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NIO begins ES8 test drives in Norway
Scooter Doll
- Aug. 31st 2021 8:40 am PT
NIO began offering test drives yesterday to consumers in Norway of its ES8 electric SUV, ahead of deliveries to the Scandinavian country later this year. With early test drive reservations already locked up, Norwegians can now experience NIO's flagship electric SUV on off-road terrain and on an airport tarmac.
NIO ($NIO) is a publicly traded Chinese automaker founded in 2014. The company debuted its first EV, the EP9 two-seat sports car, the day the NIO brand was established. Since then, NIO has quickly established itself as a leading brand for electric SUVs with its ES8, ES6, and EC6 offerings.
This past May, NIO announced it would be expanding to markets outside of China, beginning with sales in Norway.
Next, the company announced it had been approved for mass production of its ES8 SUV throughout Europe. This was followed by news pulled from job listings that NIO was planning an expansion to Germany and the Netherlands following its emergence in the Norwegian market.
In early July, we reported that NIO had officially begun its journey overseas by shipping superchargers and swap stations ahead of the ES8 deliveries.
Now, some of NIO's ES8 SUVs have touched down on Nordic soil and are available for potential customers to test drive.
A customer test driving NIO's ES8 on the tarmac near Oslo. Source: NIO
NIO begins ES8 test drives in Norway, showcases EP9 exhibit
According to a report from CnEVPost, NIO Norway recently began taking reservations for ES8 test drives to begin on August 30. Within three days of reservations opening, over 300 spots had already been filled.
The testing site consists of two separate terrains. The performance experience allows drivers to test drive the acceleration and handling of the NIO ES8 on the runway of Eggemoen Airport near Oslo.
The second area is the Heen Grustak off-road track, where NIO test drivers can test the ES8's performance in trickier terrain.
Off-road testing area in Norway
In addition to the test areas, NIO also erected a miniature version of a NIO House within the Eggemoen Airport. Inside, test drivers can enjoy drinks from the NIO Café and take a look at NIO's EP9 electric supercar.
NIO transported one of the six EP9s in existence to Norway from the UK, offering visitors an up-close glimpse at the electric sports car.
Next, NIO will focus on establishing its charging and retail presence in Norway ahead of the ES8 deliveries. This will be followed by deliveries of NIO's ET7 sedan to Europe in 2022.
NIO ES8 NIO EP9
Scooter Doll is a writer, designer and tech enthusiast born in Chicago and based on the West Coast. When he's not offering the latest tech how tos or insights, he's probably watching Chicago sports.
Please send any tips or suggestions, or dog photos to him at scooter@9to5mac.com


She's had her refresh at 68 years young and is ready for the next 50 years of the American journey. Sitting under that gorgeous rust free body is a modern drivetrain, Automatic transmission, power disc brakes and cool details throughout.
It's rare just to see a Studebaker Pickup even if you're searching. There are always a few beautifully restored day 1 trucks and of course tons of Chevy's Fords and Dodges. You say you want something different like a Hot Rod Studebaker Pickup? Yep, your buddies won't have one and you can continue the one upmanship show from there.
Chrome 20" wheels, Staggered tires.
New rear Air shocks with central adjustment.
Fresh service, turnkey and ready to go. Fresh oil and filters. New plugs, wires, pcv. Hoses and belts.
The trim is in good to excellent shape.
The glass is in New condition. New weatherstrips.
The California title is clear and clean.
Very low cost Antique registration and insurance for most US States.
A thick binder with build pictures, detailed information, receipts and specs is included.
There are very few comparable 50 Studebaker Pickups for sale at, well, any price. Perhaps you can find a rusted out old truck that needs work, or an expensive garage queen you will be afraid to leave outside. Find a real, solid, truck in excellent condition with great eye appeal and you have a very few choices indeed. Given the extreme scarcity of available trucks, this 50 Stude represents an outstanding value that can be enjoyed immediately as well as being an appreciating investment in automotive art. Ready to Drive, Get in and go!
Please come inspect this great Hot Rod Studebaker before the listing ends. We are happy to meet you and show her off. The details contained in this listing are based on our review of the vehicle and any errors or omissions are unintentional. Please keep in mind that this is a 68 year old used car. It will need periodic attention just as any classic automobile does. It is not a new car and will not be fresh and perfect like that new soul sucking Camry your Aunt Betty drives. If that's what you are after, this is not your era, nor your car so please move on to something new. Like a Prius.
Yes we take trades! We like interesting cars but newer cars are welcome too.
Yes, we are licensed and can issue registration on the spot for California.
Always looking for pre 1986 Muscle cars, Alpine, MGA MG MGB, Alfa Romeo, Porsche 911, 912, 914 240Z 280Z, older Cadillac, Camaro, Mustang, Vintage race cars, older Jaguars, British sports cars, kit cars, project cars, 1948-1986 interesting cars.
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The 22995 / 22996 Ajmer–Bandra Terminus Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Western Railway zone that runs between Ajmer Junction and Bandra Terminus in India.

It operates as train number 22996 from Ajmer Junction to Bandra Terminus and as train number 22995 in the reverse direction, serving the state of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat & Maharashtra.

Coaches

The 22996 / 22995 Ajmer–Bandra Terminus Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper class, 5 General Unreserved & 2 EOG (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not have a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 22996 Ajmer–Bandra TerminusExpress covers the distance of 1017 kilometres in 18 hours 00 mins (56.50 km/hr) & in 17 hours 50 mins as 22995 Bandra Terminus–Ajmer Express (57.03 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/hr, as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 22995/22996 Ajmer–Bandra Terminus Express runs from Ajmer Junction via ,
, , , , , , , ,  , , ,  to Bandra Terminus.

The slip coaches of the 12995 / 12996 Bandra Terminus–Udaipur Express are attached / detached at .

Traction

As the route is now fully electrified, it is hauled by a Vadodara-based WAP-7 (HOG)-equipped locomotive on its entire journey.

Timings

 22996 Ajmer–Bandra TerminusExpress leaves Ajmer Junction every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 20:30 hrs IST and reaches Bandra Terminus at 14:20 hrs IST the next day.
 22995 Bandra Terminus–Ajmer Express leaves Bandra Terminus every Wednesday, Friday & Sunday at 15:45 hrs IST and reaches Ajmer Junction at 09:45 hrs IST the next day.

External links

References

Express trains in India
Rail transport in Maharashtra
Rail transport in Gujarat
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Transport in Ajmer
Transport in Mumbai

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EAST HARLEM — A century-old church set to complete a multi-million dollar restoration wants to install a fence they say will protect the homeless people that sleep on the church steps e very night.
Saint Cecilia Catholic Church has stood at 120 East 106th St. since 1883. More than 500 people attend their Spanish-language services on Sunday mornings.
The church is particular popular with Mexicans, Ecuadorians, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, said member Alejandro Torres, 66.
"It's the best church in Harlem," he said in Spanish.
The church is also popular with a group of homeless people who have been sleeping on the church's stoop for years. They mostly keep to themselves and eat at the food pantry sponsored by the church, said Wanda Santos, 50.
"They don't bother anybody," she said.
To cap off a year-long restoration project, that involved repairing the crumbling facade and roof, the church wants to install a four-foot fence in front of the steps. A similar fence was installed with the church in 1883 but was removed before the building was landmarked, said Arthur Sikula of Arthur John Sikula Associates, the organization working on the restoration.


First of all, ask me if you want something specific and I will provide, As im bored.
anywho, heres a bunch of pixel art or "Units" that Ive done.
These go in the order that I made them.
This last one is a possible redesign of Alex, (Aka AJ, no that isnt my name, AJ is a character from a comic Im working on) I decided it wasnt super practical in a zombie apocalypse to be wearing a blue hoodie. SO now he wear police gear instead. Still has his trusty fireaxe tho.
Some of these dont look perfect, and I need to move heads and arms, but they're decent… I think.
Also, heres a few things for you to consider.
Once again, if you want me to make a custom unit, tell me.
Not gonna lie the girl is cute…if that is a girl, that is.
yes, she is a girl.
How did you learn this style? I would love to learn this one.
The only similarity is the jacket tho?
Im super unimaginative when it comes to this style unless I have an idea from someone else to work on.


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Center for a
FREE and INDEPENDENT
Why do we need a new 51st state?
It has become painfully clear that the constitution and laws of New York no longer serve the interests of the people living Upstate. All one has to do is just look around for the all too obvious signs of decline and decay. While the financial centers and institutions of downstate are thriving, both agriculture and manufacturing (activities carried on Upstate) are in very, very serious trouble.
While Upstate needs immediate and decisive action to stop this decline, it has neither the support of downstate politicians nor the political power to do so. Both houses of the New York State legislature are controlled by downstate voters, because the population in New York is concentrated downstate. It leaves those of us in Upstate, however, helpless to prevent our own demise.
Further, the New York State legislature has demonstrated repeatedly that it is a "politically bankrupt" institution. That is, it doesn't give a damn or have a clue on to how to solve the problems of Upstate. Examples of it's 'bankrupt' ideas:
1) Albany stills believes it can spend its way to prosperity
2) Albany needs to drain more out of Upstate by turning its expressways into toll roads.
Friends, please join us in an effort to create a free and independent Upstate New York. It's time for us to realize, we must become masters of our own destiny. Working together we could create a New state with a New constitution where social responsibility is just as important as individual rights. Further, this new (51st) state will be in a position to focus on the problems that WE have; problems, that are totally different than our downstate brethren.
Links to files and sites:
More Justification
Data Showing How Bad the Situation is Upstate
Failure of Constitution and laws
Agenda for the 51st State
Upstate Liberty - *** brand new web site
To see what other people are saying about this subject and to express your ideas, please visit our brand new national discussion board. Specifically, we have started a news group on USENET. If you've never visited USENET, try the link below. (If you get an error, "news group doesn't exist", then write your ISP and ask that they carry us.issues.statehood.upstate-ny)
Visit Discussion Board
We need volunteers to help us get organized. We need volunteers to set up web sites in every county. We need to spread the word. We need to get free advertising. But most of all, we need people who are not afraid of a real challenge.
Please E-mail Us.

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package com.auth0.android.request.internal;

import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
import com.squareup.okhttp.HttpUrl;

import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
import org.hamcrest.Description;

public class RequestMatcher<T> extends BaseMatcher<MockRequest> {

    private static final String ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER = "Accept-Language";
    private static final String CLIENT_INFO_HEADER = "Auth0-Client";
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    private static final String USER_AGENT_HEADER = "User-Agent";
    private final boolean checkHeaders;
    private String acceptLanguageValue;
    private String clientInfoValue;
    private String userAgentValue;
    private String authorizationValue;

    private HttpUrl url;
    private String method;
    private Class<T> clazz;
    private TypeToken<T> typeToken;

    private RequestMatcher(String acceptLanguageValue, String clientInfoValue, String userAgentValue, String authorizationValue) {
        checkHeaders = true;
        this.acceptLanguageValue = acceptLanguageValue;
        this.clientInfoValue = clientInfoValue;
        this.userAgentValue = userAgentValue;
        this.authorizationValue = authorizationValue;
    }

    private RequestMatcher(HttpUrl url, String method) {
        this(url, method, null, null);
    }

    private RequestMatcher(HttpUrl url, String method, Class<T> clazz, TypeToken<T> typeToken) {
        checkHeaders = false;
        this.url = url;
        this.method = method;
        this.clazz = clazz;
        this.typeToken = typeToken;
    }

    public static RequestMatcher hasHeaders(String acceptLanguageValue, String clientInfoValue, String userAgentValue, String authorizationValue) {
        return new RequestMatcher(acceptLanguageValue, clientInfoValue, userAgentValue, authorizationValue);
    }

    public static RequestMatcher hasHeaders(String acceptLanguageValue, String clientInfoValue, String userAgentValue) {
        return new RequestMatcher(acceptLanguageValue, clientInfoValue, userAgentValue, null);
    }

    public static <T> RequestMatcher hasArguments(HttpUrl url, String httpMethod, Class<T> clazz) {
        return new RequestMatcher<>(url, httpMethod, clazz, null);
    }

    public static <T> RequestMatcher hasArguments(HttpUrl url, String httpMethod, TypeToken<T> typeToken) {
        return new RequestMatcher<>(url, httpMethod, null, typeToken);
    }

    public static RequestMatcher hasArguments(HttpUrl url, String httpMethod) {
        return new RequestMatcher(url, httpMethod);
    }

    @Override
    public void describeTo(Description description) {
        if (checkHeaders) {
            description.appendText(String.format("to have headers: (%s) with value (%s), (%s) with value (%s), (%s) with value (%s)",
                    ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER, acceptLanguageValue,
                    CLIENT_INFO_HEADER, clientInfoValue,
                    USER_AGENT_HEADER, userAgentValue));
            if (authorizationValue != null) {
                description.appendText(String.format(", (%s) with value (%s)", AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, authorizationValue));
            }
            return;
        }

        description.appendText(String.format("to have arguments: (URL) with value (%s), (HttpMethod) with value (%s)",
                url, method));
        if (clazz != null) {
            description.appendText(String.format(", (Class) with value (%s)",
                    clazz));
        }
        if (typeToken != null) {
            description.appendText(String.format(", (TypeToken) with value (%s)",
                    typeToken));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void describeMismatch(final Object item, final Description description) {
        MockRequest request = (MockRequest) item;
        if (request == null) {
            description.appendText("request was null");
            return;
        }

        if (checkHeaders) {
            description.appendText(String.format("header (%s) was (%s), (%s) was (%s), (%s) was (%s)",
                    ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER, getHeaderValue(request, ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER),
                    CLIENT_INFO_HEADER, getHeaderValue(request, CLIENT_INFO_HEADER),
                    USER_AGENT_HEADER, getHeaderValue(request, USER_AGENT_HEADER)));
            if (authorizationValue != null) {
                description.appendText(String.format(", (%s) was (%s)",
                        AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, getHeaderValue(request, AUTHORIZATION_HEADER)));
            }
            return;
        }

        description.appendText(String.format("argument (URL) was (%s), (HttpMethod) was (%s)",
                request.url, request.method));
        if (clazz != null) {
            description.appendText(String.format(", (Class) was (%s)",
                    request.clazz));
        }
        if (typeToken != null) {
            description.appendText(String.format(", (TypeToken) was (%s)",
                    request.typeToken));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean matches(Object item) {
        if (item == null) {
            return false;
        }

        MockRequest mockRequest = (MockRequest) item;
        if (checkHeaders) {
            final boolean acceptLanguage = hasAcceptLanguageHeader(mockRequest);
            final boolean clientInfo = hasClientInfoHeader(mockRequest);
            final boolean userAgent = hasUserAgentHeader(mockRequest);
            final boolean authorization = hasAuthorizationHeader(mockRequest);
            return acceptLanguage && clientInfo && userAgent && authorization;
        }

        final boolean url = objectEquals(mockRequest.url, this.url);
        final boolean method = objectEquals(mockRequest.method, this.method);
        final boolean clazz = sameClass(mockRequest.clazz, this.clazz);
        final boolean typeToken = sameTypeToken(mockRequest.typeToken, this.typeToken);
        return url && method && clazz && typeToken;
    }

    private boolean hasAcceptLanguageHeader(MockRequest request) {
        return objectEquals(acceptLanguageValue, getHeaderValue(request, ACCEPT_LANGUAGE_HEADER));
    }

    private boolean hasAuthorizationHeader(MockRequest request) {
        return objectEquals(authorizationValue, getHeaderValue(request, AUTHORIZATION_HEADER));
    }

    private boolean hasUserAgentHeader(MockRequest request) {
        return objectEquals(userAgentValue, getHeaderValue(request, USER_AGENT_HEADER));
    }

    private boolean hasClientInfoHeader(MockRequest request) {
        return objectEquals(clientInfoValue, getHeaderValue(request, CLIENT_INFO_HEADER));
    }

    private String getHeaderValue(MockRequest request, String name) {
        return (String) request.headers.get(name);
    }

    private boolean objectEquals(Object a, Object b) {
        if (a == null && b == null) {
            return true;
        } else if (a == null ^ b == null) {
            return false;
        } else if (a.equals(b)) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean sameClass(Class<?> a, Class<?> b) {
        if (a == null && b == null) {
            return true;
        } else if (a == null ^ b == null) {
            return false;
        } else if (a.isAssignableFrom(b)) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean sameTypeToken(TypeToken a, TypeToken b) {
        if (a == null && b == null) {
            return true;
        } else if (a == null ^ b == null) {
            return false;
        } else if (sameClass(b.getRawType(), a.getRawType())) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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The delicious organic raspberries and the organic vanilla are soul mates in this unique soya yogurt alternative. This exceptional flavour duo gives your breakfast more swing and rocks as a snack. Or use it in a dessert to have a winning combo! Feel free to share the pots with friends & family! You'll win them over easily!


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The Republic's new Minister for Children has been asked to clarify his relationship with known paedophile apologist Peter Tatchell.
He has been reluctant to do so and I hope you can join me at a rally in Dublin on Saturday 11th July calling on him to resign.
The "Hands off our kids" rally starts at 2pm on 11th July outside the Irish parliament Dáil Éireann on Kildare Street in the centre of Dublin. It is organised by the Irish Freedom Party and Renua, and features independent speakers such as:
Paddy Manning, the pro-life activist (who happens to be gay).
John Connors, actor, writer, producer and activist from the Traveller community.
Unless I can get a lift I will be travelling to Dublin by bus leaving at 7.05am from Union Street, Cookstown and leaving Dublin for Cookstown at 6pm (3 hour journey, return ticket approx. £27).
You can contact me here.


Gritty, no-nonsense, and unassuming it may be, but Cleveland has grown beyond its blue-collar image as an industrial hub, to become a vibrant and ethnically diverse metropolis.
It may not have the glamorously hip image of some other American cities, and is widely seen as a place where people watch sports, drink beer, and listen to classic rock. But while there are touches of such character in this city on the southern shores of Lake Erie, look closer and you'll find surprising elements of art and natural beauty. Visitors are often taken aback to discover the vibrant downtown with its characterful neighbourhoods and lively atmosphere.
Cleveland has been rejuvenated in the past few decades, and become something of a model for modern urban planning. Downtown is the centre of things, with historic Public Square - a European-style plaza with statues and fountains - its focal point. The lakefront is home to the stunning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which epitomises the city's growing cultural presence.
One less obvious legacy of Cleveland's industrial wealth is the treasure trove of cultural establishments and institutions, from the Playhouse Square Center (the second-largest performing arts centre in the USA) and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Downtown areas such as the Theater District, the Historic Warehouse District, the Flats Entertainment District and the Historic Gateway District, are just a few of the trendy spots that continue to attract businesses and residents alike. And a more recent addition to Downtown is the Great Lakes Science Center and the Cleveland Clinic OMNIMAX Theater.
There are all the ethnic restaurants and shops you would expect to find in any big modern city, but Cleveland is especially blessed with a strong Polish community, and the Polish food served here is among the best in the country. There are also large Italian and Irish populations, as well as Czech and Slovenian communities, all of which add their own personal flavours into the culinary and cultural mixing bowl that makes up this proud city.


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require 'data/viewable'
require 'data/billable'
require 'data/addressable'
require 'data/rating'

class User

  include DataMapper::Resource

  property :id, Serial
  property :first_name, String, :required => true,  :length=> 2..50
  property :last_name, String, :required => true, :length => 2..50

  remix n, :viewables
  remix n, :billables, :model => "Account"
  remix n, :addressables
  remix n, :commentables, :as => "comments", :for => "User", :via => "commentor"
  remix n, "My::Nested::Remixable::Rating"

end


This summer Maison Lemoine transports us to New York in the West Village. A collection that invites to travel, to an urban and chic destination.
A mix of soft and pop colors, from the most flashy to the most light. in fluid and light materials, long dresses, little ruffles ... This season, the Summertime collection will brighten up your summer!
Volume, noble and structured materials and feminine details sublimate the silhouettes of summer.


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Papal Advice
I will not be so presumptuous as to offer Francis I any advice.
But I would like to ask him to clarify some issues that have been bothering me about my Church and its approach to economic issues…especially with regard to, not only the poor, but also the wealthy.
I took only two courses at Holy Cross in the Dismal Science, as David Ricardo once called Economics.
So I will not pretend to know all the intricacies of a very complex discipline.
And quite frankly it is near impossible to get any two economists to agree on anything.
I am reminded of the old saying that if you lined the world's economists up in a straight line they would point in every direction on the compass.
So even they do not understand their own subject in a perfect way.
A Church that is poor and it for the poor
There are certain words, ideas and abstraction that confuse me, especially when the poor are involved.
I heard a quote the Francis I said that he wanted the Catholic Church to be poor and for the poor.
I have been a Catholic for nearly 70 years and I cannot remember the poor being the main focus of my faith when I was young or even my first decade of marriage.
The Church is always going to need money…lots of money.
Unless he means poor in spirit. That would work for all of us.
Sure we had annual drives for the poor and the missions–I remember the little Mite Boxes for our pennies and dimes they gave us each year during Lent.
But the doctrines, teachings and morals were the prime focus to make us worthy of eternal salvation.
Maybe salvation is automatically assumed today.
Perhaps the Church believes everyone will automatically go to Heaven.
Souls in Purgatory
I know for a fact some bishops do.
First I might ask the pope as to where the commandments fit in with the Church's deep concern for the poor.
I am talking about the 7th and 10th commandments specifically, which require us not to steal the goods or wealth of others or even desire to have what someone else.
As far as I know they are still within the canon of Catholic teaching and doctrine but they are mentioned even less than the 6th and the 9th commandments–the sex commandments.
I wonder how many priests, nuns, bishops and maybe even higher up realize this.
I know the federal government has been breaching the 7th and 10th commandments for as long as I can remember…at least as far back as Franklin Roosevelt.
Was it not Roosevelt who started the class war or what they call today…class envy?
Is not envy still a sin?
I only mention that because it seems to me many old and even some younger Catholics think of FDR as many Christians might think of the Second Coming.
To them it seems alright to steal from Peter to give to Paul.
Steal?
That's what disproportionate taxation and economic redistribution are in reality.
To paraphrase the great 19th century French economist, Frederic Bastiat if we as individuals did to our neighbors what government do to us every day, we would be behind bars.
Bastiat also explains in his most famous work, The Law why the law cannot defend life, liberty, and property if it promotes socialist policies.
Saw the evils in big government
Bastiat thought of government, especially big government as little more than legalized plunder.
I know as a Catholic I should be concerned with the poor.
The Bible tells me that to those that are give much, much is expected.
I firmly believe that in my heart, however I should be the one to decide how much and to whom I should give.
That is what a good steward does.
I heard a priest once pray to eliminate poverty.
I think that is a ridiculous notion.
Poverty is a relative term that changes each and every day.
The only way to effect this is to level everybody to the barest subsistence level.
If everyone is poor, which is what happens with socialism, than poverty will have been eliminate.
Is that what they want?
The poor in this country has much more than most of the world's population.
The United States, which has been blessed with incalculable but not limitless wealth has been the most generous nation in the history of mankind but according to our political leaders it has not been enough.
It is never enough!
To date we have spent over $17 trillion on the poor with all sorts of welfare programs since Lyndon Johnson launched the Great Society and his War on Poverty in 1965.
Used the poor
It was really a war on poor people.
Unfortunately this largesse most likely have done little for them as total human beings.
The poor today has approximately $40,000 in benefits available to them each year and still we hear the need for more and more…
Does not getting all this free stuff make them lazy?
Certain words from the poverty problem have bothered me for a long time.
The first one is entitlement.
It seems that nearly half of our population is entitled…to what?
Government redistribution of someone else's wealth—that's what!
Why are they entitled?
Who and what gives them the right to demand that someone else take care of them?
Where is their personal responsibilities to themselves and their families?
Who empowered the government to redistribute others wealth to the less fortunate?
That's what personal charity is for and Americans even with their oppressive tax rates still find some money to give to good charities.
The underlying and unspoken assumption is that these millions of Americans are entitled because the wealthy have been oppressing the poor throughout history and now it is their turn to feel the sting of oppression as their possessions, money, stocks, bonds are subject to partial and even substantial confiscation by the powers of government.
You might ask…where is this in the Constitution?
The answer is partially in the 16th Amendment, which established the first permanent income on a progressive scale.
By that I mean the more you make…not the more they take…which would be fair but the higher the percentage they confiscate.
This is not James Madison or even Alexander Hamilton but Karl Marx.
Not his Constitution
The IRS has a similar tax on people's estates.
The government does not want people to be able to pass the vast majority of their wealth on to their children and families.
It should go to the government because the other assumption is that they will know how to allocate it better than your children.
This is also Karl Marx.
I suggest people read the Communist Manifesto.
That's where our tax system came from.
Don't misunderstand me–I believe we should all help the legitimate poor.
They are those who cannot help themselves or are temporarily down on their luck.
So many of our so-called poor today find more value in working the system than actually finding some job.
Why the preferential option for the poor and just what does that mean?
Are their souls any more important than those of the wealthy?
I would like to hear my Church speak more about attaining eternal salvation for all people…wealthy and poor alike.
Did not Jesus talk of the Eye of the Camel and how hard it was for a rich man to go to heaven?
Since when did the Church become a social agency for political change, Marxist economics and reform?
Some may argue that on Judgment day we will be asked what we did for the least of God's people.
Is that the poor or could it possible be the unborn?
While I admire the people who work for the Saint Vincent DePaul Society and their concern for the poor, I have been around no better people than those who put everything on the line to witness at abortion clinics around the country.
I met a lovely young woman outside of a Planned Parenthood killing center the other day.
She and some friends as well as many others that included a number of students from my grandson's high school, St. John Vianney were there to protest the evil going on behind closed doors as part of our local 40 Days for Life Apostolate in St. Louis.
The least of God's creature?
As a comical side note one woman had three or four small children with her. The youngest–a little boy spent about 20 minutes throwing stones at the brick wall that read PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
She was vital, fresh and warm..a virtual newlywed.
I was truly energized in her youthful presence.
She told me that the three responsibilities she had to her husband were 1) to help get him to heaven 2) make certain he lived a long time and 3) fix his lunch.
What then are the important responsibilities of the Catholic Church?
I am hoping that Francis I will be able to answer these questions for me.
TRIVIA ANSWER: An Arnold Palmer without the slice.
Tags: class envy, Communist Manifesto, Dismal Science, Frederic Bastiat, free stuff, War on Poverty
Why Conservatives Hate the Poor
Democrats and other leftists say that Republicans hate poor people and even the elderly. They run ads that are reminiscent of Richard Widmark's sinister portrayal of a killer in The Kiss of Death.
Republican operative?
Republicans don't really hate the poor. In fact surveys and polls have proven that conservatives are more generous to charities that actually help real poor people.
Remember how frugal the Clintons were when they used to deduct Bill's old jockey shorts. Or were they boxers?
Tax write-off?
And when they finally struck it rich after his eight years in office, most of their donations went to their favorite charity–his presidential library
And Al Gore, a near-billionaire, gave just over $300 to charity one year.
But the matter is not so much about conservatives hating the poor–what they really hate is poverty.
They know that big government is one of the leading causes of poverty in this country because it kills the inborn trait of incentive that directs us to try to better our own conditions.
Just as the young bird wants to fly on his own, people naturally want to provide for themselves.
But when the mama bird does everything for the young bird, it cripples his spiritual wings and he never leaves the nest.
Government's favorite species
It's the same principle behind the axiom–give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and he can feed himself forever.
Conservatives' love is the tough love of self-discipline and direction.
Liberals love the crippled poor, who can never do anything for themselves and become perpetual wards of the state.
They love the poor so much they want everyone in this country…except their closest friends and donors–to be poor.
Feels government's love
Whether they know it or not the so-called poor, the amorphous category of unfortunate Americans who the politicians trot out before each election have become the pawns in a high-stakes chess game.
The left uses the largesse of all the money they have confiscated from the wealthy to pay for our needs…within reason of course from cradle to grave.
Since they control the purse strings, they get to decide who gets to sleep in the cradle…and doesn't even get a cradle.
We must not forget their friends at the caring Planned Parenthood Health Center.
They also get to decide which people go to the grave more quickly than maybe God or nature intended.
It is a grave responsibility. But someone has to do it.
To insure that more people become poor they have consulted their favorite writers. No, not Jesus or even Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Not on the socially preferred list
Instead they have Nico, Karl, Vladimir, Antonio and Sol. These fellows knew how to make people join the largest club in the world–the growing ranks of the poor.
To do this all they have to do is follow the formula.
First of all, they must remove religion from their schools. This is best done by having the government provide their education.
Then they can separate the churches from the governments. Do this they can protect society from religion, instead of protecting the churches from the government.
Make God a totally private matter and then legislate to remove most of the private areas.
The schools can also get the kids mixed up in sexual activity as quickly and as early as they can.
These same godless schools also show them how to put a condom on a banana.
Of great educational value
That is a great educational skill that can come in handy as they get older. It will also get them to eat more fruit. I am not certain if a condom would fit over other fruits, like apples and watermelons.
They can also teach them all about the different varieties of sexual expression.
It will take away all the hang-ups their parents had and any sense of shame about their bodies will quickly disappear with their inborn sense of modesty.
And if they should be punished with a pregnancy, such as our fearless president fears for his own daughters, the country is fortunate that we have those friendly faces at Planned Parenthood.
To prevent this situation Obama has taken great pains to ensure that his friends at the local clinic will make certain that his daughters are relieved of any punishment thanks to millions of taxpayer dollars.
Of course those unfortunate girls who don't listen to the president will be happy to know that their out-of-wedlock babies will enhance the certitude of their ability to join the ranks of the poor. Then the president can take care of them for life.
They will have to drop out of school and most likely become working moms at the local grocery store or local mall.
Millions of these women, who were seduced by the call of nature, had their futures taken away from them because of their teachers, friends and a sexually saturated culture that has forced God to the sidelines.
Had they followed the rules of morality, instead of the seductions of nature and friends, they might have avoided the ranks of the poor.
This is not an endorsement of the president's warning…only the statement of the fact of how liberal government is always working for their love of the poor.
And while all their teenagers are getting it on and hooking up in the love-dominated co-ed dorms of our leading universities, their mothers and fathers…especially those in conservative households are disrupted to the point of distraction.
To find evidence of this, one need only go to the local mall to see the flood of teens strutting around in attire that would not be fit for even a beach.
I can often feel and even smell the sexual energy that accompanies these public demonstrations of hormonal overload.
And many of them have just attended or are going to the late show that can visually show them dozens of new circumstances and stimulations that will push those electric impulses from their brains rights into their pelvic regions.
Moms and dads may coalesce but none want to see their babies turn into the chemical zombies I see at these malls.
Liberals also think that Americans, especially those who worked long and hard to make a lot of money are too foolish to know what to do with that money…so the friendly tax man must take as much of it as he can get away with.
I think that's what 19th century thinker, Frederic Bastiat called organized plunder.
Was opposed to big government
The progressive income tax has been a boon to big government and liberals since Karl Marx and Frederick Engels promoted it along with the death tax, and the public school in their 1848 pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto.
They also promoted a central bank or what we call the Federal Reserve system to help relieve people of their wealth I presume but that's more an issue for Ron Paul.
Private property and wealth are great buffers against poverty.
Liberals hate these buffers because when people have money, property and wealth they won't be poor and therefore the Democrats can't love them and overwhelm them with their goodness, decency and compassion.
Selfish people like this are the bane of a great society and an obstacle to the kind of paradise that will eventually replace the pie in the sky kind of fanaticism that had dominated most of the country's religious traditions until now.
So to recount the enemies of poverty and the poor are the conservative traditions of religion, the family and private property. That makes them the enemies of liberalism.
According to socialists, these institutions are the vehicles of hate for poor people and must be eliminated.
Enemies of the poor
We can rest assured that our fearless leaders in DC are doing everything in their enormous power to move religion out of the public marketplace, break-up the family and confiscate as much wealth from their rightful owners as the law will allow and then some.
The future of poverty depends on it.
In case you missed my article, The Wimp Factor for RenewAmerica, here is the site:
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/borst/110514
Tags: Bastiat, Clinton's briefs, Communist Manifesto, crippled poor, great society, hooking up, Kiss of Death, modesty, pie in the sky, RenewAmerica, Richard Widmark, Ron Paul, sex education, the poor
Why Liberals Hate Horses
The competitive racing of horses is reputed to have originated among the prehistoric nomadic tribesmen of Central Asia who first domesticated the horse about 4500 BC.
For thousands of years, horseracing flourished as the sport of kings and the nobility. It is the second most widely attended U.S. spectator sport, after baseball.
The interaction between horses and their owners, as well as the notion of winning and losing has ordinarily resonated very well on the screen.
The Jeff Bridges 2003 movie about Seabiscuit is a case in point.
After all who can hate a horse?
Liberal can—that's who!
According to Rush Limbaugh it appears that liberals or at least some liberals have expressed a profound hatred of a new movie about a winning horse and his owners.
My wife and I saw Secretariat the other night. It is the dramatic presentation of the behind-the scenes story of one of racing's greatest winners.
In 1973 Big Red won the sport's coveted triple crown.
The best horse of all-time?
It is a feat that has been accomplished only eleven times since Sir Barton won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont in 1919.
It is composed of these three different races in five weeks and in three different states and at varying distances.
Secretariat won all three races, capping off his crown with an incredible 31-length victory at New York's Belmont Stakes.
It was a wonderful movie, staring the demure Dianne Lane in an inspiring role as a strong-willed woman who put winning and saving the family farm above her secure and cozy life in Colorado.
How could anyone find fault with that?
Then I started thinking about this movie being a paean to conservative values. Its protagonist, Penny Chenery, had a crisis in her family.
The mother of Lane's character, Penny Chenery dies early in the movie and her grief-stricken father drifted into the deep recesses of his own mind.
Penny valiantly tried to make a go of the farm at great personal sacrifice and to the discomfort of her husband and four children.
The real drama occurred after the father's death from a stroke.
As Penny's boorish brother, the economics professor and her lawyer husband advised her, they needed to sell Secretariat to pay the six million dollar estate tax bill.
But Penny would not quit.
Penny would not quit
She showed a deep-seated American trait of intelligence and ingenuity to circumvent the intended destruction of her family-run farm.
Penny was the personification of economist Julia Simon's argument that man (and woman), with his ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit is the ultimate resource.
This is what created the drama of the movie and perhaps the real complaint behind the liberal Angst.
Penny was able to pay her taxes by establishing a consortium of investors in Secretariat's projected winnings—all on speculation.
The movie is also a vivid illustration of the innate harm of the estate tax or the death tax that has confiscated billions in family wealth.
What most people forget or never knew is that the estate tax is one of the most onerous planks in Karl Marx and Frederick Engels' 1848 pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto.
Salon columnist Andrew O'Hehir found some even darker things about American individualism and traditional values that upset his mental applecart.
He savagely attacked Penny's character, even demeaning she was dressed in a resplendent collection of period knitwear and steel-magnolia 'tude.
To O'Hehir she is like a classed-up version of Sarah Palin feminism.
This leftist critic was upset that Lane's iron-willed superwoman, striking and magisterial but utterly nonsexual, illuminated from within like a medieval saint does not have despicable characteristics that would make her his kind of gal.
I thought liberals liked strong women.
A strong woman liberals hate
This is is by far the strongest character Lane has ever played and she carried the role with a dignity and aplomb that hopefully will win her an Oscar.
Maybe they only love certain strong women, who abort their children, cheat on their husbands or sleep with other women?
Lane does none of that. She is June Clever, who just passed away this week, without the pearls, who will do anything to preserve her family's traditions…and enjoy the thrill of the game.
O'Hehir was also disturbed by his perception that so many all right-thinking Americans are united in their adoration of a Nietzschean Überhorse,
The Nazi implications of his thinking are as subtle as a train wreck.
To him Secretariat is creepy, half-hilarious master-race propaganda almost worthy of Leni Riefenstahl—a symbolic window dressing for a quasi-inspirational fantasia of American whiteness and power."
For O'Hehir to see this in Nietzschean terms is as appetizing as a 300 pound woman, trying to squeeze into a size 4. It just doesn't fit.
A Nazi Horse?
Religion is also another problem for O'Hehir.
While director Randall Wallace references barely mentions the social context of the times, O'Hehir is convinced that this movie was constructed and marketed with at least one eye on Christian consevatives, who flock to Tea Parties and embraced a movie of a similar vein from last year, The Blind Side.
The film opens with a voice-over passage from the Book of Job and ends with a hymn.
Wallace, also the director of We Were Warriors and the writer of Braveheart and both Mel Gibson movies and is one of mainstream Hollywood's few prominent Christians who has spoken openly about his faith and his desire to make movies that appeal to people with middle-American values.
O'Hehir also finds a troubling racial subtext in Secretariat in the groom, Eddie, who is an African-American groom belongs to a far more insidious tradition of movie stereotypes. Eddie dances and sings.
But can he dance and sing?
He loves Jesus and that big ol' horse. He is loyal and deferential to Miz Penny, and injects soul and spirit into her troubled life.
I guess O'Hehir prefers the gang-banging, rap-spouting, drug-dealing nihilists whose stereotypical figures dominates in movies about black people today, as being more reflective of African-American culture.
He is upset by movies with strong family members, with its moral values,who support each other in the long run.
Liberal criticism of this movie that does not have any scenes of gratuitous sex or violence and does not have any foul language is proof positive that liberalism is a mental illness.
It is probably unfair of me to say that all liberals hate horses. I know that many are quite fond of the proletarian horse boxer (Barbara?) in George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm.
A Liberal's kind of horse
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Keegan Murray is key again as Iowa men's basketball opens another rout
Murray had career-high 29 points in Iowa's 108-61 win over Western Michigan
Nov. 22, 2021 10:23 pm, Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 9:32 am
Western Michigan guard Mack Smith (32) tries to stop Iowa's Keegan Murray (15) but Murray scored two of his 29 points on this shot during the Hawkeyes' 108-61 win over the Broncos Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
IOWA CITY — The nation will catch up to this Keegan Murray story soon enough.
The Iowa sophomore forward hasn't bubbled toward the top of the college basketball news yet, because virtually no one has seen him play. The Hawkeyes have five one-sided wins in as many starts, but all were "buy games" that grabbed few, including their own fans.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena was more than half-empty again Monday, but Murray again filled the basket. In Iowa's 109-61 win over Western Michigan, he had a career-high 29 points.
It was Murray's fifth-straight game of at least 24. His season average is 26.2, one-tenth of a point behind Kansas' Ochai Agbaji, who has played three games.
More Murray numbers: For the third time, he had 22 points in the first half. He had Iowa's first 17 points. On five occasions, he scored while being fouled in the act of shooting. He has 131 points in 121 minutes.
This, from someone who never scored more than 14 points in a game as a freshman.
Murray reminds Hawkeye basketball radio commentator and former Iowa/NBA player Bob Hansen of one of his former teammates. That's a Hall of Famer named Scottie Pippen, whom Hansen played with on the Chicago Bulls' 1992 NBA championship team, and competed against him for four seasons before that.
"The way he moves, how smooth he is," Hansen said when asked what about Murray reminds him of Pippen. "Just his ease of movement. How easily he jumps. Powerful, yet easy. Real springy.
"Shooting and defense are where (Murray) can improve. That's where Scottie improved."
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Hansen also likes Murray's defense. Murray had two steals and three blocked shots Monday, and has 14 blocks this season.
Pippen, Hansen said, "was a lockdown defender. He could guard (point guard John) Stockton, (power forward Karl) Malone, anybody."
There was a two-minute stretch early in Monday's game in which Murray scored eight points, caused a tie-up, blocked a shot, and teamed with Jordan Bohannon to trap a WMU player and force the Broncos to call time.
When you score your team's first 17 points, you're not just letting the game come to you, as he and many top players like to say. You're taking control.
"My teammates just have the ultimate confidence in me," Murray said. "They just gave me the ball at the right spots in the right moments and I was able to produce."
"He never forces the issue no matter what," Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said, "but we need him to be the way he is now. He accepts whatever you ask from him."
Iowa sophomore guard Tony Perkins had a career-high 15 points off the bench and had two of his team's 15 steals. He said he battles Murray in practice.
"In practice I do my best to guard him," Perkins said, "but he still scores.
"I go at him. I make it hard on him to score on me. He might score every once in a while. I make him better, he makes me better. It's vice versa when I've got the ball and he's on defense."
Perkins was used almost exclusively in spots last season. With extended playing time these first five games, his aggressiveness and confidence have been obvious.
"That's the way he plays," McCaffery said, "and that's when he's most effective, playing that way. … He's always going to play the game with an edge, with a little reckless abandon. I thought tonight he was really good at both ends."
Even with Murray, Iowa's starters were outscored by its second five players, 56-46, and the quintets played roughly the same number of minutes.
Freshman forward Payton Sandfort made five 3-pointers for the second-consecutive game and had 19 points. Kris Murray had 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Ahron Ulis had a career-high eight assists.
Iowa forced 24 turnovers, committed just seven. It improved its season free throw shooting to 83.9 percent by going 21-of-23 Monday.
The Hawkeyes are averaging 99.6 points, tops in the nation. They are fourth in fewest turnovers per game, with 8.2.
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With the launch of Facebook Playable ads in early August 2018, Audible France was one of the few advertisers lucky enough to gain access to the new ad format, still in beta. This innovative advertising solution allows users to engage with the experience of an app or game in their Facebook news feed, before clicking through to download it from the app store. Early signs suggest Facebook Playable Ads offer the cut through innovative advertisers have been looking for, by taking interaction and engagement with the ad to a whole new level!
Audible France was one of a handful of non-gaming brands to gain access to the beta, which they trialed through the MakeMeReach platform. As a leading Facebook Marketing Partner (FMP), with a long track record of success and innovation dating back to 2009, MakeMeReach, a sister company of Undertone, a leader in synchronized cross-platform digital branding, is able to regularly offer select clients access to exclusive Facebook betas.
For Audible France, the aim of the Facebook Playable Ad campaign was to promote a series of audiobooks, and drive downloads of the Audible app. With the invitation in the ad text to "discover the audiobook by scratching on the image", the ad built intrigue of what might be waiting for the user behind the question mark. By rubbing away the orange background, the user discovered an image of the audiobook offer, as well as some detail on the author and content. This was followed further down by a bold button encouraging download of the app.
One of Audible France's major findings from the initial test was that users who installed the app, after having engaged with the ad, were more likely to make purchases in the app later on. In fact, compared to their average conversion rate of 5.32% for classic Facebook Video Ads, in the Playable Ads test, 6.15% of app downloaders went on to make an in-app purchase.
Added to this success, the client was also impressed to see a 16% lower Cost per Purchase (CPP) for the Playable Ads test, compared to the initial objective they had set for the campaign.
"Having the opportunity to test Facebook Playable Ads, while still in beta, was very valuable for us. The initial results are promising and suggest that this interactive ad format can really drive higher value app downloads, even for non-gaming businesses like ours. We enjoyed discovering the new format alongside our partner MakeMeReach" – Constanze Stypula, VP & Country Manager, Audible France.


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Rikissa Magnusdotter, född 1285/1287, död 17 december 1348, var en svensk prinsessa, dotter till Magnus Ladulås och Helvig av Holstein, samt klarissa och abbedissa vid Sankta Klara kloster i Stockholm från 1335. Hon anses vara begravd tillsammans med sina föräldrar i Riddarholmskyrkan i Stockholm.

Rikissa blev vid sex års ålder överlämnad av sin far till klostret och inträdde i dess orden. Hennes invigning innefattade stora festligheter med torneringar där bland annat hennes bror Birger dubbades till riddare. De religiösa ceremonierna ska dock ha begränsats på grund av hennes ålder. Enligt Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor från 1864 förde hon med sig en stor hemgift till klostret: "gåfvobref på gårdar, hemman, qvarnar och andra lägenheter, jemte en hop dels bebyggda, dels obebyggda tomter, samt holmar, gärden och betesmarker, deribland norrmalms i Stockholm, dem konungen tillförsäkrade klostret till oinskränkt egendom". Vid vuxen ålder vigdes hon till abbedissa.

Enligt en fantasifull 1600-talstradition skall Rikissa vid sin överlämning till klostret fört med sig en guldkedja, som hon behöll och sedan bar under sin tid som abbedissa. Efter hennes död skall den gått i arv mellan klostrets abbedissor, för att till sist behållas av Anna Reinholdsdotter Leuhusen då klostret upplöstes vid reformationen 1523. Kedjan är förvisso troligen från Rikissas tid, men har sannolikt förvärvats av henne efter utträdet ur klostret.

Referenser

Källor
 Christer Engstrand: Sverige och dess regenter under 1000 år

Svenska prinsessor
Bjälboätten
Födda 1280-talet
Avlidna 1348
Kvinnor
Svenska medeltida abbedissor
Personer i Sverige under 1300-talet


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Q: jsdom - Option is not defined when running my mocha test I am using node js tools for visual studio 2015 and I am writing mocha tests for my javascript and jquery, in my local environment I am using karma and chrome to run the tests and everything is working fine but for some reason I wanted to use jsdom to be able to run the tests from node js without using karma or the browser but one of the jquery plugin internally is doing an instance of Option (new Option) and using jsdom I get the reference error Option is not defined from karma I don't get any errors, the error seems obvious karma is using a real browser where the Option is defined and jsdom is not a real browser, is there any way to make my test work? debugging the test with jsdom I see that  HTMLOptionElement is attached to the window object created by jsdom but maybe the interface is not fully implemented and that is why the new Option is not working.
Here is the code of the test file
if (global.window) {
    window.jQuery = window.$ = require('jquery');
} else {
    require('jsdom-global')();
    global.jQuery = global.$ = require("jquery");
}

var chai = require('chai');
var assert = chai.assert;
var expect = chai.expect;
var should = chai.should();

chai.use(require('chai-jquery'));
chai.use(require('chai-spies'));

var sourceFile = require('path_to_js_file');

describe('Test', () => {
    it('this is not passing', () => {
        var x = new Option;

        expect(1).to.equal(1);
    });

    it('this is passing', () => {
        document.body.innerHTML = '<input id="name"/>';

        sourceFile.init();

        expect($("#name").is(":focus")).to.equal(true);
    });
});

and my source file looks like this
function init () {
    $('#name').focus();
}

module.exports = {
    init
};

the error I am getting is:
ReferenceError: Option is not defined

Thank you

A: I encountered the same issue. I noticed that Option constructor is available from window if you assign window directly from jsdom. Below is the code that will give you access to Option constructor (however, I have to admit it's a workaround):
var jsdom = require('jsdom');
global.document = jsdom.jsdom(undefined);
global.window = document.defaultView;
global.Option = window.Option;

I'm using the latest implementation of jsdom: 9.12.0

A: After running into this same issue, I noticed that the Option constructor was not, in fact, implemented in jsdom (as you suspected). See issue #1759 on GitHub. I have submitted a PR that fixes this issue.
At the time of this writing, the PR has not yet been merged, but I'll update this comment once that's been merged upstream.

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On 1 July 2017 the ACT introduced a reportable conduct scheme to oversee how organisations prevent and respond to allegations of child abuse and misconduct.
From 1 July 2018 this scheme was expanded to include religious organisations; so all agencies in this Archdiocese and located in the ACT are now covered by the scheme.
What this means is that any allegation or conviction of child abuse or misconduct toward children (ie reportable conduct) when investigated by the Archdiocesan agency, will also be reported to and subject to the oversight of the ACT Ombudsman.
The reportable conduct scheme does not interfere with reporting obligations to ACT Policing or Child and Youth Protection Services. If an Archdiocesan employer suspects criminal conduct has occurred, they will report to police in the first instance.


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Jiří Kylián (Praga, 21 de março de 1947) é uma dançarino e coreógrafo tcheco de dança contemporânea.

Biografia
Jiří Kylián desenvolve aptidões musicais desde os nove anos de idade, no Conservatório de Praga  . Uma bolsa do British Council permitiu que ele continuasse seu treinamento na Royal Ballet School, em Londres, em 1967  .

Por recomendação de seus professores, ele foi contratado como solista, em 1968, pelo Stuttgart Ballet, sob a direção de John Cranko . Nesta companhia de Stuttgart, ele conhece quem se tornará sua musa e sua esposa, a dançarina Sabine Kupferberg. Ele também começou como coreógrafo em 1970 com Paradox. O trabalho é apreciado por John Cranko, que o encoraja a continuar e confia várias criações de 1970 a 1973  . Mas este último morreu repentinamente em junho de 1973 , durante uma viagem de volta para visitar a Estados Unidos . Este evento dramático inspira Jiří Kylián a realizar Rûckkehr ins fremde Land  .

Jiří Kylián se torna, aos 28 anos, diretor artístico do Nederlands Dans Theatre (NDT), onde segue até 2004  . Com dedicação e respeito por seus intérpretes, ele organiza sua trupe em três grupos: o NDT1, o núcleo duro, o NDT2, os iniciantes, e o NDT3, os mais velhos ou com mais de quarenta anos, uma escolha rara em uma profissão em que muitas vezes é levado a se aposentar da atividade de dançarino antes dessa idade. Coreógrafo visual e musical , seu estilo é enérgico, baseado em técnicas relativamente clássicas (denominadas estilo neoclássico), mas revisitado de maneira contemporânea. Entre suas obras mais conhecidas está Symphony of Psalms , criada em 1978, coreografada na música da Symphony of Psalms de Igor Stravinsky .

Principais coreografias
{{Colunas-lista|* 1970 : Paradox et Kommen und gehen
 1971 : Incantations
 1972 : Der stumme Orpheus
 1973 : Viewers
 1974 : Stoolgame
 1975 : La Cathédrale engloutie
 1975 : Rûckkehr ins fremde Land
 1978 : Sinfonietta sur la musique de Leoš Janáček
 1978 : Symphony of Psalms
 Dream Dances
 1981 : Forgotten Land
 1982 : Svadebka
 1983 : Stamping Round
 1984 : L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
 1986 : Silent Cries
 1988 : No More Play
 1989 : Falling Angels
 1989 : Black and White
 1990 : Sweet Dreams 1990 : Sarabande 1991 : Petite Mort 1992 : As If Never Been 1992 : No Sleep Till Dawn of Day 1993 : Whereabouts Unknown 1994 : Tiger Lily 1994 : Double you  1995 : Bella figura 1997 : Wings of Wax 1997 : Tears of Laughter 1998 : A Way Alone 1998 : Indigo Rose 1999 : Half Past 1999 : Doux Mensonges pour l'Opéra de Paris
 2000 : Arcimboldo 2000 : One of a Kind, Prix Nijinski
 2000 : Click-Pause-Silence 2001 : Birth-day 2001 : Blackbird 2002 : 27'52"  2002 : Claude Pascal 2002 : When Time Takes Time  2003 : Last Touch 2005 : Symphony of Psalmas (révisé)
 2005 : Tar and Feathers 2008 : Vanishing Twin 2008 : Gods and Dogs 2009 : Last Touch First 2012 : Kaguyahime}}

 Prêmios e distinções

 1995   : Ordem de Orange-Nassau
 1997   : Preço Joost van den Vondel
 1998   : Prêmio Benois de Dança
 2000   : Prêmios Laurence Olivier
 2000   : Prêmio Nijinsky de Melhor Coreógrafo

 Leitura complementar

 Bibliografia

 Daniel Conrod, "La danse comme il pense" em Télérama'', n  3151, 5 a 11 de junho de 2010, p.   28

Ligações externas

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MAC Cosmetics, True Religion coming to N. Michigan Ave.
MAC Cosmetics and True Religion Brand Jeans are moving into the former Vineyard Vines space on Michigan Avenue, The Shops at North Bridge announced Monday.
The two shops will split the storefront at 540 N. Michigan Ave., which preppy clothing retailer Vineyard Vines vacated in May to open a larger flagship at 940 N. Michigan Ave.
New York-based MAC, which already operates a counter inside the Nordstrom in the Shops at North Bridge mall, will have four makeup stations, a lash bar and a private makeup room in its new 1,500-square-foot store.
Los Angeles-based True Religion will introduce a new store design in its 1,437-square-foot space, where it will sell clothing and accessories for men and women. True Religion, which shut its store in Lincoln Park, has stores in the Fashion Outlets in Rosemont, Oakbrook Center and Northbrook Court.
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Socially distanced 'car choirs' keep Towson-based Children's Chorus of Maryland on key
By Allana Haynes
Students with the Children's Chorus of Maryland and School of Music perform inside and outside vehicles during pandemic-induced "car choir" rehearsals. (Erin Barach and Chris Wells)
After meeting online for more than seven months, the Towson-based Children's Chorus of Maryland has found a way to continue in-person rehearsals through socially distanced "car choirs."
Holding its first such gathering in October in the parking lot of the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Lutherville-Timonium, the chorus has held four in-person rehearsals from inside individual cars, while connecting through headphones, microphones and long cables attached to a mixing console run by a sound engineer.
Organized by staff and volunteers, the chorus is now able to sing together in real time.
The car choirs are just one way the Children's Chorus of Maryland & School of Music has had to be creative during the yearlong coronavirus pandemic that has adversely impacted both membership and the organization's financial condition.
To try to recover lost revenues, the organization's board started a GoFundMe page in an effort to raise $50,000. As of March 16, contributions totaled $6,885.
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With the need to adapt to the hardships created by the pandemic, Andrea Burgoyne, executive director of the chorus, said the inspiration for car choirs came after she learned of a choir in Massachusetts that had been holding in-person rehearsals from their cars.
After researching local sound companies, she contacted Maryland Sound International, a local professional audio and live sound production company that later provided audio equipment and an engineering staff to the chorus for its rehearsals.
So far, she said the car choirs have been a success.
"We had to find some way [where kids can sing together] while keeping them apart, so we invented car choir, which is a bit of a crazy idea, but worked out well," she said. "The kids come together in their family vehicle, so everybody has an isolation pod and [they] sing into microphones and hear each other as a group in real time."
In addition to car choirs, she said the Children's Chorus of Maryland & School of Music has introduced four-session mini-courses, such as, conducting and composing, ukulele and private lessons, to its choral program.
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Although the organization has managed to offer these courses for free to its students and for $75 to non-members, it has taken a hit financially.
Over the past year, the chorus and music school lost significant income due to canceled concerts and a decrease in enrollment and tuition, according to a news release.
Despite the obstacles the organization has faced, it perseveres.
Founded in 1976, the chorus program is one of the oldest and most distinguished vocal literacy training and choral music education programs of its kind in the country, according to its website.
Beginning with six children who met in a private home, the chorus at one point had expanded to include 90 members in three choirs for children ages 6 to 17.
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Susan Bialek, the chorus' artistic director, said the children remain dedicated in their desire to sing.
"The students have persisted in a really remarkable and admirable way," she said. "I'm really impressed by these kids showing up on Zoom twice a week and asking questions and submitting recordings and being happy to see each other and happy to celebrate each other; it is pretty remarkable and we are really lucky."
Currently, the Children's Chorus of Maryland & School of Music is in the process of planning for its 2021-2022 conservatory season.
On March 19, 20 and 21, the chorus will be holding auditions for children ages 5½ to 12 at the organization's location, 320 E. Towsontown Blvd. in Towson.
Michelle Reynoso, 16, of Towson, has been a member of the chorus for seven years and is in her last year with the group before graduating from the program.
She said it is exciting to see the outcome of all their hard work over the past year.
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"I'm looking forward to hearing how everything comes out because we have tentative concert plans, and I hope we get to that point to see and hear all this music that we have been working on this past semester," she said.
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