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America's 10 Worst Prisons: NOLA
"A violent and dangerous institution," says the Justice Department.
Jean Casella
Video still of an an Orleans Parish prisoner handling a loaded gun NOLA.com
Part 4 of 11 parts.
Serving time in prison is not supposed to be pleasant. Nor, however, is it supposed to include being raped by fellow prisoners or staff, beaten by guards for the slightest provocation, driven mad by long-term solitary confinement, or killed off by medical neglect. These are the fates of thousands of prisoners every year—men, women, and children housed in lockups that give Gitmo and Abu Ghraib a run for their money.
While there's plenty of blame to go around, and while not all of the facilities described in this series have all of the problems we explore, some stand out as particularly bad actors. We've compiled this subjective list of America's 10 worst lockups (plus a handful of dishonorable mentions) based on three years of research, correspondence with prisoners, and interviews with criminal-justice reform advocates concerning the penal facilities with the grimmest claims to infamy.
We will be rolling out more prison profiles in the coming days, complete with photos and video. Today let's head over to the Big Easy to visit what the Justice Department has deemed a "violent and dangerous institution."
Orleans Parish Prison (New Orleans)
Number of prisoners: 3,400
Who's in charge: Major Kevin Winfield, warden; Marlin N. Gusman, Orleans Parish sheriff
The OPP yard. Bart Everson/Flickr
The basics: New Orleans' barbaric city jail first hit the national radar after Hurricane Katrina, when thousands of inmates were abandoned for days in flooded cells without food, water, ventilation, or electricity—some of them were "standing in sewage-tainted water up to their chests," according to the ACLU. But OPP's problems neither began with Katrina nor ended in the storm's wake, when prisoners were taken back to the surviving buildings.
Almost half of all prisoners at OPP are pretrial, accused but not convicted of crimes. Yet a stint here can be a de facto death sentence. According to investigations by the Justice Department, in the past two years, at least two inmates have managed to kill themselves while on suicide watch—one of them by stuffing toilet paper into his mouth until he suffocated. A third died while being held in five-point restraints. A fourth was found dead after allegedly being beaten and pepper sprayed (PDF). Prisoners also say that the guards supply them with drugs, and will often stand by during a melee and let inmates fight themselves bloody, according to a criminal defense attorney who served time at OPP himself.
DOJ: Orleans Parish "is deliberately indifferent to prisoners with serious medical and mental health needs."
In an interview with Mother Jones, Sheriff Gusman and jail doctor Samuel Gore disputed some of these details. In the pepper-spray incident, they contend, the man died three or four days afterward, and not as a result of his altercation: "The autopsy was clear," Gore says. "It was not a violent death. There was just minor bruises and minor abrasions." The restrained woman, the doctor says, was acting beligerent, spitting at deputies and "voicing suicidal ideations." She had slipped her restraints and then, as staffers tried to put her back into them, stopped breathing and went "flaccid." She was resuscitated and taken to the hospital where she died—the cause was not determined. As for guards supplying drugs, Gusman said: "We have a zero-tolerance drug policy here. We looked at our records. Last time we arrested an employee was in 2011. Does it happen? Can it happen? Sure, it can happen. We take it very seriously."
During a single month in 2012, according to Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Katie Schwartzmann, OPP sent 23 prisoners to the ER with severe injuries—fractures, stab wounds, lacerations, puncture wounds, etc.—resulting from violence at the jail, which handled countless others in its own infirmary. ("They counted every time we sent someone for an x-ray, Gore contends, even for injuries that might have resulted from a "minor altercation" or a basketball game; Schwartzmann stands by her figures.)
In an April 2012 letter, the Justice Department's civil rights division upbraided Sheriff Gusman, noting that the "alarming conditions" previously identified at the jail had, if anything, gotten worse. "OPP is a violent and dangerous institution," it stated, with "widespread sexual assaults." The facility, it goes on, "is deliberately indifferent to prisoners with serious medical and mental health needs."
The backlash: An epidemic of rapes, beatings by deputies, barely edible food, poor sanitation, and inadequate medical care puts the jail's residents "at imminent risk of serious harm," according to a class-action lawsuit filed by the SPLC in April 2012. Last December, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office signed a federal consent decree (PDF) promising to improve conditions at the jail. But Gusman is still fighting with the feds and the mayor over who would oversee the changes, and who would pay for them.
Watch: The court battle against OPP recently gave rise to a new and damning piece of evidence: a video of prisoners in a cell at OPP drinking, shooting drugs, and, perhaps most disturbingly, handling a loaded gun. When asked about the video, Gusman responded: "It supposedly happened over four years ago. They never found any gun when we searched. It's one of those things that, hey, it's a horrible thing. And, um, it looked like it was an isolated event, if it happened."
Also watch: In this video, an OPP prisoner talks about her Katrina ordeal.
Next prison: A feared facility whose residents are victimized by a "savage gang of deputies."
View the whole series.
Research for this project was supported by a grant from the Investigative Fund and The Nation Institute, as well as a Soros Justice Media Fellowship from the Open Society Foundations. Additional reporting by Beth Broyles, Ryan Jacobs, Valeria Monfrini, Katie Rose Quandt, and Sal Rodriguez.
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The financial downturn in Greece has brought a surge in bookings as British
travellers take advantage of discounts. In July, bookings with Directline
Holidays for Corfu and Rhodes were, respectively, 21 per cent higher and 5
per cent higher than in July last year. Bookings for Cyprus were up by 28
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Almost half of cruise ship passengers want smoking on board banned, according
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Local creative thinkers recount artistic journeys both at home and abroad
Columbia campuses are aflutter with new and returning students; downtown shops are extending their open hours once again to offer caffeination and comfort late into the night; tales of summer are ready to be told. The Tribune sought out a few local artists who have traveled far and wide and inquired about what they've taken part in over their not-very-lazy summer months.
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MU art student Derek Frankhouser spent the summer in New York City to
participate in two printmaking initiatives: the Robert Blackburn Printmaking
Workshop and the not-for-profit organization Booklyn, an art book
distributor.
Photo by August Kryger
Shea Boresi joined curators Jennifer Perlow and Joel Sager at PS:Gallery before jetting off on a European honeymoon.
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Monica Hand, of Cave Canem, and MU professor Scott Cairns
survey the ruins of Acropolis in Greece.
A GLOBAL CONVERSATION
Two noted University of Missouri writing professors, Scott Cairns and Aliki Barnstone, co-directed a writers' workshop in Greece over the summer, moving from an initial tour of Athens to the island of Serifos — and, thankfully, dodging riots along the way. This is the third year the workshop has taken place, Cairns said; the first year there were seven participants, which quickly grew to 17 the second year and around 30 this year. The group spent five weeks in Greece, learning modern Greek in the mornings and then splitting into various writing workshops — fiction, poetry, translation and food/travel writing — in the afternoon. Most evenings, the group was enlightened by readings from writers both from Greece and the United States, including Liana Sakelliou, Adrianne Kalfopoulou, Tryfon Tolides, Brady Kiesling, Natalie Bakopoulous and others. Some of the readers and speakers were tapped to read rather spontaneously: "Aliki's been going to Greece since she was a girl," Cairns noted, so she "has known a lot of these people because she's grown up with them."
This year was an especially unique one for the writing workshop, Cairns said, because a cohort from Cave Canem came along, accompanied for a short time by Professor Cornelius Eady. Cave Canem has established a fellowship program for African-American poets, several of whom were able to travel to Greece with the MU group.
The creative writing program at MU is "founded upon the premise that literary tradition is an ongoing thing," Cairns said. In Greece, he said, the students are encouraged to translate the works of native Greek writers, and vice versa. Creative writing should honor what has been created over time and geography, he said, but often writing programs can become insular. Part of the primary purpose of continuing to go to Greece is "to make it internationally engaged, and to encourage our students not to write just for Americans but to enter what I consider to be the ongoing global conversation," Cairns said.
THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS
Derek Frankhouser, a senior studying art at MU and profiled in a Tribune Niche feature a few months ago, took his summer to New York City to participate in two printmaking initiatives: the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and the not-for-profit organization Booklyn, which "distributes artist books to collections, institutions and museums," he said. His time at the Blackburn Workshop was spent producing editions of books for professional artists. At Booklyn, he worked on an ongoing project to archive the work of Fly, a New York-based comic artist, musician and illustrator.
Frankhouser also spent time working on a project for the Undergraduate Research Mentorship in art at MU under the guidance of Professor Chris Daniggelis, as well as "exploring the city's museums and galleries and searching high and low for the best brick-oven pizza." One exhibit that particularly affected and inspired Frankhouser was the Guggenheim Museum's retrospective of Lee Ufan, a Japanese artist who was part of the notable 1960s avant-garde movement Mono-ha. "The curation was perfectly aligned with the architecture because chronologically the exhibition displays the efforts of 40 years of work as you ascend the museum ramp," Frankhouser said. "I was taking in four decades of this artist wrestling with virtually the same idea, and halfway through the work, I became so excited to reach the top and see the conclusion."
Frankhouser had ample opportunity to consider his most intrinsic values and sense of purpose in the framework of the "city that never sleeps." "In every bar in Brooklyn sits a poet, painter or actor who pours drinks all night and pounds pavement all day looking for an opportunity," he observed. "If you don't experience fame or instant success, you have to level with yourself and decide if you are doing something because it really interests you. I like to make pictures, and I'll be doing that relentlessly whether or not people are going to look at them."
THE ART OF RELATIONSHIPS
The newest face of PS:Gallery, Shea Boresi joined curators Jennifer Perlow and Joel Sager in May in their endeavors to exhibit and sell quality art by local and national artists. Of course, that was right before she was swept away in a whirlwind European honeymoon for a month. Visiting the MU Writers Workshop in Greece in addition to touring Ireland, France and Italy, Boresi returned for the last part of the summer to settle in at PS:Gallery and learn the ropes.
Boresi just got her first set of business cards, she mentioned with a grin. "I'm supposed to help scout out artists and set up events," she said, "so it's good for me to appear professional." PS:Gallery reviews artist submissions every so often; the gallery usually plans out two shows in advance, Boresi said. But no submission is left behind. "We review what is sent to us," she added, but the three employees make every effort to host memorable works — which turns out to be even better if each artist's series plays nicely with the other artists in a particular show.
Boresi also is taking responsibility for most of the external communication that the gallery has been growing over the past few years. She has begun writing for the blog, updating other social media and taking charge of hosting gallery events such as readings on Feed Your Soul Sundays. "A big part of what I'm learning right now in the job is people," Boresi said. "I came in with my love of art already established, and I knew how to talk about it in the broadest sense. But so much of what we do is actually very relationship-driven. … I'm learning a lot of names."
Of course, "the finer points of accounting are left to Jennifer," Boresi said with a chuckle. "But there are only three of us, so it sort of winds up being that everyone has their hands in everything." She appreciates the varied nature of her work: "I like to be useful on multiple levels rather than within very strict confines," she said.
Over 10 days in June, acoustic modern folk band Mary and the Giant crisscrossed the Midwest in a whirlwind tour, playing city after city and putting the "stomp" into various stomping grounds. Beginning with an impromptu concert in small-town Wisconsin and ending in St. Louis, the violin-cajon-guitar-vocal-bass quintet played back-to-back shows, winning new fans along the way.
The first night was one of the most bizarre nights of the tour, violinist Michael Schembre remembered. After its first planned venue unexpectedly canceled, the group ended up in a bar in small-town Wisconsin, and the bartender offered to let them jam. "This couple shows up, … and it was their one-year anniversary," Schembre said. "After we started playing, they were blown away." The husband offered the group $100 to come back and play at their house.The band was pleasantly surprised to go from no show to playing for a large group that night, Schembre said.
After the surprise show in Star Prairie, Wis., the group moved on to Minneapolis and then down to Ames, Iowa, where the band was interviewed on the local alternative radio station and blew out the venue, earning an invite back in the fall. The band eventually moved on to Des Moines, Iowa, playing a spontaneous house concert back in Ames afterward. "You really develop fans for a long time. These people are going to come out every time. They've met you personally. You've played in their home. … They feel a very close connection," Schembre reflected.
The band jumped over to the Wrigleyville area of Chicago and then Cleveland, Ohio — "I think about 7 people showed up," added Schembre with a wry grin. The group then traipsed to Columbus, Ohio, before ending up in St. Louis. "Just through playing and meeting people, we've developed a legit following completely out of state," Schembre said.
Reach Jill Renae Hicks at 573-815-1714 or e-mail [email protected]
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Commission: all eurozone countries free to ask Greece for collateral
EU commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio said on Friday that Finland – and all other eurozone countries – is free to ask Greece for collateral for loans to be made under the terms of its second bailout.
He added that low-level political talks about the "appropriateness" of Finland's request have begun, but do not have a deadline.
There has so far not been any announcement of Malta's position on this collateral debate, which has developed over the past few days, and questions sent to government spokesmen yesterday remained unacknowledged and unanswered.
It all began last Tuesday when Finland, the northernmost euro member, reached an agreement with the government in Athens requiring Greece to deposit cash in a state account that Finland will invest in AAA-rated bonds. The bilateral arrangement requires approval from other euro members, according to the Finnish Finance Ministry.
Finland has taken a hard line after the anti-bailout True Finns party burst onto the domestic political scene and scooped 19.1 per cent of the vote in the April elections.
Finland's collateral demands were included in a 21 July agreement by eurozone leaders to provide a new €159 billion aid package for Greece and grant broader powers to the region's rescue fund.
At the summit, AAA-rated Finland fought for extra assurances that it will not lose money over its backing for the European Financial Stability Facility. The 21 July agreement needs to be ratified nationally.
No date has been set as yet for the Maltese parliament to meet to ratify this agreement. The Parliament website still says Parliament will resume on 3 October.
But the Tuesday deal has had a domino effect. Austria and the Netherlands, both rated AAA, as well as Slovenia and Slovakia, then said they will seek deals similar to that reached by Finns. Finland said it is open to broadening the arrangement to include more countries.
Finland's efforts to get collateral in exchange for new emergency loans to Greece could "blow up" the rescue plan endorsed by euro leaders last month, according to Austria's Finance Minister Maria Fekter.
"The Finns have negotiated with the Greeks that they get 20 per cent of collateral in cash from the other member states," Fekter told reporters in Vienna last week. "If every country demanded 20 per cent, the entire package would blow up."
Fekter said she had contacted Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen the day after the Nordic country announced its deal to air her views.
"The model has to be open to all euro countries. We plan to find out if this is the case", said Austrian Finance Ministry spokesman Harald Waigelin in a telephone interview with Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday.
Dutch Finance Ministry spokesman Niels Redeker said that The Hague had always "indicated in discussions in Brussels that if Finland got a collateral agreement then we also want a collateral agreement."
The Slovenian Finance Ministry told the AP news agency that it is looking for "possible guarantees" for its loan.
These countries only account for about 11 per cent of the total loan, but the move serves to further undermine the already fragile sense of solidarity in the 17-nation eurozone – as well as making markets more jittery.
While no big countries have yet asked for collateral, it raises the general question of whether some euro countries will simply accept worse loan terms than others, by not asking for guarantees.
"We have negotiated this model between the two countries, we've sought to find a model that these two countries can agree on," Urpilainen said in an interview. "This is what happened. Finland doesn't oppose extending collateral to other countries."
The Nordic country "was commissioned to establish a concept for all of Europe", Fekter said, adding that Finland has struck a deal "that is at the expense of all the other countries". Collateral demands from all contributing euro members would make the package "financially unviable", she said.
Fekter said euro members whose banks have limited exposure to Greece should have a greater right to demand collateral as part of a new aid package. The proposal was spelt out in a letter to other eurozone finance ministers, she said.
Euro members' right to collateral from Greece should be restricted if their banks contribute to the rescue package because such lenders are already being offered incentives to take part, said Fekter.
The collateral agreement "allows Finland to participate in the Greek loan," Finland's Finance Minister Urpilainen said last Tuesday. "Without this arrangement, Finland won't participate," she said, adding that the "next few weeks are very decisive in that we will see how other countries respond to this collateral arrangement."
Slovakia said on Thursday that all European creditor states should receive collateral for the aid they give to bailed-out Greece after Athens agreed to provide guarantees for Helsinki.
"I consider it unacceptable for any country not to have the collateral, if other countries have it," Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Miklos told reporters.
"Because if this is a loan – and that's what everyone is calling it – the debtor should have no problem in offering collateral for the loan," he said, adding however that it may be hard to identify suitable assets.
Slovakia, which joined the eurozone in 2009, was the only holdout among eurozone members against the bloc's first rescue package for Greece in 2010.
A spokesman for Olli Rehn, the European Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, said: "It is up to eurozone member states to assess if this deal between Greece and Finland corresponds to the spirit of these conclusions and does not introduce any element that could be considered a distortion. That discussion is going on." He declined to comment on whether finance ministers would be called upon to ratify the final decision.
EU officials had hoped that the finishing touches to the bail-out agreement – which is expected to be made up of loans from the International Monetary Fund and the eurozone's bail-out fund, the European Financial Stability Facility – would be made by the end of August in order to facilitate the next payment of loans to Greece next month.
However, delays now look inevitable.
Rehn's spokesman said: "I'm not aware of any formal requests along those lines and I can't engage in speculation." However, he reiterated the sentiments of José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, in his letter to eurozone governments of 3 August, that changes should avoid "introducing excessive constraints in terms of either additional conditionality or collateralisation of the EFSF lending".
The need to put up collateral – whether in the form of cash or other assets – may also ultimately impair Athens' ability to pay back the general loan.
Finland, needing parliamentary approval for the Greek bailout, has said that what other countries do is their business.
"From Finland's point of view it's clear: we don't really have to be worried if other countries want similar or other guarantees from Greece," Jussi Lindgren, financial secretary at the Finnish Finance Ministry, told Finnish broadcaster YLE. "They would have to negotiate their own deals, and see if it's at all possible."
The €109 billion in new public aid to Greece includes €35 billion of "credit enhancements" linked to a plan for private creditors to contribute through bond exchanges and rollovers. In addition, €20 billion of the public aid will be used for a buyback of Greek debt.
Part of the new bailout is a plan under which banks can exchange their Greek government bonds for new securities that are collateralised. France's BNP Paribas (BNP) SA, Dutch ING Groep NV and Germany's Commerzbank AG are among the banks that have said they will participate in the exchange and may therefore benefit from the collateral. So far, no Finnish or Austrian bank has signed up to the plan.
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UMD Calls For Greek Metropolitan's Excommunication – OpEd
By The United Macedonian Diaspora
The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) expressed its outrage at Sunday's sermon by Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki (Solun). He called upon Greek youth and others to join him in 40-50 buses, travel to the town of Meliti (Ovcharani), and destroy a planned Macedonian language radio station.
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul oversees the Holy Metropolises of the "New Lands," including Thessaloniki (Solun). In a letter, UMD called upon the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to publically condemn Anthimos's incitements to violence, and to initiate proceedings for his immediate excommunication.
"Anthimos is a shameful embarrassment to all of Orthodoxy and should be stripped of his title by the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Holy and Sacred Synod," said UMD President Metodija A. Koloski. "This rhetoric is barbaric and injurious to Greece, the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox Church. Instead of promoting Christian values of peace, tolerance and togetherness, Anthimos uses his position of trust to incite the Greek nation to ethnic hatred and violence. As a Christian leader, Anthimos's speech is completely unacceptable, and he deserves to be excommunicated."
On Sunday, August 14, 2011, Metropolitan Anthimos stated the following, which was captured on video:
"We have some of those who were left here since the Civil War period, as we call it, that difficult period, who did not leave to the other side and stayed here with us… [They] are now revolting, and are instigated from abroad by the Skopian [sic] propaganda … That is why we address to the Ministry of Interior and deputy ministers relevant to the media to tell us: is it true, such a radio station will become in Meliti . . . yes or no? If it is yes, then I, and the youth, and anyone else who wants to . . . [with] at least 40 or 50 buses must go there, and together with our brothers in Florina and Meliti, we will destroy everything into broken glass and nails . . . It is not possible to do the job differently."
Despite nominal leadership from the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul, the Greek Orthodox Church is enshrined in the Greek constitution as the "prevailing" religion, and the state pays the clergy's salaries and pensions. "The Greek State's use of the clergy to terrorize Macedonians in northern Greece has a long and bloody history, going back to the likes of Bishop Germanos Karavangelis, who ordered beheadings in the streets of Kostur," said UMD Voice Magazine Editor Mark Branov. "It is long past due for the Greek Orthodox Church to fully adhere to Christian principles of love and tolerance, and for the Greek state to use its laws for something other than persecuting national minorities."
Today, UMD also urged the Macedonian minority in Meliti (Ovcharani), the Mayor of that town, Panagiotis Anastasiadis (Pande Ashlakov), and the organizers of said radio station to bring a case against Metropolitan Anthimos, and ask the Public Prosecutor to lay appropriate charges under Greek law. UMD believes Metropolitan Anthimos's public appeal for violence is a clear violation of Greek law, and the Public Prosecutor must intervene.
*Solun and Ovcharani are the Macedonian names of these cities prior to the Greek state forcibly renaming them Thessaloniki and Meliti, respectively. Kostur is the Macedonian name of the city in Greece, Kastoria.
**Pande Ashlakov is the Macedonian name of the Mayor of Ovcharani; however, due to anachronistic and remarkably oppressive laws of the Greek state and the Greek Orthodox Church, one may not be baptized in Greece without a "Greek" name.
Video of Bishop Anthimos's sermon in full (in Greek):
http://belomorskamacedonia.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post_15.html.
Translation below:
In the difficulties and storms we face in our lives, as I mentioned before, those we have next to us are included. I do not say this myself, it is in a prestigious newspaper, and I am saying also its name . . . is "The Investor's World" of last Sunday's issue. You cannot read it from there, I am showing it with the newspaper, so you will not think this is a rumor or something we invented . . . I will tell you, because you cannot read it from a distance . . . "in preparation is a radio station of the Skopians [sic] in Greece". Do you hear that? And also those who are watching us, do you hear that? "Representatives self-defining as Macedonians announced through a newspaper in Fyrom [sic] that they have already got a license and are preparing to broadcast in their idiom [sic]. The president of the Florina municipality district of Meliti, Panagiotis Anastasiadis, who likes to be named also with a Skopian name [sic], announced a radio station that will broadcast in the slav-Macedonian idiom [sic]". On the top there is the internet address of the newspaper that announces the operation of such radio station. What can I say to you? The newspaper is valid, and here, this guy has made a statement and is about an interview he gave to a Skopian [sic] newspaper: "The member of the Rainbow Party and president of the municipal district of Meliti Panagiotis Anastasiadis or, as he likes to be named, Pande Ashlakov" who among other statements against Greece and some against us, is saying that "We are ready, we have the license ready and we will take it and start the broadcasting of the radio station." Is this possible, I ask you? Can we Greeks go and make radio stations in any Balkan country or any other? What's happening here? We have some of those who were left here since the Civil War period, as we call it, that difficult period, who did not leave to the other side and stayed here with us, they have, of course, Greek origin and live here but were brought up for many years with their conditions. So, those who stayed here or who took care to stay here, are now revolting and are instigated from abroad by the Skopian [sic] propaganda, together with the other things they are doing, like statues, etc. and are trying to create this issue . . . They will make also a TV station. And now I beg and ask this moment: Mr. president of the region of Central Macedonia, because they are saying they will address to all Macedonians and also the Thessalonikians, their announcement says, Mr. president of the region of Western Macedonia, gentlemen of the remaining secretariat of the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace we had but was abolished (I complained then to Mr. Papandreou, and he told me "no, we will have a substitute". What substitute, there is nothing!). To whom we can address to tell us what is going to be with this? That is why we address to the Ministry of Interior and deputy ministers relevant to the media to tell us: is it true, such a radio station will be become in Meliti and by which the Skopian [sic] propaganda will be broadcast inside Greece, so they will create an issue in Macedonia, yes or no? If it is yes, then I and the youth, and anyone who wants to, I will say it like I feel it, I do not know what will happen, if we say yes and they do it, at least 40-50 buses must go there and together with our brothers in Florina and Meliti, we will destroy everything into broken glass and nails. Otherwise it is not possible to do the job differently . . .
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Facebook - with no need to leave the app, now it's easier than ever to interact with the world's largest social network. With the ability to share a photo to Facebook right from Camera or Photos, post the location right from Maps and even brag about a high score right from Game Center, Facebook is finally integrated throughout the iOS!
Shared Photo Streams - sharing selected photos with chosen people is now available with friends using iCloud on an iOS 6 device or a Mac running Mountain Lion get the photos delivered immediately in the Photos app or iPhoto. The thing to note is that sharing capacity is not limited as the shared photo streams don't count against iCloud storage, and they work over Wi-Fi and cellular networks.
FaceTime - now working over cellular networks as well as Wi-Fi, this feature allows users to make and receive FaceTime calls almost in every country via iPhone 4 or later, or iPad 2 or later with. However Carrier data charges may apply.
Moreover, iOS 6 adds new calling features to iPhones. One of which is that when you decline an incoming call, you can instantly reply with a text message or set a callback reminder. A customizable Do Not Disturb mode is also available for those too hectic moments we all experience quite often.
iOS 6 also delivers a lot better mailing experience with a redesigned streamlined interface for easier reading and writing. To make sure you don't miss an important message from your accountant, your boss, or your BFF, a VIP list feature is introduced. Additionally, photos and videos attaching is far easier.
Safari is updated too – it now saves web pages — not just links, so you can catch up on your reading even when you can't connect to the Internet. Additional augmentations are added too, bringing even better web browsing to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
• Power-efficient, high-quality digital audio experience for iPhone hearing aids.


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January 23, 2019 booknutgirls
by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
First sentence: "This is really, really not going the way I'd planned."
Review copy provided by the publisher for the Cybils.
Content: There's some intense action, and some mild swearing. It's in the YA section (grades 6-8) of the bookstore, but I'd give it to either older or younger readers depending on interest.
My 30-second handsell: It's Indiana Jones in Space! I mean, kind of. It's set in the future, after Earth — especially America — has ignored climate change and basically driven itself into ruin. Then, we get a message from aliens — the Undying — that went extinct 50,000 years ago, welcoming us to their planet, if we "dare", It's got a pair of teenagers working together — a girl who's a scavanger (read: thief) and a boy who's an archeologist who has spent his entire life studying the Undying. Put the two of them on this planet, and they have to figure out how to make it through a temple and read messages to figure out what the Undying was trying to say. Oh, and the government is trying to stop them.
Full of action, suspense, death-defying stunts, and just a whole lot of fun.
Okay, maybe that was longer than 30 seconds. But seriously: this was a ton of fun. I liked Kaufman and Spooner's vision of the future; it was bleak but not overly so, and the idea of mixing post-apocalyptic with aliens is an interesting one. I liked that they kept the action moving, and that it was (mostly) plausible. It really did feel like a fun action movie; nothing deep (there's a wee bit of romance, which I suppose was to be expected), but it did keep me turning pages.
And yes, I am going to read the sequel.
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Home / Blog / SDTN Online: A Week Of Wonder Fools
This three part Zoom series is for anyone wanting an insight in to making theatre collaboratively and engaging with communities. Includes access to live online screening of 549: Scots of The Spanish Civil War on Tuesday 30th June.
Join Wonder Fools' co-founders, Jack Nurse and Robbie Gordon, with Producer Steph Connell, Lighting Designer Benny Goodman and Music Producers, VanIves', Stuart Ramage and Roan Ballantine for this series of talks about creative collaborations. Hear about each of their journeys in to the industry and how they work together to create contemporary theatre to tell unknown and forgotten stories. Each of the hour long zoom sessions will give you an insight in to theatre making across the various roles in the hope it will inspire your own creative practice. You will be able to ask questions throughout the sessions. There will be a Communication Facilitator (BSL English)in attendance. Please let us know if there are any access requirements, Email Karen Townsend
These sessions will be followed by free SDTN Network access to watch the live premier screening of the Wonder Fools show 549: Scots of The Spanish Civil War on Tuesday 30th June 2020.
Making Theatre & Engaging Communities with Wonder Fools
Tuesday 23rd June 14:00-15:00
A talk with Jack Nurse and Robbie Gordon about their career pathways, how they started Wonder Fools and an insight in to their theatre making process and community engagement work.
Rural Touring with Wonder Fools
Wednesday 24th June 14:00-15:00
A talk with Jack Nurse, Benny Goodman and Steph Connell about their career pathways and how they work together through the creative challenges of rural touring.
Music Producing for Theatre with VanIves and Wonder Fools
Thursday 25th June 14:00-15:00
A talk with VanIves' Stuart Ramage and Roan Ballantine and Wonder Fool's Jack Nurse about their career pathways, working together to create sound design for theatre and experimenting with new formats including the team's upcoming podcast.
Digital Archive Screening 549: Scots of The Spanish Civil War
Tuesday 30th June – Booked separately
Upon booking for any of the above sessions you will be sent the link to book a virtual ticket for the premier screening of 549: Scots of The Spanish Civil War
This opportunity is open to SDTN Network students, graduates and education staff.
ABOUT Wonder Fools
Wonder Fools are a registered charity and arts organisation. We create contemporary theatre based on a diverse range of current and historical real life stories. During our short history, we have sought unknown and forgotten stories lost in the evolving social landscape of Britain that we are able to reshape and make theatre from. From these stories we have taken theatre productions, performance installations and workshops to over 7000 people across Scotland, with over 8000 more engaging with our work online. We strive to create evocative and exhilarating contemporary theatre and performance, in both conventional and out of the ordinary settings.
We seek to make accessible, energetic and engaging work which appeals to both traditional as well as non-traditional audiences. We aim to push the fold of who contemporary theatre and performance can attract and appeal to.
We are fascinated by how theatre and performance can be socially and historically rooted in the landscape and community in which it's made; however big or small. Whether socially, politically or intellectually motivated we strive to carry that principle with us in all of our work.
ABOUT VanIves
Composers / Musicians / Sound Designers
Childhood friends Stuart Ramage (Singer, Songwriter, guitarist) and Roan Ballantine (Producer, pianist, DJ and songwriter) make up the multi-genre-bending duo of VanIves. Hailing from south-west Scotland their sound originates from the dancefloor, layering catchy hooks and immersive imagery which is quietly making this duo Scotland's most exciting export.
The duo have supported notable artists such as SG Lewis, Tokio Myers and Be Charlotte whilst also celebrating their debut single by opening Glasgow;s TEDxTalk at the Armadillo and garnering airtime from outlets including BBC Scotland and Amazing radio. They were also the opening act for Underbelly's Hogmanay Celebrations 2019.
Roan is a self taught producer and Suzuki pianist. He is also a DJ who cut his teeth playing sets in the woods in Dumfries and Galloway, releasing dance music under various alias' currently a design student at world famous Glasgow School of Art.
Stuart is a multi instrumentalist, virtuoso guitarist specialising in songwriting with open tunings. He recently graduated from University of West of Scotland with an honours degree in Commercial Music. He has toured the world as a session musician as well as writing and producing music for other artists. Made a name for himself at songwriting camps in Nashville.
Their second EP 'The Waves and I Would Wonder' is now available on Vinyl, released via Berlin label Vielen Dank Records.
Jack Nurse
Co Founder / Co- Writer / Director
Jack co-founded Glasgow-based theatre company Wonder Fools in 2014.
Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the National Theatre Studio Directors' Course
As Director: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War, McNeill of Tranent, The Coolidge Effect (Wonder Fools); The Lost Elves (Citizens Theatre/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Lampedusa (Citizens Theatre); The Mack (Play, Pie, Pint/Traverse Theatre).
As Associate/Resident Director: Red Dust Road (National Theatre of Scotland/HOME); The Broons (Sell A Door); Dr Dolittle (Music & Lyrics).
As Assistant Director: Oresteia: This Restless House (Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland), Blackbird (Citizens Theatre); The Winter's Tale (Royal Lyceum); Hay Fever (Royal Lyceum/Citizens Theatre).
Robbie Gordon
Co Founder / Writer / Performer
Robbie Gordon is a theatre-maker. He is the co-founder of Wonder Fools, the Ayr Gaiety's Creative Learning Coordinator, a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and represented by Infinity Artist Management.
Selected credits: Writer and performer of The Coolidge Effect (Wonder Fools); writer and director of McNeill of Tranent: Fastest Man in the World (Wonder Fools); actor in Charlie Sonata (Royal Lyceum Theatre); workshop leader and sand facilitator on Danny Boyle's Pages of the Sea (National Theatre of Scotland); research assistant on Locker Room Talk (Traverse Theatre); assistant director on Graham McLaren's Dream On (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/BBC Symphony Orchestra); workshop assistant on Jeremy Deller and Rufus Norris' we're here because we're here (National Theatre of Scotland).
He has also worked with organisations and artists such as: Matthew Lenton, Douglas Maxwell, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, LOOP, Lung Ha, Ipdip Theatre, Playwright Studio Scotland, Stockholm Fringe Festival, Bluemouth inc. and The Arches.
Steph Connell
Steph is Producer of Wonder Fools for which she has produced 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War (National tour) and Lampedusa (Citizens Theatre). She is also Producer of ThickSkin which credits include How Not To Drown, AWOL, Chalk Farm and as Assistant Producer for The Static. Steph was Stage One Producer at the Citizens Theatre in 2017.
Other producing credits include No Way Back (Frantic Assembly), Surreal Carnival Experience (Frantic Assembly/ Underworld), Leaper – A Fish Tale and Finding Victoria (Tucked In), Full Stop (Light The Fuse/ Scribbled Thought), Playground Victories (Light The Fuse/ Scribbled Thought) and Superhero Snail Boy (Scribbled Thought). Steph has also worked for Artichoke, National Theatre of Scotland, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, National Centre for Circus Arts and is currently Project Coordinator at the Tron Theatre.
Benny Goodman is a freelance lighting designer and creative collaborator, based in Glasgow.
He has worked in theatres across the UK in a variety of projects and productions, and is a creative collaborator with theatre company, Wonder Fools.
Selected credits include: I Can Go Anywhere (Traverse Theatre); The Drift (National Theatre of Scotland); The Afflicted (Summerhall); Act of Repair (Scottish Youth Theatre National Tour); Country Music (Omnibus Theatre); 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War (UK Tour); The Mistress Contract (Tron Theatre); Daddy Drag (Assembly Roxy); Where We Are: The Mosque (Arcola Theatre, London); Sorella Mia (The Place, London); Disarming Reverberations (St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh); Heroines (Theatre Gu Leor, Stornoway); Humbug (Tramway, Glasgow); Snow Queen (Associate – Dundee Rep Theatre); Like Animals (Tron Theatre); Ayanfe Opera (Bridewell Theatre, London) Lampedusa (Citizens Theatre); Circle of Fifths (Tron Theatre/Cockpit Theatre London).
Photo Credits: Mihaela Bodlovic, Beth Chalmers, Heather Roberts
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You might not want to check this out for yourself, but do you know how long it would take for a person to fall through the Earth? Around 42 minutes.
That's according to MinutePhysics, which uploaded a video to YouTube in response to a recent collaboration between the science channel and Vsauce on the effects of a hollow Earth.
Basically, the physics behind this fall is similar to that of a moving pendulum. As you fall, the mass beneath you decreases as the average gravitational pull on you from that mass increases. But the mass decreases more quickly, so as you approach the center of the Earth, you start going faster and faster but the force pulling you towards the center also decreases.
(For simplicity's sake, the hole goes from the North Pole to the South Pole. Also there's no air inside the hole so you don't reach terminal velocity).
For the full math behind the theory, watch below.


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Q: Excel VBA - Routine that finds on one sheet and paste on another moving destination cells down Really appreciated any help on this!
I have 3 columns on  11 excel sheets that need to be copied to a unique destination sheet.
The eleven sheets refer to months, and I need to find a row referring to that month on the new worbook in order to paste, moving cells down, and then search for the next month and do the same, until all 11 months are copied.
What I have:
Sub PopulateFileTOupload()
' variables
Dim strFileToSave As String

Dim wbSource As Workbook
Dim wsSource As Worksheet

Dim wbTarget As Workbook
Dim wsTarget As Worksheet

Dim rngToCopy1 As Range, rngToCopy2 As Range, rngToCopy3 As Range
Dim dt As String, wbNam As String, wbDir As String

Dim FoundCell As Range, FirstAddr As String, fnd As String, i As Long

' ================ SOURCE ================
Set wbSource = Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\MLOURENC\Documents\0041_PRORATA_ANNUAL_CONTRACTS_UPLOAD.xls")
Set wsSource = wbSource.Worksheets("Month1")

' ================ COPY & PASTE ================

' source range1

Set rngToCopy1 = wsSource.Range("E1", wsSource.Range("E1").End(xlDown))
Set rngToCopy2 = wsSource.Range("N1", wsSource.Range("N1").End(xlDown))
Set rngToCopy3 = wsSource.Range("P1", wsSource.Range("P1").End(xlDown))

Set wbTarget = Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\MLOURENC\Desktop\UP_FRONT S&D\0041_PT\2.Anual-Template\0041_PRORATA ANNUAL CONTRACTS_UPLOAD_TEMPLATE.xls")

' Paste range1

' DON 't know....

' ================ SAVE ================
wbNam = "0041_PRORATA_ANNUAL_CONTRACTS_UPLOAD_READY_"
dt = Format(CStr(Now), "dd_mm_yyyy_hh_mm")
wbTarget.SaveAs Filename:=wbNam & dt
' ================ CLOSE ================'
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
wbTarget.Close
Application.DisplayAlerts = True

End Sub

A: You need to layout a bit more information about your destination book, in order to point out what you can use to identify the row to copy your data to, however...
Lets say the data in your destination workbook is formatted something like this, all in one sheet if my understanding of your question is right:
January
    Data
    Data
    Data
    Data
February
    Data
    Data
    Data
    Data
ETC ETC
    Data
    Data
    Data
    Data

The basic steps would be:
Identify the row number where you want to add data
Dim monthRow As Long
monthRow = wbTarget.Sheets(1).Range("A:A").Find("January:", LookIn:=xlValues).Row

Check number of rows in your original data
Dim janRows As Long
janRows = rngToCopy1.rows.count

Insert that many free rows in your target book
wbTarget.Sheets(1).Rows(monthRow + 1 & ":" & monthRow + janRows).EntireRow.Insert

Transfer data across
wbTarget.Sheets(1).Range("B" & monthRow + 1 & ":B" & monthRow + janRows) = rngToCopy1

There are various ways to do this (more than one way to skin a cat), but this would be easiest i think.
I hope this helps, if not i`ll be happy to assist further.

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An informational performance about the evolution of folk music through the ages – presented by Kevin MacIsaac.
Kevin MacIsaac is a long-time folksinger, beginning in the days of the 1960s. As well as singing traditional and contemporary folk, he writes a good deal of his own material. Not only is he well-versed in folk, he has also studied other genres, including musical theater and classical song.
A voice teacher worked with Kevin, using a process she called voice-building; this may be evident in some of his singing. Kevin has sung in coffeehouses and concerts throughout New England, appearing with artists like Bill Staines and Bob Franke. He also sings with wife Deborah Ross, creating some sweet harmonies.
In whatever venues he performs, Kevin creates a unique listening experience.


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// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

package org.chromium.chrome.browser.tabmodel;

import android.os.Build;
import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;

import androidx.test.filters.MediumTest;

import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import org.chromium.base.ApplicationStatus;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.Batch;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.CallbackHelper;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.CommandLineFlags;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.Criteria;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.CriteriaHelper;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.MinAndroidSdkLevel;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.Restriction;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.UrlUtils;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.ChromeTabbedActivity2;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.app.tabmodel.TabModelOrchestrator;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.flags.ChromeSwitches;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.multiwindow.MultiWindowTestHelper;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.tab.Tab;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.tab.TabLaunchType;
import org.chromium.chrome.test.ChromeJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.chromium.chrome.test.ChromeTabbedActivityTestRule;
import org.chromium.chrome.test.batch.BlankCTATabInitialStateRule;
import org.chromium.chrome.test.util.ChromeTabUtils;
import org.chromium.content_public.browser.LoadUrlParams;
import org.chromium.content_public.browser.test.util.TestThreadUtils;
import org.chromium.ui.test.util.UiRestriction;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

/**
 * Tests undo and restoring of tabs in a {@link TabModel}. These tests require native initialization
 * or multiple activities. For additional tests see {@link UndoTabModelUnitTest}.
 */
@RunWith(ChromeJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@CommandLineFlags.Add({ChromeSwitches.DISABLE_FIRST_RUN_EXPERIENCE})
@Batch(Batch.PER_CLASS)
public class UndoTabModelTest {
    @ClassRule
    public static ChromeTabbedActivityTestRule sActivityTestRule =
            new ChromeTabbedActivityTestRule();

    @Rule
    public BlankCTATabInitialStateRule mInitialStateRule =
            new BlankCTATabInitialStateRule(sActivityTestRule, false);

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws InterruptedException {
        // Disable snackbars from the {@link UndoBarController} which can break this test.
        sActivityTestRule.getActivity().getSnackbarManager().disableForTesting();
    }

    private static final Tab[] EMPTY = new Tab[] {};
    private static final String TEST_URL_0 = UrlUtils.encodeHtmlDataUri("test_url_0.");
    private static final String TEST_URL_1 = UrlUtils.encodeHtmlDataUri("test_url_1.");

    private void checkState(
            final TabModel model, final Tab[] tabsList, final Tab selectedTab,
            final Tab[] closingTabs, final Tab[] fullTabsList,
            final Tab fullSelectedTab) {
        // Keeping these checks on the test thread so the stacks are useful for identifying
        // failures.

        // Check the selected tab.
        Assert.assertEquals("Wrong selected tab", selectedTab, TabModelUtils.getCurrentTab(model));

        // Check the list of tabs.
        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrect number of tabs", tabsList.length, model.getCount());
        for (int i = 0; i < tabsList.length; i++) {
            Assert.assertEquals(
                    "Unexpected tab at " + i, tabsList[i].getId(), model.getTabAt(i).getId());
        }

        // Check the list of tabs we expect to be closing.
        for (int i = 0; i < closingTabs.length; i++) {
            int id = closingTabs[i].getId();
            Assert.assertTrue("Tab " + id + " not in closing list", model.isClosurePending(id));
        }

        TabList fullModel = model.getComprehensiveModel();

        // Check the comprehensive selected tab.
        Assert.assertEquals(
                "Wrong selected tab", fullSelectedTab, TabModelUtils.getCurrentTab(fullModel));

        // Check the comprehensive list of tabs.
        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrect number of tabs", fullTabsList.length, fullModel.getCount());
        for (int i = 0; i < fullModel.getCount(); i++) {
            int id = fullModel.getTabAt(i).getId();
            Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected tab at " + i, fullTabsList[i].getId(), id);
        }
    }

    private void createTabOnUiThread(final ChromeTabCreator tabCreator) {
        TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(() -> {
            tabCreator.createNewTab(
                    new LoadUrlParams("about:blank"), TabLaunchType.FROM_CHROME_UI, null);
        });
    }

    private void closeTabOnUiThread(final TabModel model, final Tab tab, final boolean undoable)
            throws TimeoutException {
        // Check preconditions.
        Assert.assertFalse(tab.isClosing());
        Assert.assertTrue(tab.isInitialized());
        Assert.assertFalse(model.isClosurePending(tab.getId()));
        Assert.assertNotNull(TabModelUtils.getTabById(model, tab.getId()));

        final CallbackHelper didReceivePendingClosureHelper = new CallbackHelper();
        TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(() -> {
            model.addObserver(new TabModelObserver() {
                @Override
                public void tabPendingClosure(Tab tab) {
                    didReceivePendingClosureHelper.notifyCalled();
                }
            });

            // Take action.
            model.closeTab(tab, true, false, undoable);
        });

        boolean didMakePending = undoable && model.supportsPendingClosures();

        // Make sure the TabModel throws a tabPendingClosure callback if necessary.
        if (didMakePending) didReceivePendingClosureHelper.waitForCallback(0);

        // Check post conditions
        Assert.assertEquals(didMakePending, model.isClosurePending(tab.getId()));
        Assert.assertNull(TabModelUtils.getTabById(model, tab.getId()));
        Assert.assertTrue(tab.isClosing());
        Assert.assertEquals(didMakePending, tab.isInitialized());
    }

    private void saveStateOnUiThread(final TabModelOrchestrator orchestrator) {
        TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(() -> { orchestrator.saveState(); });

        TabModelSelector selector = orchestrator.getTabModelSelector();
        for (int i = 0; i < selector.getModels().size(); i++) {
            TabModel model = selector.getModels().get(i);
            TabList tabs = model.getComprehensiveModel();
            for (int j = 0; j < tabs.getCount(); j++) {
                Assert.assertFalse(model.isClosurePending(tabs.getTabAt(j).getId()));
            }
        }
    }

    private void openMostRecentlyClosedTabOnUiThread(final TabModelSelector selector) {
        TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(
                () -> { selector.getCurrentModel().openMostRecentlyClosedEntry(); });
    }

    // Helper class that notifies after the tab is closed, and a tab restore service entry has been
    // created in tab restore service.
    private static class TabClosedObserver implements TabModelObserver {
        private CallbackHelper mTabClosedCallback;

        public TabClosedObserver(CallbackHelper closedCallback) {
            mTabClosedCallback = closedCallback;
        }

        @Override
        public void onFinishingTabClosure(Tab tab) {
            mTabClosedCallback.notifyCalled();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Test calling {@link TabModelOrchestrator#saveState()} commits all pending closures:
     *     Action                     Model List         Close List        Comprehensive List
     * 1.  Initial State              [ 0 1s ]           -                 [ 0 1s ]
     * 2.  CloseTab(0, allow undo)    [ 1s ]             [ 0 ]             [ 0 1s ]
     * 3.  SaveState                  [ 1s ]             -                 [ 1s ]
     */
    @Test
    @MediumTest
    @Restriction(UiRestriction.RESTRICTION_TYPE_PHONE) // See crbug.com/633607
    public void testSaveStateCommitsUndos() throws TimeoutException, ExecutionException {
        TabModelOrchestrator orchestrator = TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(
                () -> sActivityTestRule.getActivity().getTabModelOrchestratorSupplier().get());
        TabModelSelector selector = orchestrator.getTabModelSelector();
        TabModel model = selector.getModel(false);
        ChromeTabCreator tabCreator = TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlockingNoException(
                () -> sActivityTestRule.getActivity().getTabCreator(false));
        createTabOnUiThread(tabCreator);

        Tab tab0 = model.getTabAt(0);
        Tab tab1 = model.getTabAt(1);

        Tab[] fullList = new Tab[] { tab0, tab1 };

        // 1.
        checkState(model, new Tab[] { tab0, tab1 }, tab1, EMPTY, fullList, tab1);

        // 2.
        closeTabOnUiThread(model, tab0, true);
        checkState(model, new Tab[] { tab1 }, tab1, EMPTY, fullList, tab1);

        // 3.
        saveStateOnUiThread(orchestrator);
        fullList = new Tab[] { tab1 };
        checkState(model, new Tab[] {tab1}, tab1, EMPTY, fullList, tab1);
        Assert.assertTrue(tab0.isClosing());
        Assert.assertFalse(tab0.isInitialized());
    }

    /**
     * Test opening recently closed tab using native tab restore service.
     */
    @Test
    @MediumTest
    public void testOpenRecentlyClosedTabNative() throws TimeoutException {
        final TabModelSelector selector = sActivityTestRule.getActivity().getTabModelSelector();
        final TabModel model = selector.getModel(false);

        // Create new tab and wait until it's loaded.
        // Native can only successfully recover the tab after a page load has finished and
        // it has navigation history.
        ChromeTabUtils.fullyLoadUrlInNewTab(InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation(),
                sActivityTestRule.getActivity(), TEST_URL_0, false);

        // Close the tab, and commit pending closure.
        Assert.assertEquals(model.getCount(), 2);
        closeTabOnUiThread(model, model.getTabAt(1), false);
        Assert.assertEquals(1, model.getCount());
        Tab tab0 = model.getTabAt(0);
        Tab[] tabs = new Tab[]{tab0};
        checkState(model, tabs, tab0, EMPTY, tabs, tab0);

        // Recover the page.
        openMostRecentlyClosedTabOnUiThread(selector);

        Assert.assertEquals(2, model.getCount());
        tab0 = model.getTabAt(0);
        Tab tab1 = model.getTabAt(1);
        tabs = new Tab[]{tab0, tab1};
        Assert.assertEquals(TEST_URL_0, ChromeTabUtils.getUrlStringOnUiThread(tab1));
        checkState(model, tabs, tab0, EMPTY, tabs, tab0);
    }

    /**
     * Test opening recently closed tab when we have multiple windows.
     * |  Action                    |   Result
     * 1. Create second window.     |
     * 2. Open tab in window 1.     |
     * 3. Open tab in window 2.     |
     * 4. Close tab in window 1.    |
     * 5. Close tab in window 2.    |
     * 6. Restore tab.              | Tab restored in window 2.
     * 7. Restore tab.              | Tab restored in window 1.
     */
    @Test
    @MediumTest
    @MinAndroidSdkLevel(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
    @CommandLineFlags.Add(ChromeSwitches.DISABLE_TAB_MERGING_FOR_TESTING)
    public void testOpenRecentlyClosedTabMultiWindow() throws TimeoutException {
        final ChromeTabbedActivity2 secondActivity =
                MultiWindowTestHelper.createSecondChromeTabbedActivity(
                        sActivityTestRule.getActivity());

        // Wait for the second window to be fully initialized.
        CriteriaHelper.pollUiThread(
                () -> secondActivity.getTabModelSelector().isTabStateInitialized());
        // First window context.
        final TabModelSelector firstSelector =
                sActivityTestRule.getActivity().getTabModelSelector();
        final TabModel firstModel = firstSelector.getModel(false);

        // Second window context.
        final TabModelSelector secondSelector = secondActivity.getTabModelSelector();
        final TabModel secondModel = secondSelector.getModel(false);

        // Create tabs.
        ChromeTabUtils.fullyLoadUrlInNewTab(InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation(),
                sActivityTestRule.getActivity(), TEST_URL_0, false);
        ChromeTabUtils.fullyLoadUrlInNewTab(
                InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation(), secondActivity, TEST_URL_1, false);

        Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected number of tabs in first window.", 2, firstModel.getCount());
        Assert.assertEquals(
                "Unexpected number of tabs in second window.", 2, secondModel.getCount());

        // Close one tab in the first window.
        closeTabOnUiThread(firstModel, firstModel.getTabAt(1), false);
        Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected number of tabs in first window.", 1, firstModel.getCount());
        Assert.assertEquals(
                "Unexpected number of tabs in second window.", 2, secondModel.getCount());

        // Close one tab in the second window.
        closeTabOnUiThread(secondModel, secondModel.getTabAt(1), false);
        Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected number of tabs in first window.", 1, firstModel.getCount());
        Assert.assertEquals(
                "Unexpected number of tabs in second window.", 1, secondModel.getCount());

        // Restore one tab to the second selector.
        openMostRecentlyClosedTabOnUiThread(secondSelector);
        Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected number of tabs in first window.", 1, firstModel.getCount());
        Assert.assertEquals(
                "Unexpected number of tabs in second window.", 2, secondModel.getCount());

        // Restore one more tab to the first selector.
        openMostRecentlyClosedTabOnUiThread(firstSelector);

        // Check final states of both windows.
        Tab firstModelTab = firstModel.getTabAt(0);
        Tab secondModelTab = secondModel.getTabAt(0);
        Tab[] firstWindowTabs = new Tab[]{firstModelTab, firstModel.getTabAt(1)};
        Tab[] secondWindowTabs = new Tab[]{secondModelTab, secondModel.getTabAt(1)};
        checkState(firstModel, firstWindowTabs, firstModelTab, EMPTY, firstWindowTabs,
                firstModelTab);
        checkState(secondModel, secondWindowTabs, secondModelTab, EMPTY, secondWindowTabs,
                secondModelTab);
        Assert.assertEquals(TEST_URL_0, ChromeTabUtils.getUrlStringOnUiThread(firstWindowTabs[1]));
        Assert.assertEquals(TEST_URL_1, ChromeTabUtils.getUrlStringOnUiThread(secondWindowTabs[1]));

        secondActivity.finishAndRemoveTask();
    }

    /**
     * Test restoring closed tab from a closed window.
     * |  Action                    |   Result
     * 1. Create second window.     |
     * 2. Open tab in window 2.     |
     * 3. Close tab in window 2.    |
     * 4. Close second window.      |
     * 5. Restore tab.              | Tab restored in first window.
     */
    @Test
    @MediumTest
    @MinAndroidSdkLevel(24)
    @CommandLineFlags.Add(ChromeSwitches.DISABLE_TAB_MERGING_FOR_TESTING)
    public void testOpenRecentlyClosedTabMultiWindowFallback() throws TimeoutException {
        final ChromeTabbedActivity2 secondActivity =
                MultiWindowTestHelper.createSecondChromeTabbedActivity(
                        sActivityTestRule.getActivity());
        // Wait for the second window to be fully initialized.
        CriteriaHelper.pollUiThread(
                () -> secondActivity.getTabModelSelector().isTabStateInitialized());

        // First window context.
        final TabModelSelector firstSelector =
                sActivityTestRule.getActivity().getTabModelSelector();
        final TabModel firstModel = firstSelector.getModel(false);

        // Second window context.
        final TabModel secondModel = secondActivity.getTabModelSelector().getModel(false);

        // Create tab on second window.
        ChromeTabUtils.fullyLoadUrlInNewTab(
                InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation(), secondActivity, TEST_URL_1, false);
        Assert.assertEquals("Window 2 should have 2 tab.", 2, secondModel.getCount());

        // Close tab in second window, wait until tab restore service history is created.
        CallbackHelper closedCallback = new CallbackHelper();
        TestThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(
                () -> secondModel.addObserver(new TabClosedObserver(closedCallback)));
        closeTabOnUiThread(secondModel, secondModel.getTabAt(1), false);
        closedCallback.waitForCallback(0);

        Assert.assertEquals("Window 2 should have 1 tab.", 1, secondModel.getCount());

        // Closed the second window. Must wait until it's totally closed.
        int numExpectedActivities = ApplicationStatus.getRunningActivities().size() - 1;
        secondActivity.finishAndRemoveTask();
        CriteriaHelper.pollUiThread(() -> {
            Criteria.checkThat(ApplicationStatus.getRunningActivities().size(),
                    Matchers.is(numExpectedActivities));
        });
        Assert.assertEquals("Window 1 should have 1 tab.", 1, firstModel.getCount());

        // Restore closed tab from second window. It should be created in first window.
        openMostRecentlyClosedTabOnUiThread(firstSelector);
        Assert.assertEquals("Closed tab in second window should be restored in the first window.",
                2, firstModel.getCount());
        Tab tab0 = firstModel.getTabAt(0);
        Tab tab1 = firstModel.getTabAt(1);
        Tab[] firstWindowTabs = new Tab[]{tab0, tab1};
        checkState(firstModel, firstWindowTabs, tab0, EMPTY, firstWindowTabs, tab0);
        Assert.assertEquals(TEST_URL_1, ChromeTabUtils.getUrlStringOnUiThread(tab1));
    }
}

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The bride-to-be is about to become baptized into the Church of England.
Preparing for royal life might not look exactly like a scene out of The Princess Diaries, but it definitely takes some work and compromise. Actress Meghan Markle, who's in the middle of that process, has seemingly met every life change with ease. Just months after relocating to Kensington Palace to share a home with Prince Harry, Meghan took one more step for her future husband. According to the a popular U.K. newspaper, the Suits star is planning to convert to the Royal Family's religion.
Markle, who was raised Protestant and attended a Catholic high school, will join the Anglican faith, London's The Times reported on Sunday, and will be baptized and confirmed in the church by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Kensington Palace. The ceremony is set for sometime this month—it could happen as early as this weekend!—and will include both of Markle's parents. While the conversion is not necessarily required (Meghan doesn't have to be Anglican to marry Harry), it shows how dedicated she is to making royal life her own and honoring Queen Elizabeth, who serves as the head of the church.
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I guess it's not very often you're invited to such a prestigious event so I would've been mad not to jump at the opportunity to head to London courtesy of Nokia UK to check out the BRIT Awards 2014 at the O2 Arena. Thanks Nokia! Armed with my Lumia 1020 to capture the evenings events I made a mad dash across the City through rush hour traffic arriving just in time to grab a quick bite to eat. As if being out of Wales for the night wasn't exciting enough the evening had plenty in store with Arctic Monkeys kicking the night off in fiery style. And pretencions or not their first acceptance speech sure got people talking. Their second one even more.
"That rock and roll, eh? That rock and roll, it just won't go away. It might hibernate from time to time, sink back into the swamp. I think the cyclical nature of the universe in which it exists demands that acquiesce to some of its rules. But it's always waiting there, just around the corner, ready to make its way back through the sludge and smash through the glass ceiling, looking better than ever. Yeah, that rock and roll, it seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die. And there's nothing you can do about it…" Alex Turner.
Prince was in the building. Sadly only presenting and not performing, even though his new band 3RDEYEGIRL took to the stage with their guitars. The latest in hipster fashion? Who knows. There was a number of collaborations taking place tonight. Some worked i.e. Disclosure and Lorde (you can pick up their track over on iTunes now, proceeds to charity) whilst others didn't; Nicole Scherzinger and Cesc Fabregas. Yep, I'm just as baffled behind that presenting pair-up as you. It was a nice surprise to see Noel Gallagher announce the Best British Male award though "You didn't think he'd actually be here, did you?" "He's too cool for this shit", I'm not sure the same can be said for Kate Moss who didn't really do Bowie's speech many favours. Learn how to hold a microphone maybe? Bruno Mars aka Breakbot takes home Best International Male (and Biggest Entourage. Okay there's not really an award for that but he'd sure win it based on tonight's display).
Katy Perry was on hand to provide the glitz and the glamour not to mention Beyoncé stopping by to debut her single XO for the very first time on TV. The highlight for me being the awkward James Corden - Pharrell interview (I'm just a sucker for awkwardness). With it being his last year hosting Noisey have got in early on the act of who they think should be taking over in 2015: bit.ly/1bOv27e, quite amusing to say the least. The evening rounds up with Pharrell joined on stage by the legend that is Mr Nile Rodgers (who also gave a brilliant and warming speech on Daft Punk's behalf, take note Kate Moss) before balloons cascaded from the ceiling. It's on to the after party from here on out. And there really ain't no party like a BRIT Award party! I mean, it wouldn't be the BRITs without everyone getting drunk now would it. You can check out the full list of winners below.
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Best International Male - 'Bruno Mars'
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British Producer Of The Year - 'Flood and Alan Moulder'
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Sea-Doo is a Canadian brand of personal watercraft (PWC) and boats manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP). All Sea-Doo models are driven by an impeller-driven waterjet. All Sea-Doo PWC models are currently produced at BRP's plants in Querétaro and Juárez, Mexico. Its Rotax engines are produced at BRP's plant in Gunskirchen, Austria. In 2016, Sea-Doo had a 45.8% share of the PWC market.

History

Bombardier introduced its first personal watercraft in 1968, called the Bombardier Sea-Doo. It was designed and mentored by Clayton Jacobson II, who would later develop the more successful Kawasaki Jet Ski watercraft. Also heavily involved was Bombardier's Laurent Beaudoin, who was interested in expanding the success of the Ski-Doo snowmobile to the PWC market. Advertised as the "Jet-powered Aqua Scooter", the original yellow Sea-Doo was 5 feet wide and 7.5 feet long, somewhat resembling a flying saucer. In 1968, it was powered by an air-cooled, 320cc engine with a top speed of 25 mph. Following complaints of overheating and inefficiency, it was replaced in 1969 with a water-cooled 372cc engine. There were common complaints about discomfort from its flat seat and minimally-padded Ski-Doo supplied stainless steel handlebars. After only two years on the market, it was discontinued.

The Sea-Doo was re-introduced in 1988 as its own brand under Bombardier.  By 1995, annual sales for the Sea-Doo reached over 100,000 units, signaling a turnaround in the company's declining sales.  By 1997 the company had $212 million in sales, recapturing over half of the PWC market. In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sea-Doo personal watercraft converted into explosive unmanned surface vehicles were used to attack Russian naval vessels at the Sevastopol Naval Base.

Models
There are five categories of Sea-Doo models: Recreation, Tow Sports, Touring, Sport Fishing, and Performance.

The Sea-Doo jet-powered sport boats included a four-seater Sportster 150 with 155 hp or 215 hp, a four-seater Speedster 150 with 255 hp, and a seven-seater Speedster 200 with 310 hp, and a Speedster 230 with space for up to twelve people. The Wake 200 model was made for wakeboarding and the two Challenger models were less sporty and more luxurious: a smaller Challenger 180 and a larger Challenger 210. In 2012, BRP discontinued sport boat production, citing a decline in global sales in the marine industry. This meant the loss of 350 jobs, including most of those at a plant in Benton, Illinois.

The Sea-Doo Spark which was released in 2014 was aimed to attract new buyers to the decreasing PWC market. This model was in development for eight years and was code-named CAFE (clean, affordable, fun, and easy to use). It used a unique polytec hull and deck structure to cut costs and weight. The Spark quickly became the best-selling Sea-Doo model.

In August 2021 they released a Pontoon boat style boat called the Switch.

2022 Sea-Doo line up

 Sea-Doo Spark 2UP
 Sea-Doo Spark 3UP
 Sea-Doo Spark TRIXX 2UP
 Sea-Doo Spark TRIXX 3UP
 Sea-Doo GTI 90
 Sea-Doo GTI 130
 Sea-Doo GTI SE 130
 Sea-Doo GTI SE 170
 Sea-Doo GTX 170
 Sea-Doo GTX 230
 Sea-Doo GTX 300
 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300
 Sea-Doo GTR 230
 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300
 Sea-Doo RXP-X 300
 Sea-Doo Wake 170
 Sea-Doo Wake Pro 230
 Sea-Doo Fish Pro Scout
 Sea-Doo Fish Pro Sport
 Sea-Doo Fish Pro Trophy
 Sea-Doo Switch (Pontoon Boat)
 Sea-Doo Switch Sport (Pontoon Boat)
 Sea-Doo Switch Cruise (Pontoon Boat)

See also
 Sea-Doo XP
 Sea-Doo Hydrocross (PlayStation video-game)
 Ski-Doo (snowmobile)

References

External links
Sea-Doo website

Bombardier Recreational Products
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1988
Personal water craft brands

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Shares or needs? How to decide on maintenance awards
Mrs Justice King has allowed a husband's appeal against a provision of an award in favour of his ex-wife, which required him to pay maintenance in the sum of 25 percent of his annual net bonuses, in addition to £3,750 per month from his salary, for the remainder of their joint lives.
The initial hearing was heard by DJ White. At the date of that hearing, the husband was 43 and the wife was 55. They had been married for 14 years and cohabiting for 19. The husband was a high earner, for the past three years receiving a salary of £250,000 and a non-guaranteed bonus of £200,000 per annum. The wife had not worked for the last fifteen years. In his order of 20 March 2013, DJ White provided that the wife would receive capital of £967,170, the husband capital of £250,362 and the wife maintenance of £3,750 per calendar month, in addition to 25 percent of the husband's annual net bonuses, on a joint lives basis.
DJ White justified the bonus part of his order in the following terms:
"I appreciate that going forwards the wife would be making no contribution towards such bonuses and in my order her basic needs are met, but I do consider it legitimate that she has earned an interest in his income going forwards."
The husband applied for permission to appeal against the maintenance part of the order (both the monthly maintenance and the share in the bonuses).
Mostyn J heard the permission to appeal hearing and permitted the husband to appeal the bonus part of the order only. Before Mostyn J, Professor Bailey-Harris, acting for the husband, argued that DJ White's language, provided above, in explanation of the bonus part of the order, was that of sharing, not needs.
In B v S EWHC 265 (Fam), Mostyn J held that periodical payments should, save for in exceptional cases, be settled by reference to need alone. Professor Bailey-Harris's assertion was, therefore, that DJ White's approach was contrary to this principle. Mr Johnson, for the wife, argued that DJ White's words were capable of an alternative interpretation, focusing on needs alone.
Mostyn J, when allowing the appeal, gave a strong steer that, in his view, a cap should be placed on the amount of the husband's bonus the wife could receive.
King J heard the appeal and preferred Mr Johnson's interpretation of DJ White's intentions. King J was assisted in reaching this view by DJ White's clarifying comments, in a supplementary judgment, that he referred in his order to "the wife's 'basic' needs being met", noting that "this is far from needs being 'generously interpreted'" and adding that he would "certainly have made a higher periodical payments order had the husband not denied the probability of future significant bonuses".
In reaching her decision, King J considered the legal basis of an appeal, namely that, according to Family Procedure Rule 30.12(3), an appeal will only be allowed when the decision was either wrong or unjust because of a procedural or other irregularity in the proceedings.
Further, Thorpe LJ's principle from Cordle v. Cordle EWCA Civ 1791, that an appeal will only be permitted if "there has been some procedural irregularity or that in conducting the necessary balancing exercise the district judge has taken into account matters which were irrelevant, or ignored matters which were relevant, or has otherwise arrived at a conclusion that is plainly wrong", should be considered together with Rule 30.12(3).
In applying these legal principles, King J determined that she was satisfied that DJ White "intended to and made his order wholly in terms of maintenance requirements and not in relation to a continuing 'share' of H's bonus outwith any maintenance". She determined that had the proportions of salary to bonus been different, with more income and less bonus, DJ White would have made the basic maintenance award higher. Given the intrinsic uncertainty of bonus payments, a percentage, as opposed to a specific figure, had to be used.
King J held that she could not say that such an approach was "wrong". She did, however, find that DJ White erred in failing to set a cap beyond which the husband would not have to pay the wife 25 percent of his net bonus, as this inherent uncertainty of bonus payments meant that a cap was essential in order to avoid the inadvertent unfairness which could arise as a result of an unanticipated substantial bonus payment. The appeal was therefore allowed in this regard and a cap of £20,000 per annum was set.
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Want the new Lorde album? You better vote, sis
You know what's definitely melodrama? Waiting for Lorde to drop that new album.
We've been writing about Lorde dropping hints on her much-anticipated third studio album with producer wunderkind Jack Antonoff. And yet, we're still left hanging this 2020. But we're here with another update from none other than Lorde, our savior herself.
On Oct. 8, the Kiwi singer/songwriter broke her social media hiatus to send an important message on Instagram. She encouraged fans in New Zealand to vote for the upcoming elections. She also pointed out the two referendums this year, the End of Life Choice Bill and Cannabis Legalization and Control Bill. She asks her Kiwi fans to read up and have their voice heard by going in the polls. In exchange, she'd give us something in return.
"Do it for our beautiful country and for me. And next year I'll give you something in return," writes Lorde in her IG stories. "As a result, fans online soon began speculating that Lorde's highly-anticipated third album could be coming at some point in 2021," says NME.
Last May, she updated us on her new album via newsletter. "The work is so fucking good, my friend. I am truly jazzed for you to hear it," says Lorde. Well, we're still jazzed and still waiting. Let's hope 2021 is truly the year of the Lorde.
So if you're a fellow Kiwi and over 18, you better vote. The world is waiting for our Lorde to rise again.
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