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Gamecocks Football Summer Road Trip: Charlotte, NC
We're taking a (virtual) road trip to all the Gamecocks' stops in 2015. Hop in the car...but take your trash with you when you get out.
By Sydney Hunte@SHWrites Jul 6, 2015, 12:00pm EDT
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Charlotte, North Carolina. The Queen City. One of the South's finest metropolitan areas. (This is not being written by a former five-year resident of Charlotte. OK, maybe it is.) A city that rivals Atlanta. (Or, a city that wants to be like Atlanta, if you're a resident of the Georgia state capital.) It's the home of Bank of America, the Coca-Cola 600, Price's Chicken Coop, and the primary filming site of the Showtime series Homeland. But it doesn't have a zoo. Columbia has a zoo; Asheboro has a zoo; Charlotte doesn't.
The Gamecocks are playing the North Carolina Tar Heels at Bank of America Stadium on September 3, so we thought we'd take a little virtual road trip up I-77 to give you a tour of the city:
Named After: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III. They figured later that they'd go ahead and name the county after her, too, so that's where Mecklenburg County gets its name.
Distance from Columbia: From Williams-Brice to BofA, it's 99 miles.
Drive or fly? Google Maps says it's usually a 90-minute drive, but Google Maps has never been on I-77 in the middle of rush hour heading out of Charlotte.
Pro teams: Hornets, Panthers, Knights (AAA baseball).
Famous Charlotteans: A lot. Senior SPUR Larenz Bryant is from there, too. Landon Ard, Gerald Dixon, Gerald Dixon Jr. and three other active players are from Rock Hill, a Charlotte suburb. So is some guy named Clowney.
Uptown or downtown? Uptown.
Why? No idea.
Career at BofA: 1-0. 56-37 against East Carolina on September 4, 2011.

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Working with the public is generally an enjoyable and rewarding experience. You are providing a service and the majority of your clients and colleagues respect you and your staff as professional service providers and treat you accordingly.
However, unfortunately there has been a steady increase in levels of violence and aggression within society over recent years, much of which has been fuelled by the misuse of alcohol, drugs and stress.
This has affected service providers in the hotel sector.
Here at Essential Security Solutions Ltd, we are offering a Hotel Conflict Security and Restraints training package, through our training company Conflict Training UK Ltd.
We recognise that incidents of workplace violence can range from the relatively minor problems of people causing nuisance, for example through unacceptable levels of swearing to very serious incidents involving physical abuse and damage to property.


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Kiowa County Memorial Hospital | 60 of the Greenest Hospitals in America 2017
Staff - Friday, October 13th, 2017 Print	| Email
Kiowa County Memorial Hospital (Greensburg, Kan.). After a tornado destroyed Kiowa County Memorial Hospital's facility in 2007, the hospital rebuilt with eco-consciousness and energy efficiency at the forefront of construction plans. In 2011, Kiowa County Memorial Hospital became the first critical access hospital in the U.S. to earn a Platinum LEED certification and the first hospital in the U.S. to operate with 100 percent renewable, carbon-neutral energy. A year later, the hospital achieved another first: using captured rainwater to flush toilets. The new hospital is 32 percent more efficient than similar ASHRAE-compliant buildings and includes a 50 kW onsite wind turbine that provides around 40 percent of the total electrical load; the hospital supplies its remaining energy through the Greensburg wind farm and has limited onsite combustion of fossil fuel.


GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Science is trying to build a better supermarket tomato.
At a laboratory here at the University of Florida's Institute for Plant Innovation, researchers chop tomatoes from nearby greenhouses and plop them into glass tubes to extract flavor compounds — the essence of tomato, so to speak. These flavor compounds are identified and quantified by machine. People taste and rate the hybrid tomatoes grown in the university's fields.
"I'm 98 percent confident we can make a tomato that tastes substantially better," said Harry J. Klee, a professor of horticultural sciences. He hopes that the fruits of his labor will be available to commercial growers within four or five years and in supermarkets a couple of years after that. He thinks he can make seeds for better tomatoes available to home gardeners even sooner, within a year or two.
The insipid-tomato problem is well known both to salad lovers and scientists. For example, a gene mutation that tomato breeders love because it turns the fruit a luscious red also happens to make it blander. Refrigeration, transportation and other factors also take their toll. Over the decades, the average tomato has become not only less tasty but less nutritious.
Enter Dr. Klee, who helped found the Institute for Plant Innovation a decade ago and has been in a quest for a more flavorful and nutritious mass-market tomato ever since.
It is easy to find a better tasting and more nutritious tomato. Go to a farmer's market or grow one in the backyard. It is also easy to breed a plant that produces something tastier than a supermarket tomato — cross a sweet heirloom with the supermarket variety. In the greenhouse, Dr. Klee pulls one such hybrid tomato off a vine, and it does taste sweeter. But a hybrid also loses some of the qualities highly valued by commercial growers — it is not as fecund, not as resistant to disease, not as easily grown, not as pretty.
As growers are paid by the pound, a better-tasting but less productive tomato holds little economic appeal, and thus was the supermarket tomato doomed to blandness.
Dr. Klee's goal is to tweak the tomato DNA — through traditional breeding, not genetic engineering — to add desired flavors while not compromising the traits needed for it to thrive commercially. "I figure that with approximately five key genes we could very significantly improve flavor," he said. He said three genes that control the production of key flavor compounds have already been located. The next step is to identify versions of the genes that lead the tomato plant to produce more of them.
The chemistry of tomato flavor has three primary components: sugars, acids and what are known as volatile chemicals — the flavor compounds that waft into the air carrying the fruit's aroma. There are more than 400 volatiles in a tomato, and Dr. Klee and his collaborators set out to first determine which ones are the most important in making a tasty tomato.
From there, Dr. Klee and his collaborators, who include Linda Bartoshuk, director of human research at the university's Center for Smell and Taste, used statistics to correlate people's preferences with the presence, or absence, of particular flavor compounds, to devise a chemical recipe for the ideal tomato.
The supermarket tomato — even when grown with care and picked ripe — did not excel. "The best it will do is middle-of-the-pack," Dr. Klee said.
Cherry Roma tomatoes were at the top of the charts, followed by heirloom varieties like Matina, Ailsa Craig and Bloody Butcher. Other heirlooms like Marmande and Oaxacan Pink ranked at the bottom, below the supermarket tomatoes, though perhaps these particular types just do not grow well in Florida.
The taste analysis produced several surprises. Some compounds, abundant in many tomato varieties and thus thought to be major contributors to flavor, turned out to be irrelevant, while others, in scant quantities, had major influences. With the new knowledge, "you can't help but get a better tomato," Dr. Bartoshuk said.
The most important attribute was sweetness. The sweeter the tomato, the higher the rating. The biggest surprise, though, was that it was not just sugar that made a tomato sweet. Some of the flavor compounds enhanced the perception of sweetness.
That is the key to Dr. Klee's plans. Tomato breeders have already tried to maximize sugar, but the plants are bred to produce a lot of big tomatoes all at once, and then do not have energy and sunlight through photosynthesis to make enough sugar to go around.
"His work is really groundbreaking," said James Giovannoni, a professor of plant biology at Cornell who studies the ripening of fruit and was one of the leaders in the sequencing of the tomato genome published last year.
Modern genetic engineering has provided tools to study that, and tomatoes are one of the most common plants that plant geneticists study, much in the same way that animal geneticists focus on mice, and now researchers can knock out particular compounds and see if they played a key role in flavor or not.
There has been one genetically engineered tomato in the supermarket. In the 1980s, plant geneticists at the University of California, Davis, just as frustrated by bland tasting tomatoes, also tried to make a better tomato. That led to a biotechnology company, Calgene, in 1994, developing the Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically engineered food of any kind in the supermarket, its DNA tweaked to inhibit a protein that turns a tomato mushy over time. While it sold well, Calgene foundered in the logistics of industrial agriculture and was bought by Monsanto, which discontinued selling the seeds.
The Florida team is not repeating the Flavr Savr game plan.
Although Dr. Klee experiments with genetically engineered tomatoes to test and confirm findings, he said that none of the ones eventually destined for supermarkets will be — partly to avoid potential consumer backlash and partly because his university cannot afford the estimated $15 million that would be needed to obtain regulatory approval to sell a genetically engineered tomato.
Instead, the tomato would be created through traditional breeding techniques, but using genetic tests to determine which of the plants possess the desired genes.
The quest for year-round produce at the supermarket has also led to tomatoes being grown in less-than-ideal places — like Florida, where the soil is too sandy and there are plenty of pests — when the traditional tomato-growing areas farther north are too chilly.
Retro Report: In the 1990s, entrepreneurs and scientists brought the first genetically engineered food to market. The business crashed but biotechnology has flourished far beyond the produce aisle.
Dr. Klee does not expect the improved tomato to taste as good as the best heirlooms. Supermarket tomatoes would still be grown in large quantities, picked green and shipped long distances before being gassed with ethylene to ripen. In addition, the tomatoes are often mishandled en route. Refrigeration, Dr. Klee notes, destroys the flavor compounds in even the best tomato. "I might be able to get 75 percent" of the best tomato in one that can be grown in greater quantities, he said.
After working with tomatoes for so long, Dr. Klee admits he does not eat many of them, but he does want the public to be able to buy appetizing ones. Part of his quest is to get people to eat less junk food. If he can improve the taste of tomatoes, he said, it could be an important way to coax Americans to eat healthier foods.
Tomatoes aren't the only focus of the Institute for Plant Innovation. Researchers are working on a more fragrant rose, a project that involves the genetic engineering feat of inserting — yes — a tomato gene in a rose plant. They are also trying to grow tastier strawberries and blueberries. One new blueberry variety could be described as positively crispy, almost apple-like in its texture.
Consumers who tasted these blueberries liked their firmness, and the quality is also a boon to growers, because the fruit lasts longer.
An article on Tuesday about the quest for a tastier supermarket tomato misstated part of the name of one variety of heirloom tomato. It is Ailsa Craig (not Alisa).
An article on Tuesday about building a better mass-market tomato misstated the amount of money it would take to get regulatory approval to sell a genetically engineered tomato. It would cost an estimated $15 million, not $1.5 million.
What We Eat: This is the fifth in a series of articles exploring food science.


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Q: UIViewController autorotate some components? I have a UIViewController that has an image view and a toolbar. I would like the toolbar to rotate, but the imageview to stay as it is. Is this possible?

A: Yes this is possible, but requires manual handling of rotate events.
In viewDidLoad, add
// store the current orientation
currentOrientation = UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
[[UIDevice currentDevice] beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector: @selector(receivedRotate:) name: UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification object: nil];

if(currentOrientation != self.interfaceOrientation) {
    [self deviceInterfaceOrientationChanged:self.interfaceOrientation];
}

and don't forget to deregister events when the controller is removed.
Then add a method for rotates:
// This method is called by NSNotificationCenter when the device is rotated.
-(void) receivedRotate: (NSNotification*) notification
{
    NSLog(@"receivedRotate");
    UIDeviceOrientation interfaceOrientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];

    if(interfaceOrientation != UIDeviceOrientationUnknown) {
        [self deviceInterfaceOrientationChanged:interfaceOrientation];
    } else {
        NSLog(@"Unknown device orientation");
    }
}

and finally the rotate method
- (void)deviceInterfaceOrientationChanged:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {

    if(interfaceOrientation == currentOrientation) {
        NSLog(@"Do not rotate to current orientation: %i", interfaceOrientation);
    } else if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown) {
        NSLog(@"Do not rotate to UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown");
    } else if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {
        NSLog(@"Do not rotate to UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft");
    } else {

        if(!isRotating)
        {
            isRotating = YES;

            if(currentOrientation ==  UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait && interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight) {
                NSLog(@"Rotate to landscape");

                // rotate to right top corner
                [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
                [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];

                // do your rotation here

                [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
                [UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:@selector(animationDoneShowCaption:finished:context:)];
                [UIView commitAnimations];

            } else if(currentOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight && interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait) {
                // etc
            }

            isRotating = NO;
        } else {
            NSLog(@"We are already rotating..");
        }
    }

    currentOrientation = interfaceOrientation;
}

Note that I do not allow for rotates in some directions, you might.
In addition, you need to make your components resizable / able to rotate.
Edit Consider using block-based animations instead and set the isRotation = NO in the completion block.

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Cyber training
Proposed Legislation Calls for Cyber Workforce Training Programs at CISA, VA
A newly introduced bill in the Senate proposes the establishment of cyber workforce apprenticeship programs within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Upon the enactment of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act, CISA would have two years to set up a federally-funded training program to create a talent pipeline consisting of candidates that can readily fill positions at the agency or other entities in service of national cybersecurity.
The VA will have just one year after the approval of the bill to get the program up and running, Nextgov reported.
The veteran-focused program must offer virtual platforms for coursework and training, hands-on skills laboratories and assessments and federal work-based learning opportunities. Graduates from the pilot program must be given portable credentials, including a degree, diploma, license, certificate, badge and professional or industry certification.
Both agency training programs must conform to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education framework.
One of the bill's proponents, Sen. Maggie Hassan, emphasized the need to strengthen the country's cyber defenses, especially after the SolarWinds incident.
Sen. John Cornyn, who co-sponsored the bill, said having a workforce ready to fend off cyberattacks is a necessity given the evolving cyber threats that the country is facing.
The bill is the latest in a series of new legislation aimed at thwarting cyberattacks.
The Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act introduced by House lawmakers proposes the allocation of $20 million over the next two years to support a K-12 Cybersecurity Technology Improvement Program.
Senators also put forward the International Cybercrime Prevention Act in a bid to authorize law enforcers to seize funds generated from the sale of spyware.
Tags: CISA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Department of Veterans Affairs federal civilian Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act John Cornyn Maggie Hassan National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Nextgov NIST SolarWinds VA
Hanscom AFB, Air Combat Command Jointly Developing Zero Trust Security Software
John Garstka Named Interim CISO for DOD Acquisition, Sustainment


Let this year's gift come from more than your heart - your hands! Berea's artisans are offering specially designed workshops with gift-giving in mind. Take home a completed project ready to give - or you just might want to keep it for yourself.
Bring your kids or grandkids, enroll them in the youth-friendly offerings or register with them and create together. Educators come register with your co-workers, friends and family while enjoying creative learning!
Workshops offered Weekends - Nov. 23rd-25th, Nov. 30th-Dec. 2nd, Dec. 7th-9th and Dec. 14th-16th, 2018.


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package checksum

import (
	"crypto/md5"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

const separator = string(filepath.Separator)

type Checksum struct {
	dir   string
	start time.Time
}

func New(dir string) *Checksum {
	return &Checksum{
		dir:   dir,
		start: time.Now(),
	}
}

func Do(dir string, debug func(format string, args ...interface{}), exec func() error) error {
	checksum := New(dir)
	if sum, err := checksum.calc(); err == nil {
		debug("Checksum Before (%s): %s", dir, sum)
	}

	err := exec()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if sum, err := checksum.calc(); err == nil {
		debug("Checksum After (%s): %s", dir, sum)
	}

	var changedFiles []string
	err = filepath.Walk(checksum.dir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if info.ModTime().After(checksum.start) {
			relativePath, err := filepath.Rel(checksum.dir, path)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			if parts := strings.Split(relativePath, separator); parts[0] != ".cloudfoundry" {
				changedFiles = append(changedFiles, strings.Join([]string{".", relativePath}, separator))
			}
		}

		return nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if len(changedFiles) > 0 {
		debug("Below files changed:")
		for _, file := range changedFiles {
			debug(file)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (c *Checksum) calc() (string, error) {
	h := md5.New()
	err := filepath.Walk(c.dir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
		if info.Mode().IsRegular() {
			relpath, err := filepath.Rel(c.dir, path)
			if strings.HasPrefix(relpath, ".cloudfoundry/") {
				return nil
			}
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if _, err := io.WriteString(h, relpath); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if f, err := os.Open(path); err != nil {
				return err
			} else {
				if _, err := io.Copy(h, f); err != nil {
					return err
				}
			}
		}
		return nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil)), nil
}

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Q: Javascript multiline regex lookahead OR the rest of string / very end of string I'm having trouble capturing all groups in the following markdown text:
### AAA
text for group AAA

### BBB
text for group BBB

### CCC
text for group CCC

The regex I'm currently using is:
/(^###\s[\s\S]*?(?=^###\s))/gm

Which uses a positive lookahead to know when to cut off each group. As a result though, it always fails to capture the last group (there's no lookahead match).
The newline characters won't be consistent, so I can't rely on those, and javascript regex doesn't have \Z (which I believe is "very end of string" in other languages, as opposed to $ which is end of line).
How can I capture all groups here?

A: You can use negative look-ahead instead of positive : the content of a group will be every character that isn't at the beginning of a ### string.
^###\s((?!###)[\s\S])*
Try it on regex101 !

A: See if JS has the \z construct.
If not, you could use a lookahead for not a character (EOS)
(?![\S\s]) inside your existing lookahead.
(^###[^\S\r\n][\S\s]*?(?=^###[^\S\r\n]|(?![\S\s])))
Formatted:
 (                             # (1 start)
      ^ \#\#\# [^\S\r\n]
      [\S\s]*?
      (?=
           ^ \#\#\# [^\S\r\n]
        |  (?! [\S\s] )
      )
 )                             # (1 end)


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The commercial vehicle ecosystem – who will do what?
Markus Scherbaum
In a collaborative future for commercial vehicles, it will be important to allocate responsibilities wisely.
An increasingly complex world
The relationship between commercial vehicle (CV) OEMs and their customers used to be a relatively simple one. Broadly speaking, OEMs built, sold, and maintained trucks, and transporters focused on optimizing routes and managing drivers. The only real connection between OEMs and customers was the trucks.
However, in the new world of increasingly connected and electrified transportation, things will be a lot more complex. Many activities within the commercial vehicle ecosystem will depend on collaboration between multiple players.
1. Collaboration with customers
The higher initial costs of new technology will mean that the truck is probably no longer sold but rather provided on an as-a-service or pay-per-use basis, or through leasing or financing models. And, after the transportation company has taken delivery of the vehicle, there will be ongoing communication – and collaboration – between OEM and customer, with the OEM offering a wide range of additional services.
2. Collaboration with IT companies
While OEMs will still build trucks, the software-driven nature of the "connected trucks" of the future means that the OEMs will need to IT experts to help build them. And because those experts are rare, IT companies will be involved.
3. Collaboration with service providers
As mentioned above, OEMs will want to offer customers an ever-increasing range of services. But they themselves won't necessarily originate the services. A major question to address here is which of the services will be provided by the OEM and which by others in the commercial vehicle ecosystem players.
Negotiating service provision
A wide range of services will be required, including the provision of 5G and of communication hubs along the highway to support point-to-point communication. Then there will be charging solutions for electric trucks, including provisioning of the grid. Also required will be hubs integrating long-haul and short-haul/last-mile transportation. All sorts of players, from energy companies to telcos to industry consortia, could get involved in providing these services.
In terms of connected services, an IDC study recently commissioned by Capgemini revealed a long list of services that customers expect to get from OEMs, with fuel expense management, routing and dispatch optimization, and driver behavior/performance scorecards topping the list (see IDC InfoBrief, p8). But of course, the OEMs could well outsource the development and/or operation of these services to third parties.
OEMs should already be working to identify partners who are willing to take an active risk- and reward-sharing approach to product development. These partners are likely to include technology suppliers in areas including 5G, AI, ADAS, routing, dispatching and other location-based services, batteries, and powertrains.
Governments and regulators, too, will need to take the right steps to make these services possible. In contrast with the classic innovation process of the past, where you could (say) invent a more efficient drivetrain and simply build it into your trucks, it's now necessary to get regulations changed before you can bring an innovation to market. OEMs are already engaging with regulators to put the right regulatory changes in place.
Ensuring successful transformation
To sum up, a collaboration between a wide variety of ecosystem players is necessary for tackling the complex requirements of future transportation. And that collaboration is itself a source of complexity as we work out who needs to do what and how they will collaborate with OEMs, transporters, and the rest.
Virtually every industry player would like to see zero-emission transportation, enabled by autonomous electric trucks. But to achieve this objective, we need to ensure the alignment of multiple factors, including the power grid, charging points, mobile networks, logistics, vehicles, and legal and regulatory enablers. Joint ventures and working groups are already striving to bring the right factors together. The Catena-X open data ecosystem is a good example.
The Capgemini Commercial Vehicles Acceleration Hub (CVAH) was created to bring together ideas from across our company to tackle exactly these issues. The study that we commissioned from IDC supports this work. In future articles, we'll draw on that study, and our own extensive CV experience, to see how the factors described above can come together for a successful transformation.
Program Director, Head of the Commercial Vehicles Acceleration Hub
Markus Scherbaum is a Global Program Director at Capgemini and a member of the global automotive sector. He leads the company's strategic initiative with SAP for the automotive industry and the GTM for Trucks. Markus has a track record of more than 20 years in automotive. His passion is to drive transformation and innovation for the industry.
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Thank you for the submission.
Transformation of commercial vehicles
Driving the 'Big' future in commercial vehicles
The future of the Commercial Vehicle ecosystem
New IDC study and papers sponsored by Capgemini
Sharing the load
Securing the future of commercial vehicles


You want your cabin filled with warmth, laughter, smiles, hugs, and plenty of holiday cheer this year. Who doesn't? When it comes to holiday get-togethers with family and friends, your home plays a big part in setting the tone and mood. Rustic décor makes a strong statement about your home. It says that this is a comfortable place, a warm place, a place where friends and family can gather around the fire, kick back, and just enjoy themselves over the long winter months.
Whether you have a cabin in the woods, or just want to create a bit of a country feel to your city home, apartment, town house, or condo, you can use cabin décor to create an environment perfect for having friends and family over for the holidays.
There are lot of things you can do to decorate for the holidays which will create a rustic feel without costing a lot of money. Simply filling a bowl with pinecones and using it as a centerpiece can do wonders for your dining room. A live Christmas tree with rustic decorations like popcorn strings is another wonderful idea.
Even for those items which you need to buy, rustic décor and cabin décor is among the least expensive home décor available. You get more warmth and more country style, all at a comfortable price. You can find fantastic deals on many of the best rustic décor items at Cabin Place. You can find everything from quilts to electrical outlet covers. There are plenty of holiday themed items, along with rustic décor you'll want for the whole year round.
You can't go wrong with cabin décor, either for the holidays or any other time of the year. With the holidays coming around, you'll also want to consider rustic décor items like quilts for gifts. Your friends and family will love the thoughtfulness that went into decorating your home and the thoughtfulness that went into their rustic décor gifts.


President Jacob Zuma has admitted that the ANC made a mistake by not explaining to South Africans what freedom entails when it came into power in 1994.
The xenophobic violence which has gripped the country started about two weeks ago in KwaZulu-Natal.
At least seven people are known to have died in the attacks.
Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have all voiced their concerns about the violence that has displaced hundreds of their citizens.
Malawi, Kenya and Zimabwe have already made contingency arrangements to evacuate their nationals from South Africa.
Zuma said he was confident if former Nelson Mandela was alive there would still be xenophobic violence.
"I am sure if Madiba was alive it would still be like this.
He said the ANC leadership had failed to do a number of things, including dealing with a culture of violence caused by apartheid.
"We had to be violent to defeat Apartheid," said the president.
Zuma said there was a need to start afresh and to be united as a country to regain the damage that has been done.
He criticised the Sunday Times picture showing Emmanuel Sithole being killed.
"If there was a criminal in my family, would I tell the world this was part of my family?" asked Zuma.
Zuma is expected to host a meeting with various stakeholders to address xenophobia on Wednesday.


Friend -- You may have heard that the NKT is a degeneration of Buddhism. The NKT is not a degeneration of Buddhism. Since the NKT follows the Mahayana Buddhist teachings of the great Buddhist Masters Atisha (982-1054 AD) and Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419 AD), which are traced back to Buddha Shakyamuni himself (500 BC), it is neither false, nor unorthodox, nor a degeneration. This allegation is part of a smear campaign to discredit Geshe Kelsang and the New Kadampa Tradition. Learn more about this and other smears and help push back with the truth: Together we can make sure these negative and divisive attacks don't harm this beautiful Buddhist tradition. Thanks for your help.


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Revealed: Developers gain privileged access to the DCLG
June 16, 2016 By George Turner 2 Comments
Major developers and lobby groups are being given privileged access to officials at the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and are making decisions about government policy on planning and development OurCity.London can reveal.
In a departure from usual practice on lobbying, advice being received by the DCLG from a select group of interested parties is kept confidential, and major developers and lobbyists are being treated as civil servants for the purposes of policy formulation.
These revelations have come about as a result of freedom of information requests submitted by OurCity.London to the DCLG.
A sounding board and more
Who should make decisions about government policy on planning and the built environment? government ministers accountable to parliament, or representatives of private interests?
The answer should be obvious, however, documents obtained by this website suggest that the DCLG has handed over decision making on the reform of the planning system and 'live planning policy issues' to a hand picked group of developers, lobby groups and external experts.
The revelations centre around a group called the "Planning Sounding Board", a hand picked group that meets within the DCLG four to five times a year.
According to the terms of reference, which were disclosed by the government under a freedom of information request, its purpose is to, "foster open and honest discussion between DCLG's Planning Directorate (PD) and key representatives from the world of planning, on live planning policy issues and reform of the planning system." [su_pullquote align="right"] "We should no longer be surprised when policies to tackle the housing crisis fail to materialise. Where are the affordable and social housing advocates? Who is representing the public interest here?" – Tamasin Cave, Spinwatch[/su_pullquote]
However, this group is much more than a talking shop. The terms of reference also state that senior officials at the Planning Directorate will "ensure that key Board decisions and agreed actions are communicated to their teams and implemented". In other words, the Planning Sounding Board is doing much more than providing a sounding board, they are directing civil servants.
The origins of the group
The "Planning Sounding Board" was originally a group of four 'experts' set up by the Conservative party in opposition to advise it on planning policy ahead of the 2010 election. The four were Mr John Rhodes, Director of the planning consultancy Quod, Simon Marsh, Acting Head of Sustainable Development at the RSPB, Councillor Gary Porter, Leader of South Holland District Council and Chairman of LGA Environment and Housing Programme Board and Peter Andrew, Director of Land and Planning at Taylor Wimpey UK.
Of course, in opposition parties are free to take advice from anyone they please, but governments are held to a higher standard of accountability. There are long and well established procedures on how to select people with influence over government policy making. The importance of following such procedures is neatly summarised on the website of the Commissioner for Public Appointments:
Public bodies take decisions on a daily basis which affect every aspect of our lives: the price of gas and electricity, the quality of our hospitals and schools, standards and ethics in public life; the quality and availability of sports, arts and culture. It is in all our interests, as citizens, that those appointed to serve on public bodies are skilled, experienced and understand the public they serve. They should be recruited from a diverse range of backgrounds. The Commissioner's Code of Practice sets out the principles that all Government departments must follow to ensure the process of appointment is fair and open and that those appointed are selected on merit.
On entering government the four members of the Conservative's Planning Sounding Board were invited to form the Practitioners' Advisory Group, which was tasked with drafting the National Planning Policy Framework. In 2012 an Institute for Government report noted that the selection of the four was entirely ad-hoc, there was no announcement that this group had been tasked with this important role and no hint that their appointment followed the usual principles of public appointments. The report also noted that the key ask from the RSPB had been dismissed at an early stage.
In the end the draft of the NPPF was a disaster. Widely seen as a developer's charter to tear up the countryside publication provoked a large and immediate protest. Organisations such as the National Trust and the Daily Telegraph, who should have been natural supporters of the Conservative party, launched high profile campaigns against the NPPF. The resulting public consultation on the draft elicited over 250,000 responses from the public and the government was forced into a series of U-turns.
However, undeterred, it seems that the Planning Sounding Board was not left there but revived, expanded, embedded in government and given more power. Like with the Practitioners' Advisory Group this appears to have happened without any due process. Despite the fact that the board has now been up and running for several years, search for the Planning Sounding Board on the .gov website and you will find nothing but the odd oblique reference to it. There is no announcement of its formation or the roles it has been given. No call for applications to be part of the board.
Today's board is dominated by the development industry, with the odd birder and planner thrown in as a fig leaf. Members include employees of British Land, the Home Builders Federation and London First. An analysis of the membership of the board, which was released to OurCity.London shows that of the 14 members who are not employed by DCLG or the Planning Inspectorate 6 are from the development industry, 2 represent the planning profession, 2 are academics, 2 are from local government, one is an NGO (RSPB) and one is from Public Health England. Other parties with an interest, architects, for example have not got a look in.
Tamasin Cave, from Spinwatch, highlighted the issue, telling OurCity.London,
"We should no longer be surprised when policies to tackle the housing crisis fail to materialise. Where are the affordable and social housing advocates? Who is representing the public interest here?"
So what advice is the government now receiving from this group? OurCity.London asked to see the agendas of meetings, minutes of decisions taken and any written advice received by the department from its members. These requests were refused. The DCLG informed us that although decisions of the board are supposed to be implemented by senior civil servants, no minutes of meetings are taken. With regard to written advice provided by the Board the DCLG has claimed that the members are to be considered civil servants for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, and therefore any advice they provide is exempt from disclosure under the internal communications rule.
After an appeal on the grounds that 1. disclosure was obviously in the public interest, and 2. the idea that employees of British Land and London First are considered civil servants for the purpose of formulating planning policy is absurd, an official from the DCLG told us:
I agree that there is a strong public interest in transparency where third parties have or appear to have privileged access to government and where they are able to influence or directly influence the formulation or development of government policy. However as previously stated the purpose of participation of external board members is in a personal capacity and not to facilitate preference to certain organisations in the policy making process.
So the argument of the DCLG is this. The members of the Board are only there in a personal capacity and not as representatives of their employers.
Melanie Leach, Chief Executive of the British Property Federation, is a member of the Planning Sounding Board. The BPF describes its role as follows:
We represent and promote the interests of all those with a stake in real estate in the UK – owners, developers, funders (equity and debt), agents and advisers.
We work with government and regulatory bodies to help the real estate industry grow and thrive, to the benefit of our members and the economy as a whole. Because our membership is industry wide, we can provide government and regulators with the knowledge they need to make decisions.
Now, I have nothing against Melanie. I'm sure she knows her stuff. But the idea that she is going to simply detach herself from the organisation she runs, a lobby group, and act with a completely independent mind when being invited into speak to the very people it is her job to influence is absurd. It is especially absurd when we consider that she does this on time paid for by her members (meetings of the Planning Sounding Board are during the working day). In fact, it would be a complete dereliction of duty on her part if she didn't advance the interests of her members at meetings of the Planning Sounding Board. But that is what the DCLG is asking us to believe in order to protect the secrecy of their proceedings.
Tamasin Cave from Spinwatch is less than impressed with the arrangements. She told OurCity.London:
"We've moved way beyond lobbyists having to petition government. Lobbyists are now inside government, playing host to civil servants, and collaborating on policy. The fact that DCLG won't allow scrutiny of its close working relationships with industry makes a mockery of the government's very public commitment to transparency."<
Commenting on how the DCLG has refused to disclose information to OurCity.London she said:
"It is laughable to say that professional lobbyists are acting in a personal capacity. Their members pay them to represent their industry's interests. If government is going to appoint lobbyists to these policy-making groups, it needs to do so with full public scrutiny. Parliament should look into it as a matter of urgency."
Clearly, the existence of the planning sounding board, the apparently powerful influence it has on government policy, the secrecy of its proceedings, and the lack of transparency over how its members are selected raise some very serious questions about the way government policy is formulated.
Given the vast public interest in planning matters, and the impact that planning policy has on all of our lives, it is obvious that the public has a right to know what decisions are being made and in whose interest.
Picture Credit: Steve Cadman, from Flickr under the Creative Commons Licence
Filed Under: DCLG Tagged With: British Land, British Property Federation, DCLG, John Rhodes, Lobbying, Planning Sounding Board, Quod, RSPB, Spinwatch
michael ball says
So, we elect politicians to represent us and to take decisions in the public interest. They then invite lobbyists for private interests to direct the policy and the machinery of decision-making. By definition these lobbyists are in direct conflict with the public interest – after all, where the private and public interest coincide development flows and lobbyists are not needed.
Should we be surprised? At the local level of decision-making – which is where most planning decisions are taken – Labour local councillors have been working as lobbyists undermining their colleagues on planning committees for at least the last 15 years, since Blair and New Labour made such 'partnerships' fashionable for ex-council leaders and their minions (look up the founders of Four Communications, for example).
Of course, Blair was simply following his modus operandi of aping the Tories, who have been using such spivs for decades. As Mayor of London Boris Johnson brought in as an adviser London's biggest housebuilding oligarch, Tony Pidgley – a man whose company regularly pleads poverty when it comes to providing affordable housing, while he awards himself 500% pay increases https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/10/top-ftse-100-bosses-landed-pay-rises-of-nearly-100-million-pounds-martin-sorrell-tony-pidgley
This government and the last systematically put such foxes in the hen house: John Nash, founder of Sovereign Capital Partners LLP (a "UK-based private equity specialist, investing in the support service companies in the healthcare services and education & training sectors") was given Pimlico School to play with in 2007 by Ed Balls, and then enobled by Cameron and made Schools Minister; Simon Stevens was a Brixton Labour councillor before becoming President of United Health Europe (UnitedHealth Group Inc. is an American "diversified managed health care company" and is 6th on the US Fortune 500) and thence being appointed Chief Executive of NHS England by Cameron.
Is it any wonder then that our elected politicians are held in such contempt and abused so vehemently?
Jane Watson says
Developers are DEFINITELY the driving force behind recent changes in government planning policy… here's one example:
Last year the same John Rhodes, as mentioned in your article, acted as Planning Consultant for a property company which is trying unsuccessfully to promote an unwanted new town in rural Sussex. Their proposal has been rejected unanimously and overwhelmingly by local people, local councils, MPs, a government Planning Inspector and even very publicly by all the land owners who own the site: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/11618126/The-great-rural-fightback-meet-the-villagers-turning-down-millions-from-developers.html.
However, this company, named Mayfield Market Towns (MMT), is backed by some very big names and is trying to derail local plans by bending the rules and exploiting loopholes in the nppf. We also suspect they may be actively trying to re-write government policy to get their way!
Corrupt, underhand and absolutely shocking!!
Here is a lowdown on the people behind MMT:
Lord Matthew Taylor, Director MMT:
Lord Taylor has massive conflicts of interest:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/hands-off-our-land/10149339/Planning-reforms-peer-to-profit-personally-from-10000-strong-housing-scheme.html
For the past three years he has continued behind the scenes to push for schemes which bear an uncanny resemblance to MMT, for example this report:
https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/gla_migrate_files_destination/garden%20villages.pdf) published by David Cameron's favourite Tory Think Tank, Policy Exchange (Peter Freeman and John Rhodes are also members).
The report suggests that new local development corporations should be set up with the power to confiscate land with no more than a paltry compensation of just 150 per cent of agricultural value:
http://order-order.com/2015/02/16/land-grab-lobbying-libdems-massive-conflict-of-interest/#disqus_thread
Last year the Government famously said that 1million new homes needed to be built by 2020 – the figures came from The National Housing Federation, of which Lord Matthew Taylor was Chairman at the time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34209027
In December 2015 Taylor was appointed President of the National Association of Local Councils.
John Rhodes, MMT's Planning CVonsultant:
Mr Rhodes is MMT's Planning Consultant, NOT a Director.
He represented MMT at the Examination of Horsham's district plan (now adopted).
Mr Rhodes is Director of QUOD and, along with Lord Taylor, was involved in re-drafting the NPPF – as one of four 'government advisers':
http://www.quod.com/news/national-planning-policy-framework/
He has worked closely with MMT directors, Peter Freeman and Lord Taylor at Policy Exchange.
Earlier this year he was appointed as Chairman of a new government panel charged with "speeding up the planning process."
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brandon-lewis-launches-expert-panel-to-speed-up-development
Ironically, in Sussex, the same Mr Rhodes was instrumental in concerted efforts to slow down the progress of Horsham's District Plan, by urging the Inspector, Geoff Salter to find it "unsound."
Mr Rhodes' government appointment was announced almost simultaneously with the publication of this document:
http://www.bonddickinson.com/sites/default/files/nsip_for_housing_projectsfinal.pdf This apparently 'independent' report was produced jointly by Quod and the law firm, Bond. Dickinson. It lists Mr Rhodes as one of its contributors, along with four other participants, "who chose to remain anonymous."
The report was the source of this article:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/construction-property/article4562925.ece
Peter Freeman, MMT Director
MMT's Director (and Founder of Argent LLP),
In 2014 Peter Freeman admitted to LAMBS members that developers were able to take advantage of loopholes in the law due to either a "contrivance or cock-up" in the newly revised Localism Act (the one revised by Lord Taylor and John Rhodes).
He is the finance behind MMT, a member of David Cameron's favourite Think Tank, Policy Exchange and named as a contributor to Lord Taylor's 'Garden Villages- Empowering Localism' report calling for greater compulsory purchase powers.
In 2014 he authored two entries to the Wolfson Economics Prize, both of which suggested Compulsory Purchase as the key to securing cheap land for building:
(These reports have recently disappeared from the Policy Exchange website but I can send you one along with some correspondence he had with Savills which may be interesting in the light of any new changes on compulsory purchase powers)
Mr Freeman's company, Argent was responsible for regenerating Kings Cross and has reneged on its promises over Social Housing:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stick-to-your-promises-on-kings-cross-social-housing
Lord Jamie Borwick, MMT Director
Of recent 'Crested Newt' fame: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/12/rare-newts-planted-at-development-sites-to-stop-the-bulldozers/
Lord Jamie Borwick is married to the MP for Kensington, Victoria Borwick who proudly proclaims on her website that one of her main priorities is to "oppose the way that inconsiderate building projects disrupt the lives of our residents".
Victoria Borwick also worked for 5 years with Jonathan Bore who has recently been appointed to oversee the Inspection of the Mid Sussex District Plan – The council and local MPs are now aware of this possible conflict of interest and Sir Nicholas Soames is taking the matter up with Gavin Barwell MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning.
Lee Newlyn, MMT Director
MMT's forth Director. Lee is the only Sussex man and was a big name in Barton Wilmore until about five years ago. He has been lobbying locally… very unsuccessfully!
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Australia: New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy in WA — Implications for Major Projects
The Western Australian Government announced on 28 August 2019 a new policy approach that seeks to limit greenhouse gas emissions from major projects as part of its "aspiration" to move all sectors of the state's economy to producing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
This policy announcement should be seen in the current political context in both the Commonwealth and in Western Australia. At the federal level, Australia has obligations to reduce emissions under international agreements such as the Paris Agreement. The draft policy recognizes these obligations, and also that the federal policies and commitments may change over time. At the same time, Western Australia is developing a broader State Climate Policy and has released an Issues Paper1 that outlines key sectoral issues and opportunities for Western Australia and invited submission by 29 November 2019. Separately, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has been signalling its desire to take a significantly more muscular stance with respect to climate change and is currently consulting on Greenhouse Gas Assessment Guidance.
In our view, this new policy fits within a trend in Australia and internationally of requiring additional measures from major project proponents to more fully report their likely greenhouse gas emissions, and in some cases, to offset some or all of them.
Key Elements of the Policy
In Western Australia, proposals that are likely to have a significant impact on the environment (known as "significant proposals") are assessed under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (the Act). The Minister must refer these types of projects to the EPA, which then provides a report with advice and recommendations in relation to the proposal.
In determining whether to approve the project, the Minister must take the EPA's report and recommendations into account.2
The new policy will inform how the Minister approaches making determinations about projects that would emit significant additional greenhouse gas emissions in Western Australia. It will apply to new projects, and to project expansions.
"Greenhouse Gas Management Plans"
The key element of the new policy is that, in relation to significant proposals, "the Minister may consider whether it is appropriate to apply a condition that sets out the requirements for a plan detailing the proponent's contribution towards achieving the Government's aspiration of net-zero emissions by 2050."
The plan, known as a Greenhouse Gas Management Plan, would:
outline strategies to avoid, reduce, mitigate and offset the project's direct (scope 1) emissions contributing towards the State's aspiration of net zero emissions by 2050;
be unique to a proposal's specific circumstances;
allow proponents to propose their own time frames and interim targets;
include requirements for periodic public reporting against their targets; and
account for and align with Commonwealth requirements.
In terms of offsets, the policy recognizes the potential for offsets projects to provide diversification of regional economies, Aboriginal employment opportunities, as well as other co-benefits. However, it does say that Government will consider proposals that include "credible international offsets to limit abatement costs."
Interaction with EPA's Assessment Guidelines
It is important to note that WA's EPA—an independent statutory authority— has previously indicated its desire and intention to take a strong stance on emissions reductions. It is undertaking consultations on new Greenhouse Gas Assessment Guidance after initially startling the market by announcing a plan that would have potentially seen large new projects having to offset their emissions.
Whilst the Environmental Factor Guideline - Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Technical Guidance - Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions released in March 2019 were quickly withdrawn, it is likely that many of the elements of those documents will be included in the new Guidance being developed by the EPA, most notably the approaches to the content of environmental impact assessment; and expectations regarding greenhouse gas management strategies and continuous improvement.
One of the most contentious elements of the previous Guidance was a proposal that projects with scope 1 emissions greater than 100,000t CO2-e/yr offset residual direct emissions using offsets that meet the offsets integrity principles under the National Carbon Offset Standard. As noted above, the new Policy contemplates the possibility that offsets may be required for new major projects. However, we expect there may be greater flexibility built in to these requirements to ensure firstly, coherence between Commonwealth and State approaches to greenhouse gas emissions; and secondly, to enable offsets (if/where required) to be sourced from a wider range of domestic and international programmes.
National Trends and Legal Considerations
The aspiration of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions brings Western Australia into line with all other Australian states and the ACT in having relatively ambitious emissions reductions goals. The only Australian jurisdiction without an emissions reductions target is the Northern Territory. (Please see map, below.)
West Australian conservation groups have welcomed the new targets, but have called on the state Government to go further by enshrining them in legislation.3 Without commenting on the likelihood of such a development, we note that several jurisdictions around the world have legislated various emissions reductions targets, either by including the specific targets within their various climate or energy laws, or by requiring government to meet the targets set out in various policies and/or international agreements—an approach that allows the targets to change over time.
In our view, these new requirements could raise additional commercial and legal considerations that may require expert assistance.
For instance, proponents may need to remain aware of cost and availability of carbon offsets in both the Australian and international markets, particularly given that demand is projected to outstrip current forecasts of supply. The price and availability of acceptable offsets could affect a project's financial outlook. For this reason, companies might also need to look at whether they need to disclose these considerations in various financial documents to comply with regulatory requirements, depending on proponent's specific circumstances.
The requirement to publicly report against targets in the Greenhouse Gas Management Plan will also need to be carefully managed by project proponents, especially in light of Australia's consumer laws with respect to misleading and deceptive claims.
Irrespective of whether (or when) WA's planning requirements shift to requiring disclosures and offsetting of all greenhouse gas emissions from new major projects, in our view, we are seeing a clear trend towards requiring greater disclosure and some additional offsetting.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions about how this new policy could affect your business.
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2 Under the Act, the Minister must also consult with other relevant decision-making authorities.
3 WA Reveals Large Emitter Policy, Sets 2050 Net Zero Target
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Trial dates set next month for man charged with disabled woman's death
Photo of Paul Carter (Wood County Sheriff's Office)(NBC15)
By Heather Poltrock
NEKOOSA, Wis. (WSAW) - A four-day trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 2 for the man accused of killing his girlfriend's disabled daughter.
Paul Carter, 44, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of the 20-year-old woman. According to court documents, on Jan. 17, 2020, officers responded to a home in Nekoosa for a medical call. The alleged victim, who was unable to walk or talk and was in a wheelchair, was found unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
During an interview with police, the woman's mother said she had taken a bath but had checked on her right before. She said she was fine.
While she was taking a bath, she said Carter, her boyfriend, was left unsupervised on the same floor of the home where the woman's bedroom was. When Samantha's mom went to check on her after her bath, she appeared to be suffering a medical emergency.
The woman's mother told investigators that Carter told her after the death that he had hit her and pulled her hair. But, she didn't confirm when that happened. Investigators said Carter admitted to doing those things, but several days earlier.
The doctor who performed the autopsy said the injuries suffered would have caused her death in a matter of minutes, not several hours.
Carter remains in custody on a $1,000,000 cash bond.


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Marathon, Islamorada declare state of emergency
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By Jim McCarthy and Sara Matthis
The city of Marathon and village of Islamorada declared a state of emergency on Monday evening, joining Monroe County and the city of Key West, which both issued declarations on Sunday.
Marathon declared a state of emergency on March 16 at 5:08 p.m. while Islamorada declared just before 5 p.m. It will expire in seven days and be updated as needed. Marathon's executive group is authorized to make decisions to implement measures to mitigate the spread of COVID–19, and to prepare to respond to an increasing number of individuals requiring medical care and hospitalization. Islamorada issued a state of local emergency as a precaution and to stay in step with all county governments, which are currently at level 3 elevated monitoring.
The state of local emergency opens the county and local municipalities up to additional resources and funding to combat the impacts of the coronavirus.
The primary protective action the county is taking at this time is a social distancing rule. There will be no gatherings on county property of 250 or more people, and emergency management encourages all businesses and organizers to limit mass gatherings of 250 or more people through at least March 22.
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Tori, The Paladin
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"An evangelist is neither stronger nor smarter than you or me. Yet she is not to be underestimated. Prayer is her sword and faith is her armour. By being pious and devoted to her god, she can serve as its vessel to channel the power of divinity to smite the heretics. There is no alliance of convenience in her world. You are either a friend or a foe. An enemy will face divine retribution sooner or later."
a Divine purpose
An Evangelist's sole purpose in life, is her duty to god. She builds up devotion gradually in battle. As it increases, her prayers are more likely to be answered, allowing him to perform super human feats. But the ultimate transformation takes place when he reaches transcendence. In this state his power is almost boundless. Each strike can cleave a river and his body can withstand the weight of a large boulder. There is no escape for those he casts as sinners.
Multi-effect cards
Devote your soul and life to the divine cause.
Evangelists need to build devotion to become more powerful. It dictates everything they do.
Most cards played by evangelists increase their devotion. Some cards even scale to become more powerful as devotion builds. There is little cost in playing most of their cards. The only restriction is that before reaching transcendence, their ultimate transformation, they must show forbearance by playing only two cards a turn or they will lose devotion.
Once an evangelist reaches a devotion of 10, he reaches transcendence. In this new state, not only is he not restricted by the number of cards that he can play in a turn, he can also play some of the most powerful cards that is only playable if he has reached the transcendence state. He will remain in such a state for 3 turns before he drops back down to 5 devotion. While it is very likely he would have won before this point, but in a long game, he has to build his devotion again to transcend.
A prayer card is only accessible by an evangelist. While you can pray any time, playing the card is not an automatic success. The chance of your prayer being answered is proportional to the value of your devotion. A value of 0 results in automatic failure while a value of 10 results in automatic success. Otherwise the chance is proportional to the devotion value.
Prayer cards are generally more powerful. While a player can wait until a very high devotion value to ensure the card taking effect, sometimes it is worthwhile taking a chance earlier to ensure a favorable outcome. When that happens, it is always fingers crossed, hoping the prayer will be answered.
Tori,
the Paladin
Player Character
Tori is dutiful and proud of her calling. Raised by the sisters of Luxi, no one is as devoted to the god of Light as she is. She fights to protect the innocent, sacrificing herself for the good of others by putting herself in harms way and never wavers in the face of terrors. But she will also punish those who defy the Church, calling forth the power of god to cast judgment with her wrath.
Hebe is a nature loving druid. She plants seeds to further its growth at every opportunity. She honors the Demeter, the Mother of Nature with her devotion. As she plants more and more seeds, her power also increases. While she would normally not harm a single soul because she believes all lives are sacred, she would die to protect all that is in her care. With the full force of nature behind her, those who incur her wrath do not last long.
Nesveto is a mysterious figure with an uncanny ability to see the future. What many do not know is that his ability derives from a much darker source. His all seeing eyes is an indication of his devotion. But the price of power has a cost that only a few are willing to pay.
An evangelist is a class that requires patience to play. Your cards to not shine until later in the game. But it is essential to keep increasing your devotion. Because once you reach transcendence, the world is your oyster. The power of all your cards are unlocked and you can play as many cards as you want. On top of that some of the most powerful cards are only accessible in the transcendence state. When you crush your enemy, you can smile knowing your prayer is answered.
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<?php

namespace Ibuildings\QaTools\SystemTest;

use Ibuildings\QaTools\Tool\PhpCs\PhpCs;
use Ibuildings\QaTools\Tool\PhpParallelLint\PhpParallelLint;
use Ibuildings\QaTools\Tool\PhpMd\PhpMd;
use Ibuildings\QaTools\Tool\PhpUnit\PhpUnit;
use Ibuildings\QaTools\Tool\SensioLabsSecurityChecker\SensioLabsSecurityChecker;

Composer::initialise();

/** @var callable $expect */
$expect();

assertFileExists('qa-tools.json');

Composer::assertPackageIsInstalled('phpunit/phpunit');
assertFileExists('phpunit.xml');
assertFileNotExists('tests/bootstrap.php');

assertFileExists('build.xml');
assertFileContains('build.xml', PhpUnit::ANT_TARGET);

assertFileContains('build.xml', PhpParallelLint::ANT_TARGET_FULL);
assertFileContains('build.xml', 'executable="vendor/bin/parallel-lint"');
assertFileContains('build.xml', '<arg value="php"');

assertFileContains('build.xml', PhpParallelLint::ANT_TARGET_DIFF);
assertFileContains('build.xml', "git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=d --  '*.php' | ");

assertFileContains('build.xml', PhpCs::ANT_TARGET);
assertFileContains('build.xml', '"--extensions=php/php"');
assertFileExists('ruleset.xml');
assertFileContains('ruleset.xml', '<rule ref="vendor/escapestudios/symfony2-coding-standard/Symfony2"');
assertFileContains('ruleset.xml', '<property name="lineLimit" value="120"');
assertFileContains('ruleset.xml', '<property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="150"');

assertFileContains('build.xml', PhpMd::ANT_TARGET);
assertFileContains('build.xml', '"--suffixes php"');


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namespace Cassandra
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Describes a CQL aggregate.
    /// </summary>
    public class AggregateMetadata
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Name of the CQL aggregate.
        /// </summary>
        public string Name { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Name of the keyspace where the cql aggregate is declared.
        /// </summary>
        public string KeyspaceName { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Signature of the function.
        /// </summary>
        public string[] Signature { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// List of the function argument types.
        /// </summary>
        public ColumnDesc[] ArgumentTypes { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// State Function.
        /// </summary>
        public string StateFunction { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// State type.
        /// </summary>
        public ColumnDesc StateType { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Final function.
        /// </summary>
        public string FinalFunction { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initial state value of this aggregate.
        /// </summary>
        public string InitialCondition { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Type of the return value.
        /// </summary>
        public ColumnDesc ReturnType { get; internal set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates whether or not this aggregate is deterministic. This means that given a particular input,
        /// the aggregate will always produce the same output.
        /// </summary>
        public bool Deterministic { get; internal set; }

        public AggregateMetadata()
        {

        }

        public AggregateMetadata(string name, string keyspaceName, string[] signature, ColumnDesc[] argumentTypes,
                                 string stateFunction, ColumnDesc stateType, string finalFunction,
                                 string initialCondition, ColumnDesc returnType)
        {
            Name = name;
            KeyspaceName = keyspaceName;
            Signature = signature;
            ArgumentTypes = argumentTypes;
            StateFunction = stateFunction;
            StateType = stateType;
            FinalFunction = finalFunction;
            InitialCondition = initialCondition;
            ReturnType = returnType;
        }
    }
}


Like many of us, I grew up with mysteries about which I was forbidden to ask questions, including the whispered family legend that my maternal grandmother, a terrifying woman, was secretly a Jew. She was German born and a Paris dressmaker when she met my grandfather, who was a WWI soldier under General Pershing. They married and moved to his family tobacco farm in Mississippi.
"The most beautiful Chasidic doctrine is undoubtedly that of the spiritual nature of all matter... all matter is full of supernatural 'sparks' of the holiness of God, and purely human functions such as eating and drinking, bathing and sleeping, dancing and the act of love are dematerialized and considered as the most sublime actions in the service of God."
In these paintings I represent several ethnic and religious groups because Judaism embraces the Spanish, Eastern European, Latin American, African, Arab, Egyptian, the orthodox and the liberal.
With the exception of two paintings in private collections, the paintings were purchased for the common room of Cedar Sinai Park in Portland, Oregon.
Click on image to go to view all paintings in this series.
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White Male Patriarchy + Misogyny – Feminism = Trump's Election
Posted on April 2017 by Pauline E. Kayes
Not many know that in 1982 Champaign-Urbana played a notable role in a "chain-in" protest against the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment at the State Legislature in Springfield, Illinois. This passionate feminist action gained widespread national media coverage, including a centerfold photo by renowned photographer Annie Leibowitz in Life Magazine. It was driven mostly by women from the Champaign-Urbana area: Mary Lee Sargent, former Women's History professor at Parkland College; Berenice Carroll, former Director of Women's Studies at the University of Illinois; Jane Mohraz, former editor at the University of Illinois Press; Kari Alice Lynn, cleaning business owner; and me, Pauline Kayes, former Women's Studies professor at Parkland College. Along the way, a number of other local women, like Anne Casey, Loretta Manning, Joyce Meyer, Nila Blair, Sue Yarber, Pat Cramer, Nancy DeLew, and Marlena Williams, joined us for a milestone in women's history that proved feminism can be the guiding light not only to resist white male patriarchy but also to advance women's equality in every realm.
Thirty-five years later, we are living in a surreal epilogue to Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale (how appropriate that a Hulu television version will premiere this coming April). As one of my "sister chainers" recently remarked, "We are watching everything women worked for in the past 40 years unravel in just a few months." How did we get here? My view is that we underestimated the devious tactics of a white male supremacist patriarchal culture and society to deprecate and repress women in order to hold on to power. My view is that we let the light of feminism dim so much that we did not realize how imperative it would be to counteract the insidious, deeply- rooted hatred of women that Hillary Clinton's candidacy provoked in both men and women.
If misogyny is a key operating ideology of patriarchy, feminism would be the antidote. But during the campaign, feminism was mostly lost in a "bewilderness" of what we called in the eighties M (male) A (approval) D (desire): MAD women and men speaking in tongues to distract and bamboozle us. And so misogyny was left unencumbered, to become one of the main fuels (along with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and classism) to fire up the "election" of a white male patriarch-in-chief with a warped misogynist world view that "grabbing women's pussies" is a way to "respect" women.
I won't list here all the ways that Hillary Clinton was held to an impossible double standard, insulted and maligned, threatened and hated, vilified and misrepresented, lied about and stereotyped. What we need to realize is that the common malicious thread to all of this propaganda was the personification of Hillary as the frightening female stereotype that undermines many intelligent, ambitious women: cartoons of her being burned at the stake; chants of "lock her up"; doctored video loops portraying her as old and sick; constant name-calling as bitch, witch, cunt; nicknames of "Killary," "Shrillary," and "Crooked Hillary." It was no surprise that those who are privileged by the white male patriarchy would resort to misogyny to prevent Hillary from being elected. But most disconcerting for me was the fact that this same misogynist propaganda originated by right-wing media was repeated by some progressives on the left, both men and women (think Susan Sarandon) to rationalize why they would vote for any other woman but Hillary (think Jill Stein).
And then we wonder how an ignorant, incompetent, crude, bigoted, and lying white man was "elected"? Obviously the rules of the patriarchy make any unqualified, inexperienced white man superior to any qualified, experienced woman. Obviously, Hillary Clinton was expected to be perfect with no flaws or mistakes whatsoever while the white man who landed in the White House could be "bad to the bone." Sound familiar?
A favorite mantra of the feminist movement in the '70s and '80s was "the personal is the political"—meaning that every aspect of life could be analyzed through a feminist lens to reveal the subordination, inequity, and objectification of women in patriarchal culture: housework, sex, politics, education, law, advertising, film, music, family, child care, employment, art, marriage, rape, literature, communication, religion, etc. And from this lens came an incredible wealth of new women's studies knowledge, courses, and organizations. In 1976, I wrote one of the first Women's Studies theses in the country for my Master's in English at Purdue University: "The Evolution of the Authentic Female Voice in Women Writers." When I attended the founding convention of the National Women's Studies Association in San Francisco in the late 1970s, I was just one of a small group of feminist academics and activists sharing this new knowledge in just a few disciplines. By 1986, when the University of Illinois hosted the National Women's Studies Conference, women's studies knowledge was burgeoning in hundreds of colleges and universities across the world in almost every discipline.
Three concepts were pivotal to women's studies knowledge and feminist activism in the '80s: patriarchy, misogyny, and feminism. To appreciate the radical nature of these concepts, I would recommend reading their definitions in A Feminist Dictionary (1985), compiled by Cheris Kramarae, Paula Treichler, and Ann Russo (also from the U of I). Patriarchy is described as systemic and institutionalized dominance of white males and subordination of females in every aspect of life. Misogyny is the hatred of and disgust for actual women, girls, and females as well as for any trait or abstraction associated with the female or the feminine—all used to justify the mistreatment and disempowerment of women. Although these concepts were the backbone of second-wave feminism, for the millennial generation they were no longer seen as essential to understanding and improving women's lives. Big mistake, because these crucial constructs for analyzing what writer Adrienne Rich termed the "lies, secrets, and silence" of a dysfunctional, conspiratorial patriarchy went missing at one of the most pivotal moments in history.
Unfortunately, the kind of feminist activism and power we needed to counteract the treachery of the one-two punch of patriarchy and misogyny against Hillary Clinton before the election only came one day after the "inauguration" of Trump. Five million women and men protested in 946 towns and cities around the world because it became all too clear that now the "political was the personal," with civil liberties, women's rights, health care, environmental regulations, etc. about to erode daily by the swipe of his pen. In a telephone interview, Sargent reflected on the emergence of a new women's movement: "It fills me with hope, especially since the movement arising from the January 21 women's marches is led by women of color, who grasp in a way that the earlier white-led movement did not: womanists and feminists must confront all forms of subordination as they intersect with our oppression as women."
(To learn more about the 1982 action, visit the website for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library to listen to my oral history interviews conducted in 2013 (ERA Fight in Illinois) with Mark DePue, Director of Oral History for the Lincoln Library, https://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/oralhistory/illinoisstatecraft/era/Pages/Kayes,Pauline.aspx)
Pauline E. Kayes was a professor of Women's Studies at Parkland College for 35 years. Since 2002, she has been President of DiversityWorks Inc., a coalition of educational consultants providing comprehensive diversity education to colleges, universities, K-12 schools, communities, organizations, and businesses (www.diversityworksinc.net).
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Groucho, Harpo and Chico Marx pull out all the stops in this hilarious satire of Humphrey Bogart's Casablanca. Nazi loot is hidden somewhere inside the Casablanca Hotel just as Ronald Kornblow (Groucho) is hired to become the hotel's new manager. Enter Rusty (Harpo), who's valet to the Nazi (Sig Ruman) most intent on recovering the treasure. Rusty, along with Corbaccio (Chico), helps Kornblow uncover the cache and bring the Nazi to justice.


We love going to Chuck E. Cheese! Hunter sometimes says he doesn't, that he's too old, but once he goes, he always has a great time! I decided to take the kids on Saturday for lunch and play. Savannah has gone a few times for birthday parties, so when we pulled into the parking lot, she kept asking who's birthday is it. I told her no one, we just came to play!
I heard that the pizza got a makeover and was looking forward to trying out the new recipe. The new pizza dough is fresh, never frozen. It features fresh vegetables and 100% natural mozzarella cheese, freshly grated right there in the restaurant. When feeding your children, it's good to know that the food is quality.
Everyone loved the pizza! I liked it, it seemed less greasy and the crust seemed crispier. But the real fun was playing all those games! Where can you go and play games for a quarter!! No where that I know of. Plus there are games for Savannah and games for Hunter.My favorite? – Skee-ball – I love that game!
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I received a pass to try out the new pizza recipe and post this review/giveaway. My opinions are my own – we love Chuck E. Cheese!!!
We went there for my daughter's second birthday party.
That's what I like to do too! Go right when they open!
I haven't been since I was a kid but my parents were good friends with one of our governor at the time, I was in middle school and was watching their youngest son who was around 4 when suddenly he disappeared. So scary, secret service freaked. He was hiding in the balls the whole time while everyone was freaking out and locking down check e cheese! ha, I will never forget that.
We just went to a neighbor's birthday party! JDaniel has a wonderful time!
I have been going to chuck e cheese since my 22 year old was little. It's our place to hang out with the kids, eat plan and just have fun.
We have been several times for birthay parties, my kids always have a good time!
I'm thinking of having my son's second bday party at Chuckie Cheese…still checking out some places.
My kids love going to Chuck E. Cheese and playing in the Jungle Gym.
When the kids were small, we had all of our birthday parties at Chuck E Cheese's. The kids would get so excited over the games and music shows, but mostly they would just squeal with delight when Chuck E. Cheese would come out and shake hands with everyone. Now they are grown up with children of their own and I would like to give the grandkids the same fun experience.
Its been a few years for a birthday party.
We go so often, but the most memorable time was when we had my son's 5th birthday party there with his preschool friends. He loved going into the ticket blaster booth.
I went when My Son was little.He had such a good time!
I've actually never been,but I'd love to go!
I've been once with my grandchildren & I think I had more fun than they did!
I had a birthday party once there when I was little….I loved it!
We went to Chuck E Cheese once. My daughters loved the Whack A Mole game.
I've never been to Chuck E. Cheese.
we just went about 3 weeks ago for my grandsons 3rd birthday…he had a grand time! the pizza was good!
My grandson loves, loves, loves Chucky. He has one of the stuffed Chucky toys and goes to bed with it. I have been to serveral birthday parties there and the kids love it. I would love to be able to take my grandson for some of their new pizza and fun.
We go every year for my daughters birthday! She loves it last year she actually got 50 tickets at one time at a game she was soooo proud!
We always go for the kids birthday. So easy and the kids love it.
I used to go to Chuck E Cheese for my own birthdays, and now Ive taken both my kids their for their bdays, they love it!
I would love to take the neighbor kids!
I took my daughter to Chuck E. Cheese for her 3rd birthday!
My Grandson Luke Loves it there.