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Complicated Feelings and Military Divorce
Does filing for divorce still have the stigma it carried decades ago? While many Americans have come to view divorce as a situation for which we should express sympathy and kindness, some still feel there's some dishonor in being a divorcee. In particular, according to a recent story in Stars and Stripes Magazine, stigma is just one of the complicating factors of a military divorce. Does this affect the way military families deal with family law issues?
Going Public with a Military Divorce
It's difficult for anyone to tell friends and family about an impending divorce. While making the decision to dissolve your marriage shouldn't have to bring about feelings of shame and disappointment, some Fort Lauderdale residents have the distinct view that getting divorced means failing to keep a marriage together. This misconception seems to be particularly pronounced in some military families. As such, it's often difficult for military wives to "go public" with their divorces.
For instance, one military wife, Heather Sweeney, told Stars and Stripes Magazine that "going public with her military divorce was a painstaking decision." To be sure, she didn't tell many of her friends—also military wives—about her separation from her husband. Why? She had two primary concerns: disapproval from military friends, and being cut off from the military life she had come to know over the course of her marriage.
However, most military spouses are happily surprised by the support they receive in the aftermath of divorce. For instance, Sweeney reported that she "was so shocked by the outpouring of love and support" when she decided to write publicly about her divorce. As she described, "people told me, 'Once a military spouse, always a military spouse." Sweeney went on to explained she has "heard from a lot of [military] people considering divorce or struggling in their marriages."
Another former military spouse described a similar reaction from her community. Although "the transition from military family to divided family was somewhat difficult for her children," her ex-husband's "military friends stepped in to help keep the children connected to military life and to other military kids with deployed parents." While stigma might still be an issue in certain cases, it is, perhaps, more of a common misconception.
Practical Complications in a Military Divorce
Although many divorced military spouses have found their military friends and family to be supportive, there are many practical complications of a military divorce. For example, co-parenting can become very difficult when a parent in a divided family is deployed. For Sweeney, co-parenting complications have been some of the most pronounced in her divorce. Her ex-husband, who is in the U.S. Navy, was recently stationed outside the continental United States. As a result, Sweeney's kids will spend the school year with her and the summer with her ex-husband.
Accessing children's military benefits can also prove more complicated after divorce. Since Sweeney, for example, cannot maintain benefits as a military spouse due to the number of years she was married (under 20), it's more difficult to handle her kids' military benefits.
Do you have questions about how a military divorce will affect you and your family? Don't hesitate to discuss your case with an experienced Fort Lauderdale divorce attorney. Contact the Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Law Offices of Steven A. Mason, P.A. for legal advice at 954-963-5900 or leave a message online.
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- Was best described to me as "Emotions Going Overboard". Our ego develops, is shaped and influenced by the experiences we have, by our perceptions, beliefs, judgements and labels of the world we observe, it is not our true self. In a sense the ego is trying to protect us from embarrassment and failure, it is a primarily a survival mechanism based on a reactive thought process. The ego is short sighted and fear orientated. You can recognise when your ego is dominant by taking note of your thoughts and feelings, and if your messages, choices or decisions are based on fear, status, jealousy, possessiveness, judgement, self-righteousness or defensiveness. The only way to move through the ego is through self-awareness.
- Is you, the part of you that has not been influenced or affected by past wounds, negativity or judgements. It is you at your purest level and will always lead you towards more love, happiness, harmony, authenticity and your greatest good.


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Together we will go into great detail on crafting solid blueprints that will help you develop a firm foundation for your story. Each pillar should seamlessly compliment each other and ultimately deliver a rivetting and captivating experience for your readers.
You may be familiar with this basic outline of what a plot graph looks like, and it is nice for writing a basic outline for a story.
However, this is just a skeleton and we should add some layers to give it some flesh and bone.
Just like The Four Pillars of Fiction, these are The Four Pillars of Plot that uphold the structure. You need people in a location with an objective to tell a story, along with some tenacity to make that story worth telling.
Fundamentally, you need characters to exist in a physical space in which to act out their drama, and drama only unfolds because these characters have conflicting goals and motivations that prevent each other from getting what they want.
They may either deliberately want to prevent each other from achieving their goals–as is the case with the simple black and white, good guy vs bad guy stories–or they may even be of the same alliance with differing opinions and preferences that get in the way of them finding unity.
When it comes to your plot's objective, what kind of message do you want to convey about the world? Is there an aspect of reality you want to capture and illustrate? Is there an ideal version of the world and human behaviour you want to propose? What is it that you want to say about our state as a species?
Creators of art, whether they're conscious of it or not, will always end up injecting their personal philosophy into their work and use it as a tool to convey the different angles in which they perceive people and the world at lage.
Maybe he's depressed and doesn't want to go out, or he's been out too much and he needs time to himself? Objective in stories are inescapable.
But that's still not enough. A story needs Tenacity. Some high (or sometimes low) stakes to keep you at the edge of your seat, biting your nails, waiting to see what happens next.
The rule in life applies to fiction as well: no risk, no reward. The characters need to be at risk of losing something or we won't be interested in them striving for anything. Surely, there are stories that are risk and conflict free, but with risk comes curiousity. Without risk and conflict, there really is nothing to be gained from it.
We want to be wondering how characters will survive dire situations because we consume fiction to not only root for these portrayals of the human ideal, but also to live vicariously through them. It's through stories where we can safely experience what it's like for someone to commit to their Objective and have the Tenacity to achieve it.
What's the fundamental difference between these stories? They both have goals and motivations, but the second one has conflict that requires some overcoming. That's what we relate to when we experience stories.
I'll let the graph speak for itself, for there's much much more to cover in the next three entries.
Let me know if you would like for me to elaborate on any of the additions made in this chart, and I'll gladly save the exploration of them in a future post.
Your story's objective is only as powerful as the characters that convey it.
Each member of the cast must represent opposing sides of the main argument, thus providing several different angles to perceive your story's philosophy.
–but for today, let's focus on why characters should be as extensively explored as I have in previous posts.
Me, Myself, and Who Am I?
Fundamentally, every story's main character is on a quest to achieve self-knowledge. This goes for both putty characters and pebble characters. Think of throwing a pebble at a wall, the physical structure of the pebble remains the same, whereas throwing a blob of putty will cause it to reform.
That's what characters experience; being thrown against a wall, so to speak, and they either change or don't change throughout the course of your story. Either way, their purpose remains the same; to argue for one or several sides of the objective.
I know that there's a plethora of stories where morality is ambiguous (and that they're usually much more interesting), but for the sake of simplicity, let's take the basic concept of Good vs Evil to illustrate how characters argue for each side. And by argue, that could mean verbal or physical combat, or in just the way that they conduct themselves.
The Typical Bad Guy whose sole purpose is to watch the world burn. He causes destruction everywhere he goes, expressing his preference to be evil and not care about hurting others because it's what he intends anyway. Generic Good Guy may hurt other people unintentionally, but he usually owns up to it, while Typical Bad Guy has no remorse for the pain he causes.
In this basic story dynamic of Good vs Evil, the argument is (usually) that good triumphs over evil, all the time.
Who Would You Be Without Adversity?
To convey this, Typical Bad Guy will have to test Generic Good Guy on the grounds of his ethics, philosophy, strength, and integrity by throwing obstacles in his way. Perhaps Generic Good Guy's objective is to a safe and adjusted life, but TBG is getting in the way of that by hurting GGG's social circle and disrupting his day to day life.
It is through adversity where Generic Good Guy will discover or grow into a force for good. If he's a putty character, maybe he's a weak underdog type who has to train in order to defeat the almight Typical Bad Guy. Or perhaps he's a pebble character that has strength and prowess, but hasn't had the chance to exercise any of it because he hasn't been challenged yet.
In either case, the end result is the same. The character has developed some level of self-knowledge by fighting for what he believed in, whether he won or lost against his opposition. He now knows what strength he's capable of, or made himself capable of it through hard work and determination.
Now, that was a very very basic example I had to keep simple in order to elaborate on a more complex concept. Stories these days have many more layers in their examination of the objective, and even more layers in their characterization.
Ultimately, characters are meant to represent several sides of an objective, and they do that by trying to express their personal preferences, only to have them attacked or dismissed by the other characters.
The key ingredient to conveying Objective is having characters disagree with each other and fight over who gets to assert their preference, or if any common ground can be met between them in less black and white type of stories.It is through disagreements between characters that we are given the opportunity to passively experience different sides of an argument–and decide for ourselves which characters we agree with, if any at all.
Characters can't just exist as talking heads in an empty vacuum, they need a setting in which to act out their drama.
And it can't just be any place chosen at random, it needs to be a specific place that your types of characters would logically exist in.
Maybe you can have cowboys in space, or advanced aliens in the Sahara Desert, if you can make it work and make sense. But typically, you want your characters to match their setting.
The CN Tower? Where Am I?!
My favourite setting in fiction is contemporary; stuff that takes place in the modern world with our current level of technology and realism. I can maybe do with a few fantastical or sci-fi elements, like time travel therapy in Being Erica, or spy tech in Nikita. But usually no magic, or fancy gizmos for me, and more focus on straight up day to day people whose lives I can relate to.
If I wanted to write a story about what it's like to move from a small town and into the city, I'd perhaps use Toronto as my setting for my character to experience getting used to the hustle and bustle of a busy downtown area.
Or if you wanted to write a story about magic and wizards you can use Toronto as a landscape for an urban fantasy, or create a world that takes place in something that resembles medieval times.
Either way, if you've got a solid plot and a properly fleshed out cast of characters, any setting could work for your story so long as it serves a purpose.
The more elaborate your setting is, the more important it is to have a solid plot and cast so that whatever imaginitive concepts you come up with, they do not detract from the story's philosophy, rather compliment it instead.
Let's take the film Inception for instance. It's technically contemporary, but they have technology that allows a group of corporate spies to enter the dreams of their targets to extract information from–and plant new ideas into–their subconscious.
So the trippy elaborate concept of going into people's dreams and the dream worlds themselves aren't just an aside mentioned as a concept in this world. They're the primary setting and concept that the whole story itself revolves around.
This idea alone, although interesting, would fall flat if there was nothing for us as movie goers to relate to, and so what makes this story so interesting is Leonardo DiCaprio's character Cobb. He's the leader of this extraction group, and despite his expertise at his job, he is often haunted by projections of his deceased wife Mal who shows up in other people's dreams from time to time.
The theme of loss, grievance, and regret is just a few of the many themes in Inception. On the surface, Inception is about this covert group of dream spies trying to help their client take over a competitor's business.
At its core though, it's really more about the power of the subconscious and how much it can disrupt our lives if we do not resolve our personal trauma. It messes with us emotionally and interferes with our work and personal lives the way it does to Cobb throughout the film.
The setting is the dream world, and the objective of past pain is manifested in the form of Mal's projections showing up when Cobb is trying to work in the dreams of people who have no idea who Mal even is. Apparently, working as an extractor, you need to be free of your own mind so that your own mental anguish does not seep into your target's subsconscious.
Unfortunately that's what causes Cobb to have some difficulty at his job!
The setting and concepts need to compliment the characters' behaviour and the plot's objective.
If you have characters who can use magic like the cast of Harry Potter, then the whole magic school setting and the importance of magic should both take focus of the story, as well as mean something to the characters.
If you have characters who know how to use advanced technology, then ideally the world the story takes place in should be advanced enough for it to make sense for such technology to exist. Think Star Trek and Star Wars and how their gear just wouldn't work in say…Indiana Jones, unless you really grasp at straws for it to work!
So you got your plot, your characters, and the setting?
All that's left to do is make these people talk, and following in the principle provided in this blog series, what they think and say needs to serve a purpose.
Why Don't You Say it to My Face?
When characters speak in fiction, it is meant to resemble a more concise version of human interaction. It subtracts the filler pleasantries and zooms in on the most important aspects of a conversation, and so any small talk topics like the weather and sports should be exempt from dialogue.
Otherwise we love experiencing fiction because we get to eavesdrop on people's most vulnerable conversations.
Sound creepy? It kinda does, but these characters aren't real!
Well, they are only as real as you can portray them in terms of their emotional reactions to their interactions with each other and the world you created for them.
To reveal plot, characters need to talk about the central theme and objective in a way that lets you in on the most crucial concern in their world. Perhaps it's poverty in a post-apocalyptic world, and so the characters will talk a lot about how there's a shortage of food and shelter after some devastating event that destroyed their world.
Everything they talk about should be about survival and rebuilding their society. In doing so, they also get to reveal the setting since it serves as a backdrop for the plot.
Along with exposition and narrative, talking about the place they live in is another way to help describe the setting. As a viewer, we will see their world in a certain way, but it's interesting to see when a character's views contradicts ours.
Perhaps the post-apocalytpic world might seem bleak and hopeless to us, but the inhabitants and the way they speak can reveal how much hope they have in their own survival. Furthermore, it can reveal what kinds of bonds are created in such hardship.
So on top revealing plot and setting, dialogue must also reveal character. When people talk, they are always revealing what they think and how they feel, whether they intend to or not. It's inescapable. Each person is equipped with their own unique way of expressing themselves in terms of what they value and what they want.
Now it's tricky because you don't want your characters blatantly saying "we live in an apocalytpic world and starve every day." You have to find a way that makes it sound natural, much like every day conversation, but of course remembering to always keep it concise and in relevance to the plot.
Life would be much easier if people were more direct and honest about how they feel and why they have those feelings, but we usually end up expressing all that in different ways that can be interpreted in different ways since we all have our own subjective experiences and opinions.
Because we all have such differing preferences and opinions, we often end up in arguments revealing what we all expect of each other and the world, thus revealing how we relate to each other. Where we differ and where we have commonalities is the bridge between two people, and there's a push and pull dynamic that occurs in fiction and in real life.
We often want people to like the same stuff as us, but without the difference of opinion we would not have the privilege of being challenged to re-evaluate our values, feelings, and beliefs.
And that is the very point of fiction; to allow us to safely and passively experience a manifestation of our inner clash of values played out to us in another real with its own metaphysical and epistemological laws. With characters who represent different sides of ourselves and we get the chance to pick and choose, based on the consequences of their actions and interactions, what values and beliefs we must keep or discard–all done in a way that entertains us while informing us.
Thus concludes The Four Pillars of Fiction series, thank you for your time. Let me know if these posts have been helpful and if you have any feedback or criticisms on how to possibly improve future and current writing tips, let me know! I'm always more than happy to hear your thoughts whether they're simple kudos, questions, or criticisms.


Massive Inflation Has Been Caused By The Fed's ZIRP… maybe not yet in standard CPI or PCE measurement terms – but while market participants are not paying any more monetary interest to the Fed, the interest being paid for their financial policy decisions has exploded over the last years. During the press conferences of the recent FOMC meetings, millions of well-educated investment professionals will have been sitting in front of their screens, chewing their fingernails, listening as if spellbound to what Janet Yellen has to tell them. Will she finally raise the federal funds rate that has been zero bound for over six years?
Obviously, each decision is accompanied by nervousness on the markets. Investors are fixated by a fidgety curiosity ahead of each Fed decision and fail to meticulously observe Janet Yellen and the FOMC and engage in monetary ornithology on doves (growth- and employment-oriented FOMC members) and hawks (inflation-oriented FOMC members); they also hope for some enlightening information from Ben Bernanke. According to Reuters, some market participants paid some $250,000 just to join one of several dinners, where the ex-chairman spilled the beans.
Apparently, he does not expect the federal funds rate to return to its long-term average of about 4% during his lifetime. In a conversation, Bernanke stated that a rate hike would only be possible in an environment in which "the U.S. economy is growing strongly enough to bear the costs of higher rates". Moreover, a rate increase would have to be clearly communicated and anticipated by the markets – not to protect individual investors from losses, but rather to prevent jeopardizing the stability of the "system as a whole".
It is on the one hand axiomatic that ZIRP cannot be a permanent fixture. Furthermore, Janet Yellen has been tweeting on about increasing rates for almost two years now. How much more lead time will it require to prepare the markets? In September, she once again chickened out, even though we are not talking about hiking the rate back to "monetary normalcy" in one blow. The decision on the table is whether or not to increase the rate by a trifling quarter point! It simply about a smooth beginning of a long drawn out and cautiously managed tightening process.
The Fed's quandary can be understood a little better by examining what "monetary normalcy", or a "normal interest rate", is supposed to be. Or even more fundamentally: what is an interest rate? We "Austrians" understand an interest rate as an expression of market participants' time preference. The underlying assumption is that people are inclined to consume a certain product sooner rather than later. Hence, if savers restrict their current consumption and provide the resources for investment instead, they do so only on condition that they will be compensated by increased consumptive opportunities in the future.
In free markets, the interest rate can be regarded as a measure of the compensation payment, where people are willing to trade present goods for future goods. Such an interest rate is commonly referred to as the "natural interest rate". Consequently, the FOMC bureaucrats would ideally specify a "normal interest rate" that equals the "natural" one. This is, however, not very likely for the same reason that all forms of central planning and price dictation have to fail: a lack of knowledge on the part of the planners!
When resources are invested, this implies that they are tied in an irreversible process to a very concrete form and function. Since this is happening in all nooks and crannies of an economy where individuals detect potential for profit by means of their specific knowledge, capital should be understood as a heterogeneous structure resulting from evolutionary dynamics. Under free market conditions with a corresponding natural interest rate, this capital structure would be tailored according to the preferences of the people.
If the most important price in an economy, namely the price of credit, is subject to manipulation, this causes serious distortions in the capital structure. In the event of a liquidity crisis, artificially low interest rates may temporarily have a positive effect by fostering lending and hence compensating for excessive skepticism amongst market participants. As a permanent means, however, it triggers malinvestments, i.e. investments that would be unprofitable under normal conditions – hence, there is an increase in total investment and, at the same time, an incentive to consume more and save less.
How is this possible? How can more investment projects be launched while the pool of resources at the same time is in decline? It is only seemingly possible, as in a fiat money system credit can be generated ex nihilio. The lower the interest rate, the more the markets are flooded with credit.
ZIRP was introduced six years ago in response to the financial crisis, and three QE programs have been conducted. This so-called "unconventional monetary policy" is supposed to be abandoned as soon as the economy has gathered pace. Despite the tremendous magnitude of these market interventions, the momentum in the US economy is rather lame. Weak Q1 data, which probably resulted from a weak trade balance due to a 15% rise of the USD, shocked even the most pessimistic of analysts; the OECD and the IMF have revised down their 2015 growth estimates. A long-lasting, self-sustaining growth is out of the question. This confirms the assumption that ZIRP fuels everything under the sun (see The Unseen Consequences of Zero-Interest-Rate Policy) but long-term productive investment.
With regard to inflation, the Fed's target is 2%, as measured by growth of the PCE-index. This aims to buffer the fiat money system against the threat of deflation, i.e. against sinking prices, as in such an environment the debt-servicing capacity of market participants (e.g. governments, private enterprises, financial institutions, private households) would come under intense pressure and likely trigger a chain reaction in which loans collapse and the monetary system implodes. However, in many countries, and among them the USA, inflation is remarkably low – partly due to transitory effects of lower energy and import prices –, while low interest rates have merely weaved their way to asset price inflation so far. As price reactions to monetary policy maneuvers may occur with a lag of a few years, we should expect that sooner or later inflation will also spill over to normal markets.
Whereas as a response to the development of economic and employment data an intrepid rate hike is scarcely likely, an inflation-induced rate hike could occur anytime. Considering the current composition of the FOMC, which is extremely dovish – implying inflation-sensitive voices are relatively underrepresented – gives rise to the suspicion that this is not very likely the scenario in the short term. One is concerned about the economic development, which has a shaky foundation and headwinds from other parts of the world: it appears that growth has cooled down sustainably in the BRICS countries – China might be on the brink of a severe recession. (Indeed, China was possibly the most decisive factor to nudge the Fed away from raising rates in September.) This implies that world- wide interest rates will remain at very low levels and a significant rate hike in the USA would represent a sharp deviation in this environment, entraining massive competitive disadvantages.
The markets are noticeably pricing out a significant rate hike. Rate cuts are one-way streets, the production structure has long since adapted to ZIRP and "short-term gambling, punting on momentum-driven moves, on levered buybacks" are further lifting the opportunity costs of abandoning it. In order to try to rescue its credibility, the Fed may decide to try some timid, quarter- point alibi increases. But what will they do if markets really crash? Indeed, they are terrified of the avalanche that they might trigger! If there are be any symptoms that portend calamity, the Fed will inevitably return to ZIRP, launch a QE4, or might even introduce negative interest rates. Hence, there does not seem to be a considerable degree of latitude such that a return to conventional monetary policy could seriously be expected.
"The Fed is raising the rates!" – This has become a running gag.
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First introduced in 2017, the Peacemaker was in fact an early design conceived back in 2014 to replace the Genesis, our first line of watches. Owing to unexpected events we never managed to put that design into production at the time.
The Peacemaker is primarily offered with our signature dial design, one that was based on an elusive prototype from the '50s that we've modernised and introduced to the world in 2014. This and the caseback flange - the pièce de résistance - make the Peacemaker a truly unique piece in your collection.
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Alcohol Consumption May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Published	 Wednesday 4 March 2009	 Published	Wed 4 Mar 2009
Consuming two or more drinks per day could increase a person's risk of pancreatic cancer by about 22 percent, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
"Our findings support multiple nutrition recommendations that men should limit intake to no more than two alcoholic beverages per day and women should limit intake to no more than one," said lead author Jeanine M. Genkinger, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, four ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled liquor.
Genkinger and colleagues conducted a pooled analysis of the primary data from 14 research studies, for a population that included 862,664 individuals. Researchers identified 2,187 individuals diagnosed with pancreatic cancer during the study.
"This is one of the largest studies ever to look at dietary factors in relation to pancreatic cancer risk," said Genkinger.
If individuals consumed 30 or more grams of alcohol per day, compared with no alcohol per day, their risk of pancreatic cancer increased by 22 percent.
No difference was observed by type of alcohol, according to Genkinger.
The mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and cure cancer. Founded in 1907, AACR is the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research. The membership includes more than 28,000 basic, translational and clinical researchers; health care professionals; and cancer survivors and advocates in the United States and 80 other countries. The AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise from the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through high-quality scientific and educational programs. It funds innovative, meritorious research grants. The AACR Annual Meeting attracts more than 17,000 participants who share the latest discoveries and developments in the field. Special conferences throughout the year present novel data across a wide variety of topics in cancer research, treatment and patient care. The AACR publishes five major peer-reviewed journals: Cancer Research; Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research; and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The AACR's most recent publication and its sixth major journal, Cancer Prevention Research, is dedicated exclusively to cancer prevention, from preclinical research to clinical trials. The AACR also publishes CR, a magazine for cancer survivors and their families, patient advocates, physicians and scientists. CR provides a forum for sharing essential, evidence-based information and perspectives on progress in cancer research, survivorship and advocacy.
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Yearly analysis is based on unadjusted employment data.
(Over-the-year data are not seasonally adjusted because of small changes in seasonal adjustment factors from year to year. Also, there is no seasonality in over-the-year changes.)
The state of Minnesota lost 14,400 jobs (0.5 percent) in March, the worst over-the-month performance for the state since April of 2013. The private sector drove those losses (off by 15,400 or 0.6 percent) as public sector employers added jobs on the month. Goods producers lost 1,100 jobs (0.2 percent), and service providers lost 13,300 (0.5 percent). Over the year the state lost 10,144 jobs (0.3 percent). It was the worst over-the-year job loss since the tail end of the last recession in the spring of 2010. The losses came entirely in the private sector, which was down 13,994 (0.6 percent). Goods producers lost 2,987 jobs (0.7 percent), and private service providers lost 11,007 (0.5 percent).
Employment in Mining and Logging was flat in March, holding at 6,600 jobs for the third consecutive month. Annually the supersector lost 48 jobs (0.8 percent). It was the fifth consecutive month of over-the-year job losses for the supersector.
Construction employment was up slightly in March, adding 100 jobs (0.1 percent). While gains were modest, Construction was one of only three supersectors to add jobs in March. Over the year the supersector added 0.9 percent (930 job) and was one of only four supersectors to show positive over-the-year job growth. Residential Building Construction was up by 529 (4.4 percent), and Specialty Trade Contractors added 1,772 jobs (2.5 percent), while Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction lost 710 jobs (6.7 percent).
Employment in the Manufacturing industry group was off by 1,200 jobs (0.4 percent) in March, with all of those losses coming in Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing (down 1,200 or 1 percent). Over the year Manufacturing employers lost 3,869 jobs (1.2 percent). Durable Goods manufacturers shed 3,741 jobs (1.8 percent), and Non-Durable Goods manufacturers lost 128 (0.1 percent). The Food Manufacturing component was off by 2.5 percent (1,133 jobs).
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employers added 2,700 jobs (0.5 percent) in March on a seasonally adjusted basis. It was the strongest monthly performance of any supersector in the state. Retail Trade drove the growth, adding 3,300 jobs (1.1 percent). Annually Trade, Transportation, and Utilities added 1,624 jobs (0.3 percent), showing improvement from February's 0.6 percent over-the-year job loss. It was the first time since January of 2019 that the supersector showed any annual job growth. Retail Trade drove the growth, adding 2,119 jobs (0.7 percent).
Information employers lost 300 jobs (0.7 percent) in March on a seasonally-adjusted basis. The decline came on the heels of two consecutive months of positive job growth for the supersector. Over the year Information employment was off by 1,144 (2.5 percent). The supersector has been gradually shedding jobs fairly consistently for almost 20 years.
Financial Activities employment was down by 200 (0.1 percent). All of that loss came from Finance and Insurance, which was down 300 (0.2 percent), while Real Estate and Rental and Leasing added 100 jobs (0.3 percent). On the year, employment in Financial Activities was down by 1,521 (0.8 percent). Finance and Insurance was down 1,133 (0.7 percent), and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing was down 388 (1.1 percent).
Professional and Business Services employers shed 4,100 jobs (1.1 percent) in March on a seasonally-adjusted basis. The declines were driven by Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services, which lost 4,200 jobs (3.1 percent). Over the year Professional and Business Services lost 4,316 jobs (1.2 percent), a notable drop from February's 0.4 percent over-the-year decline. As was the case over the month, March declines came primarily in Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services and, more specifically, in Employment Services which was off by 4,169 or 7.2 percent. The sector had been showing growing annual losses in prior months.
Employment in Educational and Health Services was off by 2,400 (0.4 percent) in March, with losses in both Educational Services (down 1,400 or 2 percent) and Health Care and Social Assistance (down 1,000 or 0.2 percent). Over the year the supersector lost 4,310 jobs (0.8 percent). Educational Services employment was off by 1.1 percent (823 jobs), down from -0.4 percent in February, and Health Care and Social Assistance was off 0.7 percent (3,487 jobs), down from -0.5 percent in February. Nursing and Residential Care facilities continued to drive the losses, as they shed 4,142 jobs (3.8 percent) on the year.
Leisure and Hospitality employment was down sharply in March as the supersector shed 8,100 jobs (2.9 percent) on a seasonally adjusted basis. Most of those losses came in Accommodation and Food Services, which was off by 7,800 jobs or 3.4 percent. Over-the-year declines in the supersector were also large, as Leisure and Hospitality employers lost 3,439 jobs (1.3 percent) in March. The decline came immediately after the supersector posted an increase of 1.3 percent in February, which was one of the strongest over-the-year performances last month. Accommodation and Food Services lost 4,814 jobs (2.2 percent) while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation added 1,375 jobs (3.2 percent).
Employment in Other Services was down by 1,900 (1.6 percent) in March, which may be at least partially a correction to February's 2.0 percent seasonally adjusted increase. Annually the supersector added 2,099 jobs or 1.9 percent. It was the largest proportional over-the-year job growth of any supersector in the state. Repair and Maintenance added 1,609 jobs.
Government employers added 1,000 jobs (0.2 percent) in March, with growth at all three levels of government.
Over the year public sector employment increased by 3,850 jobs (0.9 percent) as all three levels of government added jobs. The only component sector to lose jobs on the year was the U.S. Postal Service, where employment was down by 160 or 1.3 percent.
Minnesota Seasonally Adjusted Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment
(Data In Thousands)
Mar-20
Total Nonfarm


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From: jessara40k Date: May 30th, 2007 02:54 pm (UTC) (Link)
Probably, although it's probably a bit more on the lines of mild regret than outright guilt.
But it's still more than the humans get; I just figured Sephiroth might feel he had a bit more in common with SOLDIERs than with regular humans.
It's a type of restitution for Sephiroth.
The way trying to rescue his mates from whatever's 'controlling' them from his point of view probably started out as? And it's a pity Cloud's sense of guilt can't be alleviated that easily, even if it only works with those outside the pack for Sephiroth.
So you can see that sub-ferals can be quite dangerous, especially in packs. They aren't so much a threat to ferals, but definitely to normal humans, especially if the communities do not have significant military capability.
That's why various human communities are willing to submit to feral authority, in return for protection from a variety of threats (sub-ferals, Jenova-spawn, normal monsters, human marauders, etc.). Sub-ferals avoid the core territories of powerful ferals, but they roam in the open or 'free' areas between these core territories.
Yeah, I can see how they'd be a threat to normal humans, and I guess it would be the same principle as how most of humanity obeyed the ShinRa corporation during its heyday.
From: madamhydra Date: May 30th, 2007 06:58 pm (UTC) (Link)
That's definitely true. As I mentioned in discussions about COI, my personal theory is that Sephiroth and the SOLDIERs really do experience the world differently from normal humans due to their enhancements (especially sensory). So yes, it's very likely that Sephiroth has more empathy for SOLDIERs than he would for normal humans.
And it's a pity Cloud's sense of guilt can't be alleviated that easily, even if it only works with those outside the pack for Sephiroth.
Probably because Cloud's sense of guilt is so innerly-focused -- his failures, his flaws, etc.
That's why Zack and Aeris are so important to making OT4 work -- they have the empathy to understand the severity of Cloud's and Sephiroth's issues, but they're also not over-protective, which is almost more important. They won't coddle them excessively or let them wallow over things that can't be changed. And if that means giving Cloud or Sephiroth a sharp smack (verbally or literally), Zack and Aeris are prepared to do that for their own good. ^_^


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package com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.ecs.cache.client;

import static com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.core.provider.agent.Namespace.HEALTH;

import com.netflix.spinnaker.cats.cache.Cache;
import com.netflix.spinnaker.cats.cache.CacheData;
import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.ecs.cache.model.TaskHealth;
import java.util.Map;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class TaskHealthCacheClient extends AbstractCacheClient<TaskHealth> {

  @Autowired
  public TaskHealthCacheClient(Cache cacheView) {
    super(cacheView, HEALTH.toString());
  }

  @Override
  protected TaskHealth convert(CacheData cacheData) {
    TaskHealth taskHealth = new TaskHealth();

    Map<String, Object> attributes = cacheData.getAttributes();
    taskHealth.setState((String) attributes.get("state"));
    taskHealth.setType((String) attributes.get("type"));
    taskHealth.setServiceName((String) attributes.get("service"));
    taskHealth.setTaskArn((String) attributes.get("taskArn"));
    taskHealth.setInstanceId((String) attributes.get("instanceId"));
    taskHealth.setTaskId((String) attributes.get("taskId"));

    return taskHealth;
  }
}

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Home/Politics/Biden Legislative Agenda Dead As GOP Leads Dems In Congressional Midterms Generic Ballot By 4 Points
Biden Legislative Agenda Dead As GOP Leads Dems In Congressional Midterms Generic Ballot By 4 Points
Robert RomanoFebruary 3, 2022
Republicans are building on their lead in the 2022 Congressional midterms, leading the generic ballot polls by 3.9 percent, 47.3 percent to 43.4 percent, according to the latest average of polls compiled by RealClearPolitics.com.
Currently, Democrats only have a net five-seat majority in the House of Representatives right now: 222 to 212, with one seat vacant. That is, if Democrats lose five or more seats in the House in the 2022 midterms, Republicans will reclaim the House.
Similarly, the Senate is tied 50 to 50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote for Democrats. There, Republicans need only pick up one seat on a net basis this year and they'll be in the majority there, too.
Normally, in midterm elections dating back to 1906 through 2018, the party that occupies the White House usually loses on average 31 seats in the House, and about three seats in the Senate. If that happens, Republicans will easily reclaim Congress this year, given Biden and Democrats' super slim majorities.
And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) know it. That is why for the past year, they have been working feverishly to pass legislation that would nationalize federal election laws, gut state voter identification laws, raise taxes and to spend trillions of dollars we don't have — until they couldn't.
After passing a $1.9 trillion stimulus and then another $550 billion of new spending for infrastructure, with inflation already running hot at 7 percent and the U.S. economy potentially overheating — the spread between 10-year treasuries and 2-year treasuries is hovering at about 0.62 percent as of this writing — relatively moderate Democrats like Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are unwilling to spend much more.
Most recently, when Manchin was asked about the $3.2 trillion so-called Build Back Better legislation that the Biden administration has been pursuing, Manchin told CNN, "What Build Back Better bill? There is no, I mean, I don't know what you all are talking about… No, no, no, it's dead… If they're talking about the whole big package, that's gone."
And that was on legislation that would have been passed through on a simply 51-vote majority in the Senate via budget reconciliation. So, the spending bill is dead.
And so are any proposal that would have required a bipartisan, 60-vote supermajority to invoke cloture. For example, the election law bill, plans to pack the Supreme Court, legislation grant D.C. and Puerto Rico statehood, a health care public option and the Green New Deal.
Manchin and Sinema are unwilling to abolish to the filibuster, arguing that when Republicans were back in power, they would be able to use the tool to abolish laws that Democrats like.
At this point, it's questionable whether Democrats even have the votes to, for example, repeal any of the tax cuts that were put into place by former President Donald Trump in 2017. They don't even seem to have to votes to bring back the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction.
Meaning, just one year into his presidency, Biden's legislative agenda is already dead. And, barring a dramatic turnaround, that may end up being true for the rest of his presidency, even if he should go on to win reelection. Why?
Look at the past two Democratic presidents, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Both won the trifecta of the presidency, the House and the Senate in 2008 and 1992, respectively, and both lost House majorities in their midterms, never to regain them again. Clinton lost the House and the Senate in 1994, and Republicans would keep that majority all the way until 2006, when they lost the midterms after George W. Bush's 2004 reelection. Obama lost the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014, and Democrats would not get back the House until 2018 and the Senate in 2020.
So, for Biden, it could be now or never to make law. But with his own average approval at about 41 percent, he may have already squandered his opportunity to make the most of his presidency. Too bad.
Robert Romano is the Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government Foundation.
Cross-posted with The Daily Torch
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On Thursday 25th October 2018, I made a return visit to Edwinstowe chapter. On this occasion to present a Power point explanation of The Twelve Tribes of Israel.
This lecture fully explains how the twelve tribes were formed by the sons and Grandsons of Jacob. It explains how Jacobs name was changed to Israel, leading to the formation of the Israelitish nation and how when journeying through the land for 40 years, the twelve tribes formed up around the encampment housing the Holy of Holies, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
And it is this period of time where our Royal Arch story begins, where the importance of each Tribe, and the meaning of each Banner becomes clear.
The presentation was very much enjoyed by 17 members and three visitors, who collectively showed their appreciation.
The festive board was a very happy and relaxed occasion where several interesting questions were discussed and answered.
All in all a very happy and successful evening.


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"""Tests for analyzer
"""

import json
import TestGyp

found = 'Found dependency'
found_all = 'Found dependency (all)'
not_found = 'No dependencies'

def _CreateConfigFile(files, targets):
  """Creates the analyzer config file, which is used as the input to analyzer.
  See description of analyzer.py for description of the arguments."""
  f = open('test_file', 'w')
  to_write = {'files': files, 'targets': targets }
  json.dump(to_write, f)
  f.close()

def _CreateBogusConfigFile():
  f = open('test_file','w')
  f.write('bogus')
  f.close()

def _ReadOutputFileContents():
  f = open('analyzer_output', 'r')
  result = json.load(f)
  f.close()
  return result

# NOTE: this would be clearer if it subclassed TestGypCustom, but that trips
# over a bug in pylint (E1002).
test = TestGyp.TestGypCustom(format='analyzer')

def CommonArgs():
  return ('-Gconfig_path=test_file',
           '-Ganalyzer_output_path=analyzer_output')

def run_analyzer(*args, **kw):
  """Runs the test specifying a particular config and output path."""
  args += CommonArgs()
  test.run_gyp('test.gyp', *args, **kw)

def run_analyzer2(*args, **kw):
  """Same as run_analyzer(), but passes in test2.gyp instead of test.gyp."""
  args += CommonArgs()
  test.run_gyp('test2.gyp', *args, **kw)

def run_analyzer3(*args, **kw):
  """Same as run_analyzer(), but passes in test3.gyp instead of test.gyp."""
  args += CommonArgs()
  test.run_gyp('test3.gyp', *args, **kw)

def run_analyzer4(*args, **kw):
  """Same as run_analyzer(), but passes in test3.gyp instead of test.gyp."""
  args += CommonArgs()
  test.run_gyp('test4.gyp', *args, **kw)

def EnsureContains(targets=set(), matched=False, build_targets=set()):
  """Verifies output contains |targets|."""
  result = _ReadOutputFileContents()
  if result.get('error', None):
    print 'unexpected error', result.get('error')
    test.fail_test()

  if result.get('invalid_targets', None):
    print 'unexpected invalid_targets', result.get('invalid_targets')
    test.fail_test()

  actual_targets = set(result['targets'])
  if actual_targets != targets:
    print 'actual targets:', actual_targets, '\nexpected targets:', targets
    test.fail_test()

  actual_build_targets = set(result['build_targets'])
  if actual_build_targets != build_targets:
    print 'actual build_targets:', actual_build_targets, \
           '\nexpected build_targets:', build_targets
    test.fail_test()

  if matched and result['status'] != found:
    print 'expected', found, 'got', result['status']
    test.fail_test()
  elif not matched and result['status'] != not_found:
    print 'expected', not_found, 'got', result['status']
    test.fail_test()

def EnsureMatchedAll(targets):
  result = _ReadOutputFileContents()
  if result.get('error', None):
    print 'unexpected error', result.get('error')
    test.fail_test()

  if result.get('invalid_targets', None):
    print 'unexpected invalid_targets', result.get('invalid_targets')
    test.fail_test()

  if result['status'] != found_all:
    print 'expected', found_all, 'got', result['status']
    test.fail_test()

  actual_targets = set(result['targets'])
  if actual_targets != targets:
    print 'actual targets:', actual_targets, '\nexpected targets:', targets
    test.fail_test()

def EnsureError(expected_error_string):
  """Verifies output contains the error string."""
  result = _ReadOutputFileContents()
  if result.get('error', '').find(expected_error_string) == -1:
    print 'actual error:', result.get('error', ''), '\nexpected error:', \
        expected_error_string
    test.fail_test()

def EnsureStdoutContains(expected_error_string):
  if test.stdout().find(expected_error_string) == -1:
    print 'actual stdout:', test.stdout(), '\nexpected stdout:', \
        expected_error_string
    test.fail_test()

def EnsureInvalidTargets(expected_invalid_targets):
  """Verifies output contains invalid_targets."""
  result = _ReadOutputFileContents()
  actual_invalid_targets = set(result['invalid_targets'])
  if actual_invalid_targets != expected_invalid_targets:
    print 'actual invalid_targets:', actual_invalid_targets, \
        '\nexpected :', expected_invalid_targets
    test.fail_test()

# Two targets, A and B (both static_libraries) and A depends upon B. If a file
# in B changes, then both A and B are output. It is not strictly necessary that
# A is compiled in this case, only B.
_CreateConfigFile(['b.c'], [])
test.run_gyp('static_library_test.gyp', *CommonArgs())
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'a' ,'b'})

# Verifies config_path must be specified.
test.run_gyp('test.gyp')
EnsureStdoutContains('Must specify files to analyze via config_path')

# Verifies config_path must point to a valid file.
test.run_gyp('test.gyp', '-Gconfig_path=bogus_file',
             '-Ganalyzer_output_path=analyzer_output')
EnsureError('Unable to open file bogus_file')

# Verify 'invalid_targets' is present when bad target is specified.
_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c'], ['bad_target'])
run_analyzer()
EnsureInvalidTargets({'bad_target'})

# Verifies config_path must point to a valid json file.
_CreateBogusConfigFile()
run_analyzer()
EnsureError('Unable to parse config file test_file')

# Trivial test of a source.
_CreateConfigFile(['foo.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Conditional source that is excluded.
_CreateConfigFile(['conditional_source.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=False)

# Conditional source that is included by way of argument.
_CreateConfigFile(['conditional_source.c'], [])
run_analyzer('-Dtest_variable=1')
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Two unknown files.
_CreateConfigFile(['unknown1.c', 'unoknow2.cc'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains()

# Two unknown files.
_CreateConfigFile(['unknown1.c', 'subdir/subdir_sourcex.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains()

# Included dependency
_CreateConfigFile(['unknown1.c', 'subdir/subdir_source.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe', 'exe3'})

# Included inputs to actions.
_CreateConfigFile(['action_input.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Don't consider outputs.
_CreateConfigFile(['action_output.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=False)

# Rule inputs.
_CreateConfigFile(['rule_input.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Ignore path specified with PRODUCT_DIR.
_CreateConfigFile(['product_dir_input.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=False)

# Path specified via a variable.
_CreateConfigFile(['subdir/subdir_source2.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Verifies paths with // are fixed up correctly.
_CreateConfigFile(['parent_source.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe', 'exe3'})

# Verifies relative paths are resolved correctly.
_CreateConfigFile(['subdir/subdir_source.h'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Various permutations when passing in targets.
_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c', 'subdir/subdir2b_source.c'], ['exe', 'exe3'])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'exe3'}, build_targets={'exe2', 'exe3'})

_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c', 'subdir/subdir2b_source.c'], ['exe'])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe2', 'exe3'})

# Verifies duplicates are ignored.
_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c', 'subdir/subdir2b_source.c'], ['exe', 'exe'])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe2', 'exe3'})

_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c'], ['exe'])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe2'})

_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe2'})

_CreateConfigFile(['subdir/subdir2b_source.c', 'exe2.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe2', 'exe3'})

_CreateConfigFile(['subdir/subdir2b_source.c'], ['exe3'])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'exe3'}, build_targets={'exe3'})

_CreateConfigFile(['exe2.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe2'})

_CreateConfigFile(['foo.c'], [])
run_analyzer()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'exe'})

# Assertions when modifying build (gyp/gypi) files, especially when said files
# are included.
_CreateConfigFile(['subdir2/d.cc'], ['exe', 'exe2', 'foo', 'exe3'])
run_analyzer2()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'exe', 'foo'}, build_targets={'exe'})

_CreateConfigFile(['subdir2/subdir.includes.gypi'],
                ['exe', 'exe2', 'foo', 'exe3'])
run_analyzer2()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'exe', 'foo'}, build_targets={'exe'})

_CreateConfigFile(['subdir2/subdir.gyp'], ['exe', 'exe2', 'foo', 'exe3'])
run_analyzer2()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'exe', 'foo'}, build_targets={'exe'})

_CreateConfigFile(['test2.includes.gypi'], ['exe', 'exe2', 'foo', 'exe3'])
run_analyzer2()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'exe', 'exe2', 'exe3'},
               build_targets={'exe', 'exe2', 'exe3'})

# Verify modifying a file included makes all targets dirty.
_CreateConfigFile(['common.gypi'], ['exe', 'exe2', 'foo', 'exe3'])
run_analyzer2('-Icommon.gypi')
EnsureMatchedAll({'exe', 'exe2', 'foo', 'exe3'})

# Assertions from test3.gyp.
_CreateConfigFile(['d.c', 'f.c'], ['a'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

_CreateConfigFile(['f.c'], ['a'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

_CreateConfigFile(['f.c'], [])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

_CreateConfigFile(['c.c', 'e.c'], [])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'a', 'b', 'c', 'e'})

_CreateConfigFile(['d.c'], ['a'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

_CreateConfigFile(['a.c'], ['a', 'b'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a'})

_CreateConfigFile(['a.c'], ['a', 'b'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a'})

_CreateConfigFile(['d.c'], ['a', 'b'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a', 'b'}, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

_CreateConfigFile(['f.c'], ['a'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

_CreateConfigFile(['a.c'], ['a'])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, targets={'a'}, build_targets={'a'})

_CreateConfigFile(['a.c'], [])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'a'})

_CreateConfigFile(['d.c'], [])
run_analyzer3()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'a', 'b'})

# Assertions around test4.gyp.
_CreateConfigFile(['f.c'], [])
run_analyzer4()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'e', 'f'})

_CreateConfigFile(['d.c'], [])
run_analyzer4()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'})

_CreateConfigFile(['i.c'], [])
run_analyzer4()
EnsureContains(matched=True, build_targets={'h', 'i'})

test.pass_test()


Peggy Johnson has revised and fully updated this textbook to provide a timely and valuable new resource for LIS students and professionals. Each chapter offers complete introductory coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, before including numerous suggestions for further reading and study. A range of practical case studies are included to illustrate and explore all of the issues discussed.
The twenty-first century has brought into question the role and value of collection development as a professional specialty. The shift from collections-centered to services-centered libraries, patron-driven acquisitions, consortial buying, serial bundles, aggregator e-book packages, mass digitizing projects, ubiquitous access to digital content, and the growth of open access can raise uncertainties about what a collections librarian's responsibilities might be. Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management is based on the premise that the collections librarian's role in this complex and evolving environment is now more important than ever.
must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management…the first place to go for reliable and informative advice.
an excellent summary of vital areas of collections development and management, which can also act as a guide to those navigating this challenging area of the profession in such times of rapid change.
Peggy Johnson has published several books, including ALA Editions' Developing and Managing Electronic Collections: The Essentials, edited the peer-reviewed journal Library Resources & Technical Services for more than nine years and continues to edit Technicalities: Information Forum for the Technical Services Professional. She teaches as an adjunct professor in the MLIS program at St. Catherine University and received the ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
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The first edition of Peggy Johnson's text Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management was published in 2004. Needless to say a whole lot has changed in the last 14 years, and Johnson has kept updating and revising her book to keep current with the field. On the occasion of the publication of the new fourth edition, we spoke with her about her writing process, what's important for today's LIS graduates, and what lies ahead.
So, you've just published the fourth edition of your book! Congratulations! What were some of the differences working on the project this time around? And what have you learned over the years that you wish you'd known from the beginning?
The process of research and writing I follow is basically the same as when I worked on the first edition. However, locating resources continues to get easier with full text online indexes and Google Scholar available. I still spend a lot of time verifying details. I confess I continue to print articles and borrow print books through interlibrary loan. I've tried keeping only digital files, but it doesn't work for me. I need tangible copies I can hold and organize. One thing I wish I'd known earlier is how willing librarians and others in the field are to help. With this edition, I reached out to nearly fifty people, all of whom graciously answered my questions and offered advice.
Describe your writing and revision process—is it all electronic, or do you print out some drafts and go to work with a red pencil?
I've always written on the computer, but I do print each chapter about halfway through the writing so I can spread it out on my desk and move parts around. As I write a chapter, I create an detailed outline aiming to have a logical progression. Many of the writing techniques I learned in elementary school remain useful, although I don't take notes on 3X5 cards. Once a chapter is nearly complete, I do the polishing on the electronic file.
Let's say an LIS student approaches you for career advice. After getting that degree, what are some important first steps to take?
I always tell students to get library experience either through in internship or a practicum while in school. Employers look for some familiarity with the real world even when hiring recent LIS graduates. Involvement with professional organizations is important both because of the learning opportunities and because of the contacts made. New librarians seldom realize what a small world the library field is—building a network of support and potential references is critical.
Are vendor relations such as purchasing and licensing materials getting easier or more difficult? Why?
I think vendor relations are more complex. I added a chapter in this edition on vendor relations, negotiation, and contracts in part because library school faculty members and collection development librarians requested it. Once you understand that vendors are trained in selling and promoting their products and especially in negotiating effectively, you realize that librarians need parallel skills. Being aware of all the variables (and there are many) that go into making the best selection choice for your library is more important than ever. Even librarians who don't make the final choices need to understand the issues and why decisions are made.
What's the most surprising trend in the field of collection development and management? How do you see this discipline evolving over the next 5-10 years?
I first became interested in 1980s in what we were then calling machine readable data files (MRDFs). It seemed obvious that they were going to have a significant and ever-increasing effect on library collections and services, so I can't say I've been surprised by the role digital content plays in today's libraries. Perhaps the wide-spread participation in consortial buying by all types of libraries might be considered surprising, but I'd say it's a logical progression that began with consortial resource sharing. May be one development that is, indeed, surprising is the extent to which publishers are selling directly to libraries. Not too long ago, libraries relied on intermediaries (jobbers, vendors, and agents) because publishers didn't want to deal with selling, invoicing, and shipping individual titles. Packages of titles (both e-journals and e-books) have changed the business model and made publishers major players. As far as that goes, I'm guessing that few librarians could foresee the extent to which libraries now purchase lrge packages of titles. I'm always leery of projecting the future—it is too easy to be wrong. That said, I think that the importance of managing legacy print collections will continue to grow and, I hope, we will see the development and implementation of national preservation and retention plans.
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This new edition from Alison Cullingford, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bradford, is a practical day-to-day companion covering all aspects of special collections work.
Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitizing vast mixed-media archives, yet the role of the information professional is always critical in tapping into the potential of these collections, protecting their legacy and bringing them to the attention of the wider public. This book offers up-to-date guidance which pulls together insights from best practice across the heritage sector to build innovative, co-operative and questioning mind-sets that will help them to cope in turbulent times.
Highlights of the new edition include coverage of new standards and concepts including unique and distinctive collections (UDCs); discussion of the major changes to laws affecting special collections; exploration of new trends in research including the rise of digital humanities, open access, the impact agenda and the REF; and consideration of impact and indicators, digitization and new skills frameworks from CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section.
service was the first English university to achieve Archive Accreditation. She also managed the Unique and Distinctive Collections project for Research Libraries UK. An active member of the CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and many other sector groups, Alison also regularly presents at conferences, blogs and tweets on the importance of the special collections librarian.


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The projections are not exactly new.
streams and range familiar to Utahns and others in the West.
change in the United States," a pre-release advisory said.
those earlier findings, he said.
forests and rangeland and everybody who uses them," Busby said.
in dealing with climate change.
community is faced with dealing with the changes they see around them.
planting drought-tolerant species in vulnerable rangeland.
in Salt Lake City and discussed climate change, among other subjects.
contribute to climate change rather than helping to solve it.
populations and diminished in their ability to provide clean water.


Below you will find answers to many of the questions you may have about participating in the Immigration Clinic.
Who is eligible to participate in the Immigration Law Clinic?
What is the application process for the Immigration Law Clinic?
What is the student selection criteria for the Immigration Law Clinic?
How many students can enroll in the Immigration Law Clinic?
How many hours must student attorneys devote to the Immigration Law Clinic for the semester?
Are there any special scheduling requirements for the Immigration Law Clinic?
Are there any special costs associated with taking the Immigration Law Clinic?
What are the role and responsibilities of Immigration Law Clinic students?
How is student performance assessed?
How can I get answers to additional questions I have about the clinic?
The clinic is open to both second- and third-year students. Students must concurrently enroll in the Immigration Law Clinic Course (5623). Students may only participate in one clinic or field placement per semester and second-year students who take the clinic may not retake it as 3Ls.
Students wishing to enroll in the Immigration Law Clinic must apply through the common application process for all clinics and externships. In the joint application, students will be asked to rank their clinic and externship preferences, provide a resumé and answer questions regarding relevant experiences and interests in their selections. The online application form will be made available on the website once the application period opens. Please note that the application period begins and ends several weeks prior to the registration period for all other classes. As a result, interested students should plan ahead and keep an eye out for e-mails and announcements regarding the clinics and externships application period each semester. A phone or in-person interview may be required depending on the number of applicants.
Although the high level of interest generally necessitates a competitive selection process, there are no set criteria for a successful candidate other than a demonstrated commitment to hard work and professionalism. In fact, clinic faculty make a concerted effort to select students with diverse experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and interests to create a rich learning experience for all participants.
The clinic accepts a maximum of eight students each semester.
How many hours must students devote to the Immigration Law Clinic for the semester?
Students are required to devote a minimum of 135 hours to the clinic. To track time spent on clinic activities, student attorneys are required to submit weekly written time sheets.
Students must attend two half-days of pre-semester orientation.
The Clinic provides student attorneys with the resources needed such as office supplies and travel expenses.
What are the role and responsibilities of Immigration Clinic students?
Students make court appearances and gain experience in client interviewing and counseling, fact gathering and investigation, trial preparation, trial advocacy, case management, oral communication skills, and other work relevant to the practice of immigration law.
Student learning is measured through the course of the semester primarily through evaluation of written and oral reflections, participation in and contribution to class discussions, performance in client-related work, review of written materials related to court preparation and litigation, form preparation and final filings submitted to USCIS, observation of court performance, field interactions with clients and third parties, and general professionalism. Meaningful feedback designed to improve student learning during the course of the semester is provided primarily through weekly individual supervision sessions between the professor and student, as well as through edits of and comments on written materials.
In addition to review of draft motions, petitions, applications and other legal documents, students are required to complete case status memoranda for their complete case docket that is updated by the student and reviewed by the professor throughout the semester. Students must also complete detailed closing or transition memoranda at the semester's end, for all cases assigned to them. Students participate in a mid-semester self-evaluation, and are assessed throughout the semester on preparation, participation and professionalism; mastery of skills and knowledge as exhibited in casework; adherence to Clinic policies and procedures; timeliness of assignments; etc. Students are also provided with on-the-spot feedback immediately after court hearings and observed interactions in the field.
You can contact Professor Lauren Aronson directly with questions at laronson@lsu.edu.


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The energy cost of moving data in and out of solid-state memory dominates that of computation. While this has been known for many years at a chip level where the CPU shares the same piece of silicon as the SRAM cache, it has now been shown to be the most significant portion of total system energy use where the data movement involves transactions with the system's DRAM. The startling result that greater than 60% of system energy is used in this way is a call to action.
As bad luck would have it, this realization is happening precisely at the same time as we approach a looming SRAM catastrophe. While SRAM has been the workhorse of cache memory on the compute chip, it is now scaling at a much reduced rate in the advanced CMOS technologies. In addition, all the techniques to reduce leakage current through the SRAM at both transistor and chip level are close to being exhausted.
The semiconductor industry is not far off from the situation where no more cache memory can be placed with the compute cores on the same chip. This means that the likelihood of DRAM transactions will increase with a dramatic rise in system energy.
MRAM Replace SRAM? Issues Need To Be Addressed.
SRAM needs to be replaced and it needs to be replaced very soon. MRAM is the only new memory type that has the endurance and attractive cell size to do so. There are however fundamental issues that need to be solved before it can take on this mantle as the on-compute-chip cache memory of choice.
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Advisory board studies Yukon capital funding options
Citing 10% inflation, Yukon resident says 'timing is bad' for tax hike
Conrad Dudderar
By Conrad Dudderar
A sales tax or property tax increase.
These are the two primary options being studied to fund priority Yukon capital improvements.
The Yukon Capital Project Advisory Board will recommend projects and propose a funding method to the Yukon City Council, which will consider calling an election for this August or next January.
Members are looking at possible projects like a multi-generational recreation facility, sports park, third fire station, new library, street upgrades, and water/sewer infrastructure.
City of Yukon voters must approve any projects funded through an increase in sales tax or ad valorem (property tax) rates.
The Yukon Capital Project Advisory Board reviewed capital financing options during its April 14th meeting inside the Centennial Building, 12 S 5th.
A detailed presentation was made by Chris Gander, managing director of Oklahoma public finance for Bank of Oklahoma (BOK) Financial Securities.
Jim Falkner, of Rock Creek Road, told the Yukon Capital Project Advisory Board now is not the time to propose any tax increase in the City of Yukon.
"We have inflation that's out of control … greater than when Jimmy Carter was our president," Falkner said. "It's over 10%. If you got a 10% raise at work, you've already spent it at the grocery store and the gasoline shop. You didn't get a raise.
"This is not the time to be taking more money out of our citizens' pockets to benefit a very few."
Ward Larson, of W Olympic Drive, is opposed to a sales tax hike to fund new capital projects.
"Yukon has one of the highest combined state and city sales taxes of any of the cities in the metro," he said. "Unfortunately, sales tax is the one tax that most dramatically affects the middle class and lower-income class.
"We're not Nicholls Hills. We're not Palm Beach (Florida). We're Yukon, Oklahoma."
Yukon's overall sales tax rate is 8.85%.
Four of 14 municipalities in the Oklahoma City metro are higher, according to the Oklahoma State Commission:
Piedmont (9.85%), Midwest City (9.1%), The Village (9%), and Del City (9%).
Norman, Oklahoma City, Moore, Nichols Hills, Warr Acres, Bethany, and Edmond all have lower sales tax rates than Yukon.
El Reno and Mustang have the same rate as Yukon – 8.85%.
Yukon's combined sales tax rate includes 4% collected by the City of Yukon, 4.5% by the State of Oklahoma and .35% by Canadian County.
The City of Yukon is projected to collect $26,456,292 in sales tax revenue in 2022, a 10.23% increase over the $24,001,902 collected in 2021.
Some $22.9 million was collected in each of the previous three years – '18, '19 and '20.
A 1% sales tax increase would generate an estimated $6.6 million in revenue based on the last 12 months, according to Gander's presentation. A 0.50% sales tax increase would generate about $3.3 million in revenue.
If a sales tax increase is approved by voters, the City of Yukon could borrow:
1% Sales Tax: $55,250,000 over 10 years, $82,875,000 over 15 years and $110,500,000 over 20 years.
0.50% Sales Tax: $27,625,000 over 10 years, $41,437,500 over 15 years and $55,250 over 20 years.
0.25% Sales Tax: $13,812,500 over 10 years, $20,718,750 over 15 years and $27,625,500 over 20 years.
Another funding option is an increase in property taxes.
Yukon has one of the lowest assessed property tax rates (mill levies) among surrounding metro communities, Gander told the advisory board.
Nichols Hills (25.56), Moore (15.42), Oklahoma City (14.73), Warr Acres (12.27), Norman (12.10), Midwest City (9.44), The Village (8.90), Del City (4.69), Bethany (4.57), Yukon (3.41), and Edmond (0.00).
The City of Yukon's sinking fund mill levy has dropped every year since 2007, when it stood at 15.43. If nothing changes, the mill levy will be 0.00 in 2026.
Most municipalities try to keep their mill levy around 15, Gander explained.
If approved by Yukon voters, a 10-mill levy would generate an estimated $21.54 million over 10 years, $37.62 million over 15 years or $57.48 million over 20 years in project funds.
Meanwhile, a 15-mill levy would generate about $31.32 million over 10 years, $55.47 million over 15 years or $84.62 million over 20 years.
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If you've ever wished you could skip the swipe/match/message part, and just conjure up a date for Friday night with the ease of ordering an Uber, Clover is the app for you.
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Here's a quick overview of each one.
This is where you'll see your potential matches, called "Prospects".
Free users have two options: tapping the blue X or the red heart. If both people express interest, a match is formed and you can start messaging.
Clover Premium users don't have to wait for a mutual match, they can tap the green thought bubble and initiate a message exchange right away.
Perhaps one of Clover's most popular features, this section is where you can see all the people who are looking for dates. Scroll through all the options, tapping "I'm Interested" or "No Thanks" as you go.
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If you opted for the other person to take the lead on planning, you'll have the option to confirm their choice.
You can keep track of your unconfirmed dates in the "Pending" section, and scheduled dates in the "Confirmed" section.
When you see one that interests you, you can join it, see who the other attendees are, invite other people, and exchange messages with other mixer members.
To create a mixer of your own, tap the blue + icon at the top right of the screen, fill out the details, and post it.
You can keep track of your mixers in the "Invited" and "Attending" sections.
Like most dating apps, Clover makes signing up easy by connecting to your Facebook account.
You can also sign up using your email address and password, which makes Clover a viable option if you're looking for a dating app that doesn't require Facebook.
Start by choosing your photos (up to 100), entering your first name, and filling out all the usual biographical data like age, gender, intention, height, etc.
You can then choose to start a 7-day free trial of Clover Premium, or just start using the app for free.
While Clover Premium has some nice perks, like not having to wait for a mutual match to message someone who interests you, it's still a functional dating app for free users.
Clover Premium costs $39.99 a month, with the price going down if you commit to a longer time up front.
Advanced search filters like intention, height, income etc.
Sort your prospects (matches) by age, income, location, online, etc.
You can also purchase boosts to give your profile more exposure. You can buy 1 boost for $2.99, 5 for $2.59 each, or 10 for $1.99 each.
To finish setting up your profile, simply tap "view or edit profile." You can fill out the 200-character-or-less "About Me" section, and add personal details like your relationship status, hair and eye color, body type, income, religion, etc.
You can "Add Interests" like food, outdoors, animals, cuddling, etc… by selecting options from a menu, and link your social media accounts to your profile.
Since potential matches can filter by common interests, it's a good idea to choose some now.
There's also a "20 Questions" section that will help the app find your most compatible matches.
It's a simple game where you're presented with two options, like "I prefer intelligence/I prefer good looks." Answering all 20 questions earns you the "open book" badge.
Badges are displayed on your profile, and are earned during the course of using the app.
Other badges include "irresistible," "celebrity," and "desirable". Badges can be earned by doing things like using the app between 10 pm and 6 am, getting liked by 100 people, or making 5 people laugh in a chat.
While the badges may seem slightly cheesy to some, having them displayed on your profile is a good indicator you're actively using the app.
Clover allows you to get hyper-specific about what you're looking for, although you need a paid subscription to filter beyond the basics of gender/orientation, age, location and distance.
If you're looking for "The One", and you don't mind limiting your match pool by screening for dealbreakers like kids, smoking, drugs, etc., paying for Clover Premium could be a wise investment as you'll only see profiles of people whom you'd actually consider dating.
You can also swipe through matches in any city you want, similar to Tinder's Passport feature. Unlike on Tinder, you don't need a paid subscription to change your location on Clover. It does, however, display how many miles you are away from your matches.
You can review all your matches in the "Prospects" section, as well as see who you liked, who you passed on, and who likes you. If you see someone there that interests you, tap the "heart" icon and you'll be able to begin a message exchange.
Tinder has a clear edge over Clover when it comes to sheer numbers of users, as it's one of the most popular dating apps in the US.
You'll find people looking for a range of relationships on both Tinder and Clover, but you can sort your matches by "Intention" on Clover.
Clover's On Demand Dating feature could also make hooking up a little easier, since you can skip the "getting to know you" messages and go straight to suggesting a date.
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Vegan Roasted Butternut Squash Soup - Eat. Drink. Shrink.
Believe it or not, butternut squash soup was one of the very first recipes I ever explored while venturing into the culinary world. For the longest time I viewed soups as this intricate concept that was time consuming, but soups are the furthest thing from complex!
Since my early cooking days I've tried a myriad of butternut squash soup recipes and this one was one for the books! What I find is the best approach for the majority of soups, is roasting the ingredients. You derive more flavor, adds a richness, and can just really create an entirely different soup!
I'm not sure if it was the roasting, the skipping of the typical cinnamon, or what the case may be, but I really loved this blend more than any others I've tried!
What's fab about this soup, is everything! It features staple ingredients, quick, easy, packs flavor, packs nutrients, a vibrant color, can easily be made in bulk, perf for the cold winter months, is affordable, and is hands down my fave butternut squash soup recipe!!
If you love all things butternut or are craving a staple soup to add to your routine, you don't want to miss this vegan Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with thyme!!
Preheat oven to 400º. On a large baking sheet, toss butternut squash, onions and carrots with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper. Roast until tender, 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large pot over medium heat, remaining tablespoon olive oil. Add celery and cook until softened, 5 minutes. Add the garlic, fresh thyme, additional salt and pepper and cook for another 3 minutes.
Add the roasted squash, onions and carrots to a high power blender. Add the celery/garlic mixture, broth, and blend until smooth.
Pour back into the pot, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer. Add the coconut milk.
Serve garnished with thyme and toasted pine nuts.
Cut prep time down by buying a Whole Foods package of precut butternut squash If you're not sure if you have too much roasted onion, simply add it to the blender gradually before blending all together.
I would roast 3 garlic cloves and more if you love garlic!


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Vancouver is located on the mainland of North America, in the south west corner of British Columbia, which is the westernmost of Canada's ten provinces. Greater Vancouver is made up of 21 municipalities that occupy 2,930 square kilometres on and around the Fraser River delta. The City of Vancouver is one of them. Vancouver City is on the western-most part of a peninsula that is a major extension of the Fraser River's delta. The delta juts into a part of the Pacific Ocean, separating Vancouver Island from the mainland, called the Strait of Georgia. Several self-governing urban areas called municipalities make up Greater Vancouver. Five of them - Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody - are east of Vancouver. Several more municipalities are to the north of Vancouver, separated from it by Burrard Inlet, which is the main waterway for Canada's largest western port. These five municipalities are West Vancouver, Lions Bay, North Vancouver, Belcarra and Anmore, and are collectively known as the North Shore. They are all nestled on the slopes of the majestic Coast Mountain range; mountains that form the northern edge of the Vancouver metropolis, and are a major part of its spectacular views.
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