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TTV SPOTLIGHT: Last Boy
Published: Sep 1, 2022 By: Suzanne Oswald
THIS is Last Boy: the new moniker of Haydn Park-Patterson, also known as founder and co-frontman of The Ninth Wave.
When the band announced their split earlier this year, citing a desire to take a break and explore personal projects, Patterson was already looking ahead – keen to start afresh and take his songwriting down a different direction.
His initial ideas started to form in the wake of completing The Ninth Wave's second album, and what emerged became too enticing not to pursue – driven entirely by instinct and a desire to push himself creatively.
From there, Last Boy was born and a unique sound started to form, one that, on first listen, feels warmly familiar yet distinctly personal – his honest lyrics and emotional hooks imbued with Scottish traditional influences and a lighter outlook. This all comes together on his debut EP 'Coffin Fit' which arrived last week in physical-only format – its quick release indicative of his prolific writing and recording over the last few months. Such was the level of expectation that pre-orders sold out almost instantly, while the launch also coincided with a near sold-out show at King Tuts on Sunday night.
So, on the morning after the show, we caught up with the newly minted Last Boy to hear all about the origins of the project, the new EP and more.
"It started after we finished recording the last Ninth Wave album. We started writing new stuff and I was writing songs that I kept thinking more and more didn't sound or feel like The Ninth Wave".
"We never felt we had to write a song a certain way and we always wrote the way we wanted, but when I started writing these tunes, I couldn't imagine The Ninth Wave doing them. I just kept thinking – 'this needs fiddle'" he explains.
"My brain was going in that direction the more I was writing – that it was going to be something new."
After spending over a decade at the helm of The Ninth Wave, a band he formed from a very young age with his family, the main appeal of the project was to reignite the fun of songwriting and follow his own creative instincts.
He says: "The main thing for me is doing it the way I want to do it and have fun with it. The EP I've just put out, the idea of it being a physical-only thing, I could never have imagined being able to do that a couple of years ago.
"I'm just doing what feels natural, having fun with it, and doing interesting stuff that I've always wanted to do and never really been able to."
Having spent such a long time in a band dynamic, he reflects on this shift to solo act: "I've always enjoyed recording with other people, but with these songs especially, I've written all the parts – drum, guitar, bass, vocals. I've always wanted to be a drummer in a band and now I'm getting to be a drummer on my own songs. I'm not a control freak, but I definitely have those tendencies, and now I can just make it like I want it to sound."
One big part of this is re-embracing his most formative influences – that being his love for Scottish traditional music. There's a real Celtic thread running through 'Coffin Fit' – the use of fiddle on 'whyd'yenever' for example elevates the track, the lighter melodies complementing his blunt, yearning lyrics. Elsewhere 'Second Thought Morning' captures that kind of moody, emotional atmosphere that Ninth Wave often excelled in, with the fiddle taking the track to a new level – the emphatic melody line injecting a thunderbolt of energy into the distorted chorus.
Speaking about this traditional influence seeping through, he says "I've always listened to a bunch of different music, but me and my dad, more so when I was younger, always used to play traditional music together. I've not been able to do anything with that for a really long time, so it's really nice to bring some of that to people because I love traditional music and it's such a huge part of who I am."
The EP was recorded and produced with Andy Monaghan of Frightened Rabbit (he's also worked with the likes of Lewis McLaughlin and Lizzie Reid). Haydn says "He's fucking class – I think we were in for a total of five days and just battered it out. I like working with Andy because he doesn't like spending too much time on things – if it sounds good, just record it. That's my favourite way of writing."
With that in mind, there's a real rawness to the collection – both in terms of lyrics and production. The Ninth Wave's trademark style is there – there's those emotional hooks that tug on the heart; the blunt, yearning lyrics and shades of that dour, moody atmosphere they always excelled in. However, Last Boy is a chance for Haydn to realign his sonic world – whether it's through the sheer enjoyment and catharsis of following his own creative instincts, or expanding his influences, the music feels lighter and imbued with a slight sense of optimism.
He says "It's got a bit more lightness to it, maybe not as dark as stuff written in the past. When I was starting to write them, I was just having fun with it and not feeling confined into a certain style of writing – there's a lot of real-life things looked at bluntly, but a bit less seriously."
"I wanted it to sound like me, but I'm enjoying it all coming together in this different way – in a way that people haven't heard me do before."
'Young Pups' is our entry point – anthemic and high energy. Opening in balladic fashion, it lifts off with the heavy, guitar-driven chorus, while 'whyd'yenever' is cathartic and affirming, as well as a reminder of the singer's lyrical precision. "With no room for hope, you'll grow white with worry / This life is just a sick joke that plays out in a hurry".
'Second Thought Morning' is another triumph – his vocals strong and defiant; the drums forceful and the brilliant instantly gratifying fiddle adding drama to the whole piece. Title track 'Coffin Fit' and 'Death Of The Summer' bring the pace down – the first brutally blunt and Frightened Rabbit-esque, and the latter delivered wistfully over a raw piano melody.
Only available in physical format, the EP was available to pre-order via his mailing list, with remaining copies sold at his show on King Tut's on Sunday. Delivered with an 18 age-rating stamp and some striking photographs on the cover, he discusses the DIY process of putting it together: "Last week I finally got them all sent away. I was getting second-hand DVDs from charity shops and taking out all the covers and DVDs in them. My dad printed off a pile of covers and booklets and I was inserting them into every single case."
"It took such a long time – last week was consumed by burning CDs on my old laptop, folding these booklets, writing every address – it was worth when I saw the massive pile of DVD cases. People are starting to get them now which is exciting."
Those who were avid followers of The Ninth Wave will know that they had developed quite a closeknit following over the years, and Haydn has continued to channel this community DIY spirit through his work as Last Boy. From the beginning, he has used a mailing list to send snippets of new material to listeners, his debut headline show at McChuills was only available to those who signed up, while his new EP is only out in physical format – it's a rare thing in an industry that's become so inextricably tied to the world of social media and online streaming.
He explains "That's one of the main things I wanted to have with this. With Ninth Wave, we had a nice community of people who were into the music and it was always nice to chat to people. I wanted to keep that but also expand it a little bit. Having the mailing list is a much more direct way of getting in contact with people who like the music, instead of slapping a post on Instagram which nobody sees because the algorithm is fucked."
"I like doing stuff like that – the start of a project or band, I've realised, getting it all going yourself, is one of the funnest parts for me. Because you do all this stuff on your own, you can really get a connection with people which I guess is one of my favourite things about it."
"Recently I wrote a letter to a bunch of people – people put in their address and I sent them out a letter and there was a song in it. I love doing it like that."
With this strong sense of identity behind it, the project is clearly already connecting with many people. On Sunday, he played to a jam-packed King Tuts ('It was quite the evening', he says), joined by an assortment of friends and musicians, including the brilliant Euan McLaughlin on fiddle. And there's still much more to come.
"There's a couple of gigs later this month that have not been announced yet, and I'm just going to get more recording out. I'm really enjoying getting the songs down, the process of it is quite quick which I really like as I can do as much as I want – it's coming together nicely" he says.
Photos provided by Lucia Fairfull and Ronan Park from the King Tut's show on 28th August.
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round 5: $120,2481 distributed in June 2015 (see note 1).
Note 1: Legal Aid Queensland supplemented the $100,000 funding pool to resource Regional Legal Assistance Forum projects and external evaluation grants.
This report will focus on the collaboration fund's fourth round. The round 4 projects were undertaken between 1 July 2014 and 31 August 2015 with one large project continuing past this date.
In round 4, we invited eligible community legal centres (CLCs) that are incorporated, CLCs that are sponsored by an incorporated body, and Regional Legal Assistance Forums (RLAFs) to submit proposals for project grants of up to $20,000. Project proposals had to meet the fund guidelines to be eligible. The fund guidelines outlined the fund's objectives, eligible projects, grant criteria, examples of projects that would be considered, grant conditions, eligible costs, timeframes and accountability requirements.
A panel of LAQ staff assessed applications received against the fund guidelines and made recommendations to the chief executive officer about the preferred projects. Ten projects met the application criteria and were recommended for grants. We allocated $104,850 to these 10 projects. A list of project grant recipients is provided on the following page, along with a summary of their project results.
Applicants were also encouraged to apply for one of three $3,000 external evaluation grants to appoint an external evaluator, experienced in conducting project/program evaluations in the community sector, to evaluate their project. Three project grant recipients applied for external evaluation grants—two of these applications were approved and we allocated $6,000 in total to these two projects. The external evaluation grant recipients are listed on page 5 of this report.
Carers Queensland collaborated with Queensland Aged and Disability Advocacy (QADA), the Public Trustee, the Public Guardian and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) to develop a series of five videos to help people better understand advocacy and legal services available in relation to guardianship. The five videos explain the services offered by each of these organisations.
Carers Queensland sought input from carers and people with disabilities into the video content, which use simple English and animation to explain complex legal guardianship issues. The videos are available on Carers Queensland's YouTube channel.
Nundah Community Legal Service delivered 15 information sessions on common legal issues including family law, employment law, older people's legal rights and neighbourhood issues. The sessions were delivered to 61 attendees in the north Brisbane area.
QADA is partnering with Queensland Advocacy Incorporated to deliver workshops explaining Queensland's Guardianship Framework to people with mental health issues and their families or carer. This project is currently in progress with the workshops to be delivered by June 2016. The workshops are being delivered across metropolitan and regional Queensland.
RAILS partnered with the Queensland African Communities Council and a multicultural troupe of young actors to produce and perform three Help Me! legal education theatre workshops to 180 members of emerging African communities. The performances explored domestic and family violence and parent/child conflict and included facilitated dialogue and practical strategies to achieve audience engagement.
RAILS consulted with the Brisbane Domestic Violence Service, Legal Aid Queensland, the Immigrant Women's Support Service, Queensland Police, a perpetrator support group, theatre and law academics and actors to develop the performance script. RAILS used an additional Disability Support Services grant ($12,000) to produce a video of the theatre performance, available on the RAILS YouTube channel.
Mackay Regional CLC delivered 11 'Workplace rights for teens' information sessions to high school students in grades 9–12, to increase young people's knowledge about their rights, obligations and responsibilities before they enter the workforce, and where to get help if they need it. The sessions were delivered to 1091 students and teachers at various high schools in the Mackay region.
Additional school sessions are scheduled for early 2016.
South West Brisbane CLC delivered six child protection information sessions to 77 community workers who work with parents, children, kinship carers and other carers. The sessions covered a range of common child protection issues to provide support workers with a thorough understanding of their role in supporting and advocating for their clients. South West Brisbane CLC used its existing Child protection for workers information kit during the sessions.
The sessions were delivered in regional Queensland including Cunnamulla, Roma, Mount Isa, Townsville and Gayndah. Additional information sessions have been scheduled in Rockhampton and Cairns.
Basic Rights Queensland (BRQ) partnered with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (ATSILS) to deliver 11 social security advocacy sessions to 82 community workers in regional Queensland. The sessions sought to increase community workers' capacity to assist clients with social security and financial problems, and included referral pathways to BRQ.
The sessions were delivered in Roma, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Yeppoon, Rockhampton, Gladstone and Woorabinda. BRQ returned their remaining $2929 unspent grant monies to Legal Aid Queensland.
The Bundaberg RLAF partnered with the Bundaberg Family Law Pathways Network to deliver seven legal information sessions to 161 community workers, other professionals and community members. Each session was developed in response to community need with topics including youth justice, consumer issues, Indigenous families and the family law courts, domestic and family violence, family law, mental illness and disability.
Many of the sessions were co-presented by RLAF partners and were delivered in Bundaberg, Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gayndah.
The South West Queensland RLAF partnered with The Advocacy and Support Centre (TASC) to develop a Cyber bullying, sexting and Facebook—Know the law, know your rights booklet. The booklet is an educational resource that supports the RLAF's existing 'safe use of social media' information sessions, delivered to high school students in the Toowoomba region.
The booklet was launched during Law Week 2015 and is now one of the most popular publications ordered from the LAQ website.
The South West Queensland RLAF partnered with TASC to deliver nine information sessions to 518 students at schools and community centres in Chinchilla, Warwick, Tara, Miles and Cunnamulla. The session topics included safe use of social media and general criminal law. The Cyber bullying, sexting and Facebook booklet developed by the RLAF was used as a supporting resource in the sessions.
Carers Queensland's external evaluation focused on assessing the content development process for the five service overview videos developed about Carers Queensland, QADA, the Public Trustee, the Public Guardian and the QCAT. The evaluation sought to determine if the diversity of the videos' target audience was represented.
Carers Queensland held a number of focus groups with carers and people with a disability to inform the video content. Carers Queensland chose focus groups as the most appropriate way to engage with the target audience due to the nature of the information sought and the participants' circumstances.
The focus group facilitator set clear boundaries about the group's information sharing process, project timelines and confidentiality, which enabled participants to confidently share relevant and meaningful information to be included in the video scripts. Each partner organisation also provided a brief to the video production company to assist with the video script development.
The five videos produced provide succinct, clear information about each organisation, in line with the audience's needs. The stakeholders undertook a promotional campaign to launch the videos and raise awareness with key audiences and have seen continued growth in awareness of the videos as measured by video views and other social media metrics.
QADA's project is currently in progress so the external evaluation has not been completed.
The external evaluation will focus on assessing if the target audience (people with mental health issues and their families or carers) found the information session's content and delivery effective and useful. The evaluation will identify if CLE is helping people to understand their legal rights, and progress or resolve their legal problems.
The round 4 projects delivered cost effective, targeted CLE to key audiences in metropolitan and regional Queensland.
Round 4 project outputs aligned with the Commonwealth legal aid service priorities noted in the NPA, a key requirement of the CLE Collaboration Fund guidelines.
fund two external project evaluations to improve our understanding of 'what works' in the CLE space and enhance reporting of CLE outcomes.
Of the 10 round 4 projects, nine projects were completed and one project will be completed by 30 June 2016 (QADA project) in line with the grant conditions.
62 CLE sessions were delivered to 2170 attendees.
Eight new resources were produced including the series of five videos explaining the services of QADA, the Public Trustee, the Public Guardian and the QCAT; the Cyber bullying, sexting and Facebook booklet; the Help Me! legal education theatre video and related workshop materials; and a 'Workplace rights for teens' PowerPoint presentation.
The majority (71 percent/44 sessions) of the 62 CLE sessions were delivered in regional Queensland. The other 18 sessions were delivered in Brisbane.
South West Brisbane CLC partnered with the Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Service and other support organisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver child protection information sessions to community workers who work with parents, children, kinship carers and other carers.
RAILS consulted with the Queensland African Communities Council, the Brisbane Domestic Violence Service, LAQ's Family Law Services division, the Immigrant Women's Support Service, a perpetrator support group, Queensland Police, and theatre and law academics to develop the script for their Help Me! legal education theatre workshops.
Basic Rights Queensland (BRQ) partnered with the ATSILS to deliver social security advocacy sessions to community workers in regional Queensland. Both organisations consulted with local CLCs and support services in the planning stage of the project to determine the need for CLE in particular regions.
The South West Queensland RLAF partnered with The Advocacy and Support Centre (TASC) to develop a Cyber bullying, sexting and Facebook booklet. Legal Aid Queensland edited the booklet and consulted with the Department of Education and Queensland Police to ensure the booklet was providing consistent messages about cyber safety to young people.
As in previous rounds, a number of round 4 projects worked with non-legal professionals (eg community sector workers and teachers) to engage with key target audiences for CLE (eg young people and Indigenous people).


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Le Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 (le plus souvent appelé Special Powers Act) est une loi du Parlement d'Irlande du Nord mise en place à la fin de la guerre d'indépendance irlandaise qui aboutit au partage de l'île. Il offre des pouvoirs étendus à la police et à l'armée. Temporaire à sa fondation (il doit être renouvelé chaque année) pour donner au gouvernement les moyens de rétablir l'ordre en cas de nouveaux troubles, il devient permanent en 1933.

Par cet acte, lorsque nécessaire, le gouvernement peut attrivuer certains pouvoirs comme celui de proceder à des arrestations arbitraire ou des internements sans procès, de mener des perquisitions sans mandat, d'interdire rassemblement et médias, de réunir un tribunal sans jury, d'user de châtiments corporels, de suspendre le droit à un avocat,…

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- Removed unnecessary CSS
- Shortened & optimized CSS

#### CSS:
- Changed pin icon
- Changed new messages CSS
- Added & adjusted user settings connections CSS
- Adjusted titlebar & header toolbar icons sizes
- Adjusted background image gradients
- Adjusted custom css container
- Adjusted code cursor color
- Minor changes & fixes

## VERSION 1.3.0
(Release: 16/07/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Renamed themes to "Discord ReBorn"
- Optimized colors
- Updated screenshots
- Changed release dates

#### CSS:
- Added load animation
- Added recent mentions popout CSS
- Updated pinned messages popout CSS
- Added new recent mentions button icon
- Added several new icons
- Added user settings changelog link CSS
- Added & adjusted user settings CSS
- Added animations to user settings
- Changed & fixed search bar icon CSS
- Adjusted & fixed changelog CSS
- Adjusted highlight CSS
- Adjusted search bar CSS
- Adjusted discriminator CSS
- Fixed button icons

## VERSION 1.3.1
(Release: 21/07/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- New background image for Sapphire
- Toned Sapphire colors to fit new background
- Updated Sapphire screenshots
- Updated theme descriptions
- Added credit to Hammock (Omniscient used parts of his theme)
- Updated RemoveShadows theme link

#### CSS:
- Reworked background image CSS
- Removed old load animation
- Added new load animation
- Added fade in animation
- Added Dev mark CSS
- Added copy button CSS
- Added message delete code CSS
- Added new delete channel icon
- Added new color picker icon
- Added new notification settings modal icons
- Added scroller feathers
- Added channel sorting CSS
- Added unblock button CSS
- Added nickname change warning CSS
- Added transitions to chat buttons
- Changed guild header drop down CSS
- Changed BetterDiscord plugin/theme list CSS
- Fixed user settings changelog link
- Fixed animations causing text rendering issues
- Fixed custom css editor CSS
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 1.3.1b
(Release: 23/07/2016)
#### CSS:
- Fixed backgrounds not showing for browsers and custom CSS

## VERSION 1.3.2
(Release: 09/08/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Created Discord ReBorn Discord server
- Moved icons to github
- Updated screenshots

#### CSS:
- Added Call CSS
- Added EBR CSS
- Added new create group modal CSS
- Added new create group icon
- Added new start call icon
- Added new add to group icon
- Adjusted quicksave button CSS
- Fixed wrong icons showing
- Fixed button sizing issues
- Fixed voice debug issues
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 2.0.0
(Release: 11/08(2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Renamed theme series to "ClearVision"
- Added CSS variables for colors and background
- Better support for non-BD Dark
- Moved images to github
- Moved screenshots to github
- Updated screenshots

#### CSS:
- Added upload modal CSS
- Added drag & drop modal CSS
- Removed "channel members loading" image
- Adjusted copy button CSS
- Fixed BetterDiscord buttons
- Fixed user popout discriminator height
- Fixed server settings member list ClearVision Dev mark
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 2.0.1
(Release: 17/08/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Beautified changelog
- Removed former version numbers from changelog
- Updated changelog link

#### CSS:
- Renamed "basic-color" variable to "main-color"
- Added channel textarea focus CSS
- Added web invite modal icons
- Added download apps button CSS
- Added authenticate modal CSS
- Added invite accept CSS
- Fixed user profile scrollbar CSS
- Fixed bot tag
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 2.1.0
(Release: 20/08/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Added light version of the theme for light appearance
- Better support for light theme
- Moved themes into own folder
- Updated screenshots
- Updated links
- Removed "Fixes & adjustements by Zerthox" note

#### CSS:
- Added info to appereance tab in settings
- Added CSS from dark theme to light theme
- Fixed text channel hover CSS
- Minor adjustemens & fixes

## VERSION 2.1.1
(Release: 20/08/2016)
#### CSS:
- Fixed group channel toolbar icons

## VERSION 2.2.0
(Release: 30/08/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Added info for customization to the readme
- Darkened light version of the theme for better readability
- Nearly full support for light theme
- Added light version screenshots

#### CSS:
- Made pinned messages clickable
- Added flashing unread guild marker animation
- Added flashing badge animation
- Added selected call guild CSS
- Added selected call guild animation
- Added invite modal CSS
- Added CSS syntax highlighting
- Added notice close icon
- Added system message pin icon
- Added system message link CSS
- Added icon friends transition
- Adjusted EBR CSS
- Adjusted header toolbar button transitions
- Fixed user popout username CSS
- Fixed user popout bot tag CSS
- Fixed EBR CSS issues
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 2.3.0
(Release: 02/09/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Sorted little parts of CSS
- Fixed issues with new Discord version

#### CSS:
- Added user popout CSS to light version
- Added detected accounts modal CSS
- Added friend add page CSS
- Added friend synchronization button CSS
- Added friend synchronization button icons
- Lightened user popout for better readability
- Adjusted connection page CSS
- Fixed text rendering issues
- Fixed user profile modal
- Fixed user popout
- Fixed chat dividers
- Fixed user popout quick message
- Fixed friends guild issues
- Several little fixes
- Minor adjustements

## VERSION 2.3.1
(Release: 05/09/2016)
#### CSS:
- Reworked Dev mark
- Added user profile modal icons
- Added pseudo element syntax highlighting
- Adjusted inline code block CSS
- Adjusted multi-line code block CSS
- Adjusted BetterDiscord theme/plugin list CSS
- Fixed emote picker custom emotes

## VERSION 3.0.0
(Release: 07/09/2016)
#### GENERAL:
- Theme now automatically loads the newest version from github
- Updated theme description
- Added links to theme description

#### CSS:
- Added friend list button icons
- Added friend list discriminator transition
- Changed BetterDiscord settings tab icon
- Adjusted friend list name column width
- Fixed discriminator position
- Fixed bot tag position
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.0.1
(Release: 07/09/2016)
#### CSS:
- Added user popout Dev mark hover CSS
- Adjusted member roles overflow
- Adjusted emoji picker category CSS
- Fixed settings input CSS
- Fixed voice debug modal CSS
- Fixed bot tag & discriminator issues
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.0.2
(Release: 11/09/2016)
#### CSS:
- Added keyboard shorcut modal CSS
- Added broken image CSS
- Added role add button icon
- Added update checking icon
- Adjusted friend list border colors
- Fixed emoji picker diversity selector CSS
- Fixed emoji picker dimmer CSS
- Fixed custom css editor selection
- Fixed issues with BetterDiscord Minimal Mode
- Fixed issues with friend page buttons
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.0.3
(Release: 16/09/16)
#### CSS:
- Added context menu animation
- Added user popout animation
- Added file upload button icon
- Added file icons (chat & modal)
- Added progress bar CSS
- Adjusted titlebar topic link CSS
- Adjusted titlebar topic highlight CSS
- Fixed voice debug selected list CSS
- Fixed broken image CSS
- Fixed pin & mention popout issues
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.0.4
(Release: 24/09/16)
### CSS:
- Added context menu item sub menu animation
- Added account avatar hover animation
- Adjusted Dev mark CSS
- Adjusted seperator colors
- Adjusted popout backgrounds for better readability
- Fixes for light version
- Fixes for message popouts
- Fixed voice debug modal CSS
- Fixed search bar clear button CSS
- Fixed chat bot tag color
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.1.0
(Release: 17/09/16)
### GENERAL:
- Better support for webkit browsers
- Removed unnecessary CSS

### CSS:
- Added guild settings tab bar icons
- Added popout menu CSS
- Added status picker menu CSS
- Added channel notice CSS
- Added instant invite modal CSS
- Added new messages indicator CSS
- Updated CSS syntax highlighting
- Made channel textarea & message edit boxes scrollable
- Adjusted more seperator colors
- Adjusted status dot shadows
- Fixed account avatar hover animation
- Fixed issues with account avatar hover animation & account discriminator hover animation
- Fixed an issue with user names in chat
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.1.1
(Release: 03/10/16)
### CSS:
- Added popout menu icons
- Added leave button hover & active animation
- Added custom css editor syntax highlighting
- Adjusted invite button CSS
- Adjusted context menu item CSS
- Adjusted role settings tab bar item CSS
- Fixed CSS syntax highlighting
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 3.2.0
(Release: 15/10/16)
### CSS:
- Added webhook settings page CSS
- Added color picker CSS
- Added BetterDiscord Dev mark
- Changed status dot CSS
- Changed Connections icon
- Changed Locale icon
- Adjusted ClearVision Dev mark
- Adjusted user popout & user profile CSS to allow easier rendering
- Adjusted & fixed image file icon
- Fixed issues with new Discord update
- Fixed loading image modal button positions
- Fixed issues with context menu
- Fixed light version context menu
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 4.0.0
(Release: 25/10/16)
### GENERAL:
- Now loads CSS via GitCDN
- Added info for mods
- Darkened light version *(Old version available as mod)*
- Fixed issues with links
- Fixed issues with background image
- Fixed mistakes in CSS
- Removed unnecessary CSS

### CSS:
- Added channel textarea guard countdown CSS
- Added plugin settings popout CSS
- Added Linenumber plugin CSS
- Added info notice CSS
- Reworked dropdown CSS
- Reworked select input CSS
- Reworked shorcut recorder CSS
- Adjusted minimal mode CSS
- Adjusted add friend input CSS
- Fixed several issues with minimal mode
- Fixed custom CSS syntax highlighting
- Fixed issues with account
- Fixed issues with cancel button
- Fixed webhook message CSS
- Fixes for light version
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 4.1.0
(Release: 06/11/16)
### CSS:
- Added reactions buttons CSS
- Added pinned messages & recent mentions animation
- Added emote menu animation
- Added embed video actions icons
- Added Spectrum Colorpicker CSS
- Adjusted menu & popout animations
- Adjusted link hover CSS
- Adjusted Dev mark CSS
- Fixed issues with invite button
- Fixed issues with compact appearance
- Fixed issues with codeblocks in popouts
- Fixed issues with Owner Tags plugin
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 4.1.1
(Release: 18/11/2016)
### CSS:
- Updated & adjsuted user profile modal CSS
- Updated embed links CSS
- Added verified icon
- Added update button icon
- Increased user profile max name length
- Fixed issues with new Discord update
- Fixed issues with emotes
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 4.2.0
(Release: 02/12/2016)
### GENERAL:
- Added min CSS
- Themes now load min CSS

### CSS:
- Reworked role CSS
- Reworked add role button CSS
- Added quoter plugin CSS
- Adjusted broken emote & emoji CSS
- Adjusted link & highlight hover CSS
- Adjusted embed CSS
- Fixed issues with popout menus
- Fixed missing system message icon
- Fixed issues with Group DM
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 4.2.1
(Release: 25/12/16)
### CSS:
- Adjusted guild error CSS
- Adjusted tooltip error CSS
- Adjusted cancel button CSS
- Adjusted & fixed linenumbers CSS
- Adjusted codeblock width
- Adjusted embed CSS
- Fixed issues with new Discord update
- Fixed issues with guild transitions
- Fixed issues with private channels
- Fixed verified icon
- Removed unread animation
- Removed unnecessary CSS
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 5.0.0
(Release: 15/01/2017)
### GENERAL:
- Added background image brightness CSS variable
- Added background image blur CSS variable
- Adjusted comment info in code

### CSS:
- Added Discord search CSS
- Added reactions modal CSS
- Added Discord Nitro mark
- Added custom GIF badge
- Adjusted background image position
- Fixed input CSS
- Fixed channel scroller flickering issues

## VERSION 5.0.1
(Release: 16/01/2017)
### CSS:
- Fixed backdrop position
- Fixed GIF border radius

## VERSION 5.0.2
(Release: 25/01/2017)
### CSS:
- Adjusted search CSS
- Fixed issues with new Discord update
- Fixed user settings icons
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 5.0.3
(Release: 06/02/2017)
### CSS:
- Added search highlight CSS
- Added plugin settings textarea CSS
- Adjusted & fixed search CSS
- Fixed issues with background
- Fixed issues with textarea colors
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 5.1.0
(Release: 17/03/2017)
### CSS:
- Added security settings CSS
- Added Nitro settings CSS
- Added SendEmbeds CSS
- Added Quoter CSS
- Added status dot transitions
- Improved support for light theme
- Adjusted & fixed search CSS
- Adjusted button CSS
- Adjusted invite button CSS
- Adjusted system message icons
- Fixed textarea focus CSS
- Fixed pulse animations
- Fixed keyboard shorcut modal CSS
- Fixed issues with light theme
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 5.1.1
(Release: 09/04/2017)
### CSS:
- Adjusted highlight CSS
- Fixed backdrop filter performance issues
- Fixed server settings tab bar icons
- Fixed private call region select modal
- Fixed private call icons
- Fixed pulsate animations
- Fixed selected guild marker issues
- Minor adjustements & fixes

## VERSION 5.1.2
(Release: 26/04/2017)
### CSS:
- Added private group icon
- Fixed issues with latest Discord update
- Fixed toolbar buttons
- Fixed quickswitcher CSS
- Fixed issues with light theme

## VERSION 5.2.0
(Release: 09/05/2017)
### CSS:
- Added new settings CSS
- Added new notification modal CSS
- Added new webhook modal CSS
- Added NSFW warning CSS
- Fixed custom CSS editor CSS
- Fixed issues with Discord update
- Fixed issues with BetterDiscord update
- Fixed issues with quoter CSS

## VERSION 5.2.1
(Release: 09/05/2017)
### CSS:
- Made light version lighter
- Fixed search CSS
- Fixed button colors

## VERSION 5.2.2
(Release: 13/05/2017)
### CSS:
- Add social links CSS
- Fix user settings image filters
- Fix button colors
- Fix issues with latest Discord Canary update

## Version 5.2.3
(Release: Upcoming)
### CSS:
- Add emoji premium promo CSS
- Fixed quickswitcher CSS
- Fixed connection popout CSS
- Fixed connection debug modal CSS
- Fixed custom CSS editor scroller color
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Ayn Rand, original name Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, (born February 2, 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia—died March 6, 1982, New York, New York, U.S.), Russian-born American writer whose commercially successful novels promoting individualism and laissez-faire capitalism were influential among conservatives and libertarians and popular among generations of young people in the United States from the mid-20th century.
Her father, Zinovy Rosenbaum, was a prosperous pharmacist. After being tutored at home, Alissa Rosenbaum, the eldest of three children, was enrolled in a progressive school, where she excelled academically but was socially isolated. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, her father's shop was confiscated by communist authorities, an event she deeply resented. As a student at Leningrad State University, she studied history and became acquainted with the works of Plato and Aristotle. After graduating in 1924, she enrolled in the State Institute for Cinematography, hoping to become a screenwriter.
The arrival of a letter from cousins in Chicago gave her an opportunity to leave the country on the pretext of gaining expertise that she could apply in the Soviet film industry. Upon her arrival in the United States in 1926, she changed her name to Ayn Rand. (The first name, which rhymes with "pine," was inspired by the name of a Finnish writer, whom she never identified, and the surname she described as an abbreviation of Rosenbaum.) After six months in Chicago she moved to Hollywood, where a fortuitous encounter with the producer Cecil B. DeMille led to work as a movie extra and eventually to a job as a screenwriter. In 1929 she married the actor Frank O'Connor. Soon hired as a filing clerk in the wardrobe department of RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., she rose to head of the department within a year, meanwhile writing stories, plays, and film scenarios in her spare time. She became an American citizen in 1931.
Rand's first successful play, Night of January 16th (1933; originally titled Penthouse Legend), was a paean to individualism in the form of a courtroom drama. In 1934 she and O'Connor moved to New York City so that she could oversee the play's production on Broadway. That year she also wrote Ideal, about a self-centred film star on the run from the law, first as a novel and then as a play. However, she shelved both versions. The play was not produced until 1989, and the novel was not published until 2015. Her first published novel, We the Living (1936), was a romantic tragedy in which Soviet totalitarianism epitomized the inherent evils of collectivism, which she understood as the subordination of individual interests to those of the state. A subsequent novella, Anthem (1938), portrayed a future collectivist dystopia in which the concept of the self and even the word "I" have been lost.
Rand spent more than seven years working on her first major work, The Fountainhead (1943), the story of a handsome architectural genius whose individualism and integrity are evinced in his principled dedication to his own happiness. The hero, Howard Roark, blows up a public housing project he had designed after it is altered against his wishes by government bureaucrats. On trial for his crime, he delivers a lengthy speech in his own defense in which he argues for individualism over collectivism and egoism over altruism ("the doctrine which demands that man live for others and place others above self"). The jury votes unanimously to acquit him. Despite generally bad reviews, the book attracted readers through word of mouth and eventually became a best seller. Rand sold it to Warner Brothers studio and wrote the screenplay for the film, which was released in 1949.
Although the book was attacked by critics from across the political spectrum for its perceived immorality and misanthropy and its overt hostility to religion (Rand was an atheist), it was an instant best seller. It was especially well received by business leaders, many of whom were impressed by its moral justification of capitalism and delighted to think of their occupations as noble and virtuous. Like The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged also appealed widely to young people through its extreme romanticism, its accessible and comprehensive philosophy, its rejection of traditional authority and convention, and its implicit invitation to the reader to join the ranks of the elite by modeling himself on the story's hero.
In 1950 Rand agreed to meet a young admirer, Nathan Blumenthal, on the basis of his several articulate fan letters. The two established an immediate rapport, and Blumenthal and his girlfriend, Barbara Weidman, became Rand's friends as well as her intellectual followers. In 1951 the couple moved to New York, and Rand and O'Connor soon followed. There the Brandens, as Nathan and Barbara called themselves after their marriage in 1953, introduced Rand to their friends and relatives, some of whom later attended regular meetings at Rand's apartment for discussion and to read newly written chapters of Atlas Shrugged. The group, which called itself the Class of '43 (a reference to the publication date of The Fountainhead) or (ironically) the Collective, included Alan Greenspan, an economics consultant who would later head the president's Council of Economic Advisers (1974–77) and serve as chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006). Among members of the Collective Nathan Branden was unquestionably Rand's favourite. She openly acknowledged him as her intellectual heir and formally designated him as such in the afterword of Atlas Shrugged, which she co-dedicated to him and to O'Connor.
In the late 1950s, with Rand's permission, Branden established a business designed to teach the basic principles of objectivism to sympathetic readers of Rand's novels. The Nathaniel Branden Institute (NBI), as it was later called, offered courses in objectivism in New York and distributed tape-recorded lectures by Branden to "objectivist centers" in various other cities. Despite its outward appearance as an educational institution, NBI did not permit its students to think critically about objectivism or to develop objectivist ideas in novel ways. Through the success of NBI, Branden would eventually become the public guardian of objectivist orthodoxy against innovation or unauthorized borrowing by objectivist sympathizers, especially among the growing student right. In 1962 Branden and Rand launched the monthly Objectivist Newsletter (renamed The Objectivist in 1966). Meanwhile, Rand's fame grew apace with the brisk sales of her novels. She was invited to speak at numerous colleges and universities and was interviewed on television talk shows and on the news program 60 Minutes. Growing into her role as a public intellectual, she published her first work of nonfiction, For the New Intellectual, largely a collection of philosophical passages from her fiction, in 1961. The Virtue of Selfishness (1964) and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (1966) were drawn mostly from lectures and newsletter articles.
In 1968 Rand learned that Branden, with whom she had been having an intermittent affair (with their spouses' knowledge) since 1954, was involved in a romantic relationship with a younger woman. Accusing him of betraying objectivist principles, she stripped him of his partnership in The Objectivist and demanded that he surrender control of NBI, which was soon dissolved. The closing of the institute freed various self-described objectivists to publicly develop their own interpretations of Rand's philosophy—all of which, however, she rejected as perversions or plagiarism of her ideas. She was especially incensed at the use of objectivist vocabulary by young libertarians, whom she accused of disregarding morality and flirting with anarchism. Meanwhile, Branden's status as Rand's favourite disciple was assumed by Leonard Peikoff, an original member of the Collective whom she would eventually designate as her intellectual and legal heir.
In 1971 Rand ceased publication of The Objectivist and replaced it with the fortnightly Ayn Rand Letter, which appeared with increasing irregularity until 1976. In 1974 she underwent surgery for lung cancer. Although she recovered, she never again had the energy to pursue large-scale writing projects. In 1979 she published Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, a collection of philosophical articles originally written in 1967. She was working on an adaptation of Atlas Shrugged for a television miniseries—eventually unrealized—when she died.
In 1986 Barbara Branden published a memoir, The Passion of Ayn Rand, that disclosed Rand's affair with Nathan and revealed unflattering details of her relations with members of the Collective and others. Despite the resulting damage to her reputation, her novels continued to enjoy large sales, and she retained a loyal following among conservatives and libertarians, including some high-ranking members of the Ronald Reagan administration (the most notable being Greenspan). In the 1990s and 2000s her works undoubtedly contributed to the increased popularity of libertarianism in the United States, and from 2009 she was an iconic figure in the antigovernment Tea Party movement. It is for these specifically political influences, rather than for her contributions to literature or philosophy, that she is likely to be remembered by future generations.


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Q: PHP 5.3.20: undefined function hash() I'm trying to install Magento on FreeBSD with PHP 5.3.20, but the install script fails with
Fatal error: Call to undefined function hash() in /var/www/.../magento/lib/Zend/Cache/Backend/File.php on line 894
As it's cleared in another StackOverflow question it requires PHP 5.1.2, so that's a different problem. I installed the php5-mhash extension from ports and added mhash.so and hash.so to the extensions.ini. Also, there is no --disable-hash in the configure command. And it's the same in CLI too.
Probably because open_basedir? Any ideas?

A: Try installing it from security and see if this will work for you.
cd /usr/ports/security/php5-hash
make install clean

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Not that long ago, we shared our guide to food and drink in Quebec City. But the capital of the Quebec province is not the only foodie city in the region. If you're in Canada on the hunt for great food and drink, we recommend taking a trip 3 hours east to Montreal to experience another tasty side to the French-Canadian province.
Home to 5,000 restaurants, Montreal is bursting with flavours and with a lower cost of living than many cities of comparable size, eating your way around the city won't hurt your bank balance. Here's just an example of what you can bite your teeth into.
Montreal has perfected its approach to preparing its unique style of smoked meats. The distinctive Montreal-style smoked meat that you'll find in restaurants and delis is a kosher-style deli meat that uses beef brisket that has been allowed to absorb the flavours for over a week (usually savoury such as cracked peppercorns or mustard seeds) before being hot smoked and steamed. Look out for it in diners and fast-food restaurants.
Poutine's home is the nearby Quebec City so it's no surprise that Canada's unofficial dish has made its way to Montreal in abundance. There's an endless list of various poutine toppings in Montreal but one that stands out – and provides a nod to the city's French history – is foie gras poutine.
You'll probably come across a few Montrealers who claim that this Canadian city boasts a tastier bagel than New York City. Either way, Montreal's take on the bagel is definitely distinctive: it is smaller, thinner, sweeter and denser, with a larger hole, and is always baked in a wood-fired oven. Just like bagel-loving New York, you'll find this sweet treat across the city no matter where you go.
Can a city really claim to be foodie friendly if it doesn't have an outdoor market? There's several in Montreal but the local celebrity is the Jean Talon Market, found in the Little Italy district. It is home to 300 food vendors, who are mostly local farmers selling meats and cheeses.
When Montreal was first built it was the perfect blend of Parisian chic and new world adventure. And over the years Montreal has opened its arms to a multitude of new cultures and is now a multi-cultural melting pot where you can eat French croissants one day and bolognaise in Little Italy or Dim Sum in Chinatown the next. Name a cuisine, and someone will be able to point you in the direction of a restaurant that serves it.


Problem is that you didn't specify who it was that called? Was it someone that called often and so the Hello would have just popped into your mind, so it wasn't much.
But try this. I was going to see my grandmother for the first time ever, no pictures of her existed. About a week before we were going to visit her, I had a dream and envisioned meeting her. Guess what? It didn't look like her at all, BUT IT DID look exactly like a teacher I was going to have in two years.
How can ya explain that? Pretty simple, there is a connection between all people, but it isn't god, it just is life.


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Recently (SuperBowl Sunday, in fact), I was at a women's event where a couple of women a few years ahead of me on the kid timeline were talking about college, and about how a book called The College Solution changed their approach to choosing colleges and saved them hundreds of thousands of dollars. My kids have years yet before we have to start thinking about that, but it's probably a good idea to start planning, especially if I can save a buck. Or a few hundred thousand.
All this talk of impending financial strain was on my mind when someone (a reader!) from OpenTable reached out to let me know about some great prix-fixe menus that are on tap for Valentine's Day and I thought, YES! Because what is more romantic than showing you ways to save money on your Valentine's Day / week dinner so that you can save for college? Oh, and if you don't have college tuition to pay for, and even if you don't celebrate Valentine's Day, this will still save you money. You're welcome.
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Addison at the Grand Del Mar. Make no beans about it, it's expensive. And I'm pretty sure they don't even serve beans. But if you're looking for luxury with a discount, this is an opportunity to dress up, check out fancy cars in the parking lot, and savor a delicious meal. $155/person.
Cucina Enoteca Del Mar. Wine bottles on the walls? Horses hanging from the ceilings? All are here at Cucina Enoteca, where there is no shortage of burrata and I have had nothing but deliciousness to report. Prix-fixe menu available.
Cucina Urbana. Cucina Enoteca's sister restaurant downtown has a $48 prix-fixe menu that will not disappoint.
D Bar San Diego. 6 courses!!! 3 desserts!!! Did you hear that? I said THREE DESSERTS. All for $75/person. You will recall that D Bar is where we had our MasterChef encounter, so it holds a special place in my heart.
The Red Door. So cute. So cozy. So delicious. 3 course menu for two, $80.
Saving you money, one bite at a time.
San Diego is known for its natural beauty, and perhaps even for its artificial beauties, but a foodie haven? Not so much. Having lived collectively in Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Paris and Tokyo before moving here, my husband and I had to adjust to living in a place where people seemed too busy working out to be concerned with food. Which saddened me, because Food, you complete me.
I want to start brewing my own vinegar. That will make for two pets in my home: a 5-year-old sourdough starter named Pete (which is also what my daughter calls the holes in her jeans), and a vinegar mother that will heretofore be known as Wilma. Fermented pets are the best ones.
You can imagine my excitement when Baker & Olive appeared in my neighborhood. You can be excited too, because you can order online.
This is a place where they allow you to drink olive oil and balsamic vinegars out of a cup.
It's like the land of milk and honey without the milk (but a good selection of raw honey). See those silver things? They're like kegs of olive oil and vinegar, and when you walk in the staff dispenses these deliciously viscous liquids for straight from the tap. They've got beautiful gift sets as well which are a nice way to try a variety of flavors.
Why yes, I do drink gravy, why do you ask?
Back to the vinegars: a nice variety vinegars, both balsamics and lighter ones. I was focused during my visit on the balsamics; you can see some of the varieties here. Their website says that "the density and complexity of our balsamic vinegars are a testament to the fact that they are made in Modena, Italy from high quality grape must, cooked down over an open wood fire and aged in oak barrels without the addition of much else, unlike so many "balsamic-like" products on the market." Whatever they did, this vinegar is smooth, rich and complex. I bought a bottle of the violet-infused vinegar, which has a lovely fragrant bouquet; I tasted a strawberry balsamic which would be divine over a panna cotta topped with berries.
The violet balsamic, while lovely in concert with olive oil with bread as a convenient carrier, was a bit too floral for my standard vinaigrette — and I make vinaigrettes just about daily, so I need to head back to get a good basic balsamic.
I'm a vinegar novice though, so would love to hear if anyone else has experience making vinegars, or if you have recommendations on particularly good ones.
Excuse me while I have a glass of the violet now.


Cape Cod, an icon born out of a rebellion. That of Henri d'Origny, a longstanding creative partner of the Maison, who was asked by Hermès to design a square watch. But this free spirit saw things differently and preferred to respond in an almost irreverent manner with a watch representing a "square inside a rectangle".
The stylishly attired Cape Cod has made its way blithely through more than 25 years while exuding a natural air of authority. Its design reflects rigorous discipline combined with a boldly impertinent attitude. Its natural penchant is to lend itself with great aplomb to the ebb and flow of the times.
Definitely not the kind to stand still, Cape Cod disconcerts observers with the full-on aesthetic appeal of the Shadow. A black DLC-treated case, a matt black dial, red burnishing of the strap edges: such are the deliberate style choices of a model profoundly enamoured of liberty.


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Google's rivals are being questioned by U.S. federal and state authorities as part of an investigation into Google's search dominance.
DuckDuckGo has reportedly been in talks with the U.S. Justice Department regarding an investigation into Google's alleged anti-competitive practices. In a report from Bloomberg, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg reveals U.S. authorities are looking for ways to limit Google's dominance in the search market.
Weinberg spoke with authorities just a few weeks ago, who came prepared with detailed questions about Google.
Should Google Offer Alternatives?
A particular focus of questions being asked by authorities is whether Google should be required to suggest alternatives.
Authorities are most concerned about having Google present alternatives to its search engine and Chrome web browser on Android devices. It's alleged that Google is engaging in anti-competitive behavior by having its own search engine and web browser as defaults on Android.
The Justice Department declined to comment on this investigation when questioned by Bloomberg, as did multiple state attorneys general.
A Google spokesperson acknowledged the investigation, but offered no further information:
"We continue to engage with the ongoing investigations led by the Department of Justice and Attorney General Paxton, and we don't have any updates or comments on speculation."
More About the Investigation
This investigation is driven by the need to gather enough evidence to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Weeks ago we reported the U.S. Justice Department, and many state attorneys general, are preparing to sue Google for antitrust violations.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated at the time he was preparing to talk with companies who claim to have been hurt by Google.
It's interesting to now learn some of those companies include Google's rivals in the search market.
DuckDuckGo vs. Google
DuckDuckGo has been critical of Google for years. Now it's in a position to provide details that could change the way Google operates its search and advertising businesses. The focus of DuckDuckGo's criticism against Google has primarily been cantered around privacy and information sharing. Though DuckDuckGo has been critical of Google for anti-competitive practices as well.
The company may have a lot more to say about Google's alleged anti-competitive behavior. For instance, it's worth noting DuckDuckGo wasn't even offered as a default search engine on Android until this past January.
The information DuckDuckGo provides to authorities in this investigation may determine whether the lawsuit moves forward or not.
Could the culmination of DuckDuckGo's crusade against Google result in a guilty verdict for the search giant? At this point it's not known whether U.S. federal & state authorities will move forward with the lawsuit. Attorney General Paxton hopes to determine whether a filing is merited by this fall, with court to follow soon after that.
If Google were to be found guilty of antitrust violations, Paxton has stated that no punishment is off the table. Law makers may even decide to break up Google into separate search and advertising businesses.
Bloomberg calls this "one of the most significant antitrust cases in the U.S. since the government sued Microsoft Corp. in 1998."
In 2018, Google was fined a record $5 billion for antitrust violations in Europe.
As part of this ruling, Android devices in Europe are now required to have users manually select their choice of default search engine. Similar changes could be coming to the United States, depending on how these events play out.


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The following statement has been drafted and endorsed by over 200 scholars concerned about Korean democracy.
Recent actions by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) are raising concerns that Korea's hard-won democracy is under threat. The NIS and its former director are currently under investigation for very serious allegations of interference in last year's presidential election. But with that investigation ongoing and talk among politicians across party lines of the need for NIS reform, the agency has mounted what appears to be a counterattack, moving against a minor opposition party and one of its lawmakers with charges of plotting a rebellion. These charges have been unheard of since the days of the military dictatorship that ended in 1987. They bring to mind previous travesties like the charges of sedition levelled at political dissident and later president and Nobel Peace Laureate Kim Dae Jung in 1980 and the fabricated People's Revolutionary Party case of 1975 which claimed the lives of eight innocent people, later exonerated.
South Korea has rightly been seen as a beacon for democratisation from below, as a model of how a dictatorship can transition, largely peacefully, to a thriving democracy with a civil society that is the envy of many around the world. However, it has also been clear to many that under the continuing cold war conditions on the Korean peninsula South Korea's democratic transition remains unfinished. There have long been concerns that South Korea's hidden 'security state' has never actually gone away and the recent actions of the NIS have given new credibility to those concerns. Furthermore, we are gravely concerned that alongside the accusation of treason, the National Security Law, a vestige of Cold War anticommunism with a history of abuse, is once again being used to attack opposition politicians.