Editor's note: In this, the last in a three-part series, experts discuss ways to improve enforcement of existing animal cruelty laws. Click to read Part 1 and Part 2.
ADDISON COUNTY — When animal control officer Brian Webb seized an animal living in unsanitary conditions in Leicester several years ago, he did it with a twinge of uncertainty. After all, he had not received any training in animal cruelty response and did not know how he would represent himself in court if the owners disputed that the state of the animal warranted its seizure.
"There is really no training, so if there is someone that is brought in (to be) a civilian animal control officer and he doesn't have any background in law enforcement it's really difficult for them to perform their job," Webb said.
In this case, the owners did not appeal the seizure, but Webb's experience still highlights some areas that animal welfare advocates are looking to address in the future.
"I really enjoy my job, but it would be nice if (I) would be able to go to these calls and be more professional and have more resources at hand," Webb added.
Parts 1 and 2 of this series looked at how Addison County and Vermont handle animal cruelty cases and the shortcomings and gray areas of enforcing animal welfare laws. In this third and final installment, the Independent looks more deeply into ways to improve animal cruelty response and to support humane workers like Webb in carrying out their jobs.
While Vermont does not have the infrastructure and resources for animal cruelty response that many other Northeastern states do, animal welfare advocates continue to work to achieve a functioning system to address animal abuse. Joanne Bourbeau, Humane Society of the United States Northeastern regional director and Vermont Humane Federation (VHF) board member, is one of those people.
"We have had to be a little bit creative with how we utilize the existing resources, and we do that through communication and coordination between agencies," said Bourbeau about enforcing animal cruelty laws in Vermont.
South Burlington Chief of Police Trevor Whipple represents the chiefs of police on the Vermont Cruelty Response Coalition, a diverse group of animal welfare advocates and experts who discuss and push for ways to improve animal cruelty response in the state. The group, of which Bourbeau is a founding member, began in 2000 as the Vermont Animal Cruelty Task Force but has recently joined the VHF as the Cruelty Response Coalition. Whipple agrees with Bourbeau on the need for cooperation among law enforcement and humane officers.
"In the perfect world we would have a police officer and a civilian humane agent work as a team to conduct these investigations. Each has their strengths and knowledge areas and when you team them up you get the best of both worlds," Whipple said.
The Cruelty Response System, Vermont's current system to address animal cruelty created by the VHF and the Cruelty Response Coalition, should do just this. When working correctly, the system coordinates lead agents in each county to field and allocate animal cruelty complaints to appropriate humane or law officers. Civilian humane officers do the legwork, and then if enforcement is needed, they call the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the area, either the local or state police. Or, on the other hand, if law enforcement responds to a case first, and they need an expert to advise them about whether or not an animal has indeed been abused or neglected, they would call in a humane officer to help them.
"It's so important to be coordinated effectively and to be working together with these agencies and building good relationships so (humane agents) are a trusted source and (law enforcement officers) know when (humane agents) are calling they really need their help," said Bourbeau, who has worked with the Cruelty Response Coalition to foster these relationships.
"It's (also) important for us to know what the capacity is for various organizations to respond. That includes the vet community, law enforcement, private sector shelters, (and) foster homes. There is a lot of moving parts in these cases so we've tried to take a multifaceted approach," she added.
In some areas in Addison County, like Middlebury and Vergennes, this approach seems to be working well. Barry Forbes, the animal control officer for Middlebury and Weybridge, says when he has come across animal cruelty cases, which does not happen often, the Middlebury Police Department has responded quickly and efficiently to investigate.
Likewise, Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel has not encountered difficulties in his experience dealing with animal cruelty cases, which he says "are very few and far between." He explained that often if animal abuse or neglect is reported directly to his agency, the Vergennes Police Department will take the case on its own, but sometimes they will also notify the Addison County Humane Society (ACHS) at the Homeward Bound Animal Welfare Center.
But in areas of Addison County that do not have local police, animal cruelty response often does not run as smoothly. As discussed in earlier in the series, for the more than 15 towns in the county where the state police have primary jurisdiction, animal cruelty cases sometimes cannot take priority. Furthermore, local humane investigators, like Webb (who is now Salisbury's animal control officer), often do not have the training and expertise they need to address animal abuse and neglect cases effectively.
While there is no statutory mandate in Vermont law for humane officers, including animal control officers, to get any sort of training, one of the goals of the VHF and the Cruelty Response Coalition is to still get as many humane officers and law enforcement officers as possible trained in responding to animal cruelty cases.
The VHF sponsors four levels of animal cruelty investigation trainings offered by the Vermont Police Academy in Pittsford. Whipple leads these trainings, which occur every September and range in price from $17 to $35 depending on the type of training. They are open to anyone but aimed at humane officers and law enforcement officers.
Paul Crosby, currently Leicester's animal control officer, has taken several of these training classes to prepare himself for situations like the case discussed in the first two parts of this series where three dogs were seized from a Dorie Lane home.
Sgt. Eugene Duplissis, a trooper at the Vermont State Police's New Haven barracks who works with a K9, has not done the training. He said that most animal cruelty cases are straightforward, but for some less obvious cases it could be helpful to have expertise on the subject.
"If someone were to tell me this (horse) wasn't getting any salt that wouldn't mean anything to me. Whereas if you are a horse person that may mean something specific," he said.
In fact, many law enforcement officers and humane officers have not gone through the training. Merkel does not believe any of his officers have done it and neither has Forbes.
Some do not think they need training, but others, like Webb, would like to have more, they just have not found it accessible. He remembers vaguely hearing about it a few years ago, but with holding down two jobs in addition to his duties as Salisbury's animal control officer he doesn't believe he would have time for the seven-hour class.
Recently, state government has begun to address the lack of animal cruelty training in Vermont. In a June WCAX-TV story, Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn was quoted as saying that he wanted look into requiring every state police barracks to have troopers trained in animal cruelty investigation.
State Sen. Chris Bray of New Haven, who helped create the Livestock Care Advisory Council, has not looked into the issue carefully but agrees on the importance of training for effective enforcement of laws passed in the Legislature.
"I think the state needs to be careful about making sure that if people have authority that they have training to go along with it," Bray said.
According to animal welfare advocates, the most effective improvement to the Cruelty Response System would be hiring paid humane investigators to back up law enforcement and local animal control officers who cannot realistically all be trained.
"Ideally, I would love to have somebody in every single county in Vermont who could be the backup for municipalities who don't have an ACO or don't have an ACO who is trained in animal cruelty investigation specifically," said Bourbeau.
Some might believe these positions already exist in a place like Addison County, however in reality most humane societies, like the ACHS, do not have the ability to fund this position but do it anyway without pay. Currently only the Humane Society of Chittenden County has a paid humane investigator, and that position is part-time.
While having a paid investigator in every county might be unrealistic at this point, Bourbeau says having regional investigators who contract with multiple towns or humane societies, to share the financial burden, has been discussed.
In Rutland County, some towns, including Brandon, have contracted with the sheriff to carry out the duties of an animal control officer. Because sheriffs are trained in criminal procedure they can more effectively carry out animal cruelty investigations without needing to involve other agencies.
"That system works very well," said Rutland County Humane Society Executive Director Gretchen Goodman. When more than 100 neglected animals were seized from properties in Brandon and Hubbardton in 2008, it was the sheriff who carried out the investigation, according to Goodman.
Another idea is for humane societies to receive state subsidies or grants from the Agency of Agriculture or the Department of Public Safety to hire humane investigators, or even to create special animal welfare divisions as they have in other states like Maine and Connecticut. Bourbeau said Commissioner Flynn is looking at data being collected through the Cruelty Response System and she hopes in the future his department will pay more attention to the application of animal cruelty laws.
Sen. Bray contends that, in general, enforcement of laws passed in Montpelier is important even though it does not always happen.
But in the end it is all about the money.
"We are looking at a variety of models around the state. But what it comes down to is really needing the funding for filling these positions," Bourbeau said.
But even if funding did appear for improving animal cruelty response in the state, some are not convinced that it would be worth spending the money on something that occurs relatively rarely like animal cruelty incidents. After all, in Addison County only one to three animal cruelty complaints lead to criminal charges each year, according to former ACHS Executive Director Jackie Rose.
Forbes said no one wants to see tax increases.
Sgt. Duplissis also has doubts about the need for more funding for a humane investigator, especially in Addison County.
For the time being, humane officers and law enforcement will do their best with the resources available.
"Right now … basically I get a call (and) I just go on doing it the best I can and hope that I did the right thing," Webb said.


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Jim Dodson: Hi, it's Jim Dodson, The Florida Bike Guy. I want to talk to you a little bit about three good things that have occurred because of this crisis we're in. You know, I think we're surrounded by so much negative information and so much negative news. In sort of looking over what I've seen and read over the last week or so, three things really jumped out to me that have been helpful, and I think will be trend towards something positive coming out of this in the long run.
The first is that bicycle use is up dramatically. I had a neighbor who has a couple of bikes. He's a retired guy. He and his wife had bikes in their garage, tires were flat, this is a typical story that's going on in every bike shop across the country right now. And I volunteered to help load them up and take them to the bike shop close to us to get the tires repaired and what have you. He's someone who hadn't ridden a bike in 10 years. So our bicycle shops in all of our communities are inundated right now with people just like my neighbor who have decided this is, "I've got time on my hands. "This is a great time to get out on the bike, "get some exercise, get some fresh air, "and get out of the house."
So, you know, I've read some very interesting stats. We're gonna reach out to bike shops in the coming couple of days to kinda of get a flavor of what's going on in our local communities. I've read an article recently about a shop that had 700 bikes that were all pre-ordered, and all claimed for when they arrived. My son-in-law has, of course, they have four girls, and he went down last week and got bikes for three of them. You know, they're always outgrowing bikes, and the bike shop there in Tampa said he'd never sold as many bicycles in his career as he had since all this began. A lot of bike shops have two-week wait if you call to get your bike tuned up or repaired, some of them are having a two-week wait just because of the flow of traffic they're seeing. One thing, I think, that they're seeing is that the bulk of these sales from what I'm seeing were for the family type bike in the neighborhood. You know, not your high-end carbon frame road bike, but your family cruising bike, and that's what was making up. So while they weren't selling a lot of the high-end bikes, they're making it up volume on some of the less expensive models. So I think the positive of all this is people are getting out of the house, or getting on a bike, they're getting exercise, and sort of focusing on family activity, doing things together.
I think that for those of us who ride bikes regularly, you're gonna notice people who aren't accustomed to being on the road, because they typically won't have a helmet on, they won't be wearing bright clothing. They probably won't have lights on their bike, and they're unpredictable when they ride. So we just need to be aware of this. I think Mark Schafer commented on this down at the Bella recently, about he was staying away from the trail, just because of the volume of the people on the trail, just like this, and other people walking. So, that's a bit of a mixed bag, but I think overall it's a good thing that we have this really upswell in people kinda getting out and taking control of their lives a little better by learning biking. Hopefully they'll come to our website, and some other places, and learn what they need to do to do it safely for them and for others.
So, the second thing that has really, everybody who's riding a bike is talking about this, is that there's no cars on the road. You know, my ride down Gulf Boulevard on the weekends, when I do the longer rides, I can ride two or three miles many times in the car lane and there's no car coming. It makes riding really, really relaxing, and that's all a very good thing. The bad thing is, it indicates how little people are getting out and going, they're not going to a restaurant, or going to work, or going for pleasure to do anything. So the negative side is that people have nowhere to go, the flip side is that the roads are empty.
You wouldn't, you know, the assumption, of course, is that there are less crashes. I know for a fact there are many fewer motor vehicle crashes. I don't know, for a fact, what it has done, or what it will do, for bicycle versus car, truck, or some other type of bike collision. Interestingly, in New York City, there's some data showing that even though traffic is down substantially in New York, bike crashes were up markedly, like 40% in one study I'd found. I haven't seen any data locally, it's really quick to get data out within six weeks of something happening, but you know, intuitively, the people who do the work that I do as an injury lawyer will tell you that people are just not calling because they're not having car crashes, or what have you, which is good for people, they're remaining safe.
One thing that's come out of the decrease in traffic, of course, which is great is if you've paid attention, the big insurance companies are issuing rebates. I know my insurance company's going to issue a rebate of 20% of the average bill over the last two months. I know all the State Farm, All State, they've all announced doing this kind of thing. For them to do it, you know, there's gotta be a marked downturn in their claim history going on, or they would not be doing it. That's kind of an amazing thing, and I think it's a good thing that will come out, it comes at a great time for people who have maybe prepaid their insurance, will get a nice rebate back from their carrier.
So, bike use is up, traffic is down. The third thing, which has been fascinating to me, and it's unrelated the the first two, is that people are coming together in new and different ways. You know, I think a time like this really, this is a forced period of really focusing on what's important in our lives, and that's relationships, connecting with people, being with people. We can't do the normal connection that we do for people, and so I know in our church there are people that are just doing regular call-outs to people over 60, people over 70. This has been a great thing. My wife's involved in that project, and just reaching out, the tone of voice that you get, and the appreciation from people, having someone check on them has been pretty amazing.
People, you know, we have tended to communicate too much, quite frankly, by text message, which is cold and leaves out inflection. You can't determine what someone's, the voice inflection that they have. I always tell clients in our practice, I need to listen to how an adjuster says what they say, rather than what they say. The tone of voice means everything, and tone of voice is what you get when you talk to someone on the telephone, and lo and behold, we're talking to each other by phone dramatically more than we did before this all started. I saw a stat recently that Verizon reports that, I think there was 800 million calls a day, daily, which is double what they were having for Mother's Day. So Mother's Day is probably the number one day of the year when people are making phone calls, and currently we're doing nearly double that rate of phone calls, and I know it's because we have time on our hands. Many people are not working, but they're doing it, they're communicating with one another. And the other interesting thing is that Verizon said, is that the average length of the phone call has gone up nearly 40%. So we're calling more often, and we're speaking longer to one another when we do that.
It's a wonderful, you know, when you talk to someone on the phone, you have a sense of what their emotional state is. You know right away. You can tell in someone's voice right away what's going on, if they're having some issue that you need to encourage them with, they're down, or they're up, or whatever it is. And that's so unique about phones, and it's so unique about this period we're in right now, this prolonged period of reaching out to one another, kind of circling what's important, and focusing on families.
I also saw a very interesting article about the effect of this type of crisis, this type of period in our lives, and it's affect on marriage. These situations tend, well, they tend to do two things. To people that have difficult relationships, sometimes it forces, the difficulties become bigger. But in more times out of ten, people turn from being self-centered, to others-centered. Isn't that interesting? So we focus on the people that are important in our lives, our children, our spouse. And this writer of this particular article said that after the 2008 financial crisis that marriage, or divorce, or the dissolution of marriage dropped in the United States nearly 20% over that next decade. Pretty fascinating. And this writer said that he believes that the same thing will happen after this crisis, as well, that we're gonna actually see marriages become stronger as people focus less on themselves, and more on what makes a marriage work, how we need to work together, teamwork, the importance of family, the importance of pulling together for a common purpose. All those things strengthen the bonds of marriage, and make them stronger, and hopefully I'm hopeful that what he's predicting, what this guy was predicting, we'll see it in less and less divorce, and more stable marriages. It's great for everyone.
So, I thought it'd be good to hear some good news. I was encouraged by these stories. This is, I continue to remind each of us to be encouraging to one another. I wanna be encouraging to you. We need to be encouraging to one another when you're making those phone calls, and you hear that tone of voice, the person needs some encouragement, give it to them. You know, sometimes you have to convince yourself to be encouraged. Being positive in how you approach the situation. We don't have control over any of these situations. I was talking to the guy at the dry cleaners this morning, he said business was down 75% for them. But he's like, "What are you gonna do? "You know, we're all in this together." He couldn't pay his rent. He said, "That's gonna have to be taken care of. "I'm taking care of my employees." So, just being positive, even though everything around us isn't positive, and encouraging one another. You know, this is a reminder that we're all in the same boat, and we're gonna come out of it on the other end. Every day that passes is a day sooner that things will begin to turn back to the state of being what we consider to be normal. It's a time for us focusing on what matters, and focusing on one another, and focusing on family and faith, and friendships, and the things that will last. And I'm convinced that we do these things, we remain positive, optimistic looking forward, supporting one another, encouraging one another, at the end of this period of time, however long this lasts, we're gonna be better for it, and quite frankly, I hope that the country, the nation, would be better for it. That we'll be less focused on what divides us, and more focused on what unites us and pulls us together, and the direction we need to go for the common good.
So, those are my thoughts on three things that have come out of the crisis that, I think, have been positive, give us hope, give us encouragement. I'd like to hear from you. If there's something you want me to talk about, if you have an encouraging story, I'd love to hear it. I'm Jim Dodson, The Florida Bike Guy. I'll look for you, take care, bye.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—While in Florida for Christmas, Victor and Lillian Riesterer saw Shen Yun at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 28.
"It's a discovery because we don't know very much about Chinese culture, unfortunately," said Mr. Riesterer, who owns a real estate company that operates in Europe and Venezuela.
"This is a discovery where we learn many things about [China's] traditions, which are very, very long, so it's very fulfilling," he said.
Shen Yun Performing Arts aims to breathe new life into China's five millennia of civilization. The company uses dance to tell stories from dynasties past as well as contemporary times.
Shen Yun performs classical and ethnic Chinese dance. An orchestra accompanies the dancers. The Western orchestra incorporates Chinese instruments such as the pipa, erhu, suona, and gong.
Shen Yun uses parables and myths to bring to life traditional Chinese beliefs and values. Stories like that of Mulan, the young woman whose filial piety moves her to go to battle in her father's stead, have been told through dance in years past.
Mrs. Riesterer shared her observations about this year's dance-based stories, which include The Fable of the Magic Brush, Capturing Arrows With Boats of Straw, and The Power of Compassion. "Compassion is very important, and it should be more in our genes and in our culture. I think it is absolutely necessary—compassion," she said.
Shen Performing Arts New York Company performs in Sarasota on Dec. 29. The company will perform in Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 30, and in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 24–25. Shen Yun will return to Florida in the spring with performances in Orlando, Fort Myers, St. Petersburg, Miami, and West Palm Beach.


RILEY Ellis claimed his third tournament win of the season to blow open the title race on the Cuestars Under-21 Silver Tour.
The 14-year-old from near Royal Wootton Bassett defeated Swindon's Shane Kearns 2-1 in the final of the eighth leg at Top Spot Snooker Club, Havant.
It means only 11 points separate the two Wiltshire teenagers and two Essex lads with two legs remaining.
Ellis, who had lost 2-1 to Kearns in the round-robin group stages, "found a little bit more" in the deciding frame of the final.
"I didn't play enough good safety in the second frame," he admitted.
Earlier, Ellis scraped through his group as one of the two best thirds and overcame Portsmouth potter Samuel Laxton 2-0 in the last-eight.
And he reckoned Nat Kidner (Bournemouth) "played really well" in his 2-1 semi-final success.
Ellis is now just two points shy of rankings leader Louie Leighton (Basildon), who was knocked out 2-0 by Kearns in the semis.
Kearns is eight points further back in third – one ahead of Richard Hillgrove (Southend), who went down 2-1 to practice partner Leighton in the last-eight.
The awesome foursome cross cues again in the ninth leg at Salisbury Snooker Club on April 7 and then finish the season on Ellis's home tables at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club on May 5.
Renowned table fitter Trevor Sanders, who underwent a liver transplant last November, sponsored the event and presented the trophies.
The previous day, Ellis, who won the second leg in Waterlooville and the fourth in London, reached the quarter-finals on the EASB Regional Junior Tour at Racks Snooker & Pool Bar, Maidenhead.
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Louie Leighton (Basildon SC); 2nd, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport); 3rd, Dean Russell (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 4th, Callum White (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Samuel Laxton (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 2nd, O'Shay Scott (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, Richard Hillgrove (Basildon SC); 4th, Oliver Cooper (Frames, Coulsdon); 5th, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Riley Ellis (Chandlers Ford SC); 4th, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC); 5th, Mason Wilson (Academy, Basingstoke).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Leighton 2-1 Hillgrove, Kearns 2-1 Scott, Ellis 2-0 Laxton, Kidner 2-0 Forster.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Kearns 2-0 Leighton, Ellis 2-1 Kidner.
FINAL (25/18 points): Ellis 2-1 Kearns.
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On Friday afternoon at 5pm Addis Ababa time, the mobile phones and inboxes of nine Ethiopian bloggers began to beep and vibrate with frantic messages. One of the members of social media activist group Zone 9 had been arrested – and others were being warned. But the alerts came too late and by the next day, five more bloggers and three journalists had been arrested All nine are in custody whilst police investigate allegations that the individuals have been working with foreign organizations, rights activists, and "using social media to destabilise the country".
The arrests highlight the highly political role social media now plays in Ethiopia. Officially a democracy, human rights groups have repeatedly complained about the lack of press freedom there. Most of the TV and radio stations are state run. Because of this, the opposition and activists, including those based abroad, have come to dominate social media conversation in the country.
As you'd expect, then, since the arrests a protest hashtag, #Freezone9bloggers, has been tweeted over eight thousand times. Respectable by international standards, but a top trend in a country where the internet is estimated to reach just over 1% of the population. The Zone 9 bloggers began writing together two years ago and they use the platform to criticize the government, accusing it of human rights abuses and building poor infrastructure for example.
Paul Brown from BBC Monitoring says that the crackdown seems to be a response to a statement from the group posted on 23 April on Facebook. Zone 9 wrote that they would resume their blogging after several months of inactivity. He says that the arrests "suggest that the government is taking online activism seriously – probably because elections are due next year." The Ethiopian government has not responded to BBC Trending's invitations to comment but Getachew Reda, an advisor to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, told Reuters that these arrests "have nothing to do with journalism but serious criminal activities". The arrests come just days before the scheduled visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry, which is now set to take place today.
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The Caring Foundation and The Felix Project
During this prolonged lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, our thoughts continue to go out to everyone who has been impacted one way or another. We are aware there is still much support needed across our communities, hence we are thrilled to announce our collaboration and partnership with The Caring Foundation and The Felix Project. We will be joining forces to support those who need our help the most at this most critical juncture in our lifetime.
The Caring Foundation has brought together teams from their wider hospitality network to help the most vulnerable members of our society. Their chefs are cooking thousands of meals each week, distributing via The Felix Project, whose mission is to fight food waste and help feed communities across London. . Reach Food Service has made direct donations to support both organisations and will also donate £1 from every order placed on REACHmykitchen.com to The Felix Project. Our mission is simple yet important: we strive to make a small difference in the lives of those most in need.
Hospitality Action
Hospitality Action offers assistance to those who work or have worked within the hospitality sector across the UK. During the outbreak, most restaurants had been closed and many workers are still at risk of a pay cut or forced redundancies. A direct donation to Hospitality Action has already been made and we will make further contributions of £1 for each order placed on REACHmykitchen.com to Hospitality Action until the end of 2020.
Our CEO, Abbas Lalljee and his family, have been supporting Cancer Research UK for a several years. Through his support, Reach Food Service has recently become a sponsor in supporting THINK PINK BALL, which donates 100% of the funds raised to cancer charities.
Action Against Hunger's primary goal is to create a better way to deal with hunger. They have led the global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger. We were very proud to support a recent fundraising event by trekking through the Jordan Rift Valley to the ancient city of Petra.
SOFEA in partnership with Fareshare
SOFEA has partnered up with Fareshare, and running their operations in the Thames Valley area. A charity based in Oxfordshire, SOFEA provides surplus food to 200 local organisations, and offers training, education, and employment opportunities for disadvantaged young people along the way. Reach Food Service provides food donation directly to SOFEA.
CEO Sleep Out
CEO Sleepout is a charity set up to fight homelessness and poverty. Their work is funded by big hearted business and community leaders who pledge to sleep outdoors for one night and raise awareness and sponsorship from their business contacts and friends. Our CEO, Abbas Lalljee, participated in sleeping outdoor to support this great cause.
Abbas Lalljee, 'We all try to be kind to one another and those who need our help.'


Rock94 is going to look back at some of our great Rock years throughout time and focus on them throughout the lunch hour.
A Year in Your Ear! is about music of years gone by, and the trivia associated with that year.
Each week-day over the lunch hour, Rock 94 will mix in 4 songs that rocked a certain year and also give trivia about that year.
One of the Top Radio Personalities in the World and Stand Up Comedian, Cecily Knobler has joined the ROCK 94 Morning show with Live from Hollywood! Each Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Cecily Knobler will banter about all the Happenings in the Entertainment Industry and provide Movie Reviews for the timely Hollywood Blockbusters, keeping ROCK 94 listeners "In The Know" with Hollywood brought to you by Bodystream !
For every ton of scrap metal they receive (copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel), they will donate a dollar to charity. This amounts to large donations to various charities each month.
Keep it Locked on Rock 94 Weekday afternoons, after the 5pm News, for The Ride Home. Brought to you by Mister Transmission at Narvi's Truck and Auto Service, on Alloy Drive!
Rock 94 will play four smokin' hot tunes to help make the Ride Home that much better.


Before we start discussing the best diabetics testing kit, you should understand what diabetics are and its cause and effects. Well, a diabetic is a metabolic disorder that causes the body sugar levels to rise and this condition arises if the pancreas does not produce enough insulin that the body requires or if the cells in our body do not react to the insulin.
Diabetics, if not treated and controlled can be led to many major complications. One of the best effective ways to keep glucose level in your body controlled is to have it checked every once in a while and control the diet according to the results.
Based on these factors below is a list of 5 best diabetic testing kits and 5 best glucometers available on the market right now.
The Contour Next diabetic testing kit from Bayer is well-known for its ease of use. The kit contains almost everything you need for a successful diabetic test, the kit contains 100 test strips, 100 lancets, lancing device, a control solution, and however, the glucometer does not offer a lot of extra added features but has decent features incorporated into it. This device allows the user to select the range of settings; the user can program in their typical high and low glucose levels that can help them to spot problems before they develop. The Bayer Multipulse technology evaluates the sample six to seven times to produce more accurate results and can store up to 480 readings.
Cons: Some issues some user faced with lancets.
The EZ Next Diabetics Testing Kit is one of the best value pack starter kits that have everything you need for a smooth and efficient glucose level test. The kit has 100 lancets of 30g, 100 test strips, alcohol pads, carrying pouch and an Easy Touch glucometer. This Device is accurate and requires only 0.5 microliters of blood.
This product has everything required for a diabetic test. The kit includes 100 test strips, 100 lancets of 30g, lancing device, and the diabetic testing device. This device is the best choice because of its voice feature that helps people with low eyesight to get their blood glucose reading recited. The voice feature also guides you through every step of its functioning and you just have to follow the voice instruction. This device also can be connected to a computer through a USB cable and the data can be transferred. It can also store about 450 test readings.
The Easy Touch Health Pro diabetics testing kit has everything someone needs to check the glucose level. The kit includes 100 test strips, 100 OWell lancets, Lancing device, and the glucometer. The glucometer can store up to 365 test readings and provides an option to schedule alarm based reminders for the next test. This device is easy to use. All you have to do is draw blood using the lancing device, insert the test strip and put the blood sample on the strip. This model does not require coding.
Capable of alternative site testing.
This is yet another diabetic testing kit that has everything required for testing the blood glucose levels. The kit includes an Accu Chek Performa glucometer and 110 test strips. The test strips have longer expiration dates. This glucometer has large LCD displays and automatic power-off if left unused for more than 120 seconds. The device only requires 0.6 microliters of blood and can store 500 test readings. The device also has the option to set up alarms for the next test. The manufacturer also provides data management software for PC.
Option to keep track of glucose level on a computer through Data Management Software.
The FreeStyle Freedom Lite is one easy to use glucometer with simple procedures. The device only requires 0.3 microliters of blood for the best results. This compact size glucometer is lightweight and can produce results in 5-seconds and can store up to 400 readings. The Auto-Assist software lets you keep track of the glucose level through your computer.
The One Touch Ultra 2 is perhaps the oldest model of diabetics testing kit still in manufacturing. The device has proved its efficiency in these years. The working is simple, blood has to be put on the test strip and the test strip has to be inserted in the device slot and the code on the test strip has to be entered. This device can store up to 500 readings in its memory and also provides an option to connect it to your computer and track your glucose reading. The One Touch Ultra 2 is powered by a 3-Volt coin-cell battery and weights very less.
Option to keep track of glucose level on a computer through One Touch Diabetics Management Software.
Still uses test strip coding; this is an old system and has been abandoned by other manufacturers.
This glucometer from LifeScan is a compact device and has no complicated screen or controls. This is one of the best-selling glucometers available on the market right now. The compact size of this device makes the device one of the favourite glucometers. The strips used in this device can be used with any One Touch glucometer models and the device can store up to 500 test results.
This device is one of the best-selling glucometer on the market right now. One of the key features of this device is that it has a wide display screen and also has voice features that guide you through the testing procedures. All you have to do is follow the voice commands.
The device is powered by two AAA batteries and these batteries are replaceable.
Test strips are compatible with only this device.
The Agamatrix Wavesense Presto is one of the top precise glucometers on the market right now. The device works on dynamic electrochemistry with proprietary enzymes along with algorithms that are designed to correct the slightest errors. The device can store up to 300 readings and has a strip ejector that helps you to remove the test strip with ease.
Lacks data management software for the computer.
Once you buy a diabetic testing kit, always try the check you glucose level every once in a while. It is estimated that 8.5% of world's total population have diabetics and the numbers are still rising. Keep in check your glucose level and avoid any major complications.


Once Upon a Twilight!: The Divergent Series: #Allegiant Final Trailer!
The Divergent Series: #Allegiant Final Trailer!
What did you think of the Insurgent movie? Okay - I loved the books (even Allegiant) and I LOVED the first movie. The second though - too much deviation I think. So this last one they are breaking up into two movies - Allegiant and Ascendant. I wonder what they'll do with it.


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namespace SimpleInjector.Tests.Unit
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Threading;
    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
    using SimpleInjector.Advanced;
    using SimpleInjector.Extensions;

    [TestClass]
    public class VerifyTests
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_WithEmptyConfiguration_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // Act
            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_CalledMultipleTimes_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.RegisterSingleton<IUserRepository>(new SqlUserRepository());

            container.Verify();

            // Act
            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_CalledAfterGetInstance_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.RegisterSingleton<IUserRepository>(new SqlUserRepository());

            container.GetInstance<IUserRepository>();

            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_WithDependantTypeNotRegistered_ThrowsException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // RealUserService has a constructor that takes an IUserRepository.
            container.Register<RealUserService>(Lifestyle.Singleton);

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action,
                "An exception was expected because the configuration is invalid without registering an IUserRepository.");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_WithFailingFunc_ThrowsException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();
            container.Register<IUserRepository>(() =>
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException();
            });

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegisteredCollectionWithValidElements_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();
            container.RegisterCollection<IUserRepository>(new IUserRepository[] { new SqlUserRepository(), new InMemoryUserRepository() });

            // Act
            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegisteredCollectionWithNullElements_ThrowsException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            IEnumerable<IUserRepository> repositories = new IUserRepository[] { null };

            container.RegisterCollection<IUserRepository>(repositories);

            try
            {
                // Act
                container.Verify();

                // Assert
                Assert.Fail("Exception expected.");
            }
            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
            {
                AssertThat.StringContains(
                    "One of the items in the collection for type IUserRepository is a null reference.",
                    ex.Message);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_FailingCollection_ThrowsException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            IEnumerable<IUserRepository> repositories =
                from nullRepository in Enumerable.Repeat<IUserRepository>(null, 1)
                where nullRepository.ToString() == "This line fails with an NullReferenceException"
                select nullRepository;

            container.RegisterCollection<IUserRepository>(repositories);

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegisterCalledWithFuncReturningNullInstances_ThrowsExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Register<IUserRepository>(() => null);

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_GetRegistrationCalledOnUnregisteredAbstractType_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // This call forces the registration of a null reference to speed up performance.
            container.GetRegistration(typeof(IUserRepository));

            // Act
            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Register_WithAnOverrideCalledAfterACallToVerify_FailsWithTheExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Options.AllowOverridingRegistrations = true;

            container.Register<IUserRepository, SqlUserRepository>();

            container.Verify();

            try
            {
                // Act
                container.Register<IUserRepository, SqlUserRepository>(Lifestyle.Singleton);

                // Assert
                Assert.Fail("Exception expected.");
            }
            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
            {
                AssertThat.ExceptionMessageContains("The container can't be changed", ex);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void ResolveUnregisteredType_CalledAfterACallToVerify_FailsWithTheExpectedMessage()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Verify();

            try
            {
                // Act
                container.ResolveUnregisteredType += (s, e) => { };

                // Assert
                Assert.Fail("Exception expected.");
            }
            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
            {
                AssertThat.ExceptionMessageContains("The container can't be changed", ex);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void ExpressionBuilding_CalledAfterACallToVerify_FailsWithTheExpectedMessage()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Verify();

            try
            {
                // Act
                container.ExpressionBuilding += (s, e) => { };

                // Assert
                Assert.Fail("Exception expected.");
            }
            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
            {
                AssertThat.ExceptionMessageContains("The container can't be changed", ex);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void ExpressionBuilt_CalledAfterACallToVerify_FailsWithTheExpectedMessage()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Verify();

            try
            {
                // Act
                container.ExpressionBuilt += (s, e) => { };

                // Assert
                Assert.Fail("Exception expected.");
            }
            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
            {
                AssertThat.ExceptionMessageContains("The container can't be changed", ex);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegisterAllCalledWithUnregisteredType_ThrowsExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            string expectedException = "No registration for type IUserRepository could be found.";

            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            var types = new[] { typeof(SqlUserRepository), typeof(IUserRepository) };

            container.RegisterCollection<IUserRepository>(types);

            try
            {
                // Act
                container.Verify();

                Assert.Fail("Exception expected.");
            }
            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
            {
                string actualMessage = ex.Message;

                AssertThat.StringContains(expectedException, actualMessage, "Info:\n" + ex.ToString());
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_OnCollection_IteratesTheCollectionOnce()
        {
            // Arrange
            const int ExpectedNumberOfCreatedPlugins = 1;
            int actualNumberOfCreatedPlugins = 0;

            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Register<PluginImpl>();

            container.RegisterCollection<IPlugin>(new[] { typeof(PluginImpl) });

            container.RegisterInitializer<PluginImpl>(plugin => actualNumberOfCreatedPlugins++);

            // Act
            container.Verify();

            // Assert
            Assert.AreEqual(ExpectedNumberOfCreatedPlugins, actualNumberOfCreatedPlugins);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_CollectionWithDecoratorThatCanNotBeCreatedAtRuntime_ThrowsInvalidOperationException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.RegisterCollection<IPlugin>(new[] { typeof(PluginImpl) });

            // FailingConstructorDecorator constructor throws an exception.
            container.RegisterDecorator(typeof(IPlugin), typeof(FailingConstructorPluginDecorator));

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegistrationWithDecoratorThatCanNotBeCreatedAtRuntimeAndBuildExpressionCalledExplicitly_ThrowsInvalidOperationException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            container.RegisterDecorator(typeof(IPlugin), typeof(FailingConstructorPluginDecorator));

            container.GetRegistration(typeof(IPlugin)).BuildExpression();

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            // This test verifies a bug: Calling InstanceProducer.BuildExpression flagged the producer to be
            // skipped when calling Verify() while it was still possible that creating the instance would fail.
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action,
                "The call to BuildExpression should not trigger the verification of IPlugin to be skipped.");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_WithCollectionsResolvedThroughUnregisteredTypeResolution_StillVerifiesThoseCollections()
        {
            // Arrange
            // All these collection are resolved through unregistered type resolution.
            var expectedTypes = new[]
            {
                typeof(IEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<IDisposable>>>>),
                typeof(IEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<IDisposable>>>),
                typeof(IEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<IDisposable>>),
                typeof(IEnumerable<IDisposable>),
            };

            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // Service<T> depends on IEnumerable<T>
            container.RegisterCollection(typeof(ServiceWithEnumerable<>), new[] { typeof(ServiceWithEnumerable<>) });

            container.Register<ServiceWithEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<ServiceWithEnumerable<IDisposable>>>>>();

            container.Verify();

            // Act
            InstanceProducer[] registrations = container.GetCurrentRegistrations();
            var actualTypes = registrations.Select(p => p.ServiceType);

            // Assert
            var missingTypes = expectedTypes.Except(actualTypes);

            // When the missingTypes list is empty, this means that the container kept looking for new
            // registrations at the end of the verification process.
            Assert.IsFalse(missingTypes.Any(), "Missing registrations: " + missingTypes.ToFriendlyNamesText());
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_DecoratorWithDecorateeFactoryWithFailingDecorateeOfNonRootType_ThrowsExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Register<PluginConsumer>();

            container.Register<IPlugin, FailingConstructorPlugin<Exception>>();

            container.RegisterDecorator(typeof(IPlugin), typeof(PluginProxy), Lifestyle.Singleton);

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegisteredSingletonDelegateResolvingAnUnregisteredConcreteType_CreatesThatTypeJustOnce()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = new Container();

            container.Register<IPlugin>(() => container.GetInstance<PluginWithCreationCounter>(), Lifestyle.Singleton);

            // Act
            container.Verify();

            // Assert
            Assert.AreEqual(1, PluginWithCreationCounter.InstanceCount);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_DecoratorWithFuncDecorateeWithFailingConstructor_ThrowsTheExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = new Container();

            container.Register<IPlugin, FailingPlugin>();
            container.RegisterDecorator(typeof(IPlugin), typeof(PluginProxy), Lifestyle.Singleton);

            // This call will succeed, because it resolves: "new PluginProxy(() => new FailingPlugin())" and
            // that will not call the FailingPlugin constructor.
            container.GetInstance<IPlugin>();

            // Act
            // This should still throw an exception.
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_RegisterAllRegistrationWithTypeReferencingAPrimitiveType_ThrowsExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.RegisterCollection<IPlugin>(new[] { typeof(PluginWithBooleanDependency) });

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<InvalidOperationException>(@"
                contains parameter 'isInUserContext' of type Boolean which can not be used for constructor
                injection because it is a value type."
                .TrimInside(),
                action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_LockedContainer_Succeeds1()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            container.GetInstance<Container>();

            // Act
            // This call must succeed. Many users are depending on this behavior.
            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_LockedContainerWithRegisterAllRegisterationForOpenGenericType_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.RegisterCollection(typeof(IEventHandler<>), new[]
            {
                typeof(StructEventHandler),
                typeof(AuditableEventEventHandler),
                typeof(AuditableEventEventHandler<>),
            });

            container.GetInstance<Container>();

            // Act
            container.Verify();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void Verify_ResolvingACollectionOfSingletonsBeforeAndAfterCallingVerify_ShouldStillYieldTheSameInstance()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            container.RegisterCollection(typeof(IEventHandler<>), new Type[]
            {
                typeof(StructEventHandler),
            });

            container.AppendToCollection(typeof(IEventHandler<>),
                Lifestyle.Singleton.CreateRegistration<AuditableEventEventHandler>(container));

            var handler = container.GetAllInstances<IEventHandler<AuditableEvent>>().Single();

            container.Verify();

            // Act
            var handler2 = container.GetAllInstances<IEventHandler<AuditableEvent>>().Single();

            // Assert
            Assert.AreSame(handler, handler2);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void VerifyOnly_WithDiagnosticWarning_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();
            container.Options.SuppressLifestyleMismatchVerification = true;

            // Lifestyle Mismatch
            container.Register<ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin>>(Lifestyle.Singleton);
            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            // Act
            container.Verify(VerificationOption.VerifyOnly);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void VerifyOnly_WithLifestyleMismathcDiagnosticWarning_ThrowsException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();
            container.Options.SuppressLifestyleMismatchVerification = false;

            // Lifestyle Mismatch
            container.Register<ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin>>(Lifestyle.Singleton);
            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify(VerificationOption.VerifyOnly);

            // Assert
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<InvalidOperationException>(
                "A lifestyle mismatch is encountered",
                action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void GetInstance_WithLifestyleMismathcDiagnosticWarning_ThrowsException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();
            container.Options.SuppressLifestyleMismatchVerification = false;

            // Lifestyle Mismatch
            container.Register<ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin>>(Lifestyle.Singleton);
            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.GetInstance<ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin>>();

            // Assert
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<ActivationException>(
                "A lifestyle mismatch is encountered",
                action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void VerifyAndDiagnose_WithDiagnosticWarning_ThrowsExpectedException()
        {
            // Arrange
            string expected1 = "The following diagnostic warnings were reported";
            string expected2 = "ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin> (Singleton) depends on IPlugin";
            string expected3 = "See the Error property for detailed information about the warnings.";

            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // Lifestyle Mismatch
            container.Register<ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin>>(Lifestyle.Singleton);
            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify(VerificationOption.VerifyAndDiagnose);

            // Assert
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<DiagnosticVerificationException>(expected1, action);
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<DiagnosticVerificationException>(expected2, action);
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<DiagnosticVerificationException>(expected3, action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void VerifyAndDiagnose_WithDiagnosticWarning_ThrowsMessageReferingToTheDocumentation()
        {
            // Arrange
            string expectedMessage =
                "Please see https://simpleinjector.org/diagnostics how to fix problems and how to " +
                "suppress individual warnings.";

            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // Lifestyle Mismatch
            container.Register<ServiceWithDependency<IPlugin>>(Lifestyle.Singleton);
            container.Register<IPlugin, PluginImpl>();

            // Act
            Action action = () => container.Verify(VerificationOption.VerifyAndDiagnose);

            // Assert
            AssertThat.ThrowsWithExceptionMessageContains<DiagnosticVerificationException>(
                expectedMessage, action);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void VerifyAndDiagnose_WithDiagnosticMessage_Succeeds()
        {
            // Arrange
            var container = ContainerFactory.New();

            // Container-registered type (PluginImpl)
            container.Register<ServiceWithDependency<PluginImpl>>(Lifestyle.Transient);

            // Act
            // This should succeed, because container-registered instances have a low risk of causing errors
            // and the container will report them quite easily.
            container.Verify(VerificationOption.VerifyAndDiagnose);
        }

        public class PluginWithBooleanDependency : IPlugin
        {
            public PluginWithBooleanDependency(bool isInUserContext)
            {
            }
        }

        public sealed class FailingConstructorPluginDecorator : IPlugin
        {
            public FailingConstructorPluginDecorator(IPlugin plugin)
            {
                throw new NotImplementedException();
            }
        }

        public sealed class PluginProxy : IPlugin
        {
            public PluginProxy(Func<IPlugin> pluginFactory)
            {
            }
        }

        public sealed class FailingPlugin : IPlugin
        {
            public FailingPlugin()
            {
                throw new Exception();
            }
        }

        private sealed class PluginDecorator : IPlugin
        {
            public PluginDecorator(IPlugin plugin)
            {
            }
        }

        private sealed class FailingConstructorPlugin<TException> : IPlugin
            where TException : Exception, new()
        {
            public FailingConstructorPlugin()
            {
                throw new TException();
            }
        }

        private sealed class PluginWithCreationCounter : IPlugin
        {
            private static int counter;

            public PluginWithCreationCounter()
            {
                Interlocked.Increment(ref counter);
            }

            public static int InstanceCount
            {
                get { return counter; }
            }
        }

        private sealed class PluginConsumer
        {
            public PluginConsumer(IPlugin plugin)
            {
            }
        }
    }
}


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Lendell W. Porterfield is CEO of Porterfield & Lowenthal LLC, a bipartisan government relations firm based in Washington, D.C. Prior to...
Lendell W. Porterfield is CEO of Porterfield & Lowenthal LLC, a bipartisan government relations firm based in Washington, D.C. Prior to establishing his partnership with Andrew Lowenthal, Porterfield served as a Vice President at Van Scoyoc Associates from 2001 to 2005, where he successfully represented an array of financial services entities.
Before his tenure at Van Scoyoc, Porterfield served the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs for Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), where as Shelby's senior advisor, he analyzed and reviewed the economic and legal implications of pending legislative and regulatory measures with members of the financial services industry. Porterfield played a key role with the development and passage of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and spearheaded the formation of the Congressional Privacy Caucus for Senator Shelby in 2000.
Porterfield also served the committee as a financial economist, briefing and preparing members of the committee and their staff for the semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins hearings with Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan.
Prior to his service on the full Banking Committee, Porterfield served as staff director for the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief where he helped manage and guide the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 into law.
Porterfield started his career in Washington as a research assistant at the National Taxpayers Union and was quickly promoted to policy analyst.
A native of Tennessee, Porterfield holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from Clemson University and a Masters of Arts in economics from George Mason University. He also completed an executive program at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management on credit analysis, equity valuation and financial reporting.
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Of Human Bondage Chapter X
The Careys made up their minds to send Philip to King's School at Tercanbury. The neighboring clergy sent their sons there. It was united by long tradition to the Cathedral: its headmaster was an honorary Canon, and a past headmaster was the Archdeacon. Boys were encouraged there to aspire to Holy Orders, and the education was such as might prepare an honest lad to spend his life in God's service. A preparatory school was attached to it, and to this it was arranged that Philip should go. Mr. Carey took him into Tercanbury one Thursday afternoon toward the end of September. All day Philip had been excited and rather frightened. He knew little of school life but what he had read in the stories of The Boy's Own Paper. He had also read Eric, or Little by Little.
When they got out of the train at Tercanbury, Philip felt sick with apprehension, and during the drive in to the town sat pale and silent. The high brick wall in front of the school gave it the look of a prison. There was a little door in it, which opened on their ringing; and a clumsy, untidy man came out and fetched Philip's tin trunk and his play-box. They were shown into the drawing-room; it was filled with massive, ugly furniture, and the chairs of the suite were placed round the walls with a forbidding rigidity. They waited for the headmaster.
"What's Mr. Watson like?" asked Philip, after a while.
"You'll see for yourself."
There was another pause. Mr. Carey wondered why the headmaster did not come. Presently Philip made an effort and spoke again.
"Tell him I've got a club-foot," he said.
Before Mr. Carey could speak the door burst open and Mr. Watson swept into the room. To Philip he seemed gigantic. He was a man of over six feet high, and broad, with enormous hands and a great red beard; he talked loudly in a jovial manner, but his aggressive cheerfulness struck terror in Philip's heart. He shook hands with Mr. Carey, and then took Philip's small hand in his.
"Well, young fellow, are you glad to come to school?" he shouted.
Philip reddened and found no word to answer.
"Nine," said Philip.
"You must say sir," said his uncle.
"I expect you've got a good lot to learn," the headmaster bellowed cheerily.
To give the boy confidence he began to tickle him with rough fingers. Philip, feeling shy and uncomfortable, squirmed under his touch.
"I've put him in the small dormitory for the present.... You'll like that, won't you?" he added to Philip. "Only eight of you in there. You won't feel so strange."
Then the door opened, and Mrs. Watson came in. She was a dark woman with black hair, neatly parted in the middle. She had curiously thick lips and a small round nose. Her eyes were large and black. There was a singular coldness in her appearance. She seldom spoke and smiled more seldom still. Her husband introduced Mr. Carey to her, and then gave Philip a friendly push toward her.
"This is a new boy, Helen. His name's Carey."
Without a word she shook hands with Philip and then sat down, not speaking, while the headmaster asked Mr. Carey how much Philip knew and what books he had been working with. The Vicar of Blackstable was a little embarrassed by Mr. Watson's boisterous heartiness, and in a moment or two got up.
"I think I'd better leave Philip with you now."
"That's all right," said Mr. Watson. "He'll be safe with me. He'll get on like a house on fire. Won't you, young fellow?"
Without waiting for an answer from Philip the big man burst into a great bellow of laughter. Mr. Carey kissed Philip on the forehead and went away.
"Come along, young fellow," shouted Mr. Watson. "I'll show you the schoolroom."
He swept out of the drawing-room with giant strides, and Philip hurriedly limped behind him. He was taken into a long, bare room with two tables that ran along its whole length; on each side of them were wooden forms.
"Nobody much here yet," said Mr. Watson. "I'll just show you the playground, and then I'll leave you to shift for yourself."
Mr. Watson led the way. Philip found himself in a large playground with high brick walls on three sides of it. On the fourth side was an iron railing through which you saw a vast lawn and beyond this some of the buildings of King's School. One small boy was wandering disconsolately, kicking up the gravel as he walked.
"Hullo, Venning," shouted Mr. Watson. "When did you turn up?"
The small boy came forward and shook hands.
"Here's a new boy. He's older and bigger than you, so don't you bully him. "
The headmaster glared amicably at the two children, filling them with fear by the roar of his voice, and then with a guffaw left them.
"Carey."
"What's your father?"
"He's dead."
"Oh! Does your mother wash?"
"My mother's dead, too."
Philip thought this answer would cause the boy a certain awkwardness, but Venning was not to be turned from his facetiousness for so little.
"Well, did she wash?" he went on.
"Yes," said Philip indignantly.
"She was a washerwoman then?"
"No, she wasn't."
"Then she didn't wash."
The little boy crowed with delight at the success of his dialect. Then he caught sight of Philip's feet.
"What's the matter with your foot?"
Philip instinctively tried to withdraw it from sight. He hid it behind the one which was whole.
"I've got a club-foot," he answered.
"How did you get it?"
"I've always had it."
"Let's have a look."
"Don't then."
The little boy accompanied the words with a sharp kick on Philip's shin, which Philip did not expect and thus could not guard against. The pain was so great that it made him gasp, but greater than the pain was the surprise. He did not know why Venning kicked him. He had not the presence of mind to give him a black eye. Besides, the boy was smaller than he, and he had read in The Boy's Own Paper that it was a mean thing to hit anyone smaller than yourself. While Philip was nursing his shin a third boy appeared, and his tormentor left him. In a little while he noticed that the pair were talking about him, and he felt they were looking at his feet. He grew hot and uncomfortable.
But others arrived, a dozen together, and then more, and they began to talk about their doings during the holidays, where they had been, and what wonderful cricket they had played. A few new boys appeared, and with these presently Philip found himself talking. He was shy and nervous. He was anxious to make himself pleasant, but he could not think of anything to say. He was asked a great many questions and answered them all quite willingly. One boy asked him whether he could play cricket.
"No," answered Philip. "I've got a club-foot."
The boy looked down quickly and reddened. Philip saw that he felt he had asked an unseemly question. He was too shy to apologize and looked at Philip awkwardly.
Index: Of Human Bondage


Amity Lodge No. 23 is located at 305 S. 100 E. in Brigham City.
Its origins tracing back to the stonemasons of the Middle Ages and perhaps much further, Masonry came to Colonial America in the early 1700s and to Utah in 1858, with the dispatch of Johnston's Army. Early next month, Utah's Freemasons will hold a statewide public open house in a collaborative effort to share information about their organization—the world's oldest fraternity—within their respective communities.
On Saturday, May 6, Masons from Logan to St. George will welcome visitors to their meeting places, referred to as lodges or temples, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Residents of Box Elder and Cache counties are encouraged to visit Amity Lodge No. 23 in Brigham City and Harmony Lodge No. 21 in Logan.
George Winters, secretary of the Amity Lodge and former Grand Historian of the Utah Grand Lodge, said Utah's Freemasons host the statewide open house annually.
Winters said visitors to the Amity Lodge temple will also have the opportunity to view a collection of important Masonic artifacts. These include a red cap worn by James Cash "JC" Penney, founder of the J.C. Penney Company retail chain; a hand-forged square and compass set used by Freemasons in Johnston's Army; several strands of George Washington's hair; and a White House foundation stone etched with historic banker's marks.
The stones, he said, were discovered when the White House was renovated back in the 1950s, during President Harry Truman's administration.
Truman, who was a Masonic Grand Master, preserved the stones and presented one to each one of the Grand Lodges across the United States. Each stone was affixed with a small brass White House plaque and accompanied by a letter from the president, framed in recycled White House wood.
Whichever Masonic temple they visit on May 6, guests throughout the state are invited to bring non-perishable donations to benefit the Utah Food Bank. Refreshments will be served at some locations, including the Amity and Harmony temples. Amity Lodge No. 23 is located at 305 S. 100 E. in Brigham City. Harmony Lodge No. 21, which is currently being renovated, is located at 118 W. 100 N. in Logan. More information about the statewide open house is available at www.utahgrandlodge.org.
Utah's Freemasons will host a statewide public open house on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Guests are invited to visit any of Utah's participating lodges and are encouraged to bring a non-perishable donation for the Utah Food Bank.
This image depicts a White House Stone that will be on display with other Masonic artifacts at Amity Lodge No. 23 in Brigham City on Saturday, May 6, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.


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T-5 days until Georgetown Field Hockey kicks off their first day of preseason #booya. Pictured is Weezie's teammate & friend Megan (So., Georgetown Field Hockey). They went to their favorite. place. ever. The Classic Diner (Malvern, PA) thrives on its simple menu, doing the basics right since 1995. Add good company & you've got a #winning combo.
They kept it classy (lol) with eggs, toast, avocado, & spinach. Oh and coffee, of course.


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