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A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) today (April 4) reminded members of the public not to bring live birds into Hong Kong without a valid health certificate or they might face prosecution.
An incoming local man was intercepted by the Police at the Sha Tau Kok Control Point during an inspection today. 121 birds without valid health certificates, including 60 heads of Scaly-breasted Munia, 15 heads of Willow Warbler, 40 heads of Oriental Magpie Robin and 6 heads of suspected African Grey Parrot which is an endangered species, were seized from his bag. The birds of unknown source were transported to Animal Management Centre and Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point. After taking samples for avian influenza testing, birds which are not endangered species have been disposed. Follow-up investigations by the AFCD are underway.
African Grey Parrot is listed in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and regulated under the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance (Cap 586) in Hong Kong. Any person importing, exporting, re-exporting or possessing endangered species not in accordance with the Ordinance will be liable to a maximum fine of $10 million and imprisonment for 10 years. The specimens will also be forfeited upon conviction.
Under the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Regulation (Cap 139A), any person who imports live birds or poultry without a valid health certificate issued by the veterinary authority in the country of export is liable to a fine of $25,000 and forfeiture of such animals.
The spokesman said the AFCD will continue to work closely with the Customs and the Police to combat illegal importation of poultry and birds to minimise the risk of avian influenza outbreak brought by imported poultry and birds that had not gone through inspection and quarantine.
Suspected cases of illegal keeping of poultry or illegal import of poultry or birds should be reported to 1823.
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A Double-edged Sword: Making Your Greatest Strengths Your Greatest Weaknesses
Posted on May 22, 2011 in Character Development, Character Development, Exercises, For Role-Players, For Writers, Resources & Links | 0 comments
For the typical D&D player, the game essentially boils down to "winning." You slay the monsters, find the treasure, level up. A steady upward climb. Fun, to be sure, but I'd rather just play a board or video game if I wanted that. Tabletop allows for a little something more, that is to say, the unparallelled ability to tell any story, act any part. It's the stage on a smaller scale, in which the audience are also the actors.
What drives a story more than anything else? Conflict. So the GM twists your arm a little. Hits you where it hurts. But who says the GM is the only one who can introduce conflict? What happens when the players take it into their own hands to make a multi-dimensional, real character, replete with desires, strengths, and weaknesses?
Whoever said they couldn't be the same thing?
"Okay," you say. "That's just fine taking advantage of a character's disadvantages. That's no new trick. So what?"
All right, how about using a character's advantages against him?
John Wick, Play Dirty, 2006
Tag! I'll use your very strength for my gain.
This is the ideology at work behind the Tag/Invoke/Compel mechanic of the Fate system. You can invoke an Aspect (think of them as formalized backgrounds or personality characteristics) to gain the advantage in a Risk. But so too can your allies and enemies Tag that very Aspect to tip the scales, or even Compel you to do something in keeping with your character, but potentially destroy everything you've been working towards.
It's what makes Houses of the Blooded, which uses the Aspect system from Fate, a fundamentally tragic game. You are your own undoing. You're doomed to fall, but when that fall is spectacular, we enjoy it just as much as "winning."
You can do this in other systems as well, it just requires a little more work on your part.
Identify three to four primary traits that you would qualify as your character's cookies–those signature traits that set him or her above the rest, that really define the character. In Dungeons & Dragons you'd look to your Background, your Feats, your Class and Race features. In Savage World they're your edges. Don't forget the setting as well, the time, place, and flavor, which will give you a whole slew of considerations. Write them down if they're a little more abstract and independent of the game mechanics, like, "pure-hearted," or "long-lost prince." Consider both internal and external conflicts, since all one without the other make for either pure pulp or too "literary" feeling characters. It may help to denote some as major and other minor. Finally, the traits needn't be as fine-tuned as, say, Aspects are in Houses of the Blooded, because they confer no in-game benefit. This is pure role-play and story fodder, here, so don't torment yourself.
List the benefits of each trait. Sure, you already know this, but it doesn't hurt to write it down to really see it, make sure it crystallizes into thought properly. Too many things we just take for granted as knowledge because it's swimming up in our minds, but won't come out straightforwardly on paper. This is the time to really define what it means to be a woman warrior, or half-breed bastard.
Now comes the tricky part. You have to figure out how those very traits can also be a Very Bad Thing. Our pure-hearted one, for instance, becomes too trusting, easily taken advantage of. She can't even conceive of stealing, or lying, or using others for her own gain. So it's bound to happen to her. Or another character might have claimed to have divine bloodlines. Depending on the nature of the cult (I use the term in its theological, not pop-culture context), he could be named a heretic and even hunted down. Sure wish he didn't have those extra powers now, huh?
Consider developing these as story arcs to address over the course of the campaign, each with a beginning, middle, and end.
Start with the spark, the instigating act that serves as a departure point from the status quo. What could happen to bring the strength and weakness into relief? Is it an NPC from the character's past? A quest set before the adventurers? One of the player characters themselves (bonus points)? You should work with your GM to find a launch pad you can both agree on.
Try not to plan the middle, instead, letting it develop organically over the course of the campaign. You want to leave room to be flexible, to adapt to the moment, and perhaps allow the campaign the guide the progression of the issues. Just think of the ups and downs of narrative structure. Build the tension, throw in more obstacles, and build us back up again until we hit the climax, which may or may not be the same as the ending.
Finally, however, you can think about the ending. What do you want to see happen to your character? Would you rather use the weakness and conflict as a hurdle that makes victory all the sweeter? Or would you rather play your character's downfall, falling further and further from grace into their own self-made hell? There's also the possibility of a mix of success and failure, including self-sacrifice to achieve their ultimate goal, or giving in to their desires and winning true love over their allegiances or ideals. Just don't feel like the climax has to be set in stone. You may find as you go that you want to change things up, that the other option makes more sense now. Just be sure to communicate these to your GM, who is there to help you realize your characters, whether it's for good or ill.
So you think you can use this as you plan your novel, too? Sure can. You'll just want to develop the middle as well, seeing as you have complete control over the plot and don't have to worry about those other pesky players at your table…
A Character Study
Enchanted Forest by *Isriana
To illustrate what I mean I'll be using Ealasaid NicRuraich, my red-headed Vistani Hybrid Sorcerer-Thief for my friend's upcoming campaign, Le Morte de Mordred. In this case, the setting provides the primary context for her struggles, though some are internal as well. Let's take a step-by-step look at how I go from flat, fantasy female to a gutsy girl who brings her own struggles to the table, without the GM having to lift a finger.
For her traits, I've gone with a mixture of feats and a background, as well as extra themes that were inspired by songs I explored when trying to find a theme for her.
Seeress (Major)
Arcane Familiar (Major)
Vistani (minor)
Falling in Love (minor)
I've decided on the following benefits accordingly, though a few are already covered by mechanics.
Seeress (Major) Ealasaid's primary character "cookie," if you will, is fortune teller. Much of it is putting on airs to fatten her purse, but there are time when she really Sees. She'll be mastering Divination rituals, and her feat lets her cast one without components per day.
Arcane Familiar (Major) What's cooler than a little Magpie flitting about your shoulder? One who talks, can give you advice, and serves as a second pair of eyes? And pushes you to grow as a magic user?
Vistani (minor) There are a good number of perks to being part of a caravan. You learn all sorts of trades, see more of the world, meet all sorts of people. You also get their nifty little abilities, and an extended family to reach out to when need be.
Falling in Love (minor) Not so much a benefit to her, but it allows me as a player to indulge in my favorite bit of role-playing: romance.
Some of these came easily, others were assisted by the setting. If you need help, reach out to your GM or fellow players.
Seeress (Major) Given the Arthurian setting, being a magic-user can be a very, very dangerous livelihood. Christianity is the dominant religion of the nobles (if not the pagan masses), so that "witchnose" of hers is like to get her killed.
Arcane Familiar (Major) Magpies are perhaps one of the smartest animals in the world. A magical one is even moreso. But in English folklore, a single Magpie is a sign of bad luck. What starts to happen when Pica joins Ealasaid? You guessed it. Then he starts to nitpick at your decisions. Questioning their wisdom. Having altogether too much to say. And seems to have been sent by someone to sharpen Ealasaid's abilities… but why? Only my GM knows.
Vistani (minor) Insta-outcast, go. People assume she's a cut-purse, and for good reason. The same charm that endears most to her is a liability when she's dealing with the lawmen of the villages.
Falling in Love (minor) Finally, the very boy she feels drawn to may be the wolf who consumes her in her dreams. The Betrayer. So think again, Ealasaid. What did Grandmama say about the dreams you dream about yourself? And is he worth it?
Now let's take a look at the beginning, middle, and end for these. Right now I'm painting with broad strokes, since I have yet to really play with her or talk with my GM at length.
The spark is her leaving the caravan with her sister because of the dreams she's been having,meeting Shane MacGreggor, embarking on whatever journey our DM has planned, and later, once she's reached level two, meeting her familiar, Pica the Magpie.
I don't have much idea of how the campaign is going to develop, but I do have a sense of how I'd like to see things go. I'd like Pica to be an antagonistic force, pushing Ealasaid past her own boundaries. Shane will also be a source of torment, and her sister/the Vistani may prove a hurdle as well. Finally, she'll have to hide her magic as best she can, while simultaneously trying to master it.
Ultimately I don't know if she'll fall or rise to the occasion. I'll let the game decide. My characters usually fall somewhere in the gray zone, succeeding in some respects and failing miserably at others. What she decides to make a priority is up to her.
And there you have it. It's a touch more of a sketch right now than a fully-fledged character biography, but it doesn't need to be. Her strengths and weaknesses will find different applications when the game is played. And we'll see which of the two win out.
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In Chrome the alert is occurring once, but in Firefox and IE it seems to be occurring twice. Any insight into why this is happening would be SUPER appreciated!
Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/97tbk/856/
Thanks!

A: It seems to be a bug in fullPage.js related with the way it handles the mouse events:
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It seems Firefox is listening to both events, wheel and DOMMouseScroll. You can check it here.
Try removing the "Old firefox" event handler (DOMMouseScroll) and you'll see how it only fires one now.
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What's the progression at the Lowther Hills?
Off to Leadhills golf course, where we have a great slope at 150 meters long, to practise all the snowboard basics.
Time for a quick bus ride up to the big slope, which has some variable options for us to work on.


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The Value of Marriage
Posted on April 2, 2014 by Jeff Moore
When I read Kai Austin's article Argument Against Marriage, I realized that I had found my new trench. See, I am Catholic, and Catholics have gotten quite adept at falling short in societal debates about marriage and sex. In the last sixty years alone we have been the losing interlocutors regarding contraception, divorce, pre-marital sex, and abortion. Now, as we rapidly lose ground on same-sex marriage, I needed a new trench, a new line to hold, and Kai gave it to me: I am not yet ready to give up on the value of marriage.
Before I explain myself, though, I should make my relative bias clear: not only am I Catholic, I am training to be a Catholic priest. Among other things, this means that I will never get married. Priests are asked to forego personal marriage in order to give themselves in complete service to the Church. Some may think that my swearing off of marriage disqualifies me from defending marriage, but I think of it as a scientific bonus – I am an outside observer who can comment on the system without reducing it to my own experience. And what are my observations? That marriage is ultimately a life of love-as-service and that society has an important interest in promoting and protecting such an institution.
But let me build up to this thesis by first addressing Kai's. On my reading, Kai is not arguing against marriage per se, but against our image of marriage as an institution of and for love (though the implication is that if marriage is not motivated by love then no other motivation can justify it either). He makes his argument historically, by asserting that marriage has always been an institution of economics and power, and practically, by suggesting that even today's love-based marriages are not actually motivated by love and do little to support or sustain love.
Let us start with the history. While his assertions are certainly not groundless, my primary critique of Kai's history is that it comes to us through Marxist historical analyses (which view history primarily as an economic system). Granted, all historical research requires a data filter and the Marxist approach is well-worn in academic circles, but its predisposition to favor economic data makes it less than ideal for an analysis of love. To give love the benefit-of-the-historical-doubt, one might instead choose a filter that takes better account, for example, of world literature, which associates love and marriage as far back as Homer's Odyssey and the Bible's Song of Songs. Those interested in marriage history might look into Stephanie Coontz[1], the most prominent proponent of Kai's view, and her book Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage, and then move on to the many and varied responses to Ms. Coontz' works, especially an article by Kay Hymowitz[2] arguing that marriage actually developed as an institution of childbearing / childrearing and that it still holds value today for exactly these purposes.
But Kai's deeper point is not about history, it is about the relationship between marriage and love. He is certainly correct that something significant changed about this relationship in the 19th century, but I fear that he has confused the cause for the effect. It is not our views of marriage that changed, but our definition of love.
What is love? It would seem that Kai, mirroring contemporary western society, follows Webster in thinking that love is "a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person."[3] But this definition is incredibly novel. For more than two millennia, from Aristotle until the end of the Enlightenment, love had a completely different definition in western philosophy, "to will the good of another," and this definition is the only definition that makes love-based marriage make sense.
Note well: according to the classical definition, love is not a feeling, love is a choice. What we designate today as "love" is, at best, "joy" and, at worst, a selfish, hedonistic addiction to an evanescent infatuation. While attraction and compatibility are powerful motivations for love, we should not confuse the aids to love for love itself. Love is service. If you authentically love someone you serve them, you do not desire to use them as a means for your own pleasure.
Certainly love often brings joy, but the absence of joy does not preclude the ability to love. In fact, you can identify true love by the fact that it persists even when the joy does not. Taylor Swift did not "love" Jake Gyllenhaal in the same sense that Blessed Mother Theresa "loved" the poor. Let me assure you that Mother Theresa did not always feel joy when she was cleaning the diseased sores of the marginalized of Calcutta, but she chose to keep serving them, to keep loving them, anyway. For that matter, I am fairly sure that Jesus was not feeling a whole lot of joy being tortured to death by his Roman overlords, and yet Christianity holds up his crucifixion as the greatest act of love the world has ever known.
Let us be clear, though: even under the classical definition, love is more than a stoic duty. Love is what makes us human. Love brings us closer to God and makes us like God. Love brings us joy but transcends joy, bringing us a level of peace and happiness that hedonistic pleasure seeking cannot begin to explore or understand. Even when we suffer for the sake of love, it is love that gives meaning to the suffering and, in so doing, meaning to all suffering around the world. As counter intuitive as it may sound to the contemporary ear, it is in giving ourselves to others that we discover our true selves as human persons.
Now, if we are using the modern, Taylor Swift definition of love, I absolutely agree with Kai's contentions that love is a very poor reason to enter marriage and that marriage, if not actually hostile to love, certainly does nothing good for it. If familiarity breeds contempt, then there is nothing worse for love than to become family.
But if we define love as service, as willing the good of another, then we arrive at the surprising notion that marriage is not about good feels, but good works. In fact, for marriage to be the highest expression of love, it must be the highest expression of service: complete self-sacrifice for the sake of another. The last person you should be thinking about when you are getting married, therefore, is yourself.
Even previous forms of marriage, imperfect as they were, contained the seeds of love-as-service. Loveless arranged marriages may not have had service-to-spouse in mind, sure, but they were dutifully entered into in service to one's family or, in the case of royalty, one's people. Women's rights in many places were dismal, certainly, but forcing the husband to make sure her economic needs were met is still love-as-service, even if incredibly diminished.
Yet today, with our enlightened outlook, our marriages should contain vastly more love than these economic models, right? Nope! We have exchanged our ancestors' quest after property rights and legitimate heirs for our quest after self-fulfillment and the avoidance of bad feelings. Of course, according to our standards, ours is the nobler quest, but it is equally loveless and selfish. Neither model has as its goal "to will the good of another".
Still, our failings are no reason to abandon marriage, but to embrace it all the more strongly. Marriage, properly understood, is the antidote to hedonism and, if we only lived it out, would instantly create a world that could surpass any utopian hippy pipe-dream. You cannot give your whole self in service to another and not begin to serve others in your life outside the home. And it would be sustainable to boot, because the children of these marriages would be equally affected by being raised in micro-communities of service.
It is understandable, then, why a love-based marriage must have certain characteristics. Marriage must be a complete self-gift because abandoning oneself for another creates absolute vulnerability and the only protection that is compatible with love is the knowledge and trust that the other person is giving him/herself in an equally complete manner. When spouses hold back from each other, or (worse) when the level of self-gift is unequal, marriages break down quickly. Marriage must be exclusive and monogamous because a complete gift of self can only be made to one person at a time. Marriage must be life-long because the only motivation for love during periods of joylessness is a definitive and unending act of the will. And, if I may be so bold as to assert the Catholic position, marriage must be the only appropriate context for sex because (1) if sex, the highest form of physical self-gift, is given in relationships otherwise marked by partial self-gift, then there remains no unique physical act of self-gift that can mirror the other unique intimacies present in relationships of complete self-gift and (2) sex being the ordinary means of procreation , the optimal environment for child rearing is a micro-community of complete self-service.
It is further understandable why our government has a significant interest in maintaining, encouraging, and defending marriage: because even one love-as-service marriage builds a more robust society. A population grounded in child-rearing micro-communities of self-service cannot help but be stable, peaceful, fruitful, and civic-minded. Though today's high divorce-rate is certainly tragic, how impossibly more tragic would society become if there were no marriage at all?
Idealized? Yes. Impossible? No, but a certain heroism is undoubtedly necessary. It takes a hero to be true in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health and to love and honor the other all the days of his/her life. If, instead, we replace heroism with hedonism, if we cannot muster the self-sacrifice necessary to commit ourselves to such an essential form of life, then the status of marriage does not really matter anyway; our society will already have rotted to its core. Fortunately, I still believe in heroes, and I still believe in marriage. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go man a trench.
Thank you, Kai, for your article and thank you, Frankly Speaking, for hosting such an important discussion.
[Jeff Moore is a member of the Class of 2010 (E:C). He is a resident of Burien, WA, but is currently finishing his final three years of priestly training at Mundelein Seminary, outside Chicago. He can be reached at jeffrey.moore@alumni.olin.edu.]
[1] http://stephaniecoontz.com/
[2] http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/01/16/kay-s-hymowitz/marriage-gap
[3]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love
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Patrick Chan: Champion for the Springs
Colorado Springs Independent, May 5, 2011
By Ralph Routon
He moved here more than a year ago, looking for new momentum in his promising but unfulfilled figure skating career. He thought the training atmosphere in Colorado Springs, the coaching as well as the altitude and being around other skaters, would help him come closer to realizing his immense potential.
Last weekend in Moscow, the ultimate reward finally came for Patrick Chan.
Not only did he dominate the field in winning the men's title at the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships, the 20-year-old Chan also rewrote every world record along the way. His short program earned 93.02 points, beating the mark of former Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko. Chan's long program, including two quad jumps, totaled 187.96 points, far ahead of his nearest rivals. And his total of 280.98 points obliterated the former record of 264.41 by Japan's Daisuke Takahashi.


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package org.apache.cocoon.components.search.analyzer;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper;

/**
 * Configurable PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper. Allow one analyzer per field for
 * indexing a document (useful for multilanguage document)
 *
 * (@link org.apache.lucene.analysis.PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper class)
 *
 *
 * A config file for this analyzer is:
 *
 * <!-- if a lucene document containing a field not present in the "field" tags,
 * the defaultAnalyzer would be used --> <config defaultAnalyzer="analyzerEN">
 * <fields><!-- if a lucene document contains the field "summury" , the
 * analyzer "analyzerEN" would be used --> <field name="summury"
 * analyzer="analyzerEN"/> <field name="desc_fr" analyzer="analyzerFR"/> <field
 * name="desc_en" analyzer="analyzerEN"/> <field name="desc_de"
 * analyzer="analyzerDE"/> </fields> </config>
 *
 * @author Nicolas Maisonneuve
 */
public class ConfigurablePerFieldAnalyzer extends ConfigurableAnalyzer {

    public static final String CONFIG_DEFAULTANALYZER_ATTRIBUTE = "defaultAnalyzer";

    public static final String FIELDS_ELEMENT = "fields";

    public static final String FIELD_ELEMENT = "field";

    public static final String FIELD_NAME_ATTRIBUTE = "name";

    public static final String FIELD_ANALYZERID_ATTRIBUTE = "analyzer";

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see org.apache.cocoon.components.search.analyzer.ConfigurableAnalyzer#configure(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration)
     */
    public void configure(Configuration configuration)
            throws ConfigurationException {

        String analyzerid = configuration
                .getAttribute(CONFIG_DEFAULTANALYZER_ATTRIBUTE);

        Analyzer analyzer = analyzerM.getAnalyzer(analyzerid);
        if (analyzer == null) {
            throw new ConfigurationException("analyzer " + analyzerid
                    + " doesn't exist");
        }

        PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper tmpanalyzer = new PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper(
                analyzer);
        Configuration[] conffield = configuration.getChild(FIELDS_ELEMENT)
                .getChildren(FIELD_ELEMENT);

        for (int i = 0; i < conffield.length; i++) {

            String fieldname = conffield[i].getAttribute(FIELD_NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
            analyzerid = conffield[i].getAttribute(FIELD_ANALYZERID_ATTRIBUTE);

            if (fieldname == null || fieldname.equals("")) {
                throw new ConfigurationException("element " + FIELD_ELEMENT
                        + " must have the " + FIELD_NAME_ATTRIBUTE
                        + " attribute");
            }
            if (analyzerid == null || analyzerid.equals("")) {
                throw new ConfigurationException("element " + FIELD_ELEMENT
                        + " must have the " + FIELD_ANALYZERID_ATTRIBUTE
                        + " attribute");
            }

            analyzer = analyzerM.getAnalyzer(analyzerid);

            if (analyzer == null) {
                throw new ConfigurationException("analyzer " + analyzerid
                        + " doesn't exist");
            }
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Chester Bennington's Death Certificate Released
By Emily Surpless/Aug. 2, 2017 2:18 pm EST
The Linkin Park singer's death certificate has just been released to the public.
The certificate, which was obtained by TMZ, reveals that Chester Bennington's death has officially been ruled a suicide, adding that the star hanged himself with a belt. The document also notes that Bennington was found at 9:08 a.m. in his Palos Verdes Estates home in Los Angeles, Calif. on July 20, 2017.
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You can learn an important lesson just by watching little children relate to each other to improve your people skills. At a young age of three or four, they see the world differently than adults. Through their unbiased eyes, young children eagerly embrace each other and play without hesitation in those earliest years of life. Unfortunately, the trend changes due to life experiences as children grow into adults to alter how we react later on.
Instead of letting your life disappointments trap you into a rut, you need to box them away and rethink how you deal with others if you intend to improve your people skills. Try to remember the ease that a child has in walking up to another of their peers and putting himself or herself out there. There is no fear of rejection in taking an initial first step in a friendship until years of living. Simply, do yourself a favor and take the lead from a fearless child and offer a "hi" or a compliment first, but always with a smile.
Exchanging pleasantries with people you come in contact with may seem unimportant; however, you are sadly mistaken. Such a small amount of kindness often is returned. For instance, you may find more doors opening or schedules for your hair cut to nails, etc. adjusted more easily if you only take a little time to be more considerate.
People always are more receptive to smiles. If you find it hard to smile, then you need to practice if you intend to improve your life and people skills. Your lips are not going to break if you curve them so look at yourself in the mirror and start. You can always work your way up to dogs, cats, birds even your pet snake before moving up the line to children and then eventually adults. Keep in mind people always copy those smiles back and each smile that returns to you will build your confidence and better people skills. Countless studies have proven that fact of how people instinctively smile back so making a habit of it is highly recommended.
When you need to communicate with others, you should take advantage of delivering your news, whether big or small, more in person when the opportunity arises than constantly relying on emails. By direct contact with another, you will be using and honing in those communication skills further. Your voice, gestures, and even facial expressions are great tools to help you in winning another person over in your dealings with others.
Just as important as communicating in person is listening to another. Don't let your eyes stray. Pay attention to the person talking and tune into their feelings to make a connection and rapport. After all, they came to you to share something and you owe it to listen, if you expect the same courtesy. Ask questions or make comments to show you truly heard them. You will show yourself as great company.
Trust me, if you practice this advice, then you will be pleasantly surprised how much better life becomes with just little changes and a warm smile!
Well said, Mary. I will try to do this.
Smiling always works for me!


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Congressman Jason Smith Seeking Service Academy Applications
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) is seeking applications for nomination to the United States service academies for the Fall of 2020. Individuals interested in a nomination to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy or the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy should submit applications no later than October 31, 2019.
"A highlight of my year is the opportunity to nominate students in southern Missouri to attend the service academies and become the next generation of military leaders," said Congressman Smith. "The best and brightest leaders in America who wish to serve our country attend the U.S. service academies, and it's an honor to send talented students from southern Missouri to these historic institutions."
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The Rebirth of Marxism - Conference announcement and call for papers
international | anti-capitalism | event notice Monday October 16, 2017 11:08 by Laurence Cox - Interface journal
Haunting the future
The ReBirth of Marxism: Haunting the Future
National University of Ireland Maynooth, 4 – 5 May 2018
In his play Marx in Soho, Howard Zinn has Marx ask "Don't you wonder why it is necessary to proclaim me dead, again and again?"
May 5, 2018 will be Marx's 200th anniversary – one among many anniversaries which remind us of Marx and Engels' long-lasting impact on the modern world. As we send this out, we are sandwiched between the 150th anniversary of Capital and the 100th of what Gramsci called a "Revolution against Capital" in Russia. Our conference includes the May Day bank holiday, celebrated by the traditional labour movement – but it also marks the 50th anniversary of the start of "May 1968" in Paris, while "Ireland's 1968" is sometimes dated to the violent suppression of a civil rights demonstration in Derry, five months later.
Marx's work dramatises one of the most vital impulses in contemporary thought and politics, a spectre haunting not only Europe but the world: it is invoked by social movements and trade unions, parties and governments representing a bewildering variety of political approaches; by researchers and teachers in many different disciplines, reading Marx in many different ways; by pundits and critical journalists from the very soft left to the radical fringe; as well as an afterlife in films and music, streetnames and museums from the celebratory to the condemnatory. Within or in dialogue with feminism or postcolonialism, ecology or anti-racism, psychoanalysis or literature, Foucauldians or anarchists, struggles for global justice or GLBTQ+ liberation, Marxist voices and echoes of Marx continue to contribute to popular and intellectual attempts to understand and transform the world.
A major international conference at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, near Dublin, will explore Marx and Engels' far-reaching different contributions to analysis and political practice, the ways in which their lives and work helped shape history and culture around the world, the many different strands and meanings of "Marxism", and how we can understand the legacy and ongoing relevance of Marx today, in a world which has changed so much but which – as many have commented in recent years – he would have had no difficulty in recognising. How can Marxism continue to contribute intellectually and practically to critique, understanding and transformation, in Ireland and globally?
Our keynote speakers for the conference are two authors and activists whose work has had an impact around the world: the Italian philosopher Toni Negri, a major figure in leftist thought and debates for half a century, and the American political scientist Jodi Dean, one of the most influential of a younger generation seeking to refashion Marxist ideas today. They exemplify the diversity which this conference seeks to support and celebrate: not the search for a single "true Marxism" but a dialogue of critique as well as solidarity between different traditions, and between theory and practice.
Marx and Engels' engagement with Ireland exemplifies some of the diversity we seek to express: from Engels' love for the Burns sisters and exploration of Manchester's "Little Ireland" to Eleanor Marx' support for the Fenians, and from Marx' analysis of the economics of Irish soil to his conviction that the "Irish Question" was central to working-class emancipation in England, we do not find a single, simple idea but a living engagement with complex realities in need of dialectical connection and political transformation.
We welcome proposals for contributions from activists as well as academic researchers. The conference programme will include cultural and social dimensions; while many presentations will be traditional (20-minute) talks followed by discussion, we are also open to other formats as well as panel proposals conventional and unconventional. Please send us a title, author details (name, affiliation, "independent scholar" etc.) and an abstract (no more than 250 words) to marxinmaynooth2018@gmail.com by February 1st 2018. We also welcome informal enquiries in advance of this date. Selected papers from the conference will be published by a major academic press.
Possible themes for presentations include, but are not limited to:
- Marxisms, many and fertile: the diversity of interpretations, multiple contributions to intellectual work in the academy and beyond, different traditions and cultures, many afterlives;
- Marx and Engels' intellectual, political and personal engagement with Ireland and the Irish;
- Praxis: Marxism's contribution to and engagement with many different kinds of social movements and political struggle in hugely varying contexts today;
- "Marxism and…": dialogue and engagement with other radical theoretical and political traditions whether around race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, power, democracy, ecology, postcolonialism…
We particularly welcome papers which speak to the very diverse audiences – of scholars, activists and students, people working in different disciplines and movements, from different countries and different Marxist and other traditions – we expect for this conference. We encourage people to attempt prove the "this-worldliness" of their thinking – and Marxism! – for these different fields, to create a lively and challenging space for discussion. What if anything is the value of Marxism today?
The organising committee is made up of (alphabetically) Colin Coulter, Laurence Cox, Sinéad Kennedy, Chandana Mathur, Conor McCarthy and Eamonn Slater, representing a range of academic disciplines, Marxist traditions, political affiliations and none. The conference is supported by the departments of Anthropology, English and Sociology at Maynooth as well as by Maynooth's Conference and Workshop Support Fund and the Sociological Association of Ireland.
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/106351
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Three Perspectives: Festival Experience
Festivals have evolved from being a niche interest for avid music fans to a gigantic commercial enterprise. But how do marketers cut through the noise in an increasingly crowded space? We ask a brand, a festival organiser and an artist to find out how brands can work together to create the perfect event.
Festivals are a unique and special environment for marketers. Away from everyday necessities and creature comforts, the festival consumer is part of a captive audience hell-bent on having fun, making them a highly desirable part of the marketing strategy for any brand within the entertainment space. Emma Nagashima, Special Projects Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment UK explains: "Festivals are a destination for mass social interaction. They're a great target for an entertainment brand such as PlayStation, as festival goers are in the mindset to be entertained."
With this in mind it's no wonder that seemingly every brand wants a piece of the action. But as festivals have snowballed to become a huge commercial market, brands have had to get smarter about their approach to sponsorship. "It's not about just having a huge logo on the back of the stage – no one buys that any more" says Olly Dixon, one-third of the band Filthy Dukes. It's now a given approach in the marketing world that it's not about sponsorship, it's partnership – brands have to add value to the consumer to be accepted by festival organisers.
The most successful partnerships go one step further by identifying a need that makes them integral to the experience for punters. Ben Challis, General Counsel for Glastonbury, points out that "The best received brands are ones that provide a service to the festival-goer rather than just working to their own needs. At Glastonbury, the Orange Chill 'n' Charge tent is massively popular because people need to recharge their phones as they are using them constantly; talking to friends, taking pictures, filming."Brands don't have to be practical to make themselves useful – as fun is the primary goal for the typical reveller, any brand that provides an environment where they can keep themselves entertained also works a treat.
PlayStation's SingStar tent, where karaoke fans could busy themselves performing cheesy classics in fancy dress went down a storm with punters, making it a great success for PlayStation. Likewise Rowntree's Randoms silent discos, spacehopper races and silly games have attracted audience numbers worthy of the big name acts.
For the festival organiser, the key is to identify which brands can fulfil different needs for the crowd and bring them together to become part of the experience. Ben reasons that "They need to become part of the festival itself, working together." Brands also benefit from joining forces to achieve goals and reach audiences they wouldn't have been able to do alone – whether it be media, drinks or comms. "Partners really help us speak to audiences in a relevant way and achieve more for our budget." Emma explains.
As well as performing a function that forms part of the event plan, brands have to have a feel and a synergy that fits in with the overall identity of the festival. Ben cites Tuborg as an example for Glastonbury: "Tuborg has managed to build itself up again from being just another lager that you may drink on the Continent to a beer associated with credible music. The reason that Michael Eavis was keen to work with Tuborg is that it is part of the Carlsberg group and works as a charitable foundation, so its ethos reflects the festival's."
Making brand involvement in festivals a success for the organiser, the brand, the artists and the audience can be compared to a group of mates bringing different talents to a party to make the overall experience more fun, more comfortable and ultimately more enjoyable for the party-goer. Olly sums this up nicely with his experience of throwing a party for Walkman: "I worked on an event for Walkman where we recreated a house party. With a combination of money, creativity and freedom from the brand we put on amazing party that culminated in Dizzee Rascal & The Sugar Hill Gang performing 'Rappers Delight' together, with Dizzee coming up with a new verse. That is when special things can happen that could only work with a brand's involvement and their positive attitude to allowing the creative process to develop something totally unique."


Of course, we can offer you to discover the not to be missed places of interest in the Siam capital with us, your private guide and driver.
Our programs include visiting the Royal Palace and its Emerald Buddha, the lying Buddha Temple, Jim Thomson's house, the flower market and the highest tower in Bangkok, plus a boat trip on canals to discover some hidden places, and also an unforgettable cruising dinner on the Royal River.
Besides all these, we also suggest you meet the popular Bangkok, the one tourists very seldom come across. So, as a complement to the more usual tours quoted overhead, we advise you to look up the following half-day modules. You can make up your own trip and tell us your choice. We'll then devise a personal program for you according to your availability and to the visits you have chosen.
You begin by sailing to Ko Kret island, the pottery island where the Mohn have been living for 300 years (a Hindu tribe who first emigrated to Burma before taking shelter in Thailand). We will visit the island where you'll appreciate its temple and its handicraft market. According to the program you'll be able also to listen to a traditional Thai orchestra concert. This is a nice place, far from the frantic life of Bangkok, not yet invaded by tourists, which makes us feel as if in a small village.
Wat Sutat Woravihan You will start by visiting the largest Hindu temple in Bangkok, Wat Sutat Woravihan, better known as WAT SAO CHING CHA, where you'll admire an impressive golden Buddha statue and also some fresco paintings representing Hindu mythology.
Ta Tian, Ta Chang and Ta Prachan-Santi Chaï Prakaan.
You will carry on by walking along the TA TIAN, TA CHANG and TA PRACHAN river piers and through a market with mostly Buddhist relics, then you'll arrive at the Ta Chang market where you will board for crossing the CHAO PRAYA River to TA PHRA ATHIT River Harbor (sunshine harbor). You will visit the SANTI CHAI PRAKAAN garden (meaning : Peace Victory) with its wooden house representative of the Thai style, a relaxing place for the Royal family with a view over the Rama 8 bridge and its white brick fort built in 1782.
Lastly you'll end up your trip by walking along the THEVES plant market with its various exotic plants.
Option (if morning): you'll have lunch at the In Love, a riverside restaurant.
You'll visit the Ban Bangkok museum, a wooden house typically lived in by the Thai middle class people in the first half of the twentieth century, nowadays turned into a museum. Besides the house and its furniture representative of that period, there is a room devoted to the discovery of utensils daily used in those days, and another one with a collection of photos and pictures showing life in Bangkok in the early 20th century.
During one visit, you'll be brought back to the life led by the inhabitants of the Bangrak cosmopolitan district.
Then you'll continue the tour by walking along CHAROENG KRUNG street among art shops and numerous jeweler's. For stamp collectors, a stop is planned at the Bangkok Central Post Office, where they'll find beautiful collections.
This half-day will be devoted to visiting the Chinese district. You'll have a walk through very busy wholesale shopping galleries displaying a huge choice of goods, very cheap to buy. You'll also walk along one of the main streets lined with a lot of shops and jeweller's.
Afterwards, in the heart of the Chinese district, you'll visit the DRAGON TEMPLE, with its four golden warrior statues and hundreds of incense sticks.
This visit continues with a shopping session at the Old Siam commercial center with Thai food, jeweler's and clothe shops.
You will end up this half-day by visiting the Indian district and more precisely the PRAHURAT street with numerous material shops.
You will start the tour with the visit of SUAN PAKKAD PALACE, a museum of the Rama V period (1853-1910). This museum is mainly composed of 8 traditional teak houses. Everyone has its own universe: traditional Thai music instruments, period furniture in lead with mother-of-pearl, or numerous art object collections (Ming vases, porcelain, Indian art, Khmer statues or royal relics). The museum also presents several galleries such as the prehistoric art relic gallery from Ban Chiang province, another one dedicated to Marsi (a well known artist, living in France, the great grand-daughter of Rama V) as well as the lacquer house with its great wall paintings. This museum is really pleasant and lively especially if you are lucky enough to be escorted by a guide who will entertain you with plenty of anecdotes.
You will finish this tour by a shopping stroll along a little street in Bangsue where craftsmen make wooden furniture and decorative artifacts. Don't hesitate to enter the shops, they contain uncountable objects likely to find their place in your home.
* The tours are supervised by an English speaking guide with a private vehicle and driver. The entrance fees are included in the prices.
* Neither the meals nor the drinks are included.
* We can offer you lunch or dinner with an additional charge and accommodation in 3*** or 4 **** hotels.


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Hřib růžovník (Butyriboletus fuscoroseus (Smotl.) Vizzini et Gelardi 2014) je velmi vzácná houba z čeledi hřibovitých. Tento růžovo-žlutě zbarvený hřib roste pouze v teplých oblastech nížin a pahorkatin. Blízce příbuzné tomuto druhu jsou hřib přívěskatý a hřib horský.

Synonyma
 Boletus appendiculatus var. pseudoregius Huber 1927
 Boletus fuscoroseus Smotl. 1910
 Boletus pseudoregius (Heinr. Huber) Estadès 1988
 Boletus speciosus Frost. 1874 (dnes považován za samostatný druh)
 hřib hnědorůžový (dnes považován za samostatný druh)
 hřib nádherný (název používaný též pro středomořský druh Boletus spretus)
 hřib růžovník

Taxonomie
Roku 1909 jej objevil a v roce 1910 popsal český mykolog František Smotlacha. Uvedené datum provázejí diskuse, které jsou důsledkem nejednoznačného datování: Smotlacha ve svém popisu uvedl letopočet "1910" a poznámku "předloženo v sezení dne 13. ledna 1911". Tento popis byl vydaný v rámci Věstníku Královské české společnosti nauk 8, v němž je uvedeno datum tisku 30. června 1911, zároveň jde o vydání roku 1911, ale titulní stránka věstníku uvádí rok 1912. Z toho důvodu se v literatuře můžeme setkat s různými údaji.

První známé nálezy tohoto druhu pocházely z osobních Smotlachových sběrů z Žernova u Holic (pod duby). U Roblína je sbíral František Fechtner, který spolupracoval s Josefem Velenovským.

V literatuře je možné narazit i na vědecký název Boletus pseudoregius (Heinr. Huber) Estadès, ale správné jméno Boletus fuscoroseus bylo Františkem Smotlachou publikováno desítky let před tím, než byl Boletus pseudoregius přesunut na úroveň druhu. Na přednost Smotlachova názvu poukázali roku 2006 přední čeští boletologové Pavel Špinar a Josef Šutara a opakovaně v roce 2014 Josef Šutara s Václavem Jandou, Michalem Gracou a kolektivem. V roce 2014 provedli američtí mykologové David Arora a Jonathan L. Frank vydělení rodu Butyriboletus (zhruba odpovídá původnímu pojetí sekce Appendiculati) z rodu Boletus a převedení především amerických druhů do nového rodu. Zbývající evropské druhy sekce Appendiculati včetně hřibu růžovníku do nového rodu přesunuli téhož roku italští mykologové Alfredo Vizzini a Matteo Gelardi.

Český název hřib růžovník zavedený Smotlachou pochází z místního lidového názvu na Holicku "růžovník".

Vzhled

Makroskopický
Klobouk 50–100 (140), (100–200) milimetrů široký, hnědorůžový nebo hnědočervený, později se může barvit do okrova. Na otlacích tmavne.

Rourky a póry jsou žluté, ve stáří žlutoolivové, na řezu a otlacích modrozelenající.

Třeň je zbarvený žlutě, spodní část až od poloviny obvykle přechází do růžové až načervenalé. Horní část kryje světlá žlutavá síťka.

Dužnina je bělavá, nad rourkami a v horní části třeně nažloutlá, ve spodní části třeně narůžovělá, načervenalá až nahnědlá. Na řezu modrá především v horní části plodnice.

Mikroskopický
Výtrusy dosahují (10) 11–15 × 4,5–5,5 μm (Velenovský uvádí 8–10, některé 12–15 μm, Pilát & Dermek 9–14 × 3–4,5 μm), jsou hladké, elipsoidně vřetenovité, patrná je suprahilární deprese z bočního pohledu. Povrch klobouku kryjí 3–8 μm silné trichodermální hyfy, které ve stáří kolabují.

Výskyt
Jde o velmi vzácný teplomilný druh, který je vázaný na duby, vzácně na buky. V rámci České republiky se vyskytuje jen na několika místech ve světlých listnatých lesích a na hrázích rybníků v nížinách a pahorkatinách. Roste ojediněle a nepravidelně. Fruktifikuje od července do konce září.

Rozšíření
Hřib růžovník roste v Turecku (Asie) a Evropě – nálezy byly popsány v následujících zemích: Belgie, Bulharsko, Černá Hora, Česko, Chorvatsko, Francie, Itálie, Maďarsko, Rakousko, Rumunsko, Řecko, Severní Makedonie, Slovensko, Slovinsko, Spojené království, Srbsko, Španělsko, Švýcarsko.

V České republice je v současnosti známý z území Bílých Karpat. Na Pardubicku, odkud je hřib růžovník popsán, nebyl po dlouhá léta nalézán, ale objevil se opět v roce 2010. Dřívější lokality z Královéhradecka byly považovány za zaniklé, v roce 2013 byl však nalezen i zde. Velenovský (1922) uváděl krom Žernova u Holic (okres Pardubice) také Roblín (okres Praha-západ).

Záměna
 Hřib Fechtnerův (Butyriboletus fechtneri) - především v mládí stříbřitý povrch klobouku
 Hřib královský (Butyriboletus regius) – dužnina se na řezu nebarví modře
 Hřib přívěskatý (Butyriboletus appendiculatus) – zabarvení klobouku maximálně kaštanové, nikdy růžové
 Hřib hnědorůžový (Butyriboletus brunneus, syn. Boletus speciosus var. brunneus) – neroste v Evropě, ale na východě USA
 Hřib Špinarův (Boletus legaliae f. spinarii) – červená či hnědá síťka v horní části třeně, při zasychání voní po Maggi

Oproti žlutým hřibům (Fechtnerův, královský a přívěskatý) se liší mnohem intenzivnějším modráním dužiny.

Boletus speciosus

S hřibem růžovníkem a hřibem královským byl spojován druh popsaný v Severní Americe pod názvem Boletus speciosus Frost. 1874. To pramení patrně ze Singerovy publikace Die Röhrlinge. II. Die Boletoideae und Strobilomycetaceae. In: Die Pilze Mitteleuropas 6 vydané v roce 1967. Později bylo prokázáno, že makroskopicky podobný hřib je samostatným druhem, který od růžovníku odlišují mikroznaky (pokožka klobouku a kaulohymenia na třeni). V roce 2014 byl Boletus speciosus var. brunneus, který makroskopicky připomíná evropský růžovník, povýšen na samostatný druh Butyriboletus brunneus.

Ochrana
Hřib růžovník je velmi vzácný, popsaných nálezů je ještě méně než u hřibu královského. Je zařazen do Červeného seznamu hub České republiky (pod jménem Boletus pseudoregius) jako kriticky ohrožený druh (CR). Je proto třeba jej chránit a nálezy hlásit a dokladovat nejbližšímu mykologickému pracovišti.

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Jedlé houby
Hřibovité
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Are you trying to lose a few pounds? Do you have a health condition that requires you to watch your sugar and sodium? Are you a busy mom or dad who wants your family to eat healthy meals? Would you rather have a healthy alternative for lunch rather than a fast food burger? Then Clean Eatz in Shalimar is the place for you.
Clean Eatz was founded in 2013 with the simple mission of providing people a healthy place to eat. The Clean Eatz at 1191 Eglin Parkway in Shalimar is owned and managed by Zach and Lydia McIntosh. The McIntoshes met in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and were married in 2013. They frequented the Clean Eatz in Myrtle Beach while living there and became very interested in the concept. Lydia has a background in health and nutrition, while Zach has a business background.
In March 2016, the couple began researching opening a Clean Eatz franchise in the Florida Panhandle. After much research, they decided to move forward with the franchise. They then did a month of training in the Myrtle Beach store. In the meantime, they began looking for locations for their new venture. The McIntoshes found a great location for their business in Shalimar and signed the lease in August.
"We were the thirteenth Clean Eatz franchise to open," says Zach. "There are 15 on the East Coast." said Zach. The couple spent August through November renovating the building. They had a family and friends opening event on November 30, 2016, and then did a soft opening for the public December 1.
Menu options at Clean Eatz have no sugar or added sodium, are low in fat, under 500 calories, and affordable. The goal is to give you the tools you need for a healthy lifestyle by preparing properly portioned sized meals with a balance of protein, carbs and fats.
The Clean Eatz Meal Plan offers many options for meals at home. Customers can order online and pick up their meals on Monday for the week. Options range from five meals for $38 to 21 meals for $128.
Some of the favorites on the Clean Eatz Meal Plan include Chicken Parm, with whole wheat pasta, grilled chicken breast marinara sauce and shredded mozzarella; BBQ Chicken Flatbread, with peppers, onions and mozzarella cheese; and Lowcountry Boil with shrimp, low fat sausage and corn. Menus change every Thursday.
Customers can also order a custom diet online at cleaneatz.com/custom. "You can pick a protein, a carb, veggie, vegan, or vegetarian option and pick your portions," says Lydia. "Whatever you're looking for, we can do it." Customers can also pick up a breakfast entrée in the Grab and Go freezer. Breakfast entrees will soon be added to the online menu.
For customers who want to drop in for lunch or dinner, there are plenty of healthy and delicious options. The Build a Bowl option lets you choose your protein, up to three veggies, a carb and sauce. Clean Eatz burgers include an Atlas Burger with a salmon patty, a Skinny Burger with a bison patty, and the homemade vegetarian Garden Burger. Clean Eatz also offers a kids' meal and healthy desserts such as trail nut fudge and oatmeal based energy bars.
Tisha Pierceall has been coming to Clean Eatz since it opened. She has Type 1 diabetes and is insulin dependent. Before every meal, she must add up the carbs in her meal to calculate how much insulin she will need to administer.
Clean Eatz is open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The restaurant is closed on Sundays.


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Summary of Yemen Endures
Ginny Hill
Oxford UP, 2017
Though lauded for its relatively controlled power transition in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring, Yemen remains a particularly puzzling place for most geopolitical experts. In this study of an oft-ignored nation, London journalist Ginny Hill offers a unique perspective – that of a Western reporter who has spent years getting to know Yemen's complicated mix of religion, tribalism and outright anarchy. Taking readers from the beaches where Somali immigrants wash ashore to the president's palace, Hill details key aspects of Yemen's history and culture, illustrates how the possibilities for reform raised by the Arab Spring were squandered, and argues why the present wars in Yemen will likely endure for years to come. Hill combines an obvious empathy for Yemen with the objectivity of a professional journalist as she hammers home the point that the feeble state routinely fails everyday Yemenis. At times, explaining Yemen's complexities is too tall a task for even a skilled narrator: Hill's account occasionally devolves into a murky recitation of exotic locales, obscure names and shifting alliances. Nonetheless, getAbstract recommends this compelling, sober-minded look to those ready for a deep dive into a chaotic and geopolitically important nation.
Ginny Hill is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science. She has covered Yemen as a journalist and policy adviser.
Yemen and Its Starving Populace
Yemen, a nation of widespread poverty, weak government and a heavily armed citizenry, has operated in "a permanent state of chaos" for decades. It's also a land where the truth is a malleable concept. The three-decade presidency of Ali Abdullah Saleh underscores this idea: Saleh's system of governance was premised on unpredictability and encouraged lying. But politics isn't the only arena where the lines between truth and lies become blurred in Yemeni life and culture. Three witnesses to the same mundane event are likely to offer three wildly different versions of what happened. Truth is fleeting even during the afternoon qat chew – a staple of Yemeni social life. Yemenis gather to gnaw on qat leaves and talk, but in these conversations, it's the speaker's overall demeanor that endears him to the group, not the objective accuracy of his statements.
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package com.cloudera.cdk.data.hbase.avro;

import com.cloudera.cdk.data.DatasetRepositories;
import com.cloudera.cdk.data.RandomAccessDatasetRepository;
import com.cloudera.cdk.data.hbase.HBaseDatasetRepository;
import com.cloudera.cdk.data.hbase.impl.Loader;
import com.cloudera.cdk.data.hbase.testing.HBaseTestUtils;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;

import junit.framework.Assert;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

public class TestHBaseURIs {

  @BeforeClass
  public static void registerURIs() throws Exception {
    new Loader().load();
    HBaseTestUtils.getMiniCluster();
  }

  @Test
  public void testParseValidHostsAndPort() {
    checkParse("localhost", "localhost", null);
    checkParse("localhost:2000", "localhost", "2000");
    checkParse("zk1.example.org", "zk1.example.org", null);
    checkParse("zk1.example.org:2000", "zk1.example.org", "2000");
    checkParse("zk1.example.org,zk2.example.org", "zk1.example.org,zk2.example.org", null);
    checkParse("zk1.example.org:2000,zk2.example.org:2000", "zk1.example.org,zk2.example.org", "2000");
    checkParse("zk1.example.org,zk2.example.org:2000", "zk1.example.org,zk2.example.org", "2000");
    checkParse("zk1.example.org:2000,zk2.example.org", "zk1.example.org," +
        "zk2.example.org", "2000");
  }

  private void checkParse(String zkQuorum, String expectedHosts, String expectedPort) {
    String[] hostsAndPorts = Loader.parseHostsAndPort(zkQuorum);
    assertEquals(expectedHosts, hostsAndPorts[0]);
    assertEquals(expectedPort, hostsAndPorts[1]);
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void testParseMismatchedPorts() {
    Loader.parseHostsAndPort("zk1.example.org:2000,zk2.example.org:2001");
  }

  @Test
  public void testHBaseURI() {
    String zkQuorum = HBaseTestUtils.getConf().get(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM);
    String zkClientPort = HBaseTestUtils.getConf().get(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT);
    String zk = zkQuorum + ":" + zkClientPort; // OK since zkQuorum is a single host
    RandomAccessDatasetRepository repo = DatasetRepositories.openRandomAccess("repo:hbase:" + zk);

    Assert.assertNotNull("Received a repository", repo);
    assertTrue("Repo is a HBase repo", repo instanceof HBaseDatasetRepository);
  }

}


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Meet the Team Behind the 2020 Cooper River Bridge Run
From left to right: Cooper River Bridge Run team members Mark Cellers, Marcy Krawcheck, Irv Batten, Rachel Haynie and Lorrie Warren.
UPDATE: RACE DAY IS SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 2020 NEW START TIME 7AM. SEE THE COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.
If you are new to the Charleston area, the Cooper River Bridge Run is kind of a big deal.
It sells out at 40,000 participants. It's the third largest 10K in the United States. The two-day expo is one of the largest health and wellness expos in the country as well, featuring over 200 booths. There's a direct economic impact in the Charleston area of $35 million. Some 250 busses transport participants to and from both the starting line and finish line. And, we can't forget the water bottles. Around 82,000 are utilized during this race alone.
However, the actual race, this year held on April 4, is not an isolated event. It is accompanied by the massive two-day expo at the Charleston Area Convention Center; the Taste of the Bridge Run, also at the Charleston Area Convention Center, on the Friday night before it; the Kids Run, which will be held the Sunday before the race on March 29 at The Joe; and the Finish Festival.
All this is successfully achieved with just five full-time employees and two part-time staffers working out of an office on South Shelmore Boulevard in Mount Pleasant.
As a team, they work with a board of 14 people, representing different entities, such as the city of Charleston, the town of Mount Pleasant, Charleston County Park and Recreation, College of Charleston, the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Charleston Medical Society. They meet monthly year-round. In addition, the team works with their sponsors, over 100 of them, and their 12 charities.
Assisting the staff year after year is an enormous volunteer effort. The Cooper River Bridge Run will utilize 4,000 volunteers from the Kids Run to the expo, and then, of course, during the race and at the Finish Festival.
The seven employees organize this epic race under the leadership of Irv Batten, deputy director of the Cooper River Bridge Run.
This year will be its 42nd year, and Batten has been the deputy director for the last six of those. "There are so many moving parts. Different aspects of the race are planned at different times during the year," Batten said. "However, things are always changing. You have to be able to monitor and adjust and be quick on your feet."
That happens to be something that Batten is quite good at since he is an avid runner himself. He's coached local cross-country teams, he owned a Mount Pleasant running store and he has been involved with many local races over the years.
"Anything running related has been a passion of mine my whole life," he said. "I have worn many hats over the years and this one seems to be a culmination of all the ones before."
The late Julian Smith, who directed the Cooper River Bridge Run from 1994 to 2018, has been referred to as the "Father of the Bridge Run." He and Batten were personal friends for many years and Batten said it was an honor to have worked with him before he passed away in 2019.
"It was Dr. Marcus Newberry's idea to start the Cooper River Bridge Run back in 1978, but in 1994 when Julian became director, there were approximately 6,000 runners. During his tenure, he brought it up to 40,000, making it the third largest 10K in the country," Batten explained.
Although Batten may have a tough act to follow, he is perfect for the position with such deep roots in the Charleston running community.
He's quick to point out that he could not be successful without his team, which includes: Mark Cellers, assistant race director; Rachel Haynie, assistant race director; Lorrie Warren, special events director; Marcy Krawcheck, registration assistant; Benita Shaw, volunteer coordinator; and Scott Lewis, expo coordinator.
Said Shaw, "Irv has done a great job continuing Julian's mission since January 2019 and the race was once again a big success on April 6, 2019."
She said that the team behind the Cooper River Bridge Run is like a big family. "We each have our own individual roles but when crunch time arrives, we all roll up our sleeves and do whatever it takes to put on this amazing race."
As the volunteer coordinator, Shaw is responsible for organizing the 4,000-plus volunteers from the starting line, including the recycling effort, corrals and the water stops; the Finish Festival with food service and with handing out medals to all the finishers; the two-day expo, where bib numbers, T-shirts and packets are distributed; the Taste of the Bridge Run, which is attended by over 1,500 participants; and the Kids Run.
"At the expo alone, we use over 1,000 volunteers in four-hour shifts during the two-day event," she said. "I am most impressed by the fact that we deal with thousands of participants, sponsors, spectators, volunteers, vendors and companies, and each year our small staff succeeds in putting on a world-class event that's seemingly flawless."
Batten gives great credit to law enforcement, including the police and fire departments. "I have visited many of the largest races in the country to see how they are run, and we really have one of the safest events out there. Our security is considered state-of-the-art." He added that the Coast Guard, SLED and state troopers are also involved in the race.
Having studied other races, he also pointed out that few races offer free bus transportation to the starting line and from the finish line. "We even offer race pickup and drop off for free from the Charleston Area Convention Center, which is where the expo takes place," he said.
Batten mentioned the fencing set up around the corral at the starting line, as well as the port-a-potties strategically placed at the starting and finish lines and along the way.
"Participants have no idea how much thought is put into every little aspect of this event," Batten added.
Public works, waste management and recycling are also all important aspects of the Cooper River Bridge Run.
"It really takes a major effort on the city of Charleston, the town of Mount Pleasant and Charleston County governments to come together to make this race happen. At times it seems like the Bridge Run is a well-oiled machine," Batten admitted. "But I will say, we are always tweaking things to improve and stay on the cutting edge. We want participants to return and tell others how great our event is. Also, it helps that we are running in the most beautiful area."
Pat Welch, representing the Charleston Running Club, is chairman of the board. He said that the board's role is to provide organizational support and leadership for Batten and the staff.
"The most impressive part of the entire event is the hour before the start where you can witness first-hand how well the event has been planned down to the smallest detail," Welch said. "With almost 40,000 runners staged in the starting corrals, it's amazing to see how well the race is managed. There is no room for errors and the race has a history of success. It is a tribute to our past Director Julian Smith and now Irv Batten and his staff who have continued the tradition of putting on one of the top runs in the U.S."
Being such a highly acclaimed race, it has attracted its fair share of talented individuals. Elite athletes from all over the world come to compete and to be the coveted winner of the Cooper River Bridge Run. Batten and his staff recognize many of these individuals in their "Hall of Fame" event during the expo and they also introduce the elite athletes that will be running, many of whom are Olympians.
The wheelchair race that begins 30 minutes before the runners take off has also included many past Olympians, according to Batten. "The wheelchair race has become quite popular and is a big part of the overall event. It garners quite a bit of attention," he added.
With so many aspects of the Cooper River Bridge Run in general, it isn't hard to see why so many people want to participate.
Dr. Newberry's desire with the Cooper River Bridge was to promote health and fitness among the Charleston community. Just under 1,000 people registered that first year on April 2, 1978, which even at that time exceeded expectations. And 42 years later, here we are, with an expected 40,000 registrants trained and ready to "get over it"—a slogan the team coined for running across the picturesque Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.
"This race is a reflection of our community and every single one of us on the team feels honored to be involved," Batten concluded.
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Q: Reading files in a folder xcode c++ I am fairly new to C++. I have been trying to access the names of files in a specific folder. I'm not sure if I should use a vector or a list.  I tried a list, just because that's what I'm used to.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <list>
using namespace std;

list<string> file_list(string file)
{
    list<string> list;
    ifstream files;
    string line;
    files.open(file);
    while (getline(files, line)) {
        list.push_back(line);
    }
    files.close();
    cout << &list << endl;
    return list;
}

When I debug the variable line stays blank and it prints off 0x7fff5fbff6b0.
I am trying access my downloads folder. The string variable 'file'  is a direct path to it. It opens just fine, but I can't access the file names inside it.

A: C++ standard library doesn't have a filesystem access library (yet). If you want to enumerate all the files in a folder and your compiler doesn't have the std::experimental::filesystem, you can use boost::filesystem.

A: This
cout << &list << endl;

prints out the address of list, that mysterious 0x7fff5fbff6b0, not the contents of list.
To print the contents you need something more like
for (string & str: list)
{
    cout << str << endl;
}

Oh, and lose the ; at the end of
list<string> file_list(string file);

And Duhr. Yeah. Totally missed the point of what OP was trying to do.
Reading a directory like a file doesn't work with a stream. You will have to use a platform-specific method. Give this question a read: How do you iterate through every file/directory recursively in standard C++?


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Home Uncategorized Early voting underway; Clerk of court addresses voting machine tampering rumors
Early voting underway; Clerk of court addresses voting machine tampering rumors
Julius Cassels signs in to early vote Wednesday as Barbara Dillard checks his identification and signature.
Nationally, record numbers are participating in early voting while national news outlets report of both Democrat and Republican votes being tampered.
In Webster Parish, officials declare the voting process is secure and at the close of Wednesday, more than 1,500 voters had cast their ballot.
"I feel compelled to address some rumors that are running rampant," Holli Vining, Webster Parish Clerk of Court, said hoping to set local voters at ease. "With the system of checks and balances we have in place, and the equipment that we use, I am confident that Louisiana is among the most secure voting systems in the United States."
Voting machines used in Louisiana were purchased from Dominion and are AVC Advantage/AVC Edge machines. Vining said the State of Louisiana has never owned Smartmatic voting machines.
"The Louisiana Secretary of State staff prepares all voting machines and they are then verified and sealed by the Board of Elections Supervisors, which includes myself and the Registrar of Voters, before they are delivered to your polling precincts," she explained. "These machines are never connected to the internet so they cannot be 'hacked.' They operate more like a calculator than a computer."
Register of Voters, Melanie Smith, said early voting turnout has been as expected in Webster Parish.
"We are having lines however they seem to be moving quickly," Smith said.
The office reminds voters to bring proof of identity such as a Louisiana driver's license, a Louisiana Special ID card, or other generally recognized picture ID that contains name and signature.
Voters are allowed to take photos in their voting booth, as long as it does not delay others or compromise another person's ballot.
"A vote is secret until the voter decides to disclose it," Smith said.
Voters with a visible physical disability or who presents a current mobility impaired ID card bearing a photograph of the voter, and the person assisting him in voting are allowed to go to the front of the line and should notify a member of the registrar's staff upon arrival.
The registrar's office encourages voters to be prepared and review ballots ahead of time. Sample ballots can be found in past issues of Minden Press-Herald, are available online at GeauxVote.com or at the registrar of voters office.


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Apple has their own Smart charging case in an industry run by Mophie and a million third party vendors. There's that word "Smart" again. What makes this case smart? Well read on and you'll see exactly why Apple's "Smart" battery case may be the best battery expansion option out there.
Design: Personally I'm not a huge fan of the battery bulge but I'm not sure I really see a way around it. It a adds a nice level of grip by using the silicone but I was really getting use to the Apple Leather Case. This does create a bit more friction coming in and out of my pocket which, I'm not crazy about either and it adds a considerable amount of size and weight to the phone.
I gives you plenty of room for Apple's wider camera lens and flash preventing most lens flare that some cheaper cases can cause.
The front gives you some vents that really just redirect your speaker and microphone that are located at the base of the phone.
There is only one port at the bottom of the case and this is part of what makes it smart.
The buttons on the outside for volume and Sleep/Wake, are not as prominent as they are in Apple's leather case but it's still not too bad.
Functionality: Having a lightning port at the bottom of the case means no more having to carry around an additional cable! Most 3rd party cases require you to carry around a Micro-USB cable to charge the case that charges the phone. They do this because most don't want to pay the cost to properly implement and lightening connection and Micro-usb is very cheap to manufacture.
The case (when connected) will give you the health of the battery of the case in your notification center. This is great since most of the time your phone is in this case your phone charge is at 100%.
The use the term "Smart" because whenever the phone needs the slightest bit of charge, the case will deposit that charge into the iPhone. This keeps your phone at 100% most of the day as it depletes the battery within the case first. This is also nice because if you decide you want to ditch the case for a while your phone will be at the maximum charge.
I was hoping that Apple would be smart enough to include more batter statistics on the care itself within the battery settings.
In my opinion Apple's case is the best charging case out there. I wish they made a leather version of this to prevent the friction going in and coming out of my pocket but that would certainly drive the price up and at $99 this case is already a top tier device. Apple advertises that the case will provide you up to 22 additional hours of LTE browsing but I'm finding this to be FAR from true. I pulled it off of the charger this morning at 7am and now at 3:30pm the case is down to 21% remaining after moderate use. (Mostly on Wifi). So if you're looking for a premium look and feel, plus having the "Smart" functionality we talked about this is by far the best option but if you want to save a few bucks and just get something to use sparingly Amazon will have plenty of options.


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Q: Python Grequests + multiprocessing I'm trying to make async http calls using grequests from within a Pool from the multiprocessing library. I'm encountering a problem that suggests Grequests and multiprocessing are possibly incompatible with each other; specifically, calling monkey.patch_all() messes with Pool creation.
Initially, without calling monkey.patch_all() in my code:
from gevent import monkey
monkey.patch_all()

I get these two errors:
NotImplementedError: gevent is only usable from a single thread

and
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: None: Max retries exceeded with url: SOME_URL (Caused by redirect)

Calling monkey.patch_all() fixes the above errors, but causes my code to hang at:
p = Pool(THREAD_POOL_SIZE)

Not calling monkey.patch_all() leads to my Pool created successfully. Calling monkey.patch_all(thread=False, socket=False) leads to my Pool created successfully, too, but doesn't solve the initial two errors.