddow Show, msnbc, 6 May 2015.
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Huckabeastly
"It came as a bit of a surprise, then, when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said late Friday that he would disclose his plans for the 2016 presidential race on May 5. This wasn't an announcement, so much as it was an announcement about an announcement (at which point, the far-right Arkansan may or may not make an announcement)."
―Benen
This is actually an interesting point, but only in an obscure way. Armchair wonkery often seems nearly occult to those who prefer their theatrical performances from the sports or celebrity-gossip sectors, but there is something about drowning one's announcement of an announcement in the Friday afternoon cascade. The intersection of the Friday news dump with Mike Huckabee is just one of those things, you know?
For Steve Benen, then, it seems that Mr. Huckabee is already acting like a candidate, which is important because the next place our attention goes is to Miranda Blue's report for Right Wing Watch:
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee claimed in an interview with Iowa talk radio host Jan Mickelson yesterday that the Obama administration has "an open hostility toward the Christian faith," and urged prospective military recruits to wait until the end of President Obama's term to enlist ....
.... "There's nothing more honorable than serving one's country and there's no greater heroes to our country than our military," he responded, "but I might suggest to parents, I'd wait a couple of years until we get a new commander-in-chief that will once again believe 'one nation under god' and believe that people of faith should be a vital part of the process of not only governing this country, but defending this country."
And while it is always tempting to pounce on the superficial bait, given Republican militaristic bluster about patriotism and supporting the troops and backing the president during wartime, we should not let such low-hanging fruit obscure the forest of stupidity the former Arkansas governor would help cultivate.
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Katy Perry Talks About Being Asked To Play Jazz Fest.
While on stage at Jazz Fest in New Orleans on Saturday, Katy talked a bit about being asked to play the festival when she had already marked it off in her calendar to attend as a bystander.
"I got a call in the spring and they said, "Katy, would you like to come play Jazz Fest?" And I said, 'Oh, shoot!" I mean, I'm trying to eat!" she told the crowd.
Perry told fans that she had planned to come to the festival as a fan herself, before getting the gig to actually play. She said she had a very simple plan.
"I want to eat, I want to drink until I slowly pass out in public," she said.
So, when she got the call to headline, she joked that she had to think twice, keeping her love of fried specialties in mind.
"Yes, I love music, I want to play and I love people and I love connection, but I love fried okra!" she said.
As the crowd cheered and laughed, Perry had another clarification she was proud to share.
"I just want to let it be known, I am not pregnant. This is just yesterday and I am proud of it. I'm so happy to be here, I love New Orleans so much."
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Pequannock capitalizes on big plays, tops Ramsey
Greg Tartaglia
PEQUANNOCK — Dave Jachera and Sean Klimek ran well for football players who had been "shot in the foot."
The speedy senior duo accounted for four of Pequannock's five touchdowns in a 36-7 NJSFC cross-divisional victory over Ramsey on Friday night. Jachera threw for two scores and ran 10 times for 57 yards and a 12-yard TD to cap the scoring.
Klimek led a strong defensive showing with an early second-quarter interception, which set up a drive that ended with a knee-buckling 30-yard touchdown run. The halfback/cornerback carried 18 times for 124 yards.
"They're phenomenal football players," Golden Panthers coach Ed Kopp said of the pair, who also led the school's baseball team in stolen bases last spring.
"The hole isn't always there for them, they play doesn't always go where it's intended. But they have the ability to make guys miss, and they do a phenomenal job for us."
SO MUCH OFFENSE:Ramapo runs wild in 62-35 triumph
OT THRILLER:Ridgewood survives against Paramus
EMERSON:Cavos make statement with win over Becton
Pequannock overcame 13 penalties in the game to improve to 2-0.
Jachera's 21-yard TD pass to Matthew Spatucci on the opening drive was a well-executed play action. His second scoring toss, 35 yards to Matt Unger to open the fourth quarter, came on an extended scramble.
"Our offense is either, we're super-efficient, or it's a big play here and there," Jachera said. "We kind of shot ourselves in the foot, but we played well enough to get a win."
Ramsey (2-1) drove into Pequannock territory three times in the first half but was turned away on Klimek's INT, a Joe Leszczynski fumble recovery and a turnover on downs.
"We had the opportunities, and we didn't make the plays," Rams coach Anthony Petrock said. "I'm proud of our kids, but we lost to a better team."
Turning point: The Rams received the second-half kickoff but went three-and-out. Matt Gallo returned the ensuing punt 60 yards for a touchdown, and Klimek added a two-point conversion on a "swinging gate" play to make it 22-0 Pequannock.
Key stat: Jachera and Klimek combined for 181 yards rushing. Combined passing and rushing, Ramsey had 172 yards in total offense, which included 3-of-10 passing for 65 yards.
Quotable: "Holding them to seven points was huge. That pick was very big, the fumble recovery when they were in the red zone was huge. Defense wins championships, that's basically it – and they held their ground [Friday night] and did awesome." – Klimek on the Golden Panthers' defense


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3D Visualization of a residential complex "Aquarius".
Architectural 3D Visualization of a residential complex "Aquarius" in the city of Sestretsk.
The residential complex "Aquarius" 3D visualization of what we have created, is located in the centre of Sestroretsk, near the Gulf of Finland and Park "Dubki" at the shore of the pond. The inhabitants of these places enjoy a healthy environment, clean sea air and sandy beaches, which are located in the immediate vicinity of the house.
Life in the residential complex "Aquarius" is organized on the principle of the club house. All residents have similar social status and life philosophy, the unique infrastructure of the house, which is located on a closed, protected area, intended only for its occupants.
Architectural CAD drawings that we used to visualize this project.
One of the CAD floor plans, used for 3D modeling.
CAD Drawings of the facades that we use to create an architectural 3D visualization for this project.
3D Visualizations which MIG Vision's team has created for the project on the visualization of a residential complex "Aquarius" in the city of Sestretsk.


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Q: iAds Mechanism to show iAds i have made a test application that loads apple test ads.
i am wondering how the real time ads will be loaded instead of apple test ads.
What is mechanism for loading the real time iAds. Can anybody help me in the regard.
Regards
abdul Samad

A: As the documentation says, it depends on what kind of certificate was used to sign the app:

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*Developer build: test ads

*Ad hoc: test ads

*Distribution: live ads

As Jasarien notes, iAds will go live on 1 July 2010 so right now I suspect you would not get any ads at all.

A: The real ads will be loaded with the same mechanism that is used to load the test ads.
On July 1st Apple will "switch on" iAds and they will start appearing in place of the test ads.

A: You use the Developer Certificate and provisioning profile to build the release version of the app, and enable the ads while uploading to iTunes Connect. Then when people download your app off the App Store they will see the real ads, and you will make the real money. Apple says that Ad-Hoc and in-house distribution will only show the test ads.

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Q: Why doesn't this Python regex pattern return a result? I have struggled for a while and can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. It must be something silly.
 text = 'I need this'
 word = 'need'
 prog = re.compile('\\b%s\\b'%word, re.IGNORECASE)
 result=prog.match(text)

But result is None implying there was no match. Why?
(I want to identify if the word occurs in the text if and only if it is a stand-alone word surrounded by what is listed as the Python boundries indicated by \b)


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Q: Is there a recommended way to use the Observer pattern in MVP using GWT? I am thinking about implementing a user interface according to the MVP pattern using GWT, but have doubts about how to proceed.
These are (some of) my goals:

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*the presenter knows nothing about the UI technology (i.e. uses nothing from com.google.*)

*the view knows nothing about the presenter (not sure yet if I'd like it to be model-agnostic, yet)

*the model knows nothing of the view or the presenter (...obviously)

I would place an interface between the view and the presenter and use the Observer pattern to decouple the two: the view generates events and the presenter gets notified.
What confuses me is that java.util.Observer and java.util.Observable are not supported in GWT. This suggests that what I'm doing is not the recommended way to do it, as far as GWT is concerned, which leads me to my questions: what is the recommended way to implement MVP using GWT, specifically with the above goals in mind? How would you do it?

A: Program Structure
This is how I did it. The Eventbus lets presenters (extending the abstract class Subscriber) subscribe to events belonging to different modules in my app. Each module corresponds to a component in my system, and each module has an event type, a presenter, a handler, a view and a model.
A presenter subscribing to all the events of type CONSOLE will receive all the events triggered from that module. For a more fine-grained approach you can always let presenters subscribe to specific events, such as NewLineAddedEvent or something like that, but for me I found that dealing with it on a module level was good enough.
If you want you could make the call to the presenter's rescue methods asynchronous, but so far I've found little need to do so myself. I suppose it depends on what your exact needs are. This is my EventBus:
public class EventBus implements EventHandler
{
    private final static EventBus INSTANCE = new EventBus();
    private HashMap<Module, ArrayList<Subscriber>> subscribers;

    private EventBus()
    {
      subscribers = new HashMap<Module, ArrayList<Subscriber>>();
    }

    public static EventBus get() { return INSTANCE; }

    public void fire(ScEvent event)
    {
        if (subscribers.containsKey(event.getKey()))
            for (Subscriber s : subscribers.get(event.getKey()))
                s.rescue(event);
    }

    public void subscribe(Subscriber subscriber, Module[] keys)
    {
        for (Module m : keys)
            subscribe(subscriber, m);
    }

    public void subscribe(Subscriber subscriber, Module key)
    {
        if (subscribers.containsKey(key))
            subscribers.get(key).add(subscriber);
        else
        {
            ArrayList<Subscriber> subs = new ArrayList<Subscriber>();
            subs.add(subscriber);
            subscribers.put(key, subs);
        }
    }

    public void unsubscribe(Subscriber subscriber, Module key)
    {
        if (subscribers.containsKey(key))
            subscribers.get(key).remove(subscriber);
    }

}

Handlers are attached to components, and are responsible for transforming native GWT events into events specialised for my system. The handler below deals with ClickEvents simply by wrapping them in a customised event and firing them on the EventBus for the subscribers to deal with. In some cases it makes sense for the handlers to perform extra checks before firing the event, or sometimes even before deciding weather or not to send the event. The action in the handler is given when the handler is added to the graphical component.
public class AppHandler extends ScHandler
{
    public AppHandler(Action action) { super(action); }

    @Override
    public void onClick(ClickEvent event)
    {
         EventBus.get().fire(new AppEvent(action));
    }

Action is an enumeration expressing possible ways of data manipulation in my system. Each event is initialised with an Action. The action is used by presenters to determine how to update their view. An event with the action ADD might make a presenter add a new button to a menu, or a new row to a grid.
public enum Action
{
    ADD,
    REMOVE,
    OPEN,
    CLOSE,
    SAVE,
    DISPLAY,
    UPDATE
}

The event that's get fired by the handler looks a bit like this. Notice how the event defines an interface for it's consumers, which will assure that you don't forget to implement the correct rescue methods.
public class AppEvent extends ScEvent {

    public interface AppEventConsumer
    {
        void rescue(AppEvent e);
    }

    private static final Module KEY = Module.APP;
    private Action action;

    public AppEvent(Action action) { this.action = action; }

The presenter subscribes to events belonging to diffrent modules, and then rescues them when they're fired. I also let each presenter define an interface for it's view, which means that the presenter won't ever have to know anything about the actual graphcal components.
public class AppPresenter extends Subscriber implements AppEventConsumer,
                                                        ConsoleEventConsumer
{
    public interface Display
    {
        public void openDrawer(String text);
        public void closeDrawer();
    }

    private Display display;

    public AppPresenter(Display display)
    {
        this.display = display;
        EventBus.get().subscribe(this, new Module[]{Module.APP, Module.CONSOLE});
    }

    @Override
    public void rescue(ScEvent e)
    {
        if (e instanceof AppEvent)
            rescue((AppEvent) e);
        else if (e instanceof ConsoleEvent)
            rescue((ConsoleEvent) e);
    }
}

Each view is given an instance of a HandlerFactory that is responsible for creating the correct type of handler for each view. Each factory is instantiated with a Module, that it uses to create handlers of the correct type.
public ScHandler create(Action action)
{
  switch (module)
  {
    case CONSOLE :
      return new ConsoleHandler(action);

The view is now free to add handlers of different kind to it's components without having to know about the exact implementation details. In this example, all the view needs to know is that the addButton button should be linked to some behaviour corresponding to the action ADD. What this behaviour is will be decided by the presenters that catch the event.
public class AppView implements Display

   public AppView(HandlerFactory factory)
   {
       ToolStripButton addButton = new ToolStripButton();
       addButton.addClickHandler(factory.create(Action.ADD));
       /* More interfacy stuff */
   }

   public void openDrawer(String text) { /*Some implementation*/ }
   public void closeDrawer() {  /*Some implementation*/ }

Example
Consider a simplified Eclipse where you have a class hierarchy to the left, a text area for code on the right, and a menu bar on top. These three would be three different views with three different presenters and therefore they'd make up three different modules. Now, it's entirely possible that the text area will need to change in accordance to changes in the class hierarchy, and therefore it makes sense for the text area presenter to subscribe not only to events being fired from within the text area, but also to events being fired from the class hierarchy. I can imagine something like this (for each module there will be a set of classes - one handler, one event type, one presenter, one model and one view):
public enum Module
{
   MENU,
   TEXT_AREA,
   CLASS_HIERARCHY
}

Now consider we want our views to update properly upon deletion of a class file from the hierarchy view. This should result in the following changes to the gui:

*

*The class file should be removed from the class hierarchy

*If the class file is opened, and therefore visible in the text area, it should be closed.

Two presenters, the one controlling the tree view and the one controlling the text view, would both subscribe to events fired from the CLASS_HIERARCHY module. If the action of the event is REMOVE, both preseneters could take the appropriate action, as described above. The presenter controlling the hierarchy would presumably also send a message to the server, making sure that the deleted file was actually deleted. This set-up allows modules to react to events in other modules simply by listening to events fired from the event bus. There is very little coupling going on, and swapping out views, presenters or handlers is completely painless.

A: I achieved something on these lines for our project. I wanted a event-driven mechanism (think of PropertyChangeSupport and PropertyChangeListener of standard jdk lib) which were missing. I believe there is an extension module and decided to go ahead with my own. You can google it for propertychangesupport gwt and use it or go with my approach.
My approach involved logic centred around MessageHandler and GWTEvent. These serve the same purpose as that of PropertyChangeListener and PropertyChangeEvent respectively. I had to customize them for reasons explained later. My design involved a MessageExchange, MessageSender and MessageListener. The exchange acts as a broadcast service dispatching all events to all listeners. Each sender fires events that are listened by the Exchange and the exchange the fires the events again. Each listener listens to the exchange and can decide for themselves (to process or not to process) based on the event.
Unfortunately MessageHandlers in GWT suffer from a problem: "While a event is being consumed, no new handlers can be hooked". Reason given in the GWT form: The backing iterator holding the handlers cannot be concurrently modified by another thread. I had to rewrite custom implementation of the GWT classes. That is the basic idea.
I would've posted the code, but I am on my way to airport right now, will try to post the code as soon as I can make time.
Edit1:
Not yet able to get the actual code, got hold of some power-point slides I was working on for design documentation and created a blog entry.
Posting a link to my blog article: GXT-GWT App
Edit2:
Finally some code soup.
Posting 1
Posting 2
Posting 3

A: have a look at: http://www.gwtproject.org/javadoc/latest/com/google/gwt/event/shared/EventBus.html
(which outdates http://www.gwtproject.org/javadoc/latest/com/google/web/bindery/event/shared/EventBus.html)
It should run fine with GWT as I'll try right now myself.


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Disinfo: The Moldovan Maidan scenario entered its active implementation stage
The scenario of a Moldovan Maidan started its active implementation stage. The US planned to launch it in case of a victory of Igor Dodon, but plans have changed. According to the available information, the US through its puppets of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) planned to provoke by any means the Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) into actions that would become a motive for protests. The latest statements by Maia Sandu about Transnistria, peace forces, the Russian language, etc., are exactly that. If this didn't lead to the desired reaction, then other topics would be involved. Sooner or later, the PSRM would respond.
The US invested too much in this game through agents, NGOs, media, agreements with Ukraine and Romania, etc., and there is too much at stake for them to restrict their plans now, so they need to quickly worsen the situation in the region to bring it to the hot phase. Protests will radicalise, and aggressive guys from Romania and Ukraine have been spotted in Chisinau. A lot depends on the strength of the PSRM and the security forces. It is necessary to go on the initiative.
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative against Moldova's president-elect Maia Sandu and her Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), aiming to discredit her victory in the 2020 election against pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon by framing her and her team as Western puppets, and merging it with recurrent disinformation messaging about colour revolutions as a way to frame political movements opposed to the Kremlin's interests as illegitimate.
See other examples of these disinformation narratives, such as claims that Maia Sandu won thanks to election fraud; that she has advised Zelenskyy to start a military campaign against Donbas; that her mission is to help Biden to create a sanitary cordon around Russia; that she wants to arrange a second Karabakh in Transnistria, where Romania and Moldova have secret plans to expel Russian troops; or that after her victory, the collapse of Moldova is inevitable.
The Moldovan Maidan scenario entered its active implementation stage
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Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Moldova, US
Keywords: Maia Sandu, Igor Dodon, Colour revolutions
Disinfo: Russia is not a party to the internal Ukrainian conflict
In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed LPR and DPR, which declared independence after the coup d'etat in Ukraine in February of the same year. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. Kyiv has repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of intervening in the conflict in the region. Russia denies these charges. Moscow has stated more than once that it is not a party to the internal Ukrainian conflict and is interested in seeing Kyiv overcome the political and economic crisis.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the war in Ukraine, attempting to portray it as a civil war.
There is irrefutable evidence of direct Russian military involvement in eastern Ukraine.
Disinfo: There is no doubt Russia has total sovereignty over the Kuril Islands
According to the resolution taken in 1945, the Kuril Islands became part of the Soviet Union. Today, the US State Department puts the results of World War II into question and encourages a tendency for revenge (By requesting Russian citizens born in the Kuril Islands to obtain an American residence permit).
Moscow insists that the aforementioned islands have become part of the Soviet Union legally, based on the results of the Second World War, and are part of Russia's territory as the successor to the Soviet Union, noting that Russia's sovereignty over the four islands is not questionable.
Japan has disputed Russian ownership of the Northern Territories / Southern Kurils since the end of World War II.
The Island chain referred to as the Kuril Islands stretches northeast from Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
Disinfo: Sweden supports Russia on Crimea
Sweden supports Russian on the ownership of Crimea. Crimea was always Russian. This view predominates in Sweden, says billionaire Dan Sten Olsson. According to the businessman, this view in only not supported by NATO.
A recurrent claim on Crimea's status and a false statement on Sweden's position on the illegal annexation of Crimea.
Mr. Olsson is the head of a Swedish transnational corporation with large trade with Russia. He did express support Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in an interview with the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, but the claim was a personal view of Mr. Olsson. The businessman does not suggest that his views are representative for neither Swedish business circles, nor among Swedes in general.


The canonical Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway governs diverse developmental, homeostatic and pathological processes. Palmitoylated Wnt ligands engage cell-surface frizzled (FZD) receptors and LRP5 and LRP6 co-receptors, enabling β-catenin nuclear translocation and TCF/LEF-dependent gene transactivation. Mutations in Wnt downstream signalling components have revealed diverse functions thought to be carried out by Wnt ligands themselves. However, redundancy between the 19 mammalian Wnt proteins and 10 FZD receptors and Wnt hydrophobicity have made it difficult to attribute these functions directly to Wnt ligands. For example, individual mutations in Wnt ligands have not revealed homeostatic phenotypes in the intestinal epithelium-an archetypal canonical, Wnt pathway-dependent, rapidly self-renewing tissue, the regeneration of which is fueled by proliferative crypt Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells (ISCs). R-spondin ligands (RSPO1-RSPO4) engage distinct LGR4-LGR6, RNF43 and ZNRF3 receptor classes, markedly potentiate canonical Wnt/β-catenin signalling, and induce intestinal organoid growth in vitro and Lgr5+ ISCs in vivo. However, the interchangeability, functional cooperation and relative contributions of Wnt versus RSPO ligands to in vivo canonical Wnt signalling and ISC biology remain unknown. Here we identify the functional roles of Wnt and RSPO ligands in the intestinal crypt stem-cell niche. We show that the default fate of Lgr5+ ISCs is to differentiate, unless both RSPO and Wnt ligands are present. However, gain-of-function studies using RSPO ligands and a new non-lipidated Wnt analogue reveal that these ligands have qualitatively distinct, non-interchangeable roles in ISCs. Wnt proteins are unable to induce Lgr5+ ISC self-renewal, but instead confer a basal competency by maintaining RSPO receptor expression that enables RSPO ligands to actively drive and specify the extent of stem-cell expansion. This functionally non-equivalent yet cooperative interaction between Wnt and RSPO ligands establishes a molecular precedent for regulation of mammalian stem cells by distinct priming and self-renewal factors, with broad implications for precise control of tissue regeneration.
Madan B, Patel MB, Zhang J, Bunte RM, Rudemiller NP, Griffiths R, Virshup DM, Crowley SD.
Activated Wnt signaling is critical in the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis, a final common pathway for most forms of chronic kidney disease. Therapeutic intervention by inhibition of individual Wnts or downstream Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been proposed, but these approaches do not interrupt the functions of all Wnts nor block non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways. Alternatively, an orally bioavailable small molecule, Wnt-C59, blocks the catalytic activity of the Wnt-acyl transferase porcupine, and thereby prevents secretion of all Wnt isoforms. We found that inhibiting porcupine dramatically attenuates kidney fibrosis in the murine unilateral ureteral obstruction model. Wnt-C59 treatment similarly blunts collagen mRNA expression in the obstructed kidney. Consistent with its actions to broadly arrest Wnt signaling, porcupine inhibition reduces expression of Wnt target genes and bolsters nuclear exclusion of β-catenin in the kidney following ureteral obstruction. Importantly, prevention of Wnt secretion by Wnt-C59 blunts expression of inflammatory cytokines in the obstructed kidney that otherwise provoke a positive feedback loop of Wnt expression in collagen-producing fibroblasts and epithelial cells. Thus, therapeutic targeting of porcupine abrogates kidney fibrosis not only by overcoming the redundancy of individual Wnt isoforms but also by preventing upstream cytokine-induced Wnt generation. These findings reveal a novel therapeutic maneuver to protect the kidney from fibrosis by interrupting a pathogenic crosstalk loop between locally generated inflammatory cytokines and the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
Glaeser K, Urban M, Fenech E, Voloshanenko O, Kranz D, Lari F, Christianson JC, Boutros M.
Wnts produced by Osterix-expressing osteolineage cells regulate their proliferation and differentiation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 9;111(49):E5262-71.
Tan SH, Senarath-Yapa K, Chung MT, Longaker MT, Wu JY, Nusse R.
Wnt signaling is a critical regulator of bone development, but the identity and role of the Wnt-producing cells are still unclear. We addressed these questions through in situ hybridization, lineage tracing, and genetic experiments. First, we surveyed the expression of all 19 Wnt genes and Wnt target gene Axin2 in the neonatal mouse bone by in situ hybridization, and demonstrated--to our knowledge for the first time--that Osterix-expressing cells coexpress Wnt and Axin2. To track the behavior and cell fate of Axin2-expressing osteolineage cells, we performed lineage tracing and showed that they sustain bone formation over the long term. Finally, to examine the role of Wnts produced by Osterix-expressing cells, we inhibited Wnt secretion in vivo, and observed inappropriate differentiation, impaired proliferation, and diminished Wnt signaling response. Therefore, Osterix-expressing cells produce their own Wnts that in turn induce Wnt signaling response, thereby regulating their proliferation and differentiation.
Wnt-induced deubiquitination FoxM1 ensures nucleus β-catenin transactivation.
Chen Y, Li Y, Xue J, Gong A, Yu G, Zhou A, Lin K, Zhang S, Zhang N, Gottardi CJ, Huang S.
A key step of Wnt signaling activation is the recruitment of β-catenin to the Wnt target-gene promoter in the nucleus, but its mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, we identified FoxM1 as a novel target of Wnt signaling, which is essential for β-catenin/TCF4 transactivation. GSK3 phosphorylates FoxM1 on serine 474 which induces FoxM1 ubiquitination mediated by FBXW7. Wnt signaling activation inhibits FoxM1 phosphorylation by GSK3-Axin complex and leads to interaction between FoxM1 and deubiquitinating enzyme USP5, thereby deubiquitination and stabilization of FoxM1. FoxM1 accumulation in the nucleus promotes recruitment of β-catenin to Wnt target-gene promoter and activates the Wnt signaling pathway by protecting the β-catenin/TCF4 complex from ICAT inhibition. Subsequently, the USP5-FoxM1 axis abolishes the inhibitory effect of ICAT and is required for Wnt-mediated tumor cell proliferation. Therefore, Wnt-induced deubiquitination of FoxM1 represents a novel and critical mechanism for controlling canonical Wnt signaling and cell proliferation.
Seino T, Kawasaki S, Shimokawa M, Tamagawa H, Toshimitsu K, Fujii M, Ohta Y, Matano M, Nanki K, Kawasaki K, Takahashi S, Sugimoto S, Iwasaki E, Takagi J, Itoi T, Kitago M, Kitagawa Y, Kanai T, Sato T.
Despite recent efforts to dissect the inter-tumor heterogeneity of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) by determining prognosis-predictive gene expression signatures for specific subtypes, their functional differences remain elusive. Here, we established a pancreatic tumor organoid library encompassing 39 patient-derived PDACs and identified 3 functional subtypes based on their stem cell niche factor dependencies on Wnt and R-spondin. A Wnt-non-producing subtype required Wnt from cancer-associated fibroblasts, whereas a Wnt-producing subtype autonomously secreted Wnt ligands and an R-spondin-independent subtype grew in the absence of Wnt and R-spondin. Transcriptome analysis of PDAC organoids revealed gene-expression signatures that associated Wnt niche subtypes with GATA6-dependent gene expression subtypes, which were functionally supported by genetic perturbation of GATA6. Furthermore, CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing of PDAC driver genes (KRAS, CDKN2A, SMAD4, and TP53) demonstrated non-genetic acquisition of Wnt niche independence during pancreas tumorigenesis. Collectively, our results reveal functional heterogeneity of Wnt niche independency in PDAC that is non-genetically formed through tumor progression.
SH3BP4 Regulates Intestinal Stem Cells and Tumorigenesis by Modulating β-Catenin Nuclear Localization.
Antas P, Novellasdemunt L, Kucharska A, Massie I, Carvalho J, Oukrif D, Nye E, Novelli M, Li VSW.
Wnt signals at the base of mammalian crypts play a pivotal role in intestinal stem cell (ISC) homeostasis, whereas aberrant Wnt activation causes colon cancer. Precise control of Wnt signal strength is governed by a number of negative inhibitory mechanisms acting at distinctlevels of the cascade. Here, we identify the Wnt negative regulatory role of Sh3bp4 in the intestinal crypt. We show that the loss of Sh3bp4 increases ISC and Paneth cell numbers in murine intestine and accelerates adenoma development in Apcmin mice. Mechanistically, human SH3BP4 inhibits Wnt signaling downstream of β-catenin phosphorylation and ubiquitination. This Wnt inhibitory role is dependent on the ZU5 domain of SH3BP4. We further demonstrate that SH3BP4 is expressed at the perinuclear region to restrict nuclear localization of β-catenin. Our data uncover the tumor-suppressive role of SH3BP4 that functions as a negative feedback regulator of Wnt signaling through modulating β-catenin's subcellular localization.
Lim X, Tan SH, Yu KL, Lim SB, Nusse R.
How stem cells maintain their identity and potency as tissues change during growth is not well understood. In mammalian hair, it is unclear how hair follicle stem cells can enter an extended period of quiescence during the resting phase but retain stem cell potential and be subsequently activated for growth. Here, we use lineage tracing and gene expression mapping to show that the Wnt target gene Axin2 is constantly expressed throughout the hair cycle quiescent phase in outer bulge stem cells that produce their own Wnt signals. Ablating Wnt signaling in the bulge cells causes them to lose their stem cell potency to contribute to hair growth and undergo premature differentiation instead. Bulge cells express secreted Wnt inhibitors, including Dickkopf (Dkk) and secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (Sfrp1). However, the Dickkopf 3 (Dkk3) protein becomes localized to the Wnt-inactive inner bulge that contains differentiated cells. We find that Axin2 expression remains confined to the outer bulge, whereas Dkk3 continues to be localized to the inner bulge during the hair cycle growth phase. Our data suggest that autocrine Wnt signaling in the outer bulge maintains stem cell potency throughout hair cycle quiescence and growth, whereas paracrine Wnt inhibition of inner bulge cells reinforces differentiation.
Tammela T, Sanchez-Rivera FJ, Cetinbas NM, Wu K, Joshi NS, Helenius K, Park Y, Azimi R, Kerper NR, Wesselhoeft RA, Gu X, Schmidt L, Cornwall-Brady M, Yilmaz ÖH, Xue W, Katajisto P, Bhutkar A, Jacks T.
Mizutani M, Wu JC, Nusse R.
Background The adult mammalian heart responds to cardiac injury by formation of persistent fibrotic scar that eventually leads to heart failure. In contrast, the neonatal mammalian heart reacts to injury by the development of transient fibrotic tissue that is eventually replaced by regenerated cardiomyocytes. How fibrosis occurs in the neonatal mammalian heart remains unknown. To start elucidating the molecular underpinnings of neonatal cardiac fibrosis, we investigated Wnt signaling in the neonatal heart after cryoinjury.
Methods and Results Using expression of the Wnt target gene Axin2 as an indicator of Wnt/β‐catenin signaling activation, we discovered that epicardial cells in the ventricles are responsive to Wnt in the uninjured neonatal heart. Lineage‐tracing studies of these Wnt‐responsive epicardial cells showed that they undergo epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition and infiltrate into the subepicardial space and exhibit fibroblast phenotypes after injury. In addition, we showed that—similar to adult ischemic injury—neonatal cryoinjury results in activation of Wnt signaling in cardiac fibroblasts near injured areas. Furthermore, through in situ hybridization of all 19 Wnt ligands in injured neonatal hearts, we observed upregulation of Wnt ligands (Wnt2b, Wnt5a, and Wnt9a) that had not been implicated in the adult cardiac injury response.
Conclusions These results demonstrate that cryoinjury in neonatal heart leads to the formation of fibrotic tissue that involves Wnt‐responsive epicardial cells undergoing epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition to give rise to fibroblasts and activation of Wnt signaling in resident cardiac fibroblasts.


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Home > 2018 Statistics > Tennessee
Tennessee 2018 [1]
The Jail System
Tennessee has 112 jails in 95 counties. The jail population in 2018 is unavailable.
As of December 31, 2018, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Tennessee correctional authorities was 26,321 located in 11 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 6,500 employees and budget of $1 billion.
The Community Corrections System
As of December 31, 2018, Tennessee's community corrections population was 61,253 under probation and 10,842 under parole.
The National Institute of Corrections depends on publicly available information to provide the information on this page.
The statistics for budgets, employee positions, and state prison facilities data comes from state departments of corrections (DOCs), other state reports and state agencies. If data is missing for a state, then we were unable to find that information.
The data on prison population and incarcerate rate come from the Prisoner in 2018 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That report includes the count of prisoners in the unified systems of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Violent and property crime rates are provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
The number of counties per state comes from the United States Census Bureau [2].
Current jail population by state is unavailable. The most recent census was conducted by BJS in 2014.
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Prisoners in 2018 -- Table 2, Table 7 [3]
Crime in the United States by State 2018-- Table 5 [4]
TN Department of Corrections Annual Report 2018 [5]
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2017-2018 -- Appendix Table 2, Appendix Table 5 [6]
Source URL: https://nicic.gov/state-statistics/2018/tennessee-2018
[1] https://nicic.gov/state-statistics/2018/tennessee-2018
[2] https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-counties-total.html
[3] https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ji18.pdf?utm_content=ji18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
[4] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/topic-pages/tables/table-5
[5] https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/correction/documents/AnnualReport2018.pdf
[6] https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ppus1718.pdf?utm_content=ppus1718&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery


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Home > Council of the North: Leaders of Hope, People of Hope > Stories from the Council of the North > Family ministry in Teslin
Family ministry in Teslin
'Locally-raised clergy' is a familiar term in Council of the North dioceses—and nobody knows this better than The Rev. Sarah Usher. Sarah is a non-stipendiary Deacon in the Diocese of the Yukon. In addition to her roles as Diocesan Administrative Officer and as a member of the ministry team at Whitehorse's Church of the Northern Apostles, she also serves part-time as a Minister of Presence at the parish of St. Philip's in Teslin. One Sunday a month she makes the two-hour trip on the Alaska highway from Whitehorse to Teslin to serve the needs of her small but dedicated congregation.
St. Philip's in Teslin
Located on Teslin Lake, at the mouth of the Yukon's Nisutlin Bay, the village of Teslin is a community of about 450 people. Teslin was originally used as a summer camp or meeting area for the Tlingit First Nation. Now there is a mix of cultures, but it is still primarily a community of the Teslin Tlingit people. Following the 1898 gold rush, Teslin grew into a more permanent community with the establishment of an Anglican mission in 1906. After more than a century of proclaiming the Gospel, that Anglican presence boldly continues through ministry to this small community by one of its own.
Sarah's current ministry in Teslin has deep roots in her own family history in the community. Her father was the Anglican minister there, she was married at St. Philip's to her husband Len, who was also born and raised in Teslin and is a member of the Teslin Tlingit Council, and the first of her four children was baptised at St. Philip's. The couple recently inherited Len's childhood home in Teslin, further strengthening their bond with the town. "When you raise people up from a community, the difference is that, as a minister, you are a part of it," she says.
Up until 10 years ago, the diocese could still afford to pay a clergyperson for her position, but as the economy has declined in the Yukon (in 2013 mineral exploration spending was the lowest it had been in years) the diocese has been faced with shrinking financial resources. "We just don't have the money to pay for someone there," says Sarah. A previous attempt at a part-time paid position didn't work. "It was very difficult in a community that size to find a half-time job and then do ministry half-time–because ministry is never half-time. It's a tough balance," she says.
Sarah says people from churches in larger urban centres have implied "Why bother?" when it comes to keeping a church open for only a handful of parishioners. "They look at you like 'What do you mean you went to church and there were six people in the congregation?'" But for her, closing St. Philip's is not an option. "We have really found with our Ministry of Presence position that you have to have to have something. Because if you don't it just dies," she says. "Those six people need us and are very, very appreciative. You can't say no."
Surprisingly, even those in the community who are not regular churchgoers value her ministry at St. Philip's. She recalls a recent event during a weekend stay at their cabin on the Nisutlin River. Some friends from her high school days in Teslin dropped by and as they were leaving, a man whose mother attends the parish said, "I just want you to know that when you are up there in your robes, what you speak is coming from your heart and it's the truth, and I appreciate that." Sarah says she "nearly fell over" to hear this from "someone who rarely darkens the door of the Church." She continues, "It showed me that it was important even to those who are not coming–they still want the reassurance that the church is there for them."
When Sarah's husband retires in two years, she expects they will move back to Teslin, which will give her the ability to minister full-time to her congregation. She looks forward to it, saying, "There is something special about going home and having known these people most of my life."
Mark Hauser
Council of the North Communications
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Q: Transforming XML to TXT using xslt I've got a problem with text formatting in TXT file after xslt transformation.
This is sample of my XML file.
<książka id="k3">
        <tytuł> "Ogniem i Mieczem" </tytuł>
        <autor> Henryk Sienkiewicz </autor>
        <rokWydania> 1884 </rokWydania>
        <wydawnictwo> Świat Książki </wydawnictwo>
        <gatunek>Powieść</gatunek>
        <liczbaStron> 758 </liczbaStron>
        <cena>40.99 PLN</cena>
        <waluta> PLN </waluta>
     </książka>

To transform it I'm using this template:
<xsl:template match="książka">
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>KSIĄŻKA:
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>TYTUŁ:	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('	',tytuł)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>AUTOR: 	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('		',autor)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>ROK WYDANIA: 	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('	',rokWydania)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>WYDAWNICTWO: 	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('	',wydawnictwo)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>GATUNEK: 	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('	',gatunek)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>LICZBA STRON: 	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('		',liczbaStron)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>CENA: 	</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('	',cena)" />
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>

My output in txt file is irregular as being expected.
KSIĄŻKA:
TYTUŁ:       "Mały Książe"
AUTOR:           Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
ROK WYDANIA:         1943
WYDAWNICTWO:         Zielona Sowa
GATUNEK:        Nowela
LICZBA STRON:            62
CENA:       4.99 USD

All I want is to aling right column of data. I tried to do it using concat and substring functions or adding variable $spaceCount, but couldn't get expected result.
Any tips on how to solve this?

A: Here's an option using substring() in a named template...
XML Input
<książka id="k3">
    <tytuł> "Ogniem i Mieczem" </tytuł>
    <autor> Henryk Sienkiewicz </autor>
    <rokWydania> 1884 </rokWydania>
    <wydawnictwo> Świat Książki </wydawnictwo>
    <gatunek>Powieść</gatunek>
    <liczbaStron> 758 </liczbaStron>
    <cena>40.99 PLN</cena>
    <waluta> PLN </waluta>
</książka>

XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text"/>
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

  <xsl:template match="książka">
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text>KSIĄŻKA:
</xsl:text>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'TYTUŁ:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(tytuł)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'AUTOR:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(autor)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'ROK WYDANIA:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(rokWydania)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'WYDAWNICTWO:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(wydawnictwo)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'GATUNEK:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(gatunek)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'LICZBA STRON:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(liczbaStron)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:call-template name="pad">
      <xsl:with-param name="label" select="'CENA:'"/>
      <xsl:with-param name="value" select="normalize-space(cena)"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template name="pad">
    <xsl:param name="label"/>
    <xsl:param name="value"/>
    <xsl:variable name="padding"
      select="'                                                  '"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat($label,
      substring($padding,string-length($label) + string-length($value)),
      $value,'
')"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output
KSIĄŻKA:
TYTUŁ:                           "Ogniem i Mieczem"
AUTOR:                           Henryk Sienkiewicz
ROK WYDANIA:                                   1884
WYDAWNICTWO:                          Świat Książki
GATUNEK:                                    Powieść
LICZBA STRON:                                   758
CENA:                                     40.99 PLN


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The drum major is the heartbeat of the University of Minnesota Marching Band. The drum major is the primary student instructor of the University of Minnesota Marching Band and wears many hats – musician, conductor, leader, performer, and role model for the Marching Band community.
These band members took great pride in leading one of the finest marching bands in the nation. The band has had 65 drum majors, including 5-year drum majors – George Aagaard (1931–35), Jim Wetherbee (1949–53), Richard Johnson (1961–1965), Jim Mitchell (1966–1970), and Kirk Juergens (1987–1991).
Drum Major Jon Ingram
Jon Ingram grew up in Victoria, Minnesota and graduated from Chanhassen High School in 2019. Jon was very involved in the music program all throughout high school, participating in marching band, concert band, jazz band, pit orchestra, and pep bands for various sports. He served as one of the three drum majors for the CNHS Marching Band during his senior year. In addition to this, Jon participated in the choir program and took classes to further his music theory knowledge and leadership skills. It was participating in these various ensembles where Jon found his love for music, leadership, and teaching.
Currently in his senior year at the University of Minnesota, Jon is majoring in Biology within the College of Biological Sciences and minoring in Music. Once graduated, Jon plans on exploring careers in the medical field and plans on staying close to the Twin Cities. In his free time, he enjoys backpacking, reading, bouldering, and spending time with friends and family.
Before becoming Drum Major for the Pride of Minnesota, Jon was a member of the trumpet section for three years, serving on the trumpet leadership team during the 2021 season. During his time as a trumpet leader, he further developed his leadership and teaching skills, and hopes to apply this experience to the Drum Major position. As Drum Major, Jon hopes to work together with the block captain, Kindra Peterson, to strengthen the relationship between sections, further connect with groups that the band closely collaborates with, and support every individual within the band as best as he can.
Drum Majors
1892: Jennings C. Litzenberg
1895: N.D. Bessessen
1896: Ben Towne
1900: George B. Webster
1903: W.B. Stout
1905–1906: R.C. Cannon
1908–1910: George Cottingham
1914–1917: Carl G. Swendseen
1920–1921: Leonard Aamodt
1924–1927: Wallace A. Thexton
1928: Walter Johnson
1936–1938: Winston Jewson
1939–1941: Walter Holmstrom
1940: William Balamut
1943: John Gruye
1944: Albert Burns
1948: Robert Thompson
1954–1957: Don Elsen
1961–1965: Richard Johnson
1967: Bill Ekstrum
1974: Charles Buck
1977: Pat Patton
1981–1982: Dan Kuch
1985–1986: Ed Long
1992: Aaron Fisher
1995: J. Drew Kunkel
1998–2000: Andy Richter
2002–2003: Jon Tepe
2005: Dick Osterberg
2008–2010: Aaron Marks
2014: Joe Walsh
2017–2018: Tommy Greco
2021: Julia White
1893–1894: Joel Gregory
1896: Tom L. Jones
1897: Claude Cotton
1903: R.T. Hugo
1904: C.W. Huntington
1907: Ben E. Taylor
1911–1913: Carroll F. Nelson
1918: D.W. Kitzmiller
1923: Herbert Liese
1928–1930: Wallace Benton
1931–1935: George Aagaard
1939–1941: Laurence Ellefson
1939–1940: Ted Mosio
1942: Jerry Benson
1944–1947: John N. Smith
1947–1948: Cliff Schroeder
1949–1953: Jim Wetherbee
1958–1960: M. William Johnson
1966–1970: Jim Mitchell
1971–1973: Bryan Warren
1975–1976: Jim Krikava
1978–1980: Grant Benjamin
1983–1984: Jeff Thomas
1987–1991: Kirk Juergens
1993–1994: Chad Saloka
1996–1997: Alec Charais
2001: Todd Olin
2004: John Thompson
2006–2007: Molly Watters
2011–2013: Brandon Folkes
2015–2016: Robert Rudin
2019–2020: Chamberlain Gregg
2022: Jon Ingram
Block Captain
The block captain works closely with the band's faculty, staff, and leadership team to serve the needs of all band members while continuing to serve as a regular member of the ensemble.
The band has had 15 block captains, each with their own spin on the position and contributions to the organization.
Block Captain Kindra Peterson
Kindra Peterson grew up in Underwood, Minnesota and graduated high school there in 2020. While in high school, Kindra was a three-sport athlete who also participated in the arts such as band, choir, pep band, various small ensembles, and community theater. Additionally, she represented her community at the American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation program and led her community service organization for several years. These activities created the foundation of her love for music and serving her community.
Today, Kindra is a rising junior at the University of Minnesota double majoring in Political Science and Russian with a minor in Communications. She is hoping to one day use this unusual combination of studies to pursue a career in national security and counterterrorism. In the meantime, she is a proud member of the trombone section, where this year she will be taking on duties as a section leader in addition to Block Captain. She is also a member of the university's Athletic Bands, where she enjoys watching hockey and basketball. In her free time, she loves to bake and decorate cakes, play flute (as trombone is actually her secondary instrument), and is currently reading Game of Thrones.
With a year of UMMB experience under her belt, Kindra is honored to be a part of the team to lead the band in Season 131. Along with Drum Major Jon Ingram, she can't wait to take steps to strengthen the band's performance, formulate relationships across sections, and prepare performances for the university community and beyond.
Block Captains
2006: Megan Ivers
2009: Nick Aspholm
2012: Raoul Shah
2015: Amelia Forsmo
2018: Ryan Beczkiewicz
2022: Kindra Peterson
2007: Elliot Redmann
2010: Brandon Folkes
2016: Cole Jobin
2019-2020: Bethany Mestelle
2008: Chesney Engquist
2011: Quentin Knutson
2014: Phil Homen
2017: Connor Jensen
2021: Neil Garcia
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Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law
About François Crépeau
About the Oppenheimer Chair
Events of the Chair
Series: Slavery Old and New
Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants 2011-2017
Statements / Press Releases
Radio National Breakfast: Morrison refuses to sign UN migration pact citing risk to border security
CBC: 8 ans sans école, aujourd'hui les frères Gamboa réécrivent leur histoire
Podcast: The Truth About Migrants with Professor François Crépeau
Podcast: Migrants at the Border: A thoughtful discussion of migration, law and the human experience with Prof. Francois Crépeau
La Libre: Comment est né le Pacte sur les migrations qui déchaîne les passions de bien des Etats
Diversity Statement: Changing our Mindset and Understanding the Complexity of Migration
'Distasteful alliances': The secret story of Canada's fight against migrants
Synthèse de la conférence: Impact de l'immigration, conséquences pour les immigrants : de nouvelles données, de nouveaux résultats
Demonstrators stage a beach party outside the French Embassy, in Knightsbridge, London, in protest against burkini bans. Photo Credit: EPA
European Court of Human Rights upholds Belgium's ban on burqas and full-face Islamic veils
Article in The Independent
Another wrong decision on the part of the European Court of Human Rights.
How can a ban on full face covering not be discriminatory when the full face covering is banned when Muslim, but allowed in many other circumstances not defined as Islamic? Indeed, a scarf over one's face protects from the cold, as is the case for months on end in Canada. A full face helmet protects most motorcyclists. A mask protects from pollution or dust, as is often the case in New York or other cities. A face covering may be worn to protect the skin against the sun. And I remember mantillas worn in church by ladies when I was young and which are still often a fashion statement when attached to a small hat. Why should, without any other specific circumstance, protecting one's face from the view of others be treated differently?
The idea that such a general distinction can be justified by vague notions such as principles of "living together" or the "protection of the rights and freedoms of others", without specifics, seems totally insufficient. Distinctions made between individuals without justification are prohibited discriminations. A justification is often possible (showing one's face for identity controls before taking a flight is a good example), but it needs to respond to specific criteria. Restrictions to freedom should be specific, individualised, necessary and limited to the minimum restriction possible.
For example, a young football player should not be permitted to wear a head scarf with a knot under the chin, as she could get accidentally strangled in a kerfuffle during a play. A "reasonable accommodation" can be found. A head gear bound in the nape of her neck, or a bandana, or a bathing cap will ensure, at the same time, the hair covering she wishes (and should be free to decide for herself) and her physical security during the game.
How can one tell a person that she needs to remove her face covering for the sole reason that she is Muslim? How can one tell one Muslim women that her clothing preference prevents the "living together" (of whom?), when motorcyclists and persons who do not want to breathe pollution are not requested to abide by the same standard? Why would a face covering prevent the "living together" more than a face full of metallic studs, or even a big beard? How can one seriously argue, without any other information, that a young Muslim woman's face covering threatens the "rights and freedoms of others", if a motorcyclist's helmet doesn't? How are those "rights and freedoms of others" specifically threatened: What rights? Whose rights? In what circumstances? Should not the same reasoning lead some cities to ban masks at Halloween altogether? What about carnivals? Venice's would be sorry without the masks.
Freedom of religion, including the right to express one's religion, should not be a second-class freedom, only acceptable when the majority doesn't "feel" offended. We would not have same-sex marriage in Canada if Canadian courts had followed this kind of reasoning. Freedom of expression should not be limited based on the single fact that this is a religious expression.
The caveat in the judgement that Muslims should not be singled out seems a very feeble attempt to limit the considerable effect of the judgment. Muslims will have to go to court and spend time, energy and money trying to demonstrate that each specific instance of implementation against them of the ban on face covering is specifically aimed at them as Muslims, which will always be very difficult. In a properly hierarchised scale of values, it should be for the power that wants to restrict the freedom of any individual to justify specifically and individually the necessity and limited nature of the restriction they wish to impose: in this case, the authorities should be asked to demonstrate that the specific request to uncover one's face is not implemented for the sole reason that the person is Muslim.
The "margin of appreciation" left to States in the case law of the ECtHR should not allow such blatant religious discrimination. Recognising the essential freedom to dress as one wishes, with only limited and specifically justified restrictions, should be essential.
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Santa Clara, CA – September 26, 2012 – Big Brothers Big Sisters has received Chief Learning Officer magazine's prestigious "technology innovation in enterprise education" Gold Medal for its new ExpertusONE™ learning management system (LMS) implementation. The medal, awarded at the publication's Fall 2012 Symposium, recognizes the industry leader that demonstrates excellence in the design and delivery of its employee development programs.
In fact, an initial Big Brothers Big Sisters "Readiness Survey" reported that 84 percent of program learning participants noted a substantial improvement in their job or volunteer readiness. Read case study.
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For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters' mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Partnering with parents/guardians, schools, corporations and others in the community, Big Brothers Big Sisters carefully pairs children ("Littles") with screened volunteer mentors ("Bigs") and monitors and supports them in one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course. The organization holds itself accountable for children in the program to achieve measurable outcomes, such as higher aspirations; greater confidence and better relationships; educational success; and avoidance of delinquency and other risky behaviors. Most children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters are in single-parent and low-income families or households where a parent is incarcerated. Headquartered in Philadelphia with a network of about 350 agencies across the country, Big Brothers Big Sisters serves nearly 630,000 children, volunteer mentors and families. Learn how you can positively impact a child's life, donate or volunteer at BigBrothersBigSisters.org.
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About once every few weeks I plan a one-day getaway for my family somewhere special. Being a mother of four kids, I enjoy locations that are close to me that offer something special for kids to do. I often look for things that are inexpensive, that our kids haven't done before. Luckily for me, I found that the city of Victoria, Texas has lots of exciting things for kids to do!
The children's museum in Victoria, Texas is lovely, and we spent nearly the entire day there. Admission is affordable, and the kids had fun looking at everything. It was wonderfully bright and the staff were extremely good at the kids. It was also nice because my husband and I were able to enjoy the tour, as well.
When we were done at The Children's Museum in Victoria, Texas we were able to visit the Chamber of Commerce, which I found at https://www.victoriachamber.org/. It was surprisingly kid-friendly and both my husband and I found the events exciting.
For dinner, we found a lot of kid-friendly places to eat and finally settled on a local chain called Johnny Carino's, which was extremely affordable. Overall I had a great experience and can't wait to visit again.


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Care and crisis in David Graeber's New York: Anarcha-feminism, gift economies, and mutual aid beyond a global pandemic
Caroline K. Kaltefleiter State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, USA
Keywords: David Graeber, Marcel Mauss, Occupy, anarchism, mutual aid, care, crisis
The scholarship and life experiences of David Graeber provide a context to investigate the notion of care during crises. The COVID-19 global pandemic serves as a critical flashpoint to explore concepts such as gift economies and mutual aid, as noted throughout his work. Drawing upon the theoretical frameworks of Peter Kropotkin and Marcel Mauss, this article highlights a discussion of 'gifting' put forth by Mauss and (re)investigates Kropotkin's work as taken up by Graeber. Through a trajectory of historiography and autoethnography, I examine the significance of anarcha-feminism embodied by and through that of Emma Goldman as significant to anarchist practices that reverberate in Graeber's life and work. I, therefore, introduce a theoretical concept of phantom power to describe this phenomenon. Further, I situate anarcha-feminism within collectives of care and relate this work to anarchist interventions such as Occupy. I argue that Graeber's anarchist framework for Occupy provided the foundation for contemporary mutual aid groups in New York that were active not only during the pandemic but, importantly, to ongoing mutual aid and direct action projects. Finally, I acknowledge this article to be an engagement with the phenomenology of David Graeber, who remains influential in my research, teaching, and activism.