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Home Sweet Office
Professionals Share Their Insights on What Makes Working From Home Work
By Ilene Dube | Photography by Jeffrey E. Tryon and Charles R. Plohn
Zoom and other video chat services came along just in time for our work-from-home era. While many have called our electronic devices "home offices" for decades, attending meetings, in-person gatherings, and site visits without leaving home was the final frontier.
What will the post-pandemic future be for working from home? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told The Wall Street Journal, "I don't see any positives. Not being able to get together in person, particularly internationally, is a pure negative." Others, including BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, according to LinkedIn News, say the adaptation has changed office space needs and will ultimately lead to less in-office staff. And according to surveys on Axios, fewer than 10 percent of Americans want to work remotely all the time.
Let's talk about stress: Working from home reduces the stress of commuting and negotiating child care arrangements, while, at the same time, child care arrangements and being in the same room(s) with family members for extended periods of time has greatly increased stress.
Certainly, the hybrid model is here to stay. Princeton Magazine spoke to several area professionals, some of whom have had to change the way they work, others who are working the way they always have, and others who flex as needed.
Twin Spaces
Architect Leslie Dowling has just completed major renovations ("essentially new construction," she says) on a property at the edge of the Princeton University campus, at the corner of Charlton and William streets.
"We bought it for the location and because it had a detached apartment for my design studio," she says. "Previously my office was on the lowest level of my house, which I liked because the whole house could be shown to clients as a sort of model home. But I did find a need to physically separate my work space from my living space."
Dowling, who earned her master's degree in architecture from Princeton University, honed her skills in custom residential design while working for Michael Graves. She is married to restaurateur Carlo Momo, and has renovated four houses in Princeton and built one from the ground up.
The house on Charlton Street was previously a two-family property with a 150-year-old duplex residence and detached 75-year-old two-unit apartment. She converted the duplex to a two-bedroom, single family home the couple shares with their 16-year-old daughter Anna and 10-year-old Havanese, Pepper. "He hasn't minded the seven-month work-from-home situation," says Dowling. "He's emotionally needy, to put it mildly, so having us all here has been perfect for him."
The detached two-unit apartment, fronting on William Street and also a duplex, was converted to a one-bedroom loft apartment for the East Coast office for Dowling Studios. Dowling works with her twin sister and design partner Julie, who is based in the firm's San Francisco office.
"We are a boutique architecture studio by choice," says Dowling. "We take just a few projects per year and like to do all of the design and drawing development ourselves."
The lower level of the light-filled space is a conference area, and the upstairs is a loft. "It is a legal apartment and was designed to be easily converted to that use should the need ever arise," she says.
For the past decade most of the firm's projects have been in California, so Dowling has commuted to San Francisco for key project meetings or to the projects themselves, located mostly in the now fire-ravaged counties north of San Francisco. "Several of our past projects are in grave danger," she says. Along with the pandemic, "It's like a two-headed monster."
As for interacting with the outside world these days, "I am naturally risk averse and definitely do not want to get this virus, so I have been very cautious when interacting with others. Working from home has been a fairly smooth experience for me, though it has not been possible to commute to the West Coast where we have a few projects at various stages of completion. I don't know what other architects have experienced but COVID has definitely slowed everything down in our world. Building departments have been closed, and projects have been placed on hold or are moving very slowly. It's been hard for everyone."
On the plus side, working from home means not having to leave Pepper alone and if she doesn't have a Zoom meeting scheduled, the dog crosses the courtyard and goes to work with her. Then again, "it can be hard to separate work from home, though I have it very easy with just Anna at home. I have huge admiration for all of the parents out there who are working from home while home schooling and caring for young children." Anna is a student at Stuart Country Day, which follows a hybrid school schedule.
"Toward the end of March, she was attending virtual school in her bedroom. We were under construction, so I was working from our dining room in our apartment and Carlo was running the restaurant business from the living room. That was a little stressful, but we've become eerily accustomed to it now."
Writer's Paradise
Princeton author Landon Jones is at work on a book about celebrity culture, which is under contract to Beacon Press in Boston. "I also distract myself writing occasional op-ed pieces, when the inspiration strikes," he says. Earlier this year he published two in The Wall Street Journal — one on Albert Camus and The Plague, and the other with Pia de Jong about the release at Princeton University of T.S. Eliot's love letters to Emily Hale.
Reached while visiting his daughter's family in Maine, Jones says his office is always with him. But what, exactly, constitutes his "office"?
"When I travel, my office is my MacBook Air, along with as many hard copies of my book proposal and chapter summaries that I can carry. I like to hold papers in my hands when I can. I sometimes spread them on the floor. I seem to think horizontally."
But he does have a brick-and-mortar office at home in Princeton.
"We bought our house from a gentleman scholar named Nathaniel Burt and his wife Winkie. The Burts had a music studio above the garage with a Steinway upright piano in it. So we had the piano moved to our living room, and we then increased the space as much as we could. Today it is a writer's paradise, filled with books, bookshelves, boxes of clippings and files, lots of counter space, and wraparound windows."
His commute is a 10-yard walk "which provides some psychological distance — and takes away my excuses."
In order to be productive, he likes to have a window "with a long view so I can gaze and daydream. I like lots of counter space around me so I can organize my chapters. I am not good at organizing on my computer, so I make a mess on a counter or on the floor. Then I like some physical activity every day — walking or tennis — to keep me relaxed and get rid of any tension I might be carrying. Deadlines help. When I had a deadline on my William Clark biography, I wrote five chapters in five weeks."
The pandemic lockdown has had little effect on Jones' routine. "It's pretty much the same for me. I do not have regular writing hours, like some writers do. I write whenever I find time. My social life has diminished, as has everyone's, but then writing projects just fill up that space."
Soprano Rochelle Ellis, adjunct associate professor of voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and Princeton University, has been working from home since March 13 — that was the day of her last live performance, at the Princeton University Chapel. The other members of her home pod are wife Lucy Strauli, who teaches music to elementary school students in New Brunswick, two daughters, and a puppy.
The key to looking professional on Zoom is all in the backdrop, and so the upstairs bedroom had to be re-arranged for Strauli's teaching sessions. Ellis — a St. Louis native who earned her doctor of musical arts degree in voice from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers — spends the day near the piano and treated herself to an ergonomic steel desk chair. As if learning to teach voice remotely wasn't enough of a challenge, Ellis also had to move her office this past summer, as the Choir College moved to the campus of Rider University in Lawrence. That meant getting permission from the dean to be on campus, and then packing up 25 years' worth of stuff. Although Rider is conducting all classes virtually, Ellis had a chance to see her new office and is looking forward to using it one day, though remains sad that there was never a chance to say goodbye to the old campus.
"I'm happy to be working from home, but I do miss singing," she says. Making music is very much a social experience that she misses. "The personal interactions, the spontaneity, seeing colleagues, chatting about the news and TV and snacks — I'm a personable person and enjoy shooting the breeze." She hopes that, when this is all over, "I can open my mouth and there's something there."
Meanwhile, teaching remotely she has had tech difficulties such as lag time — making it impossible to sync the piano to voice — but has since learned of audio interfaces that work with a separate microphone. Ellis is grateful for high-speed internet connection, but working from home means being your own tech support.
She has found that the situation enables students to become more independent and learn to depend on their ear and not the piano. The instructor has been teaching the origins of African American vocal techniques, classical, jazz, and blues to her students, all future music educators. "It's an opportunity to expand their own singing capabilities. Each class spotlights a vocal technique: breathing, vowel placement, history, vocal pedagogy."
Ellis acknowledges that no one knows how long this way of teaching will endure — it has already been far longer than anyone expected. "I don't want to be sad and depressed, so I find exciting things to do but in a different way. You have to be active and continue to learn and be excited about what you do."
After a lifetime of juggling — her evenings had been consumed with driving her daughters to swimming, gymnastics, riding lessons, Princeton Girlchoir — Ellis is settling into this new routine, with one daughter at Chapin and one schooled from home. It just requires having a lot of iPads, with four Zoom meetings happening at once while the girls do cello and violin lessons. "That's part of life in the Ellis household — you have to do music." Ellis has one adult daughter who, before COVID, sang with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
When a vaccine finally is developed, "I think some of this will stay. Look at the money you can save by not being on campus. Not everyone wants that experience. Colleges will have to adapt."
Ellis says the cool thing about 2020 is that we can develop 20-20 vision. "This year has helped us develop clear vision about what's important in relationships, jobs, families; what it means to be a good citizen; and what we need from our government leaders. It would be foolish to go back to the 'good old days.' They were not always so good. The key to life in the future is to find alternative ways to do things so everyone has a place, that there aren't people who can't contribute."
"I tell my students, we will sing together — that will happen," she continues. "As musicians we bring light into dark. Whether in visual arts or film or literature, our job is to keep the glow of this world going, to heal from this gaping wound. We have done it throughout history. You really have to pay attention — this is the time you have, and you have to make the most of it. All we can do is have faith and put one foot in front of another and do your job and love people."
Art and Engagement With Humanity
As executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton, Adam Welch had his first official day on the job September 1, though he began meeting with staff in mid-July. "I was so eager to begin I could not stay away!"
The Hightstown resident and ceramic artist who formerly headed Greenwich House Pottery in Manhattan says he is spending as much time as he can in the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, but also working remotely from home.
The building has been open since summer, with a 12-week in-person children's camp that welcomed small groups of masked campers, and a full lineup of virtual camps. Additionally, pod-based art experiences for students of all ages take place both inside and outside on the terrace.
"At the Arts Council we are taking this opportunity to engage an online audience that, pre-COVID, did not exist for us. The staff and instructors have worked diligently to ensure that we are reaching our immediate and ever-present community as well as those that we serve through our outreach efforts."
Nevertheless, "art and an engagement with humanity is something that cannot be completely replaced through a screen. I feel that empathy is best gained through the human experience. In today's world, this means you follow strict guidelines and ensure all necessary safety protocols are in place. There will be a time in the future where things will resemble the world pre-COVID, but until that time we will do the responsible thing and take every precaution."
Welch is excited to have engaged the broader community with pop-up art experiences such as the mural on the wall at the corner of Witherspoon and Spring streets painted by Arts Council staff and artists Melissa Kuscin and Maria Evans. "The entire staff is working to bring what we traditionally have done inside, out."
He points to the signage, streetscape, and social distancing sidewalk stickers created by the Arts Council. "Did I mention the staff here are amazing, creative, dedicated, and very aware of what our responsibility is to keep everyone safe?"
Welch also enjoys the work he does from home which "largely transpires in our home library/children's classroom/my wife's office. Though COVID has been tumultuous and devastating for many, the opportunity to do my work remotely has been the most rewarding experience of my life." He does not miss the daily commute (two hours each way) to New York City that he had done for 12 years. "Working remotely, I have that much more time to engage with my family, and the rewards have been beyond measure."
The ceramic artist credits his wife, Rachel, as the go-to person for everything in his household, but while acknowledging how "amazingly creative and active" his two daughters are, as well as the great work done by the East Windsor/Hightstown school district. "It was a difficult transition for the kids. They did exceedingly well, given the situation, but enthusiasm did fade. So, when you are working, while helping to support and nurture the love of all things educational, it is quite a different experience. Though I love to teach and would offer the gift of that passion at every turn, if you want to know about what it is to juggle working from home and doing everything, Rachel is the person to ask."
Nevertheless, he was able to focus with great precision, he says. "It was unprecedented what the Arts Council had to deal with — reinventing the business model, transitioning what was always in-person to remote. Art, the transfer of some vision into some material, was not so easy to translate directly. We had to all work much harder than normal. Let's just hope that the lessons learned can help to shape our future."
To make his own work, Welch turned the garage into a studio. "For 12 years it sat collecting the detritus of life," but when the pandemic hit and he had to teach remotely, it meant wiring up electricity for the wheel and lights. He weeded out old bicycles and equipment "and got things set up for a proper studio. Rachel also worked wonders with our internet company to upgrade our service and get a contemporary modem so I would have a strong wireless signal in my detached garage."
In the past Welch had worked in the ceramic studio at Princeton University, where he teaches, as well as at Greenwich House. "While those studios are stocked and well-equipped, my home studio was not. Now it is and the ease allows me much more time." And there is the added benefit of not having to make the trek to those other studios.
While his own work has not necessarily changed, "it does have me thinking more about pottery and the value and humility of the handmade."
Has being an artist helped to prepare him to cope with challenges like these times? "There was no preparing for these times. There is not even a way to conceptualize these times and there is no way to garner enough empathy to wrap your head around the deep trauma that people are experiencing or will be experiencing around our community and beyond. Nor do we have a way to grasp the anxiety that is and has yet to manifest in our children. That said, I feel that being an artist has allowed me to view situations creatively. That is to say, to see potential in helping shape my view of things. There is opportunity in all things."
Sports Memorabilia, Tech, and Antiques
Kevin Tylus, president of Bryn Mawr Trust, and his wife, Ginger, have lived in a charmingly renovated historic farmhouse in Skillman since 2004. The original section of the house dates to 1760, and was built by one of the earliest settlers of Blawenburg. It sits on land that was originally a dairy farm owned by Atherton Hobler, a founder of Benton & Bowles advertising agency who collected guernsey cattle. His son, the late Herb Hobler, founder of Nassau Broadcasting Company and a pioneer of the teleprompter who was a leader in numerous Princeton-area nonprofits and initiatives, lived in a nearby home.
The house fell into disrepair by the 1990s, when new owners brought it back to life and architect Max Hayden was contracted for its renovation and addition.
Tylus works from an antique library table in a 12-by-15-foot room with wood beams spanning the ceiling and a floor rise near the window that looks out on a majestic maple tree. Despite the tools necessary to work today — laptop, iPad, iPhone and its stand, printer, and a satellite phone Bryn Mawr Trust has distributed to its employees in the event of an emergency — the space is orderly and still exudes historic charm. He makes the space his own with framed photos of his family (four children and 10 grandchildren); a Larry Bird jersey (acquired through an auction benefitting the Hun School — Tylus and his children are all alumni, and he has served as a trustee as well as board president); a rack of golf balls that each tell a story of his travels, his friendships, his golf games (Tylus is president of the Springdale Golf Club); a signed photo of Mickey Mantle; a 1940s Princeton University football helmet; and the spade used for the groundbreaking ceremony of Hun School's Global Commons. There's a painting of Bill Bradley during his last game at Dillon Gymnasium painted by a golf champion — Tylus has infinite tales to tell about sports figures and their connections to Princeton.
Although the reason for Bryn Mawr staff working from home is unfortunate, says Tylus, it enables everyone to be more efficient. "We can do a 45-minute Webex (video conference) versus a two-hour live meeting. We're giving time back to our people." Tylus works out of both the Hulfish Street offices and the office in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and finds that without the commute the start of the day is less stressful. "Customers prefer to work this way too, having less contact with people outside the home."
He cites one webinar on investing in uncertain times that drew 1,500 registrants. "We still see people in person, but only by appointment."
Banking had traditionally been a walk-in type of business. "Customers would shop at Olives or stop for coffee and then drop in," he says. "Now they must let us know they are coming. We put safety first, and customers appreciate the precautions we are taking."
Speaking of stress, Tylus has sympathy for staff who feel they must work all the time when working from home, and for those with children at home whose schooling they must oversee. Among the other downsides: "You don't have the benefit of informal interactions over coffee or lunch. New employees need mentoring and a way to learn the culture of the organization. Even though we have all this technology the word 'society' implies we are together."
And then there are the power failures, which affected many Princeton residents earlier this year. Still, Tylus marvels at how we have adapted. How, for example, the food industry has evolved in its home delivery model.
One thing Tylus does miss is interaction with the community organizations Bryn Mawr supports, such as Arm in Arm, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and McCarter Theatre, or with partner organizations such as the Arts Council of Princeton.
Among those 10 grandchildren, five live locally but now that they are back in school, he can only see them at outdoor events for limited amounts of time. Tylus often ends his workday by going to watch one of their games. And, he says, since the start of the pandemic, golf has experienced a resurgence, both nationally and at Springdale, which has added 44 new members. "Because they aren't commuting, families start coming to play at 5 p.m. — we're seeing evening golf that never existed. It's a wonderful way to work off steam."


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Vazquez announces bid to seek third term on Cherokee Tribal Council
Cherokee Nation Deputy Speaker Victoria Vazquez announced last week that she will seek reelection to the Council of the Cherokee Nation in 2021, the first incumbent tribal councilor to make such an announcement.
"I'm proud of the work Cherokee Nation has done to improve communities across our district," Vazquez said in a press release. "I'm proud to help lead these efforts. We have more work to do. I enjoy and take pride in serving Cherokee citizens and look forward to another four years."
Vazquez represents District 11, the "Northern Cooweescoowee District," which covers Craig County and the northern parts of Mayes and Nowata counties.
Vazquez noted progress on a number of issues during her time in office.
"Healthcare remains of great importance to our people," said Vazquez. "One great challenge we have is with recruiting and retaining the best and brightest doctors and nurses so that clinics are fully staffed, including at our wonderful Vinita Health Center. I've been working with the administration on strategies to solve this, including our new Cherokee Nation OSU medical school and recruiting young Cherokees to be the doctors and nurses of tomorrow. We have a great staff at Vinita and all of our facilities, but we need to create even more opportunities for Cherokees to serve Cherokees in our health system. The Cherokee people simply deserve the best health care."
Vazquez has served on the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council since the fall of 2013, when she won a special election following incumbent councilor Chuck Hoskin Jr.'s appointment to Secretary of State. She was elected to a second term in 2017.
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We sat on her bed, typing our respective college essays — hers for schools on the East Coast and mine for schools on the West Coast. The sound of gently pressed keyboard letters permeated the room and it was the only sound we heard with the exception of a growling stomach or an allergy-induced sneeze, both which we dismissed until we had written at least two paragraphs for each prompt. It was an intense silence, but it was something we had become accustomed to as long-time study buddies for the past decade.
Julie and I were both Korean immigrants growing up in the same overtly white neighborhood. She lived up the street, past the "pregnant" tree, an odd tree shaped like a pregnant woman placed smack in the middle between her home on the hill and mine at its base. She lived in a wealthier part of the neighborhood, with her home decorated elaborately: a grand piano in the living room surrounded by ornately framed paintings purchased from local artists, a sauna placed in the corner to use for leisure and two little New Yorkies, named Coco and Buddy, running around in their Coach collars. She rode horses competitively for Christ's sake and owned one named Phoenix or Bindy — I can't remember. Despite our differences, we were friends — heck, even best friends.
I had approached Julie in fourth grade, calling her Fatty, her puffed cheeks deserving such a title, and she had almost cried. Yet, she chose to stay around, my insults doing nothing but establishing the foundation of our friendship that would last longer than the fads we gave into throughout the years: shaggy haircuts, Limited Too and Claire's shopping sprees, Sketchers, etc. She was my rock, someone a bit boring but reliable — solid, and I was that for her, but definitely more exciting.
Our time together in the public education system was coming to an end on the day we began the college application process together. That evening, we wrote until we were ravenous, our appetites having been suppressed and ignored. We had written rough drafts about our lives: Julie's about her handicap older brother and mine about Bill Nye the Science Guy. We shut our laptops, the comforting click of closure melodic to our ears, and headed downstairs for food.
Sitting around the dining table, an ornate light fixture shining above us as lofty as our dreams, we talked about our college applications, noting the implicit differences in our lives. Julie rambled on and on about wanting to ship over her horse to continue equestrianism if she decided on a school on the East Coast while she tolerated me talking about writing for a school magazine or newspaper and one day working for the New Yorker.
We bored each other to death, listening to each other go on and on with 15-minute-long tangents about how excited we were for our future. Eventually, I got tired of listening and cut her short: "Julie, we're only best friends by convenience. We don't have anything in common aside from our memories, and I think that's the best and worst part about us." To my surprise, she agreed.
We parted ways for college; I stayed behind to attend UC Berkeley and Julie moved across the country to attend Boston University. Despite my rude comment, she stuck around because brutal honesty was all our relationship knew.
My statement held some merit. I learned that the friends I made in college were people I shared similarities in both ideologies and interests, so our conversations were thought-provoking, exciting and refreshing. Each day with college friends bettered my understanding of the world, allowing me to improve myself in activities I loved while providing me with new communities and resources in completely foreign pastimes. It was a 180 from the predictable and safe relationship between Julie and me, and I loved these friendships for the adventures and wild memories.
Yet, they didn't suffice. These new relationships lacked the history Julie and I shared, the intimate memories of our formative years that led to who we were now: my aversion toward religion a consequence of years in Sunday school and my didactic parents, her obsession with horses a result of her social anxiety as a kid.
We held onto one another through thick and thin, subconsciously being each other's alibi for life's atrocities — deaths, divorces, lawsuits and whatever unfortunate, unexpected event life decided to chuck at our heads.
My college friends could never understand the reasons behind my quirks, because they simply weren't there to experience the events that shaped me — my character, interests and all. These college friendships would only be surface-deep, because they were established based on mutual and current interests and ideologies rather than a shared archive of our childhood memories.
I can count on Julie to have my back for the rest of my life because she's experienced first-hand the extreme highs and lows of my life. She's never been repulsed by my actions or reactions whether I was at my best or worst. She chose to stick around, partially because of the fact that she could never really get rid of me, but these new college friends can abandon me whenever they wish. They can exit our friendship because there just isn't any common, irreplaceable history that binds us together like the boring but reliable friendship I have with Julie. Being present in someone's life at the right time can only bring such a bond.
But time is something that we college students don't have and can't control.
Lauren Ahn writes the Friday blog on inedible nourishment. Contact her at [email protected].


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American interventionism at work in Venezuela
Hilal Kaplan
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The story is always the same: There is this an incredibly evil, undemocratic and incompetent leader who is not wanted by the vast majority of the people. Thus, the U.S. has to answer "the call of duty" through direct or indirect intervention and come to the "rescue" of those poor people, so as to – in former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's words – "restore democracy."
We have seen this plot unfold so many times that in a sense it is "business as usual" for U.S. foreign policy. The Donald Trump administration, having run to rescue Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is here to prove that the real problem in Venezuela is not Nicolas Maduro's "clumsy or anti-democratic" implementations.
Reportedly, the U.S. has so far, directly or indirectly, intervened in 17 Latin American and the Caribbean countries in total at different periods of time. Its last intervention was the coup attempt against late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez in 2002. As in Venezuela's case, U.S. interventionism has always encouraged and supported Latin American opposition groups or political parties, who generally come from wealthy families, against their countries' elected and anti-U.S. imperialism governments.
To give an example, the Venezuelan opposition in the Chavez era launched an "oil lockout," which made the country lose $20 billion. They demanded that Chavez, who was democratically elected, step down from his office. When Chavez refused and fired them from their positions to use oil income for national interests, resulting in reducing poverty rates by half, he was portrayed as the "evil socialist."
Under Maduro, the same opposition also didn't stop their U.S.-backed campaign. They boycotted the elections for the constituent assembly and then called the election results undemocratic. Then they took to the streets. And the Western media didn't broadcast or publish stories of the violent acts of the opposition, who were responsible for more than 50 deaths in horrible protests between April and June 2017.
The protests were so bad that three of the protesters stabbed pro-Maduro people and even burned a few. The opposition also committed political assassinations, such as killing candidates running for the constituent assembly. They also torched state hospitals, fired at public transportation and attacked schools.
Lastly, the "savior" U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela, including the state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela, which has resulted in the Venezuelan people unable to get food and medicine.
Ignoring its own "noninterference of internal affairs" principle, the Bank of England has unfairly frozen $1.2-billion-worth of gold assets belonging to Venezuela. The EU, meanwhile, joined the anti-Venezuela campaign and will renew sanctions against Venezuela for another year.
Although we are supposed to be living in the post-colonial period, it sure does not feel like it.
Source: Daily Sabah
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Hilal Kaplan is a political commentator, a columnist for Sabah and other news publishers. She's based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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High alert at ports over US measles outbreak
Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:42 AMJanet Silvera - Senior Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
There is heightened alert at the island's airports and seaports owing to an outbreak of measles in the United States, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said.
Emphasising that the ministry was taking precautionary measures while not seeking to cause panic in the public, the minister stated that once there was a threat from a particular area, health officials are placed on alert and are urged to exercise greater scrutiny over visitors coming to the island.
His advice to persons coming into the island: "Just take precautions and respond to health officials at the points of entry."
However, MBJ Ltd, operators of Sangster International Airport, in the resort city of Montego Bay, St James, says she has not been advised of any ramping up of health surveillance.
"MBJ has not been advised of any precautionary measures regarding this latest measles outbreak. Therefore, I have directed the query to MoH (Ministry of Health) for response," said Sharon Hislop-Holt, manager of commercial business development and marketing.
Among one of the most infectious viruses in the world, the aggressiveness of the disease forced authorities in New York City on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency, requiring persons exposed to be vaccinated immediately.
Preliminary reports show that some 465 people have been infected in the USA since the start of the year, the second-largest number of cases since measles was eliminated in 2000. The bulk of the persons affected reside in New York City, which is one of the biggest tourism source markets for Jamaica and a number of other Caribbean islands.
The Ministry of Health revealed that the last case of indigenous measles in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean occurred in 1991, but cases have been imported here over the years. However, there has been no local transmission or outbreak, health authorities say.
Jamaica's immunisation record has been so robust that the Ministry has sought to immunize at least 95 per cent of children 12–23 months against measles, mumps, and rubella.
Unlike Jamaica, the US has been fighting with anti-vaccination movements, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says is among the 10 threats to global health in 2019. Measles has increased by 30 per cent globally, killing more than 100,000 people annually.
Caused by a virus that replicates in the nose and throat of an infected child or adult, the virus circulates worldwide and about 90 per cent of susceptible people (persons not vaccinated) who are exposed to someone with the virus will be infected, says the MOH brief.
The infection kills more children than any other vaccine-preventable disease.
Owing to a decrease in uptake over the last few years, the ministry says that it is encouraging all parents to visit their nearest health centres to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated.
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Let's begin my travelogue on the third day I have been in Taiwan. We take breakfast at Sinjhuang Chateau de Chine Hotel, around 07:15 am. Then, we transfer to Yilan for visit the National Center for Traditional Arts.
The Yilan City (宜蘭市) is a city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River. The journey from Taipei City to Yilan City is taken around 1 hour 30 minutes by bus. It has a nice view of the countryside Taiwan. I can see the difference between the both of these cities. The Yilan City has a lot of Airbnb house's concept and most of it is the modern house. I like it so much.
The National Center for Traditional Arts (NCFTA) (國立傳統藝術中心) or also called as Center of Traditional Arts. It's located on the river bank of Dongshan River in Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.
The center's total area is 24 hectares. The goal of the center is overall planning, supporting the related research, promoting, preserving, and teaching the traditional arts, and also redefining, renovating, and developing the traditional arts. The park itself has become one of the most important tourist spots in Yilan.
The tickets prices are NT$ 250 (RM 35.80) (Adult – High Season), and NT$ 150 (RM 21.50) (Adult – Low Season). All tickets prices are in the pictures. There are have many attractions; which are Wenchang Temple, Exhibition Hall, Scholar Huang's Residence, Chiang Wei-Shui Theater, Guanghsiao Shrine, Mutsai Kiln, and Boulevard.
There also have three types of Boulevard; which are Wenchang Boulevard, Luban Boulevard, and Waterfront Boulevard. I like all of it but the most I like is Wenchang Boulevard.
The Wenchang Boulevard is a street of shophouses, extending outward from the plaza of Wenchang Temple. The winding Boulevard vividly showcases the characteristic of traditional shophouse buildings, where the beginning and the end of the buildings are not in view of each other. The façade of the Boulevard imitates the shophouses in Hukou, Sanchia, Lukang, and Dadaocheng. The gables and parapets reveal the Western architectural style of the Japanese rule while traditional Hokkien shophouses are interspersed among others. The shops for basic necessities of life re-create the busy street scene in the old times.
I also have been trying the famous Taiwan bubble tea in the National Center for Traditional Arts. The price is NT$ 95 (RM 13.60). I like it but to me, it's a little bit expensive rather in Kuala Lumpur, I think.
Another place I have been learning in these places is Scholar Huang's Residence. The Scholar Huang's Residence, built in 1877, was home to Yilan's first-degree scholar Huang Zuan-Xu. It was initially located on Xinmin Road in Yilan City and then was relocated to the NCFTA in 1996 due to an urban renewal project.
The traditional folk building is a three-section compound. The right and left short walls are decorated with mullioned windows and the walls are constructed with a gravel base and bin-built bricks. The central walkway is paved with red bricks in the open atrium.
Then, we're going to the Shangrila Leisure Farm. The journey from the The National Center for Traditional Arts to the Shangrila Leisure Farm is taken like 30 minutes only by bus. It's near.
The Shangrila Leisure Farm (香格里拉休閒農場) is a tourist attraction farm in Dongshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. The leisure farm is located about 250 meters above sea level with temperatures conditions of four seasons. It overlooks valleys, rivers, plains, farms, islands, and ocean. It has several natural ecologies; such as macaques, tree, frogs, firebugs (Firefly), butterflies, and also a variety of plants.
The first things we're doing at the Shangrila Leisure Farm are we're taking our Halal lunch at the resorts. They serve the Halal meals for the Muslim guests. Most the meals are like Malay and Chinese meals. The dish they serve to us is 9 dishes in total. The price is around NT$ 350 (RM 50.00) per pax. It's so delicious, and this time – I can manage to the some of the dishes photos.
After lunch, we're check-in our room and take rest for a while. The room is nice and big too with two queen beds. The room is also provided the Qiblah arrow for the Muslim guest to praying. It's just nice. I'm so tired, so I take rest before we have met back at the lobby resorts is around 05:00 pm.
The farm also regularly hosts several activities; such as lantern activity, whirligig activity, matzo ball activity, and other do-it-yourself activity. It also houses some accommodation services for overnight stay or venues for business meetings.
Since we're staying at the Shangrila Leisure Farm, so the first activities before our dinner are walking around the farm areas and picking up the fruits – if looking back to our itinerary. But we're can't to picking up the fruits since it's not fruit season yet. I a little bit upset, since we're can't pick up the fruits so I hope the resorts will exchange with something but they are not doing that. They just were taking us walking around the farm with so hot weather at that time.
Honestly, I can't hold the hot weather in Taiwan on that time. Even Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is also having hot weather but I don't know how to explain it. For me, it's so hot rather than Kuala Lumpur during summer seasons.
Then we're proceeding to our dinner at the same place during lunchtime. Most the meals are like Malay and Chinese meals. The dish they serve to us is 9 dishes in total. The price is around NT$ 350 (RM 50.00) per pax. It's so delicious, and this time – I can manage to the some of the dishes photos too.
After dinner, we have night activities; which are playing gasing and make the simple dumpling. This activity is open to all guests at that time. It's so fun and enjoys with other guests.
After the night activities, it's raining. Then, we're going straight to our room and rest. That is all my third-day stories in Taiwan. I hope you guys enjoy it.
Here, the link to the continued stories about the Explore Taiwan, the Heart of Asia on September 2017 – Day 1, Day 2, Day 4, Day 5, and Day 6.


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namespace {

using syncer::SyncServiceImpl;

class SyncTransportActiveChecker : public SingleClientStatusChangeChecker {
 public:
  explicit SyncTransportActiveChecker(SyncServiceImpl* service)
      : SingleClientStatusChangeChecker(service) {}

  bool IsExitConditionSatisfied(std::ostream* os) override {
    *os << "Waiting for sync transport to become active";
    return service()->GetTransportState() ==
           syncer::SyncService::TransportState::ACTIVE;
  }
};

// This test verifies some basic functionality of local sync, used for roaming
// profiles (enterprise use-case).
class LocalSyncTest : public InProcessBrowserTest {
 public:
  LocalSyncTest(const LocalSyncTest&) = delete;
  LocalSyncTest& operator=(const LocalSyncTest&) = delete;

 protected:
  LocalSyncTest() {
    EXPECT_TRUE(local_sync_backend_dir_.CreateUniqueTempDir());
  }

  ~LocalSyncTest() override = default;

  void SetUpCommandLine(base::CommandLine* command_line) override {
    // By default on Window OS local sync backend uses roaming profile. It can
    // lead to problems if some tests run simultaneously and use the same
    // roaming profile.
    base::FilePath file = local_sync_backend_dir_.GetPath().Append(
        FILE_PATH_LITERAL("profile.pb"));
    command_line->AppendSwitchASCII(switches::kLocalSyncBackendDir,
                                    file.MaybeAsASCII());
    command_line->AppendSwitch(switches::kEnableLocalSyncBackend);
    command_line->AppendSwitchASCII(syncer::kSyncDeferredStartupTimeoutSeconds,
                                    "1");
  }

 private:
  base::ScopedTempDir local_sync_backend_dir_;
};

// The local sync backend is currently only supported on Windows, Mac and Linux.
// TODO(crbug.com/1052397): Reassess whether the following block needs to be
// included in lacros-chrome once build flag switch of lacros-chrome is
// complete.
#if BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN) || BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC) || \
    (BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS_LACROS))
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(LocalSyncTest, ShouldStart) {
  SyncServiceImpl* service =
      SyncServiceFactory::GetAsSyncServiceImplForProfileForTesting(
          browser()->profile());

  // Wait until the first sync cycle is completed.
  ASSERT_TRUE(SyncTransportActiveChecker(service).Wait());

  EXPECT_TRUE(service->IsLocalSyncEnabled());
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->IsSyncFeatureEnabled());
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->IsSyncFeatureActive());

  // Verify that the expected set of data types successfully started up.
  // If this test fails after adding a new data type, carefully consider whether
  // the type should be enabled in Local Sync mode, i.e. for roaming profiles on
  // Windows.
  // TODO(crbug.com/1109640): Consider whether all of these types should really
  // be enabled in Local Sync mode.
  syncer::ModelTypeSet expected_active_data_types = syncer::ModelTypeSet(
      syncer::BOOKMARKS, syncer::READING_LIST, syncer::PREFERENCES,
      syncer::PASSWORDS, syncer::AUTOFILL_PROFILE, syncer::AUTOFILL,
      syncer::AUTOFILL_WALLET_DATA, syncer::AUTOFILL_WALLET_METADATA,
      syncer::THEMES, syncer::TYPED_URLS, syncer::EXTENSIONS,
      syncer::SEARCH_ENGINES, syncer::SESSIONS, syncer::APPS,
      syncer::APP_SETTINGS, syncer::EXTENSION_SETTINGS,
      syncer::HISTORY_DELETE_DIRECTIVES, syncer::DEVICE_INFO,
      syncer::PRIORITY_PREFERENCES, syncer::WEB_APPS, syncer::PROXY_TABS,
      syncer::NIGORI);

  if (features::kTabGroupsSaveSyncIntegration.Get()) {
    expected_active_data_types.Put(syncer::SAVED_TAB_GROUP);
  }

  // The dictionary is currently only synced on Windows and Linux.
  // TODO(crbug.com/1052397): Reassess whether the following block needs to be
  // included
  // in lacros-chrome once build flag switch of lacros-chrome is
  // complete.

#if BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN) || (BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS_LACROS))
  expected_active_data_types.Put(syncer::DICTIONARY);
#endif
  EXPECT_EQ(service->GetActiveDataTypes(), expected_active_data_types);

  // Verify certain features are disabled.
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->GetActiveDataTypes().Has(syncer::USER_CONSENTS));
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->GetActiveDataTypes().Has(syncer::USER_EVENTS));
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->GetActiveDataTypes().Has(syncer::SECURITY_EVENTS));
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->GetActiveDataTypes().Has(syncer::SEND_TAB_TO_SELF));
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->GetActiveDataTypes().Has(syncer::SHARING_MESSAGE));
  EXPECT_FALSE(service->GetActiveDataTypes().Has(syncer::SEND_TAB_TO_SELF));
}
#endif  // BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN) || BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC) || (BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) ||
        // BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS_LACROS))

}  // namespace

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Found on a table at Sunset Beer Company in Echo Park.
shouldn't that be "what Gulliver's travels" are?
Monica, do you not know what Gulliver's Travels is?
at first I thought this was on a post-it, but a closer look on a better computer reveals that it's on a napkin.
Sancho knows a lot then.
Sancho might find it useful to read Gulliver's Travels; then he'll be prepared with a parasol when he encounters Roseanne Barr in the street.
Sancho doesn't know these things as he's trying to get his private island from Don Quixote.


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topNaijahits » News » Increasing positive Covid-19 cases reported in Real Madrid's training complex
Increasing positive Covid-19 cases reported in Real Madrid's training complex
Drey Jr. 2. November 2020 News No Comments
While Real Madrid have bunkered down during the pandemic, several Castilla players have tested positive for Covid-19, including two who trained with the first team…
Four Castilla players tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday and the whole squad has undergone fresh PCR tests as health concerns at Real Madrid's Valdebebas training ground were raised this weekend. Covid-19 has somehow managed to penetrate the sports complex in spite of the club's best efforts to ensure Real Madrid City is a safe haven for playing staff, coaches and employees.
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The reserve team shares the facilities but since the start of the pandemic, the club has made a point of ensuring that Zidane's squad and Raúl's squad are kept apart. But despite that, Castilla players – Blanco, Gutiérrez and Sergio Santos who regularly are called to train with the first team squad while two others – Marvin and Arribas, made their first team debut in the opening game of LaLiga.
Santos meanwhile, was included in the squad list for the Borussia Mönchengladbach game as Zidane was without injured defenders Carvajal, Odriozola and Nacho, and trained alongside the senior players on Friday.
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Castilla's meeting with Rayo Majadahonda which was due to be played today has been postponed. In Valdebebas, the players day-to-day routine has been strictly monitored since they returned from confinement in May – especially in shared, communal areas.
In the dining area, players have to keep double the recommended distance; they are not allowed to serve themselves food as they had done before March – they are individually served so that none of them are near to where the food is prepared. The dressing room remains closed. "It's nothing like the life of a professional football – it's more like a NASA expedition to Mars," someone noted.
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Real Madrid's strict Coronavirus protocol
Madrid have an extremely strict protocol which is designed to keep risks of infection at the bare minimum. From the players' residence to how they move around the facilities, everything is designed to cut the risk of transmission. After leaving their cars in the parking area, the players walk to their assigned, individual room at the residence – and all the time keeping a safe distance. They change into the training kit inside their own room wearing gloves and face masks. Out on the practice pitches, every player has their own private locker for storing their boots and other training equipment – all which is sterilised daily. The masks and gloves are left inside their personal lockers.
The players also have limited contact with physiotherapists and club medical staff. When in contact with other employees a distance of six metres must always be obeyed. The same six-metre rule applies in the gym where sanitiser must be used on entry and before using any of the training apparatus. One the session is over, players shower in their own rooms and leave their clothes in a biodegradable bag before making their way home.
For now, Madrid are taking a cautious approach to the situation and prefer to plough their energies into determining just how far coronavirus has affected the Castilla squad and get an exact number of those how have been infected. This morning, the squad underwent more tests in hospital. Those who have tested positive will be carefully monitored, will undergo quarantine and all contacts will be traced and tested. Yesterday's new in Valdebebas came as a shock but Madrid believe they have maintained a very strict hygiene routine (Mariano and Lunin are the only members of the first team squad to have tested positive) and that has so far allowed them to avoid large-scale spread of Covid-19 among players, coaching staff and other club employees.
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Bunny's Guide to Caring for Your Rabbit
by Rick Peterson, Anita Ganeri
Illustrated by Rick Peterson
Titles in the Pets' Guides series teach young readers how to care responsibly for their chosen pet. However, in a unique spin, each book is written from the point of view of one of the animals themselves, thus also allowing the books to be used to teach perspective. In this book, Bunny the Rabbit reveals how readers should go about choosing a pet rabbit, what supplies they will need, how to make a new rabbit feel at home, and how to properly care for a pet rabbit, including feeding, exercising, and keeping a rabbit hutch clean. Text in the book is accompanied by clear, labeled photographs to further reinforce key concepts.
Animals, Life Science
Pets' Guides
Kitty's Guide to Caring for...
GRL: K
Ruff's Guide to Caring for Your Dog
GRL: L
Winnie's Guide to Caring for...
GRL: M
Beaky's Guide to Caring for...
Giggle's Guide to Caring for...
Gordon's Guide to Caring for...
Henrietta's Guide to Caring for...
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Rick Peterson uses both traditional and digital media to create images for a wide range of publishing, advertising and editorial projects - including a long list of children's titles. His work has received awards from Graphic Design USA and the Association of Educational Publishers. Rick lives in Minneapolis with his wife, two children, a cat, a gerbil, and a lovable but barky dog.
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The economic recovery is poised to be uneven. Unfortunately, most economic indicators suggest that this will be a choppy rather than a steady or robust recovery. This makes it even more important for companies to anticipate changes in demand and manage their inventories accordingly. This is especially true for companies with a multi-national presence, as different regions of the world are emerging from the recession in very different ways.
Inventories are likely to be leaner in the foreseeable future. Most businesses are still finding it difficult to access credit, are uncertain about the future, and are therefore more likely to keep inventories as lean as possible. As a result, even relatively small upticks in demand are likely to challenge safety stock margins of error.
Head-count is not likely to increase in the near future. Most economists agree that unemployment will not ease until 2011 at the earliest, which suggests that companies are not going to be hiring to relieve their lean labor forces anytime soon. As a result, poor forecasting and supply chain management functionality in companies' ERP systems are more likely to result in overlooking early warning signs of needing to adjust inventory to match demand.
Managing receivables is more important than ever. For most businesses, the next best thing to cash is receivables. Although not directly related to supply chain management software, robust financial and receivables management in an ERP system will help better finance inventory investment needs in the long-term.


I continue to be mystified by the contention of some Net neutrality advocates that it is not a form of economic regulation. The reality, of course, is that Net neutrality would ban business models and necessitate price controls. If that ain't regulation, I don't know what is. As Robert Litan and Hal Singer note in their new Harvard Business Review essay, "Why Business Should Oppose Net Neutrality," "Non-discrimination under the FCC's net neutrality proposal means that ISPs cannot offer enhanced services beyond the plain-vanilla access service to content providers at any price." Thus, any type of service prioritization or price discrimination would be prohibited under the FCC's Net neutrality regulatory regime.
And let's not forget, something has to pay for Internet access and investment in new facilities. Differentiated services can help by allowing carriers to price more intensive or specialized users and uses to ensure that carriers don't have to hit everyone – including average household users – with the same bill for service. Why would we want to make that illegal through Net neutrality regulation and the misguided price control schemes of a bygone regulatory era?
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Nation Current Affairs 07 Jun 2019 K Chandrasekhar Rao, ...
K Chandrasekhar Rao, Jagan Mohan Reddy ties to help power staff
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU
Published Jun 7, 2019, 12:51 am IST
Updated Jun 7, 2019, 12:51 am IST
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan intervened to resolve the controversy and held a meeting with officials of the power departments of both states.
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao (DC)
Hyderabad: With the Chief Ministers of the two Telugu states, K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, enjoying cordial relations, the electricity departments of Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh hope to resolve the five-year long controversy over arrears and employees.
The controversy on power dues led to stopping the power supply to each other.
Under the Chandrababu Naidu regime, the AP government's argument was that the Telangana state government has to pay Rs 5,127 crore power dues. In addition, the Telangana state government has to pay Rs 600 crore towards interest.
The Telangana state government's argument is that the AP government has to pay arrears to the Singareni Collieries towards coal supply to its thermal power stations. After deducting these arrears it has to pay only Rs 3,136 crore to AP.
At one stage, Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan intervened to resolve the controversy and held a meeting with officials of the power departments of both states. But his efforts went in vain. Now, officials of both governments are hoping for an amicable solution to this issue.
Another controversy between the two states is about 1,100 electricity employees. In the wake of a controversy between the two states, the Telangana state government relieved more than 1,100 employees who are natives of AP. It said it did not need the services of AP native employees.
The AP government did not agree to take the employees. The issue went to court and the AP government later relieved from service employees who are natives of Telangana.
In the last five years, the 1,100 employees relieved by the Telangana state government faced several problems in not getting postings and promotions. They hope that they will get a permanent solution to their issue. Senior officials of the Telangana state energy department said that once these problems are resolved, power supply between both states may be restored if needed.
Tags: power supply, k. chandrasekhar rao, y.s. jagan mohan reddy, chandrababu naidu
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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type

import os

from ansible import constants as C
from ansible.executor.task_queue_manager import TaskQueueManager
from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
from ansible.playbook import Playbook
from ansible.template import Templar
from ansible.utils.helpers import pct_to_int
from ansible.utils.path import makedirs_safe
from ansible.utils.ssh_functions import check_for_controlpersist

try:
    from __main__ import display
except ImportError:
    from ansible.utils.display import Display
    display = Display()

class PlaybookExecutor:

    '''
    This is the primary class for executing playbooks, and thus the
    basis for bin/ansible-playbook operation.
    '''

    def __init__(self, playbooks, inventory, variable_manager, loader, options, passwords):
        self._playbooks        = playbooks
        self._inventory        = inventory
        self._variable_manager = variable_manager
        self._loader           = loader
        self._options          = options
        self.passwords         = passwords
        self._unreachable_hosts = dict()

        if options.listhosts or options.listtasks or options.listtags or options.syntax:
            self._tqm = None
        else:
            self._tqm = TaskQueueManager(inventory=inventory, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, options=options, passwords=self.passwords)

        # Note: We run this here to cache whether the default ansible ssh
        # executable supports control persist.  Sometime in the future we may
        # need to enhance this to check that ansible_ssh_executable specified
        # in inventory is also cached.  We can't do this caching at the point
        # where it is used (in task_executor) because that is post-fork and
        # therefore would be discarded after every task.
        check_for_controlpersist(C.ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE)

    def run(self):

        '''
        Run the given playbook, based on the settings in the play which
        may limit the runs to serialized groups, etc.
        '''

        result = 0
        entrylist = []
        entry = {}
        try:
            for playbook_path in self._playbooks:
                pb = Playbook.load(playbook_path, variable_manager=self._variable_manager, loader=self._loader)
                self._inventory.set_playbook_basedir(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(playbook_path)))

                if self._tqm is None:  # we are doing a listing
                    entry = {'playbook': playbook_path}
                    entry['plays'] = []
                else:
                    # make sure the tqm has callbacks loaded
                    self._tqm.load_callbacks()
                    self._tqm.send_callback('v2_playbook_on_start', pb)

                i = 1
                plays = pb.get_plays()
                display.vv(u'%d plays in %s' % (len(plays), to_text(playbook_path)))

                for play in plays:
                    if play._included_path is not None:
                        self._loader.set_basedir(play._included_path)
                    else:
                        self._loader.set_basedir(pb._basedir)

                    # clear any filters which may have been applied to the inventory
                    self._inventory.remove_restriction()

                    if play.vars_prompt:
                        for var in play.vars_prompt:
                            vname     = var['name']
                            prompt    = var.get("prompt", vname)
                            default   = var.get("default", None)
                            private   = var.get("private", True)
                            confirm   = var.get("confirm", False)
                            encrypt   = var.get("encrypt", None)
                            salt_size = var.get("salt_size", None)
                            salt      = var.get("salt", None)

                            if vname not in self._variable_manager.extra_vars:
                                if self._tqm:
                                    self._tqm.send_callback('v2_playbook_on_vars_prompt', vname, private, prompt, encrypt, confirm, salt_size, salt, default)
                                    play.vars[vname] = display.do_var_prompt(vname, private, prompt, encrypt, confirm, salt_size, salt, default)
                                else:  # we are either in --list-<option> or syntax check
                                    play.vars[vname] = default

                    # Create a temporary copy of the play here, so we can run post_validate
                    # on it without the templating changes affecting the original object.
                    all_vars = self._variable_manager.get_vars(loader=self._loader, play=play)
                    templar = Templar(loader=self._loader, variables=all_vars)
                    new_play = play.copy()
                    new_play.post_validate(templar)

                    if self._options.syntax:
                        continue

                    if self._tqm is None:
                        # we are just doing a listing
                        entry['plays'].append(new_play)

                    else:
                        self._tqm._unreachable_hosts.update(self._unreachable_hosts)

                        previously_failed = len(self._tqm._failed_hosts)
                        previously_unreachable = len(self._tqm._unreachable_hosts)

                        break_play = False
                        # we are actually running plays
                        for batch in self._get_serialized_batches(new_play):
                            if len(batch) == 0:
                                self._tqm.send_callback('v2_playbook_on_play_start', new_play)
                                self._tqm.send_callback('v2_playbook_on_no_hosts_matched')
                                break

                            # restrict the inventory to the hosts in the serialized batch
                            self._inventory.restrict_to_hosts(batch)
                            # and run it...
                            result = self._tqm.run(play=play)

                            # break the play if the result equals the special return code
                            if result & self._tqm.RUN_FAILED_BREAK_PLAY != 0:
                                result = self._tqm.RUN_FAILED_HOSTS
                                break_play = True

                            # check the number of failures here, to see if they're above the maximum
                            # failure percentage allowed, or if any errors are fatal. If either of those
                            # conditions are met, we break out, otherwise we only break out if the entire
                            # batch failed
                            failed_hosts_count = len(self._tqm._failed_hosts) + len(self._tqm._unreachable_hosts) - \
                                (previously_failed + previously_unreachable)

                            if len(batch) == failed_hosts_count:
                                break_play = True
                                break

                            # update the previous counts so they don't accumulate incorrectly
                            # over multiple serial batches
                            previously_failed += len(self._tqm._failed_hosts) - previously_failed
                            previously_unreachable += len(self._tqm._unreachable_hosts) - previously_unreachable

                            # save the unreachable hosts from this batch
                            self._unreachable_hosts.update(self._tqm._unreachable_hosts)

                        if break_play:
                            break

                    i = i + 1  # per play

                if entry:
                    entrylist.append(entry)  # per playbook

                # send the stats callback for this playbook
                if self._tqm is not None:
                    if C.RETRY_FILES_ENABLED:
                        retries = set(self._tqm._failed_hosts.keys())
                        retries.update(self._tqm._unreachable_hosts.keys())
                        retries = sorted(retries)
                        if len(retries) > 0:
                            if C.RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH:
                                basedir = C.shell_expand(C.RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH)
                            elif playbook_path:
                                basedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(playbook_path))
                            else:
                                basedir = '~/'

                            (retry_name, _) = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(playbook_path))
                            filename = os.path.join(basedir, "%s.retry" % retry_name)
                            if self._generate_retry_inventory(filename, retries):
                                display.display("\tto retry, use: --limit @%s\n" % filename)

                    self._tqm.send_callback('v2_playbook_on_stats', self._tqm._stats)

                # if the last result wasn't zero, break out of the playbook file name loop
                if result != 0:
                    break

            if entrylist:
                return entrylist

        finally:
            if self._tqm is not None:
                self._tqm.cleanup()
            if self._loader:
                self._loader.cleanup_all_tmp_files()

        if self._options.syntax:
            display.display("No issues encountered")
            return result

        return result

    def _get_serialized_batches(self, play):
        '''
        Returns a list of hosts, subdivided into batches based on
        the serial size specified in the play.
        '''

        # make sure we have a unique list of hosts
        all_hosts = self._inventory.get_hosts(play.hosts)
        all_hosts_len = len(all_hosts)

        # the serial value can be listed as a scalar or a list of
        # scalars, so we make sure it's a list here
        serial_batch_list = play.serial
        if len(serial_batch_list) == 0:
            serial_batch_list = [-1]

        cur_item = 0
        serialized_batches = []

        while len(all_hosts) > 0:
            # get the serial value from current item in the list
            serial = pct_to_int(serial_batch_list[cur_item], all_hosts_len)

            # if the serial count was not specified or is invalid, default to
            # a list of all hosts, otherwise grab a chunk of the hosts equal
            # to the current serial item size
            if serial <= 0:
                serialized_batches.append(all_hosts)
                break
            else:
                play_hosts = []
                for x in range(serial):
                    if len(all_hosts) > 0:
                        play_hosts.append(all_hosts.pop(0))

                serialized_batches.append(play_hosts)

            # increment the current batch list item number, and if we've hit
            # the end keep using the last element until we've consumed all of
            # the hosts in the inventory
            cur_item += 1
            if cur_item > len(serial_batch_list) - 1:
                cur_item = len(serial_batch_list) - 1

        return serialized_batches

    def _generate_retry_inventory(self, retry_path, replay_hosts):
        '''
        Called when a playbook run fails. It generates an inventory which allows
        re-running on ONLY the failed hosts.  This may duplicate some variable
        information in group_vars/host_vars but that is ok, and expected.
        '''
        try:
            makedirs_safe(os.path.dirname(retry_path))
            with open(retry_path, 'w') as fd:
                for x in replay_hosts:
                    fd.write("%s\n" % x)
        except Exception as e:
            display.warning("Could not create retry file '%s'.\n\t%s" % (retry_path, to_native(e)))
            return False

        return True


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Disabled business travelers and tourists alike will enjoy this 4 star London roll-in shower hotel that overlooks Marble Arch and Oxford Street. You will be just minutes away from London's famous shopping district and a tube ride away to London's financial district.
This hotel offers a wide range of business and recreational facilities like a business center, executive lounge and gym. A stay at this accessible hotel is great for disabled travelers in town on business or pleasure.
Your 4 star London roll-in shower hotel offers spacious rooms, ramp access as well as wheelchair friendly lounge and coffee bars. The elevators are wide enough for a wheelchair or mobility scooter to fit and the floors throughout the hotel are smooth for easy maneuvering.
This hotel is significantly cheaper than other roll-in shower hotels in London. It also has many more nearby accessible shopping options that other London accessible hotels.
This hotel received a 4 Star Sage Accessibility Rating. It did not receive 5 stars because the roll-in shower chair is very small.
This accessible room has a bed with room on both sides for a wheelchair to fit.
This accessible bathroom has a sink on the left with room underneath for a wheelchair users knees to fit. The toilet has grab bars on both sides. The roll-in shower has grab bars, a fold-down chair and handheld shower head.
The main entrance to this accessible hotel has 4 steps and a flat entrance located to the right. This leads to an elevator that goes up to the lobby.
This London roll-in shower hotel has wide enough elevators for a wheelchair or mobility scooter to fit. The photo on the right is the hallway leading to the accessible rooms.
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IN THE end, Liverpool finished as the one thing Brendan Rodgers had said they would not be. Tourists.
Don't mind us, just passing through, we won't be stopping. Look beyond the late drama and here was the betrayal of Liverpool's European heritage.
Here was a betrayal of Liverpool's European heritage. Forget about the events at the Bernabeu last month and that controversial team selection, it was at Anfield that the dream died and a reputation was besmirched.
The sight of the hosts belatedly rousing themselves after Steven Gerrard struck in front of the Kop with time running out created only the facade of a frantic finale.
A shot from distance from the captain had brought redemption a decade ago, so it only resulted in false hope here. Throughout this flawed campaign, boss Rodgers has clung, limpet-like, to the notion all his players needed to do was keep their fate in their own hands going into the final game. That Basle would be defeated and Liverpool would progress.
As he stood rain-soaked in his technical area, reality bit harder than he could ever have imagined. His team do not belong.
Liverpool can use the harsh dismissal of substitute Lazar Markovic after an hour as a smokescreen should they so wish, but they had trailed to Fabian Frei's excellent goal since the 25th minute and struggled to keep up with opponents who were everything they could not be.
A European adventure will continue of sorts after Christmas, the Europa League awaits and with it the demands of Thursday-Sunday football, but the nagging question today is when will they grace the elite again?
To claim only a solitary win from a group containing the Swiss and Bulgarian champions underlines how the modern Liverpool suffers delusions of grandeur. A colossal opportunity has been wasted and resurrecting the season will prove a test of Rodgers' credentials. Old Trafford on Sunday is not the venue he would choose to start piecing everything back together.
Basle were not Olympiakos. They were more slick and streetwise than the Greeks, but neither is Anfield's current crop a patch on those in 2004. Carragher, Hyypia, Hamann, Alonso and Gerrard were the bedrock then. Fast forward and Raheem Sterling harnesses attacking intent but otherwise it is Gerrard who cuts a lone figure as a beacon of hope.
As the skipper trudged off dejectedly at the final whistle, the realisation may have dawned that he had kicked his final ball in the competition, for Liverpool at least.
What grates is that it still falls on Gerrard at 34 to inspire. This was an opportunity for another hero to emerge and create new history, but from the outset it became a struggle as misplaced passes prevented Liverpool from mustering any rhythm and Basle's high pressing approach offered no breathing space either.
The game-plan was based on patience, yet that quality is in short supply as standards continue to dumb down from last season.
Liverpool fans look and ask where the creativity and slick interplay is to come from. Last night, it belonged all to Basle. Nerves had already been jangling – Glen Johnson having to block Marco Streller's goal-bound shot – when Basle's quality gleaned its reward.
Frei swapped passes with Luca Zuffi on the edge of the penalty area and rifled a first time left-foot shot that was in the corner of Simon Mignolet's net before he could move.
The midfielder has proved a scourge of English sides over the years, scoring at Old Trafford and White Hart Lane in recent times.
They had other chances and Liverpool, in contrast, were ragged, impotent and bereft of ideas and confidence. This felt like an unravelling. Rodgers' response to the malaise saw him replace the hapless Jose Enrique with Alberto Moreno and send on Markovic for Rickie Lambert.
Given the need for two goals it was a curious move to take off his only striker, but that in itself was a damning indictment of how this squad has been reshaped post-Luis Suarez.
An unproven winger and a left-back? Where was £24million Adam Lallana? As it was, Markovic lasted 15 minutes.
The Serbian did not deserve to be sent off for brushing his fingertips on Behrang Safari's face, but nor did he need to thrust out his hand and hold off the defender in the first place. That Liverpool summoned some fight owed everything to Gerrard.
After Sterling had been tripped by Fabian Schar in the 81st minute, Gerrard curled a free-kick which nicked the post and went in.
Jordan Henderson twice went close thereafter, a deflected header and a shot repelled by Tomas Vaclik, but the abiding memory will not be Gerrard's goal but his acerbic dismissal of Liverpool as being "soft touches" when losing in Basle in October.
For it to end serenely was too much to ask. More pertinently, Liverpool did not deserve it to.
LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1): Mignolet, Johnson, Skrtel, Lovren, Enrique (Moreno 45); Lucas (Coutinho 74), Allen; Sterling, Gerrard, Henderson; Lambert (Markovic 45). Booked: Lovren, Moreno, Lucas. Sent Off: Markovic 60. Goal: Gerrard 81. NEXT UP: Manchester United (a), Sunday PL.


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