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THE CASE FOR GAY RIGHTS FROM BOWERS TO LAWRENCE AND BEYOND
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The Case For Gay Rights
Author : David A. J. Richards
Genre : Law
Provides detailed observations and reflections on the constitutional and democratic principles that underpin the debates over traditional values, defense of marriage, and gay rights in this distillation of the author's thirty-year advocacy for the rights of gays and lesbians.
Beyond Same Sex Marriage
Author : Ronald C. Den Otter
This edited volume contributes to the growing literature on post-marriage-equality marriage. It is the first interdisciplinary approach to understanding the various historical, empirical, normative, and legal dimensions of marriage as Americans begin to imagine what marriage could be like in the future.
An Argument For Same Sex Marriage
Author : Emily R. Gill
Genre : Social Science
The relationship between religious belief and sexuality as personal attributes exhibits some provocative comparisons. Despite the nonestablishment of religion in the United States and the constitutional guarantee of free exercise, Christianity functions as the religious and moral standard in America. Ethical views that do not fit within this consensus often go unrecognized as moral values. Similarly, in the realm of sexual orientation, heterosexuality is seen as the yardstick by which sexual practices are measured. The notion that "alternative" sexual practices like homosexuality could possess ethical significance is often overlooked or ignored. In her new book, An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage, political scientist Emily Gill draws an extended comparison between religious belief and sexuality, both central components of one's personal identity. Using the religion clause of the First Amendment as a foundation, Gill contends that, just as US law and policy ensure that citizens may express religious beliefs as they see fit, it should also ensure that citizens may marry as they see fit. Civil marriage, according to Gill, is a public institution, and the exclusion of some couples from a state institution is a public expression of civic inequality. An Argument for Same-Sex Marriage is a passionate and timely treatment of the various arguments for and against same-sex marriage and how those arguments reflect our collective sense of morality and civic equality. It will appeal to readers who have an interest in gay and lesbian studies, political theory, constitutional law, and the role of religion in the contemporary United States.
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Several encyclopedias overview the contemporary system of criminal justice in America, but full understanding of current social problems and contemporary strategies to deal with them can come only with clear appreciation of the historical underpinnings of those problems. Thus, this four-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present. It covers the whole of the criminal justice system, from crimes, law enforcement and policing, to courts, corrections and human services. Among other things, this encyclopedia will: explicate philosophical foundations underpinning our system of justice; chart changing patterns in criminal activity and subsequent effects on legal responses; identify major periods in the development of our system of criminal justice; and explore evolving debates and conflicts on how best to address issues of crime and punishment. Its signed entries provide the historical context for students to better understand contemporary criminological debates and the contemporary shape of the U.S. system of law and justice.
Encyclopedia Of The United States Constitution
Author : David Andrew Schultz
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Dishonorable Passions
Author : William N. Eskridge Jr.
From the Pentagon to the wedding chapel, there are few issues more controversial today than gay rights. As William Eskridge persuasively demonstrates in Dishonorable Passions, there is nothing new about this political and legal obsession. The American colonies and the early states prohibited sodomy as the crime against nature, but rarely punished such conduct if it took place behind closed doors. By the twentieth century, America's emerging regulatory state targeted degenerates and (later) homosexuals. The witch hunts of the McCarthy era caught very few Communists but ruined the lives of thousands of homosexuals. The nation's sexual revolution of the 1960s fueled a social movement of people seeking repeal of sodomy laws, but it was not until the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) that private sex between consenting adults was decriminalized. With dramatic stories of both the hunted (Walt Whitman and Margaret Mead) and the hunters (Earl Warren and J. Edgar Hoover), Dishonorable Passions reveals how American sodomy laws affected the lives of both homosexual and heterosexual Americans. Certain to provoke heated debate, Dishonorable Passions is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of sexuality and its regulation in the United States
Fundamentalism In American Religion And Law
Why, from Reagan to George Bush, have fundamentalists in religion and in law (originalists) exercised such political power and influence in the United States? Why has the Republican Party forged an ideology of judicial appointments (originalism) hostile to abortion and gay rights? Why and how did Barack Obama distinguish himself among Democratic candidates not only by his opposition to the Iraq war but by his opposition to originalism? This book argues that fundamentalism in both religion and law threatens democratic values and draws its appeal from a patriarchal psychology still alive in our personal and political lives and at threat from the constitutional developments since the 1960s. The argument analyzes this psychology (based on traumatic loss in intimate life) and resistance to it (based on the love of equals). Obama's resistance to originalism arises from his developmental history as a democratic, as opposed to patriarchal, man who resists the patriarchal demands on men and women that originalism enforces - in particular, the patriarchal love laws that tell people who and how and how much they may love.
The Oxford Handbook Of Church And State In The United States
Author : Derek H. Davis
Genre : Political Science
Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex. Scholars working in this area have backgrounds in law, religious studies, history, theology, and politics, among other fields. Historically, they have focused on particular angles or dimensions of the church-state relationship, because the field is so vast. The results have mostly been monographs that focus only on narrow cross-sections of the field, and the few works that do aim to give larger perspectives are reference works of factual compendia, which offer little or no analysis. The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States fills this gap, presenting an extensive, multidimensional overview of the field. Twenty-one essays offer a scholarly look at the intricacies and past and current debates that frame the American system of church and state, within five main areas: history, law, theology/philosophy, politics, and sociology. These essays provide factual accounts, but also address issues, problems, debates, controversies, and, where appropriate, suggest resolutions. They also offer analysis of the range of interpretations of the subject offered by various American scholars. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for the study of church-state relations in the United States.
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No area of public policy and law has seen more change than lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and trans-gender rights, and none so greatly needs careful comparative analysis. Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions explores the politics of sexual diversity in Canada and the United States by analyzing three contentious areas - relationship recognition, parenting, and schooling. It enters into long-standing debates over Canadian-American contrasts while paying close attention to regional differences. David Rayside's examination of change over time in the public recognition of sexual minorities is based on his long experience with the analysis of trends, as well as on a wide-ranging search of media, legal, and social science accounts of developments across Canada and the United States. Rayside points to a 'take off' pattern in Canadian policy change on relationship recognition and parenting, but not in schooling. At the same time, he explores the reasons for a 'pioneering' pattern in early gains by American LGBT activists, a surprising number of court wins by American lesbian and gay parents, and changes in American schooling that, while still modest, are more substantial than those instituted by the Canadian system. Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions is a timely examination of controversial policy areas in North America and a reasoned judgment on the progress of lesbian and gay issues in our time.
The Sodomy Cases
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For America's gay community, the question of rights is often reduced to the issue of privacy. Until very recently, even though this right has been upheld by the Supreme Court in landmark cases relating to contraception and abortion, the issue of "nonprocreational sex" continued to trigger a double standard for gay men. Now David Richards, a leading legal scholar who is himself gay, shows how two other landmark cases nearly twenty years apart shed light on America's evolving views of privacy. The Supreme Court's decision in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) stemmed from a 1982 gay-sex arrest in an Atlanta home under a Georgia law that criminalized sodomy--a case not originally prosecuted, but then pursued in court to challenge the statute's constitutionality. Lawrence v. Texas (2003) followed a similar arrest in 1998 in Houston, where Texas law also criminalized sodomy--but only when practiced by members of the same sex. Richards views these cases as the nadir and apogee of the gay community's efforts to fight discrimination through the courts. In Bowers, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no constitutional protection for sodomy and that states could outlaw those practices. But in Lawrence, the Court overturned the Texas law--and the Bowers decision as well--because it denied due process protection to consenting adults whose sexual practices were conducted in private. Justice Kennedy's majority opinion reaffirmed a constitutionally protected right to privacy that prevented the government from regulating intimate behavior. Tracing the Court's deliberations, Richards shows how Lawrence unambiguously establishes that the right to a private life is an innately human right and that ourconstitutional right to privacy rests on the moral bedrock of equal protection. He shifts gracefully from the law to literature, and from the Courts to the wider culture, to offer a brilliant analysis of the relevant arguments, going beneath their surface to link them to the emotional and moral foundations of the controversies raging around these decisions. Both of these cases show a Supreme Court ready to take seriously the idea that homosexuals have human rights--and that these rights are the basis of judicially enforceable constitutional rights. In describing these challenges to public prejudice, Richards's book offers students and general readers new insight into the practice and theory of constitutional law.
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Dear Python Colleague: The PyCon Program Committee is happy to announce that the opening keynote speech, at 9:30 am on Wednesday March 23 will be: Python on the .NET Platform, by Jim Hugunin, Microsoft Corporation Jim Hugunin is well-known in the Python world for his pioneering work on JPython (now Jython), and more recently for the IronPython .NET implementation of Python. Jim joined Microsoft's Common Language Runtime team in August last year to continue his work on Iron Python and further improve the CLR's support for dynamic languages like Python. I look forward to hearing what Jim has to say, and hope that you will join me and the rest of the Python community at PyCon DC 2005, at George Washington University from March 23-25, with a four-day sprint starting on Saturday March 19. Early bird registration rates are still available for a few more days. Go to http://www.python.org/moin/PyConDC2005/Schedule for the current schedule, and register at http://www.python.org/pycon/2005/ regards Steve Holden Chairman, PyCON DC 2005 -- PyCon DC 2005: The third Python Community Conference http://www.pycon.org/ http://www.python.org/pycon/ The scoop on Python implementations and applications
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Naruto Age of the Past :: Land of Fire :: Konohagakure no Sato :: Forests Share
Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission)
Gwynevere
Genin
Character Name: Gwynevere
Clan: Terumi
Element: Water, Earth, Lava, Explosive
Subject: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:26 pm
Calm The Beast:
Mission Name: Calm the Beast
Rank: C
Type: Subdue/Intel Gathering
Character Requirements: N/A
Mission Location: Tanzaku Forest
Word Count Requirements: 4,000 words
Repeatable? Yes
NPC? N/A
Reward: 2,500ryo
Task: There are a pack of 4 unusually large wolves in Tanzaku Forest that have been attacking civilians. Your job is to subdue them and report back any information gained on the animals.
Gwynevere threw on her pelts, sharpened her knife, and jumped out the window. This was probably the most important moment of he life. It was time for her First C-Ranked mission. Not that she cared about high high her mission score could got. What she really cared about was the fact that she was suppose to be taking down some wolves. This was the greatest moment in her life! Imagine another pack of wolves had moved in on her territory, and now it was time to show them who the alpha in these parts was! It was her! Gwynevere! Gwynever Inuzuka.
Her three pups jumped out behind her. They were not yet fully grown so alone they wouldn't be any match aginst the wolves, but sh'ed give them the oppritunity to see what they fought like. They were young but strong, soon they'd be large enough to tare a man's arm off, but for now they were cute as a button.
Her feet made a soft slapping sound as they collided with the pavement. The wind flew through the soft hair on her pelts as the broke into a sprint. The surrounding air rushed on by her, along with the rest of the village.
These wolves had been causing a problem with the local farmers. Eating animals, and attacking people. It was the natural order o things, but this was Gwyn's Territory! If anyone was going to eat farmer's animals, and attack people it was her! And she didn't even do it that often! These guys were going at it every night, like a bunch of savages, they brought dishonor to the names of dogs everywhere!
Truth be told she wasn't actually going on this mission alone. There was another guy she was suppose to meet up with. He was apparently in charge of the mission, a Jounin if she'd heard right. Well that was just fine as long as he didn't do anything stupid around teh wolves. Tehy were a proud and noble race of creatures and even when you were beating the living tar out of them they still deserved a bit of respect and reverence. That being said Gwyn was going to make a pelt out of at least one of them. This one she was wearing was starting to get a little worn out. She just hoped that they were a beautiful breed. Some wolves looked prety cool, and some just looked like they were mange infected muts. She really needed them to be the former ones, because the dogs were going to stop respecting her soon with her coat all in tatters. What did they want from her? She was a ninja clothing was bound to get ripped and torn every once in a while!
She was coming up upon the meeting spot. It was a small clearing just outside of the local forest. She couldn't wait to get started. As a person who'd been training with dogs all her life it was going to be so interesting to go into battle against some of them.
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Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Sat May 02, 2015 10:23 am
Jun hoped that her partner wouldn't be too dissapointed to find that her partner was actually just a Chuunin. The person who was suppose to lead her in this mission had called in sick today. Something about a whooping cough. Jun didn't know too much about that, but it sounded pretty bad. He was sitting slouched against shack just before the city gave way to the forest. He was still feeling pretty blue about the loss of his team mates, so it was going to be fun meeting someone new. He needed a good cheering up, and team building was the best tool for a heavy heart there was!
He was dressed up in a button up white shirt, with a loose red, and blue tie. He had nice slacks on and a pair of canvas sneakers covering his feet. His hair was a dark pink, and kind of splayed out from his head like a duck butt. In a cute way. He had big pink eyes, and luscious lips. He kind of looked like a woman disgusing herself as a man. When really he was just a Jun disguising himself as himself.
He awaited for the approach of his team mate patiently. As he laid down by himself on the ground, he hummed to himself joyously. He hadn't been out on a mission since he'd lost his arm so it was going to be interesting to see how this one went. He really hoped that he kept all of his limbs in tact this time though. He'd come to a new appreciation of having two arms ever since he lost one. Thanks Gawain you were a gentle man and a scholar.
He sat there baking in the sun for several moments. He'd never really had to deal with Wolves before. He wondered what they were like. He was sure that they were nothing compared to a dragon, but back then he did have a kage and and two of her Anbu protecting him. He supposed he still had that going on. They were still with him in a way, in his memories. Also you know, eye shoulders and all that.
Not too far off in the distance he could see someone aproaching his potion quickly. She was a wild looking woman, and had the classic Inuzuka tattoos on her cheeks. She looked kind of cute in a scary sort of way. She had three dogs trailing behind her, and looked like she was ready to go on the hunt. This looked like his man! Erm, Woman. Jun pulled himself up to his feet, and raised is hand in salutations. "Hey there!" He announced in a very friendly manner. "I'm Jun Watarase! I had a fill in for that other guy, but don't worry I'm fully briefed on the situation." He held his hand out for her to shake it.
"Before we get started what are you good at? We need to know each other's strengths before we just head into battle. We're going to be fighting a pack, so we might as well starting thinking like one right?"
Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Sat May 02, 2015 1:11 pm
Gwynevere was a little short on breath, but she didn't want to show that sign of weakness to her companion. She looked her superior up and down, checking for any distinguishing features. She didn't see anything terribly interesting about the girl, she seemed rather normal, if a tad on the beautiful side. She couldn't tell where this woman was of the same rank as the other person who was suppose to accompany Gwyn. However seeing that she knew nothing about the person who was suppose to be accompany her she didn't really mind the replacement. As long was there was someone around here who would let her complete this mission that was all she cared about.
"Gwynevere." Gwynevere announced holding her hand out for the shake. She gripped the woman's hand and gave it a firm and fierce handshake. "It's a pleasure."
She listened to Jun ask her about her particular talents, well that was an easy question. "I'm the best tracker in al of the hidden leaf village. In my own opinion. I can smell a foe two miles away, and I know the forests like I know the back of my own hand. Besides that me and my pups have our own special taijutsu style that we're skill at. We like to get in close and personal." She was beaming with pride. As far as she knew she was the only person in the world as skilled in the Inuzuka style of Taijutsu.At least as far as player characters were concerned.
Jun nodded. The smelling thing sounded pretty handy. He rubbed his right arm. So the two of them were both closed ranged type of people huh. Well he could work with that. At the very least he could make sure that the two of them didn't get killed by a couple of wolves. "Alrighty that sound pretty handy! So bet you'll have no problem at all finding these guys. I'm a swordsman myself so I'm afraid we won't be getting a lot of long range support, but even if they are really big wolves we shouldn't need that much fire power right?" He let out a small laugh. "Well there is suppose to be Four of them out there. So we have the numbers advantage so I guess just a straight up charge would work don't you think? I hear that the Inuzuka are experts at hit and run tactics. I think that maybe we could turn this mission into a learning opportunity! That being said I say we stay quite work around the parameters. We let that talented sniffer of yours find our targets. We get a lay of the land, and we wait until we can find the perfect opportunity to find out nasty little beasties." He laughed again and rubbed the back of his head. It sounded like a good idea to him at least. "Keep in mind that I'm only a amateur tactician so I'm more than open to hearing any other ideas if you have them." Jun kept his smiled and looked Gwynevere over. He hoped that she liked his plan, because he was kind of trying to get used to leading missions. He supposed that he could have just told her that was what they were going to use. however if he had a better idea he wanted to hear it! He was no dictator! He was a leader who liked to hear what his other team mates had to say.
Hmm this woman seemed weak to Gwyn. Maybe they had some great hidden strength but if she was the leader why was she asking what Gwynever thought. A pack leader does not ask their subordinates what they think. If they are the leader they are already the most capable of deciding what they must do. Gwynevere sighed. The one named Jun seemed young. The might have been her first time leading anything, so maybe she deserved some slack. Or maybe her weakness should be shown to the world so none else suffers from the girls inexperience and indecision. Right now it was wolves, but who knows what they'd put her in charge of if she proved herself today. Assassinations, guard duties, wars? Gwyn knew that that was a little extreme
"sneaking up on a wolf is going to be difficult. They have as good of a sense of smell as me. They'd catch me as soon as I catch them Unless we get lucky and the wind is on our size. A straight up charge will no doubt be out best option. The option that we're most capable of of course. However unless we get extremely lucky in our positioning and timing to sneak up on them. They'll be well aware that we're comign by the time we get there. Do you get what I'm saying? Wolves are the predators, we're not the ones doing the hunting. They are."
Gwynevere had worked with more than enough dogs to know what they were like. They didn't just sit around, and wait. They didn't just run away. They planned. Despite popular legends Dog were much smarter than cats. They're harder working, and much more loyal. Cats only had like a fifteen minute memory you know. However Jun was right. They did have the numbers advantage. Gwynever had her three dogs with her, and those three dogs were mighty warriors on their own. With her and her dogs they were going to kick some serious butt. She was more curious in seeing what sort of thing Jun could do. Other than her squad mates Gwyn had never seen another ninja in battle. As was mentioned she spent A LOT of time in the forest, if she'd never seen another ninja perform a jutsu that just told you HOW much. she lived in a village full of ninja's for the love of god. She wanted to see just what another ninja was capable. He said that he was skilled in close quarters as well, it'd be fun to see what he was up too.
Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Sun May 03, 2015 1:22 am
She had a solid point, however she was overlooking one serious point. A wind whipped around the two of them after Gwyn announced her objections to his plans. "I suppose you're right, but you forgot to take one thing into account. I'm a wind nature. I'm down wind from everything." He gave her a small giggle of excitedness. He never really got to say cool lines like that so he was glad he'd gotten his chance today!
The swirling of went stayed with them, and with their plan set out the two of them set out into the forest. It didn't take them too long before they were on the heels, erm paws to the wolves. Their pungent scent was no match for the talented sniffer of the Inuzuka girl and her puppies! Jun just wanted to pick all three of them up and rub them against his face, but he had a mission to focus on.
Jun had been sailing through these woods for his entire life. He was sure to some people it would be a pretty dangerous spot in the world, but he knew his way around these trees like he knew the streets of his village. Well at least he thought he did. That was all before he saw Gwyn running her way around the forest. He was having a hard time just keeping up. Not tah she was faster than him, she was just so much more confident with every step she took. It looked like she could navigate this place in her sleep, it was awesome! He'd have to ask her for some advice when all of this was over. He still wondered if it was that feral blood she had running through her. It was awfully tempting.
The pair had managed to land themselves a sweet overlook the the Wolves' den deep within the forest. Jun's little wind trick was keeping their scent from blowing into the wind, and they were too high up within the branches for the wolves to notice. They'd have a pretty good opportunity for an attack that was unforeseen and impossible to defend against.
Jun looked to Gwyn and waited to see when she was ready for the attack.
A wind release user who could shroud their smell just by creating a sort of vortex around themselves? This was something that Gwyn had never considered before. She need to remember that next time she was on the hunt for a human. That was a tricky tricky move that she needed to remember. A hunter always has to be smarter than it's prey. Knowing what it's pretty is capable of is always a huge part of that. So as they went on that hunt Gwyn paid close attention to Jun's jutsu. Prodding it for any weaknesses. If a human like her could sense something wrong with it, then chances were that a fully grown wolf could too. She keep out. Mostly for the mission, but also because she wanted to know for future reference.
She led Jun on the hunt for the most part, but that's why she'd been sent in the first place so it didn't come as a shock to anyone, nor as an infringement of authority. She was simply doing what she was born to do. Hunt!
These wolves were big and decadent judging from their smell. So musty it almost mad her choke. Not the kind of wolves that were healthy for a forest. That's really why she was going on this mission. Wolves were good for a forest, they kept the herds moving along. If a herd of something has no predators then they just stay in one place , and get fat. Soil isn't turned underneath their constantly moving herds, and plants die. These wolves however didnt' seem like a good crown. They weren't taking their fair share which meant that they didn't belong in this forest. they were disrupting that natural order of things, and had to die. These were her woods, and she protected all that lived within . For the good of the forest these beasts had to die.
When the came upon the den of the beasts Gwyn ha to let out a small bit of a gasp . These wolves were absolutely huge. "Moro." She whispered drawing out her knife and getting ready to go on the attack. The wolves had to be twice the size of a regular dog. They had to be related to Moro the wolf goddess.
They were going to make one heck of a pelt!
Before jun could give signal for the attack Gwynevere had alrady dropped down from the tree down onto the biggest of the wolves. She wrapped her legs around the beast and slit it's massive thraot with her knife.
As she did her three dogs came down on the remaining wolves with passing fang each of them. However these wovles were too resistant to be felled by that attack. One wolf jumped from it's spot on the ground and grabbed Gwyn's arm within it's maw and crunched down. Bringing a great scream of pain from deep within her body.
Oh that's right they gave her a team mate for a reason. That's alright a broken arm was more than a good price for the lesson she was going to learn from all of this. If she ever wanted to avenge her father she couldn't just go around on her own any more. She had to ask for help. Not only ask for it, but she had to accept it too. Jun was so excited to be on a team with her here, and she'd just shrugged him off. She felt shame flow through her, oh and also pain. She thought that she was so strong on her own, but she was a dog and dogs were pack animals.
Now she was just waiting for the Alpha to make his move.
As Gwyn drew her knife from the neck of the
Jun watched in horror as Gwynevere got her mouth crunched b one of the wolves. That was actually a pretty cool team attack on her account, if only it' worked. These wolves seemed just a little too big to fall to something like that. She was incredibly swift, but it looked like her and those puppies of her didn't have much stopping power at the moment. Jun touche his right arm for a brief moment. This scene looked incredibly familiar to him. Although there was still a chance that he could Save Gwyn arm.
Down fro the tree tops came three bright arcs of light. They came down upon the three living wolves and sliced into them like they were nothing but air. When it made contact with their skin it was as if they portion of flesh touched by the attack disintegrated into a golden light.
With the rest of the wolves dispatched Jun dropped from the three tops with Excalibur in his hands. He sheathed the holy made and Jun over to Gwynevere. "Don't move!" She shouted as he got to her. He gently maneuvered her to have her back on the ground, and he clapped his hands together and rubbed them for a second. A green glow began to imitate from his hands. "Okay. This may sting a little bit." He placed his hands directly upon Gwyn's mangled arm. Usually the mystical palm technique didn't need to have direct contact to be effective, but jun had a slightly sinister plan up his sleeve. Almost literally. As he was healing her his right arm was sampling her dna and rewriting some of his own to match. He was going to become king some day, king of what he didn't know. But when he was king he wanted to be able to relate to all of his subjects. He wanted to know what each of them lived through. That'd been Gwyn's greatest gift to him, the power of empathy. Plus the ability to track someone down two miles away with just scent alone was far too cool for the young Watarase to pass on by. No one would get hurt, an the village could only benefit from having another talented nose on the team!
Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Sun May 03, 2015 10:33 am
Gwynevere had no idea what had just happened. One moment those wolves were circling her, ready to rip her limb from limb and the next moment they were all dead in a golden ray of light. Or maybe it was several. It'd all happened so quickly that She wasn't sure which it was. All she knew was that those wolves were dead and it wasn't because gwynevere was the one who did them in. She looked up and could see Jun running towards her.
Could she really have been the one to kill off those wolves. This Jun character seemed to meek and unsure of themselves, it was unbelievable to think that she had such power. If Gwyn had that much power she would have gone crazy egotistical with it by now.
She came over to Gwyn and she couldn't even manage a thanks, she let herself be laid down on the ground, but when Jun touched her arm she yelped and threw a punch right at Jun's jaw. "Ow!" She whined miserably. "What are you doing?" She tried to yank her mangled arm away. "You don't have to touch it to do that you know!"
Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Sun May 03, 2015 3:13 pm
Jun brushed off the punch to his jaw and held his hands firm only on Gwyn's arm. He'd come too far now to let a cheap shot distract him. He held on, his could feel his cells slowing down the process it was almost over any way he just needed a few more seconds. "Please I'm trying to help, just stand still." While he was trying to get a hold of her bloodline he was also genuinely trying to help the feral girl out. Her arm was half torn off, half chewed up, and it needed some serious medical treatment. Jun was patching things up as best as he could. Gwynevere Terumi probably would have known exactly what to do in this situation, but for the moment Jun was a little distracted processing DNA.
Before his eyes he could see Her wounds closing up and knitting together. It was a good sign! Hey who knows? Maybe Jun was cut out to be a medic after all.He'd make the princess proud! "Alright you're almost good, but you're going to have to get to a hospital as soon as possible. I'm sorry for holding on and hurting you, but I'm not very skilled at this yet I wanted to make sure I did it right I'm sorry."
When his absorption of her DNA was complete he'd let go and let it swim around his body for a few seconds. He stretched his right arm as it pulsed slightly. He noticed something queer about what had just happened. "You're Not only an Inuzuka are you?"
Hmm Jun seemed to be too strong for Gwyn to break away from. Well played Jun, well Played. She was ready to start chewing the boys arm off, but the truth was, what he was doing was actually working. Her arm was started to put itself back together. It still felt horrible, but not like it was going to fall off horrible, so she couldn't really go hostile on him. Even if he was getting a little too touch for the wolf princesses' liking.
"Thanks." She grunted turning her head away to hide a blush. "I could have fixed it myself, but I guess you saved me some trouble."
Her ears pricked up when she heard Jun mention another Bloodline. "No, No I'm not." She announced turning her face. "I'm a Senju too, why?"
Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission) Sun May 03, 2015 10:27 pm
Jun took a gulp. Senju!?! Like the hokage senju? Like the tree people senju. Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Now he'd done it! Taking from the inuzuka was one thing, but the Senju? He wasn't sure how well those folk took to having their stuff stolen. Still... the idea of wood release... An advanced element like his magnetism, or The princesses boil skill. It was pretty attractive, and worth the risk if he could pull it off. He even had the elements required to perform it, and if he couldn't? He'd just get rid of the DNA and not worry about it, easy as that. No one would be the wiser. Yes good deal.
"Nothing, it just you didn't look completely like a Inuzuka. Different nose I guess." He laughed nervously. "Sorry I don't have a very good filter on my mouth, I picked it up from an old master of mine." He kicked a rock and sent it flying against a tree. "Well any way. It looks like we're done here. Would you care to accompany me back to the Forest?"
If she said yes which wasn't likely because she wanted to skin the wolves, he talk with her the enitre way home, hoping that he could crack open her hard and crusty outside. When it came time to report their progress he'd exalt her efforts, and her quick elimination of the targets. Not to mention her excellent tracking skills, and teamwork.
If she did not then he would travel alone, and give a similar report. He'd report more accurately on what happened, but still paint in a very good light. Other than the fact that her puppies weren't super strong yet she would have taken out all four targets in a single strike. Which made Jun impressed enough to recommend her for some more training!
As for his own training... well he had some bloodlines to see if he could awaken.
(This Brings us to 4384,
So I'd like to Claim 2,500 ryo please for the mission
Also I'd like to Roll For the Senju and Inuzuka Bloodlines
also exiting)
Gwyn shook her head, and rubbed her arm tenderly. It did feel better even if he was just a novice healer. She pulled out a knife from her belt and got to work on the beast. It was a glorious kill! Gwynevere would never show her appreciation for saving her life in words however. Three of these pelts belong to Jun. She'd see about crafting a nice dress for the girl! She needed something that better showed off her figure any way, with what she was wearing Jun almost looked like a man. She'd never find a mate that way.
(4484, I'll so claim 2,500 ryo and exit)
Subject: Re: Calm The beast (C-Ranked Mission)
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Q: Start-Process inside Invoke-Command closes immediately unless -wait switch, but how can I continue script? I'm trying to remotely run this Windows Update Assistance Installer .exe and I notice that the .exe closes immediately unless I use the -wait command. However, if I use the -wait command I can't continue my foreach loop for the other computers since it takes hours for an install to finish. If I take the -wait command out, I think it launches then closes immediately.
$computers | % {
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    Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock {

    $msbuild = "C:\windows\temp\Windows10Upgrade9252(21H2).exe"
    $Args = '/quietinstall /skipeula /auto upgrade /copylogs'
    Start-Process -FilePath $msbuild -ArgumentList $args -Wait

     }
}

A: Run in parallel (within -throttlelimit) with $computers or $sessions as the computername/sessionname.  Can also use -asjob.  $args might be reserved already.  Start-process won't return text output or the exit code without further action, which I've added.  You might use scheduled tasks instead.
$sessions = new-pssession $computers
Invoke-Command $sessions {
  $msbuild = "C:\windows\temp\Windows10Upgrade9252(21H2).exe"
  $myargs = '/quietinstall /skipeula /auto upgrade /copylogs'
  $p = start-process -wait $msbuild $myargs -passthru
  [pscustomobject]@{exitcode=$p.exitcode]
} # -asjob

exitcode PSComputerName RunspaceId
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       0 localhost      197d26f5-754b-49d3-baf4-2ca8fccacd4c

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Melbourne is often remarked as the culinary capital of Australia with a booming nightlife exempt of lockout laws. With hungry and thirsty revellers looking for a late night feed, hotdog or a nightcap, there are a large variety of bars, clubs and late night dining options that will suit anyone. Below is a list of Back of House's favourite spots for a late night bite.
Boney 68 Little Collins St Melbourne 3000: A funky bar and band room from the team behind Cookie, the Toff in Town and Revolver Upstairs. Live music, DJs. Go to dishes - jalapeno donuts, brisket and ribs. Open till late.
Foresters Hall 64 Smith St Collingwood 3066: Takeaway pizza till 2am every night and 4am on weekends, 32 craft beers on tap...need we say more? Chefs love this place. Upstairs at Wood's Picklebacks, Pool, Beer and Tunes till the early morning.
Le Bon Ton 51 Gipps St Collingwood 3066: Le Bon Ton's food draws its influence from the American South. A smokehouse, absinthe salon, cocktail bar, oyster room and beer garden. You simply won't want to leave one well renowned chef said to us. A special late night menu from 12am-5am available Friday and Saturday. The smokehouse brisket is done Texas-style. The blackened fish and crab cakes come from the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Inspiration for their dishes comes from as far west as New Mexico and as Far East as Alabama.
Supper Inn 161 Spring St Melbourne 3000: Serves Cantonese food till 2am daily proving a hit amongst chefs and hospitality workers. Good value, authentic food with dodgy decor - perfect for a chef.
Café Romantica 52 Lygon St Brunswick East VIC 3057: Well priced Italian serving pizza and pasta. Ice cream and gelato open 24 hours in the kitchen till 2:30pm, and they deliver!
Nieu Amsterdam 106-112 Hardware St Melbourne 3000: New York style bar and eatery, serving great cocktails too. Pumpkin donuts with Jack Daniels cream are a must. 100% of the beef they use in their burgers comes from 100% certified Wagyu cattle from Mayura Station.
Colonel Tan's @ Revolver upstairs 229 Chapel St Melbourne 3000: Affordable Thai food, live bands, funky beats described as the "American diner hits Bangkok". Great nightclub too.
Brother Burger Side of 413 Brunswick St Fitzroy 3065: Brother Burger serves some of the best burgers in Melbourne along with some great independent craft beers on tap.
Fancy Hanks 456 Queen Street Melbourne 3000: Fancy Hanks BBQ joint serves traditional American-style slow cooked BBQ. A carnivores dream with traditional pit smokers. You can wash it down with a great list of craft beers, cocktails, wines, spirits and homemade soft drinks.
Massive Wiener Hot Dog Stand 226 Chapel Street Prahan 3181: Massive Wieners specialise in foot-long hot dogs, fries and shakes. Open will 4am on weekends.
Tiba's Lebanese Food 504 Sydney Road Brunswick 3056: Quality affordable Lebanese food.
HuTong Dumpling Bar 14-16 Market Lane Melbourne 3000: At HuTong dumpling bar you can try orthodox home-style dishes and experience the change of HuTong Chin as traditional culture.


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Saudi Arabia among first countries to launch coronavirus contact-tracing apps: SDAIA chief
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia was the third country in the world to launch a contact-tracing application for COVID-19, thanks to the flexibility and capabilities of the Kingdom's advanced infrastructure, in addition to the use of new technology provided by the largest mobile phone companies in the world, said Dr. Abdullah Bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, president of the Saudi Data & AI (SDAIA), on Thursday.
Al-Ghamdi made the remarks during his speech to the national and international media today at the preparatory meeting for the G20 Leaders' Summit, to be held online on Nov. 21-22 under the slogan "Seizing the opportunities of the 21st century for all".
He also said that digital economies have unprecedented relevance in the present situation, as the new reality imposed by the challenges that the world is going through makes it imperative for countries to enable individuals to grow and prosper. He added that technology is an essential means to achieve recovery and to complete the development process.
The SDAIA chief explained that the G20 Summit meetings led and hosted by Saudi Arabia this year are exceptional by all accounts and come in light of unprecedented circumstances in which the whole world is witnessing, for the first time probably, the dire need for unity to face the challenges that have been affecting the lives of millions of people since the beginning of this year.
The digital economy and technology play a pivotal role in shaping our present and future, and support peoples' endeavors to continue developing a new foundation based on new data that will build our lives, work, and education.
Al-Ghamdi pointed out that SDAIA is keen to expand the scope of reliance on data and artificial intelligence, as they are effective tools in making sound decisions, especially during the current wave of uncertainty. This was confirmed by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman when he spoke before about the importance of artificial intelligence and other new and emerging technologies in shaping a better future and achieving greater prosperity for humanity.
Despite AI's numerous potentials, the SDAIA chief clarified that the world today is suffering from a growing digital divide that may widen further and that the lack of collective coordination in this regard may result in an unfair distribution of the benefits and wealth that countries will reap, thanks to these technologies. "After assessing the risks that this gap may cause, Saudi Arabia has taken the initiative to work on reducing this gap in cooperation and coordination with its partners in the World Bank.
Through its G20 2020 presidency, the Kingdom has led fruitful discussions for the group on the most important issues that will shape our digital economies and our future, including trustworthy artificial intelligence, free flow of data, smart cities, digital economy standards, and ways to ensure its security," Al-Ghamdi said.
Al-Ghamdi stated that SDAIA aspires to achieve three main objectives by 2030, namely, training 40 percent of the relevant workforce on data and artificial intelligence, for the Kingdom to have more than 20,000 data and AI specialists, and creating about 40,000 direct and indirect jobs related to data and artificial intelligence.
Al-Ghamdi stressed the importance of the recently launched National Strategy for Data and Artificial Intelligence as a roadmap for achieving these future goals. In this regard, Al-Ghamdi said that the Kingdom has achieved many accomplishments in this field and that it is currently seeking to expand the National Data Bank and Government Cloud Computing services, which will collect data and digital services available from more than 120 governments.
The SDAIA chief added that the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit was held last October on the sidelines of the G20 Summit meetings, while a strategic partnership in the field of artificial intelligence was launched with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Also, Saudi Arabia had the honor of hosting a consultative meeting with an elite panel of United Nations experts to discuss the establishment of an UN-proposed advisory body tasked to lead all artificial intelligence and international cooperation efforts.
On the sidelines of the Global AI Summit, SDAIA succeeded in hosting more than 300 artists and developers in the AI field at the AI Artathon, the first event that combined artistic creativity and AI. This was in addition to the NEOM challenge which aimed to find pioneering innovative solutions using AI techniques to overcome several future challenges in the fields of energy, entertainment, and transportation, in NEOM.
"We look forward continuing to work with our G20 partners, international organizations and other countries, to unleash the digital potential and harness it to benefit everyone without exception," Al-Ghamdi concluded.
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As I said in a previous post, Mindelo was a very pelasant surprise. Originally, based on too many negative feedback collected from many sailing forums (mugging, burglary and corruption) we were not intending to stop in Cabo Verde . But after talking with some friends who stayed there recently, we decided to give it a try and we do not regret it. We definitely recommend Mindello as a nice stopover enroute to the other side of the Atlantic. The people are very friendly and the city is nice and very well sorted for fruits, vegetable, an fishes. Fruits (bananas, papayas and mangoes) are of good quality. We did lost any and we still had good fresh fruits on our last breakfast of the crossing.
At the marina, we were only 3 visiting boats: a South African going back to Cape Town non stop and an Ukrainian also on the way back home. This one had a fantastic history. They were two 70+ retired engineers from Kiev. They build the boat themselves from space rockets exotic aluminium scraps. They started their journey from Kiev on September 2017, went al the way down to Chile, rounded Cabo de Horno and where on their way back home via Azores when we met them. Such a trip in less than a year this is quite a performance!
We left lunch time on August 11 (exactly a month after we started from Les Sables d'Olonne). The 2 other boats had already left earlier the same morning. Most of the preparation was done the day before: fresh food for 3 weeks, preventive maintenance of crtical items onboard etc. Such as on the morning we had only to run the last errand to be sure to leave with the freshest fruits. I also spent a good hours fine tuning the routeing for the entire crossing taking benefit from the marina wifi to download very large grib files. I used NOAA gribs and their Huricane discussion bulletin (which I asked a friend in France to email me twice a day during the crossing). This bulletin is very interresting because it reports the movement of the tropical wave as they form on the cost of West Africa and develop over the Atlantic, it also follow the development of the monsoon through in the same area. These are very important phenomenas which are not easily (if at all) identifiable on a grib. Tropical wave exhibiting high convection may develop rapidly into tropical storm and eventually cyclone and in this season one has to be extra carefull. On this basis our routeing parameters were basically to try to find an optimal route where we would get the least time without wind while avoiding these tropical waves as well as the areas of highest potential thunder storm. And I must say, it worked quite well.
The 2 fist days we hade very good wind and we could go fast with a lot of west in our south which allowed us to turn and go due south on the third day, to pass in between the 2 active tropical waves. What we are really happy about is that we didn't have to go through any thunder storm or strong squall while in the doldrums. We had very heavy rain a couple of times but no lighting or thunder directly around the boat. We saw some lightning in the night sky once but it was far far away.
The surprise came from the very long period of calm: no wind at all for some days and nearly a week with less than 6 knots and even when this 6 knots wind was blowwing it was always dead down wind I.e not enough to keep the sails from flapping endlessly regradless how tight we set the preventer . We had to be patient, we could not motor through it all the time because I didn't re-fuel in Mindelo and we left with less than 200 litres onboard which means about 60 hours or 300 miles if we used it all, but we wanted to keep at least 80 litres as emergency reserve and for the "landing". Finally, we motored about 40 hours in total but only 12 at full regime the rest was at 1000 RPM just to support the sails and make sure that the pilot could still steer resulting in a consumption of about 100 litres.
These long calms could have been frustrating from a navigation point of view especially as the gribs kept forecasting light (6 knots) southerly wind i.e. we would have ben going upwind (and 6 knots up wind would have been enough to get out boat moving nicely) but we got indeed about 6 knots but only northerly i.e. down wind. We suspect the guys at NOAA used south arrows because they had no graphical representation for "we think you gonna have some light wind now and then but we have no clue as to where the f… it is going to come from".
But actually it was a great time. The sea was never totally flat it was always some moderate swell (growing as we were gaining toward the south) which was no good for the sails but it was not too bad for the crew. We could do a lot of reading and sleeping, good fishing (Coryphene, Wahoo and Amber jacks, plus of course the morning harvest of flying fishes on the deck – once I even found one in my shoes on the cabin floor), proper cooking and fantastic meals (Coryphen sushis, flying fishes paté :)) and moreover we could bath and swim at least once a day. Swimming in this deep blue ocean cristal clear warm water (28°C) is a fantastic experience. Of course we always did it only one of us at a time and on a tether: safety first. We expected these calms to be so boring but in fact it was very enjoyable and even relaxing.
On the 6th day, after a couple of terrible rain showers with no wind, we finally catched the southerly forecasted for so many days. It was a gentle breeze of 7 to 9 knots allowing us to sail very comfortably at 5 to 6 knots at 45-50° TWD.
After about 2 days due south, we crossed the commercial route Brasil – Africa – Europe. Lots of ships on the AIS going in both direction. This is the time when the wind shifted SE allowing us to tack and get on a direct route to Salvador passing some 100 miles east of rocky islets of San Pietro and San Paolo as well as Fernandho de Noronha. For a couple of days the wind stayed moderate and stable in force in spite of frequent shifts in direction. On August 21, we passed the equator with the traditional celebration including the glass of rhum to Neptune.
By then, the sea was bulding up to 3 m perpendicular to our route with a secondary wave at 30°, not the most confortable. Then the squalls started. It goes like this: the wind is 10 knots we are sailing confortably at 6 knots 95° TWD, very dark huge clouds move toward us, the wind shift and is now only 45° from the route, from 10 knots the wind speed gets up to 12, 15, 18, then shift back 95° TWD and up again 20, 22 up to 28 or 30 knots for 20′ and settles at 20 -22 knots for an hour or 2 then suddenly goes down to 11. Obviously a lot of reefing and sails trimming is required to keep the boat under control. The first squalls we found actually quite fun, keeping as much sails on as we could dare to. The boat was accelerating: 8, 9, 10, 11 knots. But after a while we told ourselves that we were not in a race and that it was our home that we were using as a surfing toy. So we anticipated a lot more the sails reduction and delayed the unreefing longer. But it didn't help much we still had to trim and adjust in every gust. Going in this cross sea perpendicular to our route was also quite wet: we were very happy to be dry and confortable without foul weather gear under our dog house form where we can do all the triming, reefing and furling.
And during all this we were on the cargo ships route so we had to watch the AIS and the radar all the time. Fortunately we saw only one ship without AIS transponder and it was in full day light. Most ship adjusted their course to pass a couple of miles away (according to international rules they have to), we only had to deviate twice from our route.
No need to say that this part of the trip was less relaxing than the first one. It was very sailing intensive (which we like) but after few days it was a bit exhausting. We could still keep more or less normal meals (just we had to serve them in deep bowls or mugs rather than plates and obviously we had to hold them tight). No time for reading, we remembered ourselves the original significance of the expression "being on watch".
On the last night the weather was the same and so was the traffic and as we were obviously getting closer to shore, we expected to see many fishing boats (Brasilian fishermen are famous for using long nets at night) but fortunately we didn't see a single one.
On Tuesday 28 at 5:30 localtime as the daylight was coming we passed the south buoy indicating the sand bank at the entrance of All Saints Bay (Bahia de todos los Santos) and we saw Salvador sky scrappers emerging from the clouds. Two hours later we berthed at Terminal Nautico right in the city centre… We did it! 2300 miles on the log in 16 days and 23 hours.
During this nearly 17 days we were like on another planet, only the 2 of us in our little bubble with the waves and wind. This arrival was kind of a choc. The city looks really grand from a but getting closer, it's likes it has been trough better times long ago. Ithe lower city and commercial district is basically in ruins with many buildings like empty shells whithout roof or windows. Then the very heavy traffic, the noise and the loud music. But the people are so nice and friendly (at least during day time) and always smiling and laughing that immediately you forget about the rest.
But let's leave our discovery of Brasil for a next article.
Cette entrée a été publiée dans English le 07/09/2018 par reveadeux.


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