There are approximately 1,100 mobile homes in Peoria County. In accordance with Illinois law, tax bills are issued to mobile home owners based on the age of the home and the square footage of the home. Failure to pay mobile home taxes could result in a lien being filed against the owner, not the mobile home, with the Peoria County recorder.
When paying taxes to transfer titles, you must pay by certified check, cashier check, money order or cash.
Owners of mobile homes on January 1st of each year are responsible for the tax. The tax is computed by multiplying the rate (based on the age of the mobile home) times the square footage.
Each mobile home park owner shall register each mobile home entering such park. Homes not located in a park must be registered with the County Assessor within 30 days of placement.
Senior citizens and disabled person should contact the Office of the Treasurer.
A mobile home may not be moved without a moving permit signed by the County Treasurer. The Secretary of State of Illinois will not transfer title of any mobile home to another party until all the taxes have been certified paid by the County Treasurer.
If a mobile home is sold, transferred, or relocated to a different parcel of land outside of a mobile home park, then the home shall be classified, assessed, and taxed as real property.
Electronic or credit card payment options are not available for mobile home tax payments. Please mail or bring your payment to the Treasurer's office in the Peoria County Courthouse.
Mobile home taxes are due each year as printed on the bill. Separate the bill at the bottom and return the stub with your payment.
Please note: if back taxes are due, you must call 309-672-6065 for the correct amount. Incorrect payments will be returned and taxes will remain unpaid.


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Jonah Peretti: Sex Is A Lot More Popular Than Jesus On Google
Today at Disrupt NY 2013, Buzzfeed founder Jonah Peretti took the stage to talk to the audience about how content works on the Internet: What sells, what gets shared and why. Peretti, a journalist, programmer, marketer and founding member of The Huffington Post (now owned by TechCrunch parent company AOL), has long been a student of viral media. Not surprisingly, Peretti's latest brainchild, Buzzfeed, has turned into publication of record when it comes to Web-born viral content.
Of course, while the publication came to fame thanks to its assiduous chronicling of adorable cats doing people things, under Peretti's direction, over time it's transformed into a legitimate news organization, producing real, thoughtful journalism. In his talk today, Peretti started by intoning something we all know well: "People are crazy."
Things work a little differently on the Internet, "literally" means not what it should mean, but "figuratively," we do things and act in ways that don't mesh with how we'd act in the real world. It's a little like being in a car, really. Peretti says that "we like to of ourselves as having unified, rational selves" — that we have consistent interests, that our behavior can always be explained in normal, neat little ways.
Of course, we're not really like that, Peretti argues. When we're out with our college friends, we're likely to act differently than we would when we're with our colleagues, or our parents. The same is true for people's behavior on Google and Facebook. Again, people think they act the same, but really there's a difference.
When you look at google searches, he saysm perhaps unsurprisingly, "sex is more popular than Jesus on google." Compare the search terms "diet pills" and "Arab spring," diet pills win. Obviously, this isn't what Larry and Sergey had in mind when they started Google.
We use Google to search for secret things, to investigate what other people are saying about our deepest darkest secrets, interests and curiosities. Google Image search is filled with pictures of pets doing hilarious things, while Google search serves up results on the great ocean of porn out there on the Web.
Facebook, on the other hand, is a projection of our social relationships and behavior. Together, they generally represent and are a metaphor for the two ways we use the Internet. On Facebook, the same person who is looking at stories involving nude pics, is also looking at and sharing inspiring stories about victims overcoming disabilities and so on, along with politically-motivated stories.
"On the Web, the emotional quotient is more important than IQ," Peretti told the audience, these are things that people need to understand when making things for the Web.
Content is about identity, he continued, and capturing that conflicted identity, as well as the emotional nature of the moment.
I wrote something about being excessively tall, tall people loved it. If you've been raised by immigrant parents, that's something that type of person can relate to, want to share and talk about. That's what you need to be thinking about when creating media, creating content for the Internet.
Peretti's talk was all over the place, much like Buzzfeed, but also eminently quotable and share-able. For those looking to make the next viral video, make enduring, sharable content, Peretti told the audience not to ignore our conflicted, fractured, sex-obsessed emotional selves.
"If you're not crazy on the Web, then something's wrong … Make something for our OCD, narcissistic and ADHD selves."
Boom slam.

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I decided that the code that interacts directly with the hardware registers can't be rewritten to be much clearer to read. There should be a lot of commenting in the code explaining why the registers need to be set that way. That is a big project and since I didn't write most of that code, I don't understand a lot of it. I am choosing this week to just make sure this code is formatted in the Allman style and leave commenting for later.
I have now worked through all the .c and .h files in the project to made sure they are formatted in the Allman style. I decided to go back through all the names used for variables, functions, constants, and macros and format them all the same. Since Espressif named all the system calls in lowercase underscore separated, system calls will follow that format.
I used Eclipse' refactor feature to make these changes to all the files at once.
I had a couple of .h files that didn't refactor correctly, but once i got those fixed, the code compiled and ran just like before.
The firmware is getting easier to maintain and edit. I hope to move forward with the electronics design again soon. I bought and received a new mixed signal oscilloscope and received it this last week, I plan on doing a review of it next week. I have uploaded these changes to Github, click the link in the right hand column to get the firmware source.
Have you used Eclipse' refactor function before? Did you have similar problems?
Because of the size and complexity of simple_serial.c, I decided I would work on cleaning it up for this week's post.
To start with, I created two new files for postable events called events.c and events.h. I moved the function task_handler() from simple_serial.c to events.c and added a //TODO comment to remind me to clean up the task handler code. This created a bunch of errors because I haven't included any of the library header files. So I stepped through the process of adding the necessary header files. I copied all of the include statements from simple serial.c to events.c and eclipse reported no errors. Next, I commented out one line at a time of the include statements. When eclipse indicated errors in the file, I uncommented that line and moved on to the next. I ended up only needing two include statements: uart.h and user_interface.h. I moved the prototype of task_handler from simple_serial.h to events.h. Then I put an include statement into simple_serial.c for events.h.
The LOCAL keyword was making task handler only available to events.c. I removed the LOCAL keyword from both events.h and events.c and got a new error.
It looks like eclipse did not report an error when I removed one of the include lines. I went back and added one of them at at time till the error went away. The missing include was osapi.h The code built and I tested it on the board. It booted and connected to the wifi as expected.
Next I created some macros that I will use when posting a task for serial events. Now serial_init() is much easier to understand.
Next, I took on simple_config_ui(). First I started by looking at the biggest case statement which had another switch/case statement enclosed. When menu_stat is equal to IDLE, there is a switch/case for handling received characters; I created a function called recv_byte(char recvd), copied the code and made a few little changes to make it compile and run. I continued this process of taking large chunks of code and putting them into functions.
Finally I created a new uart.c and moved the code I originally got from uart.c out of simple_serial.c into uart.c. It took a little fiddling to get it all working again. I have uploaded this update to Github. Click the firmware link near the top of the right hand column to download it.
Are you cleaning up code? Did you learn to write "easy to read" code in school? How did you learn to write code? Are you learning to write code now?


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Huntress – Static (2015)
Heavy Metal amazon Jill Janus and crew returns with yet another solid and superbly catchy release with "Static". Featuring a more mature sound, Huntress has clearly evolved over their meteoric rise in the last 5 years and with this release they aim to solidify their status as one of the premier modern Heavy Metal bands. Pleasing fans and luring bystanders into their sound, this release is one fin example of Huntress and their power.
Quickly blasting away with superbly catchy and energetic tracks like "Sorrow", "Flesh" and the soaring "Brian", Jill Janus is again the most iconic feature of the band, but the riffing also entices the listener. The band specializes in crafting catchy and simple tracks that are full of melodic guitars and a very upbeat tempo that makes you want to start headbanging. The uber catchy "I Want to Wanna Wake Up" has that old-school Heavy Metal vibe that some of the NWOBHM band brought to the scene back in the day.
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Year of the Goat – The Unspeakable (2015)
Hailing from Sweden, today we have Psychedelic/Occult Rockers Year of the Goat peddling their craft with "The Unspeakable". Having loved their 2011 MCD "Lucem Ferre", we were looking forward to this one for quite a while. Creating a special aura filled with an authentic retro vibe and a high emphasis on melody, the nine tracks presented in this release are magical and intoxicating.
Slowly building up a very mysterious ambiance with "All He Has Read", the band sets a magical shroud of mystery around their album early in the game. Combining elements of bands like Witchcraft, Purson, Jess and the Ancient ones, tracks like "Pillars of the South" and "The Emma" are haunting and very authentic sounding. Thomas Sabbathi is one hell of singer and his vocals greatly elevate all the songs in this album while giving them a very eerie vibe.
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Xandria – Fire & Ashes (2015)
Continuing with the momentum of the band's latest masterpiece "Sacrificium", today we have Xandria and their bombastic EP "Fire & Ashes". Featuring 35 minutes of music that span a few new songs, some re-recorded tracks and two covers, this is enough material to hold off any fan of the band and the genre until the band's new record is ready.
Opening with a bombastic explosion, "Voyage of the Fallen", delivers a very Epica-esque track that features very dynamic choir arrangements and a very dramatic musical progression. The band's explosive sound is in full swing with this very apt opener, with Dianne van Giersbergen's vocals shining from start to end. Changing the pace into a more melodic and head banging mode, the lush melodic passages of "Unembraced" make them perfect to start head banging. Both of these tracks are completely new and recorded especially for this release.
Read more about Xandria – Fire & Ashes (2015)
Powerwolf – Blessed & Possessed (2015)
All the way from Germany, today we have Powerwolf and their sixth full-length release "Blessed & Possessed". As one of the catchiest Power Metal bands in the world, the wolves return with another epic album filled with bombastic elements and their signature over-the-top antics. Only improving on their legacy, the band continues their musical onslaught with 11 brilliant tracks.
Setting the stage for a truly epic musical experience, "Blessed & Possessed" opens this release with crushing vocal arrangements and powerful guitar riffs. The band's clean cut and well defined Power Metal foundations allows them to fully engage the listeners with epic songs. Attila Dorn's vocal talents are only comparable to Joakim Brodén, meaning they are extremely amazing and very well exploited on tracks like "Dead Until Dark". With such a charismatic presence and powerful range, tracks like "Army of the Night" are truly an amazing experience.
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Sirenia – The Seventh Path (2015)
The highly consistent Sirenia returns with yet another masterful Gothic/Symphonic Metal release. Morten Veland has always been known for his consistency and signature approach to the genre and with "The Seventh Path", he delivers another quality release that fans will absolutely love. Featuring 11 tracks of majestic female vocals paired with dramatic and bombastic music, this is one of those albums that will stand out this 2015.
After the lush opener "Seti", the band delivers the explosive "Serpent". In this moment you are instantly transported into Sirenia's world, as the band delivers a fully immersive experience with their music. The signature growls and riffs from Morten Veland make their way, and we instantly felt right at home. With a bigger emphasis on more Symphonic elements, "Once My Light" features some very cool Gregorian-style chorus arrangements that take the song to a whole new level.
Read more about Sirenia – The Seventh Path (2015)
Satyricon – Live At The Opera (2015)
As one of the most refined bands of the early wave of Norwegian Black Metal, Satyricon has kept pushing their sound over the years. In "Live at The Opera", we get to hear some of their earlier works and their most recent pieces play seamlessly together in a 94 minute concert that incorporates a 55-person choral arrangements into their music. Allowing the band's sound to be more sinister than ever, this is one hell of a live release…. And we have only heard the audio portion of it.
Slowly starting with an extra creepy version of "Voice of Shadows", the band sets the mood quite effectively with the second track "Now Diabolical". With a very subtle usage of the choir arrangements to create very oppressive moods, the band greatly improves on songs like the previously mentioned one and other classics like "Repined Bastard Nation". The band's newest songs "Nocturnal Flare" and "Our World it Rumbles Tonight" feature very effective arrangements to make already catchy songs even more dynamic and engaging.
Read more about Satyricon – Live At The Opera (2015)
Kamelot – Haven (2015)
As one of the most anticipated releases of 2015, today we have Kamelot and their 11th full-length release "Haven". Featuring a more explosive and theatrical sound, the band delivers around 54 minutes of brilliant music that shows a very well integrated Tommy Karevik with the rest of the band, making their music more cohesive and extra melancholic.
In a very lively and dynamic opening, "Fallen Star" sets a very emotional mood for this release. As the first super catchy song of this release appears with "Insomnia", featuring a great chorus section, it is very evident that Karevik is now perfectly integrated into the dramatic atmospheric keyboards and the playful guitar works of Thomas Youngblood. Moving into more lush and symphonic territories, "Citizen Zero" features a very Symphonic Metal-centric approach with excellent vocal arrangements and modern sounding guitars.
Read more about Kamelot – Haven (2015)
Moonspell – Extinct (2015)
Portugal's greatest extreme music export Moonspell returns this 2015 with yet another very solid release that is quite diverse and engaging. Never compromising, "Extinct" shows yet another face of this outfit and delivers ten tracks of catchy Gothic/Dark Metal that is always perfectly led by Fernando Ribeiro's extremely characteristic vocals. In a release that is sure to catch a few people off-guard, the band comes out triumphantly with a fresh an entertaining 45 minutes of music.
Opening with the perfectly arranged "Breath (Until We Are No More)", the band introduces some very dramatic middle-eastern influenced orchestrations and creates a very unique atmosphere in this opening track. As we progress to "Extinct" and "Medusalem", we notice that there is a heavier emphasis on the orchestral/classical arrangements and that while the guitars are heavy, they mostly complement a very Gothic/Dark Metal structure to things. A particular thing to note is the killer solo in "Medusalem" that is nicely wrapped in other arrangements making them sound a bit like Orphaned Land for a moment.
Read more about Moonspell – Extinct (2015)
Finsterforst – Mach Dich Frei (2015)
Borrowing from bands like Moonsorrow, Wintersun, Eluveitie, Vintersorg and even some Borknagar, today we have Germany's Finsterforst and their fairly decent Folk Metal. Having seven members amongst their ranks, this band delivers an authentic feeling without overdoing it on the Folk elements.
Opening with the catchy "Schicksals End, the band nicely builds momentum and keeps the listener pretty entertained for the nearly 15-minute duration of this track. While the length of the song is unconventional for the genre, the band drives it home with solid riffs, tight drumming and a very crisp production that highlights all different vocals and atmospheric elements. The band keeps their groove with another engaging song with "Zeit für Hass" and its battle-like stance.
Read more about Finsterforst – Mach Dich Frei (2015)
Thulcandra – Ascension Lost (2015)
On the days we are feeling nostalgic about the good old times of Dissection and similar bands that created and innovated with melodic riffs and epic songwriting, we turn to Thulcandra and their first two full-length releases. Unleashing "Ascension Lost" in 2015, the band continues to develop their old-school sound and make it their own, greatly improving on all the previous 'borrowing' they did from Dissection.
The album kicks off with the melancholic "The First Rebellion", a fast-paced piece that is sonically pleasing and very technically proficient. The band's proficient mixture of melodic riffs and old-school Black Metal is quite solid and songs like "Throne of Will" and "Deliverance in Sin and Death" are a testament to their abilities. Steffen Kummerer and Sebastian Ludwig are a highly skilled guitar duo that carries this release from start to finish with their intensity and creativity.
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In this 2015 edition, 10 new countries with rapidly evolving defence spending have been selected. This study comprises a thorough market assessment for 2015-2025 of Angola, Azerbaijan, Peru, Qatar, and South Korea, including projected defence spending by appropriation: procurement (equipment), personnel, operations and maintenance, infrastructure, and research and development. Each chapter includes a country outlook and overviews of the military environment, domestic programmes, key local participants, capability gaps that should be closely monitored, and evolution of the local supply chain. The other 5 countries (Colombia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, and Singapore) are assessed in the Rapidly Evolving Defence Markets, Part 1 study.
- How is the domestic supply chain evolving? Is it becoming more global?
- Are the local competing suppliers positioned correctly to meet customers' needs?
- Are there any repercussions of the global financial slowdown on the defence budget and domestic military industry?
- How will the structure of the competitive landscape evolve with newcomers and regulations?
- What are the key priorities in R&D domestically?
- What are the preferred routes to market for foreign OEMs?
Following years of continued economic and military growth, the selected rapidly evolving countries will steadily increase military spending as each confronts the challenges of deterring external threats, addressing modernisation requirements, and supporting the local industrial base.
- The 5 selected countries—Angola, Azerbaijan, Peru, Qatar, and South Korea—are expected to spend more than $ billion in total on defence between 2015 and 2025. Forecast military expenditures are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of % from 2015 to 2025.


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Purple reigns at the Billboard Music Awards
There was one colour to rule them all at this year's 2016 Billboard Music Awards.
Well, kinda. Purple popped up repeatedly throughout the evening (that includes the fuchsia-toned carpet), in honour of late music legend Prince. However, it wasn't the only colour trending – cobalt blue, silver and black (always black!) cropped up plenty too.
The awards had thrills (Britney's 10 minute medley of her greatest hits) and spills (Madonna's performance, dedicated to Prince, which critics described as "flat"). Aside from Brit Brit's big comeback, The Weeknd was the big winner of the night, Celine Dion was honoured with the Icon Award and Biebs was typically Bieb-ish, performing-slash-lipsyncing "Company/Sorry".
All in all, an eventful night.
Watch the highlights here:
Meghan Trainor.
Lucy Hale.
Britney Spears.
Kesha.
Keke Palmer.
Mila Kunis.
Jessica Alba.
Kristen Bell.
Ariana Grande.
Celine Dion.
Ciara.
Demi Lovato.
Idina Menzel.
Kelly Rowland.
Priyanka Chopra.
Heidi Klum.
Laverne Cox.
Rihanna.
Tove Lo.
Zendaya.
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Could someone direct me to a link with conditions of banning? My little brother and I are new and have been loving the game but because we are new a lot of players are being very nasty towards us. (Don't get me wrong there have been some amazing helpful players too). Two days ago my little brother was bullied so bad he didn't want to play anymore. The next day I was paired with the same players and straight away they started again. Waited until the last second of champ banning and banned my champ then made fun of me saying their hamster did it. When the game started I didn't feel comfortable enough to play so I tried to quit the game. I was threatened with a ban so I stayed and made no effort to play. They reported me and I was banned for 14 days yet their bullying went unpunished. It was the first game I ever didn't play properly and now I can't access my account and my season pass is going to waste. If someone could show me a link with rules that state first time going AFK is a two week ban yet abusive playing must need many reports before it is noticed?


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Ultimately, the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), an extremist group with purported links to al-Qaeda, praised the attack in a speech given by its leader posted online—a move that seemingly vindicated official finger pointing. While this perpetuates Beijing's narrative of China as victim of international terrorism, it takes the focus away from a more inconvenient truth. Self-immolation, bombings and other indiscriminate attacks have abounded in China in recent years, and most have been carried out by citizens with no known terrorist, separatist or ethnic minority links. Yet as frequent as these attacks are, the use of "terrorism" to describe them in official media reportage has been noticeably absent.
In Han-majority China, it serves to draw a line between the grievances of ethnic minorities and those expressed with similar forms of violence by Han petitioners.
In propaganda directed at members of ethnic minorities, it aims to cast the perpetrators of attacks as foreign and exclude the possibility of their representing a wider ethnic community. In particular, Chinese official language must walk a tightrope, warning of violence from Uighur separatists while casting Uighurs and their land as an integral part of China.
Amid Deng Xiaoping's Reform and Opening policies, the 1980s saw an increase in separatist violence in Xinjiang. By all accounts, the 1990s was a particularly violent decade, punctuated by a string of deadly clashes between Uighur insurgents and authorities. Yet it was only late in the decade that Beijing ultimately made the decision to start referring to separatist violence as terrorism.
You Ji, writing for the Jamestown Foundation's China Brief in 2004, commented that according to the Chinese characterization, the Ghulja incident of February 5, 1997 marked "the beginning of active terrorism in the country" (China Brief, November 5, 2004). Prior to this, ethnic and separatist violence in China had been referred to as separatist or "splittist" activity, and punishable under criminal law as "counter-revolutionary" crime or crime against the state.
Precipitating this change was China's push to dominate the Central Asia regional security agenda with the establishment of the Shanghai Five in 1996. Both China and Russia had envisaged the grouping as a multilateral mechanism for countering growing bilateral sway of the United States with governments within the region. An effective regional security structure might fill the void left by Soviet disintegration and provide the region's fledgling states with an attractive alternative to U.S. hegemony.
Although practical anti-terrorism cooperation was slow to develop, Beijing moved quickly to have its concept of the "three evil forces" (sange shili) of "terrorism, separatism and religious extremism" adopted as the focus of counterterrorism policy for the Shanghai Five and its successor, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Reframing as a regional issue what it had hitherto described as an internal matter was a major switch in rhetoric for Beijing.
Then came the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. In a message to President George W. Bush on September 11, Chinese leader Jiang Zemin condemned the attacks, pledging cooperation to combat terrorism. Pointing to the training of Uighur insurgents by the Taliban, the Chinese foreign ministry stated that, "the fight against separatists in Xinjiang is part of the fight by the world against terrorism." Beijing declared its support for U.S. retaliatory strikes on Afghanistan, and the United States in turn acceded to Beijing's request to classify a handful of Uighur organizations as terrorist groups (The Hindu, November 16, 2001).
Despite this, it was not until at least two years after 9/11 that China initiated the SCO's first active anti-terrorism initiatives. Using this timeline—and the lack of significant practical cooperation between Beijing and Washington—as a guide, it would appear that not even 9/11 itself had the effect of energizing China's anti-terrorism efforts beyond symbolic posturing. China's ostensible support for the United Sates appeared driven by key foreign policy goals: (i) to thwart international criticism over human rights issues in Xinjiang and (ii) to establish security-based leadership credentials within its Central Asian neighborhood.
Beijing's employment of the term "terrorism" in relation to Uighur violence had increased commensurate with its efforts to externalize or internationalize what it had hitherto insisted were internal matters. Whatever foreign links Uighur or other ethnic minorities have, Beijing has done its best to embellish the foreign connection or influence. The problem thus shifts from being one of disaffected domestic actors to one of unscrupulous foreigners who influence or coerce locals to do bad.
To-date, China lacks comprehensive anti-terrorism legislation, with terrorism defined in Chinese law only as recently as October 29, 2011, when the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) passed the Decision on Issues Related to Strengthening Anti-Terrorism Work (Xinhua, October 29, 2011). This new definition addressed the lack of clear definition in domestic law, which had hampered international cooperation in anti-terrorism efforts (Library of Congress, April 11, 2011). Consistent with the proposed (and still hotly debated) UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, the definition avoided reference to political, religious or ethnic motivations, apart from mentioning that terrorist activities possess "the goal of creating terror in society, endangering public security, or threatening state organs and international organizations." As detailed below, this departed significantly from domestic Chinese discourse, which heavily emphasizes terrorism's political motivations.
In recent years China has experienced an upsurge in suicide attacks involving the sometimes indiscriminate killing of bystanders. They are perpetuated far from China's restive borders in cities along the country's eastern seaboard by individuals driven to desperation over their dealings with the country's arbitrary and often corrupt bureaucratic and legal systems.
A July 27 People's Daily interview with Wu Boxin, a professor at the Chinese People's Public Security University and renowned criminal psychologist, picks up on the theme of "individual terrorism" (People's Daily, July 27, 2013). In this interview, Wu distinguished between individual or "lone wolf" terrorism (geren kongbuzhuyi) and what he refers to as "individual suicidal terror crime" (geti zisha kongbu fanzui).
Exploring examples of individual suicidal terror crime, Wu cites two well-known 2013 incidents, a small fraction of the growing overall number. The first involved itinerant worker Chen Shuizong, who set himself on fire in a public bus in the coastal city of Xiamen in June, killing a staggering 47 commuters and injuring 34. The second featured frustrated petitioner Ji Zhongxing, who in July, having been left paralyzed as the alleged result of a bashing by over-zealous security guards in his home province, detonated a homemade bomb in Beijing Airport's Terminal 3, causing injuries only to himself and a police officer. Among China's netizens, these attacks have elicited both condemnation and, ironically, unprecedented levels of sympathy.
Wu classes these attacks as "individual suicidal terror crime," as apposed to "lone wolf terrorism." According to Wu, the former is non-organized and motivated by personal issues, whereas the latter is part of something organized and often motivated by matters of religion or belief. Following this distinction, the Tian'anmen SUV incident might be classed as "individual terrorism," given its alleged jihadist links. Accordingly, anything to do with Uighurs or Tibetans could be called "terrorism" while anything else is a "terror crime." This is a subtle, yet important, definitional distinction that appears to be reflected in reportage by China's state media broadly.
Self-immolation is often described within Chinese social chatter as a form of terrorism. Among Chinese blog sites there are abundant references to self-immolations and explosives and knife attacks carried out by crazed individuals as "one man's terror" or "one man's terrorism" (yigerende kongbu/kongbuzhuyi). However, apart from reportage on foreign incidents, such as the 2011 Norway attacks, the use of the expression in official media in reference to domestic incidents is rare (obscure mentions in reporting on a 2005 Fuzhou bus torching and the Beijing International Airport terminal incident being exceptions).
The blaming of whole ethnic groups or religions for the violent acts of individuals or organizations is a social phenomenon found the world over. China is by no means an exception. Yet as Beijing seeks to put terrorism in a conceptual quarantine by associating it exclusively with ethnic and religious minorities, it simultaneously needs to describe Uighurs and the territory of Xinjiang as integral to the Chinese nation.
According to state media, separatism has always been driven by foreign influence and, in particular, by religious extremism. By these accounts, the early 20th century had seen Uighur separatists absorb pan-Islamism, and then late in the century Afghanistan was identified as the source of religious extremism flowing into Xinjiang (Guoqing, July 1, 2013). More recently, reports of separatist forces attempting to sneak into Xinjiang following involvement in the Syrian War have led to calls for tighter policing of borders.
According to the logic of the "three evil forces" model, religious extremism stirs up separatist sentiment, which, in turn, manifests as terrorist insurgency. Religious extremism, is defined in a recent Xinjiang Daily report as "a product of religious transformation" involving the "politicization of religion" (Xinjiang Daily, November 24, 2013). Extremism is thus characterized as an anti-religious force, and in convincing adherents to do bad (i) in the name of religion and (ii) in the furthering of a political cause, it is singled out as the root cause of terrorism.
State media editorial lines assert that religious extremism and its activities "confuses and wins people over with simple religious sentiment so that they are led astray and ultimately down the path of violence and terrorism" (Xinjiang Daily, November 24, 2013). The three evil forces "confuse" (gaoluan/guhuo) the population, exploiting "extreme religious superstition and ignorance" and praying on the youth and those most vulnerable to radicalization (People's Daily, July 1, 2013).
Reports indicate that local authorities have set up posts in neighborhoods to monitor the wearing of religious headdress and to encourage women to cease the practice. Concurrently, beauty contests titled "Project Beauty" have been staged throughout the autonomous region, which, according to journalist Palash Ghosh, are designed to highlight the attractiveness of women's "uncovered faces" (International Business Times, November 27, 2013).
Facing off against the three evil forces are propaganda and educational activities promoting the "four identities" and "three inseparables." According to the Xinjiang education department, the four identities refer to "identification with the motherland, the Chinese nation's identity, the identity of the Chinese culture, and the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics." The three inseparables refer to "the Han nationality as inseparable from the ethnic minorities, ethnic minorities as inseparable from the Han nationality, and ethnic minorities as inseparable from each other" (Liu Yabei, September 30, 2011).
Combating extremist tendencies thus involves appeals to the Uighur identity, the demonization of non-Uighur Islamic influences and an emphasis on national unity. Education reinforcing state sanctioned views of cultural identity, argues Professor Turdi, equips youth with the ability to say, "I am Chinese, I am Uygur, I am not an Arab" (Xinjiang Daily, July 16, 2013).
While acknowledging the existence in China of terrorism, official discourse maintains that the forces behind terrorism are exotic to China and its ethnic minorities. Although conceding that minorities such as Uighurs and Tibetans are particularly vulnerable to such forces, they are presented as mere pawns in foreign conspiracies to split the Chinese state.
More potentially problematic to official discourse has been the rise of terror crimes perpetrated by Han Chinese within China's geopolitical heartlands. Their "non-political," non-coordinated nature precludes them from being considered terrorist acts, despite the fact that their targets are invariably institutions of government—the judiciary, the bureaucracy and the Party.
Before 1997, "terrorism" as a word was an off-limits in China. Beijing's acknowledgement of terrorism within its borders in that year was late in coming, and even then driven by foreign policy imperatives. Since then, terrorism has become a word of choice in characterizing any form of violence perpetrated by members of China's Uighur and Tibetan ethnic minorities. Despite this, it is evident that terrorism remains a taboo word in relation to the increasingly frequent crimes of terror carried out by members of China's majority Han nationality.
While Beijing has become comfortable in acknowledging terrorism within its ethnic peripheries where blame can be attributed to external forces, acknowledging terroristic tendencies among the laobaixing, or common Chinese people, remains just a little too close for comfort.
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Robert Hohman (born 1970/71) is the co-founder and chairman of Glassdoor, the jobs and recruiting site, which was acquired by Recruit Holdings in 2018. Hohman served as CEO of Glassdoor from 2007 to 2020.

Early life and education
Hohman grew up in a blue collar family near Canton, Ohio. He began writing software at age 12. He spent summers earning money on his grandparents' farm baling hay in order to buy memory for his VIC-20 computer.

By high school, he was writing COBOL code for an accounting firm.

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Hohman and Victor Jih co-founded Victory Briefs, the largest debate camp organizer in North America.

Career
Hohman joined Microsoft in 1993 and as a software developer and participated in the team that built Expedia.

In 2006, he quit his job as president of Hotwire to do nothing but play World of Warcraft for a year — after hitting the maximum level, he quit and started Glassdoor. Hohman is a passionate competitor in League of Legends.

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#include <OpenFrames/CurveArtist.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/DrawableTrajectory.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/FrameManager.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/FrameTransform.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/MarkerArtist.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/Trajectory.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/TrajectoryFollower.hpp>
#include <OpenFrames/WindowProxy.hpp>
#include <osg/Math>

using namespace OpenFrames;

ReferenceFrame *root;
WindowProxy *theWindow;

/** The function called when the user presses a key */
void KeyPressCallback(unsigned int *winID, unsigned int *row, unsigned int *col, int *key)
{
  // Pause/unpause animation
  if(*key == 'p')
  {
    theWindow->pauseTime(!theWindow->isTimePaused());
  }

  // Reset time to epoch. All ReferenceFrames that are following
  // a Trajectory will return to their starting positions.
  else if(*key == 'r')
  {
    theWindow->setTime(0.0);
  }

  // Speed up time
  else if((*key == '+') || (*key == '='))
  {
    theWindow->setTimeScale(theWindow->getTimeScale() + 0.01);
  }

  // Slow down time
  else if((*key == '-') || (*key == '_'))
  {
    theWindow->setTimeScale(theWindow->getTimeScale() - 0.01);
  }
}

/**
 Demonstrates TrajectoryFollower with multiple followed trajectories
 **/
int main()
{
  // Create the interface that represents a window
  osg::ref_ptr<WindowProxy> myWindow = new WindowProxy(30, 30, 1024, 768, 1, 1, false);
  myWindow->setKeyPressCallback(KeyPressCallback); // Specify keypress callback
  theWindow = myWindow;

  // Create a drawable trajectory to hold all trajectory artists
  // This will also act as the root of the reference frame hierarchy
  DrawableTrajectory *drawtraj = new DrawableTrajectory("drawtraj", 1, 0, 0, 0.9);
  drawtraj->showAxes(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  drawtraj->showAxesLabels(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  drawtraj->showNameLabel(false);
  root = drawtraj;

  /***************
   Use-case 1: Trajectories that are continuous and nonoverlapping
   The trajectories form a continuous circle around the origin
   */
  const int numtraj1 = 3;
  osg::ref_ptr<Trajectory> trajset1[numtraj1];
  TrajectoryFollower *tf1 = new TrajectoryFollower;
  for(int i = 0; i < numtraj1; ++i)
  {
    trajset1[i] = new Trajectory; // Create trajectory

    // Each trajectory is 1/numtraj1 of the full circle
    double pos[3];
    double rmag = 1.0;
    double t0 = (double)i / (double)numtraj1 * 2.0*osg::PI;
    double tf = (double)(i+1) / (double)numtraj1 * 2.0*osg::PI;
    const double eps = 1.0e-14;
    for(double t = t0; t <= tf+eps; t += osg::PI/90.0)
    {
      // Compute position along circle
      pos[0] = rmag*cos(t);
      pos[1] = 0.0;
      pos[2] = rmag*sin(t);

      // Add position
      trajset1[i]->addTime(t);
      trajset1[i]->addPosition(pos);
    }

    // Create a CurveArtist for the trajectory.  By default the CurveArtist
    // will use x/y/z positions from the trajectory for plotting.
    CurveArtist *ca = new CurveArtist(trajset1[i]);
    ca->setWidth(2.0); // Line width for the trajectory
    ca->setColor(1, 0, 0);
    drawtraj->addArtist(ca);

    // Follow the trajectory (by default in LOOP mode)
    tf1->addTrajectory(trajset1[i]);
  }

  // Create a drawable trajectory to hold the center marker
  // Tell frame to follow the trajectories
  DrawableTrajectory *frame1 = new DrawableTrajectory("Continuous", 1, 0, 0, 1);
  frame1->showAxes(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  frame1->showAxesLabels(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  frame1->getTransform()->setUpdateCallback(tf1);
  drawtraj->addChild(frame1);

  // Create a MarkerArtist to draw the center marker
  MarkerArtist *frame1centermarker = new MarkerArtist();
  frame1centermarker->setMarkerShader("Shaders/Marker_Circle.frag");
  frame1centermarker->setMarkerSize(15);
  frame1centermarker->setMarkerColor(MarkerArtist::START, 1, 0, 0);
  frame1->addArtist(frame1centermarker);

  /***************
   Use-case 2: Trajectories that overlap
   The trajectories overlap and get farther from the origin
   */
  const int numtraj2 = 6;
  osg::ref_ptr<Trajectory> trajset2[numtraj2];
  TrajectoryFollower *tf2 = new TrajectoryFollower;
  for(int i = 0; i < numtraj2; ++i)
  {
    trajset2[i] = new Trajectory; // Create trajectory

    // Each trajectory is a portion of the full circle, but overlaps
    // with the previous trajectory and gets a bit farther away
    double pos[3];
    double rmag = 1.0 + (double)i / (double)numtraj2;
    double t0 = (double)i / (2.0*numtraj2) * 2.0*osg::PI;
    double tf = ((double)i+2.5) / (2.0*numtraj2) * 2.0*osg::PI;
    const double eps = 1.0e-14;
    for(double t = t0; t <= tf+eps; t += osg::PI/90.0)
    {
      // Compute position along circle
      pos[0] = 3.0 + rmag*cos(t);
      pos[1] = 0.0;
      pos[2] = rmag*sin(t);

      // Add position
      trajset2[i]->addTime(t);
      trajset2[i]->addPosition(pos);
    }

    // Create a CurveArtist for the trajectory.  By default the CurveArtist
    // will use x/y/z positions from the trajectory for plotting.
    CurveArtist *ca = new CurveArtist(trajset2[i]);
    ca->setWidth(2.0); // Line width for the trajectory
    ca->setColor(0, 1, 0);
    drawtraj->addArtist(ca);

    // Follow the trajectory (by default in LOOP mode)
    tf2->addTrajectory(trajset2[i]);
  }

  // Create a drawable trajectory to hold the center marker
  // Tell frame to follow the trajectories
  DrawableTrajectory *frame2 = new DrawableTrajectory("Overlapping", 0, 1, 0, 1);
  frame2->showAxes(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  frame2->showAxesLabels(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  frame2->getTransform()->setUpdateCallback(tf2);
  drawtraj->addChild(frame2);

  // Create a MarkerArtist to draw the center marker
  MarkerArtist *frame2centermarker = new MarkerArtist();
  frame2centermarker->setMarkerShader("Shaders/Marker_Plus.frag");
  frame2centermarker->setMarkerSize(15);
  frame2centermarker->setMarkerColor(MarkerArtist::START, 0, 1, 0);
  frame2->addArtist(frame2centermarker);

  /***************
   Use-case 3: Trajectories with gaps
   The trajectories have gaps between them and get farther from the origin
   */
  const int numtraj3 = 6;
  osg::ref_ptr<Trajectory> trajset3[numtraj3];
  TrajectoryFollower *tf3 = new TrajectoryFollower;
  for(int i = 0; i < numtraj3; ++i)
  {
    trajset3[i] = new Trajectory; // Create trajectory

    // Each trajectory is a portion of the full circle, but has a gap
    // after the previous trajectory and gets a bit farther away
    double pos[3];
    double rmag = 1.0 + (double)i / (double)numtraj3;
    double t0 = (double)i / (double)numtraj3 * 2.0*osg::PI;
    double tf = ((double)i+0.5) / (double)numtraj3 * 2.0*osg::PI;
    const double eps = 1.0e-14;
    for(double t = t0; t <= tf+eps; t += osg::PI/90.0)
    {
      // Compute position along circle
      pos[0] = rmag*cos(t);
      pos[1] = 0.0;
      pos[2] = 3.0 + rmag*sin(t);

      // Add position
      trajset3[i]->addTime(t);
      trajset3[i]->addPosition(pos);
    }

    // Create a CurveArtist for the trajectory.  By default the CurveArtist
    // will use x/y/z positions from the trajectory for plotting.
    CurveArtist *ca = new CurveArtist(trajset3[i]);
    ca->setWidth(2.0); // Line width for the trajectory
    ca->setColor(0, 0, 1);
    drawtraj->addArtist(ca);

    // Follow the trajectory (by default in LOOP mode)
    tf3->addTrajectory(trajset3[i]);
  }

  // Create a drawable trajectory to hold the center marker
  // Tell frame to follow the trajectories
  DrawableTrajectory *frame3 = new DrawableTrajectory("Gaps", 0, 0, 1, 1);
  frame3->showAxes(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  frame3->showAxesLabels(ReferenceFrame::NO_AXES);
  frame3->getTransform()->setUpdateCallback(tf3);
  drawtraj->addChild(frame3);

  // Create a MarkerArtist to draw the center marker
  MarkerArtist *frame3centermarker = new MarkerArtist();
  frame3centermarker->setMarkerShader("Shaders/Marker_X.frag");
  frame3centermarker->setMarkerSize(15);
  frame3centermarker->setMarkerColor(MarkerArtist::START, 0, 0, 1);
  frame3->addArtist(frame3centermarker);

  // Create a manager to handle access to the scene
  FrameManager* fm = new FrameManager;
  fm->setFrame(drawtraj);

  // Add the scene to the window
  myWindow->setScene(fm, 0, 0);
  myWindow->getGridPosition(0, 0)->setBackgroundColor(0, 0, 0); // Black background

  myWindow->startThread(); // Start window animation
  myWindow->join(); // Wait for window animation to finish

  return 0;
}


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The group is thus making progress in financing its renewable projects, in which it will invest 13.3 billion euros over the period 2018-202.2
The president of the company, Ignacio Galán, and the president of the Institute, José Carlos García de Quevedo, have signed this morning the operation, which has a repayment term of 12 years.
The funds will be allocated to the Támega hydroelectric storage complex, currently under construction in Portugal, which will involve an investment of more than 1,500 million euros and will supply renewable energy to 440,000 households.
Iberdrola has obtained the largest green loan ever granted by the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), amounting to 400 million euros and a 12-year repayment period with two years grace period for repayment of principal. The operation was signed this morning by the company's chairman, Ignacio Galán, and the ICO's chairman, José Carlos García de Quevedo, during a meeting held at Iberdrola's corporate offices in Madrid.
The loan acquires its green status because the funds obtained will be allocated to the Támega hydroelectric storage complex, which the company is currently building in northern Portugal. This project includes the construction of three new plants with a total capacity of 1,158 megawatts (MW), which will increase Portugal's total electrical power by 6% and will enable the supply of renewable energy to 440,000 households. Of this capacity, 880 MW will be a pumped system, the most efficient energy storage system to date, which facilitates the integration of renewables into the peninsular electricity system and its sustainability.
The Támega project also entails an important socio-cultural and environmental action plan, endowed with 50 million euros and developed in collaboration with the different municipal councils of the region. The objective of this plan is to contribute to the development of the area and to the improvement of the living conditions of its population¿it is estimated that 3,500 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs will be generated during the construction of the hydroelectric complex¿as well as to protect the surroundings of the project from an environmental point of view.
lso noteworthy within the framework of this programme is the project for the recovery of the Roman gold mine in Tresminas. With an investment of 1.84 million euros, Iberdrola collaborates with the Municipal Council of Vila Pouca de Aguiar and the Regional Direction of Culture of Northern Portugal in the promotion of the historical, patrimonial and archaeological heritage of the region.
For the certification as a green loan, an independent opinion was obtained from the VigeoEiris agency, which has verified that the project to be financed follows the Green Loan Principles. In its certification, VigeoEiris also evaluates Iberdrola as a company as a whole in terms of ESG (environmental, social and governance performance).
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The agreement signed today, together with the agreement signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB) last summer, will secure financing for the Tamega complex, the construction of which will involve a total investment of more than €1.5 billion.
Iberdrola continues to advance in the development of its large portfolio of renewable projects, to which it will allocate 13.3 billion euros over the period 2018-2022. In line with its leadership in clean energy and its commitment to a low-carbon energy model, Iberdrola has an ever-increasing percentage of its green financing sources, both at the group level and in some of its subsidiaries. AVANGRID, for example, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and of which Iberdrola controls 81.5%, has already successfully closed the placement of two bonds in this format.
After being the first Spanish company to close a green bond in April 2014, Iberdrola has become the largest issuer of this type of bonds at company level in the world and the total amount of its green bonds issued already exceeds 9,500 million euros.
The company has also been a pioneer in taking out green loans: in February 2017 it signed the first green loan with BBVA for an energy company and in April 2018, in Mexico, the first operation of this type carried out in Latin America, for amounts of 500 million euros and 400 million dollars, respectively.
In addition, Iberdrola, together with a syndicate of banks, reconfigured several lines of credit at the beginning of 2018 amounting to 5.3 billion euros, in which the margin was subject, among other aspects, to the company's performance in various criteria within the area of sustainability. Last March, the group closed another transaction of this nature for an amount of 1,500 million euros. AVANGRID also signed last summer its first green credit line for 2,500 million dollars.
This financing strategy is also in line with Iberdrola's commitment to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDS) of the United Nations Agenda 2030.
In line with its activity, the group focuses its effort on the supply of affordable and clean energy (objective 7) and climate action (objective 13). In addition, it contributes directly to ensuring clean water and sanitation (objective 6), has increased its investment in R&D&i activities (objective 9), promotes respect for the life of land ecosystems (objective 15) and works to establish partnerships to achieve the objectives (objective 17). The company also contributes indirectly to the rest of the ODS.
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Iconic Eyes: A Look Back in Eyeglasses
The 85th Annual Academy Awards have come and gone with gilded trophies, flashy styles, and artistic visions. In light of the celebration, we've taken a look back at the classic celebrity eyeglasses styles that iconic stars loved and how these stunning designs are still tremendously fashionable to this day.
1. Audrey Hepburn
Fresh faced and fabulous, beneath the brim of that hat the Belgium-born star wears bold plastic wayfarer sunglasses. Batting her famous doe eyes behind large lenses, Audrey Hepburn was a captivating actress who won an Oscar for her lead role in Roman Holiday.
Our Warhol frames in Tortoise have wide lenses that can be tinted a warm brown shade that's very reminiscent of Ms. Hepburn's frames seen here in the classic film Breakfast at Tiffany's. Classically beautiful, Hepburn continues to be a style icon for anyone craving a timelessly vintage look.
2. James Dean
Even bad boys look great in glasses. James Dean, the cultural icon who played Jim Stark in 1955's Rebel Without a Cause, looks excruciatingly cool in this round style. Dean had been nominated for two Academy Awards but lost both times. Regardless, this look is already a win.
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Somewhere over the rainbow Judy Garland was shielding her big brown eyes from the sun. While this Academy Award nominated actress has been hailed as "the greatest entertainer who ever lived", we believe it's safe to say that Garland's style has inspired people just as much as her films have. Bold and beautiful, the show stopping icon stuns in these round sunglasses.
The same old Hollywood charm that Garland possessed is still stylish today. For a revamped version of her style, our Mott frames in black have similar large round lenses with a comparable keyhole bridge and comfortable skull-style temples.
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Aside from roles in music inspired films such as A Hard Day's Night, John Lennon was not an actor. Regardless, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know his name. Since 1957, continuous musical hits were created by John Lennon and his band The Beatles. Perhaps just as iconic as his music were the thin round frames Lennon always wore.
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We made a super fast trip out of town yesterday.
I knew it was coming but wasn't sure we were going to be able to go or where we were going to stay. Steve had a class to go to so I was on my own when we arrived around 6:30 p.m.
What I didn't want was 4 starving kids & me having to find food that was close to the hotel and inexpensive.
Instead I cooked our dinner at home.
You thought I was leaving town?
I did and I brought my favorite appliance with me to the hotel.
Before I went to town for a few groceries & the girls Bible study I put my plan in to action.
Step 1--I grabbed a package of BBQ Chicken out of the freezer. I defrosted it in the sink in cool water enough that I could break them apart.
Step 2—Next, I dumped the chicken in the crock pot & turned it on High. Normally I do this on low all day but I was short on time.
Step 3--Elizabeth grabbed 6 potatoes, washed & wrapped them in foil, and stuck them in the oven on 300 degrees.
We were gone for about 3 hours and when we returned home the chicken & potatoes were done.
Step 4—I dumped the "juice" from the chicken, put the potatoes in the crockpot & replaced the lid.(I didn't want sauce to spill in the suburban) We packed up the suburban with our clothes, games & the food.
The perfect end to a busy day.
I love using my slow cooker and freezer to make life just a little bit easier!


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Q: Swashbuckle for Azure Functions v3: failed to load API definition I created a simple project where I added the latest version of the extension. I published my code on Github. I use Azure Functions v3. The dependencies are:

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*AzureExtensions.Swashbuckle 3.1.6

*AzureFunctions.Extensions.Swashbuckle 1.4.4

*Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions 3.0.3

I followed the steps on theSwashbuckle page. Locally is working. When I publish the function on Azure, I get this error:

{
  "schemaValidationMessages": [
    {
      "level": "error",
      "message": "Can't read from file https://azuks-test-q001.azurewebsites.net/api/swagger/json"
    }
  ]
}

Before this, I faced another issue that I asked here. I can't understand what changed.
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For same reason, the code param can't be the same for json and UI. If you open your Swagger url with Get Function url and copy the url from UI function, it is working.

A: Currently only fork => https://github.com/vitalybibikov/azure-functions-extensions-swashbuckle
supports your version of Azure Functions, (which is v3)

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Ryan Giggs and David Beckham keen to play for Olympic football team
Posted by Steven Tan | Source from guardian.co.uk
Ryan Giggs and David Beckham are among 184 of 191 players contacted by the Football Association who have indicated they wish to be considered for the British men's team at the London 2012 Olympics.
Only seven of the 191 players written to by the FA last month have ruled themselves out. They are from across the home nations, including at least one Englishman, and from a spread of clubs.
It is understood Giggs and Beckham, who could both be included as over-age players, have signalled their intention to be considered.
The British Olympic Association's communications director, Darryl Seibel, said: "This is an outstanding response and it confirms what we have believed all along, which is there is widespread interest among players in competing for Team GB at the London 2012 Games. Clearly, the players recognise just how special this opportunity is."
Players who wanted to be in the Team GB player pool, from which Stuart Pearce will pick his squad, did not need to provide a written response to the FA. However, a large percentage of the 184 players did contact the FA to confirm they wanted to be considered.
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CPS case worker accused of lying under oath
Category: Child Protection USA media and newspaper articles
Created: Thursday, 22 November 2018 05:46
Written by Randy Wallace - Fox 26 News
These two attorneys represent the maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who has been in the custody of Child Protective Services for almost his whole life.
That makes no sense, the attorneys say, when you have suitable blood relatives wanting to adopt.
"The child is in foster care. He's a ward of the state and the grandparent is actually getting foster care payments. It makes no sense whatsoever," said attorney Steven Pook.
Even more disturbing, these attorneys say, is CPS's reaction to a case worker lying under oath.
"Her trial testimony was inaccurate. It was false. It was clearly false and it had to do with the transfer of the child," Pook said.
Pook says the case worker testified that she took the little boy to his maternal grandmother's home on Bolivar Peninsula, did a home study, saw the pair interacting and even took a picture of the home.
"The grandmother testified under oath she took those photos and she sent them to CPS, that no CPS employee had visited her before that child was transferred," said Pook.
Pook recently sent the attorney for CPS a series of emails about the false testimony and asking what the agency planned to do about it.
"Are you referring it to the DA? Is there any kind of internal investigation? Is anything being done at all? And again met with silence," Pook said.
CPS finally acknowledged the emails and said just one word about the attorneys concerns, "noted."
In a series of Only on FOX reports, we told you how a judge got so angry about a CPS caseworker and supervisor lying under oath he imposed the largest sanctions ever against the state agency.
He even ordered CPS to retrain every employee in this region on laws pertaining to the removal of children.
"Too many times it's not a true investigation. It is one sided," said attorney Tom Sanders. "We have the power, we have the money, and this is the story we're going to tell, and I've seen a lot of good people get hurt by abuse of power by this agency."
In a prepared statement, CPS told us, "We have not seen any evidence that the employee lied. The home study was conducted according to policy and was accepted and approved by the court."
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A dialogue of love among people of different faiths
The international Focolare Movement recently met in Rome to celebrate the legacy of their founder and conduct interfaith dialogues. Lawrence Chong, a Singapore representative, shares his experience.
The participants outside Domus Sanctae Marthae before meeting Pope Francis. The writer is kneeling (second from right).
In a family-like atmosphere, more than 250 members of different faiths from 30 nations gathered from March 17 to 19 at Castel Gandolfo near Rome to celebrate the legacy of Chiara Lubich.
As the founder of the Focolare Movement, Ms Lubich had contributed in building unity among people of different religions.
It was the first interreligious conference organised by the Focolare. Prior to this, the Focolare conducted bilateral symposiums with Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Muslims to deepen the already strong friendships formed since the 1980s.
The programme featured numerous testimonials, experiences of mutual love, the spiritual fruits that came out of such encounters. A senior Buddhist monk from Thailand shared how he gained a new understanding about Christianity through an act of love.
Once he was staying with the community of the Focolare in Florence during winter. He had left his pair of dirty sandals outside during the night but the very next morning he found them cleaned.
He was surprised and wondered why anyone would do that. Then he learned from his hosts that for Christians, because God loved them so much that He was willing to die for them, it is this love that inspire them to love others in extraordinary ways. He was so impressed, he returned home and brought other monks to get to know more about the Focolare community in Thailand.
At different sessions, there were videos showing the first encounters, capturing the moments of friendship between the Focolare members. It was like a walk down memory lane and some were clearly moved to see those images. There were also deeply reflective exchanges of spiritual thoughts from many participants.
The closing event at Pontifical Urbaniana University.
Because of the atmosphere of trust, everyone felt very comfortable to be distinct in their beliefs while remaining open to listen to the other.
At this meeting, because of the atmosphere of love, there is this great desire to let others speak, the willingness to listen and to build a great relationship. Dr Vinu Aram, a Hindu leader in the interfaith world shared that "everyone felt comfortable to share what is in their hearts because they felt at home".
A Jewish leader from the United States commented, "The Focolarini should congratulate yourselves, you have managed to gather Jews from different traditions and kept the peace among us."
When an Imam from Spain needed translation to share with an Italian Catholic, a Jewish Rabbi from Argentina – gifted in languages – jumped in to help. Or when Catholic media wanted to ask a question about the proceedings of the conference, an Iranian professor – a Shia Muslim who teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University – fluent in Italian was able to sum up beautifully, including the thoughts of others in a succinct and spiritual way.
Right now in Singapore, there is a great amount of friendship between leaders of different faiths and those who are deeply involved. But it is time to go beyond and build sustained friendships between communities, like between a parish and a mosque.
When a spirit of trust is built then it will be easier to have dialogue. Through deeper relationships, it then pushes people to have deeper spiritual sharings.
Through the years, I have learned more about the Church's teachings on dialogue because the friends that you meet from other faiths make an effort to share about theirs too. So to keep the dialogue going, we have to be constantly ready with our gifts which is our identity and experience as a Christian.
The conclusion of the conference took place in the Pontifical Urbaniana University with more than 500 leaders and personalities in attendance to mark the 6th anni-versary of Chiara's passing. Different religious personalities such as Rabbi David Rosen, Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee spoke.
The writer is an interreligious representative of the Focolare since 2005, at Religions for Peace, a global interfaith organisation.
The Focolare in Singapore
The Focolare is a lay Catholic movement founded in 1943 in Trent, Italy by Chiara Lubich, who consecrated her life to God and subsequently inspired many young people to do the same.
The charism of the Focolare Movement, officially known in the Church as Opera di Maria (The Work of Mary) is unity.
Today the Movement is present in 194 nations, with more than two million adherents from different vocations – from children and young people to families, priests and the Religious.
The Focolare Movement in Singapore was established in 1991 and has about 100 active members under the zone comprising Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
The group organises activities for young people and families, and annual Mariapolis gatherings are held in June in Johor Bahru. There are also monthly meetings based on the Word of Life, or a phrase from the Gospel.
To join the monthly meetings, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. more information about the Focolare, visit www.focolare.org
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With all the mobile companies lining up with their budget smartphones Videocon has made an early entry with its new V-Style Smart at a price tag of Rs 2950.
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Under-fire Sandbach and Middlewich MP Ann Winterton escapes hefty bill in expenses investigation
A POLITICAL opponent of retiring Sandbach and Middlewich Tory MP Ann Winterton has blasted the auditor's 'flawed' investigation into Commons expenses.
David Bryant, the Labour arch-critic of the Congleton constituency MP, is livid that auditor Sir Thomas Legg's review into Mrs Winterton's expenses – and those of her husband Sir Nicholas, MP for Macclesfield – found in their favour and ordered the couple to repay just £1,394.
He says the paltry sum they have been ordered to repay contrasts sharply with the situation last year when the couple were judged to have breached parliamentary rules by using their second home allowances to claim more than £80,000 on a London flat owned by a trust set up for their children.
They also claimed more than £11,000 for food over the past five years.
The revelations sparked a clamour for the couple to repay the money from their political opponents and local Tories.
But the Wintertons insist they are completely innocent of any wrong-doing and say their claims were all authorised by the parliamentary fees office.
Labour parliamentary candidate Mr Bryant is bidding to replace Lady Winterton at the next General Election. Lady Winterton and her husband Sir Nicholas are both standing down and retiring.
Mr Bryant fumed: "They were rapped by the parliamentary committee before this investigation so why is the amount so small?
"This whole episode has been appalling. It rubs salt in the wounds. Why shouldn't they have to pay it all back? This enquiry has missed the issue and it seems a bizarre verdict to me. The public want justice."
According to Sir Thomas's final judgement, Lady Winterton was overpaid £401 for three gas bills. She was also paid £143 for an electricity bill already claimed for by her husband.
Sir Nicholas was overpaid by a total of £850.81 for council tax bills over four years.
A spokeswoman for the couple, who have repaid the £1,394 in full, said they didn't wish to comment.
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When Latino pop stars turn their back on our rights
Yesterday something seemingly innocuous rubbed me off the wrong way on Twitter. Well-known Mexican actress and singer Laura León was being interviewed live on Chicago's Homofrecuencia when she made the following comment, in Spanish:
For me, [the LGBT community] has given me their all, they are very creative people" [italics mine].
Or at least that's what she said in Spanish according to what a friend who was listening to the show and reporting about it on Twitter.
Nothing wrong with that, right? But if gays being creative creatures is a pretty harmless stereotype, when you hear one Latina starlet after another use the exact same phrase in Spanish to describe why they love the gays it can get pretty damn annoying. Specially when they are promoting a tour of gay venues, as Ms. León was doing (there are shows in Chicago tomorrow, in Hollywood on Friday and in San Diego on Saturday).
To Ms. León's credit, she apparently went on to say she supported marriage rights for gay couples in Mexico, so her love for the gays might go further than appreciating us as a pretty creative bunch. It's certainly leagues ahead of Mexican singer Paquita La Del Barrio who famously said she, too, respected the gays, but argued in the same breath, that orphans would be better off dead than be adopted by a gay couple.
Pretty innocuous stuff, no?
Yup, I wasn't even going to write about it - except for something posted earlier today at the politics blog of the San Francisco Chronicle ("Star endorser at Latino 'values' event to help Fiorina -- the 2008 Queen of SF Gay Pride Parade?").
From that post:
That "Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles" fundraiser in Los Angeles to reach conservative Latinos, celebrate "Tus Valores" (Your Values) and help U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina had an interesting twist: among the star celebrity backers in the lineup was Mexican-born telenovela star Karyme Lozano -- who also happens to be the crowned Queen of the 2008 San Francisco LGBT Pride events and parade.
And, who brought Ms. Lozano to San Francisco to receive said crown from the San Francisco gays in 2008? Why, it was Granada Entertainment, the same organization who organized Laura León's gay bar tour this week!
The Chronicle goes on to quote a passage from a Wikipedia entry for Ms. Lozano which apparently has been deleted since it was quoted by the paper.
Karyme Lozano, after the death of her father, is dedicated to promoting values and defend their Catholic faith, his testimony has joined the many who leave everything to follow Christ and make Him known. He has served on several Catholic Congress in the U.S., Central and South America and has initiated pro-life action with Eduardo Verastegui by standing outside a clinic near downtown Los Angeles, handing out pamphlets, trying to stop women from obtaining health services such as contraception, pap smears, and abortion.
Ah, Eduardo Verastegui, that other Mexican-born singer / actor who became the Latino face for the successful homophobic Prop. 8 campaign in California back in 2008.
This is not really a dig at Granada Entertainment. For years now, they have made a business of bringing popular Spanish-language pop music stars to their gay fans in the United States and there is certainly no way for them to know which of the stars that agree to perform at gay bars will turn their back on the gays in the future. Among others they've brought to Latino gay clubs throughout the United States are also gay-friendly Fey, La India and Gloria Trevi.
But sometimes I feel our community confuses the fact that it's all about the business of getting their gay money rather than the performer's true support for the community and our rights - and it frustrates me to no end that performers such as Verastegui, Lozano and Paquita and Yuri can simply use the community to advance their careers and then turn their backs on us in hurtful ways.
Worse still is that they know they can get away with it. Ms. Paquita "Let the baby die rather than be adopted by a gay couple" La Del Barrio? Why, she'll be performing at New York City's Madison Square Garden on October 16th as if nothing had happened and it wouldn't surprise me to see more than a few gay fans in the stands. And yes, before her mouth got her into trouble, Paquita also was crowned Queen of the gays during one of her US tours.
As for the group calling for the $1 million dollar Fiorina fundraising drive? The Los Angeles Times calls The Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles "hard to trace" but names some of its founders and I'm not sure some of them could call themselves Latino without making people laugh.
The great Jeremy Hooper at Gay As You digs in deeper:
This Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles coalition is an outreach of the American Principles Project, and this Fiorina effort is the work of APP's action arm, American Principles in Action. Robert George is the founder of APP/APIA. The same Robert George who -- wait for it, wait for it -- CO-FOUNDED NOM! So essentially we have NOM signing on as one of two sponsors (the Susan B. Anthony List being the other) of a pro-Fiorina effort that was setup by their own founding chairman and current prominent spokesperson!
So where's the money coming from? That we can't answer. But we do know that this Partnership for Conservative Principles is not a Latino coalition that just so happens to put some focus on gay issues. In fact, it seems to be a largely gay-interested coalition (marriage in particular) that just so happens to put particular focus on Latinos!
Got that? The so-called "Latino" partnership is an outreach arm of the non-Latino APP and the main force behind it, as well as it's lead board member, is the non-Latino Robert George who also happens to have been the founder of the incredibly homophobic National Organization for Marriage.
Note to Karyme Lozano: You are being used as a tool. I hope, down the line, Laura León stops at expressing platitudes about the gays and doesn't join Lozano and Verastegui in stabbing our backs.
Another crowned Queen joins the anti-LGBT dark side (Hispanic L.A.)
NOM supports Fiorina campaign to Latinos (Box Turtle Bulletin)
Posted by Blabbeando at 10:05 PM
Labels: Eduardo Verastegui, homophobia, NOM
Joseph Charles (J.C.) said...
Thanks for the information. I appreciate it; glad I stumbled onto your blog.
Who is she and why should we care about whatever she said whenever she said it?
¿Quien es ella y por que nos tiene que importar lo que sea que haya dicho cuando lo haya dicho?
If she is a star, who isn't? I never heard of her.
I don't know who that Lozano girl is. I know who Paquita is. Why should we care about what they say? Because they are carrying the wrong message to the Latino population. There are not, to my knowledge, any groups or celebrities saying the opposite, speaking for the gay community and if we add to this the negligence and lack of understanding from our latino brothers and sisters, we only let the enemy recruit valuable allies.


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Whack-A-Mole. Cockroaches. Electronic confidential information. What's the common thread? They're all difficult to destroy. The moles of the carnival game relentlessly pop up in new places. Cockroaches could survive a nuclear attack. And it would be difficult — potentially impossible — to completely destroy electronic confidential information as is required under many confidentiality agreements.
The Typical Return or Destroy Requirement
Confidentiality agreements often require the party that has an obligation to protect the confidential information (the receiving party) to either return or destroy the information at the end of the agreement. Here's a typical provision, which I borrowed from the Iowa State University Extension website:
Upon termination of the discussions between the Parties or upon the Disclosing Party's request, all records, any compositions, articles, documents and other items which contain, disclose and/or embody any Confidential Information (including, without limitation, all copies, reproductions, summaries and notes of the contents thereof), regardless of the person causing the same to be in such form, shall be returned to the Disclosing Party or destroyed by the Receiving Party, and the Receiving Party will certify that the provisions of this paragraph have been complied with.
Exceptions for Backup Data
Some confidentiality agreements include exceptions to the obligation to return or destroy the information. For example, the agreement might allow the receiving party's counsel to retain an archival copy in case a dispute ever arises. Some well-thought-out confidentiality agreements also take into account the realities of our electronic world where data is automatically copied for backup purposes. These confidentiality agreements might have an exception for backup copies that no one except IT folks have access to.
Data is routinely backed up without our being aware of it. Sure, some IT person somewhere in every company probably knows what sort of data is stored on the company's servers. But the people who negotiate, sign, and perform confidentiality agreements (and are responsible for returning or destroying confidential information) probably have little more than a rudimentary understanding of how data is transmitted, stored, and backed up. And they probably don't know who has access to it.
Can All Copies of Electronic Confidential Information Be Destroyed?
Letting a receiving party off the hook from the duty to go through all the backup tapes and eradicate confidential information makes sense. But I'm not sure the typical carve-out is broad enough to cover all the copies of the information that actually exist. In fact, I'm not sure it's feasible to take into account all those copies.
Take a common scenario involving the disclosure of a single document to a single person. The party that owns the information attaches a document to an email and sends the email to an officer of the receiving party who is authorized access under the confidentiality agreement. The transmission email makes it clear that the document is confidential and that it's protected under the confidentiality agreement. The officer saves the document to the receiving party's computer network (taking care to restrict access to persons who are authorized access to the document) and emails the document to other employees of the receiving party having a "need to know," as well as the company's lawyer and accountant, each of whom is also permitted access to the document under the confidentiality agreement. This type of sharing is probably exactly what the parties contemplated when they negotiated the confidentiality agreement.
So one document has been emailed two times and the emails were directed only to people who are authorized to receive the confidential information and care has been taken to restrict access to the copies that are known to exist.
Consider these questions: (1) How many copies of the document are now in existence? (2) Where are the copies of the document located? (3) Can all the copies be rounded up and destroyed if required under a confidentiality agreement? The answer to (3) is probably "no," and I think (1) and (2) are as easy to answer as "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"
Copies of data are created automatically in the ordinary course of electronic communication and data storage without the awareness of the people using the data. When you send an email, for example, a copy is saved to your "sent" folder. When you delete the email from your "sent" folder, it remains in your computer's "trash can." When you empty the trash can, it might — or might not — then actually be deleted from your computer. Plus, when you send your email, it probably bounces around innumerable computers all over the world before ending up in the recipient's email inbox. Backups of data are routinely saved to enterprise servers. Data might also be backed up automatically to a cloud-based system. And I haven't even mentioned what happens when people access data via their smartphones and tablets.
Confidentiality agreements often require the receiving party to return or destroy confidential information at the end of the agreement, but can you ever hope to round up all the copies of electronic confidential information and destroy them? Maybe it's possible, but I doubt it. Does this mean that most confidentiality agreements are breached, at least technically?
What do you think? And does it even matter, or are we talking about dancing angels and pins?
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