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Owning Pays Far Too Well
Posted on 04 Jan 2015 by Frank Moraes
It is Sunday, and so Thomas Frank has an article that is well worth reading, Chain Restaurants Are Killing Us: Billionaire Bankers, Minimum-Wage Toilers and the Nasty Truth About Fast-Food Nation. He focused on workers and the corporate elite because none of the franchise owners would talk to him. But he asked, "I wonder how many chain-store bosses can truthfully say they make an 'honest living.'" I think I have a little insight into that.
Do franchise owners work hard? In my experience, yes. But they don't work harder than their employees. They will, of course, sometimes get behind the counter or in the kitchen and kick a little ass — like they are the best workers around. But this kind of work represents the exception: maybe a couple of hours a week at most. Their primary function is as "manager." I put the scare quotes on there because the truth of the matter is that the corporations don't allow much in terms of management. The franchises are meant to be idiot proof — and that is as true for the worker at the register as it is for the owner managing the place. And this is generally only at the start of the franchise. The whole idea is for the owner to leave the whole thing to others who are less well paid.
The main thing is that the franchise owners get paid far more for whatever it is that they do. Of course, the idea in a capitalism is that people ought to be paid just for owning something. I'm not against this idea in theory. In practice, in the United States, it's a travesty. It is why we hear this lie about the entrepreneur — the woman who "took a chance." But that's not what I consider an entrepreneur. This definition of entrepreneur just highlights the fact that business success is mostly a matter of luck. Borrow a bunch of money, start a business, go bankrupt. Repeat that process until you don't go bankrupt. I'm all for bankruptcy laws — and I think it should be a lot easier for individuals to go bankrupt — but there is no denying that it is a form of socialism. In fact, for the right class of people, business is all about socialism: using the common resources to help you make it big.
So what we really see in the comparison of franchise owners versus franchise workers is which ones have the opportunities to buy a franchise. Is it the case that a minimum wage worker would ever make enough money that she too could take the risk and buy a McDonald's franchise with $750,000 in non-borrowed cash? Where is the equality of opportunity there? So of course this isn't about the brave entrepreneur who is willing to take risks. Everyone takes risks every day. I love this quote from Melissa Harris-Perry:
What is riskier than living poor in America? Seriously! What in the world is riskier than being a poor person in America? I live in a neighborhood where people are shot on my street corner. I live in a neighborhood where people have to figure out how to get their kid into school because maybe it will be a good school and maybe it won't. I am sick of the idea that being wealthy is risky. No. There is a huge safety net that whenever you fail will catch you and catch you and catch you! Being poor is what is risky!
I come back to this idea again and again that conservatives (and many "liberals") are deluded in thinking that if outcomes are dictated by the "free" market, they are "natural" — and therefore correct. The truth is that there aren't any markets that are free. Markets themselves are communal constructs. The idea that I've been grappling with the last couple of year is how it makes any kind of sense that the nature of a society should dictate the rewards. For example, before movies, actors had to work every day — often multiple performances per day. The most successful ones became rich. But they were nowhere near as rich as the most successful actors today who might only work a month out of the year. The difference has nothing to do with the actor; it is entirely due to the technology that the actors had no part in creating. The same thing can be said about every other industry. Just look at the effects container ships have had on the narrowing of manufacturing industries.
The bottom line to all of this is that capitalism is not a just way to allocate resources. And even if it were, those with the most resources would use them to tilt the playing field in their favor. Instead of the government molding capitalism to work better, it has been molded to work worse. There are programs to mitigate the worst poverty, because the power elite know that starving children with bare feet begging in the streets causes a backlash that they can't control. But other than this, the government mostly works to take money from the poor and give it to the rich. And the richer one is, the bigger the handouts.
If you click over to the Melissa Harris-Perry video, you will hear Monica Mehta claim that 5% of the people pay 40% of the taxes. I'm pretty sure that would be 40% of the federal income taxes — a common conservative deception. But regardless, the number means nothing, given that the 5% makes a whole lot more than 5% of the income. People like Mehta disgust me.
See also: I Was a Middle Class Food Stamp Kid
4 thoughts on "Owning Pays Far Too Well"
JMF on 04 Jan 2015 at 11:08 pm said:
Harris-Perry is just fantastic. Eat shit, "risk takers," and navigate my apartment building for one day. It's not that dangerous but it would send them into paroxysms of shrieking in terror. What a bunch of wimps.
This Frank article couldn't help but make me remember the great John Oliver bit when he subbed for Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8wiudhAhaA
"Last Week"'s YouTube success has caused "Daily Show" to step up their game: http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/the_year_in_review_in_daily_show_clips_20140101
It'll be interesting to see how those programs go forward. Liberalism is good for anger and currently low on happy outcomes. Thomas Frank is always brilliant and always eventually fired.
Frank Moraes on 05 Jan 2015 at 11:00 am said:
Thanks, I will check that out. But I'm not sure that Frank will be fired. Salon is a good fit for him. He had to know that The Wall Street Journal gig was temporary. Of course, he really is at his best in books. But I do look forward to him every Sunday!
Joe Brown on 05 Jan 2015 at 9:56 am said:
Whenever I encounter one of the 5% who think they pay all the taxes, my usual response is: 1) taxes are the price of civilization, or 2) if I'm in a cranky mood, STFU and move to Somalia where there are zero taxes, you whiny asshole.
As for MH-P's remarks on being poor in the US of A, I've lived there and done that myself and don't plan on going back, so her remarks are a bit off-putting considering her positions in academia and at MSNBC where I'm positive she doesn't presently live in poverty.
What amazes me is just how little rich people generally know about business. It just highlights the fact that they are no kind of trailblazer. They generally started rich and stayed rich. That's a feat billions of poor people manage without comment.
I suspect that Harris-Perry is correct. She isn't saying that she is poor — just that she lives in a neighborhood with a lot of poor people. I know in the Mission district in SF of 20 years ago, there was an amazing mix of rich and poor. So I think that's what she was referring to. Regardless, anyone who yells at the vile Monica Mehta is okay in my book.


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The incident occurred around 1 am. The bus was travelling to Chatarpur from Indore with 45 passengers on board.
Shruti Shiksha
Oct 03, 2019, 11:05 AM IST
New Delhi: At least six persons, including a two-year-old child, were killed and 18 others were injured after a bus fell into a river in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district on Wednesday night.
Soon after the accident, police along with senior officials and the district collector reached the spot to supervise the rescue operation.
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An investigation is underway to probe the cause of the incident.
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CAAMFest Week Two Yields Ang Lee Tribute, Great Docs, an Oscar Contender and More (CLIPS)
Meredith Brody
Between its two weekends, CAAMFest adheres to a civilized program of evening screenings that begin at 6 pm or later and encourage you to see one or two movies an evening — civilized, except for the fact that driving over the bridge from the East Bay in order to arrive in Japantown by showtime required an hour. I planned to leave earlier in order to savor a bowl of freshly-made noodles at the delightful Suzu Noodle House right next door to the Kabuki, as well as cut down on the actual drive time, but that never happened. I was lucky enough to grab a package of gyoza from the takeout area of the excellent Nijiya Market, halfway in-between the Kabuki and the New People Cinema.
And I needed it for Monday's first film, Ang Lee's 1994 "Eat Drink Man Woman," charmingly introduced by Ted Hope — erstwhile Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society, current CEO of Fandor and producer of many Ang Lee movies, including "Pushing Hands," "The Wedding Banquet," and "The Ice Storm." Hope said that when he first saw Lee's short films at NYU, he thought that he was Italian, and that "Ang Lee" was his street graffiti name, a riff on "angle." When he and James Schamus started their production company, Good Machine, Lee's agent continually blew them off, saying "You're just low-budget producers, he's due for bigger things." But Lee showed up in their offices and said "If I don't make a film soon, I'll probably die." Lee is "one of the most thoughtful directors I've ever encountered." He "has an incredibly unique gift to understand the emotional effect of camera placement and focal length." Hope said that if you want to tell a story that's universal, get incredibly specific. Ang Lee, he continued, gave him his biggest compliment, which makes him feel two inches taller: when asked whether he was an American or Chinese director, he said "No, I'm a Ted Hope-trained director."
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About "Eat Drink Man Woman," Hope said that Martha Stewart told him that it helped her plan her kitchen, and Momofuku's David Chang cooks multi-course meals based on it. Also, he noted, look out for his wife Vanessa Hope's Chinese-American documentary, "All Eyes and Ears," coming out next year.
It didn't feel like twenty years since I'd seen "Eat Drink Man Woman." And it probably wasn't; I'd probably caught it once during those years. It was almost as enjoyable as it was on first viewing, and just as hunger-inducing, even when the joke — that the chef cooking these elaborate and exquisite-looking dishes has lost his sense of taste — is revealed. "Eat Drink Man Woman" has to appear on any list of food movies.
At its end I rushed down the street and just made the opening credits of Rithy Panh's Oscar-nominated (Best Foreign Language Film) "The Missing Picture," which had won the Un Certain Regard award at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Even without reading reviews, I knew that it was about the horrible atrocities perpetrated in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979, re-enacted for Panh's camera by doll-sized clay figurines. It was powerful and disturbing. I learned, afterwards, that an English-narrated version had also made the festival rounds. I felt lucky that I'd heard the French narration of the film, especially because Panh now lives and teaches in Paris (where he went to film school).
On Tuesday I returned to the 1925-vintage Great Star Theater in Chinatown, where I enjoyed a perfect double bill: the extraordinarily interesting "Golden Gate Girls," 2013, directed by Louisa Wei, about Esther Eng, the first Chinese-American woman director in both California and in China, whose filmography encompassed 11 Cantonese-language features before she decamped for NY and a life as a celebrity restaurateur; followed by the Technicolor-drenched 1947 "White Powder and Neon Lights," part of the rediscovered collection of films of the San Francisco-based Grandview.
Both films had almost-unbelievable origin stories. For "Golden Gate Girls," Louisa Wei's point-of-entry was a box of 600 family photos of Esther Eng, mysteriously discovered in 2009 in a dumpster described alternately as "near SFO" or "in Colma," which (further conundrum) turns out to be Esther Eng's final resting place, since 1970. A generous collector, James Wong allowed Wei to scan all of the photos before he donated them to the Hong Kong Film Archive. In the documentary, Wei traverses the globe, finding Eng's surviving sister Sally — among others willing to recall Eng for her camera — as well as lots of bi-continental press about this pioneering woman filmmaker (compared with Hollywood's Dorothy Arzner) and intriguing bits and pieces of Eng's films. Eng was a charismatic out lesbian who had no qualms about dressing in mannish (and becoming) trousers, and continued to exercise her charms in her last years as a well-known restaurant owner who catered to a showbiz clientele in New York's Chinatown.
"White Powder and Neon Lights" was fortuitously discovered in a cache of films that local archivists knew were stored in the basement of an Oakland Chinese restaurant, the Golden Bowl, when phone calls in January 1999 suggested that reels of film were resting in a dumpster outside the restaurant. Stephen Gong, Executive Director of CAAM, was then working at the Pacific Film Archive and called two friends, who drove over with a dolly and pulled the films out. Without actually knowing what the films were, they gave them to the Hong Kong Film Archive. It took a decade to determine they were productions of the Grandview Film Company, a legendary Cantonese studio begun by Joseph Sunn Jue in San Francisco in 1933, continued in Hong Kong in 1939, and then re-established in San Francisco for the duration of WWII.
The title, "White Powder and Neon Lights," refers to its Chinese opera milieu in San Francisco. A fabulous star, Miss Ha, is imported, and she falls for the blandishments of a rich local, who encourages her to carouse at nightclubs and causes her art to suffer. The acting is quite good, the sets and costumes lush and bright. I was especially taken by one scene when Miss Ha shows up in matching, intense red coat, hat, and patent-leather purse to a red-decorated living room reminiscent of Diana Vreeland's Billy-Baldwin-decorated-"garden in hell" — and the occasional glimpses of 40s SF shot in Technicolor are delightful indeed. It was especially powerful to watch the film in an old Chinese opera house in Chinatown, with two of Sunn Jue's daughters in the audience.
On Wednesday I was happy to return to the Great Star to see the second Grandview Film Company movie, 1947's "Black Market Couple." It was less seductive than "White Powder and Neon Lights," partly because it was shot in black-and-white rather than Technicolor, and partly because of its poorly scripted, screwball premise of a newlywed pretending to be the wife of her husband's best friend so that he won't lose his job. Still, the actress who played Miss Ha in yesterday's film was even better as the petulant double wife, and glimpses of LA and SF exteriors were also amusing. And identifying furniture, props, and clothes that had been seen in "White Powder and Neon Lights" also provided diversion.
En route to the theater, I glimpsed a local entering his apartment building, the Dick-Young Apartments on Grant Street, and found myself wondering what a Chinatown apartment looked like. Fortuitously it turned out that a friend headed for the same screening had just rented one himself, amazingly half-a-block away from the door that initially intrigued me. After the movie, my friend showed me the charming floor-through flat, which reminded me of railroad apartments in Lower East Side tenements.
Thursday night began with a charming yet perhaps overly ambitious documentary, "Jeepney," endeavoring to cover quite a bit of Philippines culture, politics, and history through the vehicle (pun intended, kind of) of its iconic, brightly decorated jeepneys, a cross between a taxi and a bus. The jeepneys were originally built on the bases of US jeeps, left in place at the end of WW II. The brisk 57-minute running time felt like it could only drive by (OK, I'll stop) some of the issues that the attractive young filmmakers, Filipino-American Esy Casey and her producer, Sarah Friedland, mentioned in the after-screening Q-and-A.
That brisk 57-minute running time also dumped me out on the chilly windy streets of Japantown more than an hour-and-a-half before the start of my next movie, the oddly titled "Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast," across the street at the Kabuki. I'd already consumed yummy greasy gyoza, and drunk some harsh takeout coffee; all I wanted was shelter from the cold. There's a deep, cushy sofa and two deep chairs on the second floor of the Kabuki, and I intended to hang out there, reading and perhaps dozing a little.
But, upon arriving at the theater, press tickets were unavailable and, according to the cerberus at the escalator, I could not go upstairs without a ticket. I was perplexed, because there's also a perfectly good bar — well, actually a rather inadequate bar, but still — up that 10-second escalator, eager for me to buy a drink. I promised to come downstairs and pick up my ticket as soon as it was available, theoretically in twenty minutes, but she remained unmoved, and the two CAAMFest ticket sellers were unwilling to plead my case. They said I could sit downstairs, pointing at a low, hard wooden bench, already fully occupied by two patrons.
So I went out onto the mean streets again, and walked up Fillmore, looking for shelter. Everything looked either grim or expensive (or grim and expensive). I ended up at Roam Artisan Burgers, which I almost immediately regretted, because of the din, but I'd already ordered and scored an edge of a banquette. I spied Ravi Chandra, CAAMfest blogger, and he joined me with his turkey burger. I found my $10 grassfed burger extremely disappointing — in fact, at first I thought they'd left out the meat, because the thin gray patty had the same soft texture as the fried egg it was topped with, and virtually no beef flavor. In the current burger renaissance, I prefer the hand-shaped patty to the pre-formed one, and, please, some resistance to the tooth.
Bright and poppy, "Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast" seemed to be influenced by Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amelie," not only in pace and style but in the determined adorableness of its girl heroine, and the casual grotesquerie of her colleagues and foes. Wan, daughter of legendary deceased chef Master Fly Spirit and desperately in need of funds, enters a culinary competition. Hilarity ensues, although at 2 hours and 25 minutes, it's wildly overlong — shouldn't comedies clock in at 90 minutes? Maybe an hour forty? The overly generous spirit of the film (visible in its title: lose the first three words) continues even to the end credits, which include updates to the fate of some of the characters, bloopers, excised scenes — even characters that found their way to the cutting-room floor. Still, when it comes to overlong films full of food imagery, I'm your huckleberry.
And Friday night found me at the Pacific Film Archive, where East Bay viewers had been seeing CAAMFest films since Tuesday, for yet another competition-based food film, "Jadoo," in which quarreling Indian brother restaurateurs in an English town join forces in order to win a King of Curry contest judged by (cameo alert!) Indian actress and food authority Madhur Jaffrey — and reconcile before the marriage of one of their children. At 84 minutes, the film felt abrupt, especially after last night's marathon — maybe it could have used 6 minutes more? The long-awaited wedding played out in still photos dotting the end credits — cheaper than staging a wedding, for sure. Was it because of reality TV or only a coincidence that both these food films were staged around a cooking competition?
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import static com.facebook.buck.android.toolchain.ndk.impl.AndroidNdkResolver.NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME;
import static com.facebook.buck.android.toolchain.ndk.impl.AndroidNdkResolver.NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME;
import static com.facebook.buck.android.toolchain.ndk.impl.AndroidNdkResolver.NDK_TARGET_VERSION_IS_EMPTY_MESSAGE;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;

import com.facebook.buck.android.FakeAndroidBuckConfig;
import com.facebook.buck.core.exceptions.HumanReadableException;
import com.facebook.buck.core.filesystems.AbsPath;
import com.facebook.buck.io.file.MostFiles;
import com.facebook.buck.testutil.TemporaryPaths;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

public class AndroidNdkResolverTest {

  @Rule public TemporaryPaths tmpDir = new TemporaryPaths();
  @Rule public TemporaryPaths tmpDir2 = new TemporaryPaths();

  @Rule public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();

  @Test
  public void getAbsentNdk() {
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(), ImmutableMap.of(), AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage("");
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtAbsentNdk() {
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(), ImmutableMap.of(), AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(AndroidNdkResolver.NDK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE);
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtNdkPathIsNotDirectory() throws IOException {
    AbsPath file = tmpDir.newFile("file");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", file.toString()),
            AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        String.format(AndroidNdkResolver.INVALID_DIRECTORY_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE, "ANDROID_NDK", file));
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtGetNdkDirectoryIsEmpty() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = tmpDir.newFolder("ndk-dir");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        ndkDir + " does not contain a valid " + "properties file for Android NDK.");
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtGetNdkIsUnsupportedVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9q")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9e").build());

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        "Buck is configured to use Android NDK version r9e at "
            + "ndk.dir or ANDROID_NDK or NDK_HOME. The found version is r9q located at "
            + ndkDir);
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtGetNdkTargetVersionIsEmpty() throws IOException {
    createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir-r9a", "r9a-rc2");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("\"\"").build());

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(NDK_TARGET_VERSION_IS_EMPTY_MESSAGE);
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtGetNdkVersionFileIsEmpty() throws IOException {
    createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir-r9a", "");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("\"\"").build());

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        tmpDir.getRoot() + " does not contain a valid properties " + "file for Android NDK.");
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void getNdkSpecificVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9d (64-bit)")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9d").build());

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());

    ndkDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-new",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 11.2.2725575")[0];

    resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("11.2").build());

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void getNdkInexactMatchVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9d (64-bit)")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9").build());

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());

    ndkDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-new",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 11.2.2725575")[0];
    resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("11").build());

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void getNdkNewestVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir-old", "r9e")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());

    ndkDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-new",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 11.2.2725575")[0];
    resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void scanNdkSpecificVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath expectedPath =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r9a",
            "r9a",
            "ndk-dir-r9b",
            "r9b",
            "ndk-dir-r9c",
            "r9c")[1];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9b").build());

    assertEquals(expectedPath.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void throwAtscanNdkSpecificVersion() throws IOException {
    createTmpNdkVersions(
        NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
        "ndk-dir-r9a",
        "r9a",
        "ndk-dir-r9b",
        "r9b",
        "ndk-dir-r9c",
        "r9c");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r42z").build());

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        "Target NDK version r42z is not available. The following "
            + "versions are available: r9c, r9b, r9a");
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void scanNdkInexactMatchVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath expectedPath =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r11",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 11.2",
            "ndk-dir-r12",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 12.4",
            "ndk-dir-r13",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 13.2")[2];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("13").build());

    assertEquals(expectedPath.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void scanNdkNewestVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath expectedPath =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r11",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 11.2",
            "ndk-dir-r12",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 12.4",
            "ndk-dir-r13",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 13.2")[2];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    assertEquals(expectedPath.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void testFindAndroidNdkDirThrowOnUnsupportedVersion() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9q")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9e").build());

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        "Buck is configured to use Android NDK version r9e at "
            + "ndk.dir or ANDROID_NDK or NDK_HOME. The found version is r9q located at "
            + ndkDir);
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void notEqualWhenNdkIsDifferent() throws IOException {
    createTmpNdkVersions(
        "ndk-dir-r9a", "r9a",
        "ndk-dir-r9b", "r9b");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver1 =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9a").build());
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver2 =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("r9b").build());

    assertNotEquals(resolver1, resolver2);
  }

  @Test
  public void testFindAndroidNdkDirScanTakesVersionEmptyRequested() throws IOException {
    createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir-r9a", "r9a-rc2");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("\"\"").build());

    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(NDK_TARGET_VERSION_IS_EMPTY_MESSAGE);
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void testGetNdkFromBuckconfig() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9d")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of(),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkVersion("r9d")
                .setNdkPath(ndkDir.toString())
                .build());

    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());

    resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of(),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkVersion("r9d")
                .setNdkRepositoryPath(tmpDir.getRoot().toString())
                .build());
    assertEquals(ndkDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void testErrorMessageFromBuckconfigNdk() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9d")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of(),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkVersion("r9d")
                .setNdkPath(ndkDir.resolve("wrong").toString())
                .build());
    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        String.format(
            AndroidNdkResolver.INVALID_DIRECTORY_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE,
            "ndk.ndk_path",
            ndkDir.resolve("wrong")));
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();

    resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of(),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkVersion("r9d")
                .setNdkRepositoryPath(ndkDir.resolve("also-wrong").toString())
                .build());
    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        String.format(
            AndroidNdkResolver.INVALID_DIRECTORY_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE,
            "ndk.ndk_repository_path",
            ndkDir.resolve("also-wrong")));
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void testEnvironmentVariableOverridesNdkConfig() throws IOException {
    AbsPath ndkDir = createTmpNdkVersions(NDK_PRE_R11_VERSION_FILENAME, "ndk-dir", "r9d")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of(
                "ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", ndkDir.resolve("env1").toString(),
                "ANDROID_NDK", ndkDir.resolve("env2").toString(),
                "NDK_HOME", ndkDir.resolve("env3").toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkVersion("r9d")
                .setNdkRepositoryPath(ndkDir.resolve("config1").toString())
                .setNdkPath(ndkDir.resolve("config2").toString())
                .build());
    expectedException.expect(HumanReadableException.class);
    expectedException.expectMessage(
        String.format(
            AndroidNdkResolver.INVALID_DIRECTORY_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE,
            "ndk.ndk_path",
            ndkDir.resolve("config2")));
    resolver.getNdkOrThrow();
  }

  @Test
  public void testUnsupportedVersionNotUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath expectedPath =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r19b",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 19.1.5304403",
            "ndk-dir-r20",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 20.0.5594570",
            "ndk-dir-r21-xxx",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 21.0.5000000")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            AndroidNdkHelper.DEFAULT_CONFIG);

    assertEquals(expectedPath.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void testExactMatchBeforePrefixMatch() throws IOException {
    AbsPath expectedPath =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1",
            "ndk-dir-r17c",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734",
            "ndk-dir-r17c2",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.2")[1];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkVersion("17.2.4988734").build());

    assertEquals(expectedPath.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void repoConfigEntryInNdkSearchOrderIsUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath configDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    createTmpNdkVersions(
        tmpDir2,
        NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
        "ndk-dir-r17c1",
        "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1");
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir2.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkRepositoryPath(tmpDir.getRoot().toString())
                .setNdkSearchOrder("<NDK_REPOSITORY_CONFIG>, ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY")
                .build());
    assertEquals(configDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void rootConfigEntryInNdkSearchOrderIsUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath configDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AbsPath envDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir2,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("NDK_HOME", envDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkPath(configDir.toString())
                .setNdkSearchOrder("<NDK_DIRECTORY_CONFIG>, NDK_HOME")
                .build());
    assertEquals(configDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void envRepoVariableInNdkSearchOrderIsUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath envDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY", tmpDir.getRoot().toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkSearchOrder("<NDK_REPOSITORY_CONFIG>, ANDROID_NDK_REPOSITORY")
                .build());
    assertEquals(envDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void envRootVariableInNdkSearchOrderIsUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath envDir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", envDir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkSearchOrder("<NDK_REPOSITORY_CONFIG>, ANDROID_NDK")
                .build());
    assertEquals(envDir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void firstConfigSettingInNdkSearchOrderIsUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath config1Dir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AbsPath config2Dir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir2,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of(),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder()
                .setNdkPath(config1Dir.toString())
                .setNdkRepositoryPath(config2Dir.toString())
                .setNdkSearchOrder("<NDK_DIRECTORY_CONFIG>, <NDK_REPOSITORY_CONFIG>")
                .build());
    assertEquals(config1Dir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  @Test
  public void firstEnvVariableInNdkSearchOrderIsUsed() throws IOException {
    AbsPath env1Dir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AbsPath env2Dir =
        createTmpNdkVersions(
            tmpDir2,
            NDK_POST_R11_VERSION_FILENAME,
            "ndk-dir-r17c1",
            "Pkg.Desc = Android NDK\nPkg.Revision = 17.2.4988734.1")[0];
    AndroidNdkResolver resolver =
        new AndroidNdkResolver(
            tmpDir.getRoot().getFileSystem(),
            ImmutableMap.of("ANDROID_NDK", env1Dir.toString(), "NDK_HOME", env2Dir.toString()),
            FakeAndroidBuckConfig.builder().setNdkSearchOrder("NDK_HOME, ANDROID_NDK").build());
    assertEquals(env2Dir.getPath(), resolver.getNdkOrThrow());
  }

  private AbsPath[] createTmpNdkVersions(
      TemporaryPaths tmpDir, String filename, String... directoryNamesAndVersionStrings)
      throws IOException {
    AbsPath[] ret = new AbsPath[directoryNamesAndVersionStrings.length / 2];
    for (int i = 0; i < directoryNamesAndVersionStrings.length / 2; i++) {
      String folderName = directoryNamesAndVersionStrings[i * 2];
      String version = directoryNamesAndVersionStrings[(i * 2) + 1];
      ret[i] = tmpDir.newFolder(folderName);
      AbsPath releaseFile = tmpDir.newFile(folderName + "/" + filename);
      MostFiles.writeLinesToFile(ImmutableList.of(version), releaseFile);
    }
    return ret;
  }

  private AbsPath[] createTmpNdkVersions(String filename, String... directoryNamesAndVersionStrings)
      throws IOException {
    return createTmpNdkVersions(tmpDir, filename, directoryNamesAndVersionStrings);
  }
}

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text:
Increase Muscle Protein Synthesis
Branched-Chain Amino Acids Increase Muscle Protein Synthesis
A recent study examined the protein synthesis in young men's muscle and albumin after resistance exercise. The study also examined protein synthesis during rest and after resistance exercise. Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) were found to increase p70S6k phosphorylation. This increase in phosphorylation is important for protein metabolism in the muscle.
These changes are similar to those observed in the liver after a high-protein diet. Both the Akt and IRS1 proteins are phosphorylated by branched-chain amino acids after a meal. The Akt and IRS1 protein levels increased after the mixed meal.
Branched-chain amino acids increase p70S6k phosphorylation
Recent studies have found that branched-chain amino acids can increase p70S6k phosphorylation in muscle proteins. These amino acids mediate translational control of protein synthesis and have been shown to ameliorate muscle soreness after resistance exercise.
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are known to increase mTOR and p70S6K in muscle cells. Branched-chain amino acids have other benefits, including increased protein synthesis. Branched-chain amino acids increase AMPK activity and AMPK phosphorylation in muscle tissue.
Some studies have also suggested that the ability of leucine to activate p70S6K is involved in anabolic resistance in aging. Nevertheless, despite these findings, the relationship between MPS and chronological age has not yet been established. This is partly due to the heterogeneity of study results, which could be explained by lifestyle factors. For example, aging is associated with decreased anabolic sensitivity to food and exercise, and increased inflammation may be contributing factors.
A study done in older men indicated that BCAAs could enhance mTOR activity.
In this study, the addition of branched-chain amino acids to whey protein supplementation improved the levels of phosphorylation in MPS. It was also correlated with the amount of leucine in the muscle, a marker of the mTOR pathway.
The protein levels of mTOR, S6K1, and 4E-BP1 were determined by Western blotting. After electrophoresis, 50 mg of protein was transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. Antibodies against mTOR and S6K1 were diluted in PBS buffer containing 0.05% Tween(r)-20. The protein 단백질 보충제 bands were visualized using Image J imaging software.
Whey protein supplementation increased p70S6K phosphorylation at Thr389 in a dose-dependent manner. The phosphorylation level was 15% greater after 40 g of whey than after 30 g. This result was significant and was in line with previous MPS studies. This finding supports previous reports showing that 40 grams of whey protein increases phosphorylation of p70S6K.
Then, the phosphorylated protein intensity was normalized to total protein.
In another study, Karlsson et al. (2004) described a large magnitude shift in the mobility of total p70S6K phosphorylation. They used total ERK2 as a loading control, and compared this to the baseline sample for each group.
Exercise increases the levels of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK, two of the major signaling pathways in muscle. However, the BCAA plus ACr group increased p70S6k phosphorylated muscles more than the BCAA alone group. Both groups showed increases in 4E-BP1 phosphorylation, though not statistically significant. However, the BCAA plus ACr supplement group increased this protein by 55%, whereas the BCAA alone group saw an increase of only 32%.
High glucose and leucine incubation suppressed the activity of a2 AMPK and mTOR in muscle. However, leucine and glucose increased malonyl CoA levels in EDL. These findings suggest that the amino acids are involved in the phosphorylation of mTOR and p70S6K.
Published September 13, 2022 By admins
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text:
/**
 * Attorney Banner
 *
 * Uses the sticky-header to create a fixed position banner that persists through the users viewport
 *
 * Usage:
 *
 *  attorney_banner should be called in your main template after your service info
 *  with parameters to match these:- @(name: Option[String], returnLinkUrl : String, returnLinkText: String)
 *  https://github.com/hmrc/play-ui/blob/master/src/main/twirl/uk/gov/hmrc/play/views/layouts/attorney_banner.scala.html
 *
 *  Example from the tai-frontend:
 *  https://www.github.com/hmrc/tai-frontend/blob/master/app/views/main.scala.html#L47
 *
 *  @actingAttorneyBanner = {
 *      @actingAttorney.map {actingAttorneyValue =>
 *        @includes.attorney_banner(actingAttorneyValue.name, config.ApplicationConfig.citizenSwitchOffUrl, "back to trusted helpers")
 *      }
 *  }
 *
 *
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The owner of the residence had asked him to leave, but he refused because he was hallucinating and believed people were outside, according to court records.
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Detroit Lakes man faces charges after strange behavior
Steven Eric Johnson, 62, of rural Detroit Lakes has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime, and misdemeanor trespassing.
According to court records, on Dec. 24, two Becker County sheriff's officers were called to a Becker County residence on a report of a man entering a house uninvited and acting strangely.
The intruder was identified as Johnson. The owner of the residence had asked him to leave, but he refused because he was hallucinating and believed people were outside. When deputies arrived, Johnson refused to listen to commands or leave the house. He was arrested for trespassing and taken to jail, where a search turned up about 7 grams of meth.
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He was accused in the domestic assault of a woman on Sept. 25, 2020, in Detroit Lakes.
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Michael James Azure, 42, of White Earth has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime, and gross misdemeanor driving after his license was canceled.
According to court records, on Sept. 1, 2020, a White Earth tribal police officer learned Azure was at the M&W Store in White Earth, driving a motorcycle. Azure's license was canceled as inimical to public safety.
As Azure left the gas station, the officer pulled him over and arrested him. About a fifth of a gram of heroin was found in his lip balm container.
On Dec. 29, District Judge Jay Carlson issued a stay of adjudication on the drug charge and continued the case.
Azure was ordered to serve 21 days in jail, with credit for six days served, and was authorized to serve the remaining 15 days on electronic home monitoring at his own expense.
He must get a chemical dependency evaluation and follow the recommendations, including aftercare. He was placed on supervised probation for five years.
On the gross misdemeanor charge, he was fined $500 plus $650 in court fees, and was sentenced to 365 days in jail, with 359 of those days stayed two years, and credit for six days served.
Three gross misdemeanors and a misdemeanor were dropped in a plea agreement.
DWI charge filed after officer finds car stuck in roadway
Haley Ann Boe, 21, of Mahnomen has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony DWI and gross misdemeanor driving after her license was canceled as inimical to public safety.
According to court records, on Dec. 27, a tribal police officer saw her driving a 2006 Hyundai Tiburon that was stuck in the middle of the road in rural Becker County.
A male passenger (who was charged with gross misdemeanor DWI) told the officer that he had been driving, and had driven from his mother's house, but after the vehicle became stuck, Boe got behind the wheel because she "was the more experienced driver."
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When Obama delegitimized our immigration laws and implemented executive amnesty back in November 2014, he harnessed the fallout from the lawlessness as a means of blackmailing Congress to pass legislative amnesty. He is now doing the same thing with executive jailbreak in order to allure Congress into passing legislative jailbreak. And much like with the immigration issue, Republican leaders are more than happy to give his jailbreak agenda tailwinds instead of opposing it with full vigor.
Earlier today, Obama announced the commutation of sentences for 61 drug traffickers who will be released from federal prison in July. According to the Associated Press, "The latest tranche of commutations brings to 248 the total number of inmates whose sentences Obama has commuted — more than the past six presidents combined." As we've noted in a series of articles this past year, the federal prison population is actually relatively small, hovering at roughly 160,000. And most of those in federal prison, as opposed to state penitentiaries, are indeed violent criminals who likely committed other crimes but pleaded down to and were sentenced for drug trafficking. Also, up to 30% are non-citizens and should be deported instead of released into our population.
Republicans should have defunded these commutations during last year's budget battle, but instead they have signaled to Obama that they will drop every other important issue and focus on enshrining his last remaining domestic policy agenda item for the remainder of his term. Paul Ryan has promised to bring to the floor a bill that will retroactively release thousands more from federal prisons, including MS-13 gang members who were convicted to up to 20 years in federal prison for violent crimes.
What is so appalling and ironic about Obama's clemency program is that in addition to releasing drug dealers, he is commuting the sentences of those who committed crimes with firearms. At the same time, Obama is calling for tougher regulations on law abiding gun owners and dealers, he is releasing violent gun criminals into our communities. Yet, Republicans cannot hold him accountable and message this point to the media because they agree with his underlying policy.
Jailbreak, along with the Puerto Rico bailout, will likely be the biggest legislative battles of Spring 2016. This is something both conservatives and libertarians need to fight. There is nothing libertarian about this effort. It's not as if Congress is prospectively reforming the drug laws by devolving them to the states. This is all about retroactively reducing prison population and handing more discretion to liberal judges; the same people who exacerbated the crime wave of last generation with their lenient sentences.
This is not rooted in a libertarian agenda and will not result in a libertarian outcome of getting the federal government out of drug enforcement. There is a reason the ACLU, La Raza, and the AFL-CIO are championing this bill with the same vigor as the Gang of Eight. It will result in chaos, more crime, and the ultimate goal of registering more Democrat voters.
Honest people can debate the utility of federal narcotics statutes going forward, but most of those already serving time in federal prison are heavy duty cocaine, meth or heroin dealers and have often committed other violent crimes and will commit violent crimes upon release. Let's first deal with border security and stop the flow of both illegal immigrants and destructive narcotics and we will see a huge reduction in the federal prison population and proliferation of drugs.
Conservatives should spend the next few months embarrassing Obama on immigration, Cuba, Iran, religious liberty, and homeland security, not peddle the jailbreak agenda of the far left.


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Gold prices edged up on Thursday' early session as a weaker-than-expected US payroll data outweighed optimism surrounding US-China trade. Data on Wednesday showed private payrolls in the US increased by just 129,000 in March, well below the expected 184,000. That was the worst reading since September 2017. The disappointing data added to concerns of slowing US economic growth and lifted prices of the safe-haven Gold. Uncertainty supporting Brexit deal also continue to support the yellow metal prices as the UK parliament approved a bill to block a no-deal Brexit.
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Іва́н Уля́нович Кириле́нко (* 2 грудня 1903, с. В'язівок Павлоградський повіт — †  23 вересня 1938, тюрма НКВС СРСР) — український письменник (переважно прозаїк).

Біографія

Народився у сім'ї залізничного чорнороба. Закінчив Павлоградську православну семінарію РПЦ (1921), при цьому брав активну участь у подіях «війни проти всіх» на Лівобережній Україні. Вступивши до ВКП(б) 1927, навчався у Харківських комуністичних навчальних закладах. Тоді ж починається його контраверсійна літературна кар'єра, яка супроводжувалася його вправами у вульгарній літературній критиці «у дусі часу» — часу совєцької цензури та партійного наклепництва.

Член літературної організації «Плуг». Редактор журналу «Червоний шлях» та відповідальний секретар Спілки письменників України. Автор переважно плакатно-ідеологічних творів «виробничого жанру». Особистий секретар голови Всеукраїнського центрального виконавчого комітету Григорія Петровського. Жертва сталінського терору.

Літературна творчість

Належав до Спілки селянських письменників «Плуг», Спілки пролетарських письменників «Гарт», Всеукраїнської спілки пролетарських письменників. Друкувався з 1923, але першу книжку видав 1926 — це збірка оповідань «Відступ». Потім були збірки «Стихія», «Одна баба», «Над ямою». Єдина збірка поезій — «Такти» (1927).

Став відомим завдяки повістям «Курси» (1927), «Кучеряві дні» (1928, рос. переклад 1931), «Натиск» (1930, рос. переклад 1937).

Будучи особистим секретарем високопоставленого комуніста Петровського, брав участь у приховуванні акції геноциду проти українського народу, проведеного за наказами Й. Сталіна у 1932—33 роки. Саме в цей час випускає нову повість «Аванпости» (1933) та роман «Перешихтовка» (1932). Останній твір, виданий за його життя, роман «Весна» (1936).

Кириленко до певної міри одіозна літературна постать навіть у контексті 1920—30-их років. Тодішня критика змушена була визнавати явну плакатність творів Кириленка, схематичність подання характерів членів урядових організацій — комсомолу та ВКП(б). Загалом, Кириленко спеціалізувався на створенні образів фанатичних працівників-«передовиків», оспівуванні рабської праці на комуністичних каторгах, пропагував безумовну покору терористичним урядовим групам. За свідченням сучасників, користувався недоброю славою серед своїх же однопартійців-письменників — за певними даними, мав розлади психіки.

Наближеність до улюбленця Сталіна Григорія Петровського не захистила Кириленка від звинувачень у контрреволюції та шпигунстві, про що пише Олекса Мусієнко:

Цього ж року Кириленко був вбитий у вересні місяці в одній із київських катівень. Реабілітований радянськими органами прокуратури 1957 (в базах memo.ru та reabit.org.ua не значиться).

Цитата зі сталінських списків
 КИРИЛЕНКО Иван Ульянович
12.09.38 Украинская ССР, Киев - центр             Кат.1
 Сталин, Молотов, Жданов

Не зважаючи на смерть у в'язниці в статусі чільного члена СПУ, віднести особу Кириленка до грона «Розстріляного Відродження» можна вельми умовно. Бо й сам Кириленко багато попрацював на те, аби мордування української інтелігенції було справді масовим та безкомпромісним, а відродження таки було розстріляним.

Відгуки сучасників

За свідченнями сучасників, у літературному середовищі Кириленко вважався «твердокам'яним більшовиком», котрий беззастережно підтримував лінію «вождя всіх народів» у боротьбі з троцькізмом, українським націоналізмом, усілякими ухилами та закрутами. Саме завдяки цим його якостям «всеукраїнський староста» Г. Петровський виявив Кириленкові виняткове довір'я, запросивши на посаду особистого секретаря.

Колоритні спогади про письменника Кириленка залишив його сучасник Іван Сенченко:

Джерела

 Іван Сенченко. НОТАТКИ ПРО ЛІТЕРАТУРНЕ ЖИТТЯ 20-40-х РОКІВ
 Олекса Мусієнко. Нарис про Івана Кириленка

Українські письменники
Українські громадські діячі
Розстріляне відродження
Мешканці будинку «Слово»
Члени Спілки селянських письменників «Плуг»
Уродженці В'язівка (Дніпропетровська область)

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What a beautiful coastline to visit, thanks for all those enjoyable photographs.
Thanks Susan, I hope you are getting some sunshine in London now.
Gorgeous part of the world. I always love a glimpse of your native animals and plants and, in this post, the blue of the water is gorgeous. Thank you for solving the world problems because we sure have lots of them. 🙂 The only snow left at my house is a small pile from where the blower piled it up so that is a really good thing.
Well, the problems all seem to come back again by the time we got home! Good to know you have been busy with the blower, and only have a small amount of snow left.
It's a great part of the coast as we know Gerrie.
Yes! Bermagui deserves about five blog posts, so much to photograph, and autumn has such beautiful light in that part of the world.
Beautiful photos, Gerrie. This looks like a very pleasant place to spend some time. The sky and ocean are a wonderful shade of blue. We had a chain of fish restaurants in South Africa called 'John Dory'. I didn't realize it was a type of fish but thought it was the name of the owner. Hope you have a great week.
I don't know about John Dory restaurants, but we ate some good fish/food in Umshlanga!
It will be lovely for you to spend time in Umhlanga, and also so much time with your sister….that is precious time.
Norfolk Pines look good in coastal places in southern parts of Australia, and they look very beautiful on Norfolk Island itself, not too far away.
So very glad you solved the world's problems in such a beautiful place!
What a beautiful coastline! That gorgeous turquoise sea with dunes and sand, Camel Rock to admire and walks in the bush and along the coast – it sounds like my ideal holiday place!
Actually when I first visited the South coast it reminded me of parts of England. The turquoise sea is very striking.
Swamp wallabies are my favourite. I agree sunshine helps solve problems. Enjoy your blossoming spring!
What a beautiful place! And so glad that it seems to be a conservation success story. But what is the difference between a kangaroo and a wallaby? As for deep sea fishing, I'll just eat the fish on shore – I get terribly sea sick!
I agree, I don't mind eating the fish, but not the sitting on a boat. I should do a post on the difference between swamp wallabies and kangaroos…thanks for the idea.


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Panel: The New Polyphonic Maqam System
9 March, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
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Talk: The Early Years: the building of an art scene and creative communities in the UAE. »
In celebration of Arab cultural and artistic achievement and the preservation of musical heritage, this engaging panel of distinguished speakers will explore the importance of Belgian-Iraqi composer Qoutayba Neami's revolutionary musical innovation, the Polyphonic Maqam System, and the opportunity it creates for composers and music researchers around the world to transcend borders and cultural differences through music, developing a repertoire where Arabic and Western musical traditions meet.
Mr. Qoutayba Al Neami, Musician and composer
Mr. Jean-Paul Deplus: President of the Mars( Mons Arts de la Scéne), President of the Hainaut Music Festival, President of Festival du Film de Mons
Mr. Michel Stockhem: Director Conservatoire royal de Mons
Mr. Claude Ledoux: professor of Music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
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Jean-Paul Deplus plays a key role in a selection of the most prestigious cultural institutions and festivals in Wallonia, in all artistic fields (visual arts, music, cinema, theatre…). He was elected for two mandates as Deputy Mayor for Culture, Economy and Tourism in Belgium, as well as for one mandate as Deputy Mayor for Education. He co-organised the cultural festivities celebrating the Belgian city of Mons as the European Capital of Culture in 2015.
He is currently the president of the Hainaut Musical Festival, and of MARS (Mons Arts de la Scène), a major Belgian artistic and cultural structure that organizes festivals et cultural events both at the national and international levels.
He holds the same position in a wide array of cultural events and venues, including the International Mons Film Festival, the Plaza Arthouse Cinéma, the Musée des Arts Contemporains – MAC'S (Contemporary Arts Museum), Mundaneum Museum, and plays a decisive role in the Royal Wallonia Chamber Orchestra (ORCW).
Born in Brussels, Michel Stockhem (°1964) is a laureate of both University (Musicology) and Royal Conservatoire of his native city. He was teacher of History of Music in that latter institution from 1992 to 2012. He is laureate of several foundations and has been laureate of the University Concours of the French Community of Belgium in 1987. He is since 2012 general director and director of Music department of ARTS² (Mons, Belgium), a higher school for the Arts grouping Music, Theatre and Visuals Arts, born from the merging of two former State higher schools: the Higher School for Visual Arts (ESAPV) and the Royal Conservatoire of Mons (Music and Theatre). He gave life to this prestigious State school located in two historical buildings in Mons, which has increased its population by 60% since then and is nowadays one of the most important in French speaking Belgium. M. Stockhem is member of the board of the Agency for Quality Insurance in Higher Education (AEQES) and vice-chairman of the Pôle hainuyer, gathering all universities and higher education institutions in the region Hainaut (Belgium).
His published writings comprise a.o. a broad study (Eugène Ysaÿe et la musique de chambre, Mardaga) and articles about the famous violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, another illustrated book on the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Duculot/Lannoo, French, Dutch and English versions) as well as several articles in collective books, international periodicals and conference acts. He currently contributes monthly to the leading French monthly musical magazine Diapason.
Michel Stockhem has been production manager of the Royal Liege Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996 to 1999. Afterwards he has been very active as head of CD production companies, being also the artistic producer of more than 200 recordings. Artistic director of the label Cypres (1999-2004), he then founded the Outhere group, nowadays one of the leading independent European production groups in classical music, hosting a.o. his own Fuga Libera label. He left the group in 2012. He has been also responsible for broadcasted programmes on the 3rd Programme of the Belgian Public Radio (RTBF/Musiq3), with which he is still regularly collaborating, was long time freelance collaborator of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and has been screenplay writer for two documentary films (on Frank Peter Zimmermann, violinist, and on the story of the Queen Elisabeth Competition). He has given lectures in most of the EU countries, in Japan, China, Russia, Ukraine aso.
Michel Stockhem is artistic director and chairman of the jury of the André Dumortier International Piano Competition (CIAD, Leuze Belgium) and has been member of juries in other international competitions. He was also vice-chairman of the Cercle Royal Gaulois, Artistique et Littéraire (Brussels, founded 1847), of which he is member since 1996.
Mr. Claude Ledoux: Professor of Music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP), Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
For many years now, the composer Claude Ledoux (born in 1960) has explored the idea of « musical crossings » as he attempts to express our fragmented world in his music. His recent works demonstrate this interest in cultural porosity and transversality in which emotion arises from geographical encounters and historical connections, linking spirituality to the most obvious aspects of our material existence.
Fascinated by world music, he travelled widely, particularly in the East, where he made many musical researches in Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Northern India. His compositions are performed frequently on every continent. In 2016, he composed A Butterfly's Dream, the compulsory Concerto for the final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Furthermore he was invited recently in Japan (with new pieces for the Muromachi Ensemble and the Trio.be), Armenia (guest composer for the Crossroads Festival) and Russia (premiere of Erotique-Lancinante at Re-Music).
Artistic Director (and founding member) of the Ensemble LAPS (a musical ensemble mixing instruments and Laptops), Ledoux is also an international musicologist who has written numerous articles and papers on musical researches and composition. He is Professor of Musical Analysis at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) and Composition at the Conservatoire Royal de Mons/Arts2. He also taught Composition and Contemporary Analysis at seminars in Spain (Royal Conservatory of Madrid), Portugal, Japan. He also spent two years at the Universities of Campinas and São Paulo (Brazil) and at the Shanghai Conservatory (China). More recently he gave masterclasses in Armenia and Russia (Conservatory of Saint-Petersbourg) as guest composer and professor.
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A few years ago I was fortunate to get Col. Oliver North on my radio show 'The Right Questions' for Memorial Day (pre-recoding it a day earlier to fully mark the holiday). I wanted to hear his thoughts about honor, valor, nobility, service. It was inspiring.
Col. North reports from Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day.
In words written on stone markers, these places tell the story of who we are as a people.
To all who have served and survived, thank you. To all family members whose loved ones gave their lives in the service of others, thank you for your own sacrifice. For all who served and paid the ultimate price, eternal rest and peace.


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An 18-year-old has been charged with accessory after the fact, a 16-year-old with affray and assault, and a 17-year-old with affray following the murder of an 18-year-old man at a Weston skate park in September.
Three more charged over Weston skate park murder
A man and two teenagers have been charged following the murder of an 18-year-old man at a Weston skate park in September.
An 18-year-old has been charged with accessory after the fact, a 16-year-old has been charged with affray (group fighting) and assault, and a 17-year-old has been charged with affray.
Officers were called to a disturbance at the skate park on Dillon Close about 1am on Sunday 27 September 2020.
Two people had received stab wounds – an 18-year-old man who died at the scene and a 16-year-old boy who was taken to hospital.
Detective Superintendent Scott Moller said police would allege both groups were engaging in aggressive and threatening behaviour.
"A young man died that night and all those involved showed a disregard for the life and safety of their friends and others," Detective Superintendent Scott Moller said.
"What's sad is there were numerous opportunities for everyone to put the phones down and walk away before it became physical."
It is an offence for anyone to use technology to threaten, intimidate, harass or humiliate someone – with the intent to hurt them socially, psychologically or even physically on any social networking site.
"I would say to young people, their parents and friends – if you're being abused or bullied, please speak up and seek help before you do anything else," Detective Superintendent Moller said.
Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Information can be provided anonymously.
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Athletes spend many hours in the mid-day sun, which is a major risk factor for all skin cancers, including the most serious, melanoma.
Whether on the slopes, in the water, on the track, or on the field, outdoor athlete receive more ultraviolet radiation (UV) exposure than the general public for many reasons, including:
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Sweating may also contribute to UV-related skin damage because it increases an athlete's photosensitivity of the skin, leading to the risk of sunburns.
Sunscreen comes off when you sweat or get wet in the water. Remember to reapply!
UV radiation reflects off most training grounds of athletes, including water, sand, concrete, light-colored surfaces and snow. Even when wearing a hat, UV radiation will reflect off the playing surface and can damage the skin.
Winter and alpine athletes receive even more sun exposure not only due to the reflection from snow and ice covered surfaces, but also because harmful rays are less able to be absorbed by the atmosphere due to the higher altitude.
Weakening of the skin's immune system is another factor that may affect athletes. Very intense athletic training, such as preparation for marathons, has been reported to temporarily impair the immune function. This impaired immune function may be associated with an increased risk of some types of skin cancer, including melanoma.
There are more than 3.5 million new cases of skin cancer in more than 2 million people that will be diagnosed in the United States annually.
One person dies from melanoma every hour in the United States. The risk of melanoma can be reduced by protecting the skin from the sun and its harmful ultraviolet rays. Even on a cloudy day, up to 80% of the sun's ultraviolet rays can pass through the clouds.
Athletes need to be protective of their bodies when training outdoors. With a few simple steps, you can be active and protect your skin from the sun:
Seek shade when appropriate. Avoid training and competing when the sun's rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. If your shadow appears to be shorter than you are, seek shade.
Wear protective clothing, such as a long-sleeved shirt, pants, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses, where possible.
Generously apply a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of 30 or more to all exposed skin. "Broad-spectrum" provides protection from both ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. Reapply approximately every two hours, even on cloudy days, and after swimming or sweating.
Use extra caution near water, snow, and sand because they reflect and intensify the damaging rays of the sun, which can increase your chances of sunburn.
Avoid tanning beds. Ultraviolet light from the sun and tanning beds can cause skin cancer and wrinkling. If you want to look tan, consider using a self-tanning product or spray, but continue to use sunscreen with it.
Know your spots and be aware of your skin and the moles you have. If you see any mole or spot on your skin that is changing, itching, bleeding or growing, see a dermatologist.
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