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Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya (file photo)
Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called on three jailed Belarusians to stop hunger strikes they started to protest their incarceration as part of a crackdown on those speaking out against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
In a video statement issued on YouTube on March 14, Tsikhanouskaya tells journalist Ihar Losik, musician Ihar Bantser, and activist Dzmitry Furmanau that Belarus cannot risk losing them.
"You are now risking your lives by expressing your protest through a hunger strike. But, we, Belarusians, are not ready to risk you....Your loved ones, parents and children need you. Belarus needs you," Tsikhanouskaya said in the statement.
Tsikhanouskaya also said that she was "doing her best" to secure the release of "hundreds of other [innocent[ Belarusians who are locked up."
Tsikhanouskaya added that she had met officials across Europe last week and asked them to impose additional sanctions on Belarusian officials over the jailing of activists across Belarus who have been protesting the official results of an August 9 presidential election they say was rigged to hand Lukashenka a landslide victory.
"As early as next week, the UN should launch a mechanism to bring to justice those who carried out illegal detentions and passed verdicts imposed from above," Tsikhianouskaya said. "But I don't know if you still have a week."
Losik, a consultant for RFE/RL on new-media technologies, tried to slit his wrists in front of an investigator and a lawyer and restarted a hunger strike on March 11 after new unspecified charges were filed against him.
This came less than two months after he ended a six-week hunger strike to protest the original charges that he allegedly used his video blog to help organize riots to protest the election results.
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News of the new charges against the 28-year-old father of a 2-year-old daughter prompted RFE/RL President Jamie Fly to urge Lukashenka to release Losik immediately so he can be reunited with his family.
"Journalism is not a crime and Ihar has been unjustly detained for far too long. Ihar and his family should not be tortured in this way," Fly wrote, adding that RFE/RL was "deeply distressed" by the new charges and Losik's deteriorating health situation.
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Bantser, a musician from the western city of Hrodna, was detained on October 20 over his participation in an anti-Lukashenka rally and charged with hooliganism. Bantser started his hunger strike on March 3, protesting his arrest and the charge filed against him.
Furmanau was arrested in Hrodna in late May when taking part in an event on collecting signatures to endorse Tsikhanouskaya as a presidential candidate. He was charged with organizing activities that disrupt social order. Furmanau started his hunger strike on March 11.
Tsikhanouskaya is currently in Lithuania, where she relocated for security reasons after the presidential election that she and her supporters say she won.
She ran in the vote after the candidacy of her husband, vlogger Syarhey Tsikhanouski, was rejected by election officials and he was arrested in May last year.
Last week, Tsikhanouski was served with final charges -- impeding election officials' work, organizing mass disorders, and activities to disrupt social order -- that could see him imprisoned for up to 15 years.
The EU, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada have refused to recognize Lukashenka as the legitimate president of Belarus.
Lukashenka has overseen a violent crackdown on the protesters which has seen thousands -- including members of the media -- detained and scores injured.
Overall, more than 1,800 criminal cases have been launched over the protests against the official results of the presidential election.
New Charges Filed Against Jailed Belarusian Blogger Losik, His Wife Says


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It's hard to "stay with the ship" when everything seems lost. Like lemmings who follow each other over the cliff, we tend to abandon tough situations if we see other people cut and run. Sometimes, it takes great courage just to stick it out.
My son is on a swim team in high school and one of the best swimmers was arrested today. Of course, the situation for the boy is grave, but already the team has been rocked as well. What are they saying to each other: We'll never win another swim meet. What's the point of staying on the team? It will be embarrassing now. And so on. The kids feel "exposed" since their best swimmer is out of the game. They want a rewind, but life doesn't work that way.
Oftentimes the loss of a key player in any organization will make the whole group feel unstable and insecure. New leaders must emerge. New strategies must be developed. New challenges must be faced. The loss of one person sets up an environment for "change" which most people resist, at best, or just downright hate.
This same situation can happen in a church. A beloved pastor may depart or a key family, that has been in the church for years, will leave and people start looking around wondering if they should leave too. It's not always a change in people or personnel that starts the exodus, sometimes it's a change of venue (a new or refurbished building/sanctuary) or a change in the ubiquitous "order of worship" or different music or different carpeting. Any "change" can be like a glass of cold water thrown on a fainting person. It feels unpleasant.
I have struggled with staying in the same church year after year. Certainly, our church has seen lots of changes already, some good and some not so good. Many of my dear friends have left, there's a new building which I dislike immensely, there's a different worship team and style, the sermons are still bible-based but not terribly challenging anymore or speaking to where I am, and there are so many new people I don't even recognize 4/5 of the congregation. Why am I still here?
And yet, there is a sense that God is not finished yet. Where there have been changes, there will be more changes. Where there has been loss, there will be gains. Where there has been disappointment, there will be encouragement. That's the message in my heart. Stay… just a little while longer.
And like the men on Paul's ship who wanted to jump into the lifeboat, he warned them and said it was important that "everyone" remain with the ship so that all could be saved. Then they ate together and were strengthened for the time ahead. The next day, the ship was destroyed, and yet all 276 were saved… prisoners, sailors, and soldiers. Who would imagine that staying with the ship included the ship's destruction? But, that which was most important was saved: the people.
A church is not the building, it's the people. In fact, all organizations are really just the people. Staying with the ship requires a simple commitment to one another, a type of trust, a type of support, a love.
When Jesus left the disciples, they must have been devastated. Some teachers give the impression that the survivors were all huddled in the "upper room" being all holy and everything. Personally, I think they were scared to death and at a loss for what to do next. Some of the disciples baled and scattered for sure. How could they go on? What did it all mean? What would tomorrow hold? But enough of them stayed. And in the end, it turned out to be part of a plan, it was the way it had to be in that moment.


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Judge Dee--Representative of the Authentic Chinese Detective Story
Before Judge Dee was introduced to the West, stories of Chinese characters, villains and detectives were often written about by Caucasian writers who had no knowledge or experience of Chinese people, traditions, history, religion, philosophy, or actual lifestyle(s).
English author Sax Rohmer, for example, had read a newspaper account of a Chinese criminal organization being rounded up and arrested in London. The newspaper story was real but Sax Rohmer created a villainous Chinese fictional character—Dr. Fu Manchu—purely out of his imagination with no real knowledge or understanding of Chinese people. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (published in 1914) was the first of a series of novels that followed the exploits of this "evil oriental genius." (This offensive phrase reflected the attitude of many ignorant people who were suspicious of people they knew nothing about.)
The Fu Manchu books became a template used by other writers who emulated this negative and false representation.
Another Caucasian writer, Earl Derr Biggers, avoided following this pattern. Biggers published his first novel—Seven Keys to Baldpate— in 1914 (the same year that saw The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu in print). Seven Keys to Baldpate was an overnight and international success.
The success of Seven Keys to Baldpate gave Earl Derr Biggers enough money to marry and travel on vacation. In Honolulu, Hawaii, he read a newspaper article about Chang Apana, a Chinese man who had worked for the Honolulu police force for several decades.
Biggers said, "Sinister and wicked Chinese are old stuff. . . but an amiable Chinese on the side of law and order had never been used." Biggers created the fictional Chinese detective Charlie Chan.
While the Charlie Chan novels made great strides in improving the attitudes of the West toward Chinese people, it also came out of Biggers's imagination. Biggers, who studied Literature at Harvard University, apparently did no research about the Chinese people.
Ernest Bramah (creator of literature's first blind detective, Max Carrados) published a series of books about a Chinese storyteller named Kai Lung.
Examples such as these prompted Robert Van Gulik to write:
This novel Dee Goong An is offered here in a complete translation. Possibly it would have had a wider appeal if it had been entirely re-written in a form more familiar to our readers. Then, however, much of the genuine Chinese atmosphere of the original would have disappeared, and in the end both the Chinese author, and the Western reader would have been the losers. Some parts may be less interesting to the Western reader than others, but I am confident that also in this literal translation the novel will be found more satisfactory than the palpable nonsense that is foisted on the long-suffering public by some writers of faked "Chinese" stories, which describe a China and a Chinese people that exist nowhere except in their fertile imaginations. (Van Gulik, Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, pp. VIII, IX)
How a Caucasian Developed an Authentic 17-Century Chinese Detective Novel and Introduced it to the West
Robert Van Gulik (August 9, 1910— September 24, 1967) was born in the Netherlands. When he was three years old, his parents moved to the Dutch East Indies to what is now Jakarta, taking him with them, where they lived until he was twelve.
Van Gulik studied Mandarin while growing up. As an adult, he could speak, read, and write Mandarin. He also came to know the Chinese people and their culture, traditions, and beliefs intimately.
He went home to the Netherlands for his advanced education (receiving a PhD in 1935). Eventually, he returned to Japan and China. In 1943, he married Shui Shifang, daughter of a Qing dynasty Imperial Mandarin; together they had four children.
Van Gulik became a sinologist and an ambassador to China on behalf of the West.
Van Gulik discovered that China had full-fledged detective novels in the 17th century. He wanted to introduce these to the West but there were significant differences between the Chinese of the 17th century and Western detective stories of the 20th century. Therefore, he had to find something that would be palatable to Western readers.
17-Century Chinese Detective Stories and the Role of the Judge
These books had titles like Bao Goong An, P'eng Goong An, and Di Goong An. The first word in the title represented the surname of the detective; "Goong" is his title as a magistrate; "An" has to do with one or more cases that the detective may be investigating.
Thus, when Van Gulik translated Di Goon An, he titled the English version Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee.
Chinese detective novels of this period follow the actual protocol of Chinese law and procedure current at the time they were written. I suppose, therefore, that they can be seen as prototypes of police procedurals.
Typically, the Judge investigates three cases during each book. These cases are separate and unrelated but may overlap in the time period—an earlier case may be unsolved as another case is initiated, investigated, and solved.
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Van Gulik points out that, in his role as a government official, Judge Dee "performs the functions of judge, jury, prosecutor and detective." Van Gulik writes, for example, "This present novel describes vividly how careful a judge must be to show to the people at large that he conducts his cases in the right way."
The Protocol Follows Genuine 17-Century Chinese Law Procedures
The protocol often begins when a citizen wants to lodge a complaint or report an incident (although the judge himself sometimes initiates an investigation as a result of something he himself has observed). The judge is called from his chambers, dresses in his magisterial robe, and takes his place on a dais in the courtroom. Court, or "Tribunal," is now in session.
Upon entering the tribunal, the citizen strikes a gong, then kneels on the floor before the judge and touches his head to the floor several times. He or she may say something like, "This unworthy person wishes to report that a body has been discovered on a road in my village. The deceased was last seen at such-and-such a hotel. I believe that the proprietor of the hotel may be involved in the victim's murder."
The judge has the authority to detain such a person in case he is making a false allegation or it is later determined that the person has motivation to lie.
The murdered victim is brought to the court and a doctor or coroner examines the corpse and reports his observations in great detail. An assistant, acting as court stenographer, takes notes, which become part of the official court records. The following quote from the novel explicates this process:
The coroner thereupon spread a reed mat on the ground, and had the corpse placed on top of it. He washed it clean with hot water, and then looked over the body inch by inch. He thus reported to Judge Dee:
"One male corpse, one knife wound at the back of the shoulder, 2½ inches long, ½ inch broad. On the left side a wound caused by a kick, ½ inch deep, 5 inches in diameter. One knife wound in the throat, 3 inches long, ½ inch broad, a deep cut right through the windpipe".
This report was duly entered in the records by the coroner's assistants, and the document was placed on the desk of the judge.
After Judge Dee had pondered over this report for a few moments, he descended from his chair, and himself carefully looked over the corpse. Having verified the coroner's report as correct, he affixed his red seal to this document, and gave orders to place the corpse in a temporary coffin, and to put up an official notice to the public, asking all who knew the murdered man to present themselves at the tribunal. (Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee)
Judge Dee Investigates
In Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, the proprietor of the hotel (as alluded to above) is summoned to the tribunal. He, too, must strike the gong upon entering the court, then kneel before the judge and touch his head to the floor.
After hearing the allegations, he may respond, "The victim has indeed stayed at the hotel of this unworthy person. But in the morning , he ate breakfast, settled his bill, and went on his way. This is the first I have heard about his death."
The judge uses his discretion as he investigates the case. Although modern forensic techniques and tools were unavailable to investigators at that time, Judge Dee demonstrates great skill and wisdom in his approach. He provides detailed written reports to his superiors, outlining his course of action.
During his investigation, the judge is autonomous. In Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, after delegating specific instructions for his staff assistants to pursue certain lines of inquiry, he feels the need to investigate himself while incognito. Van Gulik translates:
At last Judge Dee became alarmed, and thought: "Since I assumed my office in this district, I have solved not a few intricate cases. How can it be that that which is apparently the last phase of this investigation, is so slow in materializing? It is best that I myself set out on a secret investigation to see whether I cannot trace this murderer".
So the next morning Judge Dee rose early, and disguised himself as an itinerant physician. Like a literati, he had a good knowledge of drugs and the arts of healing, so that he did not risk exposure through ignorance of the medical science. Moreover he knew that people in general will tell a doctor more than others. He also reasoned that it was probable that the murderer during the scuffle would have suffered some injuries himself, and, being in hiding, would rather invoke the help of an itinerant doctor, than of a local physician.
Shouldering a portable medicine chest well stocked with herbs, pills and powders, Judge Dee set out on his investigation. Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee)
Some Differences Between 17-Century Chinese and 20th-Century Western Detective Novels
Van Gulik chose to translate this book over others because he thought it would be more palatable to Western readers than others of its genre. There are some important differences, as well as similarities, in the way 17th-century Chinese and 20th-century Western readers approach this form of literature.
For example, Chinese readers of this time were extremely detail oriented, which often resulted in a book including so many annotations and footnotes that a story could be extended into a number of volumes. Dee Goon An had fewer than Van Gulik had come across in other Chinese detective novels.
The investigation could include consultation with a spirit medium. For example, the detective or one of his delegates could bring the chopsticks that the deceased used to eat his last meal and ask the medium to contact the victim and ask him to provide any details as to the circumstances of his death.
Or the judge could visit the gravesite of the murdered man, attempt to commune in a sort of prayer, and ask the victim to give the judge a dream that could enable him to solve the case.
Although Judge Dee does this in Dee Goon An, the supernatural element is toned down compared to some other Chinese detective novels of the period. There is plenty of sound, rational logic and deduction. (Van Gulik points out that some contemporary Western detective novels employ the supernatural element, as well. For me, John Dickson Carr comes to mind in this respect.)
Then, too, the judge is allowed to torture suspects to obtain a confession. But this technique is not to be used lightly: If a suspect confesses under torture and is executed but later found to be innocent of the crime, the Judge and his entire staff may be executed in the same manner.
In one case, Judge Dee tortured a suspect who failed to confess. Dee reported himself to his superiors knowing that, if was unable to solve the case, he would suffer the same torture himself.
A "7th-Century Chinese 221 Baker Street"
Van Gulik calls the Judges private quarters a "Chinese 7th century 221B Baker Street" and describes what Judge Dee may have done during his leisure moments. He also describes his staff, which includes, among others, Sergeant Hoong, about whom Van Gulik writes, "This sergeant also serves Judge Dee as a kind of Watson; for having seen the judge grow up, he can, as an old and trusted servant, give his master advice, and Judge Dee can freely discuss with him his problems without losing 'face,' or jeopardizing the dignity of his office."
At the successful conclusion of a case, the judge sentences the criminal. To a Western reader, the story is over and we have no further interest. We "know" the criminal will get his or her just desserts, whether jail-time or execution. All we want to know is "whodunnit," or "whydunnit, or "howdunnit." We move on to read the next detective, crime, or murder mystery book on our list.
But the Chinese reader of this time period wants to see the justice done. Executions are public and are described in great detail.
One criminal may be tied to a cross and strangled three times—being revived after each of the first two times and, finally, being strangled to death.
Another criminal may suffer the "death of 1,000 cuts"—a long, slow, excrutiatingly painful death involving being cut so many times he or she ultimately bleeds out and dies after hours of conscious suffering and agony.
So, finally, Western culture is introduced to an authentic Chinese detective novel. I find the book a very satisfying read, and the detective work is very good indeed.
Dee Goong An as a Template for Pastiches
Van Gulik provides a terrific "Translator's Preface" and "Translator's Post-Script." He suggests that Dee Goon An (Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee) would provide a suitable template for a Western writer to work from in order to develop pastiches when he writes, "I think that it might be an interesting experiment if one of our modern writers of detective stories would try his hand at composing an ancient Chinese detective story himself. The 'pattern' is given in the novel translated here, while in the books listed above one will find a rich variety of peculiarly Chinese plots. That it is possible to write a fine detective story, which at the same time is acceptable from a scholarly pointy of view, is proved by Agatha Christie's Death Comes As the End, the scene of which novel is laid in ancient Egypt." —Van Gulik, Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, pp 231-232).
Then he, himself, creates a number of pastiches which have been published and are in print and accessible today.
The Judge Dee Books
The Judge Dee books remain in print today and are highly recommended. The first, Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, is a translation by Robert Van Gulik. The subsequent books are pastiches by Van Gulik.
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goon An) [1949]
The Chinese Maze Murders [1957]
The Chinese Bell Murders [1958]
The Chinese Gold Murders [1959]
The Chinese Lake Murders [1960]
The Chinese Nail Murders [1961]
The Haunted Monastery [1961]
The Red Pavilion [1961]
The Lacquer Screen [1962]
The Emperor's Pearl [1963]
The Monkey and the Tiger [1965]
The Willow Pattern [1965]
Murder in Canton [1966]
The Phantom of the Temple [1966]
Judge Dee at Work [1967]
Necklace and Calabash [1967]
Poets and Murder [1968]
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders--a Movie Made for Television
A Judge Dee movie, Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders, was made for television in 1974. Based on The Haunted Monastery, a pastiche that Van Gulik wrote, the script was credited to Nicholas Meyer, who had written several Sherlock Holmes novel-length pastiches himself and directed the movie version of his first—The Seven Percent Solution.
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders was faithful to the Van Gulik novel and I give it high marks. One wishes it was available on DVD or mp4.
"Detective Dee" Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery Movies
I have viewed Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) and Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) and enjoyed them for their own merits. At the time of this writing, Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) has yet to be released.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Sherlock Holmes" was the promotional tag line for the first film. Some reviewers identify the "Sherlock Holmes" reference as belonging specifically to the Guy Ritchie/Robert Downey vehicle.
Although inspired by the Judge Dee character, the stories that make up these films are original and fall into the categories of Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery films, with high quality production values and plenty of CGI (Computer Generated Image) special effects and stunts.
The character of "Detective Dee" is clearly based on the Judge Dee of the books and is faithful to the spirit of Judge Dee. But these films are not based on the books and are more suitable for fans of martial arts movies, while readers and fans of the Judge Dee books tend to give them low ratings.
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I can finally say that the guy who made a movie about a murderous tire may have taken cinematic absurdity one step too far.
French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux has made a career out of blurring the lines between ambition and utter lunacy, vouching for those who argue that beauty and chaos go hand-in-hand. I'll confess that Rubber and Wrong hold a special place in my heart, but his latest film, aptly titled Reality, might be where I hop off this gonzo train of absurd, nonconforming, dreamlike voyeurism. As you can assume, Dupieux's hazily overexposed interpretation of reality is anything but "normal," as we're once again caught in multiple character arcs that are pieced together by – well, I can finally say I have no 'effing idea how everything comes together. Rubber addresses cinematic cultures, and Wrong chases a dog, but Reality introduces a nightmare that we never wake up from no matter how hard we try.
There's no point in explaining a plot that's non-existent, but here's the short-hand version. Alain Chabat plays a television show camera operator named Jason who's tasked by a producer (played by Jonathan Lambert) to find the perfect groan of pain, after which the producer will fully fund his sci-fi passion project. Meanwhile, Jon Heder plays a rat-suit-wearing cooking show host (Dennis) who succumbs to an itchy case of inner Eczema that threatens his professional career. Elsewhere, a young girl named Reality (Kyla Kenedy) finds a blue VHS tape in a pile of boar entrails, while a man named Henri (Eric Wareheim) may or may not be driving around town in a military jeep while dressed as a classy lady. Oh, and some dude named Zog (John Glover) is filming a documentary about Reality the whole time. Yup.
Much like any Quentin Dupieux film, Reality opens with a brief glimmer of sanity, but as Jason's obsessive search for the perfect Wilhelm Scream dips its toes deeper into a murky pool of madness, any resemblance of cognitive thinking fades away. This is how Dupieux has built a fanbase over the years, from telekinetic killer tires to bus-riding puppy dogs, but all the obscurity here feels eccentric for the hell of it. There's an incredibly strained attempt to make absurdity seem like the norm, unlike his more seamless attempts a playful stupidity. Reality doesn't possess the hypnotizing undertones of Dupieux's other works, where – despite a cornucopia of randomness – we're still able to keep a more prolific vision in focus.
Who needs a plot when you've got exploding heads, a cross-dressing Eric Wareheim and killer televisions sets, though – am I right? No. I'm not right. Reality is an exercise in excessive repetition that's slightly augmented by a single line or action, as the film's numerous layers begin to reveal themselves through doppelgängers and replayed conversations. At one point, Jason is talking on the phone to producer Bob Marshall about seeing the movie he didn't make yet, who in turn is currently having a conversation with another Jason about approving the project and searching for that golden groan – something that already happened. But this time Bob's desk is in a forest. And then future Jason ends up in the forest. And then your mind explodes because nothing makes sense and the points don't matter.
I get it. We're all just floating through life like it's some recurring dream, meant to stay safely in the lines that society has established. Mind your manners, don't break the mold, and become another faceless drones sitting stiffly at Jason's Best Groan award ceremony. Or maybe it's about a filmmaker who makes movies only for himself, trapped in a world where impatient producers grow bored by artistic choices that seem absolutely ludicrous without understanding the film's complete contextual makeup? Maybe, simply put, it's about this nightmare we call life, where we no longer can differentiate the surreal from the – well, doesn't this all seem a bit surreal, anyway? Right, I've got this!
It's no coincidence that frustrated characters spend most of Reality asking why they're forced into mundane scene work (like sleeping), or declaring long periods of nothingness to be boring wastes of time. "Patience," Zog mutters, as to promise a brilliant epiphany comes the film's wall-breaking final moments. Just keep holding on and all will be explained, we're assured. But, in true Quentin Dupieux fashion, we're left with nothing but a blank title card after one of the many regurgitated lines is bizarrely blurted out in yet another remastered scene.
"Eczema of the brain," – something we know exists, but we can't exactly comprehend. But in that breath, does it then exist if we can't actually see it? I can assure you that Reality does in fact exist, your eyes don't deceive you, but much like "Eczema of the brain," we have no f*cking idea how.


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Vasyl' Matviyovych Shakhrai (; February 11, 1888 – 1919) was a Ukrainian political activist and Bolshevik revolutionary during the Russian Revolution. He was а founder of what came to be called  National Communism.

Biography
Shakhrai joined the Bolsheviks after completing his training at the Military Academy in Poltava in 1917, while some sources claim that he was a member and activist of Bolsheviks since 1913. He was one of the few Ukrainians amongst the Poltava Bolsheviks. At the time the Bolsheviks were in a unified organisation with the local Mensheviks, but Shakhrai supported Serhii Mazlakh, a Poltava Bolshevik who successfully ousted the Mensheviks by August 1917.

Shakhrai and Mazlakh were then elected editors of the weekly newspaper. By this time Shakhrai was supporting Ukrainian national interests within the party. Although this caused concern amongst the predominantly Jewish local Mensheviks, he gained support amongst local Bolsheviks, who felt that it helped gain support amongst the largely anti-Russian Ukrainians of the region. Shakhrai was elected as a delegate to both the First All-Ukrainian Consultative Conference of the CP(b)U and the First All Ukrainian Congress of Soviets. He was also appointed the People's Commissar for Military Affairs in the Soviet Ukrainian government. In this capacity he accompanied Trotsky to Brest Litovsk for the treaty negotiations there in March 1918.

He was concerned about the suppression of Ukrainian cultural organizations by Russian Bolshevik troops who were sent to Ukraine in January and February 1918. Lenin consented to the dismemberment of Ukraine through the founding of the Donets-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic as a ruse to place it outside the terms of the Brest Litovsk Treaty. Although this stratagem failed, it further raised concerns for Shakrai as regards to how the Bolsheviks were treating Ukraine. This concern was increased when Lenin gave a speech in November 1918, which called upon party functionaries to consider themselves Russian patriots. By December 1918 his alienation from the Bolsheviks was more or less complete.

His pamphlet The Revolution in Ukraine was published in November 1918, followed by On the Current Situation in Ukraine in January 1919. It led to Shakhrai expulsion from the CP(b)U in June 1919.

Shakhrai then went to Saratov, then occupied by Anton Denikin's White Volunteer Army. Here he worked on a number of underground newspapers, before being arrested and shot by Denikin's administration in autumn 1919.

Further reading
 On The Current Situation in the Ukraine, by Vasyl' Shakhrai and Serhii Mazlakh, edited by P. Potichnyj, University of Michigan Press, 1970

References

External links
 Yurenko, O. Vasyl Shakhrai (ШАХРАЙ Василь Матвійович). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.

Velychenko S.,"Why ukrainian communists condemned russian bolsheviks as imperialists. Two previously unknown articles by vasyl-shakhrai."

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With this Omega juicer, you can easily create your own all natural low sodium nut butter and spreads. It could be by using either peanut or hazelnuts depending on your preference. Note that most of the nuts are usually quite dry, so it is necessary to add oil to the mixture in order to get excellent results.
Nothing could be more fulfilling than managing to make your butter at home. It's fantastic! All juicers have the capability of making a well-homogenized version of home butter. The Omega juicer is the best as it has the homogenise function, unlike centrifugal which do not have. A food processor will also disappoint a bit hence you ought to stick with the Omega juicer.
First off you need to do experiments with different nuts so as to find which one you like more. I would recommend 100% you try with dry nuts. Try and mix a variety of nuts in order to find out your best concoction. This mixing and making a part is obviously the most enjoyable part because it's all about your creation.
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Provinces in the Mekong Delta region aim to generate US$15 billion from exports in 2017, surging 9.4 per cent from the previous year, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region.To reach the goal, the provinces plan to accelerate trade and investment promotion and seek new export markets for their agricultural goods.Top priorities will also be given to changing the structure of exports towards high-value goods, applying advanced science-technology while reducing exports of low-value farm produce, the committee said, adding that provinces will also speed up administrative reforms to better facilitate businesses and support them in fostering technical innovations…... [read more]
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HA NOI - The Cho Gao Dragon Fruit Cooperative in the southeastern province of Tien Giang has received an export licence for Thanh Long (dragon fruit) which allows them to export the fruit to the US, said the Southern Fruit Research Institue (SOFRI). Before export permission was given, the cooperative was awarded the VietGAP certificate, which ensures the quality of fruit, in terms of hygene, ripeness, quality of environment, and clearly outlining fruit origins, measures aimed at boosting fruits exports for the locality, SOFRI added. Under the guidance of SOFRI, 21 of the cooperative's dragon fruit orchids, which total nearly…... [read more]
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Thoi Son Islet in Tien Giang (Photo: vanhoamientay.com) The province attracted some 142,000 foreigners in the period, up 5.8 percent over the same time last year, said Nguyen Tan Phong, Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.Phong revealed that the province earned over 1.35 trillion VND from tourism, an increase of 19 percent year on year. An upturn was seen in the number of visitors to major tourists attractions of Tien Giang, including Thoi Son Isle tourist site My Tho city, Tan Thanh site in Go Cong Dong and Dong Thap Muoi ecological reserve.Phong said that…... [read more]
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Q: OpenMP Programming : How to specify the number of threads as a command line option I am running a local blastx server.  One of the command line options is -num_threads.  Looking at the executable, blastx, thinking it may be a shell script that sets OMP_NUM_THREADS, it turns out that it is in machine code. I am assuming (possibly incorrectly) that it is an OpenMP application and this got me thinking.
Question : is it possible to change the number of OpenMP threads as a command line option, as opposed to using the environmental variable OMP_NUM_THREADS?

A: Using OpenMP, you have basically 3 different ways of specifying the number of threads to use in a parallel region:

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*The most commonly used one is the environment variable OMP_NUM_THREADS which needs to be set in the code's environment prior to running it for being effective;

*The function omp_set_num_threads(), to be called before reaching a parallel region; and

*The optional num_threads() clause of the parallel directive.

The relative priorities of these are defined in great details by the standard but pretty much boil down to num_threads() taking precedence over omp_set_num_threads(), which itself takes precedence over OMP_NUM_THREADS.
So now, if you want to have your code defining the number of OpenMP threads to use as a command line option, what you need is:

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*To parse you command line, either by hand, or using a function like getopt, and to store the value you read in a variable; and

*To use this value in either a call to omp_set_num_threads() or as a parameter to the num_threads() clause. Either of the two will take precedence to the possible value set for OMP_NUM_THREADS.

A: OMP_NUM_THREADS is parsed by the program at runtime, so it already does what you want.
Setting it at compile time has no effect (unless you specifically design your build system to use it).
Because you export this environment variable, it's there at runtime as well. That's why you think it is doing something when you compile.

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Older: The Obama-Romney Matchup: Closer Than You Think Newer: Supreme Intervention Saves Health Care Law
Immigration Politics
U.S. Supreme Court justices sitting for a group photo at the Supreme Court Building. Photo: AP
Could SCOTUS Help POTUS?
We now turn to the latest chapter in the long-running American saga known as "Immigration Nation," and the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's controversial law aimed at stemming the flow of illegal immigrants from south of the border.
The ruling had something for both sides. The champions of the Arizona law claimed victory because the high court unanimously upheld the most contested aspect of the statute—the requirement that police check a person's immigration status if they have reason to believe that person is in the country illegally.
But the Supremes struck down three other provisions of the law that dealt with employment and police powers, reasserting the primacy of the federal government to decide immigration matters, not the states. This will have ramifications for the five other states that have enacted laws similar to the one in Arizona, and for several others in the process of trying to enact such laws.
Police ride by on bikes as members of an Arizona group in Phoenix hold a prayer vigil prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law. Photo: AP
Essentially, the high court is telling the states they do have the power to check on the immigration status of people stopped by police for other reasons. But the justices also put limits on the states on how far they can go in trying to stop illegals from trying to find work and in giving police even broader powers of arrest without warrants.
Even in upholding the "show me your papers" aspect of the Arizona law, the high court majority suggested there would be limits on state attempts to detain someone on suspicion of being in the country illegally. Critics of the Arizona law continue to insist that by upholding this part of the statute, police officers will open themselves up to allegations of racial profiling as they go about the business of checking immigration status based on vague concepts such as "reasonable suspicion".
Political Fallout
Overall, I think you can make the case that the Supreme Court ruling on immigration might help President Obama, at least slightly, in this year's election. The president is absolutely dependent on a strong turnout from Hispanic voters in November. Four years ago Mr. Obama won 67 percent of Hispanic voters in his race against Republican John McCain and a repeat of that performance this year would go a long way toward making up what is expected to be a loss of support among white and independent voters this year.
As Democratic political strategist Mark Penn points out in the latest issue of Time Magazine, Hispanic voting power has been growing for years and that trajectory is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. In 1992, the first time Bill Clinton was elected president, Hispanics made up two percent of the U.S. voting electorate. That figure is expected to rise to more than ten percent this year. The biggest unknown for the Obama campaign and Democrats is whether Hispanic voters will be motivated enough to get out and vote in November, and that's where the Supreme Court ruling and the president's recent decision to halt the deportation of some younger illegal immigrants could help.
Hispanic activists have long complained that the president has not done enough to follow through on his campaign promise of comprehensive immigration reform, which remains bottled up in Congress. But there was a decided change in tone from leaders of Latino and immigration organizations I spoke to at a recent rally celebrating Mr. Obama's decision to unilaterally go ahead with a light version of the Dream Act, allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to this country when they were children to stay. That action alone is likely to boost support within the Hispanic community and act as an incentive for Latinos to turn out and vote in November. Add to that the Obama administration's decision to fight the Arizona law in court, and all of a sudden Hispanic voters might be feeling a little more warmly toward the president than they have been.
Impact on Voter Turnout
The key question remains what if any impact will all this have on Hispanic voter turnout in November? And this applies not only to Hispanic voters but especially to younger and first-time voters who came out in droves for Barack Obama four years ago. That's why when you hear the experts talk about a "turnout election", it has to do with the Obama campaign mobilizing their supporters to make up for the expected slippage in swing voter support because of the president's poor approval ratings on his handling of the economy.
Mr. Obama's expected opponent in the fall campaign, Republican Mitt Romney, finds himself in a tougher political spot on the immigration issue. You may recall all the harsh rhetoric about illegal immigration at the Republican debates during the primary campaign when the candidates were basically united in support of the Arizona law. Romney in particular seemed intent on not being outflanked on his right on the immigration issue, even going after Texas Governor Rick Perry for granting young illegals in-state tuition rates and financial aid to attend state colleges and universities.
Hispanic Protestors
Romney now faces the challenge of saying to Hispanic voters and other immigrant groups, 'Don't worry, we're not that bad!' But he can only go so far before he'll be yanked back to the right by Tea Party activists and other conservatives for whom border security and removing illegals from the country remain high priority issues.
Hispanic voters will also get a lot of attention this year because their numbers are rapidly increasing not just nationwide but in a number of closely contested so-called 'battleground states' that likely hold the balance of power in the election. While Latinos vote in force in solid Democratic states like California and New York, they are also growing in importance in more competitive states like New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. Democrats believe that the growth of the Hispanic voting population could even make them competitive one day in solid Republican states like Arizona and even Texas, though they acknowledge that day may be years away.
In general, I think the immigration debate helps the president more than Romney. Plus each day spent on issues like immigration is one less day the Romney campaign gets to focus on the weak economy, which they believe is their best path to victory in November.
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Republicans hate Latinos and minorities in general. Thank God they are on the wrong side of both history and demographics!!!
Billy Bob will be just another minority in about 20 years…
Nancy Marshall says:
Jim Malone's analysis is very useful and helpful. I can't imagine Hispanics thinking Romney and the Republicans would help them in any way. But this is about more than Obama. We need a significant shift in Congress to thwart filibusters of simple stuff like the Dream Act.
Dave Francis says:
The Obama Justice Department led by the notorious U.S. Attorney General Eric holder has been harassing the legal residents of Arizona, as some plaything? The Obama's administration is playing with the lives of innocent citizens, being slaughtered on the highways of America, the criminals who have spilled into this sovereign nation, transporting their drugs across the border. Daily headlines in the rural press tell of murders, home invasion and assaults on women and children by illegal aliens. How many more citizens are going to live in fear of their lives throughout the border region? Which cattleman is going to be murdered on his land, have their home ransacked, fences cut or their property covered with narco-terrorist trails leaving piles of human trash.
A COVERT AMNESTY HAS BEEN PASSED BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA, HAS NOT ONLY DISMISSED LAWS PASSED BY THE CONGRESS, BUT NOW IS STATING THAT IT WILL NOT ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE ONGOING INTIMIDATION OF ARIZONA. IN OTHER WORDS THIS PRESIDENT HAS METHODICALLY TORN UP THE EDICTS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND ALLOWING FOREIGN NATIONALS TO STAY BY EXECUTIVE FIAT.
We should not be looking from either the Obama Government or the Mitt Romney potential administration, but the TEA PARTY. IT is the Time of the PEOPLE'S PARTY. It is the time for the TEA PARTY, which is complemented by men/women; African, White, Hispanic, Asian and other Americans of different nationalities. The TEA PARTY is a wealth of different religions, faiths, gay and ordinary people of every walk of life.
Jim Malone
After a stint in the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Jim joined VOA in 1983 as a reporter and anchor on English broadcasts to Africa. He served as East Africa correspondent, then covered Congress in the early 1990's. Since 1995, Jim has served as VOA national correspondent responsible for coverage of U.S. politics, elections, the Supreme Court and Justice Department. Jim has been involved in VOA's election coverage since the 1984 presidential campaign and has co-anchored live VOA broadcasts of numerous national political conventions, candidate debates and election night coverage.


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Leapfrogging Pedagogy: A Design Approach To Making Change In Challenging Contexts pp3-13
Susan Crichton
© Feb 2014 Volume 12 Issue 1, ICEL2013, Editor: Dan Remenyi, pp1 - 125
Abstract: At a time of substantial change, globalization, and ubiquitous access to information, educators struggle to change even the most basic aspects of their classrooms. This is especially true for those in challenging contexts where many perpetuate the mind numbingŽ practice of rote instruction. This paper describes a collaborative partnership among academics in Canada and East Africa as they develop Innovative Learning Centres (ILC) in their respective institutions to leapfrog pedagogy in imagin ative ways, drawing on experiential learning and the Maker Movement in a studio based learning environment.
Keywords: Keywords: Transformative pedagogy, Maker Movement, design thinking, studio based learning, challenging contexts
Telling Tales: Towards a new Model of Literacy Development Using e‑Readers in Teacher Education in Chile pp84-96
Paula Charbonneau-Gowdy
Abstract: Current debates on quality standards in education often look to the levels of an increasingly diverse array of literacies as a measure of that standard. At the same time, while mobile technologies are profoundly changing the way we live, communi cate and learn in our everyday lives, relatively little seems to be known about their potential to influence even basic literacy in formal education sites. Examining the use of practical and affordable emerging technologies in many countries worldwide whe re literacy rates are an issue, seems as yet to have been overlooked. Considering the implication of multiple literacy and communication skills to economic and cultural development and stability in emerging countries and increasingly in developed ones as well, finding immediate answers to challenges in this area is critical. This paper reports on a longitudinal study that examined the power of e‑readers to support change in the literacy habits and ultimately the learning cultures of a group of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers‑in‑training in Chile. The aim of the study was to determine if access to low‑cost mobile readers and a social‑learning driven, technology‑supported, guided reading program, could reverse their literacy challenges. The s tudy is based on social‑cultural theory in which learner agency, access to funds of knowledge and social interaction are imperative ingredients for developing engaged, life‑long learners and readers. Participatory Action Research (PAR) is used to condu ct the inquiry. Working within a qualitative research paradigm, ethnographic tools and numerical data from pre‑ and post‑test results, helped to uncover how the use of technology influenced both the literacy practices and identities of the teachers‑in‑tra ining. The findings have led to the proposal of a new 21st century model for literacy education for such challenging contexts. This model could have important implications for Chile as well as learners, educators and policy makers elsewhere.
Keywords: Keywords: education in Chile, multi-literacies, teacher education, mobile learning, e-books, literacy in challenging contexts


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These Are the 10 Most Expensive Cocktails in the World — Including a $22,600 Drink With a Real Diamond
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The least expensive cocktail on the top 10 list costs $80.
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By Jessica Poitevien December 04, 2021
With the holidays approaching, you might be looking to up the ante on your cocktail repertoire. But for those who are tired of the basic blends, a more complex concoction might cost a pretty penny, or even a few thousand dollars if you want to get really fancy.
By analyzing information from the world's most expensive bars, the financial experts at Payday Loans Net have ranked the priciest cocktails around the globe.
The Diamonds Are Forever Cocktail at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
Credit: Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
To sip on the cocktail that will put the biggest dent in your wallet, grab a seat at The Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo and order the Diamonds Are Forever drink. This cocktail is the most expensive in the world, with a price tag of $22,600. It's made with Grey Goose vodka, a twist of lime, and — as the name suggests — a $16,000 diamond. Adding to its exclusive feel, it's perhaps fitting that this beverage is only available at Tokyo's tallest hotel.
Related: This Map Shows the Most Popular Cocktail in Every State and Country
The bar at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
But it's not the only drink that comes with accessories. For $10,000, the Ono cocktail at XS Nightclub in Las Vegas includes a pair of silver cuff links and an 18-karat white-gold chain. The ingredients in this cocktail — the second most expensive in the world — are not cheap either. With each sip costing about $1,000, this beverage is made with Charles Heidsieck Champagne Charlie 1981 and Louis XIII de Remy Martin Black Pearl cognac.
Meanwhile, in the heart of London's Mayfair, the Playboy Club serves a drink made from 1778 Clos de Griffier Vieux cognac, 1770 Kummel liqueur, Dubb Orange Curacao circa 1860, and two dashes of Angostura bitters circa the 1900s. This concoction, known as Salvatore's Legacy, will set you back about $7,000, making it the third most expensive cocktail in the world. Come for the beverage, but stay for the fine dining, casino, and much more.
Related: 11 Cocktails That Will Take You Around the World While You're Stuck at Home
Here are the other cocktails that made the top 10 list:
4. Sapphire Martini at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut: $3,000
5. Sidecar at the Bar Hemingway in Paris, France: $1,670
6. Original Mai Tai at The Merchant Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland: $1,270
7. Hennessy at Subsix Underwater Bar in the Maldives: $312
8. Hennessy Paradis Imperial Cognac at The Peak Bar in Tokyo, Japan: $248
9. White Lady at the American Bar at the Savoy in Mayfair, London: $150
10. The Admiral at Bad Luck Bar in Detroit, Michigan: $80
From Paris to the Maldives, Belfast to Detroit, these adult beverages are certainly unique. Whether or not they're worth the price tag is up to you.
Jessica Poitevien is a Travel + Leisure contributor currently based in South Florida, but she's always on the lookout for her next adventure. Besides traveling, she loves baking, talking to strangers, and taking long walks on the beach. Follow her adventures on Instagram.
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Die est un nom qui peut signifier :
 die, un petit morceau de semi-conducteur sur lequel un circuit intégré électronique a été fabriqué ;
 Die, une commune française de la Drôme ;
 Clairette de Die, un vin effervescent de la vallée de la Drôme ;
 Die, un film canadien de Dominic James sorti en 2010 ;
 Die, une chanson de Gazo ;
 Die, un guitariste du groupe de metal japonais Dir En Grey.

DIE est un code qui peut signifier :
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DIE est un sigle qui peut signifier :
 Direction de l'immobilier de l'État, une direction au sein du ministère de l'économie et des finances français ;
 Défense des intérêts économiques, un ancien parti politique du Dahomey (aujourd'hui Bénin).

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I came across this quote in the week, and I'm probably reading it out of context but I found it very comforting. If you read my blog now and again, then you'll notice that I've been missing for a few months. I haven't been sure how much to say about this, but recently I've found talking to people very cathartic and I've gained a lot of hope from reading about the experiences of others so I decided that I wanted to share "where I'm at" at the moment.
On December 8th, Jon and I found out at the 12 week scan for our first pregnancy that we were expecting identical twins and they were perfect. Growing as they should be, wriggling away from the scanner and vigorously trying to kick one another in the head. The pregnancy is high risk for a variety of reasons, the twins shared a placenta which is how they could tell they were identical, and as a first time mother with multiples I was high risk for pre-eclampsia, but apart from the all-consuming exhaustion that had made me sleep almost constantly when I wasn't working for the first three months they looked great. We had regular checks, and as everything was going well, we were to come back after Christmas around 16 and a half weeks for our next check.
At that check we had some really bad news. Baby one seemed to suddenly have stopped growing and was 50% smaller than its sibling, its growth curve didn't register on any of the percentile charts and we were prepared for the worst. It was diagnosed with severe early onset IUGR and we were told that it was very unlikely to survive. The hospital was fantastic and brought us in for regular checks to see if there was anything that could be done. These showed that, while the babies weren't suffering from twin to twin transfusion syndrome, baby 1 had an insufficient share of the placenta, an enlarged heart from stress and the babies were showing signs of TAPs where the one baby has too much haemoglobin and the other has anaemia because of their connection. As well as the near certainty of baby 1 being unable to survive to birth, because of the shared placenta, the death of baby 1 would be able to kill or brain damage the larger twin, as within two hours of its death, all of baby 1's blood would flood the larger twin's body, giving them a massive surge in blood pressure.
On Monday I had surgery to occlude twin 1's cord in the hope of protecting twin 2 to give them a better chance of survival. We were incredibly sad, but I was conscious throughout and the anaesthetist and nurses stoked my hair, held my hand and wiped my tears away as they fell. They talked to me all the time and were able to tell me when baby 1 had passed, so I was able to be quiet and alone with my feelings for a while then.
Baby 2, mercifully, seems to be doing well, they scanned me in the evening after my operation and printed a little picture of its face, I think it looks like its Daddy already. It's heart was still beating well the next morning, and it looked strong at our last scan though I won't be able to relax until it is safely born and I have it home with me. I was 19 weeks on Saturday and I know that we still have a long way to go. This has been the hardest time of my life, and I am so grateful to Jon and our family and friends, I don't think I would be coping without them. I'm also in awe of the brilliant consultants, doctors and nurses who give babies like mine, with terrible odds against them, every hope of survival.
If you would like to support the great work that they continue to do, a donation can be made here.
This entry was posted in Direct Speech and tagged pregnancy, twins on February 2, 2015 by Siobhan.
Siobhan, I'm so, so sorry. I don't know what to say, but know that I'm thinking of you.
I'm so sorry to hear you lost one of your babies. I can only imagine the complex surges of emotions as you grieve and continue to hope, worry and prepare for your remaining twin's birth. Thinking about you and wishing you health in the next half of your pregnancy.


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Kennebec Journal police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 21, 2014.
Augusta man arrested after police hunt
AUGUSTA — City police on Sunday arrested a man wanted on charges domestic violence assault and obstructing report of a crime.
Benjamin Robert Beland, 33, of Augusta had been the subject of a police search after his girlfriend told them Beland had hit her and stolen $120 in cash from her on Jan. 14.
Beland was arrested shortly before 11:06 a.m. Sunday at the Circle K on Civic Center Drive and taken to Kennebec County jail.
An affidavit by Augusta Police Officer Matthew Estes, filed in Kennebec County Superior Court, says the woman reported that Beland came to her home on Hope Way Jan. 14 knowing she was getting public assistance money that day. Estes' affidavit says the woman refused to give him money, telling him she needed it for her children. According to the affidavit, Beland struck the woman in the face, leaving her with a bruised eye, and took $120 from the kitchen counter. She said that she threatened to call police if he didn't give it back, and he took the phone from her and threw it.
Beland allegedly fled the scene in a pickup truck driven by another person.
Police checked several residences looking for Beland before asking the public to call if he was spotted.
While police initially said Beland was facing a robbery charge, that charge was not pursued in court on Tuesday when Beland made an initial court appearance via video in Kennebec County Superior Court. Justice Michaela Murphy set bail at $250 cash.
Published reports from September 2011 show Beland was sentenced to nine months in jail concurrent to a probation revocation and fined $2,500 after being convicted of operating after revocation.
He was also arrested in Augusta in November on a warrant after police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance on Leighton Road.
Sunday: At 10:31 a.m., there was an accident on the exit 113 on ramp from Interstate 95.
10:36 a.m., there was an accident on the exit 113 on ramp from Interstate 95.
10:37 a.m., there was an accident near mile marker 109 on Interstate 95.
Monday: At 3:28 p.m., there was an accident at the intersection of Stone Street and Eastern Avenue.
5:28 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Valley Street.
6:25 p.m., a 26-year-old Farmingdale man was charged with theft by police responding to a shoplifting complaint at Walmart on Civic Center Drive.
7:33 p.m., there was a traffic complaint on Civic Center Drive.
Tuesday: At 7:43 a.m., firefighters responded to an alarm at Camp Keyes on Winthrop Street.
8:43 a.m., there was a traffic complaint on Western Avenue.
8:55 a.m., there was a traffic complaint on South Belfast Avenue.
9:09 a.m., there was a report of a hit-and-run accident on Western Avenue.
10:34 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Amherst Street.
10:44 a.m., there was a traffic complaint on Civic Center Drive.
12:29 p.m., there was an accident on Western Avenue.
1:13 p.m., shoplifting was reported at Walmart on Civic Center Drive.
1:44 p.m., there was an accident on North Belfast Avenue.
2:37 p.m., an assault was reported on Northern Avenue.
3:27 p.m., firefighters responded to an alarm on Court Street.
4:35 p.m., there was an accident on Riverside Drive.
Saturday: At 8:29 a.m., there was a report of a vehicle off the road on Route 11.
Sunday: At 7:45 p.m., there was an accident on Route 27.
Friday: At 11:36 a.m., theft was reported on Eastern Avenue.
Monday: At 12:22 a.m., an alarm sounded on Wedgwood Drive.
Friday: At 4:46 p.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on West Street.
10:24 p.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on Adams Street.
Saturday: At 2:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Brunswick Avenue.
9:54 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Highland Avenue.
11:34 a.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on the waterfront.
3:04 p.m., an assault was reported on Marston Road.
4:05 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Market Street.
4:40 p.m., a person was reported missing from Winter Street.
4:49 p.m., theft was reported on Marston Road.
8:38 p.m., an assault was reported on Winter Street.
Sunday: At 12:01 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Mechanic Street.
2:47 a.m., an alarm sounded on Maine Avenue.
1:49 p.m., there was a 911 hang-up on Mount Vernon Street.
11:24 p.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on Route 126.
Monday: At 2:50 p.m., a 27-year-old Readfield woman was charged with operating after suspension and failure to give correct name, address or date of birth.
4:33 p.m., there was a 911 hang-up on Enterprise Avenue.
Monday: At 4:59 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Middle Street.
Sunday: At 2:07 a.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on Hardscrabble Rod.
1:05 p.m., mischief was reported on Hallowell Road.
1:52 p.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on Richmond Road.
Monday: At 8:35 a.m., a 34-year-old Litchfield woman was charged with failure to comply with the sex offender registry on Plains Road.
Friday: At 9:51 a.m., there was an accident on U.S. Route 202.
Monday: At 11:38 a.m., there was an accident on Western Avenue.
Sunday: At 9:40 a.m., there was an accident on U.S. Route 202.
Sunday: At 7:03 p.m., there was a 911 hang-up on Staples Drive.
Saturday: At 6:29 p.m., there was a crash involving a state Department of Transportation plow truck on Wiscasset Road.
Saturday: At 12:50 a.m., there was a noise complaint on Pleasant Street.
Sunday: At 7:39 a.m., there was an accident on Kinderhook Street.
Saturday: At 11:34 a.m., threatening was reported on Sturtevant Road.
Sunday: At 11:58 a.m., an alarm sounded on Main Street.
2:16 p.m., an alarm sounded on South Road.
Friday: At 9:48 p.m., there was a report of cars off the road on Lyons Road.
Sunday: At 10:45 a.m., there was an accident on Middle Road.
2:02 p.m., a car hit a deer on Pond Road.
Jan. 15: A 2001 Subaru Legacy being driven east on Route 105 by an 18-year-old Augusta man went out of control on a corner, left the road, and flipped over.
Sunday: At 5:26 a.m., there was an accident on Route 3.
Monday: At 3:13 p.m., an alarm sounded on Sherwood Lane.
Sunday: At 11 a.m., there was an accident on High Street.
Friday: At 8 p.m., there was a report of a car off the road on Coopers Mills Road.
9:34 p.m., there was an accident on Coopers Road.
Monday: At 3:21 a.m., there was a report of suspicious activity.
8:57 a.m., there was a 911 hang-up.
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Monday: At 5:14 p.m., Steven G. Flannery, 22, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault by police responding to a report of a disturbance on Boothby Street.
11:07 p.m., Anthony Smen, 28, of Readfield, was arrested on a warrant on Littlefield Street.
Friday: At 10:28 p.m., William Karl Scott III, 34, of Vassalboro, was arrested on a charge of violating a protective order on North Vassalboro Road.
Friday: At 1:33 p.m., Amanda Lynn Morse, 29, of Leeds, was arrested on a warrant during a traffic stop on U.S. Route 202.
Friday: At 10:09 p.m., Mitchell Anthony Wakem, 31, of Wiscasset was arrested on a charge of failure to pay fines on Route 27.
Sunday: At 9:55 p.m., Jeremy H. Craney, 28, of Vassalboro, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence on Main Street.


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Q: Azure Log Streaming with NLog I'm trying to get nlog working with the Azure webapp Log Stream.
The logs do appear if I don't use nlog, and just use System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine.
However, if I use the Trace type in my nlog.config, it doesn't show the trace logs ...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <targets>
        <target xsi:type="Trace" name="trace" layout="${message}" />
    </targets>

    <rules>
        <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="trace" />
    </rules>
</nlog>

I can't see anything that I'm doing differently from the accepted answer here ...
How to integrate NLog to write log to Azure Streaming log
Note that I cut down that nlog.config file to just show the trace - but I do normally also have a File target type - I've tried with and without this.
I've logged onto the deployed Azure website, and the nlog config file had been uploaded successfully. I'm deploying using the Github deployment.
I have the logging set in Azure to just use the file system logging, and I have that set to verbose.
Any ideas?

A: It turns out that when Visual Studio enabled Application Insights (a recent thing I added to the project), it had inserted an nlog config section into my web.config. This had then meant that my nlog.config file wasn't being used at all. I've fixed it by removing that nlog config section from my web.config, and copying the Application Insights target into my nlog.config file instead. The 'Trace' target type now works as expected and is appearing in the Azure Streaming Logs.

A: The NLog-Trace-Target only performs Trace.WriteLine for Debug-Level Log-Events.
Maybe try the custom MyTraceTarget shown here:
https://github.com/NLog/NLog/issues/1968
Update NLog ver. 4.5 adds the new setting rawWrite for the NLog Trace-target so it always performs WriteLine independent of LogLevel. See also https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Trace-target


The Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa has condoled his Anambra counterpart, Chief Willie Obiano over Sunday's church attack at St Philips Catholic Church Ozubulu, Ekwusigo LGA.
In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Aniagwu, Gov. Okowa condemned in strong terms the unprovoked attack by gunmen leading to the death of several worshippers.
This is tragic, the church is a place of refuge for all who run into it, this unwarranted attack and mindless bloodletting is not only wicked but barbaric and must be condemned by all good men of conscience.
Our hearts are with the bereaved families at this moment of anguish. I pray that God grant the soul of the departed eternal rest as I urge the police and other security agents to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to book.
The Governor further urged the church not to despair even in the face of the unfortunate incident.


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Domino's hacking scandal: Customer accuse pizza chain of leaking personal details
HAVE you ordered a pizza online? Chances are your personal data has been compromised, according to many Domino's customers.
AAPOctober 18, 201710:51am
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Domino's insists there's been no 'unauthorised access' to its systems despite many complaints. Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images.Source:AFP
CUSTOMERS of pizza chain Domino's Australia are complaining their personal data has been leaked, prompting eerie personalised emails from scammers.
Many took to social media to complain about phishing emails addressing them by their first names and mentioning where they live.
But Domino's insists there's been no "unauthorised access" to its systems, although it is investigating a potential issue with a former supplier.
"It was a bit eery (sic) getting all these spam emails that somehow knew my name and suburb and initially were making it past the spam filter," Mitchell Dale posted on Domino's Facebook page.
"The decision to try to keep me in the dark and not announce what had happened is why I will not be ordering Dominos again."
"Nothing better than waking up finding out your data has been breached," Dylan James posted on Facebook.
"Why haven't you informed anyone yet?"
In an undated statement on its website, Domino's Australia said there was no evidence to suggest there had been unauthorised access to its systems.
"We are investigating a potential issue with a former supplier's systems that may have led to a number of customer email addresses, names and store suburbs (related to pizza orders) being accessed," it said.
"Domino's acted quickly to contain the information when it became aware of the issue and has commenced a detailed review process."
The company did not say when it first became aware of the issue and insists no financial information has been accessed.
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Q: Use google mock's EXPECT_THAT in EXPECT_CALL? I'm using google mock. The document says that we can use EXPECT_THAT in EXPECT_CALL or ON_CALL, but code like this doesn't seem to compile:
EXPECT_CALL(obj, method(_, _)).Times(1).WillOnce(EXPECT_THAT(true, Eq(1)));

I know EXPECT_THAT is a macro so it expands to some statements that shouldn't appear there. So what does "use EXPECT_THAT in EXPECT_CALL" mean? How to do it?
Thanks

A: You've misunderstood the documentation for matchers:

A matcher matches a single argument. You can use it inside ON_CALL() or EXPECT_CALL(), or use it to validate a value directly

The docs then go on to give an example of how you could use a matcher to validate a value:

EXPECT_THAT(value, matcher)Asserts that value matches matcher.

This is not saying that EXPECT_THAT is itself a matcher.  So you can't do what you're attempting, but only something more like:
EXPECT_THAT(true, testing::Eq(1));

or
EXPECT_CALL(obj, method(testing::_, testing::Eq(1))).Times(1);


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Q: subtracting identical object values typescript I would to know how to subtract identical object values in typescript using Generics and type-safe, based on: subtracting identical object values javascript
    const subtractObjects = <T extends Record<String, number>>(objA: T, objB: T): T =>
      Object.keys(objA).reduce((a, k) => {
        a[k] = objA[k] - objB[k];
        return a;
      }, {});

I receive the error:
Type '{}' is not assignable to type 'T'.
  '{}' is assignable to the constraint of type 'T', but 'T' could be instantiated with a different subtype of constraint 'Record<string, number>'.

A: When you have a generic type parameter T constrained to Record<string, number>, it doesn't necessarily mean that every property of T will have a value type that's exactly number.  It could well be something that extends number, such as a numeric literal type like 123 or a union of such types like 0 | 1.  (See
Why can't I return a generic 'T' to satisfy a Partial<T>? for a related discussion.)  For example:
type Money = {
  denomination: 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 100
}
const twenty: Money = { denomination: 20 };
const one: Money = { denomination: 1 };
const nineteen = subtractObjects<Money>(twenty, one);
/* const nineteen: Money */
console.log(nineteen.denomination) // 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 100 at compile time
// but 19 at runtime

Here, the type Money has a single known property denomination whose value must be one of a particular set of numbers.  And since Money extends Record<string, number>, you are allowed to pass two Moneys into subtractObjects().  And according to the call signature for subtractObjects(), that means a Money will come out.  The compiler says that nineteen is valid Money.  But if you check at runtime, its denomination property is not one of the allowed values.  You've accidentally produced counterfeit currency.
If it's not clear from that code example why counterfeit currency is a problem, then note that once you have a situation where the compiler is mistaken about the type of a value, it can lead to runtime errors:
function moneyName(m: Money) {
  return {
    1: "One",
    5: "Five",
    10: "Ten",
    20: "Twenty",
    50: "Fifty",
    100: "One Hundred"
  }[m.denomination]
}
console.log(moneyName(one).toUpperCase()) // ONE
console.log(moneyName(twenty).toUpperCase()) // TWENTY
console.log(moneyName(nineteen).toUpperCase()) //  RUNTIME ERROR! undefined

Anyway that means you cannot be sure that subtractObjects() will produce a valid T output.  The error message 'T' could be instantiated with a different subtype of constraint 'Record<string, number>' is saying that the output type of reduce() is not known to be assignable to whatever T will turn out to be, and that even though it will produce a Record<string, number>, not every Record<string, number> will work for every T.

In order to make this type safe, I'd say that you should change subtractObjects() to be generic in the set of keys K of the objA and objB inputs.  And objA, objB, and the output type will all be of type Record<K, number>.  So there's no way for the input type to have properties narrower than number.  It could look like this:
const subtractObjects = <K extends string>(
  objA: Record<K, number>,
  objB: Record<K, number>
) =>
  (Object.keys(objA) as K[]).reduce((a, k) => {
    a[k] = objA[k] - objB[k];
    return a;
  }, {} as { [P in K]: number });

This compiles with no error.
Here we've had to make a few type assertions.  One is that we are assuming that Object.keys(objA) will produce an array of type K[]. It's technically true that Object.keys(objA) might produce more keys than the compiler knows about (See Why doesn't Object.keys return a keyof type in TypeScript? for more information) but we're making this simplifying assumption here.  You can always revisit that assumption if it turns out that it causes trouble.
Another is that we are claiming that the initial empty {} object in reduce() is already of type Record<K, number> (equivalent to {[P in K]: number}, which will turn out to display the type more nicely than Record<K, number>).  This is, of course, not true.  But when reduce() is done running then the object will no longer be empty and the output will be of type Record<K, number>, so the assertion is mostly harmless.
Okay, let's see it in action:
const nineteen = subtractObjects(twenty, one);
/* const nineteen: { denomination: number; } */
console.log(nineteen.denomination) // number at compile time,
// 19 at runtime, no problem now!

Now the value nineteen is no longer considered to be of type Money.  The compiler says it's of type {denomination: number}, so the fact that nineteen.denomination === 19 is fine; no fraud is being committed because nobody is claiming that nineteen is Money.
And so now you'll get a helpful compiler error if you try to hand someone phony currency:
moneyName(nineteen).toUpperCase()
// -----> ~~~~~~~~
// Argument of type '{ denomination: number; }' is not
// assignable to parameter of type 'Money'.

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