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John Delaney & Brad Schneider
Compare the voting records of John Delaney and Brad Schneider in 2017-18.
Represented Maryland's 6th Congressional District. This is his 3rd term in the House.
Brad Schneider
Represented Illinois's 10th Congressional District. This is his 1st term in the House.
John Delaney and Brad Schneider are from the same party and agreed on 90 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
June 14, 2018 — THRIVE Act
March 21, 2018 — Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
March 15, 2018 — Regulation At Improvement Act of 2017
March 14, 2018 — Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017 or the TAILOR Act of 2017
Feb. 14, 2018 — Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017
Jan. 18, 2018 — Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act
Dec. 20, 2017 — Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act
Dec. 14, 2017 — Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act
Nov. 3, 2017 — Community Health and Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017
Jan. 13, 2017 — To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces
July 24, 2018 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 6199, the Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018; providing for proceedings during the period from July 27, 2018, through September 3, 2018
July 12, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6237) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes
June 27, 2018 — Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 6157) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, and providing for proceedings during the period from June 29, 2018, through July 9, 2018
June 20, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act;providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5797) IMD CARE Act;providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6082) Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
June 15, 2018 — Thornberry of Texas Part A Amendment No. 4
June 13, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2851) Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5735) THRIVE Act; and providing for consideration of (H.R. 5788) Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act
May 23, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and for providing for proceedings during the period from May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018
May 22, 2018 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 5515, NDAA FY, 2019; providing for consideration of S. 204, Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017, and providing for consideration of S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
May 9, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3053) to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes
March 15, 2018 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 4061, the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017; and providing for consideration of H.R. 4293, the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017
March 14, 2018 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 4545, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; H.R. 1116, the TAILOR Act of 2017; and H.R. 4263, the Regulation At Improvement Act of 2017
Feb. 27, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4296) to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4607) the Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act
Feb. 27, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865), the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
Feb. 6, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1892) to amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty
Jan. 30, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 695, the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
Jan. 20, 2018 — Waiving a Requirement of Clause 6(A) of Rule XIII with Respect to Consideration of Certain Resolutions Reported from the Committee on Rules, and Providing for Consideration of Motions to Suspend the Rules
On Ordering a Call of the House
Jan. 10, 2018 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 139) to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlongs, and for other purposes
Dec. 13, 2017 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 1638, the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act; and providing for consideration of H.R. 4324, the Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act
Nov. 14, 2017 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 2874, the 21st Century Flood Reform Act; and the conference report to accompany H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
Nov. 2, 2017 — Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 849, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act.
Sept. 25, 2017 — Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act
July 26, 2017 — Norcross of New Jersey Amendment No. 39
July 26, 2017 — Castor of Florida Amendment No. 38
July 13, 2017 — Garamendi of California Amendment No. 1
July 13, 2017 — Jayapal of Washington Part B Amendment No. 5
June 22, 2017 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2842) to provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for TANF recipients, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
June 21, 2017 — Carbajal of California Part A Amendment No. 1
May 3, 2017 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 244) to encourage effective, voluntary investments to recruit, employ, and retain men and women who have served in the United States military with annual Federal awards to employers recognizing such efforts, and for other purposes
April 28, 2017 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 99) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes
April 26, 2017 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1695) to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide additional responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights, and for other purposes
April 5, 2017 — Providing for consideration of H.R. 1219, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017
March 8, 2017 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1301) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes
Jan. 10, 2017 — Clay of Missouri Part B Amendment No. 2
Jan. 10, 2017 — Velazquez of New York Part B Amendment No. 1


/ Who pays Council Tax?
The person highest on the list below is usually responsible for paying.
The owner who lives in the property.
The tenant who lives in the property.
The subtenant who lives in the property.
Someone else who lives in the property.
The owner if nobody lives in the property.
Couples who are married or living together as such are responsible, jointly and individually, for paying Council Tax even if their names are not on the bill. Joint owners or tenants are also responsible, jointly and individually, for paying the Council Tax even if their names are not on the bill.
Note: 'Jointly and individually' means that the amount on the bill is not split into shares. We can choose to collect the full amount of the Council Tax bill from anyone who is legally responsible for it. It is then up to the person who pays to get back a share from everyone else.
You can appeal against the decision that you are responsible for paying Council Tax. You must continue to pay your Council Tax until we have made a decision on your appeal.


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CRA duty to assess with all due dispatch
Tax appeals and litigation
CRA duty assess with all due dispatch
CRA has a requirement under the Canadian Income Tax Act to issue a tax assessment for income tax returns submitted by Canadian taxpayers with all due dispatch. On Nov 6, 2015 the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the CRA appeal in MNR v McNally 2015 FCA 248 in a unanimous decision. Mr. McNally was successful in requiring CRA to assess his return. CRA had refused to do soon the basis that he had participated in a tax shelter. The Federal Court of Appeal repeated that the CRA's policy of delaying tax returns in order to deter taxpayers from participating in tax shelters was not a valid policy under the law. Revenue Canada admitted that the main reason Mr. McNally's return (like other Canadian taxpayers in the same situation) had not been subject to an income tax assessment was to discourage participation in Canadian income tax shelters. Mr. McNally's Canadian income tax attorneys brought a mandamus application in the Federal Court of Canada to require the Canadian tax department to assess that return. The Federal Court of Canada at 2015 FC 767 ruled in the taxpayer's favour in June 2015 that CRA's duty to provide an income tax assessment with due dispatch under section 152(1) of the Canadian Income Tax Act was violated by CRA.The Canada Revenue Agency is of the view that widely marketed tax shelters are generally invalid. CRA therefore decided not to assess the participants' tax returns until after the audit of the gifting tax shelter. The tax department stated that the purpose in implementing this change was to deter participation in these income tax shelters. The Federal Court held that the Minister of National Revenue owes Mr. McNally a statutory duty to examine his return "with all due dispatch".
CRA complied with the judgment but still wished to continue the appeal in order to pursue a jurisprudential point. The taxpayer declined to participate in the appeal. He got what he wanted in the previous hearing since the Federal Court gave judgment in his favour and CRA had complied with it. CRA appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal. The parties agreed that the appeal became moot once the income tax assessment had been issued. The case therefore discussed the 3 tests for reviewing a moot case set out in the Supreme Court's decision in Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342, 57 D.L.R. (4th) 231. Applying the facts of Mr. McNally's situation to these 3 factors the court concluded that there were no grounds for continuing the appeal. Mr. McNally was therefore not required to participate in the appeal. If you have an income tax litigation issue contact one of our Toronto tax attorneys for income tax help.

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March 22, 2019 at 2:56 pm EDT | by Mariah Cooper
United Airlines becomes first U.S. airline to offer non-binary gender booking options
(Photo by Adam Moreira via Wikimedia Commons)
United Airlines announced they will now offer non-binary booking options for customers who do not identify as male or female. This makes United Airlines the first U.S. airline to provide a non-binary option.
Customers now have the option of choosing "(U) undisclosed" and "(X) unspecified," as well as "(M) male" and (F) female," when booking as it corresponds to their authorized identification. They can also choose the gender-neutral honorific "Mx" when booking and for their MileagePlus customer profile.
Fly how you identify. Our new non-binary gender options are now available.
— United Airlines (@united) March 22, 2019
"United is determined to lead the industry in LGBT inclusivity, and we are so proud to be the first U.S. airline to offer these inclusive booking options for our customers," United's Chief Customer Officer Toby Enqvist said in a statement. "United is excited to share with our customers, whether they identify along the binary of male or female or not, that we are taking the steps to exhibit our care for them while also providing additional employee training to make us even more welcoming for all customers and employees."
United Airlines says it worked closely with Human Rights Campaign and the Trevor Project in "teaching employees about preferred pronouns and the persistence of gender norms, LGBT competency in the workplace, and other steps to make United an inclusive space for both customers and employees."
"At the Human Rights Campaign, we believe being acknowledged as the gender you identify with is part of treating everyone with dignity and respect," Beck Bailey, acting director of the Workplace Equality Program, said in a statement. "By providing non-binary gender selection for ticketing and the gender-inclusive honorific 'Mx' in user profiles, United Airlines is taking an important step forward for non-binary inclusion."
Fellow airlines American, Delta, Southwest and Alaska have also committed to offering non-binary options for customers.
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Managing hotel departments such as housekeeping and food service is good preparation for a career as a hotel general manager.
1 What Entry Level Positions Can Lead to a Hotel General Manager?
A hotel general manager oversees all aspects of the operation of a hotel. This includes housekeeping, customer service, human resources and financial management. At some facilities it may also involve managing services such as catering, restaurant operations and special events. Consequently, a hotel manager might move up from any of these departmental management roles. In addition to a solid background in hotel management, a degree in a related field such as hospitality management is most often required.
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Front desk supervisors oversee the management of the front desk of the hotel. This includes handling customer complaints, guest reservations and room assignments. Responsibilities such as staff scheduling, hiring and training may also be in the job description. Consequently, the front desk supervisory job is a good steppingstone to a career as hotel general manager.
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Dee, Dee. "Path to Becoming a Hotel General Manager." Work - Chron.com, http://work.chron.com/path-becoming-hotel-general-manager-11806.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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Two young men, wearing hoods and carrying several weapons, opened fire at a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing eight people before taking their own lives, the governor of Sao Paulo said.
The men, identified as former students at the school, ages 17 and 25, also shot and killed the owner of a used car business nearby before launching the attack on the school in Suzano, a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, authorities said.
"This is the saddest day of my life," de Campos said.
The 17-year-old opened fire with a .38 caliber handgun and the 25-year-old used a crossbow, de Campos said, adding that forensics would determine how the victims died.
The public school, Raul Brasil Professor (translated in English), has more than 1,600 students from elementary to high school grades, teachers gathered outside said.
Doria said the school had been evacuated and police were inspecting what appeared to be possible explosives left by the gunmen.
"We were at recess and eating like normal, and we heard three pops, then we tried to run to jump over the walls," Rosni Marcelo Grotliwed, 15, told G1 news portal.
Latin America's largest nation has the highest number of annual homicides in the world, but school shootings are rare.
Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, recently announced gun ownership controls would be loosened.
While gun laws are considered strict in Brazil, it is not difficult to illegally purchase a weapon.


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Who are The Reapers in Mass Effect?
Human Reaper
What are the Reapers?
Reapers are a hyper-advanced machine race and the creators of mass relays and the Citadel, resembling the species that their initial genetic material has been taken from, that periodically awaken to destroy all advanced organic life in the galaxy and are the primary antagonists of the Mass Effect trilogy.
The term "Reaper" is not actually a self-designation.
The Reapers, known by the Geth as the Old Machines, are a highly advanced machine race of synthetic/organic starships. The Reapers reside in dark space, the empty, starless space between galaxies. They hibernate there, dormant for thousands of years, before they are given the signal to return. Their origins are completely unknown.
According to Sovereign, a Reaper vanguard left behind to ensure the Reapers' return, it is a Prothean name given to them, stating they have no name and that they "simply are". However, it is revealed by the character Legion in Mass Effect 2 that Sovereign referred to itself as Nazara and that the Reapers are known as the "old machines" among the Geth.
The Reapers hibernate in the dark space that lies beyond the galaxy's outer rim, and the Citadel itself is a gigantic mass relay that allows them to return to the galaxy at their leisure. The Citadel's location at the mass relay network hub, along with its formidable defences, make it a seemingly ideal location for the capital of galactic civilization.
For reasons currently unknown, the Reapers cull the intelligent races of the Milky Way galaxy, returning to dark space with the organics' technology and resources. The Reapers leave no evidence of their conquest, nor of their existence – only desolate, barren ruins of those who came before.
However, based on the events of Mass Effect 2, it is possible that the Reapers use enslaved organic beings in order to create more of their own kind, as seen with the Human-Reaper.
Upon the Citadel's activation however, the Reapers quickly attack the Citadel and seize control of the mass relays, decapitating the government command structure and isolating individual systems. With any advanced organic civilizations in disarray, the Reapers then proceed with their genocide by methodically invading each system, exterminating or enslaving populations as they advance. This cycle of destruction has been repeated every 50,000 years for at least 37 million years; however, the Reapers have no known motive for this act beyond it being for reasons organic minds cannot comprehend. The primary plot of the game involves a race against time to prevent the Reapers' return.
In Mass Effect, it is at first believed that Sovereign is simply a massive dreadnought of unknown origin about two kilometers long (the largest warship class within game canon is standardized at one kilometer) controlled by rogue Spectre Saren Arterius. Later, Sovereign reveals itself to actually be a huge sentient ship, a Reaper, and the true power behind Saren. Reapers generate an "indoctrination" field, an array of signals that progressively and permanently damage higher-order functions in organic brains. Sovereign uses this method to exert influence over its organic charges, to varying degrees (total mind control on one end, suggestion on the other), including Saren Arterius.
Sovereign's design resembles a squid, with a long round hull strong enough to take no noticeable damage when it rammed into a frigate-class vessel, and large multi-jointed limbs equipped with powerful weapons. In conversation with Commander Shepard, Sovereign claims that the Reaper race is "infinite"; has "always existed"; and has no creators. Being a mechanical race, these claims are irrational, but still Reaper psyche is logically bound. (It is possible that the Reapers were once organic and merged themselves with machines.) These claims show that Sovereign believes in non-rational concepts akin to religious beliefs, though in the case of the Reapers, the beliefs of Sovereign seem megalomaniacal.
In Mass Effect 2 , a Reaper named Harbinger directs the Collectors to capture entire human colonies. The genetic material (liquefied human bodies) from the captured colonists is used to create a human-based Reaper. It is made clear in Mass Effect 2 that Reapers are modelled after the organic race that constitutes a Reaper's organic components. In the subsequent conversation that follows the revelation of the existence of a human-Reaper "larva", it is implied that the harvesting and cyclical exterminations of all sapient life committed by the Reapers is part of a "reproductive process" whereby the Reapers acquire material needed to create new Reapers. The character Legion describes a Reaper as "one ship, one will, many minds", insinuating the minds of the organics used in a Reaper's construction are still active in their new form, though it may also suggest a geth-like collection of programs.
At the end of Mass Effect 2, Harbinger is seen activating the dormant Reaper fleet, showing a few hundred others which share Sovereign's basic cuttlefish-like appearance. The fleet, presumably numbering in the hundreds or thousands (although only between two and three hundred are shown in a brief scene involving Harbinger and the Reapers awakening), appears to be moving towards the Milky Way, thus setting the stage for Mass Effect 3. It has been confirmed that the Reapers will, in Mass Effect 3, attack Earth, as was previously speculated by Shepard and others.
Sovereign, the first Reaper encountered, bore a superficial resemblance to a reaper cuttlefish, with a bulky semi-cylindrical body, a tapering plate over the rear and a mass of metallic "tentacles" extending from its front end, in addition to six jointed legs extending from its body. When the Reaper fleet is revealed in dark space they are all shown with this basic design. However, one Reaper in the foreground shown when Harbinger awakens the fleet seems to resemble a scarab beetle but with great diversity in tentacle number, shape, and orientation, some with extended heads and others (particularly Harbinger) having multiple glowing eyes. This diversity is presumably due to the Reapers' reproduction method, in which vast numbers of a single species are harvested, melted down into a raw genetic paste, and then used to construct a "larva" that takes on the characteristics of the species from which it was created. However, as of the end of Mass Effect 2, it is unclear whether every new Reaper derived from organics will eventually take on the cuttlefish-like shape of Sovereign, Harbinger, and others like them, or if the majority of the Reaper fleet is derived from a long-extinct species of organics whose physical forms they now imitate.
Sovereign's design appears to have influenced the 'heretic' geth. This is not surprising, as these geth worship the Reapers as "gods", considering them to be the epitome of independent AI. Wherever the heretic geth become entrenched they build monuments to the Reapers resembling Sovereign's 'tentacles' around a glowing orb, and genuflect. Sovereign was apparently insulted by the adoration of such simple, base synthetics, but it did see their value as pawns and possible replacements for the flawed and organic keepers.
Reapers and their technology have a strange effect on organic beings. Both Dr. Shu Qian and Edan Had'dah begin acting oddly after coming into contact with the "artifact" they found. This mental manipulation is known as indoctrination. Put simply, any organic being who is in close proximity to a Reaper for too long comes to believe the Reapers are correct in their goals and will do anything to serve them. Gradually the mind is eroded until the individual becomes a mindless slave no longer capable of independent thought. Sovereign could partly control the rate of this process as seen with Saren; in order for him to serve the Reaper efficiently, Saren needed a measure of free will. This eventually convinced him that the only way to preserve organic life was to submit to the Reapers provided they could prove themselves useful.
Only beings of immense mental strength, such as Asari matriarchs, can resist indoctrination, and even then, their resistance only lasts a short time and only forestalls the inevitable. Matriarch Benezia chose to die rather than risk falling under indoctrination again, and when Saren finally rebels against Sovereign, he kills himself to prevent doing any further damage to the galaxy. This indoctrination is permanent (with the single possible exception of Shiala) and is one of the most insidious weapons of the Reapers. Even more horrifying is that the indoctrination field remains active even if the Reaper is largely disabled and incapable of action. A Cerberus science team was indoctrinated by being inside a Reaper that had otherwise been floating derelict for 37 million years, its only obvious activity being mass effect field generation.
Reaper Technology
Even without their indoctrinating influence, Reapers are immensely powerful warships and their technology is devastating. Sovereign's destructive power was unrivalledd in the known galaxy. Each of the "tentacles" extending from its bow was equipped with a powerful "magnetohydrodynamic" weapon which ejects a stream of molten metal at a fraction of the speed of light which could tear through a cruiser in a single sustained burst. Its gigantic spinal-mounted gun was able to rip through the hulls of even the largest of dreadnought-class ships with ease, effortlessly penetrating their kinetic shields.
However, the Reapers are not invincible. When the Reapers go into states of hibernation between cycles, they are vulnerable. By taking refuge in dark space, the Reapers ensure they will not be discovered by accident and destroyed while they wait for their vanguard to open the Citadel mass relay. A concentrated effort by the fleets of organic races could also destroy a Reaper even if it is at full power, and a single ship managed to destroy Sovereign when its shields and weapons were disabled.
Even without their indoctrinating influence, Reapers are immensely powerful warships and their technology is devastating. Sovereign's destructive power was unrivaled in the known galaxy. Each of the "tentacles" extending from its bow was equipped with a powerful "magnetohydrodynamic" weapon which ejects a stream of molten metal at a fraction of the speed of light which could tear through a cruiser in a single sustained burst.
The Prothean Counterattack - basically the story of Mass Effect One
After the last cycle, which obliterated the Prothean empire, a cadre of elite Prothean scientists hidden on Ilos survived the genocide. It took them decades to realize the connection between the Reapers, the Citadel, and the keepers, but this discovery gave them the key to breaking the cycle forever. At the time, the Protheans were the only spacefaring race advanced enough to attract the attention of the Reapers, and had set about attempting to preserve the sentient races they saw evolving on other planets, including the hanar and humans.
The Protheans developed a plan to forestall the impending Reaper attack for future generations of sapient, spacefaring species. This plan hinged on the fact that the keepers have evolved, and now only respond to signals from the Citadel itself. As stated above, the Reaper vanguard signals the Citadel which in turn signals the keepers to open the mass relay, ushering in the next Reaper invasion. However, the Prothean scientists used a reverse-engineered prototype mass relay—the Conduit—travelled to the Citadel, and altered the Citadel signal. When Sovereign decided it was time to begin the cycle again, the keepers ignored the order.
This greatly complicated matters for Sovereign. In order to unleash its brethren from dark space, it would have to find a way to manually activate the relay from inside the Citadel. While Reapers are undoubtedly beings of terrible power and ferocity, a single Reaper would not be able to survive the combined might of the assembled Citadel races in a direct assault. It needed to find an agent that would lead it to the Conduit. This agent was Saren, who became capable of comprehending the vision from the Prothean Beacon. With a fleet of geth ships, the Reaper launched an all-out assault on the Citadel, nearly devastating the entire fleet.
Fortunately, Saren was stopped by Commander Shepard and company, and Sovereign was destroyed. How long this will stall the eventual return of the Reapers remains to be seen. Shepard knew the Reaper fleet, though dormant and hibernating, was still out in dark space and vowed to find some way to stop them. The Events of Mass Effect 2 are almost a side story to this goal, save for the fact Sheppard's actions caused the Reapers to change plans somewhat.....
The Reapers and the Collectors story from Mass Effect 2
After Commander Shepard defeated Saren and Sovereign, the Collectors began attacking human colonies and abducting their populations. Cerberus determined that the Reapers were behind this and planned to have Shepard thwart this latest Reaper threat to humanity. Over time, Shepard uncovered disturbing facts regarding the nature of the Reaper connection to the Collectors. Apparently, because humanity is a race of great genetic diversity and was the race who defeated Sovereign, it was enough to gather the Reapers' attention. It is revealed that the Collectors were originally Protheans who were captured by the Reapers and genetically re-purposed to suit their needs.
The Collectors were working under the direct supervision of the Reaper Harbinger, who ordered the Collectors to abduct humans in the Terminus Systems. The captured humans were taken to the Collector Base and processed into organic matter to construct a new Reaper modeled on the human form. EDI speculated that this was the Reaper equivalent of reproduction.
When discovered by Shepard, the incomplete Human-Reaper was composed of facsimiles of the skull, arms and ribcage of a human with its lower spine and torso still under construction. EDI concluded that tens of thousands of humans had already been processed. Shepard was able to stop the process and destroy the Human-Reaper.
With the Human-Reaper destroyed and the Collectors defeated, the Reapers lost any chance of using the Citadel mass relay to quickly return to the Milky Way Galaxy. Harbinger and the rest of the Reapers awoke from hibernation, and began the long journey towards the Milky Way, setting the stage for Mass Effect 3.
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Labour Relations, Social Dialogue
Railway Workers are on Picketing at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Today, 16 January 2013 around four hundred railway employees – members of the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers (FTURWU) with support of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) gathered at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine demanding that the Ukrainian Railway administration to "open their eyes" on the violations of labor rights and social & economic guarantees of workers in the railway industry.
Young train conductor Yana Voichenko said during the picketing: "they insist on a very high responsibility from us but working conditions are humiliating… With 2500 Hryvnas ($315) salary per month the administration doesn't even cover our public transport expenses to get to work. Also with reduction of staff and the unscheduled working shifts make, in fact, the trains' workers live in trains.
Tired and exhausted engine drivers may involuntarily jeopardize the lives of passengers". Among the demands of the picketers were: raising salaries in accordance with the General Agreement, stopping reduction of employees, reimbursing salary debts for the year 2012, improving working conditions with regard to normal working hours and developing provisions "About working hours and rest periods for separate categories of railway workers".
During the picketing an initiative group (Led by Volodymyr Kozelskiy, Head of FTURWU) was formed and admitted to the Cabinet of Ministers for negotiations. According to Mr. Kozelsky the following agreement was reached at the meeting: the salaries will increase by 15,8% till the end of the year starting from April 2013. Also two working groups were formed representing trade unions, Ukrainian Railway management and the Government to regulate and work-out solutions to the demands of the railway workers. Along with that the Cabinet of Ministers' representatives promised to allocate 3 mln hryvnas ($370370) for a research on working conditions of engine drivers.
"If the voices of the railway workers are not heard by Railway administration and the government we'll carry out co-called Italian strike", - noted Mr. Kozelsky before the Railway administration.


PHOTO: A new subscription service brings together over 300 popular magazines, leading newspapers and digital publishers into a convenient and curated experience within the Apple News app/Apple Inc.
TORONTO – Apple Inc. announced a subscription news service Monday that counts the Toronto Star, La Presse, CTV News and Global News among its Canadian content suppliers.
"There are several reasons why we're doing this," Bob Hepburn, a spokesman for the Toronto Star, said in a phone interview.
"And the third reason is: our content will be available to millions and millions of new readers who don't normally see our content," Hepburn said.
The arrival of Apple's subscription news service comes as most traditional media organizations, particularly print publications, are struggling with a loss of advertising revenue that has largely gone to Facebook, Google and their affiliates.
For its part, Apple Inc. is looking for ways to offset declining sales of its hardware – such as the iPhone smartphone – by adding a range of services that work with its various products, including the subscriber version of its Apple News.
Apple vice-president Roger Rosner said in a webcast from Cupertino, Calif., that Apple's news service is different from others because it uses the "on-device intelligence" to help select what's presented to its users.
"That means we don't know what you read and, in addition to that, we don't allow advertisers to track you," Rosner said.
The Apple News+ subscription service will primarily include American content from magazines such as Vogue, People, Sports Illustrated, Wired, and The Wall Street Journal financial newspaper.
Canadian content will include The Hockey News, published by Roustan Media, as well as some of the consumer magazine and digital titles being sold by Rogers Media to St. Joseph Communication, including Chatelaine and Maclean's.
Two of Canada's largest TV news sources – Corus Entertainment's Global News and Bell Media's CTV – are included in Apple's subscription service as well as Bell's TSN and RDS sports services.
Other French-language Canadian content include La Presse and Le Devoir, two of Quebec's prominent news publications.
"Being a part of Apple News will allow La Presse to continue its mission of producing quality journalism, accessible to everyone," Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, president of La Presse, said in a statement.
The Apple News+ service will require an update of the operating systems to iOS 12.2 for iPhone and iPad mobile devices or to macOS 10.14.4 for Apple laptops, which began to be disseminated Monday.
Apple Canada says the subscription news service will cost $12.99 a month, after a free preview month.
Hepburn said he couldn't discuss the Star's agreement with Apple, which also didn't disclose details of its agreements.
However, he said some of the material available from the Toronto Star's own digital subscriptions, including articles from iPolitics and The Canadian Press, won't be included with Apple News.


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Tobacco Co. Wins Appeal In Smoker Death
Published July 16, 2015 at 8:33 AM EDT
Rejecting arguments that a jury improperly reached a "compromise" verdict, a federal appeals court Wednesday cleared Philip Morris USA from potential damages in the smoking-related death of a Florida man.
Credit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Jacksonville jury last year found the tobacco company was 5 percent liable in the death of RobertReiderbut did not award damages toReider'swidow, Barbara.
In an appeal, BarbaraReider'sattorneys argued that the jury had reached an "unlawful compromise" in the decision.
"The verdict in this case is without sense and should be overturned,'' Reider's attorneys wrote in a brief filed last year in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "The jury concluded that Philip Morris was liable for Mr. Reider's death --- yet refused to award a single cent of damages to his widow.
But a three-judge panel of the appeals court Wednesday said Reider's attorneys had not raised objections about a compromise verdict in federal district court and, instead, had raised a different legal claim about an "inconsistent" verdict.
"Here, Ms. Reider did not put the district court on notice that she was objecting on compromise verdict grounds,'' the appeals court said in upholding a district judge's decision. "The district court reasonably (and correctly, we think) interpreted her objection as an inconsistent verdict claim."
The Reider case is one of thousands filed against tobacco companies in Florida by sick smokers or their surviving relatives.
The cases, known as Engle progeny cases, have flooded courts since the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 established critical findings about the health dangers of smoking and misrepresentation by cigarette makers.
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Mohammad Atif Khan, Provincial Minister of KP responsible for Tourism, Sports, Archeology, Culture and Youth Affairs, was invited as Chief Guest in the event.
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What is "American music" in 2018? That's an easy one. It's The War On Drugs. And not just because Adam Granduciel channels Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen into his triumphant tidal wave of indie/emo/folk/rock, but because of how profoundly heartbreaking it all is at its core. On "Pain", Granduciel sings: "I've been pullin' on a wire but it just won't break / I've been turnin' up the dial but I hear no sound / I resist what I cannot change / And I wanna find what can't be found." It's an anthem for finding hope in hopelessness, reckoning with what's already lost, admitting defeat and singing anyway. Because at this point, what else can an American do? It really might not get better, but a song should never lie. Granduciel tells the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.


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Q: Devise/Rails - How to allow only admin to create account for others? I am using devise as my authentication solution and now i am thinking about authorization. In my project I (the admin) is the only person authorized to create account for others.
I wonder if there is a way to do it without to much hack. In fact, Devise doesn't allow user to access to the signup page if he is already logged in.
Thanks for your advice on it!

A: Setting :skip => :registrations also kills the ability for a user to edit their user info.  If that's not what you are after you can instead create a (minimal) custom registrations controller and only remove the new_user_registration_path while preserving the edit_user_registration_path.
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class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController

 def new
    # If you're not using CanCan, raise some other exception, or redirect as you please
    raise CanCan::AccessDenied
  end

end

# routes.rb
devise_for :users, :controllers => { :registrations => "registrations" }

Once you do this you also need to move the directory views/devise/registrations to just views/registrations.

A: You can try the rails_admin gem in conjunction with Devise to handle any admin-specific tasks. You'll need to add more code to set it up, but at least you avoid hacking around the solution in terms of changing your interactions with Devise.

A: It actually looks like in the later versions of Devise you can just remove the "registerable" declaration from your model and it will take care of this for you.

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I want my site to be awesome. And I know you do too. You want a site that you enjoy visiting and I want to give it to you. As best as I can. Each week I sit down and write what is in my head and hope that you all get something out of it.
I try to cover a variety of topics across travel, eat, create and live. Maybe I have my hands in too many baskets, but I simply write about my favourite things in life. Yes, I'm a mum but I don't think that I am a mummy or parenting blogger. Yes, I share my creative projects but I'm not a craft blogger. Yes, I write about my travels and have a weekly link up but I'm not a travel blogger. Yes, I share recipes every week but I'm not a food blogger. Yes, I try to be inspiring with advice on a happy, organised, beautiful home but I'm not a design or home blogger. But I am all of these as well. So what am I? I think maybe if I had to choose a box, I'm a lifestyle blogger. Do you think? Perhaps it is too wishy washy. Perhaps I am a Personal Blogger. Can you define my blog?
What is one thing you love about this site?
Don't be gentle and don't be shy. I wouldn't have asked, if I didn't want to know. If you don't feel comfortable sharing here, just email me. But let's be friends, sit down, have a coffee and chat with me and let's be awesome together!
42 Responses to "Let's be Awesome"
I suppose that's the thing Ashlea – it is for love, not money and I just want to be sure that my readers are loving it too, otherwise what's the point.
I like your perspective on lifestyle versus personal Deb and agree with you.
Hmm let's see, I think lifestyle blogger suits you. From your posts you do gain a sense of your lifestyle and what is important to you. I personally the love the variety of your blog, I can get a travel, craft and recipe fix all from visiting one blog. I love your relaxed and friendly voice, it always makes me feel like we'd get along well in real life. I like your healthy, active, 'let's do this' approach to life. I enjoy that your recipes and craft projects are realistic and possible for people with normal budget and time constraints. As far as improvements go, I'm not sure. You have left us hanging with your possible future career path though, I'd like you to revisit and update that!
Thanks so very much Danielle, such lovely feedback. I love that you feel like we would get on in real life! Maybe one day we will get to meet.
I will do a follow up career post once I wrap my head around it all.
I really enjoy your blog and the fact that there is a little bit of everything in there – who says you need to target just one stream when you can have it all 🙂 I have enjoyed reading so many of your posts from recipes to travel to craft to parenting. I think when you pull it altogether it shows readers exactly who you are and that's important. Keep it coming, I say!
Thanks Erika, it is exactly who I am. Happy to blurt it all out if that's what people want.
I love the term "Lifestyle Blogger" it encapsulates it all.
Being a family travel blogger my favourite sections of course are your travel sections and of course am loving your new travel Linky on Wednesday's.
As for doing an overhaul of your website, my suggestions would be when you see things on other websites that you love, write them down and soon you will have a list of how you want your website to appear.
That is a great idea Sally – I will have to pull out a notebook to make a list of things. Thank you.
And I'm enjoying the travel linky too.
But I think you are right to ask your audience what they'd like.
I like your easy to read conversational style of writing. I don't think there is anything that I can think of off the top of my head that I would like to see changed.
Thanks Tegan, I like to come across honest and casual like chatting over a coffee.
I really love your writing style and the fact that you have great variety. I would say that your travel posts are my favourite though. And I don't think there's anything wrong with not narrowing down to a niche. As they say, variety is the spice of life.
Thank you Bec, that is such lovely feedback and good advice. And I am so glad to hear you like my newsletter!
I think you need to keep being you, which is cliche, I know. I may not read every post but I will be drawn to you. I like the idea of lifestyle with meaning – maybe that's the genre I try to occupy with my blog too – so that you impart your recipes, travel stories, craft projects and life lessons with a dose of reflection and wisdom.
Thanks Kathy, I like that description and it makes me feel good to know you are drawn into my blog.
I love your blog too and I think if you want to give yourself a name "lifestyle blogger" probably fits best. I too really like the variety in your blog, your style is like chatting with a friend and you come across as authentic which I think is really important too. I think keep doing what fits best with you and that is what is engaging and yes I too want to know about your career choices!
I enjoy chatting with my friends on here. Thanks Vicki. By popular demand a career update will be coming.
Aww, thanks Renee, such lovely words! I love sharing my travel stories too.
Thanks Janet, just hoping my heart is on the right track.
I love the variety. It is the spice of life right?? Lifestyle Blogger sounds good to me, although I really don't think we have to label ourselves. If you write about what means the most to you and enjoy what you are doing, then that shines through on your blog. Keep up the great work!!!
Thanks Mandy, I think I will just telling how it is and blurting forth my thoughts on everything.
Your site is already way AWESOME!!! I personally love the mix of travel and recipes! Being a person who loves my food, your recipes are probably my faves… but I really do love the mix!
Thanks Lucy. Imagine if I could travel the world and blog about the food!!!
That is great Toni! Thanks for sharing.


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Neale Cooper took steps to strengthen his midfield with the signing of Plymouth Argyle skipper Simon Walton. No fee was involved, with the former Leeds man being released from his contract by the struggling Devon club. Walton had a difficult first season as Pools were relegated and he struggled to win over the fans.


The ship with the last two volumes, 5 & 6, has made port in New York. Now the usual process: container content through customs in Richmond, VA, shipping from Richmond, VA to Charlottesville. The books won't be here this week, because it's a 3 day week due to the Christmas and New Year's holidays. So delivery will occur sometime next week. Then they go out to you. This can take up to two weeks: this is not my day job. And I want to keep my day job…they allow me to ship to our dock here, which is nice of them. But they are fussy about paying me to pack and ship books.
If you are a recent subscriber, and are waiting for any of volumes 1-4, some are shipping tomorrow, and some the day after. That will catch up most of you. A few people haven't paid the second payment of $600, or the final payment of $295 plus S&H. But I'll bug you if that's the case.
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Although my kids hate to eat broccoli, still I try to find new ways to help them consume this wonderful vegetable. This time it's in the form of a soup preparation. I've used cheddar cheese for this soup, but you can replace it with your favorite alternative. It's best for patients suffering from cold and cough. You can also add some carrots to this soup to give it a unique flavor. There are two ways to make this soup. Either you can opt to add pureed broccoli to the soup's base or you can go for simply chopped broccoli. I've used the latter method to avoid strong broccoli taste. I prefer fresh cream for this soup, although you can also use skimmed milk too. A garnish of spring onions also goes well with this soup, but my kids prefer grated cheese. So here we go to prepare this creamy and tangy soup.
Enjoy this simmering bowl of cheesy, irresistible and creamy soup loaded with fresh broccoli slices and select spices to pump up your lost appetite in no time.
Heat butter and olive oil in a non-stick bowl.
Add spring onions and saute for a minute.
Add cream and flour and continuously stir on low flame.
Cook for about 3 minutes and add broccoli.
Saute for about 3-4 minutes and add chicken broth.
Simmer on low flame for about 15 minutes with covered lid.
Garnish with grated cheddar cheese and serve hot.


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Q: Overhead of Mono Tasklet/Co-Routines What are the main performance overheads (gc/stack copying...) of the new Mono Continuations/Tasklet framework?
How does this overhead (coroutine performance / raw performance) compare to other frameworks such as Lua Coroutine and stackless python?
In Mono 2.6 continuation/coroutines support will be added. I built a svn version and used the following code to estimate its overhead
static void Main()
{
    Console.WriteLine("starting.,..");
    for(int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
    {
        MicroThread t1 = new MicroThread(Run1);
        t1.Start();
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    Scheduler.Run();
    Console.WriteLine("starting raw loop.,..");
    int x = 2;
    for (int i = 0; i < 10000 * 400; i++ )
    {
        x++;
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    Console.WriteLine("1finished.,.. " + x.ToString());
    Console.ReadLine();
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static void Run1()
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The microthread/scheduler run took around 1.5-2 seconds, while the raw loop is nearly instantenously. While an overhead is expected, this seems a bit much.
What are the main performance overheads of the new Mono Continuations/Tasklet framework? How does this overhead (coroutine performance / raw performance) compare to other frameworks such as Lua Coroutine and stackless python?
Thanks

A: If I didn't count wrong, your code does more than 2 million yields per second, which should be roughtly in the same ballpark as stackless python.
Considering that mono will usually execute the real application code 10 to 100 times faster than python, the performance is likely going to be very good unless all your code does is yield without ever doing any real work, which I don't think is very useful:)

A: Given that there are very few people with the expertise to answer this, you may have to go to them, and ask on the mono-devel list.
You can also look at the archives to see the discussion around monoco/tasklet when it was introduced:
http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-devel-list/2009-April/031680.html


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Two of a kind: Galion jumpers earn state berths
Galion senior Houston Blair and sophomore Marisa Gwinner are Columbus-bound in the long jump and high jump, respectively
Two of a kind: Galion jumpers earn state berths Galion senior Houston Blair and sophomore Marisa Gwinner are Columbus-bound in the long jump and high jump, respectively Check out this story on bucyrustelegraphforum.com: https://ohne.ws/1THVUIm
Jon Spencer, Reporter Published 8:54 p.m. ET May 26, 2016 | Updated 11:36 p.m. ET May 26, 2016
Division II Track and Field Regional Championships
Bellevue's Lauren Turner competes in the final segment of the 4 x 800 meter relay during the Division II Track and Filed Regional Championships at Lexington High School on Thursday afternoon. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Clyde's Paula Wollenslegel competes in the high jump during the Division II Track and Filed Regional Championships at Lexington High School on Thursday afternoon. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Nick Stricklen anchors Lexington to a Division II regional championship at home in the 4x800 meter relay, the only title race on Thursday. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Galion's Marisa Gwinner cleared 5-6 in the high jump for runner-up honors in Thursday's Division II regional track meet at Lexington High School. Brian J. Smith/Telegraph-Forum
Johnstown-Monroe's Josiah Annis competes in the pole vault during the Division II Track and Filed Regional Championships at Lexington High School on Thursday afternoon. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Heath's Gunner Babcock competes in the long jump during the Division II Track and Filed Regional Championships at Lexington High School on Thursday afternoon. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Galion's Houston Blair competes in the long jump during the Division II Track and Filed Regional Championships at Lexington High School on Thursday afternoon. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Shelby's Tyler Green charges ahead as Eastmoor Academy's Omavi Hamilton falls in front of Vermilion's Jeremy Brinker in the 4 x 800 meter relay during the Division II Track and Filed Regional Championships at Lexington High School on Thursday afternoon. Brian J. Smith/News Journal
Galion's Houston Blair earned a state berth in the long jump with his performance in Thursday's Division II regional track meet at Lexington.(Photo: Brian J. Smith/News Journal)Buy Photo
LEXINGTON – Galion's Houston Blair and Marisa Gwinner couldn't duplicate their district championships Thursday, but their confidence heading into next week's state track and field meet is just as high.
Maybe higher.
Blair grabbed the fourth and final state-qualifying berth in the long jump with a best of 21 feet-9 inches in the Division II regional at Lexington High School. It was three inches better than the leap that gave him a district title by an inch over runner-up Marques Johnson of Milan Edison.Johnson answered Thursday by topping 23 feet twice, including a best of 23-2.25 for the regional title.
Blair's response to Johnson's nearly two-foot improvement in one week: Why not me next week in Columbus?
"I could go out next week and jump 23 like he did," said Blair, who is also competing on Galion's 4x200 and 4x100 relay teams. "I didn't run track last year (when he focused on AAU basketball) and my sophomore year I jumped 20-5, so my goal this year was 21 feet. I hit that on all of my jumps today, so I know I can do way better than that."
So does Galion coach Colby Bright.
"Huey was about four inches behind the board on his jumps, so if he puts it together next week he could be right there with (Johnson)," Bright said. "I told him right now is just about advancing. I'd rather he be fourth here and pop a big one next week."
Gwinner was runner-up in the high jump by clearing 5-6. That matched the winning height by Clyde's Paula Wollenslegel, who had fewer misses.
Last year as a freshman, Gwinner beat Wollenslegel at districts and regionals and then lost to her at state. This post-season started the same way, with Gwinner winning a district title at 5-4, on fewer misses than Wollenslegel. So maybe flipping the script Thursday, and losing to Wollenslegel now, will be a good omen when it really matters next week.
"Marisa is starting to hit her stride," Bright said of Gwinner. "She's always had this rivalry with Paula, but now she's a seasoned vet. Last year you could tell her eyes were big and she was overwhelmed at state, but I don't think that will be the case this year."
Gwinner had one of the best jumps in the country last year for a ninth-grader when she cleared 5-8 early in the season. She's been trying to hit that standard again ever since.
"That was definitely a huge jump, especially for a freshman," Gwinner said. "But I'm definitely more conditioned this season and I've learned some things about the high jump, so the potential is there to pop a big jump.
"Mentally, last year, I was super nervous, but this year this was just like another meet, especially since I've competed against Paula the last two weeks and will be competing against her again next week."
Gwinner will be looking for a return trip to state in the long jump as well, when she competes Saturday.
"The high jump is my priority," she said. "The long jump doesn't come as easily for me and I have to spend more time at it. The high jump is just repetition, repetition."
Gwinner is grateful for all the support she gets from Blair and fellow high jumper Colton Moore, as well as Bright, who was a conference long jump champion at Bluffton University. It's Bright's brother, Darin, who holds the school record in the long jump at 22-8. If Blair should break that mark in Columbus, the record will at least stay in the family since the Brights are cousins.
"Darin said if the record goes down, he hopes it's Huey. He's good with that," Bright said, smiling. "He's going to come up from Louisville for the state meet, so hopefully that will give Huey a boost."
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Galion's Marisa Gwinner cleared 5-6 in the high jump for runner-up honors in Thursday's Division II regional track meet at Lexington High School. (Photo: Brian J. Smith/Telegraph-Forum)


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Politics Analysis
China outpaces Australia as we cosy up to the U.S.
By Bruce Haigh | 23 March 2021, 7:00am | comments |
Xi Jinping of China and Joe Biden of the U.S. in 2015 (image via YouTube)
Australia risks ostracising it from the rest of Asia if it continues to stringently oppose China, writes Bruce Haigh.
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT first discussed the need for a second airport in Sydney in 1969. A decision to locate it at Badgerys Creek was made by the Hawke Labor Government in 1986. 25 years later, the first earthworks were being undertaken, amidst the usual allegations of corruption and dirty dealing.
In China, eight new airports are being opened every year, with time from decision to final construction averaging two years. Why can't Australia get its act together? Easy money would come from minerals, wheat, meat, tourism and students.
Sound Chinese investment is knocked back to please the U.S., who laugh at us behind closed doors.
Inaction and questionable dealings dominate the Coalition, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison encapsulates. Australia has never had a lazier Prime Minister and for him, money grows on trees. He, along with many of his contemporaries, have no idea about real work or the real economy.
Double standards on research cooperation with China
The Government is hypocritical in its approval of Australia's nuclear research body to work with China on the development of nuclear reactors.
The Government fears the dynamism of China. They fear the Chinese work ethic. The answer of the Coalition and those they mix with has been to embrace industrial-scale corruption; to use their political power to place themselves across the money trail. The dominant Murdoch media lets them off the hook, as long as the Coalition gives Rupert Murdoch what he wants, which they have, including taxpayers unreceipted dollars.
The Chinese are aware of this. The staff at their Embassy in Canberra are highly trained. More literate and intelligent than most members of Morrison's cabinet, they read what is published as news, listen to the radio and watch television. They have come to the same conclusions that along with other embassies in Canberra. Like-minded embassies talk amongst themselves.
In addition, China monitors all news services reporting on Australia. They do this to most countries across the globe. The point is that they, on the whole, know us better than we know ourselves.
They also spy on us, as we do them, but they do it more effectively. And we also get information from the U.S., which is tainted. They put a spin on their intelligence to try and lock us into their view of China. And they have been successful, just as they were with Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Australian policymakers have an overwhelming desire not to take responsibility for foreign and defence policy, founded on an inferiority complex grounded in not believing in the unique and innate worth of the country they represent.
China tightens the screws on Australian coal imports
Some Chinese energy providers have been told to stop importing Australian coal amidst trade tensions between our countries.
China is acutely conscious of this truth. They have watched and listened, and lost respect. Thoughtless and indeed arrogant attempts to excuse Morrison's poorly considered approach by Australian politicians and officials have only made matters worse.
From everything I have been able to glean, Xi Jinping thinks Morrison a fool and has written him off. He sees no hope of reviving the relationship while Morrison is in power, so the Chinese will not bother.
But they will take further punitive trade measures were Australia to make anti-China statements and undertakings.
The Australian Government has no idea of what is happening. China is cutting us loose. We will hang below Asia as neither fish nor fowl. Asia will also cut us loose. We have no understanding that China is the major power in the region, if not the world.
To put it crudely, in the absence of getting our own act together, we have to acknowledge them as we acknowledge the U.S. China seeks the same respect we give to the U.S.
Kurt Campbell, yet another U.S. Special Representative for the Indo-Pacific, has said the Biden Administration will not resume normal relations with the Chinese until they treat Australia better. We do not need the U.S. to conduct our foreign policy. The fact they think they can demonstrates how weak and ineffectual Morrison appears.
Bruce Haigh is a political commentator and retired diplomat.
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Softball's Three-Game Series against Penn Moved to Friday and Saturday
Penn (12-17) 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 8 1
Harvard (17-12) 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 14 4
Penn (12-18) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 2
Harvard (18-12) 0 0 3 0 2 3 X 8 13 1
Penn (12-16, 7-6) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
Harvard (16-12, 9-4) 4 1 0 0 3 1 9 13 1
HR: Abramson, Abigail
2B: Erin Lockhart; Alexa Altchek
3B: Rhianna Rich
HR: Olivia Giaquinto
2B: Joyner, Jurie; Oretsky, Molly
2B: Rhianna Rich 2; Maddy Kaplan; Dallas Hogan
3B: Meagan Lantz
2B: Kaitlyn Schiffhauer
Harvard vs. Penn
3 p.m. (Fri.) / 12:30 p.m. / 3:30 p.m. (Sat.)
Soldier's Field | Cambridge, Mass.
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Ivy League Network
(Sat.) Bill Spaulding, Greg Levinsky
Harvard leads, 54-18-1
L, 4-5, W, 2-1 (April 1, 2017)
W, 1
The Crimson prepares for a three-game weekend series against Penn (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard softball returns to the Soldier's Field diamond on Friday April 13 to begin a three-game, Ivy League series against Penn beginning at 3 p.m. The Crimson and Quakers will play a doubleheader the following day, Saturday April 14. All three games will be broadcast on the Ivy League Network.
Last Time On The Diamond
The Crimson took the season series from Columbia, 2-1, last weekend. Junior infielder Erin Lockhart launched two homeruns in the series, including the game-winner in the top of the sixth inning of the rubber game on Saturday, April 7. Lockhart went three-for-eight with two homeruns, three RBI and two runs scored against the Lions. Junior right-hander Sarah Smith improved to 3-0 year, earning the win in game three after tossing 3.1 innings of relief, allowing one run on one hit.
Scouting Harvard
Harvard (15-12, 8-4 Ivy) is hitting .281 as a team with a .367 on-base percentage and a .419 slugging percentage. Leading Crimson batters with a .427 batting average and eight multiple RBI games, senior outfielder Maddy Kaplan registered, a team-best, 13-game hitting streak from March 9 through April 6. Junior shortstop Rhianna Rich has led the team with 12 multiple hit games, including nine two-hit games. Junior Katie Duncan has posted a 10-7 record with a 2.99 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and 55 strikeouts.
Scouting Penn
Penn (11-15, 7-5 Ivy) is hitting .279 as a team with a .347 on-base percentage and .373 on-base percentage. Coming off a three-game sweep against Yale, junior second baseman Sam Pederson and sophomore Jennifer Brann grabbed Ivy League Player and Pitcher of the Week honors, respectively. Pederson posted a .600 (6-10) batting average with two triples and four RBI, while Bran registered a 2-0 record with a 0.70 ERA and five strikeouts in the circle.
Series vs. Penn
Harvard leads the series against Penn, 54-18-1. The Crimson split the series last season, following a 2-1 win on April 1, 2017.
Ivy League Honors
Junior shortstop Rhianna Rich reeled in her second Ivy League Player of the Week honors, after batting .714 (5-7) with a triple, homerun, five RBI, and eight runs scored in a three-game sweep of Princeton last week end. Junior left-hander Katie was also a two-time recipient earning Pitcher of the Week honors twice (Feb. 26 and March 5), while junior Meagan Lantz earned the first player of the week honors of the season (Feb. 26).
Why Harvard? – Rhianna Rich
2018 Ivy League Preseason Poll
The first year the Ivy League conducted a preseason ranking, Harvard was picked to finish second receiving a total of 114 points, including five first place votes in a vote by media members, sports information directors, and national media.
Full Release: Softball Tabbed Second in Ivy League Preseason Poll
All-Ivy Returners
Harvard tied Dartmouth, Penn and Princeton with the most All-Ivy League selections in 2017, and will return all seven All-Ivy honorees in 2018. Lead-off hitter and shortstop Rhianna Rich, who was one of the nation's top hitters last season, earned first team honors along with outfielder Maddy Kaplan.
Full Release: Seven Members of Softball Team Earn All-Ivy Recognition
Classroom Success
Harvard garnered the NFCA's Top-10 Academic Team honors for the third straight year, earning a combined 3.588 GPA, the highest mark of all the Ivy League institutions. Additionally, a program-best, 17 Crimson athletes received individual All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.
Full Release: Softball Earns NFCA Top-10 Academic Team Honors
The Class of 2021
Harvard softball welcomes three newcomers to the squad in 2018: Morgan Melito (Westlake Village, Calif./Westlake), Aubree Muse (Rineyville, Ky./Central Hardin), and Alyssa Saldana (Riverside, Calif./Martin Luther King, Jr.).
Jenny Allard is in her 24th season as the head coach of the Harvard softball program, posting a 587-436-3 overall record, including a 281-107-1 mark against Ivy League opponents. Team and individual success has always gone hand-in-hand with Allard with six Ivy League titles, six 30-win season, and five NCAA Championship berths. In addition, she has produced 67 first team, 64 second team, and 41 honorable mention All-Ivy selections as well as seven Ivy League Player of the Years, six Pitcher of the Years, and six Rookie of the Years.
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The Ivy League Network returns for a fifth season as the home for all live streaming and on-demand video content for each of the conference's eight institutions. Broadcast in full HD and featuring a live score bug and play-by-play and color commentary, the Ivy League Network provides fans with unprecedented access to the Ancient Eight.
Multiple subscription options are available to fans, including school-specific and league-wide passes. To learn more about the Ivy League Network or to sign-up today, click here.
Harvard returns to the diamond on Tuesday, April 17 hosting a single game against Bryant. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Ivy League Network.