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1. (Re)Writing "Thomas the Rhymer": A Fantasy Writer Finds Truth (and a Fool-Proof Plot) in Folklore (53:12)
2017-03 (Creation date: 2016-10)
Ellen Kushner
2. A Conversation with Barre Toelken and William A. (Bert) Wilson (1:39:54)
Toelken, Barre ; Wilson, William A. ; Lloyd, Barbara
3. A Conversation with John Szwed (1:56:42)
Szwed, John; Baron, Robert; Cara, Ana
Here, AFS continues the custom of including a public interview with a senior member of our field at the annual meeting. In this session, Robert Baron and Ana Cara will interview John Szwed, profess...
4. A Conversation with Roger Welsch (1:07:34)
Welsch, Roger
5. A Conversation with Tom Davenport (1:53:29)
Rankin, Tom
A Conversation with Tom Davenport, an interview sponsored by the American Folklore Society and the AFS Oral History Project of Tom Davenport (Folkstreams) by Tom Rankin (Duke University) about his ...
6. A Life in Song (1:39:15)
Sorrels, Rosalie
7. Américo Parades, Ballad Scholarship, and Cultural Studies (1:24:30)
Limón, José
8. Ask a Folklorist—Career Advice for New Professionals (1:53:19)
Palchik, Violeta; Decker, Adrienne; Eleuterio, Susan; Higgins, Lisa L.; Kolovos, Andy
Job-seeking for folklorists can be daunting. In this forum, chaired and moderated by a member of the AFS Graduate Student Section, a group of representatives from the Archives and Libraries, Folklo...
9. Axel's Masque: A Family Tale (43:10)
Erika Brady
10. Big Data of the Past: 19th-Century Folk Narrative Researchers and Their Relevance for the Discipl... (48:08)
Ulrich Marzolph
11. Cause and Effect (43:03)
Naranjo-Morse, Nora
12. Confessions of a Wannabe: When the Prime Directive Backfires (1:01:28)
13. Convergences in the Hyper Era: Thirty Years after American Folklore Studies (1:13:08)
Bronner, Simon J.
14. Conversation With Don Yoder (1:34:48)
15. Conversation With Dan Ben-Amos (1:55:23)
Ben-Amos, Dan
16. Conversation With Henry Glassie (1:58:56)
Glassie, Henry
17. Conversation With Lynwood Montell (1:26:34)
Montell, Lynwood; Boyd, Doug
18. Conversation with Mike Frisch and Palagummi Sainath (1:39:39)
Frisch, Mike; Sainath, Palagummi
Two major innovators in digital cultural documentation meet for a conversation on goals, methods, frameworks, and business models. Michael Frisch, Professor Emeritus of the University of Buffalo an...
19. Conversation With Ruth Behar (1:47:55)
Behar, Ruth
20. Croning (1:22:29)
Kay Turner
21. Cultivating Folk Arts and Social Change (56:42)
Kodish, Deborah
22. Daniel Sheehy: Resonando la Canción de un Valiente (1:40:37)
Sheehy, Daniel; Najera-Ramirez, Olga; Rodriguez, Russell
23. Epistemology of the Flail and the Politics of Inductive Reasoning (1:05:24)
Westerman, William
24. Folk Religion and the Pennsylvania German Broadside (1:18:49)
25. Folklore and Place: Four Themes (58:33)
26. Folklore and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1:26:37)
Mechling, Jay
27. Folklore as a Map of the World: Rejecting "Home" as a Failure of the Imagination (1:17:37)
Lawless, Elaine
28. Folklore Values and Value (1:01:44)
Ivey, Bill
29. Forming Foundations—Building Relationships in the Private Sector (53:02)
Gura, Catherine; Hurley, Maureen; McPeake, Cristin; Miller, Paula; Zulewski, Caitlin
As government funding tightens, folklorists are turning to the private sector for funding. However, we come up against funders who do not understand folklore or the value of funding folklore projec...
30. Francis Lee Utley Memorial Lecture: What Ever Happened to Folk Songs? (1:18:40)
Szwed, John; Spitzer, Nick
Folk songs have been at the heart of the study of folklore since its beginnings, and the scholarship on song is one of the finest achievements of the field. But in recent years interest in songs, e...
31. Fried Chicken, Quilts, and Hurricanes: Reflections on Fieldwork in Louisiana (1:26:10)
Turner, Patricia A.
32. From Folk Cookery to Foodways (1:20:04)
Anderson, Jay
33. Great Music with a Great Story: Curating Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (1:31:40)
Sheehy, Daniel
34. Her-Story: A Feminism and Folklore Retrospective (1:54:21)
Norma Cantú, Pauline Greenhill, Rosan Jordan, Kimberly Lau, Elaine Lawless, Margaret Mills
35. Herbs and Saints in the City of Angels: Researching Botánicas, Healing, and Power in Southern Cal... (1:18:37)
Jones, Michael Owen
This lecture presents results of a project on folk medicine among Latinx in Los Angeles in which 131 interviews were conducted with 49 individuals, more than half of whom were healers associated wi...
36. Herder, the Grimm Brothers, and Richard Dorson's Antiquarians: A New Look (57:33)
de Caro, Frank
Richard Dorson was right seeing the antiquarians as the precursors of the study of folklore. Many of them recorded information on "traditions." However, he did not really understand the rationale b...
37. Homelands and Diasporas (1:11:08)
Hasan-Rokem, Galit
38. How to Pay Attention to the Countryside in the Digital Age (1:09:57)
Sainath, Palagummi
P. Sainath, the former Rural Affairs Editor at The Hindu, where he forced public attention to India's epidemic of farmer suicides, will discusses relationship between journalism, cultural documenta...
39. International Folkloristics in the Twenty-First Century (1:32:46)
Dundes, Alan
40. Interview with Don Yoder (1:29:06)
41. Introducing New Resources for Folklore and Ethnography (1:16:48)
Kerst, Catherine; Taft, Michael; Noyes, Dorothy
42. It Takes a Village to Change the World: Proverbial Politics and the Ethics of Place (1:29:36)
Mieder, Wolfgang
43. Kaleidoscopes, Methodological Play, and the Intrinsic Politics of Belief Scholarship (1:53:28)
Goldstein, Diane
44. Kol Nidre, The Prayer That Haunted the Rabbis and Charmed Their Folks (1:38:04)
Dan Ben-Amos
45. On "The B-Side" with the Wooster Group (1:31:46)
Jackson, Bruce
Bruce Jackson speaks about The B-Side: Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons. A Record Album Interpretation, a production by the The Wooster Group, New York's most celebrated experimental theater...
46. Opening Ceremonies (15:20)
Zeitlin, Steve; Lloyd, Tim
Lloyd, Timothy
49. Prayer Carpets and Apricot Stones: How Folklore Is Used in 'Coexistence' Education between Israel... (1:13:30)
Lichman, Simon
50. Presidential Address: After the Revolution: Folklore, History, and the Future of Our Discipline (45:37)
Williams, Michael Ann; Turner, Kay
More than four decades have passed since the advent of the new folkloristics. Assessments of this revolution tend to narrowly focus on performance theory and not on whether the broader promises of ...
51. Reforming Women: Lilli Zickerman, Ottilia Adelborg, and Swedish Folklife Studie (59:21)
Klein, Barbro
52. Religion and Folk Art: Reflections on Key Concepts in Folklife Studies (1:38:17)
53. Rip van Winkle in the East Village: Queer Times in Stories, Stories in Queer Times (1:37:51)
Carolyn Dinshaw
54. Sacred Spaces in Liminal Places: Airport Chapels and Religion in Transit (1:46:23)
Bowman, Marion ; Lau, Kimberly J. ; Brewer, Teri F.
55. Sustainability through Chronicling Folklore History (1:19:25)
Ben-Amos, Dan; Bronner, Simon J. ; Buccitelli, Anthony
56. Tales of Leonard Roberts and the Cumberland Mountains (1:15:59)
Lindahl, Carl; Roberts, Edith; Roberts, Lynneda
57. Talking Folklore: A Conversation with Leaders in the Field (1:47:40)
Brady, Erika; Bulger, Peggy; Jabbour, Alen
Bulger, Peggy; Cadaval, Olivia; Hickerson, Joe
Del Giudice, Luisa ; Haring, Lee; McDowell, John H.
60. Talking Folklore: A Conversation with Leading Scholars of Folk Religion and Belief (2:00:21)
Shukla, Pravina; Goldstein, Diane E.; Griffith, James S.; Primiano, Leonard Norman
This forum features a conversation with prominent folklorists who will reflect on their respective careers, and meditate on the past and future of our discipline. The forum contributes to the intel...
61. Text and Icon in Religious Art (1:33:47)
Glassie, Henry; Leonard Norman Primiano
62. The 2009 Daniel Crowley Storytelling Concert: Report from Grimes Creek after a Hard Winter: Sto... (1:02:43)
63. The Don Yoder Lecture in Religious Folklife: "A Subtle Thing Withal": Reflections on the Ineffab... (1:18:04)
Brady, Erika; Kruesi, Margaret; Primiano, Leonard Norman
Many years ago as a graduate student studying William Langland's Vision of Piers Plowman, I came upon what was evidently a popular scatological riddle pertaining to a profound theological teaching....
64. The Ethics of Institutions: Pitfalls of an Engaged Folklore and Tales from the Federal Courts (1:14:40)
Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos
65. The Ethics of Institutions: Tiny Publics and Realms of Local Knowledge (1:48:09)
Fine, Gary Alan
66. The Fiddle, the Upland South, and America's Latest Oldtime Music Revival (1:41:48)
Jabbour, Alan A.
67. The Freedom to Freelance—Find Your Why, How and When (1:00:02)
Saylor, Dana L.; Delmonte, Andrew; Heffernan, Kevin
This workshop will inspire and motivate you to pursue your independent career or, for those already established, share new ideas. Creative entrepreneur Dana Saylor, Buffalo-based architectural hist...
68. The Futures of Scholarship and Public Practice in Folklore (1:44:51)
Yocom, Margaret; Sherman, Sharon; Jackson, Jason
69. The Futures of Scholarship and Public Practice in Folklore (22:20)
Ivey, Bill; Zeitlin, Steve; Noyes, Dorothy
70. The Inventorization of Intangible Cultural Heritage (3:32:59)
Bulger, Peggy; Castéret, Jean-Jacques; Fontaine, Jean-Louis
71. The Phillips Barry Lecture: Afro-Mestizo Imaginaries in "Música Tropical": Gender Differences in ... (1:13:49)
Herrera-Sobek, Maria; Winick, Stephen D.
Some songs pertaining to the "música tropical" genre, or music exhibiting tropical rhythms from both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, feature Afro-mestizo protagonists in their lyrics. My study exp...
72. The Political and Cultural Stakes (1:50:29)
Cameron, Christina; Kurin, Richard; Pocius, Gerald
73. Vernacular Turns: Narrative, Local Knowledge, and the Changing Context of Folklore (1:05:50)
74. Veterans History Project: The Challenge of Expectations—Perceptions, Pitfalls, and Reality (59:50)
Patrick, Robert W.
75. What "Nights"? Expert Knowledge vs. Lay Perception of the World's Most Famous Story Collection (1:06:31)
Marzolph, Ulrich
76. What Zora Knew: A Crossroads, a Bargain with the Devil, and a Late Witness (1:13:51)
77. Why They Tell: Ten Traditional Tellers Speak (1:20:56)
Read MacDonald, Margaret radner, Jo; Radner, Jo


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Donald Trump nudged out of the lead by Ben Carson for 2016 GOP nomination: poll
By Adam Edelman
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
Oct 27, 2015 | 12:54 PM
The poll is the second in as many days to show a surge for Ben Carson, pictured. (Carlos Osorio/AP)
Trump has been Trumped.
Ben Carson has overtaken the bombastic billionaire in the lead for the 2016 GOP nomination, a new national poll shows.
According to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday, the retired neurosurgeon got the support of 26% of GOP primary voters nationally, compared with 22% for Trump — marking the first time in more than three months that the real estate mogul hasn't led a national poll.
No other candidate got more than 8% support in the poll.
Emmys 2019 nominations: 'Game of Thrones' keeps the streak alive, HBO takes back the lead
While Carson's lead is technically within the poll's 6-percentage-point margin of error, the poll nevertheless marks the first time Trump hasn't been the outright leader of all candidates since the New York Times /CBS News poll began surveying voters in July.
Donald Trump said he doesn't get why several polls are now projecting Carson as the GOP front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The poll is the second in as many days to show a Carson surge. On Monday a Monmouth University poll in the critical early voting state Iowa showed the doctor had catapulted to a 14-percentage-point lead over Trump.
"Ben Carson is now doing well," Trump acknowledged on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday, after the poll came out.
"We seem to have hit a chord ... but some of these polls coming out, I don't quite get it," he added, before predicting that Carson would face a new round of criticism as the front-runner.
"You look at different things having to do with Ben and there's a lot of contradiction and a lot of questions. We'll have to see. One thing I know about a front-runner, you get analyzed 15 different ways from China. A lot of things will come out," he said.

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This is a major bug that could exacerbate Covit-19 pollution. At St. Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney (Australia), 1,395 positive patient tests were negatively reported. Daily Mail. These tests were carried out just before Christmas and may have given these people a false sense of security. These residents will receive a confirmation text message before their samples are tested. So they may have sent the virus to their families at Christmas time.
A "human error"
On Sunday, the British newspaper reported that 400 people had been sent a letter of apology by the hospital, which led them to send them "human error" misinformation, explaining to them that they were in fact positive. On Monday, a further 955 people were contacted by the company. "We have identified what happened and can confirm that it was caused by human error. We have procedures in place to ensure that this does not happen again, "a hospital spokesman said.
The Daily Mail An Australian musician plans to file a complaint against one of the victims of this misdiagnosis. He isolated himself after an antigen test that declared him positive, but after this text was shown to him by Kovit he attended a Christmas meal with his family. So hundreds of families may be in the same situation and may have been in contact with the virus.
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Horizon:Volume 4B Chapter 42
Chapter 42: Protester in the Frame[edit]
What is stereotypical
Yet not stereotypical?
Point Allocation (The Unexpected)
On the diplomatic ship floating in the Mito sky below the Ariake, Ookubo's broadcast played from the sign frame opened above the upper deck's garden.
A pond in the garden had been converted into a summer pool and Masazumi was reading at the edge wearing only a shirt and the bottom of a two-piece swimsuit. Her butt sat on the stones of the pond's edge and her legs soaked in the water up to the shins.
"So the Ariake isn't actually sealing anything off. That's probably to avoid any backlash from the workers and residents and to help build their hatred of war."
…I can't believe this.
The only ones being kept out were the members of the Student Council and Chancellor's Officers. Noriki, Ohiroshiki, Hassan, Itoken, and Persona-kun were apparently working like normal on the Ariake. The Tachibana Couple were also continuing as normal there. Shirojiro and Heidi had been let inside, but they were restricted to their merchant work.
There was no divine transmission restriction between them.
They apparently wanted to set this up as the Student Council and Chancellor's Officers versus the Committee Alliance.
However, Masazumi's group had been forbidden from making any kind of public announcement. As their statements and actions were the target of protest, they were being restricted until the following day's special student general assembly. The ones being protested were being detained until such time as they were judged.
"That girl takes things far too seriously. Take this and this and this."
The Aoi Sister wore a cream-colored swimsuit and splashed water at the large sign frame above the pond. The splashing water caused the floating sign frame to distort and Asama spoke up from the pond stone she sat on while managing the divine transmissions.
"Ah! Stop that, Kimi! Keeping that thing going isn't easy, you know!?"
"Then find a way to distract me. Like this."
The Aoi Sister pulled on Asama's leg and the girl in a white and red shrine maiden swimsuit produced a splash.
…They sure are full of energy.
But since they were normal people, that may have been for the best.
…A shrine maiden that rivals a warship gun and a normal person who can deflect an attack from one of Hashiba's Ten Spears, huh?
Just as Masazumi began philosophically wondering what a "normal person" was, something cast a shadow over her head. She looked back and saw Naomasa in a black swimsuit. She twisted the straw hat on Masazumi's head.
"We're counting on you tomorrow."
Naomasa then entered the pool with her false arm holding a tray of food. Next Naito and Naruze arrived in swimsuits that matched the colors of their Technohexen outfits.
They made quick flaps of their wings to make a long leap.
"Looking from above, this is the deepest part."
They jumped in with their wings raised as much as possible. A spectacular splash filled the air, so Asama and the others shrieked and fled the area. As for Naomasa…
"Hey! What if you get water in our drinks, you two!?"
"Um, Masa… This isn't my spring, so maybe alcohol isn't the best idea," commented Asama.
"Heh heh heh. Yes, your place has shown quite the hospitality lately."
Meanwhile, Ookubo continued speaking overhead. She was assuring the people there would be no change to the Musashi's current operations.
"Whatever the world chooses to do in the future, the people of Musashi need the influence provided by the nation of Musashi. That is why I believe we should repair and arm the Musashi."
That's true, thought Masazumi. Then she realized the foundation of Ookubo's policy.
"She's going to follow what we've started, but change the direction in which it takes us."
That was true of remodeling the Musashi, acquiring the Logismoi Óplo, and of ending the Apocalypse.
"We will continue what we are already doing. The budget for those actions is already in motion and even if that is reorganized, we cannot revoke Musashi's position as a nation until the Peace of Westphalia. Musashi is not a small nation, so I am not saying we should change what we are doing. That will remain the same, but we must change direction on the political front in order to reach Westphalia in peace."
"Oh? Then Milad-…Ookubo-sama, what exactly are you proposing? Give us an outline."
"Well," said Ookubo as she placed a hand on her chin.
"She's good at this." Kimi looked up at the sign frame while teaching Uzy the flutter kick. "She knows how to present herself, so she'll be a lot of trouble. Flat politician, she's a lot like you."
"I haven't the slightest clue how to present myself."
Masazumi sighed as she rested her cheek on her hand, with the elbow on her crossed legs. The Aoi Sister pointed at her saying "That's it! Right there!" but it was a mystery what she meant.
On the overhead sign frame, Ookubo faced Kanou and spoke.
"You asked what I am proposing, but I would like to ask you something first."
That's an odd way of arguing, thought Masazumi. Why ask a question when asked about your proposal?
However, she knew what effect it would have and why Ookubo had done it. She was implicitly saying that everyone already knew what she was proposing.
By setting it up like that, even a normal opinion would sound valuable. And even if it was an incorrect opinion, people were more likely to carelessly accept it. By making it sound like a foregone conclusion, it was harder to hold doubts about it.
…So what is that setup leading to?
Ookubo continued on the screen.
"Why must Musashi go out of its way to fight to resolve its problems?"
Ookubo slowly inhaled.
She faced the portable filming shrine held by a member of the PR Committee, but she did not smile yet.
…I need to keep things serious here.
A lot of people would be seeing her for the first time. Looking too calm would make people think she was not taking this seriously. She was a challenger here, so there was something she had to say while looking straight at them.
"On the political front, I have determined that Musashi has the national power needed to maintain peace and stop the Apocalypse. So…"
How about this?
"Things are different than they were at Mikawa. The Musashi is being remodeled and has lost a battle, so I believe it is time to take another look at our current policy. After all, if we do not change that policy, we will be dragged into an unavoidable fight along with Oushuu and Sviet Rus. We have no close relationship with any nation at the moment, so I believe this is the perfect time to have this discussion."
She said "so" again.
"Tomorrow, I wish to hold a special student general assembly at which we can debate with and make suggestions to the Vice President and the rest of the Student Council and Chancellor's Officers."
She inhaled and lowered her head just once.
She next needed to make a request to everyone watching.
But she would not make it right away. Everything she had just said and her serious attitude were still alive within the viewers. If she made her request in the same way, it would sound the same as everything else. It would lack impact.
A proper speech needed shifts in tone. After all…
…Everything I've said this far is essentially meaningless.
What mattered was that the people took her side at the special student general assembly. Everything thus far was nothing more than setup and meant for the wonderful people who had been willing to actually listen to her argument.
What came next was for the majority of people who only wanted to see the very end of what she had to say.
Those people had not listened so seriously to what she had to say. They had not truly understood it and had simply nodded along.
How could she get those people to remember her?
Ookubo raised her head and looked straight forward, but…
…Now I breathe out.
She looked ahead to the screen displaying her image, said nothing, and yet felt the relief of completing a large job.
She relaxed.
She even vocalized the sigh.
She cast aside her previous serious mood and tension in a way everyone could understand.
Then she nodded and smiled toward everyone watching.
Good job, she really did think while narrowing her eyes. Good job listening to what I had to say.
And with that in her heart, she only had one thing to say.
"Please keep me in your thoughts."
She closed her eyes in a smile and lowered he head again.
"Wow, that's just not fair…"
Heidi spread her mouth horizontally and bent back in the Marube-ya shop on the main street of Okutama's surface residential area.
A sign frame from Masazumi opened next to her face.
Vice President: "Augesvarer, what do you think as a merchant?"
"Well," said Heidi as she looked to the front of the shop. With his best business smile, Shirojiro was selling vegetables to the women still living on the Musashi. For some reason, he was rubbing his hands together as he sold the radishes and green onions.
"Ha ha ha. Everyone, today's produce is ecofriendly and naturally grown! Just look! The tip of this green onion is so wonderfully green! Cook it and it becomes so sweet and delicious! A set of five is a bargain at only five times the price of one!"
Azuma: "But all of that sounds completely normal. Is that because there's something wrong with me?"
Marube-ya: "I love how Shiro-kun's sales talks run on pure momentum and transform him into an idiot! Oh, and just to be clear, he isn't sacrificing his personality for money. Money is everything, so we use it to draw out a new side of our personality!"
Vice President: "Um, sure… Please continue."
Heidi let Erimaki manage the sign frame from atop her head as she carried a wooden container of natto in straw out from the back of the shop.
Marube-ya: "Well, you see? That Glasses Committee Head probably isn't like us or you."
Vice President: "Eh?"
Asama: "Um, Masazumi? She did set you apart, so I don't think you need to get so depressed you collapse onto your side. Look, Tsukinowa doesn't know what to do."
Masazumi's getting better with her reactions, thought Heidi with a smile as she lined the produce up in front of the shop.
"Okay! We just got a shipment of Mito natto! This is the fresh natto that our Mitotsudaira protected by barking and running those Hashiba bad guys out of town! It has Mitotsudaira's sniff approval!"
Silver Wolf: "Lies! There were several blatant lies in that!"
Me: "That's right! Nate doesn't bark or sniff at things! She only smells the air when there's meat around and she only climbs up high for a growling song when she gets all excited!"
Silver Wolf: "Um, my king? Some things are unavoidable traits of your race. Like smelling at the air when there's meat around…"
Hori-ko: "Oh? Then Mitotsudaira-sama. What about this lamb kebab cooking next to the yakisoba?"
Silver Wolf: "Eh!? …Th-that is, um, a vegetable! Yes, a vegetable!"
It seemed to be pet-feeding time for the Russia group. Heidi checked over the sign frames as Erimaki finished compiling each one.
"Musashi's guard unit – in other words, the guards for the Chancellor's Officers – is apparently treating this as an 'internal incident' since Futayo hasn't done anything. They will stop any harm that might come to the normal people and students or if the normal people try to harm the officers, but otherwise – in other words, in a clash between an officer and a member of a Committee – they'll probably treat it as a duel. That leaves me curious about the VIPs who aren't officers… How are things with you, Azuma-kun?"
Azuma: "Eh? Nothing's happening here. Besides, I'm looking after Miriam today because, um, well, she can't move much since it's that time of the month."
Mal-Ga: "Your shtick really has changed. …If you're looking for a new shtick, you can always consult me."
Azuma: "Then, um, Naruze-kun? …Do you have a spell or something to lessen the effects of that time of the month?"
This had nothing to do with her, but Heidi felt a shiver down her spine. She used the power of prayer to send out thoughts of "Send this my way!" and "We can make a ton of money off of this!"
Gold Mar: "Ga-chan, your nose. Your nose is bleeding."
Mal-Ga: "Heh…heh heh. Why would you do that again? You might as well be holding meat out while dancing in front of a bear just before hibernation… L-listen, Azuma."
Azuma: "Judge. What is it?"
Mal-Ga: "I'm pretty sure Miriam knows a way to stop that, so tell her there's a way the two of you can stop it together. See if she'll tell you what it is."
Azuma: "Okay. She'll know what I mean if I ask like that? Then I'll go ask her."
Heidi felt an even stronger shiver.
…Is Azuma-kun the kind of kid who can be kidnapped for a ransom pretty easily?
Marube-ya: "U-um, are we just ignoring all the officers that didn't choose to join you?"
Asama: "No, since I'm handling the divine transmissions, those ones are apparently cut off from us. There's really no helping it, though."
Smoking Girl: "Lately, I've been thinking you play a much more active role than I do, Asama-chi."
Sticky King: "She fits right in, so I see no problem. It's not good to say things that will distance people."
Obscene: "Agreed! Asama-kun is the ace shooter that fires us to our destination! She is most welcome on the front line!"
Asama: "Um…"
Mal-Ga: "Ignoring the lamenting shrine maiden, this really is a troublesome situation. …The normal members of the committees are one thing, but the Committee Heads have a fair bit of authority. They can bring their views to the Secretary, Treasurer, and the Special Duty Officers."
Wise Sister: "Heh heh. But those Committee Heads can't directly confront that anteater owner, can they? They report to the Special Duty Officers, Treasurer, and Secretary."
Marube-ya: "That's where the special student general assembly comes in. That lets them ignore the Special Duty Officers, Treasurer, and Secretary and speak to even the Chancellor."
"It's a real problem," sighed Heidi. "But I guess it's good that things on the Musashi aren't stagnating. …We might be officers, but we're also running a business here."
Mal-Ga: "That's the trick right there… We've been busy lately, but that's why we didn't notice the Committee Alliance putting together this event. Although looking back, things were continuing a little too 'normally'."
Vice President: "That's probably because Ookubo is just that good at bringing things together. I'm betting the other Committee Heads don't see this as that big a deal."
Heidi was not surprised to hear that. There were some athletic types taking positions here and there with opinion boxes, but…
Marube-ya: "It just feels like an event has begun. It's just that we'd normally be informed in advance, but this time we weren't."
Wise Sister: "Heh heh. That would be how normal people like us see it. This was well done. If they weren't planning to cause a huge commotion, the preparations would have been low-key as well. They dropped hints here and there to let those at the Committee Head level know this was happening and they controlled the information so it didn't leak out."
Flat Vassal: "Can they really control the information like that?"
Vice President: "They can."
That's right, thought Heidi who typed up advertisements and made sales talks.
Marube-ya: "I think this was setup quite a while back."
Probably so, agreed Masazumi as she thought about Ookubo's true intentions here.
When had she started planning this? Masazumi could make a decent guess.
"My guess would be it was setup around the time of the Armada Battle. When we were fighting, when the Musashi was repaired, and when we were away from the Musashi, the Committees did a lot to support us from the side."
"But how did they set this up?" asked Naomasa as she adjusted her swimsuit that had built up water inside it.
Masazumi adjusted her hat and nodded.
"Judge. …We can't spend much time on things right now. As the representative of the cities, she would have been the target of the students' parents and they would have let her know what they thought about welfare, divine transmissions, the economy, and life on the Musashi. And of course, most of those opinions would be ones of unease. Especially when it concerns their children. But if the Representative Committee shared that listening work with the other committees when it related to their fields of work, the other Committee Heads would begin gathering Musashi's anxieties and sending them to the Representative Committee Head."
"After the Battle of Mikatagahara, we distributed the people between the eight land ports in Mito so their anxieties could not unify and would remain smaller individual issues. That is still in effect. …But the Committee Heads who gathered those complaints are unable to view those anxieties as individual things, so it builds up inside them."
"Heh heh. Just like an inexperienced village doctor catching all of the small illnesses of his patients and becoming horribly ill himself. They say the common cold is the beginning of all illness, but…wait, does that include sexual diseases! Does that mean catching cold leads you to do things in need of censoring!? Well, Asama!? Does it!?"
Masazumi ignored that sister, but then she wondered if the girl was like that around town as well.
…Actually, I guess I already know the answer.
"Um, the Committee Heads will understand just how dangerous the people's worries are for Musashi at the moment. And that's why they've left all the decision-making with the Representative Committee Head since this would normally be her job. After that, Ookubo only had to tell them that 'after considering the people's feelings, let's confirm some things with and suggest some things to the Student Council' and 'this is our final chance to present this possibility to them'."
"Well, none of that's a lie. …So she just changed how they would interpret the information?" asked Naomasa.
"That's right," agreed Masazumi. "She's acting like we have control of everything, and that's why the Committee Heads and Musashi residents haven't reacted too much. This is not a coup d'etat meant to overthrow us; it's only a suggested change of policy. And that suggestion will change this life of unpredictable battle to a life of stable peace. Things on the Musashi won't change all that much, no matter who is right here. But…"
"With Ookubo, they might not have to go through any more war."
"It sounds like the deck is really stacked against you, Masazumi. …I mean, you love war."
"W-wait, Asama! I take extreme issue with part of that!"
Asama fell silent. The Aoi Sister eventually tapped her on the shoulder and everyone in the water pressed their foreheads together and began whispering.
What's this about? wondered Masazumi as Asama left the circle first and raised her hand. She had a bit of tension in her eyebrows.
"Listen, Masazumi. This is extremely hard to say, but…"
"Judge. What is it?"
Asama presented their conclusion.
"Pretty much every time you have a meeting with another nation, the conclusion seems to be 'This means war!' "
Masazumi thought on Asama's words.
Was it? Could it be? She brought a hand to her forehead and went through her memories.
…There was Mikawa and, um, England…
She counted them up on her fingers.
…Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm fine. I'm just thinking. I feel like my very identity is being shaken. I'm fine, I'm fine.
But why am I sweating so much when I'm so lightly dressed and have my legs in the water? Calm down, Honda Masazumi. You've always been a pacifist. Counting it up does seem to show a concerning past and future, but try to stay positive here. Yes, take a positive view of war. No, that's not right.
But she did reach a certain answer.
"Wait! Listen. Just wait, all of you!"
She did not let their legitimately confused looks get to her.
"Listen," she said while raising a finger. "At the discussion we had in Magdeburg's Avalon, we didn't go to war with any of the nations at that meeting!"
"Isn't that when you announced 'We're gonna go crush Hashiba! Have a nice day!'?"
When she heard Naruze's comment, Masazumi collapsed limply onto her side.
…Huhhhhhhhhh?
She felt like there was something wrong with reality or like her view of the world was out of sync with the facts. Meanwhile, she heard distant voices in the center of the water.
"S-see, Naruze? You were so blunt that Masazumi can't recover!"
"She really has gotten better with her reactions… And I think I can use that collapsed pose, so don't move until I've made a sketch."
"Hmm. Is Seijun singing a strange 'loo loo loo' song?"
"I am not!"
She sat back up, but that did not change a single thing about reality. Not that she had any reason to think it would. But she did want to try fighting this, so she said what she could.
"Um, I take those meetings and negotiations seriously, don't I?"
"Yes, of course you do. You're always saying confusing things…which always leads to war."
"Everything I do is for the Far East, isn't it?"
"Yes, you do everything you can for the Far East…which always leads to war."
"I generally try to cooperate with the other nations, don't I?"
"Yes, you do generally try to get along with them…which always leads to war."
"W-wait! Why does it always lead to war!? I strongly oppose that!"
"That's right." Asama nodded. "I may have been the one that brought it up, but I don't think Masazumi brings us to war every single time! So let's not treat her like this."
Naruze showed Asama a chart drawn up on a crop mark frame Magie Figur. Asama looked confused, so…
"If you add it all numerically like this and then list it like this, then it comes out like this."
Asama nodded a few times and then faced Masazumi again.
"Understood. Looking at it statistically, you have been seriously doing everything you can for the Far East while trying to get along with the other nations…which always leads to war."
"Are you all my enemies!?"
"Heh heh heh. But looking at it this way, you're quite the frightening warmonger. Show the slightest opening and you'll bring war to them."
"W-wait! They generally bring the war to us! I've never done that!"
"In other words, you're a tempter seme."
She had never heard that term before but could take a good guess what it meant, so she decided not to think about it any further.
"Anyway," sighed Asama. "Don't worry, Masazumi. Tomorrow's special student general assembly is an internal affair, so I don't see how it could possibly lead to war."
…Talk about setting a low bar…
But she needed to stay positive. If she could avoid leading this to war, that was a wonderful achievement.
…Huh? Why am I feeling so horribly depressed?
"Now come on over here," said the Aoi Sister. "We've got food."
"That's right, Seijun," added Naito. "You have a lot to do tonight, like putting together a strategy for tomorrow, don't you? Then you need to relax while you can."
"No, no." Masazumi waved her hand back and forth before gently tapping her chest over her shirt. "I've never swam before. Okay?"
They all exchanged a glance and smiled.
Before she realized where this was going, she was thrown into the water.
Two people stood on a snowy hill.
Lined up in the evening sky were a demonic long-lived in an M.H.R.R. uniform and a boy in a P.A. Oda uniform with a black down jacket over the shoulders.
They were Shibata Katsuie and Sassa Narimasa.
The few ships of the advance fleet and people quickly setting up camp were below the hill behind them and both of them had some insha kotob open.
The insha kotob were for work and other matters, but they were both hitting the "approved" button without even really looking at them. Occasionally, Katsuie would speak up.
"Hey, small fry, take this work more seriously. I feel sorry for the people who made this data."
"Shibata, the idiot next to me isn't even hitting 'approved'; he's just closing the frames. I think the odds are pretty good he has no idea how divine mail conversations work. Yes, as the upperclassman, could you say something to that idiot?"
Katsuie looked to Narimasa's other side, the side he was not standing on.
"Hmm, Naru Naruuu? There's no one there. Are you hallucinating? Hmm, you okay there? If you've gone crazy, should I knock some sense back into you? Hmm?"
"D-damn you…"
Taki: "You two love that act, don't you?"
"Oh, hi, Takigawa. What do you need?"
Taki: "Did you read the divine mail I sent you?"
"Shaja," replied Katsuie as he showed his teeth to the female ninja in the insha kotob. "Ichimasu, things are getting interesting on the Musashi, aren't they? First it looks like they're going for a meeting with the three nations, but now they've got a special student general assembly? It's just one event after another for the brats on that giant ship! I bet they'll have festival stands out, so I kinda want to stop by with Lady Oichi!"
"Oh, then why not just go?"
A snowball hit the side of Narimasa's face.
"Damn you!"
They both crushed snow with enough force to form ice balls and threw them back and forth at full strength, but they eventually took a break. As they did, Katsuie breathed a deep white sigh.
"Well, I guess we can think of this as Musashi peeling back the mask a little."
"Narimasa."
When Katsuie called his name, Narimasa pushed up his sunglasses and looked his way.
"Whaddya want??"
"Wowww! What was that 'whaddya want'!? You push up your sunglasses like this and then…'whaddya want'!? Really!? 'Whaddya want'!? This kid must think he's so cool!!"
"Shut up, you son of a bitch! You're the one that got all lovey-dovey while chowing down on the fruit tempura Oichi made! What was that 'these strawberries are so good' nonsense!? They had grated radish on them!"
"What!? If Lady Oichi grates it, a radish is a fruit! You didn't know that, kid!?"
"Takigawa, can you do something about this guy? He's a giant pain in the ass."
Taki: "Yeah, Niu-chan's over here too. So Naru-kun, you should probably just give up and play with Toshi and Michi."
"No, those two are all obsessed with what Matthias and Hashiba sent over. They can get pretty nerdy, so I can't keep up with them at times."
Taki: "Why not find a hobby?"
"I used to have one."
Shibata's eyes widened and he pointed over saying "Eh? What was it?", but Narimasa ignored him.
"I'm not telling you. Anyway, Shibata, you seem pretty cautious about Musashi. Is there a reason for that?"
"Shaja. It's simple, you moron. What haven't you done since coming to P.A. Oda?"
"Lived a trouble-free life under a superior who wasn't an idiot."
Taki: "To be blunt, you've been pretty blessed by your surroundings, Naru-kun. You haven't dealt with any infighting since coming to P.A. Oda, right?"
"I do throw rocks at my stupid upperclassman."
An ice ball with a rock inside hit him in the face, so their "snowball" fight heated up for a while.
"And isn't it better to not have infighting? It's a pain in the ass."
Taki: "But the Oda clan had some during the issues over the inheritance of our master's name."
Inside the insha kotob Takigawa crossed her legs in her seat on the Shirasagi Castle's bridge.
Taki: "The previous generation worked to combine the Mlasi forces and the Oda clan, but pushed a little too hard on that and had to retire to make up for it."
"Shaja." Katsuie nodded. "The clan split into two factions over the inheritance of our master's name. Interestingly, I'm part of the main force now even though I was with the opposing faction."
"Are you lecturing me like an old man? Please spare me."
Narimasa sighed, shrugged, and turned his back on Katsuie.
"Could you upperclassmen stop expecting those of who came in later to do the things you all ended up doing? Isn't it your duty to make sure we don't have to do that kind of thing?"
Taki: "You sure take this seriously, Naru-kun."
"Stop teasing-…"
He raised his voice, but stopped himself, sighed, looked back, and lowered his head.
Katsuie brought his hand down in a karate chop onto Narimasa's lowered head and it clearly produced a dull sound.
"Ow! What was that for, you idiot!? You have no idea how to control your strength, do you!?"
"Then use that weak head of yours to think, small fry. If you're going to follow the Testament descriptions…then Sassa Narimasa meets his end rebelling against Hashiba."
"But before that and after we lose our master, I end up under your command as we fight Hashiba and Toshi. Hashiba will be our enemy by then."
"That's the whole point," said Katsuie. "Your super excellent upperclassmen were telling you that it's okay if you end up like us, no matter how it turns out that way."
"What? Who are you calling excellent?"
"Don't forget the 'super', small fry. Do you want me to create a human-shaped stamp in the snow with you? Do you?"
Katsuie laughed quietly.
"But that isn't for a while. For now, we need to enjoy the situation we've got."
"Shaja. You don't have to tell me that. I was always planning to go all out here."
The two of them looked north from the hill.
They were looking at an area several dozen kilometers away, past a large snowy forest in the distance.
"That's the southwestern edge of Sviet Rus's livable zone. There's not even forty kilometers from that field to the city beyond it. We had an excellent guide."
"Marfa of Novgorod, hm? She still looks down on everyone, but she led us in the right direction."
Katsuie gave a nasal laugh.
"Hashiba pulled some strings to get Marfa the inherited name of Shibata Shigeie, right? So to 'cooperate' with us, she guided us into Sviet Rus territory and will prove her cooperation with a battle. And that's just about to begin. Sounds good to me. Especially with the nice bait that's shown up."
He pointed his chin toward some shapes in the eastern sky. They were small and distant, but they were clearly there.
Taki: "Given the time, I assume that's the Musashi diplomatic ship and Honjou Shigenaga's escort fleet. I've recorded their cannon fire patterns and number of shells used, so should I send that over?"
"No," replied Katsuie. "It wouldn't get to her soon enough, and it wouldn't matter for what she's trying to do."
Taki: "She? Oh, you mean Marfa."
"Shaja," responded Narimasa as he too looked to Honjou Shigenaga's fleet. "Given the time, she should be making her attack soon."
As he spoke, a wind blew through the eastern sky.
A shape suddenly appeared in front of Honjou Shigenaga's escort fleet.
It was a black multi-layer warship that measured over eight hundred meters long. It was structured like shoe soles stacked on top of each other.
Taki: "Oh!? That reading!? Is that a stealth hulk? Now that's rare!"
"I was raised in the mountains, so I can't tell anything beyond its wafer-like multi-layer structure. Still, let's see what she's prepared to do. We're not about to accept any half-assed 'cooperation'. But…" Katsuie tilted his head and groaned. "I think that Marfa puts too much focus on emotions, strength, and connections between people. Well, that might be just right for such a cold region."
Meanwhile, the black hulk flew toward the Honjou fleet with a few transport ships accompanying it.
It was on a collision course.
Honjou Shigenaga's escort fleet for the diplomatic ship had noticed the enemy.
"Captain! Enemy detected eleven kilometers away to eleven and ten o'clock! The ether reading is of an old Sviet Rus Kraken-class armed hulk-type! The scan says it belongs to Novgorod!"
With that report, barriers opened on the left and right above the festival courtyard. These were physical ones, not spell ones. Toori tilted his head as they connected to the upper deck to keep out the external air.
"Hey, Shigeko? Do those cover everything? That's kind of excessive."
"Testament. Are you saying you wish to view the battle? …There is a lift to the top. I'll show you the way."
"H-hold on!" cut in Mitotsudaira "What is going on!?"
"Don't worry about it," said Shigenaga while dismissively waving a hand and shoving yakisoba into her mouth. "This is the quickest way to understand the problem Sviet Rus is currently facing."
Mitotsudaira gave a puzzled look as Shigenaga opened a sankt okno and sent some instructions.
"Don't let them pass by in silence, comrades! The time of demons is not yet upon us, so we must give a greeting to our fellow travelers. And let us bring them to a stop to teach them that this snowy land is not welcoming of outsiders!"
"So it's hand-to-hand combat, captain!?"
"Testament! Listen, comrades! I'm sure you're sick of using these cannons to fight. But the time has come! The time to display our great physical strength has come! The decorative flowers of cannon fire are only for the day. Once night falls, it is the crescent moon that shall decorate the sky! All ships, release your ceiling defense spells. It's time for the famous Sviet Rus privet!"
As she spoke, the wind split apart in the sky ahead.
They saw the black hulk there. It belonged to Novgorod, but there was something odd about it.
It was upside down, so the flat upper deck was pointed down. And…
"The enemy ship only has its front defense barriers active! It's coming in for the privet!"
A group of the amalgamated dead stood on the long upper deck of the multi-layer hulk. They were upside down, but they prepared for action at the stern of the ship.
And the individual at the very front was magnified in a sankt okno that opened in the sky.
She wore a black-dyed Sviet Rus uniform with extra decorations attached. An eight-legged horse made of bones stood to her side and the tiger-skin scarf around her neck blew in the wind. The very end of the scarf contained the two kanji of the name Kagetora.
Mitotsudaira spoke up when she realized what that name meant.
"Nagao Kagetora!? Is that former Sviet Rus Vice Chancellor and Novgorod Mayor Marfa!?"
Her tone of question carried a "but", so she continued with a frown.
"Can we assume Novgorod has betrayed Sviet Rus and joined P.A. Oda?"
"Testament. We were keeping that hidden, but I guess the secret's out now. …To be completely accurate, she's the former Vice Chancellor, she's Mayor of Novgorod, and she was one of the successors to Sviet Rus. She was also a good friend of Current Chancellor and Student Council President Uesugi Kagekatsu. And now she's an enemy and a traitor. She is…"
In the sankt okno, the woman's expression changed. She brought her eyebrows together and stared ahead at them.
And Shigenaga spoke toward that gaze.
"Marfa 'Vedma' Boretskaya."
With that resolute statement, the ceiling revealing both the sky and the enemy was closed.
At the same time, a ship-wide announcement played.
"The enemy privet will arrive in two minutes and thirty-seven seconds!"
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I have fond memories of 1963 and Germany, when my dad was stationed in Stuttgart. Mom and I lived on base in some apartments.
Wisconsin winters remind me of Christmas in Germany. Lot's of snow, and pines that tower above the buildings where we lived for 18 months. On winter days, we kids would build snowmen on the hoods of the tenants' cars parked in the parking lot out front.
In summer Dad would take me walking through the Black Forest which butted up to the apartments, and we'd go on "squirrel hunts". I remember he and I would hunker down (I was tiny at 4) behind a fallen log, and he'd tell me to be very quiet and a squirrel would come out. It wasn't long before we spotted one, most likely checking out the two silly Humans wandering in his neck'o the woods.
Dad would take me to a Beer Garten somewhere at the end of our walk-we'd cross over a foot bridge that spanned a little pond and creek. I'd watch the swans and geese that inhabited the pond.
On Halloween, us kids would dress up warm and make ready to go Trick-or-Treating in the complex. Mom made me eat a bowl of chili for dinner first, which I wasn't too fond of. She wanted me full so I would be too full to eat candy when I got back.
That Christmas, Santa came through our apartment complex, sitting on the back of a Cadillac convertible. He waved at the kids in the parking lot, and I think he saw me from our upstairs window as I waved at him passing by. I was with a babysitter that day-I don't know where Mom was, but I was in the middle of nap-time when the Babysitter got me up to come to the window to see Santa as he passed by.
On Christmas Eve, it was customary for the children to put a shoe outside their bedroom door. It was our hope that if we were good little boys and girls, Santa would leave us candy in our shoe (ewwwwwwe) and if we were bad, he would leave sticks. I was so happy to find candy in the morning, I was a Good Girl!
I was visiting a blog this evening, and in my search for a reference to Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes, I ran across a recipe for Brotchen (little breads). They are little crusty rolls, which we ate for breakfast, with real churned butter and jelly.
I ended up bouncing from post to post, reeling from my new discovery-recipes for Artisan Crusty bread abound! You absolutely MUST check the brotchen blog at at Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes. If you are into real crusty bread like I am, you'll be hooked too!
Note to self: Must find Danish Dough Whisk.


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Algernon Scales up Manufacturing of NP-120 (Ifenprodil) to Prepare for Coronavirus and Acute Lung Injury US Clinical Trials
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW) (OTCQB: AGNPF) (the "Company" or "Algernon") a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company is pleased to announce that it has made the decision to begin production of NP-120 (Ifenprodil) with a new injectable and long acting oral release formulation, in order to be prepared for new US clinical trials for COVID-19 (coronavirus) and acute lung injury (ALI).
The decision was made after a recent independent study found that Ifenprodil significantly reduced ALI and improved survivability in an animal study with Asian H5N1 infected mice by 40%. Asian H5N1 is the most lethal form of influenza known to date with an over 50% mortality rate. This compelling data, generated via a genome wide RNAi interference approach, that lead the investigators to the identification of Ifenprodil, an NMDA receptor antagonist, has been a major contributing factor in the Company's decision.The Company is in negotiations with a number of manufacturers and will be announcing more details on its decision shortly."The Company believes strongly in the potential of Ifenprodil to treat patients who have a severe acute lung injury, including people who have various forms of respiratory infections including COVID-19 (coronavirus) and influenza," said Christopher J. Moreau CEO of Algernon Pharmaceuticals.Algernon has filed new intellectual property rights for NP-120 (Ifenprodil) for the treatment of respiratory diseases.About NP-120 (Ifenprodil)NP-120 (Ifenprodil) is an N-methyl-d-aspartate (NDMA) receptor glutamate receptor antagonist specifically targeting the NMDA-type subunit 2B (Glu2NB). Ifenprodil also exhibits agonist activity for the Sigma-1 receptor, a chaperone protein up-regulated during endoplasmic reticulum stress. Although the anti-fibrotic activity of Ifenprodil in IPF is not known, recent studies have suggested a link between both receptors and pathways associated with fibrosis.Glutamate (Glu) is the main excitatory neurotransmitter which acts on glutamate receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) but overactivation of these receptors can cause several damages to neural cells including death. Recent studies show that the glutamate agonist N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) can trigger acute lung injury (ALI). ALI is a direct and indirect injury to alveolar epithelial cells and capillary endothelial cell, causing diffuse pulmonary interstitial and alveolar edema and acute hypoxic respiration failure. ALI is characterized by reduced lung volume and compliance, and imbalance of the ventilation/perfusion ratio, inducing hypoxemia and respiratory distress and its severe stage (oxygen index <200) known as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). (1) Furthermore, pathological findings show that 64% of ARDS patients may have pulmonary fibrosis during convalescence (2).NP-120 (Ifenprodil – brand name Cerocal) was initially developed by Sanofi in the 1990s in the French and Japanese markets for the treatment of circulatory disorders. The drug is genericized and sold in Japan.About Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. Algernon Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company focused on advancing its lead compounds for non–alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), chronic kidney disease (CKD) inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and chronic cough.CONTACT INFORMATIONChristopher J. Moreau
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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India's Quest for Multipolarity
CO21181 | India's Quest for Multipolarity
P. S. Suryanarayana
A constellation of great and major powers, each with or without allies and partners, is India's preferred configuration for a potential rebalancing of today's world order. The search for multipolarity of this kind seems to be Delhi's strategy to overcome China's opposition and become a peer role-player in global politics.
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INDIAN PRIME Minister Narendra Modi hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Delhi on 6 December 2021, four days before participating in US President Joe Biden's 'Summit for Democracy'.
In so doing, Modi signalled India's strategic autonomy vis-à-vis the United States and its designated adversary, Russia, which saw Biden's call for democracy as a polarising international ploy. Delhi is also engaging Beijing, a rival neighbour, despite their ongoing military crisis and despite Biden's focus on competition as the main highlight of his China policy.
Norms for a Niche Role
Besides strategic autonomy, India considers its democracy as a legitimate asset for a niche position in a potential multipolar world. Addressing Biden's video-linked summit on 10 December, Modi said "the democratic spirit is integral to our [Indian] civilisation ethos". His assertion was based on the historical evidence of a few pockets of republican polities in ancient India. Unlike China, which argues that "[t]he US is not a 'beacon of democracy"", India does not contest America's democratic credentials.
In Beijing's current worldview, US ambition for global leadership "violates the democratisation of international relations", too. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed this view at a video-linked ministerial meeting of the Russia-India-China (RIC) forum on 26 November 2021. Hosting the meeting, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar criticised Beijing for its actions which, in his view, prevent the emergence of a world order in tune with today's realities.
In a tweet attributed to him, Jaishankar said: "UN reform is being blocked using a smokescreen of consensus as the only way forward. As a result, the international community is being denied its democratic rights".
Decoded, Jaishankar's case was that China's constant campaign for universal consensus for United Nations reform would hurt the interests of many including India. They can achieve their aspirational roles through the democratic will of a majority under the UN Charter, instead of waiting for no-objection messaging from every member. This forms the crux of Modi's drive for new globalisation.
India's Apple Cart at the UN?
Urging a reform of the UN Security Council, India seeks the kind of role which the existing permanent members enjoy in that apex forum. If successful in this endeavour, Delhi believes, it can enhance its political and strategic relevance to globalisation.
India seems to hope that its aspiration will not threaten Washington's and Moscow's core positions in the future strategic globalisation. To ensure this, Modi seeks good relations with both America and Russia.
However, the apple cart of Indian aspirations at the UN might be toppled in circumstances beyond Delhi's control. Not clear, at this writing, is whether the US will impose severe sanctions on India for buying Russia's high-tech S-400 air defence system.
If the US triggers sanctions, in disregard of India's strategic autonomy, both countries will need to rethink their relations for the longer term. Another factor that could determine or undermine the prospects of India-friendly multipolarity is the unsettled Sino-Indian relationship.
A Call for Decentralised Globalisation
In economic globalisation, China has in recent years acquired unprecedented centrality of power and initiatives. In the eyes of countries like India, such centralisation has not fostered the diversified global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disappointed, Jaishankar has, therefore, drawn attention to "the dangers of over-centralised globalisation" in "economic terms". In his view, "a world of more decentralised globalisation" could ensure resilient supply chains to meet future crises. Supply chains and COVID-19 vaccines, besides new technologies and climate change are on the agenda of the Quad, which comprises the US, Japan, India and Australia. However, even before the first in-person summit among the Quad leaders, Beijing denounced the forum as "a small clique against China".
It is difficult to imagine the Quad as a 'pole' in its own right in a future world order. The US is still the central 'pole', with unmatched strategic and economic strengths and with allies around it, in the existing system. There is no multiplicity of major players in the present global dispensation.
As America's allies, Japan and Australia will, therefore, have a delicate choice to make if they wish to see the emergence of a large multipolar world. India is alone among the Quad countries in seeking a multipolar system that could reflect today's realities.
China is already one among the few dominant 'poles' in the current global pecking order. During the continuing worldwide COVID-19 crisis, too, Beijing's centrality to a potential global economic recovery is evident.
Nuances of Seeking Multipolarity
The almost complete rise of China as an economic and strategic powerhouse seems to drive Modi's foreign policy choices. Delhi is convinced of Beijing's unwillingness to endorse India's 'rightful' place in a global order. Their unsettled equation across their bilateral military and economic spectrum also limits India's influence.
Jaishankar has, therefore, criticised "the untenability of unilateralism from whichever quarter". This is a code for, firstly, the US domestic laws to impose sanctions on other countries, and, secondly, India's perception of Beijing's oriental unilateralism with Chinese characteristics.
A case in point is Delhi's opposition to Chinese President Xi Jinping's active promotion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor without consulting India. The corridor passes through areas that India deems as its sovereign domain.
The art of diplomacy is to resolve or rise above intractable differences. For India and China, therefore, Russia's continuing promotion of the RIC forum could be useful. Beijing makes common cause with Moscow vis-à-vis the US right now.
Modi, too, may look for Russian support if Delhi's ties with Washington worsen. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has actually called for "interaction" among the RIC troika for "creating a fairer and more democratic multipolar order".
However, it will be difficult for Modi to rely on Russia, China's close partner, to stabilise and normalise the Sino-Indian relations. India is caught between the RIC and the Quad. A high degree of composite national power and skilful diplomacy will be needed to make the best of both these forums.
P.S. Suryanarayana is Adjunct Senior Fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is the author of 'The Elusive Tipping Point: China-India Ties for a New Order' (World Scientific, Singapore, 2021).
Categories: Commentaries / Country and Region Studies / International Politics and Security / Regionalism and Multilateralism
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I guess I'll let the cat out of the bag. I made quilts for Christmas. Huge surprise, I know. The quilts that needed to travel, have been posted, and I know one has been received.
Here they are. For Carries' family in North Carolina, The Reflection Quilt.
For my Mom in Oregon, The Grace Quilt. I named it after her.
This one goes to Sharon's house, but I didn't have to mail it, she'll be here for Christmas. The Zipper Quilt.
Christmas day, we're uniting with another family, and I'm giving the ladies one of my homemade Little Folk scarves.
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That is the best group of presents I have ever seen.


1. Welcome: Nathan Spackman brought meeting to order with Dale Marble giving the opening prayer and Dale Meservy leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
MOTION: Dale Marble made a motion to approve the minutes for April 7, 2011 and April 21, 2011. Dale Meservy seconded the motion. Motion passes unanimously.
3. Tiffany and Pablo Catalan: Mylar Plat Map approval and set back approval for new residence. (Perk Test did not pass so they were not in attendance.) They will need to have the Health Department come back and do another perk test in a couple of months when things get dryer. If this fails again they will need to have dirt hauled in and wait for three years.
Mrs. Catalan would like to know if she can start putting a driveway in since she has UDOT approval. The Planning commission said that they could put in the Driveway while they wait until they can build.
4. Brad and Lisa Burbank: Just for information purposes in case they came.
5. Wayne & Shauna Wright: Conditional Use Permit: The Planning Commission discussed the conditional use permit. A letter was read from Allen and Ilene Lish opposing the Conditional Use Permit. Nathan Spackman asked Mrs. Lish if it was stated on the plat that there is access for three residences, she said there is three ingresses and regresses. One access for Wrights, Robinsons, and themselves. It does not limit how much traffic for each family. Mrs. Lish said that she has nothing against the Wrights, because they are great neighbors, they just don't want the traffic on their road and that is why they built back there. Mr. Wright said that he did not see anything in the easement documents about there being a restriction for just residential uses.
Mr. Wright explained that with him and Shauna working, the sales would be by appointment only. It was explained to Mrs. Lish that this cannot be a commercial business and get bigger; this is just a home business. Mr. Wright said that if he was going to expand this business it will be moving to another location. Mrs. Lish said that she had an attorney look at the access and this is what he said about the ingress and egress. Mr. Wright explained that he is not going to have more traffic than what he has with his family coming and visiting. Nathan Spackman explained that this Conditional Use is regulated and that if it does affect the neighbors than it cannot be a business. Nathan Spackman again explained that this cannot be a commercial business.
Chapter 1, page 17, explains the recommendation. – Dale Meservy said that it is OK to have concerns and he suggested going ahead and making a recommendation and stating that if they follow the guide lines there should not be a problem.
MOTION: Dale Meservy made a motion for a recommendation to pass Wayne and Shauna Wright's Conditional Use Permit #CU2011 -1 to the Town Council. Dale Marble seconded the motion. Motion passes unanimously.
Mr. Wright would like to come to Town Council meeting for his Conditional Use Permit on Thursday May 12, at 7:00 p.m.
6. Richard Pett/Quin Parkinson: Preliminary Discussion of a possible residence on east bench: Quinn Parkinson showed map of where they would like to build up at the top. It will be five to ten years down the road before they will be building. Richard Williams discussed the source protection plan, not allowed to have buildings next to the Town's water source.
They would like to dig a well right away. They were told to contact the Bear River Health Dept. first. They will take care of the road; they will probably need to contact state for their well. Council member Goring explained for the minutes that the leader ship, for the Town, may change before they begin to build and that the zoning ordinance may also change, so this is just a discussion and not anything is being approved tonight. They said that they wanted the Town to know what they desire and would like to be notified incase of any changes.
7. Zane Jeppesen: Preliminary Discussion of the possibility of building a residence on a two acre lot zoned AG 40, and the possibility of a re-zone for smaller lots on his 39 acres in AG 40, located on the east bench: Mr. Jeppesen showed a map. He showed a two acre lot, by cemetery, and the pump house behind his lot. Richard Williams said that this is on our main water source. Nathan Spackman said that he will need to clarify the two acre lot to see if it is in the RR 35, to be able to divide into two separate lots. There is no description for that road but the map states that it is in the RR35 zone.
On his 39 acres he would put in a nice road. It was discussed that the Source Protection Plan went in to effect as of February 2011. Mr. and Mrs. Berger's septic would be preexisting if it is in the Source Protection area. It was discussed that Mr. Jeppesen could work to have a holding tank to have a closed septic. Nathan Spackman said that they need to have an over lay for the Water Source Protection. There is a possibility that Mr. Jeppesen could have a common collection tank for a sanitary sewer line. Mr. Jeppesen would have to go to the Health Dept. to approve this.
In order for Mr. Jeppesen to have one acre lots in the Ag 40 zone he would have to ask for a zone change. Nathan Spackman says they need to get a map of where the source protection is, and Mr. Jeppesen needs to come back with an accurate map for his plans on what he would like to do. Richard Williams will get information for the Source Protection Plan in a couple of weeks. Mr. Jeppesen needs to be notified about the permitted uses in that zone.
8. Public Comments: Please keep comments to three minutes: No Public at this time to comment.
9. Discussion of Plat maps for Future road accesses for the Deweyville General Plan: This was not discussed at this time.


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Hilton to Re-establish…
Hilton to Re-establish Presence in Copenhagen
Hilton today announced plans to open a new hotel in Copenhagen, following a franchise agreement with BC Hospitality Group A/S (BCHG). Hilton Copenhagen City Centre, a Hilton Hotels & Resorts property, will open in the heart of the city in 2020.
"Frequently hailed as one of the world's most liveable cities, Copenhagen is praised for its culture, global connectivity, transport system and green spaces. By 2027, Denmark is expected to attract more than 14 million international arrivals, making it one of Europe's fastest growing travel destinations," said Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president, development, EMEA, Hilton. "With an existing portfolio of six trading hotels across the Nordics and a further two in the pipeline, we're pleased to be working with BCHG, Denmark's leading hotel and exhibition space operator to introduce three new hotels."
Hilton Copenhagen City Centre
The seven-storey Hilton Copenhagen City Centre will feature 400 guest rooms, including 44 suites. It will provide easy access to Copenhagen's Central Station and the financial centre, as well as the Tivoli Gardens, the city's main tourist attraction. Other popular sites close by include the Copenhagen Opera House and Christian's Church, as well as Copenhagen's Old Town and the National Museum of Denmark. The hotel is conveniently located eight kilometres from the city's airport.
The hotel will feature a fitness centre, executive lounge, lobby, bar and two restaurants, one of which will boast panoramic views across the Copenhagen waterfront. For corporate events and gatherings, the hotel will offer more than 600 square metres of function and meeting space.
"We are really excited and looking forward to working with Hilton to bring this exciting development to life," said Allan L. Agerholm, CEO of BCHG. "This Hilton will not only be a landmark property in central Copenhagen, it will also bring to life a really exciting hotel experience – right in the heart of the old town of Copenhagen."
Hilton Hotels & Resorts has a trading presence in 58 countries and territories across Europe Middle East & Africa, recently introducing hotels in new destinations including Astana and Belgrade.
Hilton Copenhagen City Centre will be located on Strandgade, one of Copenhagen's most iconic streets, on the quayside of Copenhagen Harbour. The hotel is a few minutes walk from Copenhagen's famous old square – Kgs Nytorv, the Old Stock Exchange, the Nyhavn waterfront and the famous pedestrian shopping street – Strøget.
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Bình Dương fines 87 units for environment violations in first half
July, 10/2020 - 16:23
Eighty-seven facilities were fined for environmental violations in southern Bình Dương Province in the first half of 2020, according to local Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Illustrative photo vietnamplus.vn
BÌNH DƯƠNG — Eighty-seven facilities were fined for environmental violations in southern Bình Dương Province in the first half of 2020, according to local Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The department inspected those units and imposed fines totalling more than VNĐ9 billion (US$391,000).
The department has regularly supervised waste dumping of local companies through an automated environment monitoring system and conducted unscheduled inspections.
Among 87 violating units in the first half of this year, 36 facilities were discovered to have committed violations during unscheduled inspections. Another 51 units were found to have committed violations after local authorities received complaints.
Most of the violators were discharging an amount of waste exceeding the permitted level, unsafe toxic waste treatment, and releasing waste into water sources.
Companies also operated waste treatment works without obtaining approval from authorities.
Ngô Công Lý, deputy chief inspector of the provincial environment department, said the inspections and strict penalties imposed on violators contribute to preventing further violations and improving legal enforcement.
The department will continue to conduct inspections following instructions of the provincial People's Committee and on those who show signs of violations, he said. — VNS
Domestic elephant to be taken to Yôk Đôn National Park
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Workshop discusses marine spatial planning for sustainable oceans in Việt Nam
Back to the wild
Rich biodiversity database debuts
OECMs promise a new conservation opportunity for Việt Nam
A new conservation designation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) promises more opportunities for Việt Nam to boost conservation work in the country, experts have said.
Environmentally-friendly production and consumption to enhanced
The production and use of environmentally-friendly and recycled products will be encouraged in economic development plans for 2021-2030.
Authority plans to make Hà Nội greener
The capital has long paid special attention to developing greenery.
Northern region prepares for natural disasters
The Việt Nam Disaster Management Authority (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) must prepare appropriate means and equipment for access to areas affected by flash floods and landslide.
Bình Định households face water shortage
Meanwhile, a water plant worth VNĐ12 billion (US$520,580), which was supposed to supply water for 3,300 households in four villages in the commune, has been left abandoned.
Forest fire in Nghệ An extinguished
A forest fire that raged for six hours in the central province of Nghệ An was finally extinguished on Tuesday morning.
Dialogue discusses wildlife management and protection policies
Strengthening legislation and communication to reduce demand for illegal wildlife products was the main theme of a dialogue held by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Assembly's Office on Tuesday in Hà Nội.
Planting and creating high-yield trees the key for forestry sector
Scientific research and technology transfer for the forestry sector in the 2021-30 period will focus on the hybridisation of new varieties, giving priority to planting high-yield, good-quality and pest-and-disease preventive capable tree varieties, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hà Công Tuấn.
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My cat flats have seen better days, so I picked these up.
I still want to try a pair of Rothy's at some point.
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Home Culture Berwick LitFest: the silver lining to lockdown's dark clouds
Berwick LitFest: the silver lining to lockdown's dark clouds
Every dark cloud has a silver lining: here's ours!
THERE IS A SILVER LINING to the dark cloud of lockdown. If, like me, you enjoy the immediacy and access provided by some of the country's really good live events, such as the upcoming Berwick Literary Festival, they are now online at a computer near you and are FREE!
Reader Chris Stevens wrote from Windsor recently to ask if I thought that the much-praised Red Lion takeaways might be delivered from Milfield in Northumberland to his neck of the woods and I had to disappoint him. . . but Chris, you can certainly attend any of the fantastic events at Berwick's literary festival without ever leaving your armchair in Royal Windsor.
And what a festival it promises to be! Programme co-ordinator Mike Fraser says: "We have a superb and diverse line up with several sessions already attracting a lot of attention. We've picked up on a number of themes which are very much on people's minds right now."
Timely themes such as Black Lives Matter: Professor Brian Ward talks about Frederick Douglass, a black slave whose freedom was bought by two Quaker women from Newcastle.
And what more timely subject than the transformative power of bread-making? Pauline Beaumont's book Bread Therapy and her upcoming talk chime precisely with the sourdough explosion brought about by lockdown; or the healing qualities of the natural world with Tamsin Calidas, whose talk based on her book 'I Am An Island will detail how she dumped London in favour of a derelict Hebridean croft.
Bread therapy: Pauline Beaumont's session on bread and her books
Closer to home, and in keeping with its status as a disputed town with roots in both England and Scotland (Berwick changed hands 14 times it was finally settled as being in England in 1482), the Festival enjoys contributions from both sides of the border. As well as Tamsin Calidas' redemptive island memoir, writer/historians John Sadler and Rosie Serdiville explore the gruesome fate of 5,000 Scottish soldiers marched from Dunbar to Durham after Oliver Cromwell's decisive victory in 1650,
Not inspired yet? Log on to Scottish broadcaster and journalist (and former NME editor) Stuart Cosgrove as he delves into Sixties US soul music and its impact on boxer Cassius Clay Or to social historian and gardener Ursula Buchan, who asks: 'Did we really dig for victory?'. And to Wigtown bookseller Sean Bythell talking about his books that are 'guaranteed to offend anyone who has ever crossed the threshold of a bookshop'.
Other contributors include master biographer Ann Thwaite, whose subjects include AA Milne (she was consultant on the successful 2017 film Goodbye Christopher Robin) and Frances Hodgson Burnett; Bloodaxe Books' editor Neil Astley who is joined by poets including David Constantine for his session of readings from the acclaimed Staying Human – New Poems for Staying Alive; and political broadcaster and columnist Steve Richards whose book The Prime Ministers is the basis for his session on the incumbents of Number 10: from Wilson to Johnson; and the immediacy of the spoken word with world slam poetry champion Harry Baker, whose work is intrinsically of-the-moment.
Festival chair, Michael Gallico says: "We always aim to be dynamic in our engagement with words – written, spoken and performed and this year will be no different. Our workshops are always popular – we have poetry and creative writing sessions. And there will be an opportunity to question speakers after each event."
Decent folk like you and me will probably feel inclined to make a small donation towards next year's (hopefully live and face to face) festival when we register to take part (that's essential); Berwick's festival registration is open NOW and you can get the full programme and all details HERE.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

using Bumblebee.Exceptions;
using Bumblebee.Interfaces;

using OpenQA.Selenium;

namespace Bumblebee.Extensions
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Extension methods for verifying values.
	/// </summary>
	public static class Verification
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Verification method that allows for passing a predicate expression to evaluate some condition and a message to display if predicate is not true.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// When throwing an error on verification, the system will add "Unable to verify " to anything that you pass as a message.  The recommendation is that you
		/// write your verification strings starting with "that".  An example verification of "that string is empty." would return "Unable to verify that string is empty."
		/// </remarks>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="obj"></param>
		/// <param name="verification"></param>
		/// <param name="predicate"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static T Verify<T>(this T obj, string verification, Predicate<T> predicate)
		{
			var message = $"Unable to verify.  {verification ?? String.Empty}".Trim();

			if (predicate(obj) == false)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(obj, message);
			}

			return obj;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Verification method that allows for passing a predicate expression to evaluate some condition.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="obj">The object.</param>
		/// <param name="predicateExpression">The expression.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		/// <remarks>
		/// If the predicate fails, the system will throw a verification exception with the message "Unable to verify custom verification."
		/// </remarks>
		public static T Verify<T>(this T obj, Expression<Predicate<T>> predicateExpression)
		{
			var predicate = predicateExpression.Compile();
			return obj.Verify($"Expected {predicateExpression.Body}", predicate);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Verification method that allows for passing an assertion from any assertion library.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// The message that is thrown from the assertion library that you use will be captured in the VerificationException.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="value"></param>
		/// <param name="assertion"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static T VerifyThat<T>(this T value, Action<T> assertion)
		{
			try
			{
				assertion(value);
				return value;
			}
			catch (Exception ex)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(value, $"Unable to verify.  {ex.Message}", ex);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Verifies whether or not the element is selected.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="TSelectable">The type of the selectable.</typeparam>
		/// <param name="selectable">The selectable element.</param>
		/// <param name="selected">if set to <c>true</c> verifies whether element is selected and vice versa.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		/// <exception cref="VerificationException">Selection verification failed. Expected: {0}, Actual: {1}..FormatWith(selected, selectable.Selected)</exception>
		public static TSelectable VerifySelected<TSelectable>(this TSelectable selectable, bool selected) where TSelectable : ISelectable
		{
			if (selectable.Selected != selected)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(selectable, $"Selection verification failed. Expected: {selected}, Actual: {selectable.Selected}.");
			}

			return selectable;
		}

		public static THasText VerifyText<THasText>(this THasText hasText, string text) where THasText : IHasText
		{
			if (hasText.Text != text)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(hasText, $"Text verification failed. Expected:  {text}, Actual:  {hasText.Text}.");
			}

			return hasText;
		}

		public static THasText VerifyTextMismatch<THasText>(this THasText hasText, string text) where THasText : IHasText
		{
			if (hasText.Text == text)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(hasText, $"Text mismatch verification failed. Unexpected:  {text}, Actual:  {hasText.Text}.");
			}

			return hasText;
		}

		public static THasText VerifyTextContains<THasText>(this THasText hasText, string text) where THasText : IHasText
		{
			if (hasText.Text.Contains(text) == false)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(hasText, $"Expected \"{hasText.Text}\" to contain \"{text}\"");
			}

			return hasText;
		}

		public static TBlock VerifyPresence<TBlock>(this TBlock block, By @by) where TBlock : IBlock
		{
			return block.VerifyPresenceOf("element", @by);
		}

		public static TBlock VerifyAbsence<TBlock>(this TBlock block, By @by) where TBlock : IBlock
		{
			return block.VerifyAbsenceOf("element", @by);
		}

		public static TBlock VerifyPresenceOf<TBlock>(this TBlock block, string element, By @by) where TBlock : IBlock
		{
			if (block.FindElements(@by).Any() == false)
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(block, $"Couldn't verify presence of {element} {@by}");
			}

			return block;
		}

		public static TBlock VerifyAbsenceOf<TBlock>(this TBlock block, string element, By @by) where TBlock : IBlock
		{
			if (block.FindElements(@by).Any())
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(block, $"Couldn't verify absence of {element} {@by}");
			}

			return block;
		}

		public static TElement VerifyClasses<TElement>(this TElement block, IEnumerable<string> expectedClasses) where TElement : IElement
		{
			block.Tag.VerifyClasses(expectedClasses);

			return block;
		}

		public static TElement VerifyClasses<TElement>(this TElement block, params string[] expectedClasses) where TElement : IElement
		{
			return block.VerifyClasses((IEnumerable<string>) expectedClasses);
		}

		public static void VerifyClasses(this IWebElement element, IEnumerable<string> expectedClasses)
		{
			var classes = element.GetClasses();

			var missingClasses = expectedClasses.Where(expected => classes.Contains(expected) == false).ToList();

			if (missingClasses.Any())
			{
				throw CreateVerificationException(element, $"Block is missing the following expected classes: {String.Join(", ", missingClasses)}");
			}
		}

		public static void VerifyClasses(this IWebElement element, params string[] expectedClasses)
		{
			element.VerifyClasses(expectedClasses.AsEnumerable());
		}

		public static TBlock Store<TBlock, TData>(this TBlock block, out TData data, Func<TBlock, TData> exp)
		{
			data = exp(block);

			return block;
		}

		private static VerificationException CreateVerificationException(object item, string message, Exception innerException = null)
		{
			var hasSession = item as IHasSession;

			var session = hasSession?.Session;

			var settings = session?.Settings;

			if (settings != null && settings.CaptureScreenOnVerificationFailure)
			{
				var method = CallStack.GetFirstNonBumblebeeMethod();

				var methodName = method.GetFullName();

				var path = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, $"{methodName}.png");

				session.CaptureScreen(path);
			}

			return new VerificationException(message, innerException);
		}
	}
}