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How to escape the office and never go back
Denverite Wendy Fox wins the Colorado Book Award for literary fiction with short story collection about corporate lives
Bart Schaneman
Taking the suffering of working for years in corporate America and turning the material into an award-winning book is the kind of revenge story most office workers only fantasize about.
But when Wendy Fox found out her book, What If We Were Somewhere Else, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards, she tempered her expectations.
"Two of my other books were finalists for the Colorado Book Awards," she says. "I wasn't really sure if it was going to be the third time's the charm, or if I would get to continue my losing streak."
It was the former. Fox, of Denver, won this year's award for literary fiction for her collection of linked stories.
The book follows a group of characters who are united through their workplace, an office in Denver, as they experience fraught friendships, bad bosses, losing their jobs and other common torments of the modern workplace.
Once the book was published, Fox quickly found out how universal readers found the settings and themes.
"I was kind of surprised how many people really wanted to tell me about their absolutely terrible bosses and coworkers," she says.
Fox worked for many years in the marketing department of a technology company, and drew upon those experiences for her fiction.
She clearly knows well the material she's writing about. For instance, in the opening story, which lays the groundwork for the rest of the book via a list of names on a spreadsheet. She begins:
"In our office, there were sounds. One of the sounds was like a fighter plane taking off, the abrupt swirling of violent winds, the whoosh of air being displaced, but we all knew it was only the HVAC, which we pronounced in what we believed to be the expert way, H-vack, and so we did not worry about it in particular, we only complained."
Each story is told from a different employee's perspective. At times, the same event—the day of a large layoff, for example—is experienced by several characters in their own way.
Fox used the office setting as a way to bring together disparate personalities and mesh them together.
"People are often pushed together in a hiring coincidence, even though they might have really different types of backgrounds or interests," she says.
"So the office felt like a natural way to link these people who might not otherwise have a linkage together in a way that's believable."
The choice to write a collection of linked stories was also a result of how the corporate world was affecting Fox's life at the time.
"The stories felt manageable to me," she says. "At a time where a lot of my work life did not seem manageable at all, where I felt like it was consuming me."
Many of the pieces explore the lives of the workers outside of the office. One character drives to Salt Lake City in the middle of the night to bring a friend home who is strung out and needs help. Another goes to live on a commune after she loses her job.
Fox masterfully inhabits each character, using differing points of view and voices to make each story distinct from the next. She weaves in much of the contemporary culture of people living on the Front Range, from real estate to cannabis to climate change.
She hits a high note with her prose in the story "When You Talk About the Weather," when she skewers the tendency of people here to be armchair meteorologists:
"You and I are at a party somewhere, and first we have to talk about the weather, because we live in Denver, Colorado, where the skyline is unsettled and the temperature swings in wide dramatic swaths."
Fox was slightly ahead of the trend of people working from home that began during 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She left her corporate job in 2019 to freelance, which is what she's still doing.
"I was ready to leave my job that I had been at for seven years," she says. "Once I was just at home, and didn't have to go in every day, I really did not know how much it was deleteriously affecting my mental health."
She's interested in what's going to happen to office culture and society as a whole as many people decide they don't want to go back to a corporate setting.
"I've thought about that a lot," Fox says. "How much resistance there is to go back to that type of work. Because I absolutely never will."
Fox's top 5 books set in and around Colorado
Bratwurst Haven, Rachel King
King's writing is as crystal-clear as a bright Colorado day about these Front Range sausage factory workers navigating life a decade after the Great Recession.
Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning, Liz Prato
In telling her version of a Denver Gen X experience, Prato offers an insightful look at the cultural forces that shaped a generation.
Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbli Weidan
This page turner from Denver author Weiden is a thriller set on South Dakota's Rosebud reservation, and every page crackles with energy.
Out Front The Following Sea, Leah Angstman
A deeply researched historical novel from a writer based in Louisville, this book is, at its heart, a story of one woman's perseverance—and some romance.
Trapline, Mark Stevens
The third in an excellent series from Colorado-based writer Mark Stevens finds heroine Allison Coil tracking down two murders and uncovering a troubling conspiracy.
Email: editorial@boulderweekly.com
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package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
	"github.com/docker/docker/integration-cli/checker"
	"github.com/docker/docker/integration-cli/cli/build"
	"github.com/go-check/check"
)

func waitForHealthStatus(c *check.C, name string, prev string, expected string) {
	prev = prev + "\n"
	expected = expected + "\n"
	for {
		out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "inspect", "--format={{.State.Health.Status}}", name)
		if out == expected {
			return
		}
		c.Check(out, checker.Equals, prev)
		if out != prev {
			return
		}
		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
	}
}

func getHealth(c *check.C, name string) *types.Health {
	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "inspect", "--format={{json .State.Health}}", name)
	var health types.Health
	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &health)
	c.Check(err, checker.Equals, nil)
	return &health
}

func (s *DockerSuite) TestHealth(c *check.C) {
	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux) // busybox doesn't work on Windows

	imageName := "testhealth"
	buildImageSuccessfully(c, imageName, build.WithDockerfile(`FROM busybox
		RUN echo OK > /status
		CMD ["/bin/sleep", "120"]
		STOPSIGNAL SIGKILL
		HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --timeout=30s \
		  CMD cat /status`))

	// No health status before starting
	name := "test_health"
	dockerCmd(c, "create", "--name", name, imageName)
	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "ps", "-a", "--format={{.Status}}")
	c.Check(out, checker.Equals, "Created\n")

	// Inspect the options
	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "inspect",
		"--format=timeout={{.Config.Healthcheck.Timeout}} interval={{.Config.Healthcheck.Interval}} retries={{.Config.Healthcheck.Retries}} test={{.Config.Healthcheck.Test}}", name)
	c.Check(out, checker.Equals, "timeout=30s interval=1s retries=0 test=[CMD-SHELL cat /status]\n")

	// Start
	dockerCmd(c, "start", name)
	waitForHealthStatus(c, name, "starting", "healthy")

	// Make it fail
	dockerCmd(c, "exec", name, "rm", "/status")
	waitForHealthStatus(c, name, "healthy", "unhealthy")

	// Inspect the status
	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "inspect", "--format={{.State.Health.Status}}", name)
	c.Check(out, checker.Equals, "unhealthy\n")

	// Make it healthy again
	dockerCmd(c, "exec", name, "touch", "/status")
	waitForHealthStatus(c, name, "unhealthy", "healthy")

	// Remove container
	dockerCmd(c, "rm", "-f", name)

	// Disable the check from the CLI
	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "create", "--name=noh", "--no-healthcheck", imageName)
	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "inspect", "--format={{.Config.Healthcheck.Test}}", "noh")
	c.Check(out, checker.Equals, "[NONE]\n")
	dockerCmd(c, "rm", "noh")

	// Disable the check with a new build
	buildImageSuccessfully(c, "no_healthcheck", build.WithDockerfile(`FROM testhealth
		HEALTHCHECK NONE`))

	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "inspect", "--format={{.ContainerConfig.Healthcheck.Test}}", "no_healthcheck")
	c.Check(out, checker.Equals, "[NONE]\n")

	// Enable the checks from the CLI
	_, _ = dockerCmd(c, "run", "-d", "--name=fatal_healthcheck",
		"--health-interval=1s",
		"--health-retries=3",
		"--health-cmd=cat /status",
		"no_healthcheck")
	waitForHealthStatus(c, "fatal_healthcheck", "starting", "healthy")
	health := getHealth(c, "fatal_healthcheck")
	c.Check(health.Status, checker.Equals, "healthy")
	c.Check(health.FailingStreak, checker.Equals, 0)
	last := health.Log[len(health.Log)-1]
	c.Check(last.ExitCode, checker.Equals, 0)
	c.Check(last.Output, checker.Equals, "OK\n")

	// Fail the check
	dockerCmd(c, "exec", "fatal_healthcheck", "rm", "/status")
	waitForHealthStatus(c, "fatal_healthcheck", "healthy", "unhealthy")

	failsStr, _ := dockerCmd(c, "inspect", "--format={{.State.Health.FailingStreak}}", "fatal_healthcheck")
	fails, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(failsStr))
	c.Check(err, check.IsNil)
	c.Check(fails >= 3, checker.Equals, true)
	dockerCmd(c, "rm", "-f", "fatal_healthcheck")

	// Check timeout
	// Note: if the interval is too small, it seems that Docker spends all its time running health
	// checks and never gets around to killing it.
	_, _ = dockerCmd(c, "run", "-d", "--name=test",
		"--health-interval=1s", "--health-cmd=sleep 5m", "--health-timeout=1s", imageName)
	waitForHealthStatus(c, "test", "starting", "unhealthy")
	health = getHealth(c, "test")
	last = health.Log[len(health.Log)-1]
	c.Check(health.Status, checker.Equals, "unhealthy")
	c.Check(last.ExitCode, checker.Equals, -1)
	c.Check(last.Output, checker.Equals, "Health check exceeded timeout (1s)")
	dockerCmd(c, "rm", "-f", "test")

	// Check JSON-format
	buildImageSuccessfully(c, imageName, build.WithDockerfile(`FROM busybox
		RUN echo OK > /status
		CMD ["/bin/sleep", "120"]
		STOPSIGNAL SIGKILL
		HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --timeout=30s \
		  CMD ["cat", "/my status"]`))
	out, _ = dockerCmd(c, "inspect",
		"--format={{.Config.Healthcheck.Test}}", imageName)
	c.Check(out, checker.Equals, "[CMD cat /my status]\n")

}

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Nordic Interim
Virta Tokyo 2020
Amelia Haughey
Associate Dubai
Amelia Haughey is an Associate in the Dubai office of Odgers Berndtson where she focuses on senior-level assignments across a range of industries in the Middle East.
Before joining Odgers Berndtson, Amelia was an Associate at a global executive search firm in Dubai, where she worked on C-level appointments in the Consumer and Oil and Gas sectors. Prior to this, Amelia was a Senior Associate in the Consumer, Retail and Leisure practice of a leading executive search firm in London, specialising in the placement of C-suite executives and Board members into mid and large-cap private equity-backed businesses.
A qualified solicitor, Amelia started her career as a real estate litigator in the London offices of a major international law firm.
Amelia holds post-graduate legal qualifications and has an MA in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge.
1306 Jumeirah Business Center 3
Cluster Y, Jumeirah Lakes Towers
amelia.haughey@odgersberndtson.com
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Q: SonarQube - limit scanned files to compiled files I am scanning my c++ project with build_wrapper and sonar-scanner.
the scan ends well but for some reason the amount of files that are checked is larger then the files that are participating in the compilation.
files that are unit test are also scanned if they are in the same folder.
is it possible to limit to check only compiled files?
many thanks

A: You can try:
<sonar.exclusions> yourdirectory/specific.file, yourdirectory/*.cpp </sonar.exclusions>
or using the sonar.properties sonar.exclusions=yourdirectory/specific.file, yourdirectory/*.cpp

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Set your course from the glistening glow worms of the north to the vibrant green jade south - your epic adventure through New Zealand's landscapes will take you past spectacular glaciers and alpine landscapes, culminating in a vintage encounter with T.S.S. Earnslaw as she steams her way across Lake Wakatipu.
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Suspect breaks into Spokane Co. home, orders pizza
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office arrested a man after they say he broke into the garage of a vacant home and then apparently ordered pizza.
On July 4, a neighbor reported seeing a man break into the garage near her house on North Monroe. A deputy arrived on scene and a man identified as 28-year-old Derek Dolan came out of the garage with a backpack in his hand. The deputy announced his presence and Dolan dropped the backpack.
Dolan was taken into custody without incident.
Initially, Dolan told deputies a friend had given him permission to sleep in the garage, but said his friend didn't actually own it and he did not know how to contact the owner. Deputies contacted the owner, who said no one had permission to be in the home or the garage.
While Dolan was being questioned, a pizza delivery driver showed up at the home with a pizza. Dolan told deputies he asked his dad to order the pizza and have it sent to the house. The pizza was denied delivery.
Dolan was found to have two active warrants for his arrest (Possession of a Controlled Substance & Theft charges) and while searching Dolan's backpack, deputies located a small container with a small amount of a substance believed to be methamphetamine inside. The substance was later field tested which showed a presumptive positive result.
Dolan was transported and booked into the Spokane County Jail for Burglary 2nd Degree, Possession of a Control Substance (Methamphetamine) and his warrants.
No word on what happened to the pizza.
(story: KHQ.com; image: Spokane County Sheriff's Office)


who knew: fire cider - our new obsession!
We found this Fire Cider in our local co-op and thought why not? I have heard of the benefits of apple cider vinegar, and lately it's been in the news again a bit. So, when I saw this interesting label, I thought hhhhmmm what could the 'fire' be... and then I tested it! WhoaA! Something this powerful has to be good for you, and now we are addicted to the taste every morning. When I told my mom about it she said her sister used to take apple cider vinegar every day (she lived to be 89 and happy and healthy all the way, no one laughed better than lovely Ruth!) - maybe it's a Swedish thing.. I'm not sure?
But you MUST try this stuff... we take a shot each morning - before anything.. They have lots of recipes on their blog and it seems to make a great cocktail and terrific salad dressing!
utility canvas - perfect canvas bags & clothing :: all made in USA with domestic canvas - it's all good here!
now these are just SOME of my favorite picks... more to come!
elixirs & co - you will love these scents with a purpose!
A few years back when I was in Paris I picked up the Elixirs & Co Présence(s) perfume n1 and it is my constant companion. It gives me a lift when I need it - since it's a perfume it stays with me for longer than the usual oils I wear. These Elixirs offer not only a lift of the olfactory but they are also infused to fully harness the benefits of the 38 flower remedies discovered by Dr Bach, through a range of natural and innovative scents. These essences are created by Gérard Wolf in France, a specialist in Bach flower remedies. These essences help to re-balance our emotional state, resulting in a better ability for our body to stay healthy.
I love the Bach Flower remedies (The remedies, not these perfumes) I have talked about them many times here on my blog. I have used them for pregnancy, childbirth, for my babies up through kids, and breastfeeding just to name a few. Recently I have used Bach Flower remedies to help my husband get through a dark period (he didn't know I was giving them to him each day in glasses of water - I felt a bit like a water maid but it certainly was worth it!) I gave him Sweet Chestnut, and it was a tremendous benefit. I have used the Bachs Rescue remedy for the kids, when traveling I never forget it - it's good for weird things that come up, wipe-outs and airplane travel. With breastfeeding it helps your milk to come in and for childbirth, it just helps you cope through the whole thing, stay alert and on top of things.
So you can imagine when I found an everyday perfume that uses the essences of the Bach flowers I was so happy! I am glad that they offer your choice of perfume, toilet water or essential oils.
Try them all and see what works for you! If you have any questions on the scents please don't hesitate to ask me. I wish that I had testers I could hand out to everyone - I could scent your order with anything you wish... just tell me!
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This piece is an OP-Ed piece that ran in the New York Times - I love the 'softness' of this film and lovely way that Emma is with her brother, how she is playful and loving with him.
Kelly O'Brien is a mother of three who lives in Toronto. Her film "Softening," from which this Op-Doc for the New York Times is adapted, won the grand jury prize in the shorts competition at the 2013 DOC NYC festival.
Thank you Kelly for sharing this piece with us.
here is a taste - but bop on over to Remodelista for the full story!
Above L: Kinari Market in Chandri Chowk. Above R: A three-wheel bike used for navigating the markets. Photograph by Monica Patel-Cohn.
Above: Mr. Manjeet and his Ambassador taxi. Photograph by Monica Patel Cohn.
Above: Moonriver, a design concept store. Photograph via Vogue India.
From there, you can look in the right-hand column for MORE places you will love to visit on YOUR trip to India. It's just such a magical place, full of chaos and color, but as Monica says, you need to have yourself planned out or you won't be able to do all you need because of all the chaos.
India here we come... now, Who's coming with me!!??
FUTURE ISLANDS - I'm HOOKED!
Like you perhaps, I used to hear a phrase that went something like this: 'Eat what's on your plate, there are starving children in Africa that would love to have it.' It was what I remember as my first lesson in comparisons between what was supposed to be the 'haves' and the 'have nots'. There was that phrase. And because my parents were immigrants to the 'new world', I'd often be reminded of another comparison between what they considered my relatively comfortable upbringing as compared to theirs. It was pretty effective in helping me respect what I had. But, in hindsight, it might have been more effective had my parents had a ready access to images to support their statements. Today, with my own children, I find myself sometimes admonishing them with the same statements - a variation on those I heard when I was a child. The comparisons still remain. I'd like them to understand that not everyone may live in the same world they live in. The lesson is twofold. For one thing, they might see what they have that others do not. But, behind that is an even more important message. They might actually see what others have that they do not. I don't think my parents actually considered that second message, as they assumed that what we might have - everyone else wanted too.
When I find myself in that position again with my children, now I'll at least have a photo reference at my fingertips to share with them. And, as we all know, there's not much that is stronger than a good image. Photographer James Mollison has taken a series of photos (and by doing so, collected stories) from a variety of children around the world he has encountered in his journeys and created a wonderful book showing us these comparisons titled 'Where Children Sleep'. East, West, North, and South, you might just be surprised to find that there isn't a simple line between what we have and what we don't.
Seeing this book also reminded me of a similar project that takes into account not just a child's perspective, but extends the story to a family perspective. In an interesting book titled 'Material World: A Global Family', by Peter Menzel, we get to see a collection of images that take into account the meaning of possessions. We are offered the same insights from around the world, free to make our own comparisons.
These are interesting books to share with our children, as we have in our household. The lesson of comparison and gratitude all the more easier to convey because of them. We live in worlds that seemingly get smaller and smaller at times and our understanding of the world more narrow because of it perhaps. Books, and images, like these help us remember how expansive things really might be. And, at root, the things we might share as humans.
The Haptic Lab team is comprised of a small group of craft artisans, designers and tinkerers. Drawing upon a diverse creative skill sets, they seek to change the world of producing goods to bring about transparency, simplicity, sustainability and consciousness. Their current collaboration are these amazing ship kites! They are a unique collection made in collaboration with Balinese artisans exclusively for Haptic Lab, and each handcrafted kite really flies. The kites also make beautiful decorative objects displayed at home. No ocean required.
you can also use them in your home for great decor results... have that bare spot high up on the ceiling... hang a ship kite!
Just Arrived :: new travel accessories!
Perfect for travel and more... These summer foutas are easy-care and perfect for just about every kind of travel, we use them as blankets, beach towels, beach blankets, we use them around the home (curtains when the sun comes blaring in!) and their uses are endless. They fold flat so they are easy to tote in your beach bag or purse... Pick your color and you are ready to go.
These foutas are sized perfectly to use as a bed spread on twin beds. I take them on the airplane with me cause you never know when someone is going to need a blanket.... you see... the uses are endless!
gauzy summer scarves in bright colors for summer!
This is the time of year when a light cotton scarf is just the ticket to make all your boring winter clothing look spruced up for summer - before you jump out there and buy your new spring clothing just pop one of these easy summer scarves - cheap and cheerful! (only $38). When they arrived in the store we all grabbed one for ourselves and it's been our spring uniform.
Have FUN on your vacation... and remember... relax and have a good time!


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Top 26 Valery Kaufman Facts To Know – All about of Jared Leto's Secret Girlfriend
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Valery Kaufman is a popular Victoria's Secret model who also happens to be Jared Leto's on and off bae since 2015. I mean, she's even met his mom. If we were Jared, we would lock it down. He has a history of dating Russian models, but it seems that there's something about this European looker that has been hard to give up, even after 5 years.
Most recently, the two were spotted doing a classic quarantine activity: hiking. They were trekking in Malibu earlier in June.
1. She is age 25 was born on May 30, 1994 in Moscow Russia. No wonder those cheekbones slay so hard – Eastern European genes explain it all.
2. She's been on several lists as the Top 50 best models in the world. Considering how many models there are out there, this is a pretty high honor.
3. She started her career on the cover of Vogue Russia.
4. Soon after she was featured in the runway shows of many famous design houses such as Tom Ford, Chanel, Dior and Valentino.
5. Valery is the muse of Patrick Demarchelier, who is an extremely high profile fashion photographer. He even called her "the new Twiggy."
6. Her main hobby since a young age was dancing. She and her sister Janina toured the world dancing, and was remembered for her movements being similar to Michael Jackson.
7. She starred in Saint Laurent's 2014 campaign because Hedi Slimane personally requested her.
8. On her time off from work, she liked to go to art exhibits and museums. Her favorite artists are Keith haring Andy Warhol, and Damien Hirst.
9. Her favorite music belongs to Bob Marley, who she's a huge fan of.
10. Valery Kaufman has always had an appreciation for theater and even attended the prestigious New York Film academy. She has future dreams of teaching acting classes at NYU.
11. Her eyes are bluish green. How many men and women have fallen deeply in love with them?
12. Along with her explosive premiere on Vogue Russia, she's also been on the cover of 'Vogue Brazil,' 'Vogue Germany,' 'Vogue Italia,' and 'Vogue Japan.'
13. Valery Kaufman's net worth is an undisclosed amount between $1 million and $5 million.
14. In 2015, 'Glamour Russia' dubbed Valery "Model of the Year."
15. The romance between Kaufman and Jared started when he was filming on the set of "Suicide Squad ". Imagine what a date between takes would look like dressed as the Joker!
16. Her sister Ioannina is a videographer and photographer. With a sister like Valery, it would be hard not to take photos.
17. Jared Leto is a whole 23 years older than her , aka he could technically be her dad, even if he is a super hot DILF. He does look good for his age…
18. Valery wanted to work in NYC, so she sent her portfolio images to modeling agencies there. She got a contract and as a result her modeling career took off.
19. She's often seen rocking no makeup or natural looks on her Instagram. We love a video
20. The most recent campaign that she worked on pre-quarantine was Foret Vierge for Numero magazine. She has posed for numero before, but these looks might be our favorite so far.
21. In 2014, she once told I-D magazine that she always knew she was destined for modeling, even though she was never scouted.
22. Along with doing dance tours with her sister, the multi-talented VS model also completed many beauty contests as a child, which explains much of her natural talent.
23. She wasn't just born in Moscow, she was raised there for her entire childhood. She loved her time there, even though she said the city had changed exponentially since she was a girl.
24. Leto and Kaufman started off as friends rather than a romantic interest. They used to only hang out with groups, and never solo.
25. Valery has attended the Canne Film Festkval multiple times, which makes complete sense since the annual event is the perfect marriage of film and fashion.
26. Many people know her from her work with Victoria's Secret , but you might not know that she walked for the VS fashion show and got to be inches from lady Gaga's face.


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Darren Oakland
Hi there! I'm a screenwriter working in the spaces of drama, thriller, and horror. Specifically, I strive to create something unique by blending the three genres in unexpected ways - if I'm doing my job right, my scripts will play movies in your head that aren't quite like anything you've seen before, painting a gripping vision of a specific tone and atmosphere that's hard to pin down.
My works tend to explore complex psychological themes, and I love melding more grounded character drama with the surreal, ethereal, or otherwise otherworldly. They also tend toward some degree of social commentary - attempting to capture what it feels like to live now, under this particular stage of capitalism, in this particular stretch of American history. Sometimes this is central to the text, other times it lingers in the background as subtext.
Mixing the real, the unreal, the personal, and the political is central to my particular voice as a writer.
And a little about me beyond screenwriting: I currently live in NYC with my partner and our cat. I enjoy watching film and television (surprise surprise), playing video games (mostly story-driven, atmospheric single player games as well as competitive fighting games), and learning more about history, political theory, and philosophy. I used to also really enjoy reading fiction before the modern world exploded my attention span (I'm trying to get back into it).
Looking forward to connecting with like-minded people here!
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While an estranged family struggles to reconnect at a resort converted from a private retreat for the elite, they must fight for their sanity as a malignant force pushes them to rip each other apart.
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In a nowhere town, a lonely pill dealer grows obsessed with a failed actress, putting him in the crosshairs of her cold-blooded pimp: a violent former soldier hell-bent on bringing the dealer to heel.
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During a global outbreak of inexplicable suicides, a troubled couple self-isolates to try and survive. But their minds are on the line as their inner demons seem more real than they could have imagined.
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The White Sulphur Springs Comprehensive Plan was passed by City Council after a quiet public hearing on Monday, April 8.
A comprehensive plan is a "blueprint for the future development" of a city, devised from hearings, open houses, and surveys from residents and stakeholders. Some of these initial steps to the plan's creation were taken in November 2017 by capturing residents' thoughts on various aspects of residential life during a public meeting in City Hall. Since that meeting and subsequent public comment, the city synthesized the comprehensive plan.
Read more in the Tuesday, April 9, 2019, edition of The West Virginia Daily News.


THE Montgomeryshire Sports Awards have been saved.
Powys County Council ceased its financial support of the annual celebration of Powys sport earlier in the year and threw the future of the event into doubt.
However the organisation and hosting of the event has been taken over by a group of volunteers with Newtown's Hafren Centre once again the venue on Thursday, June 20.
Dave Peters of Maldwyn Harriers Athletics Club hoped the 2019 event would be as successful as past ceremonies.
"Powys County Council are experiencing financial problems and it was felt Sport Powys did not have the time to stage the awards as they had done so brilliantly over the past past years," said Peters.
Peters is now the lead organiser of the eagerly anticipated event with a team of volunteers enlisted to ensure the June 20 celebration is a success.
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Dali Van Gogh is a guitar driven Hard Rock band out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The band has released 3 records, and have received world wide radio play with charting singles God Help Me I Like It (2016) and Wild Blue City (2012), as well as extensive North American play with Not My Worst (2012) and Heavy Living (2010). The band is a 5 piece featuring Isaac Kent on Guitar, Jaad Stewart on Drums, Devon Roberts on Keys, Cyrus Robertson-Orkish on Bass, and John Scotto as Lead Vocalist. Most recently, Dali Van Gogh has released their latest album, From Ashes, which is largely inspired by the fire that destroyed guitarist Isaac Kent's home in early 2015.


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Ukrainian Orthodox Church eagerly wants to protect its name - Bishop's Council
Moscow, November 13, Interfax - The Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Council of Bishops, which has met in Kiev on Tuesday, has informed Ukrainian authorities of their plans to preserve their historical name.
"The Bishop's Council is standing up against any attempts to change the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's name, as the top state officials have already stated that, and against other manifestations of discrimination against Ukrainian Orthodox Church's believers at the legislative level," the UOC's Bishop's Council said in a resolution seen by Interfax on Tuesday.
Should the Verkhovnaya Rada pass relevant bills, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church "will protect its rights in every legal way, which is stipulated in 'The Foundations of the Social Concept of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church', the Ukrainian legislation and the European Human Rights Convention," according to the hierarchs.


The comedy of Martijn Oosterhuis is inspired by everyday life and delivered with expert timing. There is no audience that this man cannot entertain. Martijn is also known as the first Dutch performer in the famous show 'So you think you're funny?' and was a member of the legendary troupe (and hit tv show) 'De Lama's'.


Prevention of spontaneous prostate-related cancer in Lobund-Wistar rats by a soy protein isolate - isoflavone diet.
Author: Pollard M, Wolter W.
Publication: Prostate 2000 Oct 1;45(2):101-5.
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that Japanese and Chinese men, who consume a lot of soy, have less risk to develop prostate cancer than men form Europe or USA, who consume very little soy. This observation might be explained by the action of the soy isoflavones.
Test were conducted on special breed of rats: the Lobund-Wistar rats. These rats produce higher levels of the hormone testosterone, which is known to promote the development of cancers. About 30% of the Lobund-Wistar rats will develop spontaneously metastasizing adenocarcinomas in the prostate, which will develop in a prostate tumor.


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Is Christian Serratos Really Singing In 'Selena: The Series'? Here's What To Know
By Dylan Kickham
Nobody can sing like Selena Quintanilla. The late pop star's voice was legendary, which made it particularly difficult for Netflix's new biographical show Selena: The Series to find the right actor to portray the superstar. The series doesn't waste any time jumping right into a Selena concert scene, which may have some fans wondering if Christian Serratos is really singing in Selena: The Series or not. Serratos revealed the truth about the songs in the new show to PopSugar.
Best known for her roles in the Twilight films and The Walking Dead, Serratos took on her biggest acting challenge yet in channeling Selena to tell the Tejano singer's life story. But Serratos did not have to worry about sounding just like Selena during the numerous singing scenes, because the series opted to use Selena's actual recorded performances and have Serratos lip sync them. So, if you're thinking the songs in the show sound exactly like Selena, it's because they are actually sung by the singer. "The performances are all Selena," Serratos confirmed to PopSugar. "I am lip syncing."
The decision to lip sync makes sense considering Selena's signature voice is nearly impossible to replicate. It's the same choice the creators behind the other major Selena biopic made back in 1997; Jennifer Lopez also lip synced to Selena's actual recordings in Selena.
That's not to say Serratos can't hold a note, though. She proved her singing chops as the star of the 2013 musical movie Pop Star.
Although Serratos is lip syncing in the series, another actor playing Selena actually sang all of her own parts. Madison Taylor Baez, who plays Selena as a child in the show, is an amazing singer IRL, and she had no problem providing her voice to the scenes when young Selena was first learning how to sing and gaining a local following. Baez proved her talent on Instagram by singing the disco medley Selena performed in 1995 at the Houston Astrodome.
It's clear Selena: The Series aimed to celebrate the late singer's music to the fullest extent, and viewers will love to hear all Selena's iconic songs throughout the new Netflix show.
'Bridgerton' Star Regé-Jean Page's 'Harry Potter' Cameo Has Fans Losing It
By Ani Bundel
Nicola Coughlan's Response To Criticism Of 'Bridgerton's Diversity Is On Point
By Abby Monteil
Who Plays Prince Friedrich In 'Bridgerton'? Freddie Stroma Was In 'GOT' & 'Harry Potter'


What Is the Naturalistic Learning Style?
Yolanda has taught college Psychology and Ethics, and has a doctorate of philosophy in counselor education and supervision.
Practical thinking involves adapting to your environment. In this lesson, learn more about what practical thinking means as well as look at some real-world examples.
Suppose that you're an undergraduate psychology student in a statistics course. You're having a hard time understanding linear correlation and linear regression. You need to have at least a basic understanding of these topics by the end of next week, which is when you take your midterm exam. You know that you learn best when you are presented with auditory information. You decide to ask more questions during class time, ask your study group to discuss these topics in more detail, and turn your class notes into a game of Jeopardy so that you can retain more information. This is an example of using practical thinking.
Practical thinking is defined as considering ways to adapt to your environment, or changing your environment to fit you, so that you are able to pursue a goal. Practical sense is sometimes referred to as street smarts or common sense. Practical thinking is not concerned with gathering additional information or analyzing what you already know in multiple ways. It is concerned with taking the knowledge that you already have and effectively using it to solve problems in the real-world. In other words, practical knowledge is not concerned with gaining new knowledge, but rather using or applying knowledge to guide some action.
Your goal is to better understand the concepts of linear regression and linear correlation so that you can pass your midterm. In order to successfully remember these concepts, you decided to ask more questions (adapt to the environment), ask your study group to discuss these topics in more detail (changing the environment to fit your needs), and you turn your class notes into a game of Jeopardy (also changing the environment to fit your needs). These are all adaptations that you made in order to achieve your goal of passing the midterm.
Let's look at some other examples of practical thinking in action.
You need to remember the lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner for your theatre performance Friday. You're a visual learner. You decide to print the lyrics on notecards and practice them every day until the performance.
Being able to use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the length of a side of a triage when the lengths of the other two sides are given.
Your parents built you a treehouse, but it is too tall for you to reach it without help. You ask your parents to build you a ladder so that you can reach your treehouse.
Let's review. Practical thinking refers to thinking in terms of how you can modify yourself or your environment to reach an important goal. People who are good practical thinkers are able to apply what they know to real-world problems. An example of practical thinking is a visual learner who uses visual aids to reach his or her goal of obtaining a passing grade on a final exam.


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Swords Into Plowshares
Observations on Global Politics and the Quest for Peace and Justice
Shakespeare on War
One of the nice things about John Rourke and Mark Boyer's International Politics on the World Stage (at least for those of us who believe that a well-educated person is, among other things, someone who can integrate the insights from diverse disciplines) is that the authors spice up the text with observations from Shakespeare's plays. "The Bard of Avon," they write in the book's opening lines, "was a wise political commentator as well as a literary giant." New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof makes the same judgment of Shakespeare's value today in a piece called "Crowning Prince George."
Kristof focuses on Henry V, the play that most often attracts the attention of those looking for insights on leadership and war. Michael Walzer is among those who have examined Henry V. In Just and Unjust Wars, Walzer considers the Battle of Agincourt in the context of his opening discussion of realism. He brackets Shakespeare's account of the battle in Henry V between the one found in Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (on which Shakespeare based his play) and the one in David Hume's The History of England. Walzer's point is that, in spite of the different judgments about Henry's character reached by the three chroniclers, there is a shared moral language available for making such judgments.
Henry V provides fodder for both enthusiasts and opponents of war. Henry's St. Crispin's Day speech in Act IV, Scene III (a response to Westmoreland's stated desire for a larger army) is one of the passages that thrills the warriors:
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
(Surely someone has made this point before, but it is one of history's ironies that the American general who, during the Vietnam War, often expressed a desire for more troops was named Westmoreland.)
In contrast, Act IV, Scene I, in which Williams (in a conversation with a disguised Henry) states the importance of just cause, offers support for those who oppose particular wars, if not war in general:
But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath
a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and
arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join
together at the latter day and cry all 'We died at
such a place;' some swearing, some crying for a
surgeon, some upon their wives left poor behind
them, some upon the debts they owe, some upon their
children rawly left. I am afeard there are few die
well that die in a battle; for how can they
charitably dispose of any thing, when blood is their
argument? Now, if these men do not die well, it
will be a black matter for the king that led them to
it; whom to disobey were against all proportion of
subjection.
The two sides of Henry V, the glorious epic of war on the one hand and the cautionary tale of imperial hubris on the other, are quite apparent in the contrast between two widely separated film versions of the play. In 1944, with England at war against fascism, Laurence Olivier portrayed Henry in a bright and uplifting version. Kenneth Branagh's 1989 portrayal, on the other hand, is dark and brooding. It presents the play in terms consistent with those expressed by modern critics who see it, in Nicholas Kristof's words, as "an unblinking examination of the brutality and inevitable excesses of war."
Read Kristof's column and then watch one (or both) of the film versions of Shakespeare's Henry V.
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Just Because People Believe It . . .
A Thought (On Power)
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The Evolution of al Qaeda
Ebola: An Update
The Blogging Phenomenon
Fin de Semana Farrago of Frivolity
The Status of CEDAW
Allawi's Stump Speeches
A Chilly Diplomatic Reception
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How to Get a Job--at the UN
Beyond Left vs. Right
Islam Deported from U.S.
Torture in Afghanistan
The Slow Train to Arusha
UNGA--59th Session
Is the Vietnam War Over?
An Iraqi Woman in Abu Ghraib
Does the Vietnam War Matter?
Feminism and Abu Ghraib
Democratization Begins at Home
NIE vs. GWB on Iraq
Doing Business in France
Kofi Annan on the Iraq War
Voting and Dementia
National Security and Transnational Threats
Torture in Mosul
Torture and Responsibility (cont.)
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A private investigator from New Jersey is in serious condition Friday after being mistaken for a turkey and shot by the person he was investigating, according to Oneida County sheriff's deputies.
When William Wehnke spotted what appeared to be a husky large-chested tom turkey coming across the cornfield near his Taberg residence Friday morning, he grabbed his shotgun and prepared to hunt the bird down.
In order to get closer to the suspected turkey, 50-year-old Wehnke crept through the woods alongside his residence on Briarwood Lane, according to Oneida County sheriff's deputies.
Suddenly, the turkey entered the wooded area.
Wehnke took aim, and fired.
Unfortunately, Wehnke never took the time to confirm that what he was shooting at was in fact a turkey, investigators said. Instead, Wehnke shot a 26-year-old private investigator from New Jersey named Matthew Brady.
Brady had been sent to the Mohawk Valley to investigate Wehnke concerning matters of worker's compensation, investigators said.
The shotgun blast hit Brady in the side of his body, his back and his legs, Investigator Richard Paul said. After undergoing surgery at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Brady was listed in serious condition Friday afternoon.
Brady had been dressed in dark clothing at the time and was crouching in the woods because he was conducting surveillance on Wehnke's residence, Paravati said. But it was later determined that Brady and Wehnke did not have any contact with each other prior to the shooting.
Brady did not realize that Wehnke had left his home, and Wehnke did not realize that a person had been on his property, Paravati said. And that's where the problem arose, he said.
After being questioned by investigators, Wehnke was charged with felony second-degree assault for recklessly shooting a firearm, Paravati said.
Wehnke was arraigned in Floyd Town Court by Judge C. Clarkin and ordered to be held on $15,000 bail. He will return to court at a later date for further proceedings.
The investigation was conducted by the sheriff's Patrol Division, Criminal Investigation Unit, Forensic Identification Unit, and assisted by the New York State Police and Environmental Conservation Police.


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Fulham brothel owner who ran sex empire worth £16m sentenced to 13 years in jail
He amassed his significant fortune by trafficking women and running brothels in Fulham and east London
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David Archer trafficked girls into the UK (Image: Met Police)
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A man who ran a sex empire which yielded £1.6m a year and included a brothel in Fulham has been handed a 13-year jail sentence.
David Archer, 53 of Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead trafficked women and controlled their profiles on adult websites while running four brothels.
Archer used a rented property as a brothel in Clonmel Road in Fulham, which has an average house price of just under £2 million according to property site Zoopla.
Fulham sex empire operator faces jail for sexual assault, prostitution and human trafficking
He also used two hotels and a house in east London, which he owned, for the illicit trade and amassed a net worth of around £16 million.
Police were alerted to Archer's business when one of his victims, a sex worker, called police after Archer trapped a woman inside a bedroom at his Wanstead address.
Clonmel Road, where Archer rented a property for use as a brothel, has an average house price of just under £2m (Image: Google)
Police found the woman and discovered evidence the property was being used as a brothel. They seized computers and phones from the property and raided the other addresses which were also found to be brothels.
Archer would take sexually explicit photographs of the women to post online, and, during the investigation into his nefarious trade, several women came forward alleging that he sexually assaulted them while taking the pictures.
Ealing brothel near nursery shut down and man sentenced to prison following reports from neighbours
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to control prostitution for gain, possession of an identity document with improper intention, concealing criminal property, and two counts of human trafficking.
He was then found guilty on March 27 of three counts of sexual assault following a four-week trial.
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On Friday, May 19 Archer was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment for his numerous crimes.
Detective Sergeant John Kirby, of the Met's Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, said: "Archer had no option other than to plead guilty to a number of offences.
"However, he thought that he could escape justice with regard to the assault. This was not the case.
"Archer exploited vulnerable women to build his lucrative empire in the sex industry over a number of years.
"The vulnerability of the women and his position of strength created an imbalance which he exploited again and again - financially, emotionally, and in some cases sexually."
He was also found not guilty on seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
Zobia Taqi and Emma Cox were both accomplices of David Archer and helped run his sex empire (Image: Met Police)
Archer had two accomplices, Emma Cox, 41, of New Timber Avenue, Worthing and Zobia Taqi, 29, of High Road, Ilford.
Cox was involved in managing the online profiles of the sex workers created by Archer, while Taqi ran the financial side of Archer's businesses and managed his hotels.
Both women pleaded guilty to conspiracy to control prostitution for gain on February 10.
On Friday (May 19), they were sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, 150 hours' unpaid work and 20 days' rehabilitation.
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World's Richest Black Man Could Add $2.76B To His Net Worth By Selling Stake Of His Oil Refinery
Bernadette Giacomazzo. Aug 5, 2021.
The world's richest Black man could be adding $2.76 billion to his net worth, depending on the terms of the sale.
According to Reuters, the Nigerian cabinet just approved its state oil firm, NNPC, to buy a 20 percent share of Aliko Dangote's oil refinery. NNPC will purchase the stake for $2.76 billion, according to a statement provided by Timipre Sylva, the junior oil minister.
The approval of this deal comes just two months after the initial term sheets were signed between the parties. As of this writing, the NNPC says that they are approaching banks to finance the purchase of this stake. Additionally, the Dangote Group claims that NNPC and three other firms had approached their company to purchase the stake in the oil refinery. The goal, ultimately, was to secure crude oil supply agreements — agreements that are driven by Nigeria's desire to come off its foreign dependence on refined oil.
While Nigeria is Africa's number one exporter of crude oil, it exclusively imports all of its refined oil due to defunct state refineries. It's obvious, then, why there is an interest in the world's richest Black man and his investment in the largest oil refinery in Nigeria.
Currently, Dangote — the world's richest Black man, who is worth more than $12 billion according to Forbes — is still overseeing the construction of the refinery that bears his name. It is expected to be one of the world's largest oil refineries once completed. While it's unclear how many jobs it will produce, in total, for the economy, it's projected to eliminate the country's dependence on foreign refined oil.
Dangote also owns 85 percent of Dangote Cement, a publicly traded company, through a holding company. The cement company that also bears his name produces 45.6 million metric tons of cement per year and has more than 10 locations throughout Africa. These investments, plus investments in salt and sugar refineries, have made Dangote the world's richest Black man.
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So how do heading about recovering from a sprained ankle. Well, as with most injuries, RICE is recommended, but only for that first 48 hours. Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation can reduce foot and ankle pain for the main two days as well as prevent swelling and aid in the procedure However after 48 hours RICE loses its effectiveness and your left simply with "R" – basically resting till the ankle heals itself. Most people (as I used to), simple judged their healing because when many normal things they can do. Yesterday they couldn't go to work, today they could. Today it took you a while to walk up the stairs,, maybe in several days it will be easier. Foot and ankle pain is just considered part of the healing process.
But now I like to take an extra proactive choices. Although rest is correct part of recovery from any injury, rehabilitation is very important. If you don't start moving that ankle around, the muscles will become static, lose strength, and it also will shoot longer get for you to you old self. I'd a nurse recommend massaging the ankle (firm on the other hand rough), stretching, and small exercises to build up motivation. Although initially I resisted, thinking it only make my foot and ankle pain worse, she finally convinced me and Irealised i was surprised in the amazing advantages! The idea is any time you don't push you to ultimately recover, your ankle will take the easy road just recover a few state of just what's desired. I mean that if you can walk up a flight ticket of stairs, but may refine feel the stress in your ankle, wants that you can walk up, but would it not be better if you could run forward?
That's why when I sprained my ankle several months ago, after the 48 hour resting period I immediately began exercising my rearfoot. Nothing stressful of instruction.maybe walking to the kitchen, returning to "draw invisible circles" with my big toe, looking at one foot, and other simple but painful work out plans. In just a few days I was walking and down stairs with little pain at the same time two weeks time I'm jogging when again. The ankle stayed swollen for a long time but i continued with massages and the size eventually returned on track. Much faster recover than anything I read online.
Whether you're looking for a residential roofing contractor for simple repair or you want to replace or update a current roof, finding the company with the right experience is usually not that difficult. Here are a few things to remember so you could ensure that you're having the right residential roofing contractor for the job.
We all know that Southern California can occasionally have some damaging weather that can cause serious problems for homeowners- take for example, all the things that Santa Ana Winds might result in. Simple wind damage is only the beginning, add to how the risk of wildfires and will be no wonder that home owners are starting to speak with residential roofing contractors regarding their potential risk of serious property loss. A residential roofing contractor has far of knowledge about what homeowners can do to shield their home's from components as well as how to make their roofs more fireresistant.
I remember back in October, 2008 when some friends of mine must be evacuated from the San Fernando Valley Wildfire. They came and stayed with us, praying that property wouldn't be lost. Software program was over, we returned to help them measure the damage. As we got closer, I started to think that there was absolutely no way their home was still there, but it been recently. Unfortunately, none of their neighbor's homes had made it through the blaze. Theirs was without doubt one of only a dozen homes in the sub-division who had a metal roof; when first restoring their home, the metal roof was their least favorite feature– but after that day they were glad how the residential roofing contractor that had replaced their old shake roof had not given them the option.
So here are points to look for from a residential roofing contractor: All contractors, including a residential roofers, are required for licensed and insured by the State of California. Observing find one that won't give evidence to prove they are, send them down the road. Also, a residential roofing contractor will usually give homeowners an estimate and use up all of the possibilities. If you come across any that relate up and try to push you into an understanding right away, they probably don't have your best interests in mind.
When you decide to do decide it really is time to change your roof, get minimum three estimates and make sure all of each roofer gives you at least three references with their estimate. Take some time and investigate each one them; check other jobs they did. When you've picked the individual that you think will perform best task for you, it is time to take a seat with them and sign a hire.
When a roofing contractor has a house owner sign a contract, may well ask for one deposit. California of California recommends that homeowners not give a contractor during ten percent of overall cost like a deposit bad to finance work features not been done.
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package org.jboss.narayana.blacktie.jatmibroker.core.tx;

/**
 * Provides utilities to manage thread ids.
 */
public class ThreadUtil {
    /**
     * The ID associated with the thread.
     */
    private static final ThreadLocal THREAD_ID = new ThreadLocal();
    /**
     * The thread id counter.
     */
    private static long id;

    /**
     * Get the string ID for the current thread.
     *
     * @return The thread id
     */
    public static String getThreadId() {
        return getThreadId(Thread.currentThread());
    }

    /**
     * Get the string ID for the specified thread.
     *
     * @param thread The thread.
     * @return The thread id
     */
    public static String getThreadId(final Thread thread) {
        final Object id = THREAD_ID.get();
        if (id != null) {
            return (String) id;
        }

        final String newId = getNextId();
        THREAD_ID.set(newId);
        return newId;
    }

    /**
     * Get the next thread id to use.
     *
     * @return The next thread id.
     */
    private static synchronized String getNextId() {
        return "TSThread:" + Long.toHexString(++id);
    }
}


CO2 MAC's best hope for success lies in boosting the efficiency of electric cars, Sanden says.
The ECJ said Germany had failed to fulfil its obligations under the MAC Directive.
The German car company will use CO2 to air condition one series by 2019.
Harm may result from the degredation of this HFO, argues the Federal Environment Agency.
The Advocate General of the ECJ has agreed the country violated the MAC Directive.


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package org.hisp.dhis.parser.expression.function;

import static org.hisp.dhis.parser.expression.antlr.ExpressionParser.ExprContext;

import org.hisp.dhis.parser.expression.CommonExpressionVisitor;
import org.hisp.dhis.parser.expression.ExpressionItem;
import org.hisp.dhis.parser.expression.antlr.ExpressionParser;

/**
 * Replace any zero value with a null
 *
 * @author Jim Grace
 */
public class FunctionRemoveZeros
    implements ExpressionItem
{
    private static final Double ZERO = Double.valueOf( 0.0 );

    @Override
    public final Object evaluate( ExpressionParser.ExprContext ctx, CommonExpressionVisitor visitor )
    {
        Object value = visitor.visit( ctx.expr( 0 ) );

        if ( ZERO.equals( value ) )
        {
            // Don't replace this null with a zero:
            visitor.getState().setReplaceNulls( false );

            return null;
        }

        return value;
    }

    @Override
    public Object getSql( ExprContext ctx, CommonExpressionVisitor visitor )
    {
        String value = visitor.castStringVisit( ctx.expr( 0 ) );

        return " case " + value + " when 0 then null else " + value + " end";
    }
}


The principal of a non-government school must keep a register, in a form approved by the Minister, of the enrolments and daily attendances of all children at the school.
The attendance registers must be in a form approved by the Minister for Education and Communities. In 2010, the Minister approved a common code for the attendance registers for all New South Wales schools. The codes must be used from the start of the 2012 school year. The codes for use in either manual attendance registers of electronic attendance registers, are published on the websites of the NSW Association of Independent Schools (AIS) and Catholic Schools NSW (CSNSW).
In 2010, the Minister for Education under section 25 of the Education Act 1990 delegated to the principal of a non-government school the power to grant and cancel a certificate of exemption from being enrolled and attending school in certain prescribed circumstances.


by Benjamin Stephens III, Ralph C. Watkins. Judson Press, 2009.
The Millennial Generation is challenging congregational life in virtually all its aspects. This is true for Black congregations which must also deal with Hip Hop culture. Pastor Benjamin Stephens and Fuller Seminary author Ralph Watkins offer a comprehensive view of ministry to Black young adults. It is practical and pulls no punches. Challenging the notion that specialized ministries to youth is completed with high school, Stephens and Watkins begin with an examination of why a new approach to Young Adult ministry is needed. This is followed by a biblical mandate and a discussion of the unique needs of young adults and the life stages these include. A new model of ministry is then presented. Following each chapter there are a series of questions for discussion. And there are two important appendices. The first contains many documents, supporting data and programming/teaching suggestions. The second is an interesting conversation about the role of the senior pastor in relationship to young adults. This work would be helpful for congregations looking for new and better ways to reach Black young adults.


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Declining Economic Freedom
By James D. Gwartney and Robert A. Lawson
This article appeared in The Washington Times on October 7, 2010.
In the early 1980s, under the leadership of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, the United States and the United Kingdom reduced marginal tax rates, brought inflation under control and relaxed both regulations and trade barriers. Many other countries soon followed, and the result was a quarter‐century of expansion in both economic freedom and the growth of income. From 1980 to 2007, there was a gradual but steady movement toward economic freedom.
These movements can be observed in the data of the just‐released Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report.
However, as this year's report shows, the world's economic freedom rating in 2008 fell for the first time in several decades. Of the 123 countries with ratings in 2007 and 2008, 88 (71.5 percent) exhibited rating decreases and just 35 (28.5 percent) recorded rating increases.
The U.S. dropped from third in 2000 to sixth in the current report, as its rating declined from 8.45 in 2000 to 7.93 in 2008.
The Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index measures the consistency of a nation's institutions and policies with economic freedom. Put simply, institutions and policies are consistent with economic freedom when they permit individuals to choose for themselves and enter into voluntary agreements with others and when they protect individuals and their property from aggressors.
In order to achieve a high EFW rating on the zero‐to‐10 scale of the EFW index, a country must provide secure protection of privately owned property, evenhanded enforcement of contracts and a stable monetary environment. It also must keep taxes low, refrain from creating barriers to both domestic and international trade and rely more fully on markets rather than the political process to allocate goods and resources.
The rating reduction in the United States was primarily the result of lower ratings in the security of property rights, but the huge increase in government borrowing also was a contributing factor. The increased government expenditures, larger deficits and increased regulations of the past two years are sure to push the U.S. economic freedom rating even lower in the years immediately ahead.
We know more about the sources of growth and prosperity than ever before. Economic growth is primarily the result of gains from trade, capital investment and the discovery of improved products, lower‐cost production methods and better ways of doing things. Numerous studies have shown that countries with more economic freedom grow more rapidly and achieve higher levels of per‐capita income than those that are less free. Similarly, there is a positive relationship between changes in economic freedom and the growth of per‐capita income. Moreover, as per‐capita income has grown, the world's poverty rate has declined, and most of this progress has occurred in countries that have made substantial moves toward higher levels of economic freedom.
The world now faces a situation similar to that of the Great Depression. During the 1930s, perverse economic policies transformed a normal cyclical downturn into a decade‐long era of hardship and suffering. Even though it was caused by perverse policies, the Great Depression led to even more government regulation, growth of government spending and reductions in economic freedom. Will the same thing happen this time? Will we once again choose more government and less economic freedom?
We are in the midst of a great debate between the proponents of limited government and open markets on the one hand and those favoring more collectivism and political direction of the economy on the other. The outcome of this debate will determine the future direction of both economic freedom and the prosperity of Americans and others throughout the world.
James D. Gwartney and Robert A. Lawson
James Gwartney of Florida State University, Robert Lawson of Auburn University and Joshua Hall of Beloit College are the co‐authors of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report, co‐published by the Cato Institute.
An Old‐Fashioned Recipe for Economic Growth
If Protesters Want to Protect Hong Kong's Way of Life, They Must Win the War of Ideas
Venezuela's Mafia State Under Nicolas Maduro Is Almost Over. We Can Finally Push Him and His Thugs Out.
Africa, Flying Blind and Miserable


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Yesterday I headed down to Birch Lake, Littlebourne armed with a pint of maggots hoping for a tench or two. I figured this small pool would be the most likely candidate to have benefited from this warm spell and even if the carp were a little docile, a ball of wriggly red maggots are sure to wake up a tinca! Perhaps a stealthy approach on the float may have fared better but with a forecast of rain all day, I decided to present my offerings on a light ledger with a pva mesh stick of gentles.
It was a fairly slow day but a successful one as two beautiful tench graced my net. The first run of the day came an hour after setting up to the rod I had cast to a set of lilies near the middle of the lake. Unfortunately, as I picked up the rod there was no resistance. A moment later, the other rod, also positioned near lilies but in slightly shallower water, screamed off with a face-melting run!
This time I hit it no problem and retrieved the culprit - this feisty, dark 3lb 8oz tench!
A few blips at the end of the day were worth hitting!
The next run came soon after on the same rod but whilst a pound heavier, gave no where near as disproportionate an account of itself as its little buddy!
Although I accomplished my goal to catch some tench, I was a little disappointed that a carp didn't try to crash the party. So I began thinking about where I might fish tomorrow. There seemed little point going to Fordwich so decided to head over to Stonar for one last short day session for the year.
Stonar could not be more of a contrast from the tree lined pool of serenity I had fished the day before. A huge expanse of open water allowed the strong Westerly winds to kick up quite a choppy sea! I positioned myself in the wind nonetheless, in the hope it had brought some fish across with it, after I spoke to a friend tucked away out of the wind on the opposite bank who reported the fishing to be fairly slow.
Once again I missed my first run and the second brought me a bream. At this point I decided to switch all three rods over to a boilie approach and to quit trying to dutifully use up the remaining maggots from yesterday. Throughout the day I had several short takes, each soon after casting with a long pva stringer of VF boilies. Had I brought a spod rod with me I could perhaps have kept these bites coming but regrettably I had thought this unnecessary whilst taking my gear to the car.
However, one run was a good'n! A tackle tart would have hated my set up - I was fishing with three different rods in three different test curves, two with cork handles, two bait runners and one big pit. It was one of the lighter rods, a 1.75lb TC barbel rod which received this blistering take and I'm glad about it! What transpired to be a very angry common carp made many violent lunges which would have been somewhat lost on the 3lb TC carp rod which was adjacent on the pod.
Whilst this was to be the last fish of the session, I am very pleased with this little 15lb chunk and very glad to have again fulfilled my ambition for the day.
Until next time my string is pulled, thanks for reading and have a very Merry Christmas!


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Taking on house improvement projects is actually something that can deliver positive advantages for you and your household. The most effective way to make certain results, however, is actually to completely enlighten your own self on the most ideal procedures for your specific project. Have the advice as well as recommendations in this article to center as well as you will certainly get on your way to earning your home, the home of your aspirations.
Showing switches on a spice rack could be a great means to give your house a cottage style feel, and also, creating a centerpiece in your sitting room. Get some tiny aged fabricated apothecary bottles and fill them with switches numerous through colour. Prepare all of them in a feeling free to method on your spice shelf and you possess yourself, a fantastic focal point.
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