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About Why Not
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WHY NOT HISTORY 1965 to 2017 WHY NOT first started off in October 1965 when Ian Scotney met up with Geoff "Mad Dog" Horgan and had a jam together and decided to form a band. Importing Neil Adams on Drums and Platon Georgiades on Bass they decided to call their band THE PSYCHEDELIC SCORZONERA. (Scorzonera being a Spanish name for Hash or Pot). Geoff Horgan wanted the band name Why Not but was out voted by the other band members. At the time Beat Music was all the rage, but these four lads were not into that kind of music but were more interested in Psychedelic rock that was coming out of Chicago and Detriot at that time. In March 1966 they changed the name of the band to THE REVOLUTION.
Importing a Manager to the Band they took on BIG GEOFF DULLEY who have performed in a blues band and who showed them the ropes and who found gigs for the band to perform.
In 1967 they signed to Modern Home Music Records a small independent label in London, England and released their first Single titled A Side I´VE GONE penned by Geoff Horgan (Mad Dog as he was later known to fans) and the B Side WALKING BY MYSELF penned by Jans Laine. The Single was quite a success and sold around 18,000 Vinyl Singles per mail order and at gigs of the band. Then was released their first long play Record titled "REVOLUTION 99" now available on Downloads worldwide. Many other albums were recorded and tracks released independently by the band on plain music cassettes and sold at their gigs.
In 1968 the Band changed its name once again to NEW LIFE having imported a new Drummer into the Band KEN (last name unknown) and Neil Adams became Lead Singer and on Keyboards. They were to record with this line-up lots more independent recordings sold on music cassettes at their gigs. Geoff Horgan was writing all the songs and still does for WHY NOT and they were recording hundreds of tracks in Neil´s garage or front room on 4 track and 8 track tape machines. A lot of those tracks are now available under New Life, The Revolution, and Why Not on downloads. They were turning out what one could call a new album nearly every week, a massive amount of tracks which WHY NOT´s now producer is now re-mastering for a series of Why Not, The Psychedelic Scozonera, New Life and The Revolution Re-Masters Series being loaded onto the Internet very soon on hundreds of Albums on downloads eventally under the production name Digital Recordings. or Why Not Productions.
In June 1968 as well NEW LIFE got to perform the now famous free open air concert in Hitchin in Bedforshire (North Of London) before thousands of hippies performing all original songs in psychedleic mode. some photos of that gig you can see in Photos of Why Not in the Gallery, and in the CD Booklet from their Revolution Inc. Album.
In 1969 the band members split up with Ian Scotney left moving to live in Australia.
Geoff "Mad Dog" Horgan went out into the wilderness and performed with various other bands, including an audition for the band Yes which he got turned down for, and eventually teamed up with a band called TOAD whom he only performed 2 gigs with but very well attended gigs.
In December 1970 Geoff Horgan teamed up once again with Platon Georgiades on Bass and Neil Adams on Lead Vocals and two new members Rob Godwin on Drums and Chris Page on Keyboards (Cousin of Jimmy Page) and so Geoff Horgan got his way and WHY NOT was born onto the Rock scene, and so it is WHY NOT carries on still today.
Big Geoff Dulley took on the roll of Road Manager and WHY NOT got a new Manager Graham Rollinson (Editor at Penthouse Magazine) who had about 30 other bands under his wing and so WHY NOT turned professional and started 6 years career of recording and touring wth other well know bands. WHY NOT were told that they were never going to be the top band but were employed to merely be the support band for many other top named bands and toured with the likes of: Camel, Deep Purple, Argent, T-Rex, Taste, Stud, The Pretty Things, Colleseum, ELO, Grateful Dead, Formerly Fat Harry, The Who, to name but a few and many more. They were signed still to Modern Home Records who were now a part of a major record group, and recorded in that period from 1970-1976 three albums, The White Album, The Pink Album and The Orange Album, the original demo recordings of those albums now available on Downloads worlwide.
They toured all over Europe and the some other parts of the world performing their art of Progressive Rock music as a support band with some headlining dates as well, and two tours in the USA, and Japan.
In 1976 Why Not split after having made some impact on the world of rock music but their progressive art of music did not catch on so the band members decided since their record contract had come to an end to go their separate ways. All photos of the band were mainly taken by their then Road Manager Big Geoff Dulley and as a result of a fire at his house all of their tour photos were destroyed over night which was a blow to the band as six years of touring all went up in smoke overnight.
Some photos were retained but not many. If any fans ever saw WHY NOT perform and took photos we would be very happy to make copies of them.
in 1980 Geoff "Mad Dog" Horgan got the band back together again to record a new idea album and all the original members of WHY NOT started work on this new idea. Geoff´s composing had improved somewhat and they started working on the new album. Members would come and go recording this album and it didn´t quite get properly finished so once again the band split up and all the members went onto to other things. That was the final ending of the original line-up of WHY NOT from the 1970´s.
But it was not over yet by any means. Geoff "Mad Dog" Horgan still continued a career in music working as a songwriter writing songs for many other artists successfully and recording an album under the Why Not flag here and there with various line up´s of musicians as well as recording a lot of tracks that were never released which are now all featured on downloads today. (See Amazon WHY NOT under digital releases, mp3)
In 1992 Geoff met up with Reg Fellows (Producer of such bands as Diamond Head, Radio Moscow, Def Leppard, etc) and who was also a big fan of Why Not havng seen them play live in the 70´s, and together they set about finishing off the Why Not album which was started in 1980. Together with the help of a few well known session musicians and Geoff re-doing some vocal and guitar parts by 1994 the album was finished and ready for release.
But it took another few years before that album saw the light of day under going yet another digital re-master by Dirk Buro in 1999.
In 1997 Geoff "Mad Dog" Horgan re-started WHY NOT once again but with a completely new line-up of well known musicians. Mark Gamble on Keyboards (EX-KWS fame), Groover on Drums (Ex-Steppenwolf, Bryan Adams), Dirk Buro on Bass (Ex-Incognito) and Mad dog himself on Vocals and Lead/Rhythm Guitar. Together they released the Album "No Angles" in 2001.
But the first album released in 1998 was Titled "Love Is All" on Megaphon Records in 1998. The album received mild press reviews but was a new start for Why Not.
Rolling Stone magazine wrote "WHY NOT is back, Rock is Back".
In the year 2000 Geoff signed a deal with Worldwide Records in New York (SPN International) for the Album started in 1980 now titled "Revolution Inc." and it sold extremely well around the world, and is still available on downloads even today and on imports CDs on Amazon.
In 2001 WHY NOT released the album titled "No Angles" together with a CD EP titled "Here For You/Upside Down". Sponsored by a big fasion magazine and German Telecom.
In 2002 WHY NOT releaed the now controversial Album "The Fifth Dimension" a return to the Progressive Rock Geoff "Mad Dog" horgan loves to record. The album was not a great seller because the press really did not understand the album.
In 2004 WHY NOT released the Hard Rock album "On Your Radio" on Magnum Music Label UK. (Major Indie Label)
in 2005 WHY NOT released a limited edition album "Terror Error" but this was only sold independently in the UK.
In 2008 WHY NOT released the album titled "That Girl" also a limited Edition album containing some new tracks but tracks from some previous albums re-mixed and re-mastered, but also including a track from 1980 sung by the original singer of Why Not titled "Angel" which got an immense amount of airplay.
In 2012 saw the release of the Album "Rock On" which established the band on a new label Manifest Records one of the best Rock labels in Europe and who are now WHY NOT´s permanent recording label.
We come to 2014, and a new Progressive Rock Album is released titled "Drifting", on Manifest Records.
2016: End of April see´s a re-release of The Revolution´s first single I´ve Gone first released in June 1967, plus some odd tracks recorded by Pre-Why Not auditioning its new drummer Rob Godwin in 1970, plus two tracks never released recorded in 1974 with only Geoff Horgan and Platon Georgiades on Bass acoustic, plus a track titled Laila which was never released before and Angel and We Belong Together the Why Not rock Anthem produced by Reg Fellows (Diamond Head Producer and Manager). Plus four brand new Tracks taken from the new upcoming CD, on My Way (with Paul Bridgwater on vocals), Killing Time (with Michael Deichert on vocals), Endvision a prog track, and Glory an instrumental with Why Not´s new drummer Dani Buro to introduce him to the fans. The albim has been specially and very carefully digitally re-mastered by Dirk Buro who spent an enourmous amount of time doing this incredible mastering work, and has years of experience not only as a record studio producer but has one of the most modern studios in Europe, and turned a lot of the mono recordings into stereo recordings using a special processor, thanks a lot goes to Dirk. The CD contains old photos from the Revolution and Why Not 1970-1980, picture disc, cover Artwork is by Martin Murray who not only sings but is a really great and talented artist as well his drawings are very good. In the Digi-Pak is also a two page booklet with all information about the songs and recording dates and musicians. If you are lucky perhaps you might be able to buy one out there somewhere. A definite collecters item. Only 200 Cds pressed for this release Limited Edition.
2016: 16th September Why Not´s new album is finally released but only on downloads worldwide not on CD as was originally planned. Its simply titled "THE ALBUM" and contains members: Geoff "Mad Dog" Horgan (Guitars/Vocals/Keys), Dirk "Buko" Buro (Guitars and who is Why Not´s Studio Producer who has worked with Why Not now for over 22 years), Paul Bridgwater (Lead Vocals, and who has known Geoff Horgan since 1991, Paul Bridgwater has performed on many band projects including 2 albums for Radio Moscow (1991-1992), an album with Alex Parche Project 1994, also many other album with Slowburner (1989-today), Marty Murray (Lead Vocals, Canadian born Singer-Songwriter who lives in Niagara Falls, who wrote a few songs on this album and performs on the Song Rainbow acoustically with Dirk Buro on lead guitar written by Paul Bridgwater), Arman Malek (Lead Vocals, who is a very gifted rock singer), Michael Deichert (Lead Vocals, who also performs in his own band project Grayhound OCD), Dani Buro (Drums, an absolutely natural talent and a very young guy but certainly is well learnt and his skills as a drummer are fantastic beyond words). Paul Bridgwater, Marty Murray and Geoff "Mad Dog" wrote songs on this album.
2017: WHY NOT - AH! we have October and Why Not´s new album is finished and on Itunes only to download from 29th September 2017, contains the album mixes only. Their CD is out in from 17 th October and can be bought only from this homepage details in links soon. Nice CD with 12 age Booklet with lots of information released on Manifest Records and this is the last CD release but one can also get it on downloads on itunes soon as well contains an extra track. On the CD are mainly the longplay mixes. Heavy promotion to be made in radio and Press in europe and some radios in the USA. Appearing on the new album: Geoff Horgan - All guitars, Dani Buro - Drums, Paul Bridgwater - Vocals, Alex Klopp - Vocals, Michael Deichert - Vocals, produced by Dirk Buro and partly by Rolf Munkes, cover artwork Marty Murray, the album took a year and a half to write and record, and is probably the best album Why not has produced in a long time. Lots of videos on Youtube Enjoy the rock!
Four guys started the origins of Why Not in 1965 with a zeal to progress in music and now Why Not is in its 52nd year in Rock Music with over 600 Albums plus to their credit most of which are on sale on downloads today, a band whose amazing output of songs totals around 6,000 tracks recorded and released, more than any other rock band in the history of Rock Music. It´s an amazing output of songs and music over 52 years in Rock. On downloads are featured their rockthology series of 40 albums, their Rock On series mof 135 Albums plus many of their Progressive Rock album plus many other albums which fans can check out.
WHY NOT always remained an Indie Rock Band recording and performing music of their own liking being free to record what they wanted to without being restricted by commercial success. Perhaps they might not have been the biggest name in Rock Music but they are still around releasing their art of Rock Music even today and as Platon Georgiades (Deceased) once said "Why Not is progression in every note". WHY NOT records music other bands only dream of doing. well known in the Press as a very protaganistic rock band they record and write songs other more commercial rock bands never attempt.
Nigel Molden former General Manager of Warner Bros and now boss of the worlds largest independent record label Synergie: "WHY NOT is always ten years ahead of the rest no wonder they are never considered a commericial Rock Band but a progressive one".
Fast Eddie Clarke (Ex-Motorhead/Fastway) "We are the old school WHY NOT was around doing one takers and recording lots of tracks hundreds in fact and making rock history they might never have been the top band but they are amazingly still at it if you don´t know WHY NOT then you don´t know Rock!"
Rock Music is the progression which other popular arts or styles of music feeds from without bands like Why Not and others who invested new ways of songwriting, electronic sounds, arrangements etc their would be no dance or hip hop today. rock Music moves up the middle and constantly is working at new ideas.
Well as they say WHY NOT!! - and it does not end here there is a lot more to come !
© 1970 WHY NOT - ROCKBAND


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Ex-Bloomberg field organizer proposes class-action lawsuit against campaign
March 23, 2020 By Ronn Blitzer
A former Bloomberg campaign staffer filed a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that the former New York City mayor reneged on promises to pay employees through November 2020 whether or not he won the Democratic presidential nomination.
Donna Wood, who worked as a field organizer for the campaign, noted that many employees left their previous jobs in order to work on the campaign with the understanding that they would continue to be paid until November's election and receive full health care benefits for themselves and their families. Nevertheless, she claimed, the campaign "terminated the vast majority" of workers in her position and others, leaving a number of them without insurance as coronavirus spreads across the country.
MIKE BLOOMBERG SPENT NEARLY $1B OF HIS OWN MONEY ON FAILED PRESIDENTIAL BID
Wood said that she and thousands of others were fired after Bloomberg dropped out of the race on March 4 following a disappointing result in the Super Tuesday primaries.
"Defendant's termination of [field organizers] and other campaign employees deprived them of promised income and health care benefits, leaving them and their families potentially uninsured in the face of a global pandemic," said Wood's complaint, filed Monday in Manhattan federal court.
"People are going from a pretty generous health care benefit to projected 20 to 30 percent unemployment," Wood's attorney Sally J. Abrahamson said in a statement to Fox News.
Wood also alleges that the campaign improperly classified field organizers as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions so it would not have to pay them as they "regularly" worked more than 40 hours a week. The FLSA has a number of exemptions from the overtime requirement, but Wood claims her primary duties of calling prospective voters to promote Bloomberg's campaign and recruiting campaign volunteers did not fall under any of those exemptions, as they had nothing to do with the management of the campaign.
THE LATEST FROM FOX NEWS ON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Bloomberg's strategy as a late-comer to the campaign was to skip early contests in states including Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, focusing instead on delegate-rich states that were up for grabs in the March 3 races in California, Texas, Virginia and others. Wood claims that Bloomberg promised to employ people through November due to his late entry into the race because he was trying to attract workers.
Abrahamson told Fox News that Wood was terminated on March 20, the same day the campaign announced an $18 million donation to the Democratic National Committee.
A Bloomberg campaign spokesperson told Fox News in a statement that the campaign paid workers "wages and benefits that were much more generous than any other campaign this year," as well as "several weeks of severance and health care through March, something no other campaign did this year. "
The statement went on to say that health benefits will be extended due to coronavirus.
"Given the current crisis, a fund is being created to ensure that all staff receive health care through April, which no other campaign has done," the statement said. "And many field staff will go on to work for the DNC in battleground states, in part because the campaign made the largest monetary transfer to the DNC from a presidential campaign in history to support the DNC's organizing efforts."

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Bamboo bonanza
Will onshore issuance gobble up dim sum bonds?
Apr 22, 2016 (WiC 321)
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Pandas love to eat bamboo. Less well known is their consumption of dim sum. The dim sum in question, however, is the nickname for the more prosaic renminbi-denominated offshore bond that's issued in Hong Kong.
Bankers love giving different bonds their own monikers. When foreign issuers raise money in the US debt market the bonds are known as Yankees. In Japan's domestic market, they borrow money in yen through Samurai bonds.
And now there's a new market in town, which promises to be the daddy bear of them all. In a recent article, Wallstreetcn.com wonders whether China's Panda bonds will gobble up the longer established but presently struggling Dim Sum bond market across the border in Hong Kong.
Pandas are bonds issued by foreign entities in mainland China. Until very recently, China's closed capital account meant it was very difficult for foreign entities to raise capital in this way – even though the renminbi is increasingly used for global trade.
For a long time, the embryonic Panda market showed about as much appetite for going forth and multiplying as the animal itself. After the International Finance Corporation issued the first Rmb1.13 billion ($174.33 million) bond in 2005 there was almost nothing else for a decade.
Then suddenly the market sprang back into life last year as the government opened up the domestic bond market as part of its financial liberalisation plan. At $7.5 trillion, the Chinese bond market is now the world's third largest in absolute terms, although it remains miniscule if measured against China's GDP (just 1%). Last August, the government allowed foreign central banks, sovereign wealth funds and banks to start trading in the bond market without quotas. This February it enabled all foreign long-term institutional investors to follow suit.
On the issuer side, three banks (including HSBC) were allowed to raise funds in Pandas. They were swiftly followed by the Republic of Korea, which became the first foreign sovereign to raise Panda debt in December (no doubt irking Pyongyang). Many others (Sri Lanka, Russia, Nigeria and Poland) are now queuing up to establish a Panda footprint.
This year, the market has shown further signs of gaining traction with issuance reaching $2.596 billion during the first three months compared to $1.244 billion for the whole of 2015 according to Dealogic. However, all the issuers aside from the Province of British Columbia have been Hong Kong-listed Chinese firms – such as Shimao, China Gas, Country Garden and Yuexiu Transport.
Indeed, mainland-based issuers – once keen to execute US dollar bonds offshore – have been flocking to the domestic market where they face no currency risk and yields are lower because investors expect the central bank to continue its loosening bias. According to HSBC, property companies alone raised Rmb114 billion onshore during the first quarter, almost 50% of the amount they raised last year.
The Dim Sum market, on the other hand, saw issuance shrivel to just Rmb6 billion in March, with redemptions topping Rmb22.7 billion.
Financiers in Hong Kong still believe all is not lost. There's no doubt China's domestic market will increasingly eclipse Hong Kong's, becoming one of the global fundraising centres. But it will take time and offshore centres are likely to retain their importance.
For one thing, Panda regulations need fleshing out, with many foreign issuers put off by the need for Chinese language documentation, a domestic credit rating and Chinese- style accounts. Then there is the issue of China's 'opaque' legal system and what might happen in the event of an issuer default. In this respect, many experts believe Hong Kong, and even London, will benefit from investors' concerns about their legal rights on the mainland.
Central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan recently concluded there is room for both markets as the renminbi continues to internationalise.
China's Panda population will grow exponentially. But who can resist one of Hong Kong's har gow (shrimp dumpling) too?
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In its 2021 LatinFinance Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards released on September 30, LatinFinance magazine honored White & Case three times, recognizing three transactions on which White & Case advised among its "Deals of the Year." The awards recognize the best of the past 12 months in Latin American infrastructure finance and investment.
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UCT plays host to Africa's academy
Highlights: President Thabo Mbeki took time out from his busy schedule to deliver a powerful call to arms to academics at the AAU conference.
The African intelligentsia should take the lead in informing the changes sweeping the continent.
This was the message President Thabo Mbeki brought to a polyglot gathering of close to 400 academics from 47 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States at the 11th General Conference of the Association of African Universities (AAU).
UCT was the official host for the conference, which takes place every four years and which met in South Africa for the first time last week. The theme was Cross-border Provision and the Future of Higher Education in Africa.
The president's address was also attended by Minister of Education Naledi Pandor who introduced the South African president to delegates as a man known for his efforts for peace and revitalising the African continent.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Njabulo Ndebele welcomed the delegates at the opening of the conference, and at a reception in Jameson Hall last Monday. He described it as historically significant for UCT and South Africa.
"I hope that this conference will do much to address collaborations within higher education and thereby contribute towards the realisation of the Nepad vision," he said.
In a pithy and challenging speech at a special session of the conference, Mbeki said the meeting was an "important gathering of the leaders of Africa's continental academy, representing African intelligentsia".
"You meet in our country at the beginning of the first century of the second millennium. The way the human mind works dictates that we impose on you the obligation to consider yourselves as the architects of a new African world that will be different from the African world of the last century and the greater part of the last millennium," he said.
Acknowledging that the 1970s and 1980s had been "difficult days" for the African intelligentsia when the "inquiring voice was read as a voice of the enemy", he said political changes on the continent could never be complete without the full involvement of African universities.
He warned against the colonial trap of "educated natives", estranged from their roots. Instead, he sketched a role for the African intelligentsia engaging deeply with continental issues, not only in helping to put out the proverbial fires, but providing an understanding of the underlying causes of those fires.
"Part of what we have to do is to rediscover our own identity. To ask the question: what is an African university; what is its purpose? And how does it relate to the millions of Africans who are poor and who have a particular image of themselves? What do we teach? What do we research?" he challenged.
Topics addressed at the five-day conference included internationalisation, quality assurance, access and equity, national autonomy, cultural identity and information technology. In addition, special sessions looked at improving access to African scholarly work, universities' responses to HIV/AIDS, Pan-African research and education networking, the optimisation and management of bandwidth, building ICT capacity in African higher education institutions, teacher education and research on differentiation and articulation in African universities.
Formed in 1967 by 34 African universities at a meeting in Rabat, Morocco, the AAU today has a membership of 179 higher education institutions, mostly universities, in 44 African countries.
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Q: How to test for a react component method been called by another method I have a class that when its initialized it calls another method which calls another method called pan. I'm trying to test that the pan method was called. The class is more complicated than that but all I'm trying to test is pan was called.
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.pan = this.pan.bind(this);
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    initExternals();
  }

  initExternals() {
    .. bla bla
   this.pan();
  }

  pan() {
   console.log('Function was called');
  }

}

Here is my test class
test('component should call initMap', () => {
  const spy = jest.spyOn(WhereWeAreMap.prototype, 'pan');
  const component = mount(<WhereWeAreMap />);
  expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
});

I have also tried.
test('component should call initMap', () => {
  const component = mount(<WhereWeAreMap />);
  const spy = jest.spyOn(component.instance(), 'pan');
  wrapper.instance().forceUpdate();
  expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
});

What is going wrong with my test as its not able to test the component method pan gets called expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled(). The log shows it gets called but my test shows differently.

Expected mock function to have been called, but it was not called.

A: The first test method is something that definitely works for me, quickly added it into a test I have running ATM and is fine:
  it('adds the correct scroll blocking class to document.body', () => {
    const spy = jest.spyOn(BlockUI.prototype, 'foo');
    const instance = mount(<BlockUI />).instance();
    // some suggest you need to do this but works without it.
    // instance.forceUpdate();

    const body = instance.document.body;
    expect(body.className).toMatchSnapshot();
    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
  });

The BlockUI.prototype.foo adds a reference to document.body to the instance and adds a class to the it that needs to be removed on unmount.
The above setup is fine with:
"enzyme": "3.7.0",
"enzyme-adapter-react-16": "1.7.1",
"enzyme-to-json": "3.3.4",
"jest": "23.6.0",

I have had difficulties getting this to work previously w/o enzyme or with older versions but now it's fine.
There are exceptions with async stuff that may cause issues - I suggest rather than using a spy, check for the result of the method you want to ensure was called, whatever that is. The lifecycle methods are guaranteed to be called when not using a shallow renderer in enzyme
You are mutating the pan method on the instance in the constructor, by saving a local bound copy of it from the prototype - but it should still call through to the prototype and the spy should catch it. I expect you're on older versions of something.

A:    class MyComponent extends React.Component {

      constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.pan = this.pan.bind(this);

      }

      componentDidMount() {
        this.initExternals();
      }

      initExternals() {
       this.pan();
      }

      pan() {
       console.log('Function was called');
      }
    }

Apply Scope of MyComponent in the componentDidMount method
initExternals should be this.initExternals
My intention with the window object was to say that other scope's could be bound to the function
For example if the function was called with a window scope ie window.initExternals then the this keyword would refer to window
Then ya it would be window.pan

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CYBER RISK REMEDIATION
AUTONOMOUS ENDPOINT PROTECTION
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IDENTITY-CENTRIC DATA SECURITY
ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC VISIBILITY
Facebook Is Using Your Number for More Than Just Security Purposes
In September 2018 Facebook admitted, following its previous request for users to switch on two-factor authentication (2FA) by signing up with their phone number, that it was using these numbers to target users with adverts. But new concerns have surfaced claiming that numbers added to use 2FA were now searchable by anyone on the platform.
The issue was brought to light by Emojipedia's, Jeremy Burge, who broadcasted his opinion over Twitter, he said: "For years Facebook claimed … adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable it. Using a phone number to sign up for services has been the single greatest coup for the social media and advertising industries. One unique ID that is used to link your identity across every platform on the internet. That is why every startup wants your phone number."
By default, Facebook sets its phone number search to everyone – in other words, anyone with your phone number can search for you. While you can't turn this off completely, you can change your preferences to 'friends' or 'friends of friends'. This misleading security measure transpires to Facebook's sister services and advertisers, such as Instagram.
The latest criticism arose after Jeremy was required to enter his phone number on Emojipedia's Facebook page due to its high quantity of followers, it was from this prompt that escalated his frustration over how Facebook deal with user's data.
This collection of images was posted in a viral Tweet by Emojipedia's, Jeremy Burge through his personal Twitter account, which has so far reached more than 22,000 Twitter users. The snapshots further back-up his explaintation. Click on the images to enlarge.
Source: Jeremy Burge Twitter
Facebook Responds
Addressing Jeremy's claims, in a statement, Facebook said: "We've been hearing questions about two-factor authentication and phone number settings on Facebook. Two-factor authentication is an important security feature, and last year we added the option to set it up for your account without registering a phone number. Separately, the 'Who can look me up?' settings are not new and are not specific to two-factor authentication.
"In April 2018, we removed the ability to enter another person's phone number or email address into the Facebook search bar to help find someone's profile. Today, the 'Who can look me up?' settings control how your phone number or email address can be used to look you up in other ways, such as when someone uploads your contact info to Facebook from their mobile phone. We appreciate the feedback we've received about these settings and will take it into account."
It is not the first time Facebook has come under fire violating data privacy. In February, the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee stated in a report that a collection of internal Facebook emails it had assessed indicated that the platform had 'intentionally and knowingly' violated both data privacy and anti-competition laws.
In the same month, a New York governor ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report into Facebook, after believing the platform was accessing far more personal information, such as health data, from mobile devices than previously known.
Don't give up on 2FA just yet
Because your password alone is no longer enough to secure access to your accounts and systems, 2FA is a vital layer of security. For those who haven't activated their 2FA, you can now set yours up through authenticator apps like Google Authenticator, which was brought into play in May 2018.
But is 2FA Enough?
With 2FA becoming nearly a decade old, we believe multi-factor authentication (MFA), which uses several forms of authentication for more robust security, should become mandatory in enterprise. Especially following a report by CSO, which claims that passwords have accounted for 81 per cent of data breaches in the past few years.
In fact, the move to multi-factor authentication is one of our 9 Cyber Security Predictions for 2019. MFA significantly reduces the risk of an unwanted party accessing your most important systems, adds a layer of security that is hard to breach and meets user demand for a simple sign-in process.
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Trump must reject Russia sanctions bill
By Clifford A Kiracofe Source:Global Times Published: 2017/7/27 20:13:39
Illustration: Liu Rui/GT
Anti-Russia hysteria in Washington reached the next level with new sanctions legislation in Congress. The legislation sharpens tensions with Russia, upsets cooperation with the European Union (EU), and undermines presidential authority over foreign policy.
The highly controversial sanctions legislation is an outcome of the general hysteria in Washington, DC over not only Russia but also over Iran and North Korea. The underlying reason for the anti-Russia sanctions is the maintenance of the US global hegemony of finance capitalism in the face of a changing international situation. As the world moves toward a multipolar and polycentric international system, the hegemonic position of the US recedes. So Washington seeks to defend its hegemony through economic means and through the military power of NATO.
But the evolving multipolar world includes countries with economic models reflecting national circumstances and characteristics. Globalization as a trend does not mean that countries automatically must reject their own development models and succumb to the hegemony of US finance capitalism.
Russia under President Vladimir Putin and his team is focused on national rejuvenation. This patriotic response to the challenges posed in the post-Soviet era is commendable. But it has triggered a response from Western imperialism, which has sought to isolate and contain the new Russia. The West has sought Russian capitulation to its globalist geostrategic designs.
That the US Congress and certain elite political and financial forces are virulently anti-Russia is no secret to the international community. It is on weekly, if not daily, display in Washington. Cartoonish American politicians hyperventilate on cue from the anti-Russia lobby. The anti-Russia mainstream US media is only too happy to spread the hysteria on front pages and on prime time television.
The sanctions legislation goes beyond earlier legislation which is in force today. The new legislation developed from legislation aimed against Russia and Iran but now includes North Korea. It is the anti-Russia provisions, however, that have clearly shocked the EU.
Sanctions are a form of economic warfare. So far, the US sanctions against Russia were agreed to by the EU which has its own set of sanctions in place. Of course, overall the combined sanctions drastically and negatively impacted on billions of dollars of EU trade with Russia. The US does not have much trade with Russia so it has been relatively unharmed.
In recent months, EU voices against Russia sanctions have been gaining traction. The damage to EU economic interests has been considerable as Russia chose the obvious course of strengthening its domestic manufacturing and agriculture to substitute for EU goods. Additionally, Russia logically expanded its sourcing of agricultural goods to third countries such as Turkey and Brazil thereby cutting the EU out of the supply chain.
The new Congressional sanctions legislation, however, hits the EU very hard and clearly is targeted at damaging major EU industrial sectors such as the oil and gas sector. So a significant split has now developed which has woken the EU leadership to the reality of reckless and unrestrained US hegemonism.
Delusional politicians in Washington have a childlike obsession with economic sanctions and military force as a way to play the schoolyard bully. The era of US diplomatic leadership is long over given the disintegration of Washington's diplomatic capability. The Trump administration may be able to rebuild American diplomacy to constructive ends but this remains to be seen.
Given the major threat to EU economic interests posed by the new sanctions, it is no wonder that EU leaders are undertaking urgent consultations and are developing a firm response if needed.
The simplest response is for the EU not to recognize the US sanctions and to continue with their own commercial relations with Russia. If needed, the EU can begin to impose restrictions on US financial, industrial, and agricultural interests. Of course, the EU should drop all of its anti-Russia sanctions in any event.
The White House must end its disarray and dysfunction and deal firmly with Congress. The president must deliver on his campaign promise to improve relations with Russia and must reject counterproductive and destabilizing sanctions.
The author is an educator and former senior professional staff member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn Follow us on Twitter @GTopinion


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Monrovia Police: Man Arrested for Attempted Strangling; Busted Window Burglaries; Lots of Drunkenness; Stealing Flowers
[Monrovia Police activities from the Police Department's Neighborhood Watch Report for Highlighted Activity for September 13-19. - Brad Haugaard]
September 13 at 1:57 p.m., an employee of a business in the 700 block of Los Angeles arrived to work and discovered the parking lot gate had been cut open. Officers arrived to investigate. While searching for missing items, the employee found the company's Chevrolet truck had its catalytic converter stolen. This investigation is continuing.
September 13 at 6:12 p.m., a resident in the 100 block of W. Lemon received a call from a bank to thank her for opening a new account. She let them know that she never opened the account. She immediately reported the fraud to the police. This investigation is continuing.
September 13 at 6:36 p.m., an employee of a store in the 500 block of W. Huntington called police to report a shoplifter. The male subject walked out of the store without paying for the merchandise he had taken. Officers responded and located the subject outside the store. He was arrested and the stolen property was returned to the store.
September 14 at 1:43 a.m., officers were patrolling the 200 block of W. Pomona when they saw a male subject prying open the front door to a residential complex that had just been built. When the subject saw officers, he ran from them. They apprehended the subject, who was found to be in possession of multiple burglary tools. The subject was arrested and taken into custody.
Under the Influence of Narcotics – Suspect Arrested
September 14 at 4:04 a.m., an officer was patrolling the 1100 block E. Huntington when he saw a male subject walking in the middle of the street. He stopped the subject and noticed he was behaving as if he were under the influence of a controlled substance. After field tests were conducted, the subject was arrested and taken into custody.
Bicycle Theft
September 14 at 2:51 p.m., a resident in the 600 block of Park Rose discovered her bicycle was missing from inside her garage. She told officers that she leaves her garage door open during the daytime and last saw the bike two weeks prior. This investigation is continuing.
Public Intoxication – Suspect Arrested
September 14 at 6:47 p.m., an officer was patrolling the 100 block of E. Colorado when he saw a male subject who was having difficulty walking. He stopped to see if the subject needed assistance and found him to be heavily intoxicated. The subject was too drunk to care for his own safety, so he was arrested and taken into custody. He was released once he could care for himself.
Public Intoxication / Open Alcohol Container – Suspect Arrested
September 14 at 9:00 p.m., an officer was patrolling the 500 block of S. Myrtle when he saw a male subject stumbling along the sidewalk, holding an alcoholic drink in his hand. He stopped the subject and found him to be too intoxicated to care for his own safety. He took the subject into custody and issued a citation for having an open alcoholic drink in public.
Driving Under the Influence – Suspects Arrested
September 15 at 1:53 a.m., an officer observed a motorist traveling at an unsafe speed in the 2600 block of S. Myrtle. He stopped the vehicle and found the driver to be intoxicated. Field sobriety tests were conducted and the driver was arrested for DUI.
Vehicle Burglary
September 15 at 4:52 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported at a business parking lot in the 900 block of W. Duarte. The victim was inside one of the businesses and when she returned to her car, she found someone had shattered one of her car windows. She looked inside her car and noticed her backpack, laptop, iPad, iPhone, wallet, house keys and purse were missing from the front seat. This investigation is continuing.
September 15 at 9:33 p.m., an officer was patrolling the 600 block of S. Myrtle when he saw a male subject stumbling along the sidewalk. He stopped the subject to see if he needed assistance and found he was heavily intoxicated and unable to care for his own safety. The subject was arrested and taken into custody. He was released once he could care for himself.
Warrant / Possession of a Methamphetamine Pipe – Suspect Arrested
September 16 at 7:56 p.m., a sergeant was patrolling the 100 block of W. Duarte when he saw a male subject approaching vehicles in the drive-thru line of a business. He stopped the subject and a computer check revealed he had a warrant for his arrest. A search incident to arrest revealed a used methamphetamine pipe in the subject's pocket. A few minutes later, he saw a second subject he recognized from previous contacts. A computer check revealed he had warrants as well, so he was also taken into custody.
Domestic Violence – Suspect Arrested
September 16 at 9:41 a.m., a resident in the 800 block of W. Olive reported her boyfriend had just attempted to strangle her, then fled in her vehicle. Officers stopped the suspect on their way to her house and detained the male subject. After an investigation, he was arrested for domestic violence.
Possession of a Methamphetamine Pipe – Suspect Arrested
September 17 at 12:39 a.m., an officer was patrolling the 700 block of E. Huntington when he saw a male subject riding a bicycle and violating one of the vehicle codes. He stopped the subject, and during a pat-down search for the officer's safety, a methamphetamine pipe was discovered. The subject was arrested.
Battery – Suspect Arrested
September 17 at 12:31 p.m., a caller reported two male subjects fist fighting in the 600 block of W. Huntington. Officers arrived and contacted both subjects. After an investigation, the primary aggressor was arrested.
Driving Under the Influence / Warrant – Suspect Arrested
September 17 at 11:00 p.m., a motorist called to report she was being followed by another vehicle and was going to lead him to the police department. Officers located the two vehicles and stopped the subject following. They found him to be heavily intoxicated, and after field sobriety tests were conducted, he was arrested for DUI. A computer check revealed he also had a warrant for his arrest.
September 18 at 6:57 a.m., an employee of a store in the 400 block of W. Maple arrived to work and discovered one of the building's windows was broken and it appeared someone had entered. Officers arrived and checked inside the building, but no one was inside. It appeared that cash had been stolen. This investigation is continuing.
Trespassing – Suspect Arrested
September 18 at 2:37 p.m., an employee of a business in the 800 block of E. Duarte reported a male subject loitering on their property. He had been warned to stay off the property and was refusing to leave. Officers arrived and took the subject into custody for trespassing.
September 18 at 2:43 p.m., a caller reported a male subject in the 100 block of E. Foothill who appeared to be heavily intoxicated. Officers arrived and contacted the subject. They found him to be too drunk to care for his own safety, so he was arrested and taken into custody.
September 18 at 3:10 p.m., a resident in the 100 block of S. Madison walked outside her home to her car and discovered someone had shattered one of her car windows. The suspect stole her purse, passport and credit cards, which were in the vehicle. This investigation is continuing.
September 18 at 7:21 p.m., a caller reported loud yelling going on at a house in the 600 block of W. Olive. Officers arrived and contacted three subjects inside the house, two males and a female. After an investigation was conducted, it was determined that the two male subjects were involved in an argument and one of the male subjects began hitting the other. This case is being forwarded to the District Attorney for prosecution.
September 19 at 10:13 a.m., security for a store in the 1600 block of S. Mountain reported a male subject had just run out of their store with power tools without paying. He entered a vehicle and fled the area. Officers responded and searched for the suspect, but were unable to locate him. This investigation is continuing.
September 19 at 10:26 a.m., a resident in the 1200 block of S. Alta Vista walked outside her home and discovered her vehicle had been burglarized sometime during the night. The suspect broke one of the car windows to gain entry and stole several items from inside.
Shoplifting / Warrant – Suspect Arrested
September 19 at 2:45 p.m., an employee of a grocery store in the 100 block of W. Foothill reported a male subject had just left the store with flowers without paying for them. Officers arrived and contacted the subject. After an investigation, he was arrested for shoplifting and a computer check revealed he had a warrant for his arrest.
September 19 at 6:50 p.m., a customer of a restaurant in the 900 block of W. Huntington finished eating and walked outside to the parking lot. She found her car had been burglarized while she was inside the restaurant. One of the car windows had been shattered and her backpack and laptop computer were taken from the front seat. This investigation is continuing.
September 19 at 7:18 p.m., a resident of an apartment complex in the 700 block of W. Walnut reported a male subject was sleeping in the laundry room. Officers arrived and contacted the subject, who was found to be in possession of a pipe that had been used to smoke methamphetamine. He was arrested.
Under the Influence of Methamphetamine – Suspect Arrested
September 19 at 9:07 p.m., officers were patrolling the train station in the 1700 block of S. Primrose when they were approached by a male subject who told them he was under the influence of methamphetamine. After field tests were conducted, he was arrested.
Driving Under the Influence – Suspect Arrested
September 19 at 9:08 p.m., an officer was on patrol in the 200 block of Stedman when he saw a motorist swerving back and forth and driving unsafe. The officer stopped the vehicle and found the driver was intoxicated. After field sobriety tests were conducted, the driver was arrested for DUI.
Posted by Brad at 9/20/2018
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'Dear White People' Creator Discusses the Trauma of 'Bad Hair'
By N. Jamiyla Chisholm Jan 30, 2020
Justin Simien, who created the Netflix series "Dear White People," has turned his attention to cinema and Black women with the horror-comedy "Bad Hair."
Set in 1989, or what the director calls "the year of the weave," the film showed at the Sundance Institute on January 23. It focuses on the hair struggles of TV executive Anna Bludso (Elle Lorraine) whose new, ex-supermodel boss Zora (Vanessa Williams) demands "that her nappy look has got to go," according to the film's synopsis. But when Anna weaves up, her weave lashes out with an evil mind of its own.
"As horrifying as the weave techniques sounded to me, the real horror I wanted to express was the feeling that Black women constantly have to choose between themselves and their ambitions," Simien told Polygon in an interview.
While the filmmaker admitted in the interview that he hasn't directly experienced the trauma some professional Black women face to earn a living, Simien said he was interested in exploring the systemic roots of the problem:
Coming as you are is never the first option. You have to figure out, "What do they want?" And then, "What parts of myself do I have to cut off to fit in the box of what they want?" That's the horror that women were communicating to me, and that's when I got excited about this film, because now we're talking about a system. We're not moralizing a woman's choice, we're exploring a system where choices are presented, but are they ever really choices? If you're told, "Get a weave or be fired," is that a choice?
In addition to Lorraine and Williams, "Bad Hair" stars Laverne Cox, Jay Pharoah, Blair Underwood and Lena Waithe.
To read more of the excerpted interview, click here.
ArchiveArts & CultureBad HairBlack HairDear White PeopleJustin SimienSundance Institute


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I cannot express enough how delicious this Italian Roast Sandwich is. So much so that we are practically fighting over the leftovers. I really think it's perfect for game day or any day really.
We had chips with it, but I think it would be well accompanied with fried mushrooms, green beans or any other typical 'pub' side. We had chips with it, but next time I make it we'll be having it with fried goodness.
It's worth the calories. Besides, the sandwich itself isn't that heavy with them. Well, whether it is or isn't that's what I'm telling myself.
Combine first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl, stir.
Heat a large dutch oven over med-high heat. Add a tbsp of oil and coat pan. Add beef to pan, brown on all sides.
Add stock mixture, 1 cup water and 1/2 tsp salt to pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to med-low; cover and simmer 90 minutes. Turn beef, cover and simmer 90 minutes or until beef is very tender. (Mine took about an hour) Remove from heat and keep warm.
Heat a large skillet over med-high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil and saute peppers. Once they are almost done, add garlic and saute 1 minute. Add 1/2 tsp salt and vinegar. Stir.
Slice beef against the grain. Put back into dutch oven in the juices.
Pour some of the juice over bread, the add meat and top with veggies. Enjoy!
I'd love to hear your thoughts and any modifications you make or perfect sides!


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Winlock discusses crosswalk improvement
by Kennedi Collins
As the year begins to draw to a close the Winlock Council came together for one of their last meetings of the year. With full attendance the council immediately started their meeting.
The council started their meeting with the matters of Old Business. The first matter to address was the topic of "Hold Harmless Agreement, Egg Day Float." It was brought up that the Lions Club would agree to hold the float and were waiting to hear from the insurance company. The next topic was that of the "Community Building Heaters." The council was notified that the heaters were installed and working right. For the last topic under Old Business was the matter of "Purchase of Truck and Backhoe." The council discussed how the equipment will be set up and that they were to further discuss the matter of the backhoe because John Deer was not available.
Moving further into the agenda the council began the topic of Mayor and Council Comments. Under this topic Council Woman Barbara Pederson asked if there were any Christmas Decorations that could be set up through the city. It was said that they were unaware of where the decorations were but they would be looked into for next year. When there were no further comments or questions the council turned their attention to Police Chief John Brockmueler.
In Brockmueler's report he told the council there had been "38 calls of service in the past two weeks" and that this was "increased from the usual amount." Also in his report he notified those in attendance that there had been two people arrested for the Apollo burglary. As he continued his report he told the council there had almost been an incident at the bank and if the responding officer hadn't been there so quickly the situation could have become worse. While Brockmueller was still at the front of the room Councilman Sam Patrick asked about a topic from the agenda. The item on the agenda Patrick was asking about was the item "Lewis County Sheriff - Jail Facilities Agreement." Under this topic, it was asked about working with Tribal facilities and if that would change the cost versus that of the usual facilities. After this was briefly discussed the council moved into Public Comment.
Under Public Comment Glen Cook agreed to hold his comment until the topic was discussed under the agenda items. As there was no more public comments the council moved into the Agenda Items.
For the first item on the Agenda the topic looked to the topic of "Jodi Curtis - Egg Day Vendors." It was brought up that the bridge being closed down was ruining the vendor's ability to get money. With this Curtis asked about options for vendors and the different forms of entertainment. It was brought up about the car show spacing and spacing along the city streets. It was stated that the all these would possibly overlap each other. After the further discussion the council agreed to table this topic until later.
The second item of the agenda was the "Nomination for Council Position No. 5." After the reading of the title Council Woman Pederson brought up Holly Orbino for this position. After being seconded by Councilman Patrick and all the members were in favor the vote passed and Holly Orbino was given the position on the council and will be sworn in at the next meeting.
Next on the agenda the Council looked at the matter of "Parking Enforcement for Discussion." At this time Glen Cook came back with his comment and request that the roads being changed for the community members that live there. The request was to change North East Griffith to Hemlock. After his comment Pederson stated that she would like "more time to go over each and every area before making a decision." Councilman Jerry Radar then brought up the other parking such as the parking at Bower's Towers. While the council talked of the options they agreed to table until later meetings.
As the council continued to the next item the council started to discuss the matter of Washington State Public Transportation Plan for Discussion." Mayor Lonnie Dowell told the council about the TAC and TSC meetings that wanted the towns to look ahead into the year of 2035 for any improvements on 505. Mayor Dowell presented the idea of the improving the crosswalk by IGA. The council brought forth ideas of getting a crosswalk with flashing lights, dropping the speed limit and other ideas. As the council agreed that this was looking into the future they agreed that no decision had to made immediately.
Going back to the topic of the "Lewis County Sheriff - Jail Facilities Agreement - Authorizing the Mayor to Sign." As before the council discussed the ideas of Pre-Purchasing beds or purchasing as needed. It was decided that the council would stay with the plan they had originally as Pederson made the motion and Councilwoman Sarah Gifford seconded. As all Council members were in favor the vote passed.
For the sixth item of the agenda the council looked at "Ordinance No. 1036 - 2016 Budget - First Reading." With no discussion from the council and no questions from the audience the council made the motion to approve. When the vote passed it was announced the second reading would be at December 28th's meeting.
Number seven on the agenda list was the topic of "Ordinance No. 1038 - Public Services - Water, Sewer and Storm Drain." Under this topic the council was to discuss adding all onto one ordinance. With all members in favor the vote passed.
As the eighth item was up the council looked into "Resolution 2015-13 - City of Winlock Rate Schedule - First Reading." With this the Council talked about the prices and rates that could possibly be affecting the city growth. As the council and audience went into discussion the council came to the conclusion of tabling the topic until more research can be done.
After the consent agenda the Council agreed to adjourn the meeting before moving into an executive session for the "Potential Litigation and Collective Bargaining Agreement." As the Council moved into the private session, those in attendance were given the adjournment to go home.
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Homeless Man Pour Hot Diarrhea All Over Woman
A night near the Hollywood Walk of Fame would change a woman's life as she got into her car and a homeless man ran across Hollywood Boulevard. Heidi Van Tassel was parked in Hollywood after spending a pleasant evening with friends in an authentic Thai restaurant. Suddenly, a man accidentally pulled her out of the car, dragged her into the middle of the road and threw a bucket of feces on her head, Van Tassel said, and the public records confirmed that. It was diarrhea. Hot liquid. "I was soaked and it ran from my eyelashes and into my eyes," said Van TasselMonat. Van Tassel was taken to the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital after the grotesque attack, where she was examined for infectious diseases through contact with feces. It has to be retested every three months.
Stories like this cause me to wonder about modern demon possession. It is very clear that we are living in times in which demon possession is on the rise. During Jesus' times, he often was pictured casting demons out of street people. Mark 5:5 records the story of the demon-possessed man roaming in the tombs. Today, they are no longer roaming the tombs. Today they are roaming the streets. Let us pray.
Leprosy Is Spreading In Los Angeles
'Breathe, Epstein, breathe!' Prison guards shouted and shrieked trying to revive billionaire pedophile in his cell after apparent suicide.


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Unanet's infrastructure once relied heavily on physical hardware that took significant time, effort, and money to maintain or upgrade. The company frequently experienced issues with running out of disk space and facing budgetary limits to procure more storage. Digicon Corporation, as a long-time IT services partner to Unanet and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partner, migrated Unanet to the AWS Cloud and currently uses several AWS services to improve operational flexibility and costs.
Customer Challenge
Unanet previously used dedicated physical hardware as capital expenditures, which required forecasting to budget the investment and maintenance costs. However, forecasts were rarely accurate, and this led to cost inefficiency when the system was overbuilt and performance problems when it was underbuilt. Unanet continually ran out of disk space and memory for its systems, which required a huge effort to expand and correct. In addition, each elevation was confined to a single data center, so new physical resources had to be provisioned at another data center in order to ensure business continuity, failover, and disaster recovery.
Partner Solution
Digicon has been a trusted managed services provider to Unanet since 2002. Our established partnership allowed us to leverage our APN Consulting Partner status, AWS product knowledge, and architecture design skill to move Unanet's architecture to the AWS Cloud.
Digicon uses several AWS services to replace Unanet's hardware purchases. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) replaced servers, Elastic Block Store replaced the on-premise storage attached network, and Elastic File System replaced the network-attached storage, all of which allows Unanet to purchase only the resources it needs upfront and increase them as needed with little to no disruption. We use Amazon Machine Images to standardize and streamline deployment, giving Unanet the ability to spin up new instances in minutes rather than take weeks to select, purchase, receive, and set up hardware.
Now that Unanet is established in the cloud, it is also able to accurately analyze its usage with cost allocation tags, then purchase Reserved Instances to further reduce costs. Digicon also employs Direct Connect to establish a dedicated circuit and move data between Unanet's enterprise network and cloud environment, saving on data transfer fees. We took redundant servers that were previously located in the same data center and separated them as EC2 instances in multiple availability zones, putting them in different data centers and increasing the reliability of the entire system.
Results and Benefits
All of Unanet's systems are now virtual instead of being costly, dedicated, physical, vendor-managed servers. Using AWS, Digicon routinely resizes individual compute and storage resources that previously had to be bought with a three- to five-year capacity plan in mind. This has eliminated Unanet's capacity limit issues without having to predict its long-term needs and requirements. With its systems in the cloud environment, Unanet has direct, immediate control over its expenses and has optimized costs with the pay-per-use model and Amazon's cost analysis tools. Digicon improved Unanet's continuity and recovery issues by spreading out the elevations across multiple availability zones, ensuring its systems remain available and reliable.


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History: Curriculum
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of revising the history curriculum to provide an honest and critical portrayal of the UK's colonial history.
Lord Pendry

The current national curriculum programmes of study for history, which have been taught since September 2014, set the framework for the teaching of the subject in maintained schools in terms of the broad time periods and themes to be taught. Academies may design and follow their own curricula.

The government does not specify what the content of lessons on particular topics should be or how teachers should present information. We trust teachers, as professionals, to plan their own lessons and select their own resources.

However, the curriculum does aim to make sure that pupils know and understand how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world. Therefore, Empire and colonialism is a significant theme, and a suggested topic within the 'challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day' theme is 'Indian independence and end of Empire'.

Programmes of study also require at least one study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments. While not mandatory, a suggested topic is 'China's Qing dynasty 1644-1911', which encompasses the period within which the Opium Wars took place.

The national curriculum programmes of study for history for key stages 1-3 are attached and are available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-history-programmes-of-study.

We have no current plans to change the history curriculum. In order to provide a period of stability to schools, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has committed to making no new changes to the national curriculum during this Parliament.

Lord Agnew of Oulton
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of including the Opium Wars in the history curriculum in order to facilitate a greater understanding of (1) the UK's colonial history, and (2) UK–Chinese relations.
Private Rented Housing: Labour Mobility
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of their announcement of 15 April on changes to the private rental sector on labour mobility.
Lord Patten

The Government is committed to modernising the private rented sector and intends to introduce a new, fairer deal for both landlords and tenants.

Following the recent announcement to put an end to 'no-fault' evictions by repealing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, we will shortly publish a consultation on the details of our package of reforms. We will use the consultation to test whether specific provisions for different types of housing, such as student accommodation are wanted or needed.

Landlords will still be able seek possession using existing grounds under section 8 of the Housing Act 1988, including the ground relating to accommodation tied to employment. These reforms will allow the flexibility for renters to move, including for work, if they wish. Tenants will still be able to choose to end the tenancy, as long as they provide requisite notice to the landlord, retaining the flexibility we know is important to some renters.

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Private Rented Housing
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following their announcement of 15 April on changes to the private rental sector, whether it will still be possible for (1) universities, and (2) businesses, to procure short-term lets for people coming from abroad for a defined period; and if not, why not.
Young People: Surveys
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost to date, excluding the cost of officials' time, of the Longitudinal study of young people in England: cohort 2, wave 1, including (1) questionnaire design, (2) piloting, (3) data collection, (4) coding, and (5) data cleaning.
Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

The release of this information would prejudice commercial interests. Therefore, my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families will communicate privately with the noble Lady, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich.

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Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to reduce the infant pneumococcal vaccination schedule from three doses to two.
Baroness Masham of Ilton

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) provides independent expert advice on the United Kingdom's immunisation programme. As an independent committee, it is well placed to ensure the latest and most appropriate evidence has been considered on potential changes to scheduling within the vaccine programme. It bases its advice on review of a wide range of scientific and other evidence, including from the published literature, commissioned studies such as independent analyses of vaccine effectiveness and cost effectiveness.

The JCVI advised that a two-dose schedule for the infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) Prevenar13 is appropriate for the UK. Its advice takes into account the public health aspects of any potential change to the vaccination schedule, such as the potential impact on cases of infectious disease. The JCVI consulted relevant stakeholders on its proposed advice, between January and April 2018, to ensure that its advice reflects all the evidence.

The JCVI's advice on the infant pneumococcal programme was given full consideration, including the potential public health implications, before a decision was made to implement it. The UK frequently adopts innovative immunisation schedules and we regularly change the vaccine schedule following the advice of our independent expert committee, as we are doing in this case.

The decision is based on the excellent effectiveness of the vaccine and years of high uptake, which has helped to provide protection to the rest of the population and has successfully controlled many types of pneumococcal disease in this country. The evidence shows that two doses will sustain the excellent results we have already seen. We are confident that the world-class disease surveillance system we have in this country means our expert committee can closely monitor the impact of this change. This is set out in the JCVI's minutes which are attached.

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what analyses they have conducted of the risks and benefits of reducing the infant pneumococcal vaccination schedule from 2+1 to 1+1; and whether they will publish the results any such analyses.
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As she bathed, the water could hardly wait to kiss her skin, to lick her clean.
As she put on her make-up and brushed her hair, she treated her body with love and care.
How had she had forgotten?
As she ate breakfast, her food did everything it could to nourish her beautiful body.
As she said goodbye to her family, she looked into their eyes and they into hers and she recognized the pure love that they all were.
As she drove to work, the trees and flowers waved good morning, and when she rolled down her windows even the birds said hello.
Knowing the world was a good and kind place.
As she walked into work, everyone was happy to see her and she, too, was happy to see each of them.
As she listened to her boss raise his voice, she saw him as the little boy that he really was, just trying to be heard, to be taken seriously, to be loved.
As she heard people talking in the hallway about the news--the atrocities of war and the pains and ills of so many--she visualized health, healing, and the uglies replaced with beauty.
To imagine what she wanted, into being.
Imagination is always there. And the door to the literal world of our dreams is always open. Why then, do we choose to ignore it? Why do we choose a path without the kindness and magic of our imaginations? Who taught us that a realist brain, a realist world was somehow more desirable or more respectable than an imaginative one? Why did we give that gift we once held in our hands (and still hold in our hearts) away?
Did you forget? Did you forget how you felt on Christmas morning when you still believed in Santa Claus? Can you remember that joy, that excitement, that faith in the magic of life? Because it's still there, waiting to be plucked, invited back into your life like an old and dear friend. And you know something? It needs you just as much as you need it.
So how? How do you open back up to a world filled with imagine, a life made of dreams and not stark blacks and whites?
Imagine it all falling into place.
Because it will. Imagine it enough ... and it will.
He looked sad. But I didn't focus on that, I looked past that, to a place he thought he hid, didn't know he wore. And there, I saw his dream. His oldest dream, the one that kept him up at night, that kept him feeling guilty because he held it like a secret, even from his wife. I wondered if it would help to say anything, then made sure I would only speak if it had nothing to do with me and everything to do with him. And when it felt right, not when I was sure, but when the feelings told me it was time, I spoke--in passing so as not give him more reason to fear.
"You're supposed to write. The world needs you to write." I paused as he stared at me in disbelief. Our smiles met, softening me even more. "I felt it, strongly, as soon as I saw you." And that was when both of our smiles reached the edges of our cheeks.
There was something about her. Maybe the way she walked, maybe the way she held her arms or the slight stiffness in her neck. Or maybe it was something else entirely, something I might never fully understand. But still, it's true, some part of her that wasn't her voice, spoke. She wanted to take the proverbial leap but she just couldn't wrap her head around that darn net that was supposed to appear. Where was it? Why couldn't she see it yet? Was it this hard for everyone else to follow their dreams? Why then, did it have to be so hard for her? I saw it all, her struggle inside, like an aura, like the cloud around Charlie Brown's friend Pig Pen. And because I was jogging past her and had to act fast, I trusted what I felt. I let Brave guide me, blurting out at the last second… "Do it. Live your dream, start the business. Let me be the messenger you were waiting for…!" And her hand went up to cover her mouth in shock.
Sometimes each of us feels things that our minds cannot understand. You might call it déjà vu, she might call it intuition, he might call it a sixth sense. But maybe, just maybe, it's who we all are when we slow down enough, tune in enough, to listen, really listen to what's going on in the lives of those around us. Maybe we aren't just here to ride the wave, to find our happy, to grow peonies and lupines and color the world with our own unique brush. Maybe … we're also here for each other.
My Wish this week is that you find your Brave and Be it. Be brave enough to tune in. Be brave enough to honor what you sense. Be brave enough to honor who you are, in fact, who we all are. Take the chance to affect someone else's life for the better. Maybe he will never share his story if you don't tell him he already has a fan. Maybe she won't open up that business, the one that would surely bring squeals of joy to so many children, if you don't remind her that the universe is on her side. And you? Yes, even you. Maybe you won't realize the full potential of your one wild soul until you find your Brave and start walking strangers home.
I saw you the other day. I watched you from afar. You thought you were all alone. You thought no one saw you. You wondered if anyone even cared. And when those thoughts didn't want to leave, when you tried to whisk them away with a gentle but determined sigh, I saw that, too. Your heart, you see, it speaks to me in story, it sings to me in color, it begs me to translate the palabra of your soul.
There are so many things I'd like to tell you, so many secrets I'd love to unravel, but I don't want to walk in, unannounced, to shock you out of your slumber, out of that safe place you have lived for so long, on your own, all alone. So I wait. And watch. And clutch my hands to my heart like a mother with nothing but love for her precious child.
But I'm not your mother. And you are not my child. I just see you with a depth that feels that primal, with a knowing that feels that significant, with a love that aches to walk you home.
And if I did, and if you dared to invite me in, I would graciously accept. I would clear my slate, I would wipe my feet, and I would enter in, a humble guest in your home, in your You, and this is what I would say.
I taste you as strongly as flavor on my tongue. I breathe you in like scent wafting from the oven or the sea or a flower gently waving, flowing in the breeze. You are familiar, as familiar to my soul as I am to me. I know you, Beautiful, I see you as if you were me.
I listen as your heart, not your voice, tells me stories, of the time he hurt you, of the time she crushed your innocence, of the time you betrayed your own Self in favor of someone else, of what you thought you should do. I see you in high dose snippets, movie bites strung together like beads, the patterns intense, the emotions high. You wear them, your stories, like medals, you carry them like burdensome fat. They wait, unprocessed, unheard, lingering like hope, as silent as clean laundry, as ripe as fermented fruit.
When you speak, each thing you say resonates with colors, your truths revealed ahead of you, so eager to be heard they can't help but scream out in the brightest way they know how. And I see, my dear, I see. I see your colors, your dust-laden secrets that you thought you had buried. They are alive. And they have so much to say. So much to teach you. So much to share.
So next time you feel alone, why not invite me in, let me help you find solace in the truth that you can be seen. When your heart is open, I will gladly meet you there, in that space in between, where the river reaches up and the sky reaches down, in that space that no one sees but everyone knows, in that space that is your deepest Self, your deepest Truth. Yes, I'll tell you as I walk you home, that you can be seen. You are seen. And your beauty does nothing less than bring me to my knees.


Charming thatches of gray have featured just above my ears for decades. I have even joked with my hairdresser about my free highlights. However, since turning 50 these points of interest seem to be spreading their joy.
My family and I have agreed that I am taking after my grandmother in many ways. Considering that her hair turned gray during her 50's, it is no surprise that gray strands are now mingling with my brunette locks.
My grandmother finally accepted the gray tinge after many years of dyeing her hair. I have often noticed women with their natural hair colour emerging along their part. Since two-toned hair is not my idea of a fashion statement, for the past month I have been trying a more natural method.
Google has once again helped me in this endeavour. Many web pages praise the combination of rosemary and sage tea as an effective and natural hair colour option, with the added bonus of it being an easy process.
Put rosemary and sage herbs into a cup.
Fill cup with boiling water.
After the mix has cooled strain the liquid into a spray bottle.
Each morning for three weeks I sprayed the mix onto my hair and then after 10 minutes washed my hair normally. Now I just use the spray once or twice a week for maintenance.


-Saute in butter with salt until just heated though, serve and enjoy.
Most folks aren't aware of the fact that crawfish is a seasonal product.
The old wives tale is J to J (January to June) but realistically, early March to late May is where you will have the best crawfish.
Too early in the season yields very small crawfish while too late in the season may yield a hard to peel product.
Don't miss out, get the rigs out start boiling!
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