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Budget, Taxation & Economy, Regulation
How boosting distilleries can boost local communities
by Jon Sanders
Director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life, Research Editor | John Locke Foundation
North Carolina once led the nation in distilleries. That was up until state and then federal Prohibition. Since the end of Prohibition, however, distilleries have faced a very restrictive regulatory environment, even more so than wineries and breweries.
That's the bad news. The good news is that relaxing these restrictions can bring about catch-up growth in the distillery industry here:
As breweries and wineries have blossomed already under a license system, North Carolina's distillery industry is poised for growth under a less restrictive system.
More jobs, more retail outlets, and more distilleries would lead to faster economic growth than could be expected under the ABC system's strict control. Distilleries rely almost exclusively on local consumers, so building relationships with their neighbors is very important to their survival.
Distilleries also hold the potential for local tourism, especially if the state relaxes many of its restrictions against them (see Table 1 [below]). For these reasons, changes that help boost distilleries also hold the potential to boost community pride.
Colin Campbell's piece today in The News & Observer provides examples of this potential:
Craft breweries have become community gathering places where you can hang out for hours while sampling unique local beers. The clientele usually avoids drunken misbehavior, so it's even become popular to bring the kids and let them frolic on the lawn outside.
Because they're producing liquor, craft distilleries face much more stringent regulations. …
Like breweries and wineries, many distilleries are located in small, rural communities where they can serve as a magnet for visitors.
For example, the tiny Burke County town of Rutherford College is hardly a tourism mecca, but it's likely that people who come to learn about rum, whiskey and moonshine at South Mountain Distilling Co. will eat at the barbecue joint down the street. And in the Cabarrus County town of Mount Pleasant, Southern Grace Distilleries has repurposed an old state prison as the "Whiskey Prison."
Less obvious is the distilleries' positive impact on North Carolina agriculture. Pete Barger of Southern Distilling Company in Statesville told lawmakers that he uses thousands of pounds of grain from local farms in each shift producing whiskey. The spent grain from the process then goes back to the farm to feed cattle. Barger estimates his business indirectly supports the employment of three times the number of people who actually work in the distillery.
For more on this topic, see:
Relaxing Heavy Restrictions to Bring More Freedom to N.C. Distilleries
Growth in Local Wineries and Distilleries Reflect Regulatory Differences
(Click the table for a larger size.)
Jon Sanders
Jon Sanders is director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life and also Research Editor at the John Locke Foundation. At the CFPL Jon focuses on the policy issues of agriculture, energy, and the environment. These are issues of critical importance to people, their families, and their businesses — food, power, and life — and as such, he knows it is vital to protect and expand freedom in these all-important areas.
North Carolina's Outdated Alcohol Restrictions
North Carolina's Strong Fiscal Condition and Opportunity for Growth
"Freedom and Whisky" and the Opposite: Lessons from a Burns Night in Raleigh


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Q: Whats the next desktop application you would like to see moved to the web? I'm trying to come up with some ideas on creating a new web app.
I want it to be a useful web app for business.
Anyone have any itches that need to be scratched?

A: Music players and photo viewers.
I want to upload my media files once (or purchase the rights for digital media), and have all my devices able to play them anywhere.

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I also had another idea about a year ago. What about a service that lets you upload all of your music onto a server, and then have a Flash-based on-the-web media player to play the music from any computer, at any time? I'm not talking about something like Grooveshark, I'm talking a full-blown media player, like Windows Media Player or iTunes, for the web. I never started this project because the initial costs would be too high, but that may or may not be a problem for you.

A: I'm still waiting for a good Web-based Editor for development. Mozilla has Bespin1, but it's not exactly ready to be used, judging from my experience with it in the past.
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Proteins, Fats & Exercise: Your thoughts?
When athletes do high intensity strength training, then they need extra protein.
True (half true). Strenuous exercise causes low glutamine concentrations, which is important because glutamine comprises 60% of total amino acid (AA) pool. Prolonged strenuous exercise increases protein breakdown and also increases protein synthesis during recovery. Therefore protein stimulates muscle growth and to build muscle, you have to be in a positive (+ ve) nitrogen balance. Due to the high protein intake, extra AA's are oxidized for energy. To maintain strength, a person only needs 0.9 g/kg/day. For increased strength and lean body mass, they need 1.4 – 1.8 g/kg/day protein. But the average person's protein intake is approximately 1.5 – 2.0 g/kg/day, which is enough to meet the requirements for most athletes following a balanced diet. This reason why I say only half true. Therefore to improve protein synthesis, the type of protein ingested is just as important as the amount of protein, very important is ingesting the essential AA's. Amount of intake also very individual specific, doesn't matter how much protein you take in, if you don't use all of the protein ingested, the excess will always be converted to glucose and fats.
Endurance athletes do not need more protein than provided in a balanced diet.
True. Only high intensity endurance athletes need extra protein due to increased protein catabolism. The recommended amount of protein intake for high intensity endurance exercise is 1.2 – 1.6 g/kg/day would be sufficient, where as the average person's protein intake is 1.5 – 2.0 g/kg/day. Therefore protein intake is sufficient, but what would improve effectiveness is following a balanced diet including only the essential AA's which leads to a doubling of the protein synthesis effectiveness.
A high protein diet is a good way to loose weight.
True. Consuming high amounts of essential proteins will increase the synthesis of protein, when combined with a well balanced lifestyle including daily exercise. Deamination of intracellular AA's will lead to increased fat synthesis. For individuals with normal renal function, the risks are minimal and must be balanced against the renal and established risk of continued obesity.
To build muscle, CHO and protein must be taken in together during the recovery phase after exercise.
True. During exercise, glycogen depletion takes place and muscle breakdown occurs. Recovery is important for the restoration of muscle and liver glycogen stores, replacement of fluid and electrolytes lost in sweat, and the regeneration, repair and adaptation processes following the catabolic stress and damage caused by the exercise. Supplementation directly after exercise will increase protein synthesis, contribute to a + ve nitrogen balance, increase the fat oxidation rate as well as increase muscle glycogen storage.
Why does regular low-intensity exercise stimulate greater body fat loss than high intensity exercise of equal total caloric expenditure?
Endurance training increases the capacity of the carrier molecule to transport free fatty acids (FFA); therefore the muscles of regular trained individuals can take up more FFA at the same FFA concentration in the plasma. During high intensity exercise and adequate carbohydrate (CHO) reserves, CHO is preferred as fuel source. But at low intensity exercise, FFA supplies up to 80% of total energy required, therefore a higher rate of fat oxidation. High intensity exercise causes increased levels of lactate concentration in the blood, which also contributes to the inhibition of FFA oxidation.
If the average person stores enough energy as body fat to power 120hrs exercise at marathon race pace, why do athletes often experience impaired performance towards the end of a marathon performed under high-intensity, steady-rate aerobic metabolism?
At low intensity exercise, lipolysis supplies sufficient enough FFA to meet the muscles' energy supply. During high intensity exercise, lipolysis is markedly suppressed and the FFA oxidation is diminished due to increased concentrations of lactic acid produced. The average person is not as well trained as a marathon runner, and therefore his body will react different to high intensity exercise. Comparing both athletes above mentioned, when running at the same pace, the average person would work at a much higher rate and a have much higher energy expenditure than the trained marathon runner. Therefore at the same pace, the marathon runner would use less oxygen than what the average person would use. Therefore the average persons would have a higher lactic acid concentration in his blood which suppresses FFA usage for energy, and therefore be using more CHO as an energy source. To conclude, by comparison, at the same pace, the average person's oxygen consumption (%VO2) would be much higher than the trained marathon runner, therefore oxygen demands less contributing to a better running efficiency.
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As for Audi, they have pulled out of the Idaho Falls market and are not showing any interest in returning. "I would love to have Audi, and I know a lot of Audi owners who aren't pleased they have to take their cars to Utah to get them serviced under warranty," Hernandez said.
Idaho Falls has been without a VW or Audi dealer since the German carmakers pulled out of Wackerli Auto Center, their longtime location on North Holmes Avenue. Wackerli continues to sell Subaru and GMC.
Whether or not a VW sign goes up at Teton Toyota's Sunnyside Road dealership, passers-by are bound to notice the new "Big Buddy." Buddy is Hernandez's 9-year-old black Labrador, who appears in all the dealership's advertising.
The statue measures 9 by 15 feet, and was made by F.A.S.T Corp. of Sparta, Wis., a manufacturer of fiberglass statues and water park attractions since 1983.


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After Retiring From The Entertainment Industry
C3—- Overbearing CEO
Posted on August 30, 2021 by UntamedS
"It's settled like that?"
The artists couldn't care less about keeping quiet, the shock in their eyes showed without reservation.
"Lu Wenxing had reached a peak. He lost his endorsement in the first place, and then he was picked up by Film Emperor Gu."
"This is called a reversal, right? I admire him."
"When Wen Yu intercepted Lu Wenxing's endorsement, did he ever think that he would be intercepted in the same way by Lu Wenxing?"
"What nonsense. The agent gave the endorsement, Wen Yu himself didn't ask for it, we are all small stars, don't we still have to listen to the agent?"
"Anyway, the magazine endorsement that Wen Yu shot for today was indeed Lu Wenxing's, Lu Wenxing signed the contract and was replaced by his agent."
"Now Lu Wenxing was chosen to replace Wen Yu in the interview, h*ll! Lu Wenxing is quite cool."
"In fact, it wasn't concluded that Wen Yu would have been chosen."
"Also right."
The person in question, Lu Wenxing, was neither happy nor unhappy, he was calm compared to the excited emotions of the artists present.
This plot deviation was more outrageous than he thought, what was he doing? What was this?
Did this mean that no matter how the plot changed, he just couldn't get rid of the ending of being a cannon fodder?
If there was really a butterfly effect, wouldn't the script he held in his hand become a waste?
"Congratulations, Lu Wenxing."
The smile on the corner of Director Xu's mouth widened, she felt that the choice to let Lu Wenxing participate was correct, it looked like Gu Yanshen was very satisfied with Lu Wenxing.
"Why don't you quickly thank Teacher Gu."
"Thank you, teacher Gu." Lu Wenxing said with a smile, but Gu Yanshen somehow saw a little reluctance.
He raised his eyebrows and felt a little surprised, and was about to investigate when Lu Wenxing was hugged by Wei Ze who walked in.
"Congratulations! Xingxing."
Wei Ze draped his hand over Lu Wenxing's shoulder happily. "You have to invite me to dinner."
Lu Wenxing looked at him with an expressionless face, "I'll treat you to a hammer."
Wei Ze: "……"
Why ah, he was so fierce.
After Gu Yanshen was invited to the lounge, the artists all left one after another, Lu Wenxing turned to go, but was called back by Wang Man.
Seeing Wei Ze stop along with Lu Wenxing, Wang Man said to him with a cold face, "Wei Ze, go out first."
Wei Ze gave a start, turned his head to look at Lu Wenxing, and saw Lu Wenxing nod before he dawdled out of the practice room.
After Wei Ze left, Wang Man's face was even worse, she didn't bother to cover up, as she sneered, "You can really play Lu Wenxing, no wonder you can't see Director Jiang, so there is a bigger target. With such a big appetite, can you eat it?"
"I don't mind telling you the truth, those stars that tried to use Gu Yanshen's fame, they can't even receive resources now since they received his lawyer's letter."
"You don't think you are special in Gu Yan Shen's eyes, do you?"
Lu Wenxing thought Wang Man would talk to him about the recording, if he knew that he was purposely kept to hear these boring words, Lu Wenxing wouldn't even give her one more look, it was a waste of time.
The ignored Wang Man didn't know what Lu Wenxing was thinking, and only thought that Lu Wenxing was emboldened because of Gu Yanshen, and the fire she was holding in her heart became even greater.
"Don't be complacent, let's not talk about what attitude Gu Yanshen has towards you, if you dare to make extra moves, Gu Yanshen's fans will tear you up."
"What are you trying to say?"
Lu Wenxing heard this and understood it. Wang Man didn't come to insult him to find a sense of existence. She wanted to make him retreat and give up participating in the variety show.
But Wang Man could never have imagined that Lu Wenxing himself was even more reluctant to participate in the variety show recording than she was.
When he saw Wang Man's angry look, Lu Wenxing felt physically and mentally relaxed, he smiled, his tone was full of provocation.
"You think the person chosen today should be Wen Yu? Then it must be really disappointing for you, the person Gu Yanshen chose …… is me."
"Lu Wenxing, the contract hasn't been signed, isn't it too early to be proud?"
"So what, just because you can change my endorsement doesn't mean you can sway Gu Yanshen's decision, it doesn't matter who you have in mind, what matters is that the person Gu Yanshen now has in mind is me."
Lu Wenxing's tone was arrogant, his attitude was also arrogant, not giving Wang Man a chance to react, he dropped these words and turned around and left.
Lu Wenxing knew that Wang Man's expression was as black as the bottom of a pot without looking back.
Lu Wenxing had some worries about how to refuse the variety recording. Because of Gu Yanshen's status as the film emperor, he was a little transparent and couldn't refuse in public, which could make Gu Yanshen feel insulted.
As for privately, it was even worse for him to contact Gu Yanshen, and it was easy to be misunderstood as someone with ulterior motives, although Lu Wenxing didn't care what others thought.
But Gu Yanshen was the main character's male lead, of course he shouldn't contact him.
And just now, Wang Man said a bunch of nonsense, but Lu Wenxing was suddenly enlightened.
Wang Man was very determined when she had a grudge, in front of several artists, she said,' as long as Lu Wenxing doesn't apologize to Jiang Zhengqin, then he won't get any resources.'
When he first heard these words, Lu Wenxing didn't take it seriously.
Since he knew that he was a cannon fodder, he didn't care about any resources, but now ……
Lu Wenxing couldn't wait for Wang Man to do what she said.
It was best not to give him any resources, it was even better for her to intercept the variety show. Lu Wenxing deliberately said that in order to annoy Wang Man.
After a period of time together, Lu Wenxing also figured out Wang Man's character.
Wang Man had a strong desire for control. Even if Lu Wenxing, an unruly artist, had great potential, for Wang Man, a cash cow was far less than a docile tool person who was at her mercy.
Lu Wenxing couldn't help but praise himself for his ability to improvise just now. Now with Wang Man's help, he didn't have to spend time thinking of reasons to refuse, Wang Man would think more thoroughly for him.
"No explanation?"
Sheng Chao stood in front of Gu Yanshen, he was having a headache looking at Gu Yanshen who was preoccupied with a game.
Who the hell would have thought that the movie emperor, who usually gave people the impression of being cool and calm, had a private hobby that wasn't known to anyone – virtually raising pets.
Looking at several tiger cubs on the screen, as well as Gu Yanshen's expression as he fed them, Sheng Chao's eyebrows jumped.
"Are you listening to me?"
"Explain what?"
Gu Yanshen carelessly responded, but his eyes didn't move away from the phone.
Sheng Chao took a deep breath and comforted himself to be at peace.
"Your selection just now was too casual."
"I was following Director Chen's request ."
Sheng Chao asked unexpectedly, "When did Director Chen make the request, how come I don't know?"
"Choose someone who is impressive, or who fits the eye." Gu Yanshen repeated.
Sheng Chao: ????
"Lu Wenxing's self-introduction was just three words, yet it could still impress you?"
The answer to him was a wave of silence.
Sheng Chao couldn't stand it and grabbed Gu Yanshen's phone, "Don't even try to play unless you say it clearly."
"Tsk." Gu Yanshen regretfully withdrew his eyes, "I couldn't remember the other artists' names."
Sheng Chao: "……"
He almost forgot, Gu Yanshen mostly had a fish's memory except when he was filming.
Most of the artists of Mang Cheng Entertainment were trainees, their specialties were inseparable from singing and dancing, they were just good at different categories of dance, in Gu Yanshen's eyes, they were no different.
Aside from his special skills and talents, Lu Wenxing was definitely the most dazzling one, regardless of his appearance, temperament or personality.
"If Lu Wenxing wasn't the last one, but in the middle of the line, after listening to the self introduction of the people after him, would you still remember him?" Sheng Chao asked curiously.
Sheng Chao looked at Gu Yanshen in surprise and for a moment wondered if he really couldn't remember people's names or if he just wanted to choose Lu Wenxing.
"His name is very easy to remember."
Well, he was the one who thought too much.
"I don't have a problem with you choosing Lu Wenxing, but you should at least have an understanding of him, without asking anything, you just settled on someone so hastily ……"
Gu Yanshen didn't want to listen to Sheng Chao chatter, so he interrupted Sheng Chao.
"Lu Wenxing is not the same as them."
When it came to this point, Sheng Chao agrees. Lu Wenxing was really different from the artists who attended the interview. He didn't seem to come to the interview at all, but seemed like a spectator.
During the interview, Lu Wenxing behaved surprisingly calm, and it wasn't a deliberate disguise.
In contrast to the other artists' urgent, fervent, yearning, longing eyes, almost carved with the words 'choose me' on their faces. Some of these artists were fans of Gu Yanshen, and it was difficult to conceal the fondness that flowed from their eyes.
But a variety show wasn't a fan meeting, what Sheng Chao wanted was an artist who wasn't afraid of the camera, who was comfortable with his performance, and who wasn't a hotshot.
Lu Wenxing fit all of them, because he didn't look like he was participating in any variety show at all.
.Sheng Chao asked straightforwardly, "Do you think, that is, I personally think that Lu Wenxing doesn't seem to be interested in participating in the variety show?"
Gu Yanshen lifted his eyes, suddenly serious, "I thought I was wrong."
Sheng Chao: "……" so, you also saw it?
Sh*t.
Sheng Chao couldn't help swearing. So it wasn't his illusion.
But since Gu Yanshen perceived it, why did he still choose Lu Wenxing?
Was it because Lu Wenxing fit the eye, or was it because Lu Wenxing was unwilling to do it?
In just a few minutes, Sheng Chao had fallen into a variety of untuned speculation.
And the more he thought about it, the weirder it got.
Following Gu Yanshen's hobby of raising pets, he seemed to have discovered Gu Yan Shen's unbelievable secret again.
Sheng Chao's head began to play the dog blood story of "Overbearing CEO falls in love with my strength and marries and plunders" TV series.
The female lead was a tough little white flower, facing the strong CEO, she boldly spoke her thoughts.
"I don't want to."
"Heh, woman you dare to reject me?"
The male lead was a domineering president, everyone pursued him, except the female lead.
"No, let go of me." The little white flower was furious.
"I won't let go, you have successfully caught my attention."
Immediately after, the faces of the male and female protagonists somehow turned into Gu Yanshen and Lu Wenxing.
"Aren't you trying to seduce me dressed like this?" Gu Yanshen's eyes were three parts arrogant and two parts disdainful.
Lu Wenxing rolled his eyes and ignored him.
The interest in Gu Yanshen's eyes deepened, and he held Lu Wenxing's chin with an evil smile.
"Man, don't you want to do it?"
Then, Sheng Chao was kicked by Gu Yanshen.
"Your smile is a bit lewd."
There were only the two of them in the lounge, so Gu Yanshen openly looked at him with disgust.
Sheng Chao hurriedly shook his head, trying to shake the horrible brain patch out of his brain.
He shouldn't have accompanied his girlfriend to watch this kind of drama, it directly opened the door to a new world.
In order to cover up his embarrassment, Sheng Chao coughed lightly, "Then I'll go and make a final decision with Director Xu of Mang Cheng Entertainment now."
Without waiting for Gu Yanshen to answer, Sheng Chao had already fled.
When Sheng Chao left, Gu Yanshen remembered that his cell phone was still with him.
Gu Yanshen thought about it and planned to chase him and make Sheng Chao return the phone to him.
His tiger cubs must be sad and hungry.
"Lu Wenxing is so hypocritical, this afternoon in the conference room, he told sister Man he wanted terminate his contract, then he turned around and went to the variety show audition, really f*cking hypocritical."
Hearing the word 'terminate', Gu Yanshen stopped in his tracks.
The conversation of the people at the corner of the corridor was still going on.
"People who really want to cancel their contracts wouldn't talk about it. Just like people who want to jump off the building will jump directly instead of standing on the roof to scare people. "
"I really underestimated Lu Wenxing, no wonder he wasn't willing to go to bed with Director Jiang, you guys don't think Gu Yanshen chose him because of a special reason, right?"
"What reason? You're not going to say that he and Teacher Gu…"
"What are you thinking about? How could Folm Emperor Gu look at Lu Wenxing? I'm saying that Emperor Gu has a lot of experience and knows a lot of people in the industry, so maybe he knows Lu Wenxing's backer."
"I heard Cheng Yuan say this afternoon, the pair of shoes on Lu Wenxing's feet have to be 10,000, his usual clothes are not more than a thousand, where did he get the money to buy them? His backer must have given him."
"10,000 yuan shoes, the backer is too stingy, right?"
"Hahahaha, Lu Wenxing is stupid, he doesn't think he is unique, right? I have heard that the circle of bigwigs raise a mistress like raising a fish, it is not just one or two people, it is ……"
The person suddenly stopped, and another artist looked at him in confusion, he raised his eyes to Gu Yanshen's icy gaze, his heart thumped, and he instantly began to stutter.
"Gu, Teacher Gu."
3 Replies to "C3—- Overbearing CEO"
canlah says: Reply
Sheng Chao's imagination LOL
looking forward to some face slapping next chapter….thanks for translating!
GiveMeAmericanoPls says: Reply
LMAO Sheng Chao, we officially got our first CP's shipper, let's goooooo
Thank you for the chapter! The story is promising to me. Take care of your health and stay safe💙
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Thank you for the chapter.
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Three powerful Force users… and not a single Jedi among them.
Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of two new Villain Packs and one new Ally Pack for Imperial Assault!
In the city where the Jedi Council once sat high enough above ground level to soak up the sun's fading light, there are no more Jedi. The galaxy's former self-appointed guardians have been swept aside by Order 66, and Emperor Palpatine has established an order of Inquisitors to hunt down and destroy any who still remain. Even those who simply demonstrated a sensitivity to the Force were at risk of being targeted, and many were captured and sent to a secret installation on planet Arkanis as part of Project Harvester.
As a result, the Jedi have all but ceased to exist, and they have faded even in the minds of the galaxy's citizens, many of whom now view the Force as some "hokey religion." But there are still some who can feel the Force and draw upon its strength. Some still seek to use its power to defend themselves and those around them. Others choose to wield the Force like a weapon that they can direct at their enemies. And when there are rumors leading toward an artifact that may enhance these individuals' abilities to use the Force, you'll find three of the most powerful of them ready to chase after those leads among the streets of Coruscant.
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"I'm looking forward to completing your training. In time you will call me master."
The head of the Galactic Empire and the Sith Lord who cleverly orchestrated the downfall of the Jedi and the Old Republic, Emperor Palpatine is the single most powerful individual in the galaxy. He masterfully manipulates all those around him, he commands a military with sufficient size and strength to subjugate multiple star systems, and he wields the almost limitless power of the dark side of the Force.
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"It's every citizen's duty to challenge their leaders, to keep them honest, and hold them accountable if they're not."
From her humble beginnings as a headstrong student, Ahsoka Tano grew admirably into her roles as warrior, leader, and spy. She's just the rebellious sort of figure you'll want on your side as you hope to recover this lost Force artifact for the Rebellion—or, at the very least, keep it from falling into the hands of figures like Maul or the Emperor.
With her Force talents and rebellious spirit, Ahsoka may offer you just the edge you need to survive your adventures on Coruscant. Using the Force to enhance her leaps, she can quickly move into position wherever she and her twin lightsabers are needed most. And then she can press the attack with one blue die and two green dice, as well as the ability her Twin Sabers provide her to reroll all her attack dice or all the defender's defense dice.
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Rumors of an ancient Force artifact have aroused the attention of all the major players on Coruscant, and the most powerful among them have decided it's time to act—a former Sith, a former Jedi, and the singular head of the Galactic Empire.
You'll see these three extremely powerful individuals in action with the Heart of the Empire expansion, and you can bring them to any of your campaign or skirmish games with the Maul Villain Pack, Emperor Palpatine Villain Pack, and Ahsoka Tano Ally Pack.
These new Ally and Villain Packs (SWI47-49) are strong with the Force, and they're all scheduled to make their way to retailers in the third quarter of 2017!


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Clinton extends her lead in latest Maine Sunday Telegram poll of voters
The late-October numbers favor the Democrat, even in the more conservative 2nd District, which shifted markedly since September.
By Scott ThistleStaff Writer
Hillary Clinton has opened up a bigger lead over Donald Trump among Maine voters and has overtaken him even in Maine's rural and conservative 2nd Congressional District, according to a new Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram poll.
The poll found that Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead statewide in the race for president, with 48 percent of respondents saying they will vote for the Democratic former secretary of state and 37 percent saying the Republican billionaire businessman will have their vote.
Poll Methodology at a glance
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram poll was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center on Oct. 20-25, 2016. Results are based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with 761 randomly selected Maine adults and 670 randomly selected likely or early Maine voters. The poll has a statewide margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points for all adults and plus or minus 3.8 percentage points for likely voters. The respondents include 329 likely voters in the 1st Congressional District, with a margin of error for district results of 5.4 percent; and 341 likely voters in the 2nd Congressional District, with a margin of error for district results of 5.3 percent.
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The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center from Oct. 20 to Oct. 25, surveyed 670 likely voters by landline and cellular telephone and has a statewide margin of error of 3.8 percent.
The results also suggest Clinton has surged in the 2nd District, where Trump previously led by double digits. The latest results show Clinton ahead in that district by 43 percent to Trump's 40 percent. Clinton's lead is within the poll's margin of error, but her campaign appears to have made up significant ground since late September, when Trump was leading Clinton in the 2nd District by 15 points.
Trump's slump in Maine mirrors his decline in national polling. On Friday an average of the most recent national polls showed Clinton 5.2 points ahead of Trump, according to RealClearPolitics.com.
Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, said the latest results seem to show a growing cohesion among Democrats that has not been replicated by Republicans. Smith said Clinton's strengthened support is not surprising in a state that has ultimately settled on the Democratic nominee for six presidential elections in a row.
Statewide results
CHART: Christian MilNeil | @vigorousnorth
He said even in Maine's 2nd District, momentum appears to have swung toward the Democrat, narrowing the chance that Maine, for the first time in modern political history, would split its Electoral College votes. Maine is one of only two states that splits its Electoral College votes, with one vote going to the winner of each congressional district and two votes going to the statewide winner.
Results by district
Some of Trump's heavy emphasis on Maine, especially the 2nd District, has been attributed to hopes he might peel off that vote. Smith said he's plotted possible pathways for a Trump victory that could come down to a single Electoral College vote. But with just nine days to the election, Democratic voters appear to have turned the corner on Trump in Maine.
"It may still be a Republican district, but it's still going to be impacted by the overall partisan turnout in the state and in this case what we are seeing is the Democrats, as we get closer to the election, have decided they are going to come out and vote," Smith said.
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Democrats consistently outnumber Republicans in Maine. Recent voter registration numbers this year showed Democrats enrolled 16,000 new members compared to just 4,000 new Republicans.
Smith said younger Democratic voters, those who early on were supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, are also now committing to Clinton, under the realization that doing otherwise could result in a Trump presidency.
Trump was last in Maine on Friday, when he appeared at a Christian school in Lisbon, the neighboring town to the 2nd District's largest city, Lewiston. It was his second visit to Maine this month and followed two other visits by family members.
"Trump's support has remained kind of flat and it's Democratic support that we are seeing increasing, which is not surprising – this is a state that's a Democratic state," Smith said. "And those younger voters, the Bernie Sanders voters, who didn't like Clinton so much, they are coming around now."
The poll was conducted before the release Wednesday of hacked emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta by WikiLeaks. It also preceded Friday's announcement by the FBI that during its ongoing investigation of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York, it had discovered additional emails that "appear to be pertinent to the Clinton investigation," which focused on the candidate's use of a private email server.
Weiner, the estranged husband of a top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, is being investigated for explicit messages sent to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
The latest Maine Sunday Telegram poll also suggests that Democrat Emily Cain, a former state senator from Orono, is gaining steam against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat. Like Clinton, Cain has made up the double-digit deficit she faced in September and now appears to be in a dead heat with Poliquin, as 43 percent of voters said they would pick her compared to 42 percent who said they are going with the incumbent.
Cain, Poliquin in dead heat
In southern Maine's more urban and liberal 1st Congressional District, incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree appears to be heading for a re-election victory, with 59 percent of voters supporting her compared to just 24 percent who say they will vote for her Republican challenger, Mark Holbrook.
Maine's 1st District also appears to be a runaway train for Clinton as well, as she holds a commanding 20-point advantage, leading Trump 54 percent to 34 percent.
Statewide, about 71 percent of voters say they know whom they are voting for, another 13 percent say they are leaning toward one candidate or another, and 17 percent say they still haven't decided.
DIVERGENT VIEWS AMONG SUPPORTERS
Support for both the Green Party's Jill Stein and the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson also appears to have softened since September, with only 3 percent of voters picking Stein and 5 percent picking Johnson.
Tom Raymond, a 73-year-old retired civil engineer from Falmouth, has already cast his ballot for Trump. Raymond said Trump appeals to him because he's an outsider like Maine's unvarnished Republican Gov. Paul LePage, also a Trump supporter.
"I think he is offering us much of the same that Paul LePage does, in that he's going to represent responsibility in Congress," Raymond said, explaining that he believes Trump will hold Congress accountable. Raymond said he doesn't put a lot of confidence in polling and is watching the race closely.
One of Raymond's top reasons for supporting Trump – because he reminds him of LePage – is exactly why Juanita Solomon, 72, of Lincoln says she will be voting for Clinton.
"It's the best of two evils," Solomon said. It's a view that also reflects how unpopular both Clinton and Trump remain among voters in Maine, with 50 percent saying they have an unfavorable opinion of Clinton while 62 percent say they have an unfavorable view of Trump.
Both candidates are better liked by members of their own political party, but Clinton leads Trump in that category as well, with 65 percent of Democrats saying they hold a favorable opinion of Clinton and only 42 percent of Republicans saying they have a favorable opinion of Trump.
Solomon said she doesn't always vote for Democrats, and if there was "an independent in the race with a voice, I would probably vote for them." But she said Trump lost her when she heard him speak about Social Security like it was welfare.
"I don't think he's going to do anything for me," said Solomon, who retired after working 30 years in the carnival concessions business traveling around New England fairs.
Solomon's views on Trump are also reflective of those shared by a majority of Maine women – mirroring national trends – with 56 percent of female voters statewide saying they will vote for Clinton compared to just 29 percent who will vote for Trump.
Trump has stronger support with male voters in Maine than Clinton, with 45 percent of men saying they will vote for him compared to just 39 percent who say they favor Clinton.
Solomon said Clinton will be getting her vote. "She's going to help this country way more than him," she said. "If he gets in, we are going to be in a bad, bad war."
Scott Thistle can be contacted at 791-6330 or at:
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Lately I've been experimenting and enjoying something new: needle felting!
"Needle felting is a popular fibre arts craft that creates felt without the use of water. Special needles that are used in industrial felting machines are used by the artist as a sculpting tool. While erroneously referred to as "barbed" needles, they in fact have notches along the shaft of the needle that grab the top layer of fibres and tangle them with the inner layers of fibres as the needle enters the wool. Since these notches face down towards the tip of the needle, they do not pull the fibres out as the needle exits the wool. Once tangled and compressed using the needle, the felt can be strong and used for creating jewellery or sculpture. Finer details can be achieved with this method using a hand-held tool with either a single needle or a small group of needles (2-5), so it is popular technique for producing 2D and 3D felted work."
I'm clearly a beginner, but I love this art, so more projects are on the way. It takes a while for a project to be completed, but it's worth the effort.
I've been so busy lately that i did not had time to update my blog, and i miss you all my lovely followers!
necklaces with resin photo pendant, measuring approx. 17''.
I'm glad to present you my first ACEOs :) that are for sale in my shop.
ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". It's a collectible form of mini art, sold and collected all over the world. It is an affordable way to collect original artwork from all kinds of artists.
I retain all right to images, even after purchase is made. Images may not be printed, copied or reproduced in any way without prior approval from me. © 2013 Francesca Rizzato - All Rights Reserved.
If you have noticed that, i'm doing some restyling to my blog as i recently designed a new logo for my shop :).
Handmade one of a kind polymer clay hand sculpted black mommy cat, with her sweet baby kittens. Made with Sculpey Terracotta polymer clay, hand painted with love and care, and then coated in a protective varnish. Whiskers are made of bristols.
Entirely handmade withouth the use of molds.
Glued on a wooden base hand painted in pink 1/2" (38mm) x 2 1/4" (57mm) and 3/16" (5mm) thick.
Handmade one of a kind polymer clay sculpted cute cats wedding cake toppers, entirely handmade and hand painted without the use of molds. They're made with Sculpey Terracotta polymer clay, and then hand painted in cream color.
Each one is about 3 cm tall (1.2 inches).
Handmade one of a kind polymer clay sculpted cats wedding cake toppers, entirely handmade and hand painted without the use of molds. They're made with Sculpey Terracotta polymer clay, and then hand painted.
The bride's dress is decorated with gold glitters; she is also wearing a pretty white bridal veil made of tulle and little white beads. The veil isn't glued, so it can be easily taken on and off by your preferences.
Each one is about 4.5 cm tall (1.6 inches).


Café au lait spots or cafe-au-lait spots (CAL) are pigmented birthmarks. The name café au lait is French for "coffee with milk" and refers to their light-brown color. While cafe au lait spots are usually not associated with any medical problems, having many such spots is linked with neurofibromatosis.


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Home › England › Millwall and Everton fans clash ahead of FA Cup tie
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Millwall and Everton fans clashed in a mass brawl outside The Den ahead of their FA Cup tie on Saturday.
The fight took place on Hawkstone Road, which leads from Surrey Quays underground station to Millwall's home ground, shortly after 4.30pm.
One man was slashed in the face during the fight. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. There have been no arrests so far.
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Most Balinese coffee is grown in the Kintamani Highlands, an area between the Batukaru and Gunung Agung volcanoes. This area has rich, fertile soil, and most farmers are members of a traditional farming system called Subak Abian, which is based on a Hindu philosophy and focuses on environmental unity. As a result, almost all coffee growers in this region focus on organic growing practices and avoid using agrochemicals.
They begin their harvest in May or June and finish in September or October. After sorting, the entire cherry is cleaned and placed in the sun to dry on tables or patios. While drying, they are raked or turned by hand to prevent mildew and ensure even drying. Once they are dried, they are sent to a mill where the dried outer layers of the cherry are removed by a hulling machine.


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College girl commits suicide in Manikganj
Motiur Rahman, Manikganj
Published at 06:14 pm May 3rd, 2017
A 19-year-old girl has committed suicide in her home at Shivalaya upazila in Manikganj, reportedly over a romantic rejection. The deceased, Sabrina Aktar Bonna, daughter of one Abdul Momen, was a first year honours student of Government Debendra College in the district. Police recovered the body and sent it to Manikganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy. When contacted, Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shivalaya police station, said: "The girl hanged herself from the ceiling of her room around 10am." Sabrina's uncle Farhad Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that a boy named Limon had rejected Sabrina's romantic advances recently and the family believes this may be the cause of the suicide. No one has been detained in this connection.
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Q: File decriptors and socket connections I am trying to understand how are file descriptors related to sockets. As per my understanding, you listen on a particular file descriptor, once a connection comes in , you accept it , which returns you another file descriptor ( 2 in all ) and you use this 2nd descriptor to send/recv data.
The strange behaviour i am observing is that after accept , i have 3 file descriptors instead of two.... and i am not sure why is this the case....
I am either using lsof or /proc/pid to observe the increase in number of fd's.
ps : these are af_unix sockets.
EDIT : CODE
Here is the code to create the scoket.
   int s, s2,  len;
    socklen_t t;
    struct sockaddr_un local, remote;

    if ((s = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1)
    {
            syslog(LOG_ERR,"Failed to create a socket");
            exit(1);
    }
    int flags =  fcntl(s, F_GETFD);
    if (flags == -1)
    {
            syslog(LOG_ERR,"Failed to get socket flags");
            exit(1);
    }

    flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;

    if (fcntl(s, F_SETFD, flags) == -1)
    {
            syslog(LOG_ERR,"Failed to set socket flags");
            exit(1);
    }

    local.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
    strcpy(local.sun_path, SOCK_PATH.c_str());

    unlink(local.sun_path);
    len = strlen(local.sun_path) + sizeof(local.sun_family);

    if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&local, len) == -1)
    {
            syslog(LOG_ERR,"Failed to bind socket");
            exit(1);
    }

    if (listen(s, 5) == -1)
    {
            syslog(LOG_ERR,"Failed to listen at socket");
            exit(1);
    }

Code where connection is accepted

    while (1)
    {
            stat =0;
            execReturn=0;
            t = len;
            read_fds = master;
            if (select(fdmax+1, &read_fds, NULL, NULL, &tv) != -1)
            {
                    if(FD_ISSET(s,&read_fds))
                    {
                            //Accept new connection
                            //fork child -> fork grand child
                            //child will return value back

                            if ((s2 = accept(s, (struct sockaddr*)&remote, &t)) == -1)
                            {
                                    syslog(LOG_ERR,"Failed to acceptconnection  at socket");
                                    exit(1);
                            }

I am stepping through gdb and exactly after accept , the fd's become 3. The OS is fedora core 13.
The reason i need to validate this is i do not want my process to hold on to FD's ; since being a daemon over time it may walk the system into a corner...
This did seem odd behaviour. After closing the accepted connection i am still left with two fd's .
i.e. one for listen and one ghost fd... Whats even more strange is that even if 10 connections are made , only one ghost fd remains at the end of all of them closing....
It does sound like OS specific implementation..
Cheers!

A: Your extra file descriptor is most likely related to syslog.  Syslog has to open a socket to the syslogd to report messages.  Unless you explicitly call openlog this socket is opened upon the first call to syslog, and since you aren't calling syslog until you have an error you are most likely observing syslog's side effects.

A: The easiest way to debug this sort of issues is to run your app under the strace(1) utility. Check what system calls are made, what the parameters and return values are, and correlate that to file descriptors used.

A: More code please.
But I am guessing that you are looking at the OS implementation of the socket.
It probably uses one file descriptor for reading and the other for writing (but that is a guess).
What does it matter to you what the OS is doing in /proc/pid the stuff in there is not really there for your direct usage.

A: You are right in that it's two. You must be confusing the third with something else.
Without more information it's hard to help.


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Shameful Wild Performance
In sports, I despise quitters.
We all know this season's over for the Wild. We all know it's been a demoralizing experience. We know it's over at least in large part because they're under-skilled relative to the legit teams in the conference and league.
And, to an extent, I can understand (which is not the same as saying I can accept) listless performances. I frankly didn't expect anything else last night in Vancouver. Vancouver is certainly one of those aforementioned legit teams.
But what I did expect was for the guys to continue to show some heart and some balls - for each other, if for nothing else - through the end of the season.
Heart and balls were nowhere to be found on the Wild side of the equation last night. And that is shameful.
Justin Falk, big defenseman, rookie, trying to break in on the team. I have major concerns about him now. Seems a little thin based on the one game, right? Not when that one game included his two utterly disgraceful acts of spinelessness. In a game where the Canucks were only playing for their fans, Bieksa - a defenseman - runs Backstrom (Canucks were leading 2-0 at this point and everyone knows that might as well have been 27-0 given where the Wild is right now) with Falk, all 6-5 of him, standing right there. Not even a blink of an eye.
That ought to have been the type of situation Falk was dreaming of. A chance to show you've got some balls, and are willing to stick up for your guys. Intead? Nada. Nathan.
That would have been bad enough. But when Hansen nailed Butch with, if not a dirty hit, at least one that put young Puddin' Head in danger, Falk was in a position to be a first responder and again, we saw nothing.
Presumably Falk is aware of Butch's recent struggles with the effects of post-concussion syndrome. You'd like to think Falk was feeling shame from completely wimping out earlier when Bax got run. So, his lack of reaction to Butch getting nailed (again, the score/situation itself ought to have rendered Hansen's hit on THAT particular Wild player egregious enough to draw an adverse reaction from the Wild) was simply inexcusable. Unless, of course, he doesn't WANT to show the team he deserves a legit chance at a roster spot.
Obviously, it wasn't only Falk who failed to step up last night. There were other guys on the ice with him and Backstrom and Bouchard during those respective incidents. And the rest of them are just as guilty of not showing up for their team mates.
And that's what's so shameful and telling here. This team has quit. They've quit on the season. They've quit on the coach. They've quit on the fans. They've quit on the owner who pays them. And, most shamefully, they've quit on each other. There's no "we band of brothers" in that room. I don't want to hear any bullshit rhetoric from anyone on that roster about "we have to prove to ourselves" or "we have to play for ourselves" or any of those other trite lines that teams at the end of losing seasons tend to pull out from this sorry collection of athletes.
Minnesotans will put up with a lot of mediocrity. It's what we do. In many ways, we celebrate that leniency amongst ourselves. "Pretty good" is good enough for Minnesotans, even though it's a qualifier for "good" which is something short of "great", much less "exemplary", in most people's minds.
But we put up with mediocrity from our sports teams because most of the time they can still make us proud with their effort and professionalism. The Twins try their little butts off most of the time. We all know they'll lose to the Yankees in the playoffs this year, if they make it. But they're still lovable at least in part because they effort so damn hard.
This Wild team has none of that.
We've taken their measure on the effort and professionalism scale, and found them all (individually and as a team) woefully lacking.
You can break a rule, earn a suspension, hit a guy late, spit on an ump, run around your house in a Nazi outfit and crash your Ferrari (as long as you don't crash it into another human being) and, as long as you play hard, you're still not as bad to me as a quitter. Those other things are bad. But quitting? That's inexcusable.
The '10-11 Minnesota Wild is inexcusable.
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Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Gerry Simpson FBA
The history, theory and language of public international law with particular attention to war crimes trials, and the Cold War
Elected 2019
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
http://www.lse.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/gerry-simpson
Gerry Simpson was appointed to a Chair in Public International Law at LSE in January, 2016. He previously taught at the University of Melbourne (2007-2015), the Australian National University (1995-1998) and LSE (2000-2007), and was an Open Society Fellow based in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is the author of Great Powers and Outlaw States (Cambridge, 2004) winner of the American Society of International Law's Prize in 2005 and translated into several languages, and Law, War and Crime: War Crimes Trials and the Reinvention of International Law (Polity 2007). He has co-edited (with Kevin Jon Heller) Hidden Histories (Oxford, 2014), (with Raimond Gaita) Who's Afraid of International Law? (Monash, 2017) and (with Matt Craven and Sundhya Pahuja) International Law and the Cold War (Cambridge, 2019). Gerry's current research projects include an ARC-funded project on Cold War International Law (with Matt Craven, SOAS) and Sundhya Pahuja, (Melbourne), a counter-history of International Criminal Justice and a book about international law's interior life titled The Sentimental Life of International Law.
Current post
Professor of Public International Law, London School of Economics
Melbourne Law School Kenneth Bailey Chair of Law
Aug 2010 - Aug 2016
Melbourne Law School Professor of Law
London School of Economics Professor of Law
London School of Economics Reader
London School of Economics Senior Lecturer
Harvard Law School Visiting Scholar
Law School, Australian National University Associate Dean
Who's Afraid of International Law?
Edited by Gerry Simpson and Raimond Gaita - Published in 2017 by Monash University Press
The Hidden Histories of International Criminal Law
Edited by Gerry Simpson and Kevin Heller - Published in 2013 by Oxford University Press
Beyond Victor's Justice: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial Revisited
Edited by Gerry Simpson, Yuki Tanaka and Tim McCormack - Published in 2011 by Martinus Nijhoff
Law, War and Crime: War Crimes Trials and the Reinvention of International Law
Gerry J. Simpson - Published in 2007 by Polity Press
Great Powers and Outlaw States: Unequal Sovereigns: in the International Legal Order
Gerry Simpson - Published in 2004 by Cambridge University Press
Related Fellows
Professor Sir John Baker FBA
Sir Peter North FBA
Professor Joseph Raz FBA
Legal Philosophy with Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy, and Philosophy of Action


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Season Spiked for Now, But Girls Volleyball Stays Positive
Ally Tesoro ('21)
Mia Pantano ('21), Orbit Contributor
The RMHS Girls Volleyball team is keeping their spirits up as they patiently wait for the arrival of their season that was pushed back to a later start date due to the MIAA's modified plan to bring back athletics in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every fall sport and activity at RMHS has been put in jeopardy due to the pandemic, and volleyball is no different. The MIAA and Middlesex League's modifications to fall athletics included that volleyball be moved to a "Floating Season" or "Fall ll", which is in between the winter and spring seasons from February 22nd to April 25th. The volleyball team is used to practicing throughout the late summer and fall, so their season being moved has been a significant change for them.
when I found out I was really upset, but I was also thankful that it was moved and not completely cancelled."
— Christina Sacco ('22)
However, they are not letting the pandemic impose on their new offseason; with the constant support of Coach Hopkinson, they are doing everything in their power to make the best of their situation and have been spending their time on improving their skills and connecting as a team, despite being limited by the pandemic. I talked to the senior captains and other team members about their feelings toward the season being moved and what they've been up to since the finalization of the MIAA's athletic plan in September.
As any team would be, the volleyball team was devastated to find out that their season had been moved. The news took an emotional toll on the team, especially on the seniors and returners, but they have maintained a positive outlook on the near future of the volleyball season and are thankful that the result was not a complete cancellation. Senior Leah Puglielli recalls the moment when she realized that her season was being postponed: "I was very upset. Volleyball is something I look forward to all year. Not only the sport but having a so-called "family" to come to every day after school and play what I love." Junior Christina Sacco recalls her moment of realization, saying, "I was out to coffee with my mom, and when I found out I was really upset, but I was also thankful that it was moved and not completely cancelled."
We've been checking in with girls and encouraging them to try other things, play other sports, or try club volleyball"
— Sophia McGonagle ('21)
COVID-19 has imposed an unbelievable amount of challenges on RMHS athletics, but the volleyball team has been adapting to the shift of their season and are putting in hard work in their time until February. Junior Lauren Fischer said, "I have been practicing at home with a ball and have been preparing with some girls on the team." Junior Mary Duggan said, "We were able to do a clinic with the EVO League and play against a couple other towns as a team, which was a good way to get comfortable with each other on the court." Sophomore Nicole Wilson added, I've done a few clinics at DIS that have given me practice time and have shown me what this season could look like."
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The team credits their devotion to working on their skills to the constant encouragement of Coach Hopkinson. Sacco commented on Coach Hopkinson's involvement saying, "Coach has handled the changes extremely well. She posts on Google Classroom and uses Teams Connect. Both these things, especially Google Classroom, really keep us involved and help me and make it still feel like a strong program. Also, she has made sure that we all know we're a family, and that reminds of how much I love the sport and why I started playing in the first place." McGonagle added, "She checks in weekly to make sure we're ok and set up a classroom page to give us positive messages and workouts to do." The team feels incredibly thankful for her encouragement and that they would get through the difficulty of the changes to the season without her.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using NUnit.Framework;
using QuantConnect.Brokerages;
using QuantConnect.Lean.Engine;
using QuantConnect.Packets;
using QuantConnect.Securities;
using QuantConnect.Tests.Engine.DataFeeds;

namespace QuantConnect.Tests.Engine
{
    [TestFixture, Category("TravisExclude")]
    public class DefaultBrokerageMessageHandlerTests
    {
        [Test]
        public void DoesNotSetAlgorithmRunTimeErrorOnDisconnectIfAllSecuritiesClosed()
        {
            var referenceTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
            var algorithm = new AlgorithmStub(equities: new List<string> { "SPY" });
            algorithm.SetDateTime(referenceTime);
            algorithm.Securities[Symbols.SPY].Exchange.SetMarketHours(Enumerable.Empty<MarketHoursSegment>(), referenceTime.ConvertFromUtc(TimeZones.NewYork).DayOfWeek);
            var job = new LiveNodePacket();
            var results = new TestResultHandler();//packet => Console.WriteLine(FieldsToString(packet)));
            var api = new Api.Api();
            var handler = new DefaultBrokerageMessageHandler(algorithm, job, api, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15));

            Assert.IsNull(algorithm.RunTimeError);

            handler.Handle(BrokerageMessageEvent.Disconnected("Disconnection!"));

            Assert.IsNull(algorithm.RunTimeError);

            results.Exit();
        }

        [Test]
        public void DoesNotSetRunTimeErrorWhenReconnectMessageComesThrough()
        {
            var algorithm = new AlgorithmStub(equities: new List<string> { "SPY" });
            var referenceTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
            algorithm.SetDateTime(referenceTime);
            var localReferencTime = referenceTime.ConvertFromUtc(TimeZones.NewYork);
            var open = localReferencTime.AddSeconds(1).TimeOfDay;
            var closed = TimeSpan.FromDays(1);
            var marketHours = new MarketHoursSegment(MarketHoursState.Market, open, closed);
            algorithm.Securities[Symbols.SPY].Exchange.SetMarketHours(new [] {marketHours}, localReferencTime.DayOfWeek);
            var job = new LiveNodePacket();
            var results = new TestResultHandler();//packet => Console.WriteLine(FieldsToString(packet)));
            var api = new Api.Api();
            var handler = new DefaultBrokerageMessageHandler(algorithm, job, api, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(.25));

            Assert.IsNull(algorithm.RunTimeError);

            handler.Handle(BrokerageMessageEvent.Disconnected("Disconnection!"));

            Thread.Sleep(100);

            handler.Handle(BrokerageMessageEvent.Reconnected("Reconnected!"));

            Thread.Sleep(500);

            Assert.IsNull(algorithm.RunTimeError);

            results.Exit();
        }
    }
}

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