Objective: To review the literature on the comparative efficacy of psychological, behavioural and medical therapies for acrophobia (fear of heights).
Data sources: Multiple databases were searched through the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders review group on 1 December 2015.
Data synthesis: The data were extracted independently and were pooled using RevMan version 5.3.5. The main outcome measures were changes from baseline on questionnaires for measurement of fear of heights, such as the Acrophobia Questionnaire (AQ), Attitude Towards Height Questionnaire (ATHQ), and behavioural avoidance tests. Individual and pooled analyses were conducted. Sixteen studies were included. Analysis of pooled outcomes showed that desensitisation (DS) measured by the post-test AQ anxiety score (standardised mean difference [SMD], −1.24; 95% CI, −1.88 to −0.60) and in vivo exposure (IVE) were effective in the short term compared with control (SMD, −0.74; 95% CI, −1.22 to −0.25). IVE was not effective in the long term (SMD, −0.34; 95%CI −0.76 to 0.08) and there were no follow-up data for DS. Virtual reality exposure (VRE) therapy was effective when assessed with the ATHQ but not the AQ. Augmentation of VRE with medication was promising. The number needed to treat (NNT) ranged from 1.4 (95% CI, 1.0 to 2.2) for IVE therapy with oppositional actions (a psychological process) versus waitlist control to an NNT of 6.0 (95% CI, 2.8 to 35.5) for the rapid phobia cure (a neurolinguistic programming technique) versus a mindfulness exercise as the control activity. It was often unclear if there were biases in the included studies.
Conclusions and relevance: A range of therapies are effective for acrophobia in the short term but not in the long term. Many of the comparative studies showed equivalence between therapies, but this finding may be due to a type II statistical error. The quality of reporting was poor in most studies.
We thank Sarah Dawson from the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group for helping us with the literature search. Henry Wallace received a summer research scholarship from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP). The RNZCGP is not involved in any other aspect of the project, such as the design of the project's protocol and analysis plan, the collection, analyses or decision to publish.


I have been writing the series of posts on early motherhood or a baby's first year for Huggies and BlogHer. I like writing on the topics they give us because sometimes it's things I never wrote about.
Today is all about taking the home pregnancy test to that first doctor visit. With Harper, I had taken a zillion tests along our journey through infertility. The month I found out I was pregnant with her - I didn't have any idea I was actually pregnant because we were taking a "break". I took one anyway on Cinco de Mayo 2008 before work and when I went to get it and throw it away (never looked at it until this point) - I realized it had TWO lines instead of one!!! I have never been so shocked in all my life. And to confirm - I took a few more tests throughout the day. I called my doctor's office when I got to work and I told the nurse first and then the doctor got on and SCREAMED! She had been through the journey with me and I loved her reaction. I went in that day to get a blood test and confirm. We were leaving 3 days later to go to Hawaii on a "we can't get pregnant so we might as well go to paradise trip" so I wanted to make sure everything was okay. And it was! We had our first ultrasound when we got back from Kauai around 6 weeks.
With Hollis it was totally different because we weren't trying. I had told Scott about a week before we found out that we were pregnant that I really wanted to wait until Harper's second birthday and then we could start thinking about trying. In my head and heart - I honestly didn't think we would get pregnant again. Harper was 18 months old and I realized I was a few days late. I also realized I had been having MAD cravings for french onion soup and dip which I thought was strange. I decided to take a test one morning - I don't remember the exact date this time but I do know it was during vacation Bible School. I was SUPER shocked when I found out I was pregnant. My first thought was "we aren't ready!" But God's timing is perfect! What an amazing blessing and surprise Hollis was to us! This time I called my doctor but I don't think I went in until around the 10 or 11 week mark. We had an ultrasound and everything was good!
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Many of us have had to deal with the consequences of weight gain and loss, often associated with pregnancy. Weight change frequently results in the loss of skin elasticity. Aging and gravity are other causes. As the skin loses its natural elasticity it begins to droop, and may look loose and flabby. Dimpling may also become accentuated. Lifting procedures are intended to create a tighter more attractive thigh with improved contours. Improvements in the surface irregularities such as cellulite can also be seen.
A good candidate for a thigh lift is someone who is unhappy with the appearance of her thighs, and is healthy and close to her ideal weight.
Is it the inner thigh or the outer thigh that bothers you? Both are plagued by the same problem-loose flabby skin and often times excess fat. The procedure involves the removal and tightening of excess skin to provide a smoother more toned contour. Liposuction is frequently performed as an adjunctive procedure.
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These procedures are part of a larger group of body contouring procedures and are highly individualized. When combined with other procedures, it is possible to enjoy an overall refreshed appearance. Dr. Friedlander will discuss your personal aesthetic goals and develop the best treatment plan to address them after she has met with you and examined you.
The overall recovery for the 2 procedures is similar. Your new smoother contours will be visible immediately after the procedure, and you will experience swelling, bruising and soreness. The lateral thigh lift is a larger procedure, and Dr. Friedlander likes her patients to spend the night in the hospital. She uses drains for this procedure. Her medial thigh lift patients can recover at home. She wants her patients to be up and walking the day of the surgery. You will experience a pulling sensation from gravity acting on the incisions and walking, sitting and bending may place stress on the incision lines as well. Compression garments help to reduce swelling and should be worn as indicated by Dr. Friedlander. Swelling improves over a period of several weeks.
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The intricate compositions on the band's fifth album are bound tighter than ever, evoking distant images and emotions that continually shift in and out of focus.
The most interesting aspect of Grizzly Bear, at least since they gelled into a democratic band instead of Ed Droste's project more than a decade ago, has always been the playing. That sounds like an obvious thing to say about a group that's as prog-folk as they are chamber pop, whose lyrics are like a gorgeous looking puzzle with half the pieces missing. Each member—vocalist Droste, drummer Chris Bear, plus Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor on vocals, guitars, and a bevy of other instruments—is an exceptionally skilled musician. Culminating with the dark intricacies of 2012's Shields, Grizzly Bear's evolution has seen them move from the looser, moodier side of folk-rock, to records defined by their more latticework approach to vocals and instrumentation—modern "headphone listening" music.
With their first new album in five years, Painted Ruins, Grizzly Bear offer another record with many gorgeous layers to parse. But this band also knows the pitfalls of making music that continually chooses the scenic route: "Given that our albums aren't necessarily like, you listen to it once and you love it, I always want to give an album at least five listens," Droste recently told Pitchfork. "Because it unfolds upon you. You keep discovering things." There's a touch of sensory overload to the instrumentation, and individual melodies don't quite get their hooks into your brain. For some, the moving target of Grizzly Bear compositions is part of the fun, an endless string of unexpected decisions. For others, it will make for aggressively tasteful and well-produced music that can fall flat, like a smile you give to a co-worker in passing.
Consider this: Though Painted Ruins is Grizzly Bear's most synth-heavy and beat-driven album to date (short of the Horn of Plenty remix collection), there's nothing here that approaches the pluck of "Two Weeks," one of the catchiest hits of '00s indie rock. "Mourning Sound" certainly aims for a similar strain of driving pop power and comes as close to it as the album gets, with new wave synths and a steady beat. But for once, perhaps what sticks with you most is the lyrical imagery, with Rossen cooing about city street noise.
Some bands use their sprawling instrumentation to work up to anthemic choruses (think early Fleet Foxes), but that has never really been Grizzly Bear's approach. Their arrangements are weighty and crumpled, creating songs that aren't open roads so much as a series of switchbacks. When their opaque lyricism vibrates on the same frequency as their performances, the story of the song tends to come into soft focus. (I couldn't tell you what Yellow House's "On a Neck, On a Spit"—one of Grizzly Bear's great unwieldy runaways—is specifically saying, but I do have a clear picture of the contented isolation it's trying to convey.) "Neighbors," one of Painted Ruins' singles, is an exhilarating drive through the Swiss Alps. As the guitar comes barreling around a tight bend and the beats hit the gas, it creates this sense that someone's gaining ground behind you. The scene is apt, as Droste sings about appreciating some distance from a partner while being pulled closer to them.
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It's been speculated for quite a while, and made official today.
Bloomberg.com: U.K.
I am led to believe that the airline will be marketed as a Virgin Group airline, and may even be renamed (Virgin Asia?)
I wonder what implications (if any) this has on the other Virgin airlines.
futaris
And the announcement on AirAsia's site:
Welcome to AirAsia.com...now everyone can fly...
benhadi
New updates.....wondering when they will start selling tickets.
Fly from Australia to Malaysia for $A31
How come Air Asia can survive with fares so low, and Jet Star or Vigin Blue can't.
BiziBB
I wonder when fares will be available? The Air Asia / X websites don't have OOL as an option yet or any mention of Australian destinations, despite the stories in the news media.
Air Asia X - an offshoot of Asia's biggest low cost carrier Air Asia - announced the Gold Coast would be its first global destination from its Kuala Lumpur-base, with flights potentially from next month.
"The Gold Coast would be the first destination," Air Asia X founder Tony Fernandes said.
"Fares would range from as low as 90 ringgit to an average fare which would be in the 1,900 ringgit ($A647) mark return."
The new long-distance budget airline has previously flagged standard fares 30 to 50 per cent cheaper than its competitors, from Australia to the Malaysian capital, and then a host of far flung places, including the UK, Middle East, India and China.
It will have close ties with Australian carrier Virgin Blue, with colourful billionaire founder Sir Richard Branson on Friday taking a 20 per cent stake in the venture in a lavish ceremony in Malaysia.
Branson's Virgin Group also has a 26 per cent stake in Australia's Virgin Blue, which is based at the Gold Coast.
"There's a good linkage with Virgin Blue," Air Asia X founder Tony Fernandes said.
"The Gold Coast was an airport that was very, very aggressive.
"Coolangatta gave us a very attractive deal, it's a wonderful tourist destination for all of ASEAN and other parts of Asia to go (there)."
Victoria's Avalon airport and Stansted in London are also likely to be early destinations, after the airline was on Friday granted the rights to fly there.
The airline is still in the process of getting other approvals to fly to Australia.
benhadi said:
Because Jetstar and Virgin Blue employ a significant number of Australian staff and pay them Australian wages. And I am not just talking about cabin crew - the labour costs for Jetstar and Virgin Blue will be significantly higher than those of Air Asia X, resulting in a higher cost base.
And its not just labour costs that are higher for a company based in Australia than for one based in say, Malaysia. There is the cost of providing office space and associated professional services (such as IT) etc.
Can you image the outcry if Jetstar or Virgin Blue tried to move their call centre to Malaysia, or if they tried to move all their back-office staff and facilities off-shore, or tried to employ 100% of their cabin crew from a low-cost labour market?
Thankfully those things are unlikely to happen. But we need to understand that opening up more competition from foreign carriers may have the effect of providing lower fares, but for our local carriers to compete with these new low fares they need to reduce their baseline costs as well - and that generally will result is the removal or reduction of services we have previously enjoyed.
Competition from foreign airlines from low-cost labour markets is not always a good thing in the long term.
I think that is only partially true. In order for a foreign airline (or any other foreign business) to be given permission to enter the local market, they need to satisfy certain requirements, more specifically it needs to be beneficial to the local economy. In this case, it needs to create certain number of local employment opportunities. The overheads for that would be the same as for local-based carriers. Granted that foreign-owned and operated airlines do have a lower overhead, they are also operating largely in their own local market, thus income-expense for them would be the same ratio as a local company i.e. Jetstar and Virgin. They spend less in their home market, but the earn less too.
I am of course over-simplifying it. I'm no economist, but it seems logical. If my hypothesis is correct, Airasia X should earn a lot more money from their western-destinations compared to what Jetstar can from their asian-destinations.
Anyone have any opinion on that?
d15.in.oz
In order for a foreign airline… to be given permission to enter the local market, they need to satisfy certain requirements,
i.e. CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority regulations, just like Australia's airlines.
…more specifically it needs to be beneficial to the local economy.
Only if they want to fly into SYD, MEL, BNE or PER! i.e. foreign airlines wanting to operate to; e.g. OOL, NTL, AVV, ADL - do not have red tape to struggle through. (*Free Trade Agreements may also effect decisions, e.g. Singapore, Thailand, NZ.)
We need to wait and see if it CAN survive?!!
(Just 'cause Sir Richard gets involved, doesn't mean instant success for an airline – Virgin Express is no longer with us & Virgin Atlantic might not be either, if Singapore Airlines had not bailed it out! Perhaps, we can speculate about the fate of Virgin Blue, had Ansett not collapsed!)
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It will have close ties with Australian carrier Virgin Blue…
Someone might want to mention that to Malaysia Airlines & Velocity!
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Can you image the outcry if Jetstar or Virgin Blue tried to move their call centre to Malaysia,
Well Virgin Blue already have some of their call centres overseas, in the phils i think if you haven't guessed by some pretty funny accents when you try and change bookings with them etc....
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I've never had a funky accent ringing Virgin Blue.
I think their guest contact centre is based in Bris Vegas, with the rest of the company. Jetstar's is outsourced to a Melbourne call centre company (SalesForce) and I'm not 100% on Qantas but I think theirs is in Melbourne too.
The only accents I've had are trying to ring local offices of US airlines. I needed to replace my UA MP Card and it sounded like i got connected to Bangalore.
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Meanwhile, Sir Richard said Virgin Blue was sticking with its own Victorian destination Tullamarine, but would look into a switch to Avalon.
Is this Sir Richards idea or DJ's idea? Or maybe something for Virgin Aqua? Because surely DJ moving to AVV is anything but a good idea...
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...now bring on the ticket sales!
stuartfaz said:
Virgin Blue definitely has most of its calls serviced in Australia but yes it does send some calls overseas, somewhere in Asia (can't remember where specifically).
I thought QF had a centre in Tas actually...
I think their guest contact centre is based in Bris Vegas, with the rest of the company.
I've read in the Virgin Blue magazine (staff profiles section), one of the staff members being interviewed stating one of her best experiences with the airline was helping to set up the Virgin Blue call centre in the Philippines. From what I gather it is for overflow calls (can't remember where I read that), and I have definitely spoken to staff on the Virgin Blue line with a distinctive Filipino accent (an Asian type accent with an American twang).
DJ overflow calls gor to Manilla.this was confirmed to me after I hung up on their res agent because he couldnt understand me (one of the reasons i gave Citibank the flick).I rang back and definitely got a BNE based res agent who openly,although embarrased ,that they sent calls outside OZ.
Flights from October apparently and expected to price flights from as little as £12...
e-Travel Blackboard: Australia's Number One Industry Newsletter
I have been trying to look for cheap airfares and I still don't see any mention of Australia destinations on the website.
If flights are due to start in October this does not leave a lot of time to purchase in advance.
They mustn't have gotten the paperwork in on time
moa999
and no doubt trying to avoid the embarrasing (and expensive) Viva Macau situation
underpromise and overdeliver
Speaking of Viva Macau, what has happened?
I have been looking at some of their airfares MFM-SYD return and it prices well over A$1200 for travel just before Christmas returning around Easter. For the same dates BA WT+ BKK-SYD return is around A$1400.
The choice seems very simple. If not for sale airfares then LCCs appear to be as expensive as full service carriers.
I agree - I looked at VM's prices for a Jun/Jul 08 roundtrip and not too appealing.
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Posted June 30th 2017
Board meetings of the Jewish Agency, our largest overseas partner, are typically pretty sedate.
Unfortunately, the meetings I attended in Israel this week were anything but.
On Sunday, the first day of the board meetings, we learned in quick succession about two profoundly upsetting developments. First, the Israeli government decided to "freeze" the landmark Kotel (Western Wall) agreement, which would have redesigned the Kotel plaza and created an appropriate space for women and men to pray together, with oversight by a group including members of the Reform and Conservative movements. Second, the government introduced legislation that — for the first time — would codify the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate's monopoly over conversion in Israel. In other words, should this bill become law, conversions done in Israel by the Reform and Conservative movements would not be recognized as legitimate by the State of Israel.
See here for the statement we issued in response.
At a time of growing divisiveness, with Jewish unity feeling increasingly out of reach, these decisions represent a particularly painful affront to a very large segment of the Jewish diaspora. American Jewry has always stood with Israel — and we always should. But how can we capture the hearts and minds of the next generation who identify primarily as non-Orthodox, and instill within them a strong sense of connection to Israel, when these Israeli government decisions convey that there is only one brand of Judaism welcome in Israel?
I spent a lot of time this week trying to explain to Israelis of all stripes — Knesset members, government ministers (including the Prime Minister), media representatives, and many others — the betrayal felt by many American Jews. But it's important to understand that, for the most part, these issues don't currently resonate with Israelis as they do for us.
To oversimplify, it comes down to a matter of identity. Most Israelis identify as either secular or Orthodox. For secular Israelis, their Jewishness is baked into their national identity — which may explain why pluralism, the idea that religious Judaism can be practiced in many different expressions, is still in its nascent stages in Israel. On the other hand, the majority of American Jews have embraced progressive Jewish movements, such as Reform, Conservative, or Reconstructionist, and Israelis have little awareness of the vibrancy of progressive American Jewish life.
Just today, the Israeli government agreed not to move forward with the conversion bill for six months. While this hardly represents "victory," as the Kotel deal remains undone and the conversion bill is not definitively off the table, it is welcome news. And, hopefully, it reflects a growing recognition by the Israeli government that this legislation will dangerously accelerate the divide between American Jews and Israel, precisely at a time when global Jewish unity is more important than ever. More fundamentally, Israel must uphold the most basic tenet of Zionism — that the Jewish homeland be a place where all Jews feel at home.
Over the years, UJA has invested significant time and resources in promoting pluralism in Israel and sensitizing the Israeli public to the importance of these issues for the Jewish diaspora. However, in the wake of these developments, it's clear that we need to do that much more. And we will.
With July 4th approaching, I'm reminded of a basic American value: we are no less patriotic, and have no lesser love for our country, when we protest. In fact, protest is a form of patriotism in action. When you love a country — whether it's America or Israel — you raise your voice when it matters.
So this week, because we do love Israel, we raised our voice. And in the days and weeks ahead, we'll keep on doing it — because the future of a united Jewish people demands no less.
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Q: My Fetch Query is failing for all items in my array, except for the last item. The same query works fine in Dev Tools>console.log I'm running the below fetch request on an array of items, they all fail expect the last one. It doesn't matter if the number of items are 10, 100, only the last item in an array will succeed in the fetch request.
var issns = ['09295666', '08989621', '02365294', '03643107', '02365294', '00015970', '03038173'];
issns.forEach((issn) => {
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    body: JSON.stringify({
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    }),
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  var data = await postresponse.json();
  console.log(data);
}

Same code when tried in ChromeExtension>background script:

Same code when tried in Devtools>console.log :

As can be seen in the screenshot from devtools, the array has a value.
Note: I also rewrote this code in Ajax.Jquery and had the exact same issue.

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Here's What the First Socially Distant Concert Looked Like
Travis McCready, frontman of the Southern rock band Bishop Gunn, played a socially distant concert on Monday night (May 18), testing out a "fan pod" system at a venue in Arkansas. While most of the traditional elements of a concert were there, it was still a far cry from what concertgoers are used to.
McCready's show was one of the United States' first live music events with an audience since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused the temporary banning of mass gatherings beginning in mid-March. In order to adhere to social distancing guidelines and other CDC recommendations for stopping the spread of the coronavirus, capacity at the 1,100-person TempleLive theater in Fort Smith was reduced to 229 people. Fans were seated in groups of 2-13, dubbed "pods," with each pod distanced from the others.
Face masks were mandatory for those attending McCready's show, and each person's temperature was checked before they entered the venue. Floors were marked as one-way throughout the venue, restroom capacity was capped, and extra sanitizing procedures were enacted. As readers will see in the photo gallery below, caution tape was used throughout the venue to cordon off restricted areas and ensure fans followed all safety measures.
"It's just nice to feel normal again," one fan told Fort Smith's KFSM-TV. "Even with a face mask on, it's nice to be doing something normal."
Arkansas' first phase of reopening following pandemic-related closures allows large music venues to begin hosting shows at 33 percent capacity, as long as attendees wear face masks, as of May 18, the Times Record explains. McCready's show was originally scheduled for Friday (May 15), forcing the state to issue a cease-and-desist order and TempleLive Vice President Mike Brown challenging them.
Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control then took away the venue's liquor license, promising to reinstate it as long as the concert was moved to an appropriate date. TempleLive complied. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, ticket prices for the show dropped from $20 to $15 in the days leading up to the concert. It's unclear if the show sold out.
Much of the 2020 concert calendar has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with many artists canceling or postponing their tour plans for the year. While some have turned to online livestreams to play for their fans, the idea of drive-in concerts is gaining traction after a Danish artist successfully played one in April: Five Texas-based country artists are set for a series of drive-in shows in Arlington in early June.
Mass gatherings, such as concerts, are still banned throughout the U.S., in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Until a COVID-19 vaccine is available, they will remain risky endeavors, a fact that, per a recent survey, may keep many fans from attending shows even if they return before a vaccine is produced.
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Le Phytopte des galles des pousses de saules, Stenacis triradiatus, est une espèce d'acariens prostigmates de la famille des Eriophyidae qui vit dans des galles en forme de balai de sorcière sur les Saules, visible en été.

Plusieurs espèces d'acariens gallicoles vivent en inquilinisme dans la galle. La littérature cécidologique affirme généralement que Stenacis triradiatus est le créateur de celle-ci. Or, il semble qu'il ne soit pas responsable de sa formation. L'initiatrice serait une bactérie du genre Phytoplasme.

Cette galle où vit Stenacis triradiatus se retrouve sur de nombreuses espèces de Saules dont Salix alba, Salix aurita, Salix babylonica, Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, Salix xfragilis, Salix glauca, Salix phylicifolia, Salix purpurea, Salix repens et sa sous-espèce rosmarinifolia et Salix triandra.

Synonymie
Stenacis triradiatus a pour synonymes :
 Aceria triradiata (Nalepa, 1892)
 Phytoptus triradiatus Nalepa, 1892 (protonyme)
 Stenacis triradiata (Nalepa, 1892)

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Espèce d'acariens (nom scientifique)
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THE Upper Hunter Wine and Food Affair may be off the menu in 2019, but another event is sure to attract a big crowd to Denman on the first weekend in May.
Due to a variety of circumstances, the town's popular "street party" was cancelled late last year, much to the regret of locals and visitors alike.
Instead of bemoaning the announcement, a number of residents banded together to plan the Denman Day Out (Wine and Food Affair Day), which will take place at Denman Oval on Saturday, May 4, from 11am until 4pm.
The inaugural fiesta is expected to feature Two Rivers Wines, Hollydene Estate Wines, a full bar, canteen, markets, food stalls, free kids' rides and entertainment all day, headlined by Darryl "Carrot" Bowen and The Collective.
"We were worried we'd lose people to the region," event organiser Jay Shepherdson said.
"So, Denman Day Out is a fill-in for the Upper Hunter Wine and Food Affair – on a smaller scale.
"The community's been very supportive so far.
"In fact, the shop owners and Upper Hunter Country Tourism are right behind us.
"We want to make it a nice outing for the family.
"You can bring a blanket or chair to the venue, soak up the atmosphere or listen to music, while the children play.
"It will be fully-fenced, so security isn't an issue either.
"We're really treating it as a 'community day'.
"Plus, a $10 entry is relatively cheap, too.
"We'd like to host somewhere between 500 and 1000 people.
Mr Shepherdson admitted it was disappointing the Upper Hunter Wine and Food Affair would not be around this year.
But, he understood the reasons behind the decision, stating the Denman Day Out wasn't seen as a permanent replacement.
"We needed to maintain an event in town [in May]," Mr Shepherdson explained.
"And, keep Denman on the calendar.
"With the [Group 21] rugby league here on the Friday night as well, visitors to the area can make a weekend of it.


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DANIEL SCHILLINGER
Political Theorist
daniel.schillinger@mail.utoronto.ca
My book manuscript—Luck: The Politics of an Illusion—responds to contemporary discourses on luck and justice by returning to Greek political thought. In particular, I examine the idea of luck (tuchē) in the political writings of Aristotle, Thucydides, and Euripides. I focus on these ancient Greek thinkers because, for all their differences, they approach the topic of luck from a strongly skeptical and psychological vantage point. Whereas many contemporary political theorists argue that democratic societies should seek to neutralize the effects of luck on the lives of citizens (for example, in the literature on "luck egalitarianism"), Aristotle, Thucydides, and Euripides doubt that luck exists "out there" as something to be neutralized. Rather, luck is a psychological phenomenon, which remains politically significant insofar as perceptions of good or bad luck elicit intense emotions and threaten to corrupt judgment. At the same time, each author offers distinctive reflections on phronetic and courageous political agency—reflections intended to guide citizens as they confront circumstances that many people would regard as extremely lucky or unlucky, salvific or calamitous. As soon as I place this manuscript with a university press, I will turn to my second book project, which concerns factional conflict in both classical Athens and the United States.
Below you can find abstracts of my published and forthcoming essays:
The Political Significance of Luck: A Thucydidean Perspective
Daniel Schillinger (Political Research Quarterly, September 2020)
Abstract: Contemporary authorities invoke luck to explain the arbitrariness of economic success, to emphasize our shared vulnerability to disaster, and to urge more generous policy, legislation, and governance. According to Robert Frank, Martha Nussbaum, and Ronald Dworkin, for example, extreme bad luck can befall individuals no matter what they know or do. By reframing the idea of luck as a psychological phenomenon rather than as a constitutive principle of the world, this article challenges the contemporary consensus. My approach to luck arises out of my engagement with the political thought of Thucydides. Whereas influential interpreters present Thucydides as a witness to the crushing power of bad luck, and whereas they criticize Thucydides' Pericles for being insufficiently deferential to bad luck, I revisit and defend Pericles' skeptical and psychological approach to luck, and I go on to argue that Thucydides shares this approach. The pathological intellectual and emotional responses to apparent good or bad luck diagnosed by Pericles recur throughout the History and influence the evolution of the whole war. Going beyond Pericles, Thucydides shows that the appeal of luck arises out of a human need to explain, beautify, or lament what is merely haphazard coincidence, natural necessity, or awful suffering.
Political Theory and Political Platonisms
Daniel Schillinger and Liam Klein (6,000-word, refereed "Guide through the Political Theory Archive," forthcoming in a special online issue of Political Theory)
Abstract: In this Guide through the Political Theory Archive, we examine influential appropriations of Platonic thought for contemporary political purposes, which we call "political Platonisms." The authors that we feature in our Guide—Arlene Saxonhouse, J. Peter Euben, Dana Villa, Steven B. Smith, Christina Tarnopolsky, and Carlos Frankel—approach Plato as an interlocutor in whose company they think through live political debates on topics such as the demands of democratic deliberation and citizenship, the sources of individual freedom, and the place of women and religion in political life. On the one hand, we show how these authors successfully use Plato to gain critical distance on contemporary politics and political theory, thereby improving our self-knowledge. On the other hand, and inspired by Montaigne, we put to each "political Platonism" two skeptical questions: whose Plato? and to what purpose? In our view, a chief danger for political theorists writing on Plato is that of domestication: when Plato is congratulated for anticipating our own politics, he becomes an authoritative "deep voice" rather than a generative interlocutor.
Aristotle's Psychological Approach to the Idea of Luck
Daniel Schillinger (The Review of Metaphysics, September 2019)
Abstract: My reading of Physics 2.4–6 shows that, for Aristotle, the idea of luck (tuchē) refers to an explanation or a description of action as opposed to a cause of it. More precisely, the idea of luck is invoked when an unexpected outcome appears to have a striking effect on human flourishing in the eyes of some agent or observer. Aristotle's psychological approach to the idea of luck has important implications for his ethical thought. Viewed as an explanation, luck does not necessarily nullify voluntary action. On my interpretation of Nicomachean Ethics 3.1, Aristotle argues for an expansive conception of voluntariness that encompasses all actions knowingly initiated—even many actions undertaken in lucky or unlucky circumstances or issuing in lucky or unlucky effects. Aristotle thereby illuminates the seriousness of agency and the task of practical wisdom—to deliberate and to act in accordance with circumstance and to take responsibility for one's own actions without invoking bad luck as an excuse.
Steel or Poison: Machiavelli on Conspiracy
Daniel Schillinger and David Polansky (Interpretation, September 2018)
Abstract: Machiavelli's life, times, and writings converge on the topic of conspiracy. Yet Machiavelli's treatment of this topic is both more expansive and more complex than scholars have recognized. Attending to Discourse III.6, among other central passages, we argue that the significance of conspiracy for Machiavelli's political thought lies in its connection to founding. In his analyses of historical conspiracies, Machiavelli shows what founding requires in practice; at the same time, the ubiquitous occurrence of conspiracies across historical and political contexts reveals the contested and contingent status of political order. Ultimately, Machiavelli depicts and analyzes conspiracies because he aims not only to investigate but also to produce new beginnings. Toward this end, Machiavelli deploys a novel rhetoric that challenges the reader to adopt a conspiratorial outlook, if not to become a conspirator himself.
Aristotle, Equity, and Democracy
Daniel Schillinger (Polis, September 2018)
Abstract: Aristotelian equity (epieikeia) has often been relegated to scholarly discussions of retributive justice. Recently, however, political theorists have recast equity as the virtue of a sympathetic democratic citizen. I build on this literature by offering a more precise explanation of equity's internal structure and political significance. In particular, I reveal equity's deliberative dimension. For Aristotle, equitable citizens, statesmen, and legislators correct or go beyond the law, as appropriate, not only when they render retrospective judgments about matters of punishment or distribution, but also when they deliberate about future-oriented questions of legislation or political action. In addition, I show, more concretely, the role of equity in democratic citizenship. Drawing upon the Aristotelian Constitution of the Athenians, I argue that the Athenian demos exemplified equity when it brought about the reconciliation and the amnesty of 403 BC. Attention to this episode clarifies the conceptual linkages between equity, deliberation, sympathy, and democracy.
Luck and Character in Machiavelli's Political Thought
Daniel Schillinger (History of Political Thought, December 2016)
Abstract: Is Machiavelli's virtuoso responsible for his character? A number of scholarly authorities insist that Machiavelli ascribes to the man of 'virtue' the capacity to shape both his own nature and those of his fellows freely and at will. Putting this claim to the test, I show that even a virtuous character is, in Machiavelli's own view, internally vulnerable to fortune. At the same time, Machiavelli argues that the experience of serious misfortune can, paradoxically, push the princely individual, and a republic led by such individuals, to develop virtue.
dschill2@richmond.edu


I am having an issue setting up an ASA behind a Comcast Gateway box for internet access and a ipsec vpn tunnel. I have placed the Comcast box in bridge mode and configured the ASA but cannot get out to the internet. Here is the info . The WAN IP on the ASA is 50.208.131.41/29. The default gateway is 50.208.131.46. DNS servers are 75.75.75.75 and 75.75.75.76. On the inside interface of the ASA the IP is 10.100.14.1/25 with DHCP enabled for LAN clients. The VPN tunnel needs to provide access from the 10.100.14.0/25 network on this end to networks 10.100.95.0/24, 10.100.5.0/24 and 10.100.6.0/24 on the other end where there is a Palo Alto 3020. With eth0/0 plugged intot the Comcast box I cannot even get out to the internet let alone bring up the tunnel. I am confused how to configure DNS properly on the ASA to pass along to clients on the inside. We want the clients to be able to resolve both internet and network resources on the inside of the other side of the VPN. So do I use public DNS or private DNS that lives on servers on the other side of the tunnel? I currently have it configured to use the private DNS servers but I did hardcode the clients with the public DNS and still didnt work. below is the ASA config. I appreciate the help. I want to get internet connectivity working then the vpn tunnel.
Let's start with the internet connection.
Can you ping the .46 ip address from the ASA? If no, then check the interface status with "show int ip bri". It should show eth0/0 as up/up. if it's not then no shut the interface.
Once you can ping the gateway, see if you can traceroute from the ASA out to somewhere ( ex: 8.8.8.8).
Once this is working, move on to the client dhcp configuration, this will be a very similar setup to what you're trying to do: https://notesbytom.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/dhcp-server-on-cisco-asa/ One thing in specific I see missing in your configuration is a default gateway, which you will need to add dhcp option 3 for this to be handed out to clients.
To answer your question about DNS, generally you have a few options. A good practice is to have a dns server onsite for internal things (like a microsoft active directory domain) , if this is not possible, then over the vpn will work. You can set the remote (private dns over the vpn) dns server as the primary, and a public dns (like the comcast you listed above as secondary).
I will be going onsite today to trouble shoot this some more. NOt sure what you're talking about wiht the missing default gateway on the lan side. The inside interface IP is the lan dg an dit is getting passed onto the lan clients. So why would I need to add a line int he dhcp config with option 3 for the gateway?
But what is the reason for removing? Do the other NAT statements look good for translating the inside client IPs to the outside int IP?
Thanks for your time, consideration and assistance.
I'm not sure how the lan clients are getting a default gateway without that statement. Normally you would need that option added for the default gateway to be passed to clients. Verify that for sure on a client machine.
I'd remove the nat because it's not doing anything, or well it's not going to be doing anything you're wanting to do. The other statement you have does look good.


1. Paid Training/Coaching – This is a fantastic, yet potentially pricey way to develop your leadership skills. If you're in a business setting, you can purchase training for your entire management team. If you're an individual or in a small business setting, you can get individualized coaching to help you develop your skills on a one to one basis.
This is what I do for people. If you'd like to talk more about that, email me at kenny@kennysilva.net.
Wisdom – Do they have much to offer you intellectually?
Experience – Have they lived a lot more life than you have?
Patience – Will they come alongside and walk with you?
Interest – Do they care about your growth?
Commitment – Will they stick with you for a period of time?
3. Peers With Solid Leadership Skills – Perhaps this is a friend who holds a management position at his company. Maybe its your church group leader. Whoever these people are in your life, seek them out and spend time with them. You'll be amazed at how much you pick up by osmosis.
4. People Who Inspire You – This goes beyond friends who are merely good leaders. Seek out the folks you know who are doing great things; things that really grab your attention. Intentionally develop relationships with those peers who really stand out. Learn as much as you can from them.
5. Sit Under Quality Leadership – If you're looking for a church, find one with a strong leadership team. If you're searching for a new job, go to work for an organization with solid management. Watch the way they work. Take the time to be a follower under the authority of skilled leadership. Embrace it and learn from those above you.
6. Study Leaders You Admire – This gets back to the reading topic a bit, but in a more practical sense. Read blogs, magazines, and newspapers. Watch the news. Listen to the radio. Pay attention to the organizations and leaders that you respect. See how they operate. You'll gain valuable practical insight on how these leaders run their organizations.
At this point, you've got your reading plan set up from yesterday. Now, you're going to seek out some practical wisdom from the leaders around. Tomorrow, we're going to look at making the most of all that and more.
Kenny, a seventh one that I would add is to realize that you won't always find true leaders in leadership positions. I believe that good leaders can be created but a lot of the great ones are born with it in their genes and you can find them at all levels of an organization.
If you do find one take the time to appreciate what comes naturally to them that others might find hard to do. If you are in a position to mentor them and help them grow you will be paid back a hundered times over.
Matt stole my comment. Some of the best leaders and mentors are simply our friends or contacts. One of my two favorite relationships are ones in which they can help and mentor me on certain areas of business and life and I can return the favor in other areas. Together we make a pretty awesome and rounded team.
Great comments, guys. The key is to actively seek out these people and learn from them. I love how you focus on adding value to their lives in return for the value that they provide, Erica. That's extremely important.
Great thoughts Kenny. The one I would add if I could is a "commitment to change". You can sit under all the great leadership and teaching you like, but without a commitment to actually change you're wasting everyones time.


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October 19, 2016 April 27, 2018 on Blog	Tagged debate, justice, language, politics, public discourse
The End of Political Correctness
Words are symbols. If I say to you, "I own a red car," I have presented you with a set of symbols that you interpret in fairly concrete terms. More symbols — such as the make, model, and year of my vehicle — will provide you with an even more elaborate understanding.
Outside of referring to physical objects around us, language can perform far more complex functions. While introducing the work of Marcel Mauss, the French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009) noted that many words are "floating signifiers," which "somewhat like algebraic symbols, represent an indeterminate value of signification." (Lévi-Strauss 1987(1950):63,55)
We interact with floating signifiers every day. When a coworker raises their hand in a staff meeting and says, "Our office needs to become a better community," everyone else has an idea in their heads of what "community" means, but any consensus on the group's definition is only assumed implicitly. Consider the way politicians refer to ideas like "hope" or "freedom." What do "community," "hope," and "freedom" mean? It depends on who you ask. (Don't believe it? Just try asking.)
Floating signifiers possess incredible power. They are words that mean different things to different members of the group. As such, floating signifiers can galvanize large groups of people: these are not words that emit meaning — they absorb whatever meaning is projected on to them.
I think that the term "political correctness" may be one of the emptiest signifiers of our time. What does it mean? An evolving code of conduct for showing decency and respect? A synonym for the liberal agenda? A Trojan horse of socialism? Empathy and justice put into action? The iron fist of the self-righteous mob? The meaning of the term is in constant transition: shifting, morphing, and evolving. As per Lévi-Strauss: political correctness is "devoid of meaning and thus susceptible of receiving any meaning at all" (pg. 55). The problem is not that "political in/correctness" means nothing: the problem is that it can mean anything and everything, to anyone.
Empty signifiers can be mobilized at whim. Suppose you meet a person spewing hatred against black people. When you confront the individual about their racism, they respond, "I'm not a racist, I'm just politically incorrect!" It makes no sense to argue your definition of political correctness against theirs. Debating whether one concept of political correctness is "more correct" than another definition is impossible. It seems that there is nothing concrete that differentiates one person's political correctness from another person's cultural relativism.
Likewise, if an entourage of so-called "social justice warriors" threaten to suppress the right of a controversial figure to express their opinion, debating whether they have "taken political correctness too far" is pointless. Reprimanding others for being "too politically correct" only entrenches the idea that such a thing as political correctness "exists" in the first place, and that — based on someone else's definition of it — you yourself are on the "incorrect" side of the equation. Instead of getting into the rhetorical mud of political correctness, it makes far more sense to focus on what is actually at stake. (In this case, the fundamental rights and laws whereby a society considers itself "free" in the first place.)
From this perspective, the language of "political in/correctness" appears to be distracting at best and a red herring at worst. Yes, words like "equity" and "justice" are maddeningly difficult enough reel in from the atmosphere of floating signifiers as it is. But we stop talking about "equity" and "justice" altogether as soon as we bait one another into arguing about this layer of abstraction we call "political correctness." Asking, "Is this politically in/correct?" is a whole degree removed from asking, "Is this equitable and just?" These two questions are not synonyms in the common lexicon. Political in/correctness seems like an unnecessary and unhelpful tangent that gets in the way of constructively addressing just about any issue of consequence. It is static interference.
It is a little awkward reach this "conclusion" as a person who just organized and hosted a debate about political correctness. But I am thankful nonetheless for where the journey has led thus far. I suppose that becoming aware of just how empty a signifier is sometimes requires investigating every corner of the container diligently.
Moving ahead, I have come to the tentative conviction that abandoning the rhetoric of "political in/correctness" is the most efficient strategy for constructively addressing anything that matters. (Maybe this would make an interesting resolution for another debate…)
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Thomas Thayer says:
I had come to a similar conclusion right after the debate, actually; I came to it while waiting for the bus home.
It isn't a matter of the idea of political correctness, as some explicit target that can be hit or missed to varying degrees. Rather, it becomes an ever-changing minefield of individualistic political correctness, which effectively renders any discussion on any potentially-deep or heavy or controversial topic as an opportunity to offend those with differing opinions or sensitivities, inadvertently or otherwise.
Chaun McLellan says:
Well put…I enjoyed reading this…
Papakonstantinidis says:
It is an excellent article It is so close to "win-win-win papakonstantinidis model"
Since 2002 i have launchd the mean of the "intermediate Community as "moral aggregation" which partipate as peer in political game (the peer-pressing concept)
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A Soldier's Story
1984 PG 1h 41m DVD
Racial tensions flare in this gripping drama set in Louisiana at the end of World War II. When Army attorney Capt. Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) is sent to Fort Neal to investigate the murder of a black sergeant, he faces a mystery much more complex than he'd imagined. Also starring Adolph Caesar and directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris, Dennis Lipscomb, Larry Riley, Robert Townsend, Denzel Washington, William Allen Young
DramaMilitary & War DramasCourtroom DramasSocial Issue Dramas
Spanish (Neutral), Korean, Thai, Portuguese, English, Chinese Simplified
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
PG - Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give parental guidance. May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.


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Nyfes (Νύφες) — "Brides" en inglés, "Novias" es una película griega de 2004 dirigida por Pantelis Voulgaris con guion de Ioanna Karystiani. El film cuenta con Victoria Haralabidou y Damian Lewis, y la fotografía es de Giorgos Arvanitis. Ambientado en 1922, es la historia de una novia por correo, una de las 700, que, a bordo del buque SS King Alexander, se enamora de un fotógrafo estadounidense. Ella va en dirección a Chicago, dónde le espera su futuro marido, y adónde se dirige a un matrimonio destinado al fracaso.

El filme fue apoyado por el cineasta estadounidense Martin Scorsese, quién consta en los títulos de crédito como productor ejecutivo.

Reparto y Personajes
 Damian Lewis como Norman Harris.
 Victoria Haralabidou como Niki Douka.
 Andréa Ferréol como Emine.
 Evi Saoulidou como Haro.
 Dimitri Katalifos como Capitán.
 Irini Iglesi como Miss Kardaki.
 Evelina Papoulia como Marion.
 Steven Berkoff como Karaboulat.

Enlaces externos

 Nyfes en el Greek Center of Film
 Nyfes en Cine


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package utils;

public class DateWindow implements Comparable<DateWindow> {

    public DateWindow() {
        this(NEGATIVE_INFINITY, POSITIVE_INFINITY);
    }

    public DateWindow(Long startTime, Long endTime) {
        if (startTime != null && endTime != null && startTime > endTime) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Window start time [" + startTime.toString() + "] must be before or equal to window end time [" + endTime.toString() + "].");
        }
        startTime = startTime != null ? confineValue(startTime, NEGATIVE_INFINITY, POSITIVE_INFINITY) : NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
        endTime = endTime != null ? confineValue(endTime, NEGATIVE_INFINITY, POSITIVE_INFINITY) : POSITIVE_INFINITY;

        _startTime = startTime;
        _endTime = endTime;
        _validWindow = _startTime <= _endTime;
    }

    protected long confineValue(long value, long minValue, long maxValue) {
        return Math.min(Math.max(value, minValue), maxValue);
    }

    public boolean isWideOpen() {
        return _startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY && _endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY;
    }

    public long getStartTime() {
        return _startTime;
    }

    public long getEndTime() {
        return _endTime;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the overlapping intersection between this DateWindow object
     * and the specified DateWindow object. If no overlap occurs, null is returned.

     *

     * Examples:

     * [10, 20] intersect [15, 25] => [15, 20]

     */
    public DateWindow intersect(DateWindow other) {
        DateWindow intersection = null;
        if (this.overlaps(other)) {
            final long startTime = Math.max(this._startTime, other._startTime);
            final long endTime = Math.min(this._endTime, other._endTime);
            intersection = new DateWindow(startTime, endTime);
        }
        return intersection;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the overlapping intersection between this DateWindow
     * object and the specified DateWindowSpan object. If no overlap occurs,
     * an empty DateWindowSpan is returned.
     */
    public DateWindowSpan intersect(DateWindowSpan other) {
        return other.intersect(this);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the combined range between this DateWindow object and the
     * specified DateWindow object. If no overlap OR border
     * exists between the DateWindows, null is returned.

     *

     * Examples:

     * [5, 15] union [10, 20] => [5, 20]

     * [10, 20] union [21, 30] => [10, 30]

     */
    public DateWindow union(DateWindow other) {
        DateWindow union = null;
        if (this.overlaps(other) || this.borders(other)) {
            final long startTime = Math.min(this._startTime, other._startTime);
            final long endTime = Math.max(this._endTime, other._endTime);
            union = new DateWindow(startTime, endTime);
        }
        return union;
    }

    protected long safeAdd(long num1, long num2) {
        // Determine if overflow/underflow would occur
        if (num2 > 0 && num1 > POSITIVE_INFINITY - num2) {
            return POSITIVE_INFINITY;
        }
        else if (num2 < 0 && num1 < NEGATIVE_INFINITY - num2) {
            return NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
        }

        return num1 + num2;
    }

    protected long safeSubtract(long num1, long num2) {
        // Determine if overflow/underflow would occur
        if (num2 > 0 && num1 < NEGATIVE_INFINITY + num2) {
            return NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
        }
        else if (num2 < 0 && num1 > POSITIVE_INFINITY + num2) {
            return POSITIVE_INFINITY;
        }

        return num1 - num2;
    }

    public DateWindow sum(long value) {
        if (value == 0) {
            return this;
        }

        // Calculate start time - NEGATIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over POSITIVE_INFINITY
        final long startTime = (this._startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || value == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                NEGATIVE_INFINITY : (this._startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || value == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        POSITIVE_INFINITY : safeAdd(this._startTime, value);

        // Calculate end time - POSITIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        final long endTime = (this._endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || value == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                POSITIVE_INFINITY : (this._endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || value == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        NEGATIVE_INFINITY : safeAdd(this._endTime, value);

        return new DateWindow(startTime, endTime);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new DateWindow object containing the summed values of this
     * DateWindow object with the specified DateWindow object while respecting
     * negative or positive infinite bounds on the window.

     *

     * Examples:

     * [5, 10] + [20, 30] => [25, 40]

     * [-inf, 10] + [10, 20] => [-inf, 30]

     */
    public DateWindow sum(DateWindow other) {
        // Calculate start time - NEGATIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over POSITIVE_INFINITY
        final long startTime = (this._startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || other._startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                NEGATIVE_INFINITY : (this._startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || other._startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        POSITIVE_INFINITY : safeAdd(this._startTime, other._startTime);

        // Calculate end time - POSITIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        final long endTime = (this._endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || other._endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                POSITIVE_INFINITY : (this._endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || other._endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        NEGATIVE_INFINITY : safeAdd(this._endTime, other._endTime);

        return new DateWindow(startTime, endTime);
    }

    public DateWindow subtract(long value) {
        if (value == 0) {
            return this;
        }

        // Calculate start time - NEGATIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over POSITIVE_INFINITY
        final long startTime = (this._startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || value == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                NEGATIVE_INFINITY : (this._startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || value == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        POSITIVE_INFINITY : safeSubtract(this._startTime, value);

        // Calculate end time - POSITIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        final long endTime = (this._endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || value == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                POSITIVE_INFINITY : (this._endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || value == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        NEGATIVE_INFINITY : safeSubtract(this._endTime, value);

        return new DateWindow(startTime, endTime);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new DateWindow object containing the subtracted values of this
     * DateWindow object with the specified DateWindow object while respecting
     * negative or positive infinite bounds on the window.

     * Subtraction is defined as [x1, x2] - [y1, y2] = [x1-y2, x2-y1]

     *

     * Examples:

     * [25, 50] - [10, 20] => [5, 40]

     * [25, 50] - [20, 30] => [-5, 20]

     * [-inf, 30] - [10, 20] => [-inf, 20]

     *

     * Note: Subtraction IS NOT the inverse of addition. Subtraction is defined
     * in this way to ensure that the resultant difference plus the subtrahend
     * spans the entire potential unknown minuend when attempting to reverse
     * an addition operation.

     */
    public DateWindow subtractFlip(DateWindow other) {
        // Calculate start time - NEGATIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over POSITIVE_INFINITY
        final long startTime = (this._startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || other._endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                NEGATIVE_INFINITY : (this._startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || other._endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        POSITIVE_INFINITY : safeSubtract(this._startTime, other._endTime);

        // Calculate end time - POSITIVE_INFINITY takes precedence over NEGATIVE_INFINITY
        final long endTime = (this._endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY || other._startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                POSITIVE_INFINITY : (this._endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY || other._startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ?
                        NEGATIVE_INFINITY : safeSubtract(this._endTime, other._startTime);

        return new DateWindow(startTime, endTime);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the specified DateWindow overlaps this DateWindow object.
     * Overlapping occurs when both DateWindow ranges share some common element.

     *

     * Examples:

     * [10, 15] overlaps [15, 20] => true

     * [10, 20] overlaps [12, 18] => true

     */
    public boolean overlaps(DateWindow other) {
        return _validWindow && other._validWindow && !(this._startTime > other._endTime || this._endTime < other._startTime);
    }

    /**
     * Returns offset value between this object and the specified DateWindow object.
     * The offset is defined as the smallest value to add to this object (positive or negative) in order to
     * overlap with the specified object.  If an overlap is detected, offset will always be zero.

     * Examples:

     * [10, 15] offset [20, 25] => 5

     * [20, 25] offset [10, 15] => -5

     * [10, 20] offset [15, 25] => 0

     */
    public long offset(DateWindow other) {
        if (!_validWindow || !other._validWindow || this.overlaps(other)) return 0;
        return (this._endTime < other._startTime) ?
                other._startTime - this._endTime :
                other._endTime - this._startTime;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the specified DateWindow borders this DateWindow object but
     * no overlap exists between the objects. Bordering is when the start time of one
     * object and the end time of the other are directly adjacent integral values

     *

     * Examples:

     * [10, 14] borders [15, 20] => true

     * [10, 14] borders [14, 20] => false because they overlap

     */
    public boolean borders(DateWindow other) {
        if (!_validWindow || !other._validWindow || this.overlaps(other)) return false;
        return Math.abs(this._startTime - other._endTime) == 1 ||
                Math.abs(this._endTime - other._startTime) == 1;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the specified value is contained within the window range
     * of this DateWindow object.
     */
    public boolean contains(long value) {
        return _validWindow && this._startTime <= value && this._endTime >= value;
    }

    /**
     * Compares the relative position of two windows and returns the result. For overlapping windows,
     * window end time is compared prior to checking window start time. Thus, if window1 starts before
     * and ends after window2, window1 will be considered after window2.
     */
    public int compareTo(DateWindow other) {
        if (this._endTime < other._endTime) return -1;
        if (this._endTime > other._endTime) return 1;
        if (this._startTime < other._startTime) return -1;
        if (this._startTime > other._startTime) return 1;
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        final int prime = 31;
        int result = 1;
        result = prime * result + (int) (_startTime ^ (_startTime >>> 32));
        result = prime * result + (int) (_endTime ^ (_endTime >>> 32));
        return result;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj) return true;
        if (obj == null) return false;
        if (!(obj instanceof DateWindow)) return false;
        DateWindow other = (DateWindow) obj;
        return this.compareTo(other) == 0;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        final String startStr = (_startTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                "-inf" : (_startTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ? "inf" : Long.toString(_startTime);
        final String endStr = (_endTime == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) ?
                "-inf" : (_endTime == POSITIVE_INFINITY) ? "inf" : Long.toString(_endTime);
        return "[" + startStr + ", " + endStr + "]";
    }

    private final long _startTime;
    private final long _endTime;
    private final boolean _validWindow;
    public static final long NEGATIVE_INFINITY = Long.MIN_VALUE;
    public static final long POSITIVE_INFINITY = Long.MAX_VALUE;
}


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"My career was not over, I knew, but had just begun. And all because of a silly, high-concept stunt that failed to deliver on its titillating promise."
-Geraldo Rivera on Al Capone's Vault
So after begging readers to help sift through tens of thousands of emails and searching for something incriminating and bad in them, all those Sarah Palin mails turned out to make her seem... exactly like she seems on camera and on the radio.
Her pregnancy with Trig is referenced repeatedly, her disdain for corruption and misuse of power is outlined, her interest in conservative principles, but nothing shocking, problematic or even questionable came up. What did show up was a flood of death threats, personal attacks, and hate that flooded her email during the 2008 presidential election (and still does, I'm sure). Not that you've likely heard that from any US press, it took the UK media to point that out.
The New York Times noted that she was able to work with opponents and find compromise where needed, then tried to spin that as a negative. The same media sources have yet to request any emails from Obama's legislative past or bother to look into his other records until forced to by a buffoon businessman with a wig.
What's funny is that the legacy media and the left in general keep claiming she's a joke, a sideshow, a meaningless person... and they obsess over her constantly. And meanwhile, even Jon Stewart is wondering why on earth the media is spending so much time on the emails. If she's so irrelevant why the fixation on Sarah Palin?
Celebrity dork Ashton Kutcher takes it a step further, noting that he considers this effort repulsive. If anything, this effort is just making Palin look better by contrast because they're just not finding anything bad. And you know they're trying really, really hard.
Its not impossible that the combined efforts of tens of thousands of reporters and individual citizens will find something they can make look really bad; they might even find something embarrassing or humiliating in the emails. They may even find that the reason it took 2 years to get the emails released was that they were heavily sifted through for stuff Palin didn't want seen.
I just have my doubts.


The Motorola Droid Turbo 2 is now officially official, and that means the Droid Turbo 2 specs are, too. The short version is that you're basically looking at the innards of this year's Moto X Play, with a beefed-up battery and some serious screen protection. It comes in a number of predetermined colors and materials, but you'll be able to customize it through Moto Maker as well.


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My associate, Travis Summit, brought my attention to an article in the Huffington Post titled, "The 11 Untold Secrets of Menu Design" (see Newsletter). It is an interesting article about how a printed menu may affect revenue, essentially defining what to do and not do when planning your printed menu. At the end of the article I noted a reader's comment about her displeasure with these "deceptive practices" employed by restaurants to maximize potential revenue.
As intelligent individuals, I like to assume that we are all capable of making food selections based on what we truly want. If research indicates that menu layout and design features may contribute to increased revenue, then employment of these suggested features is common sense. If the removal of currency designations such as a $ contributes to a more relaxed state of mind for the customer, than such a decision is a sensible decision as it contributes to an improved dining experience. The customer has not been deceived.
What 'micro-managers' seem to overlook is that 'businesses' require revenue to survive, and profits to grow. Profit is good; it means that the business is doing a good job of servicing the needs of its customers, micro-managing customers included.


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using System;
using System.Collections;

using Gnome.Vfs;

using Banshee.Base;

namespace Banshee.IO.GnomeVfs
{
    public class IOConfig : IIOConfig
    {
        public string Name           { get { return "gnomevfs";        } }
        public Type FileBackend      { get { return typeof(File);      } }
        public Type DirectoryBackend { get { return typeof(Directory); } }
        public Type DemuxVfsBackend  { get { return typeof(DemuxVfs);  } }

        public string DetectMimeType(SafeUri uri)
        {
            return _DetectMimeType(uri);
        }

        internal static string _DetectMimeType(SafeUri uri)
        {
            try {
                string mime = MimeType.GetMimeTypeForUri(uri.AbsoluteUri);
                if(mime != null && mime != "application/octet-stream") {
                    return FilterMimeType(mime);
                }
            } catch {
            }

            return null;
        }

        private static string FilterMimeType(string mime)
        {
            string [] parts = mime.Split(',');
            if(parts == null || parts.Length <= 0) {
                return mime.Trim();
            }

            return parts[0].Trim();
        }
    }

    public class File : IFile
    {
        public void Delete(SafeUri uri)
        {
            Gnome.Vfs.Unlink.FromUri(new Gnome.Vfs.Uri(uri.AbsoluteUri));
        }

        public bool Exists(SafeUri uri)
        {
            try {
                return Exists(new FileInfo(uri.AbsoluteUri));
            } catch {
                return false;
            }
        }

        public static bool Exists(FileInfo info)
        {
            return info != null && info.Size > 0 &&
                (info.Type & FileType.Regular) != 0 &&
                (info.Type & FileType.Directory) == 0;
        }

        public void Move(SafeUri from, SafeUri to)
        {
            Gnome.Vfs.Move.Uri(new Gnome.Vfs.Uri(from.AbsoluteUri),
                               new Gnome.Vfs.Uri(to.AbsoluteUri), true);
        }
    }

    public class Directory : IDirectory
    {
        public void Create(string directory)
        {
            Gnome.Vfs.Directory.Create(directory, FilePermissions.UserAll);
        }

        public void Delete(string directory)
        {
            Delete(directory);
        }

        public void Delete(string directory, bool recursive)
        {
            System.IO.Directory.Delete(directory, recursive);
        }

        public bool Exists(string directory)
        {
            return Exists(new FileInfo(directory));
        }

        public bool Exists(FileInfo info)
        {
            return (info.Type & FileType.Directory) != 0;
        }

        public IEnumerable GetFiles(string directory)
        {
            foreach(FileInfo file in Gnome.Vfs.Directory.GetEntries(directory)) {
                if(Banshee.IO.GnomeVfs.File.Exists(file)) {
                    yield return System.IO.Path.Combine(directory, file.Name);
                }
            }
        }

        public IEnumerable GetDirectories(string directory)
        {
            foreach(FileInfo file in Gnome.Vfs.Directory.GetEntries(directory)) {
                if(Exists(file)) {
                    yield return System.IO.Path.Combine(directory, file.Name);
                }
            }
        }

        public void Move(SafeUri from, SafeUri to)
        {
            Gnome.Vfs.Move.Uri(new Gnome.Vfs.Uri(from.AbsoluteUri),
                               new Gnome.Vfs.Uri(to.AbsoluteUri), true);
        }
    }

    public class DemuxVfs: IDemuxVfs
    {
        private FilePermissions permissions;
        private string name;

        public DemuxVfs(string path)
        {
            name = path;
            permissions = new FileInfo(name, FileInfoOptions.FollowLinks
                | FileInfoOptions.GetAccessRights).Permissions;
        }

        public string Name {
            get { return name; }
        }

        public System.IO.Stream ReadStream {
            get { return new VfsStream(Name, System.IO.FileMode.Open); }
        }

        public System.IO.Stream WriteStream {
            get { return new VfsStream(Name, System.IO.FileMode.Open); }
        }

        public bool IsReadable {
            get { return (permissions | FilePermissions.AccessReadable) != 0; }
        }

        public bool IsWritable {
            get { return (permissions | FilePermissions.AccessWritable) != 0; }
        }
    }
}


1. Explain and illustrate an experiment by which the laws of electrical attraction and repulsion are shown.
2. Explain the difference between direct and alternating current, and demonstrate the uses to which each is adapted. Give a method of determining which kind flows in a given circuit.
3. Connect a buzzer, bell, or light with a battery using a switch in line.
4. Make and run a simple electric motor from a kit or take apart a motor and identify the parts, and explain how it works.
5. Make a simple battery cell.
6. Demonstrate ability to replace fuses or reset breakers and demonstrate a National Electric Code (NEC) approved splice using insulated wires.
7. Show how you would rescue a person in contact with a live electric wire, and have a knowledge of the method of reviving a person insensible from shock.
8. Make a simple diagram of a lighting system of an automobile.
9. Make a diagram that properly shows the lights, switches, and convenience outlets controlled by each breaker in a house.
10. Read an electric meter correctly, and compute a residence bill at the rate charged in your community.