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Queen Elizabeth's Star Turn in the Garden
Queen Elizabeth Has a Long History with the Chelsea Flower Show
Once a year, everyone in Great Britain goes mad for plants.
By Norman Vanamee Published: May 20, 2019
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On Tuesday morning, the Chelsea Flower Show will open to the public—and for one blissful week, gardening-mad Great Britain will turn its attention to all things horticultural. More than 150,000 visitors will attend, and awards will be handed out in dozens of categories.
The name is somewhat misleading. The show features elaborate exhibits and gardens created by the world's top landscape architects and designers. In other words, a lot more than flowers. There will be gardening debates, gardening-world celebrity sightings, and maybe even a gardening scandal (nobody has really recovered from Paul Cooper's 1994 "Cool and Sexy Garden," which had an underground fan that blew air up the skirts, Marilyn Monroe–like, of unsuspecting women.)
But, most important, there will be a visit by the Queen.
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The Queen at the 2006 show.
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Elizabeth II has attended all but a handful of the Flower Show's openings since she was coronated in 1953. Before that, she went regularly with her father, George VI. Sun or rain, good times or bad, she has taken slow walks through the exhibits, shaken hands with designers, asked knowledgeable questions of plant experts, and presided over a private reception.
The Royal Horticultural Society, of which the Queen is patron, hosts the show. But the Queen's appearance is about much more than fulfilling an obligation on her calendar. Like a great number of her subjects, she is passionate about plants and the outdoors, and she takes obvious delight in the event.
Her presence feels comfortingly inevitable. She showed up last year even though the show opened only two days after her grandson Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. She went in 2009 when the world was in the middle of a financial crisis and the show had fewer exhibitions than usual.
Queen Elizabeth and Henry McLaren, Second Baron Aberconway, on a tour of the 1952 show. Behind them is Prince Philip (left).
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The Queen's progress through the show is tracked by photographers, and her every stop and comment reported in the press. One blogger documents which brooches she wears and speculates on any hidden flora-related significance to her choice. It has been noted that the Queen regularly wore hats to the event until 1967, but has appeared without one ever since.
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret at the Chelsea Flower Show.
The monarch is sometimes accompanied by a politician or head of state, but is almost always with members of her family. Some see her choice of companion as a barometer of royal relations. She and her sister Princess Margaret were often pictured together at the show; in 2002, Prince Charles gave his mom a personal tour of the "Healing Garden" he designed. In recent years, the Queen has walked parts of Chelsea with Charles and Camilla.
This year, the Duchess of Cambridge has designed a garden for the show and the palace released preview photographs over the weekend of Kate tending plants and sitting on a rope swing. It promises to be a major attraction and the Duchess a new star of the show.
For many, though, the highlight will be when the Queen stops by and gives it a look.
The Queen's visit in 2004.
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PORTALLAS - Forestium: The mirror never lies is full of twists and turns, as Joshua goes on a veritable roller-coaster ride of challenges that will test his courage and emotional strength.
This Young Adult Fantasy Adventure is the first in the series and will appeal best to young teens. The magical world of Forestium is filled with adventure and the coming of age story will resonate with young adults. Destined to be one of the best selling fantasy adventure series, book 1 has a storyline that moves at a fast pace with lots of twists and turns.
Here's my problem with prologues.
I think that prologues should give you information to help you better understand the upcoming story, whether it's an in depth look at a character, the world the story takes place in, or the intricacies of the magic system. What did we learn from this prolog that we didn't learn from the Amazon book description.
There are humans and some of them are dying of a plague. There are birds with magical feathers which can change color, though we aren't told what that change of color indicated. I'm not sure if it was leading them to the healer. I guess not, since it had stay perfectly white until they found the Metamorph. I t hought it was going to be the payment for services, but the man told Valoria to put it away before someone saw it. Who knows.
There are Imps. In a crowded rickety town, something appears to be killing them.
There are magical balls of fire which cause carnage, or maybe not. Our family come upon a town square that is filled with carnage. However, each powerball that appears chases down an imp and vaporizes it. So, where did the carnage come from? I'm not sure.
Our family flees the town and finds a Trader. He has an orb which creates a vortex through which Melachor sees another land. The trader climbs through just before Melachor's family is consumed by one of the balls of light. Before he is consumed by another ball, he grabs the orb, left by the trader, and everything goes black.
I think thte story is nicely written. There are enough fantasy elements to keep most readers interested who are into that genre. The book cover is beautiful and remeniscent of the genre with a woodsman holding a hand mirror showing the image of a goat headed man.
But the prolog frustrates me. I would just as soon skip it for the number of questions it raises and doesn't come close to answering. It doesn't appear to relate to the book description at all, and if these don't begin to be answered in the first few chapters, I would probably put it down to read something else.
"Barely able to stand" is repeated in the third paragraph. I don't know if this is a literary technique or a mistake. The literary technique is to repeat a word or phrase three times on the first page to create a mood. This phrase occurs only twice and in the same sentence. This second reference takes me out of the story to wonder why this mistake was overlooked by the editors. With a third instance of the phrase would resolve that feeling of confusion, as it was used to nail down a feeling or theme. In this case it doesn't, so, to me, it seems like a mistake.
Such an error on the first page sets me up to look for more editorial errors, rather than to enjoy the story. In the prolog the author mostly regained my interest.
Destined to be one of the best selling fantasy adventure series, book 1 has a storyline that moves at a fast pace with lots of twists and turns.
Best selling fantasy adventures brings to my mind, Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time, The Stormlight Trilogy, The Belgariad, The Sword of Shannarah, Game of Thrones. Is this novel destined to join these fantasy adventure giants? I don't think so.
I would say it looks like it will be good, but I doubt it will overtake any of those.
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This holiness to which the Lord calls you will grow through small gestures.
Here is an example: a woman goes shopping, she meets a neighbour and they begin to speak, and the gossip starts. But she says in her heart: "No, I will not speak badly of anyone". This is a step forward in holiness.
Later, at home, one of her children wants to talk to her about his hopes and dreams, and even though she is tired, she sits down and listens with patience and love. That is another sacrifice that brings holiness.
Later she experiences some anxiety, but recalling the love of the Virgin Mary, she takes her Rosary and prays with faith. Yet another path of holiness.
What are some little gestures of yours in your personal call to holiness?
READ it silently by yourself until a word or phrase touches or strikes you. Write it down.
DISCERN in silence – What conversion of mind, heart and life is the Lord asking of me?
Facilitator connects the "Monthly Theme", "Dialogue', "Discernment", and the "sharings".
What specific DEED is the Lord opening before us?
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 1992 : California Man (Encino Man) : Will, Matt's Thug #2
 1992 : Crossroads (série TV) : Dylan Hawkins
 1992 : MacGyver (série TV) : Sean 'Sam' A. Malloy (Saison 7, Épisode 13: 'Envoyé spécial (The stringer)''')
 1993 :  (TV) : Josh Wyatt 1994 : My Father, ce héros (My Father the Hero) : Ben 1995 : Beach House : Dan 1999 :  de Steve Rash : Sonny 2002 : Are You a Serial Killer : Will''

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Indices end wonderful led by tech shares
by Lionel Casey January 18, 2021
The equity benchmark indices end superb for the second one directly consulting with IT and FMCG stocks profits.
Sensex near at 39,784.Fifty-two rising 168.Sixty-two points, or 0.43% even as the 50-share Nifty advanced fifty eight.25 factors, or zero.49%, finishing at 11,928.90.
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State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has placed on sale six non-acting loans amounting to over ₹1,000 crores, inclusive of accounts of Vandana Vidyut and Visa Steel.
Asset reconstruction companies (ARCs), non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), other banks, and financial establishments can post binding bids till 26 June. The proposals can be opened on the day after today.
"We intend to the region the (six bills) on the market to ARCs/NBFCs/Other Banks/FIs and so forth," stated a notice put up by using PNB.
The reserve price for the six non-appearing belongings (NPAs) has been constant at ₹342 crores.
Bhopal-based Vandana Vidyut Steel owes ₹454.02 crores, even as Kolkata located Visa Steel has a terrific balance of ₹443.76 crores.
The rest four NPAs – Temptation Foods, Helios Photovoltaic, Cabcom Cables, and Zoom Vallabh Steel – are Delhi primarily based.
The sale process is to be dealt with via the Stressed Assets Targeted Resolution Action (SASTRA) Division of the bank. The submission of monetary bids might be best thru the e-public sale approach, as a way to take place on the bank's portal, it said.
Punjab National Bank (PNB), which turned into a hit with the aid of an enormous ₹14,000-crore scam allegedly perpetrated with the assistance of jeweler duo Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, has more suitable its recuperation mechanism using forming the Stressed Asset Management Vertical (SAMV) and SASTRA.
It is also looking to raise ₹10,000 crores in 2019-20 from the sale of non-middle assets, rights issues, and predicted write-backs from big accounts undergoing insolvency proceedings.
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The Delhi-centered financial institution had recovered ₹20,000 crores in 2018-19 as towards ₹nine,666 crores inside the preceding fiscal.
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The southwest monsoon, which made a behind-schedule onset over the Kerala coast on 8 June, has been advancing at a sluggish pace over the mainland. It lost its momentum to Cyclone Vayu, whose formation in the Arabian Sea coincided with its onset and ended up draining it off the moisture content material.
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A woman who claimed she fractured her finger when she was thrown out of a bar after her friend asked to use the toilets has settled a High Court action.
Sophie Beardmore (23) had sued Senture Security, of Citywest, Dublin, which has since gone into liquidation, and Triglen Holdings, trading as Dicey's Garden Bar, of Harcourt Street, Dublin, claiming she was unlawfully assaulted on May 19, 2015.
Her counsel, Michael Byrne, said there was "an unbelievable over-reaction" when there was a "jostle" with a security man at Dicey's and Ms Beardmore was grabbed and thrown out.
The business student, of Redford Park, Greystones, Co Wicklow, suffered a fracture and the index finger on her left hand was in a splint for weeks, counsel said.
She was left hampered while doing some tasks such as writing and washing her hair.
Ms Beardmore claimed there was an alleged failure to take any reasonable care to see she was safe while lawfully a visitor and patron.
There was also an alleged failure to provide properly qualified or trained security personnel.
Triglen Holdings had denied the claims, saying the security company was properly retained and if Ms Beardmore had been assaulted it was not by any staff of Triglen or Dicey's.
Following talks, Mr Justice Anthony Barr was told the case had been settled.
The court had heard earlier that Ms Beardmore and her friend had gone to Dicey's and had a pint of cider each and shared another pint.
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This morning, the second independent Legislative officer in a week released a scathing report showing the Liberals' budget numbers can't be trusted. The Financial Accountability Office released a report showing that Ontario's budget deficit is actually $11.8 billion instead of the $6.7 billion figure reported by Charles Sousa and the Wynne Liberals.
And while Sousa continued to insist that he'd balanced the budget in 2017-18, the FAO report concluded that there was actually a $3.6 billion deficit. "The budget was never really balanced," said Mississauga-Lakeshore PC candidate Rudy Cuzzetto. "Sousa and the Liberals made up their own accounting rules, and treated losses as assets. As the Auditor General said, that's like you treating your credit card debt as an asset in your books. Does that sound right to you?"
The Financial Accountability Office also agreed with the Auditor General's pre-election report, which found that Ontario's deficit is actually 75 per cent higher than the Liberals are telling the people of Ontario.
"Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals cooked the books. They aren't telling the people of Ontario the whole story. They're trying to bury the true costs of their scandal, waste, and mismanagement," added Fedeli.


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What do Knock-offs Mean in the Age of Vetements-Balenciaga?
Street brands and fast fashion companies have been looking to high fashion for heavy-handed inspiration in recent years, but are knockoffs something to be proud of?
Fashion Essay
Nadja Sayej
"Made in China" knockoffs have a totally new meaning in 2019. It's serious business. There are no longer the silly, misspelled brand names, or gaudy, cheap-looking logos.
Nowadays, Gucci, Balenciaga, and Dior knockoffs look eerily real, meriting a trip to China all on its own for the fashion savvy. Droves of tourists seek out the 'fake markets' through recommendations of their friends or are given a WhatsApp number, who give them an address to a nondescript factory in the outskirts of Beijing, where they wait outside of a steel door. After a few knocks, buyers are let in by a merchant, who has knockoff sneakers, handbags, and clothes laid out on blankets on the floor.
As Kevin Lozano from GQ notes, we're living in the golden age of sneaker knockoffs. "The ethics of high-fashion, of deadstock sneakers and perfect fakes, are complicated and contradictory," he writes. "Choosing to enter the counterfeit economy is, in some sense, about leveling the playing field."
For years, high-end fakes, like Balenciaga or Yeezys, have been promoted through Instagram click-through stories as half-price holy grails, which lead users to dubious websites, which are made in Chinese factories. In a study published in April, over 20% of products sold on Instagram are fakes, with over 50,000 accounts selling counterfeit luxury fashion products. The sales are made on PayPal, Venmo, and WeChat. With Instagram as the new shopping mall, the app has tried kicking off the knockoff accounts with their checkout with Instagram feature, allowing users to shop directly through the app, but it doesn't always work.
Street brands and fast fashion companies have been looking to high fashion for heavy-handed inspiration in recent years, but are knockoffs something to be proud of? Since Balenciaga launched their clunky Triple S sneaker, ugly footwear has made a comeback, with Nike, even Gucci taking up the trend, not to mention Prada's futuristic shoe, the Cloudburst, or the new high-low collaboration between Prada and Adidas.
As a result, brands are moving away from that which could conceivably be knocked off, a return to a kind of logo-less "good taste," where they can't really be knocked off—like Christian Dior or Everlane sneakers. But footwear is something that should be paid attention to, as the footwear industry produces a whopping 24.8 billion sneakers a year.
Even the Reddit thread "Repsneakers" is for people buying near-identical knockoffs of sneakers in China through random Whatsapp phone numbers, who have been called clout-obsessed hypebeasts, fueled by their obsession to stay one step ahead of the curve (but a lot of people end up getting fooled).
It could have started in 2017, when Balenciaga introduced the Triple S sneaker, blurring the boundaries between streetwear and high fashion. It came after Demna Gvasalia elevated design to conceptual art, by mocking high fashion with nods to the blue plastic IKEA bag and the Bernie Sanders campaign logo. Some critics think in a time when fashion is dropped and delivered, Balenciaga has outraged because it shakes up the status quo, that Gvasalia is "loosening the standards for what is stylish and bringing value to things that would seem to have little."
Gvasalia's work has primarily been influenced by the Dadaists and Surrealism, notably the concept of 'the elevation of the everyday' that Marcel Duchamp trailblazed in the early 20th century. In fashion, it follows a tradition of appropriation after Maison Margiela, Helmut Lang, and Virgil Abloh, who calls Duchamp his lawyer.
In Los Angeles, many of the knockoffs found in the fashion district—or at least, cheap items that have that knock-off aesthetic—are featuring interesting original designs. And Balenciaga seems to be moving away from streetwear that was made just to be copied in their just shown collection.
"It seems counterintuitive that 'anti-trendy clothes' are trending," writes Rachel Tashjian. "For a few years now, fashion has been about bad taste. Things had become ugly—on purpose—mostly thanks to the irresistible mandate of Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Vetements. You could wear whatever you want! So why wouldn't you?"
It's not news that brands like Balenciaga and Vetements are making designs that look like they could be knockoffs. At the helm of the knockoff aesthetic, Demna Gvasalia recently explained that he sees all of fashion as appropriation. "We live in a world that is full of references, and references exist to feed us, but not to feed us in order to copy – they feed us in order to create something new from it. And that's I think what I put as the challenge for myself."
When fashion seems endlessly regurgitative, what's the point of call-out Instagram fashion accounts like Diet Prada? Besides calling out fast fashion retailers who rip off independent designers, versus houses that wouldn't exist without appropriation, it's a question that plagues the fashion industry today.
This very question of authenticity is at the heart of this discussion. As Italian designer Miuccia Prada muses, it's something that could be long gone, but remains a part of the search for truth.
"Nobody actually cares about authenticity anymore, about who did something first, second or third. Today we have a copy of a copy of a copy," she said in a recent interview. "No one talks about authenticity, except for a few extravagant intellectuals, maybe. As a concept, it's not relevant anymore. Today it's considered stupid. The last one to do something is the one who invented it. Today everybody is inventing their lives; it's all embellishment and upgrading. No one tells the truth – I think that's why we long for authenticity."
How Tiny Bags Came to Represent Power And Femininity
Tiny bags have been everywhere lately, recently popping up at the American Music Awards in late November hanging from the long, glittery fingernails of powerhouse female musician Lizzo. Wearing an orange ruffled mini dress, the singer rocked a white bag so tiny it could've very well belonged to a Polly Pocket toy set. She even […]
The Politics of Shapewear
We all have complex relationships with our bodies. It could seem like a very private matter, just between you and the mirror. Truth is, our self-love or self-loathing are part of the collective consciousness, contemporary culture, and the capitalist system. Shapewear is one of the products directly connected to the (frequently unattainable) ideal of the […]
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The lefty/regulatory gap
by Geov — Friday, 12/1/06 , 9:17 am
OK, so apologies for the fact that my first post here is both kind of boring and somewhat contrarian. I'll try not to let the former happen again.
I was also at the FCC hearing last night, and beyond Goldy's (and Andrew's) posts below, and Frank the Dog-Shooter's self-aggrandizing introductory remarks, I came away with another take.
I remember having come out of the March 2003 FCC hearing on ownership deregulation, held at UW's HUB Ballroom, feeling euphoric. A huge crowd showed up to give the FCC an earful on its destructive rulemaking proposal to allow greater deregulation of media ownership, specifically, crossownership in the same city of radio/TV stations and newspaper and cable companies.
After an unexpected sea of public comment and Congressional criticism, the inevitable decision by the Commission's Republican majority was overturned in federal appeals court. And, so, last night, the FCC was back in town, for a virtually identical hearing on a virtually identical rulemaking proposal. So either I've changed a lot politically in three years (which I doubt), or the expectations that now come with a new and remarkably powerful media democracy movement are vastly higher, which I think is more the case. Because even as 400 plus people braved a frigid, slushy night to turn out and give the FCC another earful, I came away this time with a slightly sour taste.
Despite the turnout, and the overwhelming opposition to media deregulation by the crowd, progressives reading themselves into the public record did themselves few favors last night. The two most compelling speakers on the night, IMO, were John Carlson (KVI talk show host and the night's sole self-identified Republican), who made the conservative case for regulating media ownership, and UW President Mark Emmert, who made an educator's pitch for media diversity as necessary for fostering critical thinking skills in a democracy. In a sea of progressives, the standout critics were a conservative talk show host and (essentially) the CEO of one of the region's biggest employers.
Granted, Carlson and Emmert are both polished public speakers, and both are familiar with how to couch arguments that make sense to lawmakers and regulators. But that's just the point: with few exceptions, the several dozen mostly left-leaning public speakers that followed in testimony weren't. Many were lost in a sea of abstract theory; a number made the repetitive case that concentrated media ownership is bad – completely true, but also tangential and in important ways irrelevant to the proceeding, since that question was settled (for the FCC's purposes) by Congress with the abysmal Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Remarkably few progressives specifically addressed the actual issue at hand: whether having different big corporations owning your newspapers and your radio/TV outlets is better than having the same corporate monolith owning both. Only one speaker addressed that issue head-on in those terms, and several compelling progressive arguments against cross-ownership went entirely unmentioned. (For example, addressing the pro-business argument that Internet diversity makes distinctions between regulated broadcast stations and unregulated newspapers irrelevant — an argument Carlson skewered — by noting either that many Americans still don't have home Internet access, let alone broadband, or that while diverse information is widely available on the Internet, citizens must seek it out — through search engines, links, or URLs — whereas turning a dial, flipping through a remote, or dropping quarters in a box gets you radio, TV, and newspapers, a far more general mass audience.) While these arguments and others went asking, two speakers somehow felt that it would be helpful to do satirical presentations in a federal hearing, as though it were yet another Seattle School Board hearing. Another plugged her socialist newspaper (sigh…) as running the sorts of stories corporate media ought to but won't.
At least nobody sang.
In other words, it was a few former professional journalists and current media management types (a working journalist would never testify at such a hearing), plus a fairly representative cross-section of our region's progressive Left, flakes included. The two FCC Commissioners who came to Seattle and who are holding these hearings around the country must have the patience of saints.
The flakes worry me less than the relative absence of compelling and on-point testimony from progressives – and I say this as someone who founded a broadcast trade company whose bread and butter was covering FCC rulemaking proposals. (The company is now owned by Clear Channel. Big sigh.) Few speakers were polished. Few dressed nicely — a detail that doesn't matter much in a Seattle public hearing, but very much does in D.C.
Few seemed to understand what sorts of testimony might move the FCC, particularly (as Carlson grasped) how to frame issues in a way that would speak to at least one of the three Republican commissioners not present. (After all, the point is to win, not just to ratify the views of the two Democratic commissioners on hand.) Failing debate tactics, few even spoke from the heart as to what media diversity meant to them. And on a related note, excepting Jan Strout of NOW, the only speakers who addressed how lack of diverse ownership affects minority ownership were non-whites.
The FCC hearing was a microcosm of a larger problem. Progressives have been out of power so routinely that when we do have power, far too often we have no idea how to use it. The media democracy movement now has power; anyone doubting it should consider that despite a $200 million lobbying campaign by big telecommunications firms, that movement stopped Congress this session from ending net neutrality. That's power. But in this case, when local grass roots progressives had the opportunity to publicly put their views on federal record, by and large they whiffed.
Something to ponder now that, at both the state legislative and congressional levels, progressives now have unprecedented power.
Daniel K spews:
Friday, 12/1/06 at 9:20 am
How about a post title Geov?
Ah, now I see it. Welcome to HA!
righton spews:
Geov, obviously new to this….logical text and not foul.
Goldy spews:
Geov,
In other words, it was a few former professional journalists and current media management types (a working journalist would never testify at such a hearing)
So… are you implying that John Carlson is not a "working journalist"…?
RightEqualsStupid spews:
The righties better be careful what they wish for.
Consider the case of criminal, coward and Bush co-hort Tommy BUGMAN DeLay. DeLay pulled off a stunt where he got the republican Governor of Texas to allow an unusual redistricting proposal – in an attempt to make it impossible for fair elections in Texas. Of course, Tommy broke some laws along the way and will be sucking dick in a federal penn soon, but I digress. The right wing controlled US Supreme Court okayed this scam and said it was essentially up to the Governors of the states to decide this stuff.
Fast forward to 11/06 when we get a net gain of six Dem governorships, giving us a majority of governors. Now, thanks to Tommy and his right wing pals on the Supreme Court, we can redistrict to our heart's content and make it impossible for the rethugs to retake office.
How does this apply? Well if the righties try to keep their hold on radio and it backfires, as it appears it might, then Dems may end up the victor AGAIN!
See righties, if you'd just learn to play fair in the first place, none of this would happen. In the meantime, bend over and take it like a bitch, bitch.
ArtFart spews:
Friday, 12/1/06 at 10:08 am
OK, let's keep in mind that this WASN'T a true "FCC hearing"…it was the two remaining Democrat-appointed commissioners appearing at an independently sponsored event. No doubt they participated, listened attentively and collected numerous talking points to take back to Washington with them.
But bear in mind, none of this is going to keep Kevin Martin from doing whaever the hell he wants.
CoolAqua spews:
Geov
I didn't come away with the negative view that you did. Regardless of the merits of the presentation style, I thought there were a very large number of detail points that were made by many speakers. Individually, they may not have been that impressive. But when woven together, I felt that a rather compelling set of data was presented.
I guess someone could have sat down at wrote a compelling essay on the issue. But keep in mind, each speaker was allotted only 2 minutes. Can you make a complelling argument that encompasses all progressive issues in relation to media consolidation in 2 minutes? I don't think so.
Sometimes the messenger may be more important than the message. I think many of us know what a large part of the message is. But at some point, it also becomes important that a very wide cross section of people from many differnt backgrounds is personalizing portions of the message from their own perspective. It seems that in your view, some uber-progresssive could be the single speaker and present for all of us; I don't think thats the point.
Pete @ CoolAqua
Geov spews:
Friday, 12/1/06 at 12:28 pm
4: No, Goldy, Carlson is not a working journalist. He's a talk show host paid to give his opinion (or, in Fisher's parlance, a "Commentator"). He does more actual reporting than most talk show hosts, but still, that's his role, just as it's yours on KIRO. Moreover, he's also a former Republican nominee for governor (and a successful initiative sponsor), so he has political credentials as well. Lastly, even with all that, he almost certainly cleared his appearance before the FCC with Fisher. In fact, as with Blethen, he painted his own company as a victim, using the Fisher/Entercom dispute over Rush Limbaugh as an example of the dangers of ownership by big corporations that make decisions in one market based solely on factors in another part of the country.
6: The point wasn't the two Democratic commissioners present. It was that all testimony is recorded and becomes public comment. It goes on the record and in theory (if they care) will be reviewed by the other three commissioners. That's why the fact that the hearing was held at all was so important.
7: Perhaps I wasn't clear. I was glad for the turnout, I was glad for the cross-section. But my expectations are higher than they were in 2003. Then, it was exciting just that so many people cared. Now, we know that; the next step is to win. I didn't think it was a bad hearing, but it wasn't what it could be because we need to get collectively smarter about what arguments win. That's all.
Friday, 12/1/06 at 1:31 pm
Where this may actually help is to keep the public in general aware of this issue, and perhaps persuade some of us to put it on our list of things to keep our Democrat Senators' and Representatives' feet to the fire about. Otherwise all they're likely to hear about it will be from industry lobbyists.
rhp6033 spews:
Generally, I found your article to be quite articulate and well though out. You did express some of the same frustrations I have felt in public debate on a variety of issues.
Example: a downtown Seattle protest rally before the first Gulf War began. A speaker is introduced as a soldier who is unwilling to go to war because it is immoral. She begins her speech by saying that she joined the Army to get an education, not to kill people.
That's when I quit listening. And so did anybody else who might have potentially been persuaded that the war should not have been fought. There were quite a lot of good reasons for not going to war, as were articulated in the Congressional debates before they authorized the war. But when somebody joins a volunteer army and then refuses to go to war because they didn't want to participate in killing, then they had better come up with a very good reason for a remarkable conversion of conscious, other than that they wanted to go to school on the government's dime.
The organizers should have been smarter than to allow somebody like that to speak. Of course, that little comment turned up on the local news sound bites, and it drowned out the reasoned discussion regarding the war. We've got to be smarter than that, people.
skagit spews:
Thanks rhp for explaining Geov's commentary because frankly, I wasn't sure what he was getting at.
If I understand correctly, people addressed sort of irrelevant issues or issues that emphasized personal desires/turfs over the need for an open, competitive and diverse media to maintain a vibrant and informed democracy?
If so, that's too bad. But, I think it reflects on the increasing inability of Americans to objectify and target what is best for all of us as opposed to some of us or "me."
upchuck spews:
remember this was a hearing for public comment. we're not supposed to be slick just honest. the hearing served it's purpose, the FCC now has evidence that a majority of concerned seattle citizens are opposed to the consolidation rules under consideration.
i do share your concern though. we do need leaders who can be our slick spokespersons for our progressive views. and they seem to be lacking, or not interested in trying to champion our progressive values.
i don't know how many resolutions i have fought for inside the dem party that make sound progressive sense that our leaders like pelz and co. dodge like live grenades rather than try to sell and champion because they are afraid of the reaction.
Saturday, 12/2/06 at 12:45 am
So how does a really progressive wing of the Democratic Party in WA State get heard? I've heard similar concerns from others who try to make changes int he party. And Pelz is a snake from my point of view. His treatment of Hong Tran was abominable. He doesn't represent me.
Saturday, 12/2/06 at 2:52 am
"Here's a summary of the speakers and the points they made:
* Todd Boyle: Antiwar activists ran up against a brick wall in 2003 because the traditional media was largely uninterested in viewpoints contrary to the Bush administration
* Andrew Skotdal: Locally owned broadcast outlets are disappearing, even though they produce programming that the American people want.
* Emily Horswill: Thanks to the Reagan administration in the 1980s, alternative voices became scarcer and harder to find.
* Kathy Schrier: A multitude of viewpoints are needed for a free society. Good journalism and good education go hand in hand.
* Bill Wippel: Keep the rules against broadcast cross ownership in place. It is a shame that media conglomerates are doing little to serve the public interest.
* Leigh Robartes: Lower power and community FM stations could be shafted under new rules proposed by conglomerates such as Clear Channel.
* Dennis Lane: Broadcasting is of a higher quality when it is produced locally.
* Sylvia Haven: Wars like the preemptive invasion of Iraq could have been avoided if the traditional media had not shirked its duty to practice responsible journalism in the months preceding March 2003.
* Suzette West (Representing Legend Heart Records): Independent music labels are discriminated against because the corporate radio business demands an artist affiliate with an RIAA member before their music can be played on the public airwaves. This barrier must be taken down.
* Jeff Hoyt: Independent community such as Voice of Vashon (an internet radio operation) have long struggled to gain access to the public airwaves.
* Rebecca Campbell: Spoke satirically as "Maximilian Bucks" in support of corporate media
* Monica Hill: Jurassic sized monopolies dominate our politics and culture. They cannot be allowed to get even bigger. More alternative media is needed.
* Bill Schrier (Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle): Public broadcasting and municipal government programming is valuable and useful. But it struggles for attention in an advertising-saturated environment.
* Liz Brown (Pacific NW Newspapers Guild): Competition is healthy. Media centralization and concentration is a threat to competition.
* Bryan Johnson, activist: More rules are needed to restrict media ownership. The evidence is in and media consolidation is clearly harmful.
We are in the last half hour of the hearing now." Northwest Progressive Institute
georgetown stew spews:
Saturday, 12/2/06 at 11:28 pm
Good to see you in blog land. Was wondering when you'd end up here.
BTW, I pretty much agree with the above.


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Dee was at Flotation '17 last November, when we were pleased to hear that she was recovering from her breast cancer surgery and treatment. We joked about our similar hair-styles, and the fact that hers would grow back, but mine wouldn't.
The sad news is that, although Dee's hair has grown, so have her tumours, and she is quite open about the fact that she is now terminally ill, and would like all her friends and colleagues in the minerals industry to be aware of this.
Dee is now medically boarded and is retired from UCT as an Emeritus Professor. She remains her usual cheerful self, and as always was chatting this morning to young people at the conference in her inimitable inspirational manner.
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That visit to the UK had a big impact on the way Dee thought about travel and conferences, and has led to her initiating and inviting contributions to a travel scholarship called 'Dee Bradshaw and Friends', which will be open to post-graduate students in the minerals sector (more on this later).
It was great to see Dee today and to wish her and her husband Mike our thoughts during these difficult times.
Dee you are such an inspiration, thank you for all your valuable input in the mining industry and for being such a positive person. I really hope that someone will pick up the baton from you and continue with your valued message and perspective. Thinking of you and your family.
Dee, you have likewise been an inspiration to me and others I know, as a strong, positive, compassionate leader in the mining research field. Thank you for everything you have contributed, your legacy is a strong one.
Dee, sorry to hear the news: as Barry notes, our thoughts are with you and Mike at this time.
Jim and Lois Finch, Montreal.
Dee, sorry to hear of your sad news. You may recall the bushwalk we did one sunny day around Binna Burra when you made one of your early visits to JK in 1999 or so. Your work at UCT and JKMRC inspired many Flotation students to become wizards.
Dee, I am very sorry to hear of your sad news. Our journeys together in doing interesting project work and publishing, especially on mixed collectors in flotation, have been colourful and rewarding, as has our friendship. As Barry has already noted, our thoughts from Canada are with you and Mike.
I am sad to hear the news Dee, I have greatly appreciated your help and advice over the years. You are an inspiration for all of us.
I will always remember the day I met you, a week after the Flotation '17. What a positive and inspiration person you are. Your work continues to inspire all the young metallurgist. As discussed, I will definitely register for my masters, your team is great and I am sure they will continue with the great work. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Dee, Bianca Foggatio let me know how ill you are - so sorry, but I admire your courage.
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The official "let's impeach Trump" thread
Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by colton, Jul 16, 2019.
Jul 18, 2019 #381
The Thriller said: ↑
I love that McCain clip in that tweet thread.
His supporters tried to bash Obama and McCain shut them down and told them that Obama is a good family man and would be a fine president if he won, even though Obama was McCain's opponent.
Imagine a candidate having that much class and showing respect and kindness towards their opponent today.
That's how you get my vote
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silesian Well-Known Member
Why is he not happy that his supporters are repeating something that he said? It seems pretty flattering. In a David Dukish sort of way.
colton All Around Nice Guy Staff Member
I am proud of my vote for McCain.
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Harambe said: ↑
You aren't allowed to own people you stupid racist.
How am I a racist? Take your bigotry elsewhere, grownups are talking.
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DasJazz said: ↑
You said you own people. Historically, racial factors have played a large part in slavery. Particularly in America.
Ergo, as an owner of people, you are a slaver, and very likely a racist.
Oh how very liberal of you to immediately start calling someone a racist because you disagree with them. Be careful now, there are only so many other phrases for name calling in your bag of nonsense to reach for.
You sir, are about as smart as a box of rocks. Again, please leave as the adults are having a conversation above your ability to comprehend.
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And onto the block list you go.
Stop being stupid and trashing threads for others.
jazzrule Well-Known Member
Imagine a president that does what he tells voters he will do - Trump
Imagine a president that lies to you such as I am not a jew hater, but after his presidency a picture comes out with him fractalizing with Farrakhan, and proof that Obama tried to interfere in Israel elections. Imagine a president that lies to you if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, etc etc.
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jazzrule said: ↑
Unfortunately every president we have had had lied to us. Even more unfortunate, the current president has lied to us more than any candidate in recent history. Any verifiable statement shows he lies very very often. It's rare he tells the truth. That isn't just my opinion it's a proven fact.
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Siri, could you show me what "high crimes and misdemeanors" means?
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A much better chant
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They probably withhold their opinion around babe because they're afraid he'll launch into a sermon about the socioeconomic impact of donkey farts on Peruvian sheepherders.
My contact pool is quite a wide variety.
I am frequently in Berkeley, Milpitas....yah know, the tech "Masters of the Universe" that Breitbart rants about.
It is very helpful of you folks here to freely give me all kinds of insights. Helps me in my business.
Fresno is more my kind of town, though..... and Sacramento is where I am most often. Lots of Republicans in those parts.
The other day I was in the home of a mixed race family, I don't ask specific questions, but I tell stories. A young couple with a fairly nice home and two young boys. Fine boys. An all-American family prospering from some meagre early life here in the Land of The American Dream.
Just going to the WalMart neighborhood market, where there was some good shade for me to wait between appointments, it was mostly minorities. I recognized several families as Filipino, and about as many black, out of a sampling of maybe fifty. Most were migrants, probably Mexican.
Like I said, I smile when I talk to people, and listen. Most people treat me real good.
JazzFanz, with such a strong sampling of woke folk, is not representative of even California, let alone Utah. I think you shoot yourselves in the feet almost every time you open your mouths with your political views. How many Jazz fans come in this part of the forum. Not nearly as many as you'd like.
If you could only be as nice as Trump is about people with other views......
colton said: ↑
That's the one
I didn't vote in that election (or any election except for the last one) but after watching that clip I would vote for McCain over Obama. (And I like Obama)
I voted in 2008. I've voted republican before.
McCain by himself was pretty awesome.
But you gotta think:
* McCain/his party wanted more tax cuts for the wealthy. Obama didn't.
* McCain wanted to maintain the status quo on health care. Obama campaigned on health care reform.
* McCain was old and we didn't know he'd live for another decade. His VP was Sarah Palin. I think it's arguable that trump is a better potus than Palin ever would've been. And that's saying something.
Sarah Palin alone was enough to deter myself and some of my friends from voting McCain.
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Honestly the 2008 election might've been the first real election we've seen with 21st century demographics playing a major role in its outcome.
Obama killed it with minorities, women, urbanites, and the college educated.
McCain did well with older, whiter, and rural populations.
2016 might've been a hiccup.
I gotta think that trump's complete neglect of anyone outside of his old, white, rural, and college educated bubble is going to bite him in the butt. His ceiling isn't much higher than what he already got in 2016. Yet Democrats floor can't be any worse than 2016.
As long as a decent candidate comes out and whose campaign doesn't alienate suburban voters while maintaining energy from minorities and the base, the democrats should romp Trump in 2020.
538's last pod made a number of good points that made me hopeful about 2020.
The GOP's autopsy of the 2012 election is still accurate. In it they concluded that the party wouldn't remain competitive in national elections if it didn't expand its base.
Well, Trump has done more to contract the base than anything else.
As long as the Dems don't screw the pooch... (which is very difficult for them to not do. They're notoriously bad at politics)
reignman40 Well-Known Member
Hey, unlike us, he is "educated"..
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-andrew-yangs-robot-apocalypse-can-heal-a-divided-nation
What do you think of Yang? He's very likable imo.
Is this reasoning any better?
Listening to several talk shows like David Webb and Sonnie Johnson (black Republicans), who have been taking apart Trump critics regularly for calling him names, and telling him to "Go Home" more or less, I think this comment by Graham is spot on. Some say Trump is a "counterpuncher"..... if you hit him he will fight right back.
Some of the conservatives have been going on the social justice dems, who received top dollar donor support for their campaigns and none of whom really have significant political independence nor the intellectual talents to develop their own political campaigns..... because their comments in the public record are so full of "material" that can be effectively used against them.
I think Trump has decided it's a political win for him to directly take on the social justice dems.
I hate to see racism being politically worked.
I see enough uneducated minority sorts who really are struggling to make it here without meaningful skills..... virtual slave labor for the corporates.... hospitality/agriculture corporates/all kinds of price-competitive low wage workers….
Sometimes I see police "interactions".... maybe drug, maybe essential law enforcement.... and once in a while there is the mall parking lot ruckus where the police are asking questions and getting some verbal "feedback". I don't think it is just easy to come to America and walk on these "Streets of Gold", or land of promise, without rudimentary good sense and respect for the people and the place. A lot of people work seriously harder than I could ever do. And it does become a better life in the long run.
But the whole idea of globalism was to try to raise the level of opportunity in all countries, wasn't it????
Not drag our country down.
a lot of established Americans of every sort, whether by origin or ethnicity, are going "Republican" on the crazy Dem party that just won't work with a rough-talking but soft-hearted self-made Billionaire.... well, sorta.....
Can't forget he made his way generously contributing to the Hillaries and every other political office holder with some favor or another to grant.
His age would have concerned me. That's my beef with Bernie too


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On several occasions, idling in traffic or passing through downtown, I'd caught a glimpse. A small pickup truck with a shiny metal canopy on back, Camacho's cruises to different locations throughout the week, heating up tortillas and packing together tacos, burritos, quesadillas and tortas on the spot. There's just one problem. There's no real way of knowing where Camacho's will be on a given day. Only bare-bones info comes up in a Google search, and Camacho's clearly hasn't yet hired a social media intern. Would I never taste Camacho's top-flight cuisine? On some days, the thought of the burritos I wasn't eating proved too much. Pulling into the driveway at the end of a long day at work, I'd sit alone in my car before going inside, weeping.
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It turns out Camacho's hits up that Ringling location on the regular. After staking out the street during lunchtime, I've finally caught onto the routine. The truck arrives around noon and hangs around till there are no more customers, then splits. Planning a romantic parking lot lunch date with my wife, Rachel, I snag a spot in line and wait.
The customers around me almost all come from a couple nearby constructions sites: the new downtown Aloft going up and Sansara, an in-progress luxury condo at the corner of Ringling and Pineapple. Dressed in bright fluorescent green and orange T-shirts, dusty jeans and thick-soled boots, the customers (almost all men) are spending their lunch break with Camacho's, lounging in the shade offered by a nearby banyan tree before getting back to work. Above us towers an immense crane; an American flag whips in the wind. The line that stretches from the back of the truck moves pretty quickly, and the food comes out rapidly.
Camacho's tacos may indeed be the "best," but Rachel and I are opting for burritos ($6). A Camacho's staffer sizzles a couple tortillas and grabs generous handfuls of pastor and carnitas, then tops both mounds of meat with rice, lettuce, shredded cheese, diced white onions, chopped cilantro and some type of creamy sauce. In the side of the truck, I find green and red chili sauces, a pile of lime wedges and a stash of beverages. I deliver lunch to my wife in a shady nearby lot. Setting our Styrofoam plates on the closed trunk of her car, we dig in.
After so much buildup, in truth, I expect to be disappointed. But the opposite happens. These burritos amaze. The pastor, in particular, knocks my socks off. The pork has been stewed soft but then caramelized perfectly. Little crunchy bits have developed on the edges of the meat, but the flesh is never tough or chewy. And the balance of ingredients is just right. You get crunch from the onions, floral notes from the herbs, starch from the rice, salty funk from the cheese, a jolt of acid from the lime and straight fire from the blazing red hot sauce. Holy Toledo. The carnitas is similarly excellent—moister and stringier, but still crazy flavorful. Not a fan of spicy food? Dial everything down by using the truck's mild green sauce instead.
Has Camacho's changed me? No. It's changed everything. My greatest fear is that once the Aloft and Sansara are completed, Camacho's will move on to new territory and new customers. But even if one day it doesn't appear on Ringling at the appointed time, I'll never rest in my quest to find it again. The chase will go on.


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High School Influential
by Hillary Rosner
Haff and his Real People Theater crew photo: Jesse James
In a black–box theater at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus, rehearsals are under way for a production of Clifford Odets's Waiting for Lefty. "I'd get another job if I could," Joe Mitchell, a Depression-era cab driver, pleads to his wife. "There's no work—you know it." "I only know we're at the bottom of the ocean," she replies.
The play resonates powerfully in the present economic climate—but perhaps no more so than on this particular stage, where the actors are students from Bushwick High School, a predominantly black and Hispanic school that lets in roughly 800 freshmen each year but graduates only a quarter of that number. Speaking the lines of 1930s wage workers in their Puerto Rican accents, the actors bring a poignant new level of meaning to the play. But thanks to Stephen Haff, a literature teacher at Bushwick, the students rehearsing at Fordham are rising from the depths—not only graduating from high school, but also going to college.
Haff, who recalls stepping in puddles of students' blood in the hallways and says he often breaks up violent fights in the classroom, runs a makeshift extracurricular theater program that—with no funding from the school—is currently in production on three plays, which include Hamlet and Garcia-Lorca's La Casa de Bernarda Alba in addition to the Odets. The drama project started two years ago, with an English class exercise in which students rewrote scenes from Romeo and Juliet. Inspired by the kids' responses, Haff decided to give interested students a chance to perform what they have come to call "ghetto" Shakespeare, partially delivered in Spanish and street slang, in front of an audience.
"The first couple times I called meetings nobody showed up," recalls Haff, a playwright. "Then I had to go after them and say, 'You said you wanted to do this, do you want to do this? OK, what part do you want to play?' I'd just meet with one or two whenever I grabbed them, and then patch it all together." The play's Romeo skipped rehearsals—and school—for two weeks, but with Haff's encouragement returned and memorized all his lines in time for the performance. In fact, the first time the whole cast was intact for a run-through was at the first performance in front of an audience. But Romeo y Julieta—which uses no costumes, no sets, and only as many props as can fit in a plastic shopping bag—has since toured theaters around the city and even traveled to Bennington College in Vermont. At the final performance last month, at the Performing Garage, a standing-room-only crowd that included fellow students, parents, and actor Willem Dafoe was encouraged to participate in the fight scenes —which they did enthusiastically, erupting into rousing shouts and taunts, then quickly quieting down to watch the drama unfold. The effect on the students of performing before an audience has been, as Haff puts it, "like a Hollywood movie."
"They're accustomed to not finishing things," says Haff, who was rewarded this year with permission to offer a drama class for credit to graduating seniors. "There's a culture of dropouts and settling for less. There's a prevailing failure in the air. So to see something through over an extended period of time and come back to it again and again and have success and be validated publicly by crowds is new and extremely empowering. It's unlike anything they've done." The students, who now think of themselves as a mini company, have adopted the name Real People Theater.
Haff's extracurricular program has amounted to nothing less than a revolution in the lives of his students—two of whom have been admitted to Bennington for the fall. "At the beginning I just did it because I didn't want to go to class," admits Flakoo Jimenez of his inauspicious start in the acting program. Jimenez, a Bushwick senior, not long ago belonged to a well-known violent gang. He says his involvement in Romeo y Julieta changed the way his other teachers responded to him, and he began making an effort to pass his classes. When Romeo traveled to Bennington, Jimenez was awestruck. "I went up there and it was perfect," he says. "Academic paradise. My grades are super-low, and they told me if it wasn't for the acting thing, they wouldn't have let me in."
Amanda Rodriguez was awarded a scholarship to Keystone College in Pennsylvania. "Going to college is a significant thing for people from Bushwick," says Rodriguez. "It's a big thing to get a high school diploma. No one in my house has one."
Waiting for Lefty, which will be performed at Fordham on—appropriately—May 1, is a collaboration between the Bushwick students and senior directing students at the university, a relationship that may become an ongoing part of the Fordham curriculum. Elizabeth Margid, head of Fordham's directing program, says the project lets the high schoolers see what it's like to go to college and study theater for real. It also gives them a chance to be taken seriously.
"They were so scared the first time they went to a college—they thought they'd be judged," says Haff. "But there they were, enlightening and exciting the college students and afterward eating pizza with them, kind of breaking bread with them, and suddenly they're all peers. And for my students, even if they're not conscious of it, that's the beginning of the leap. They have every right to be there, just as much as any of those college students. It's an extraordinarily effective way to get these kids excited about continuing education. Whereas the school usually does it by essentially holding a gun to their head, saying, 'You will pass.' "
Waiting for Lefty will be performed at Fordham University, 33 West 60th Street, on May 1 at 1 p.m.
More:Brooklyn (New York City)BushwickFlakoo JimenezStephen HaffTheater


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require 'test_helper'

module Clientalk
  class PageTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
    # test "the truth" do
    #   assert true
    # end
  end
end

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Ph.D. in Renaissance Literature, University of Connecticut.
Dr. Patricia Taylor has been an assistant professor of English at Briar Cliff since 2016. She teaches composition and British literature. Her research focuses on early modern literature, as well as religion and literature, book history, adaptation theory, and science fiction.
"The Son as Collaborator in Paradise Regained." SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 51.1 (2011): 189-198.
"Criminal Appropriation of Shakespeare in Jasper Fforde's Something Rotten." College Literature 37.4 (2010): 23-41.
"'This is Not the Play': Shakespeare and Space Opera in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga." Shakespearean Echoes. Eds. Adam Hansen and Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. 155-167.
Pedagogical Excellence Award from the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech.
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech.
University of Connecticut Humanities Institute 10th Anniversary Dissertation Fellowship.
Michael J. Hogan Graduate Summer Research Award from the University of Connecticut.
Research Excellence Award from the University of Connecticut's English Department.


Take a Musandam peninsula cruise and you'll discover a unique landscape of vast and steep rocks jutting out to the north from the Arabian mainland towards Iran. Separated from the rest of Oman by a tribal decision in the late 1960s, Musandam remains an isolated and remote region that's known for its stunning fjords. It's ideal if you're looking for a genuine travel adventure.
The journey starts in Khasab, the main town on the peninsula and only linked by road to the rest of the region in 1980. Explore the few other towns and villages that cling to bays at the foot of near-vertical rock walls that soar to over 2,000m. From here, you have great access to the deep fjord-like channels cut into the rock. It's the perfect playground for divers and for exploring by dhow.
Our guides will lead you inland on mountain roads that are a relatively new addition, with villages historically linked by a network of footpaths. These villages are settled by the region's semi-nomadic Shihuh tribe, who make a living farming goats, terraced fields and fishing. Our well-connected Musandam peninsula tour guides will give you great access, letting you meet these hospitable people who live in a way found in few other places on earth.


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/**
 * @file smp_null.c
 * Security Manager Protocol stub
 */

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

#include <zephyr.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <atomic.h>
#include <misc/util.h>

#define BT_DBG_ENABLED IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLUETOOTH_DEBUG_HCI_CORE)
#include <bluetooth/log.h>
#include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
#include <bluetooth/conn.h>
#include <bluetooth/buf.h>

#include "hci_core.h"
#include "conn_internal.h"
#include "l2cap_internal.h"
#include "smp.h"

static struct bt_l2cap_le_chan bt_smp_pool[CONFIG_BLUETOOTH_MAX_CONN];

int bt_smp_sign_verify(struct bt_conn *conn, struct net_buf *buf)
{
	return -ENOTSUP;
}

int bt_smp_sign(struct bt_conn *conn, struct net_buf *buf)
{
	return -ENOTSUP;
}

static void bt_smp_recv(struct bt_l2cap_chan *chan, struct net_buf *buf)
{
	struct bt_conn *conn = chan->conn;
	struct bt_smp_pairing_fail *rsp;
	struct bt_smp_hdr *hdr;

	/* If a device does not support pairing then it shall respond with
	 * a Pairing Failed command with the reason set to "Pairing Not
	 * Supported" when any command is received.
	 * Core Specification Vol. 3, Part H, 3.3
	 */

	buf = bt_l2cap_create_pdu(NULL, 0);
	/* NULL is not a possible return due to K_FOREVER */

	hdr = net_buf_add(buf, sizeof(*hdr));
	hdr->code = BT_SMP_CMD_PAIRING_FAIL;

	rsp = net_buf_add(buf, sizeof(*rsp));
	rsp->reason = BT_SMP_ERR_PAIRING_NOTSUPP;

	bt_l2cap_send(conn, BT_L2CAP_CID_SMP, buf);
}

static int bt_smp_accept(struct bt_conn *conn, struct bt_l2cap_chan **chan)
{
	int i;
	static struct bt_l2cap_chan_ops ops = {
		.recv = bt_smp_recv,
	};

	BT_DBG("conn %p handle %u", conn, conn->handle);

	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bt_smp_pool); i++) {
		struct bt_l2cap_le_chan *smp = &bt_smp_pool[i];

		if (smp->chan.conn) {
			continue;
		}

		smp->chan.ops = &ops;

		*chan = &smp->chan;

		return 0;
	}

	BT_ERR("No available SMP context for conn %p", conn);

	return -ENOMEM;
}

int bt_smp_init(void)
{
	static struct bt_l2cap_fixed_chan chan = {
		.cid	= BT_L2CAP_CID_SMP,
		.accept	= bt_smp_accept,
	};

	bt_l2cap_le_fixed_chan_register(&chan);

	return 0;
}


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FractalModeWindow::~FractalModeWindow()
{
    printf("FractalModeWindow: destructor\n");
    delete mDrawStartPointCheckbox;
    delete mStartPointLabel;
    delete mContainer;
}

void FractalModeWindow::init(FractalMode *fractalMode)
{
    printf("FractalModeWindow: init()\n");
    mFractalMode = fractalMode;

    setGeometry(800, 0, 250, 200);

    mContainer = new QWidget(this);

    QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout();
    layout->setContentsMargins(10, 10, 10, 10);
    layout->setSizeConstraint(QLayout::SetMinimumSize);
    mContainer->setLayout(layout);

    mStartPointLabel = new QLabel();
    layout->addWidget(mStartPointLabel);

    mDrawStartPointCheckbox = new QCheckBox("Draw start point");
    mDrawStartPointCheckbox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
    connect(mDrawStartPointCheckbox, &QCheckBox::stateChanged, this, &FractalModeWindow::drawingStartPointCheckboxToggled);
    layout->addWidget(mDrawStartPointCheckbox);
}

void FractalModeWindow::setStartPoint(float x, float y)
{
    if (mStartPointLabel == nullptr)
    {
        return;
    }
    const int textLength = 64;
    char text[textLength];
    sprintf(text, "start point: (%.8f, %.8f)", x, y);
    mStartPointLabel->setText(QString(text));
}

void FractalModeWindow::drawingStartPointCheckboxToggled()
{
    mFractalMode->setDrawStartPoint(mDrawStartPointCheckbox->checkState() == Qt::Checked);
}


We may be less than six weeks away from regular season hockey, but we've already got our first Joe B Suit of the Night for September.
CSN Mid-Atlantic's Joe Beninati was in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Saturday night to do play-by-play for the Big Ten Network. Beninati was calling the Nebraska/Arkansas State game at Memorial Stadium.
Did Beninati do a good job? Well how about you listen to his call of this 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and tell me yourself.
Yep, he's even top notch in college football.
Need something to get the goosebumps goin'?
And now here's your Joe B Suit of the Night via @Mastro72.


In book four, Kayn has survived the Testing along with Zach and Melody. She is now Clan Ankh's second Dragon. She's been emotionally stunted by the violence she's endured. Zach has become her Handler. He is her voice of reason in the emotionless void. Frost and Kayn are now together but the pull to her past is confusingly strong. She has discovered that one of the Guardians is her father.


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COVID-19 will keep community college revenue down in 2021, Moody's says
Education Dive
Natalie Schwartz
Community college enrollment declines will cause those schools' net tuition revenue to fall between 5% and 15% in the 2021 calendar year, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.
These schools' public access missions will make them unlikely to raise tuition, exacerbating their budget difficulties, wrote Moody's analysts. They gave the sector a negative outlook.
The predictions come on the heels of another Moody's report, which projected that higher education wouldn't likely see a "sharp" rebound from the pandemic.
Enrollment fell 9.5% year-over-year at community colleges this fall — representing the largest undergraduate declines in higher ed, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Losses of first-time students were especially steep at public two-year schools, dropping 18.9%.
Lower enrollment will weaken tuition revenue, Moody's analysts wrote. Moreover, community colleges, which tend to offer more hands-on training programs, may be less likely than four-year schools to move their offerings online.
State funding reductions could amplify these issues. California lowered allocations to its higher education general fund by almost $1.35 billion to make up for a budget shortfall, according to an October report from New America. And community colleges in Wyoming have taken a 10% reduction in state aid, with more cuts planned.


Trace logging cannot affect performance.
The output from trace logging is displayed in the CLI session where the trace was started.
It can be used to view logging information about a call that is being established or is about to be established.
Trace can be started from a particular session, based on call identification.
Which of the following statements is true regarding runtime logging7?
Event logs are stored on a flash card.
To see a list of facilities that can contribute to the event log, as well as the severity level to which they are set, you can use the command show logs.
The buffer that is used for event log storage can store up to 10,000 events.
Event logs are stored in a memory buffer on the active management module.
How is the collection process started?
By executing the command bulkstats collection.
By executing the command collection.
By executing the command no bulkstats collection.
When viewing the port-level status detail, what does the Operational State field indicate?
Whether the card has been configured for use via software.
The description that was given to the port during software configuration.
Displays 3n Active, Standby, or Offline mode.
The number of correct transmitted flow control frames.
The number of correct received flow control frames.
The number of frames that were transmitted with an error due to transmit FIFO underflow or TXERR signal assertion.
The number of received frames during which physical (PHY) symbol errors were detected.
When troubleshooting the SGSN interaction with BSC and RNC, what does the show sccp- network 1 status all command do?
It provides a count of in-progress calls and their duration.
It lists ranges of time in 100-ms increments and 1-second increments.
It displays if the subsystem on the DPC that you suspect is problematic shows as available.
It displays a list of all RNCs that have communicated with the SGSN.
Which of the following statements is true regarding threshold crossing alarms?
By default, the system is configured to use the TCA alarm model.
By default, the system is configured to use the alert model.
When a TCA alarm model is issued, you will not see any outstanding alarms on the system.
What type of Cisco ASR 5000 service is needed for communication between a Cisco MME and a serving gateway?


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Krueng Dheue is een bestuurslaag in het regentschap Bireuen van de provincie Atjeh, Indonesië. Krueng Dheue telt 286 inwoners (volkstelling 2010).

Plaats in Atjeh


The top-performing HMC independent Leicester Grammar School is based in Great Glen, South Leicestershire and attended by pupils aged 11-18. Headmaster, Christopher King wanted an easy way for staff to monitor the academic progress of pupils but there was a growing frustration with the school's existing management information system (MIS) as it struggled to keep up.
"We were limited in how we were able to track the academic progress of our pupils." Christopher King explains. "What's more, the information staff needed quick access to - such as details relating to children with special educational needs, for example - was available in our old system, but we had to go hunting for it. We needed an MIS that was more comprehensive and intuitive to use".
"With SIMS, staff find it extremely easy to identify which children have special educational needs, for example, and have a clear picture of what level of support is required in the classroom.
A class teacher can pull up the register, see a flag by a child's name and simply click through to all the salient information. So, if a child has dyslexia, the teacher can easily see all the relevant information needed to support them, such as details of whether the child needs to be provided with a larger font or a particular coloured background to participate fully in reading tasks during lessons. This was one area of our provision that impressed the inspection team in our recent ISI inspection."
As headmaster, Christopher finds the information available in SIMS so indispensable, he keeps it open on his desk all day.
"Before I would only log on to our database if I had to, as it wasn't easy to find the information I needed. Now, SIMS is open permanently when I'm in the office. I can find all the essential information I need very quickly and simply.
"SIMS is a workhorse for our school - it frees staff from unnecessary administration and releases time that can be focussed on getting more important things done.
I am particularly pleased with the dialogue that has opened up too. There is a real relationship being built between the school and the SIMS Independent team and a pathway in place to accommodate the areas of the system we want to develop further."


The Tosa Inu is also known as the Tosa Fighting Dog, Tosa-Ken, Tosa-Token, and Japanese Mastiff. Developed in the 1800's to compete in dog fighting rings in Japan, the breed is now used primarily as a guardian and is proving itself as a working dog.
The Tosa Inu is a well-muscled, solid dog, reaching 24-26" and up to 200 pounds. It has a short, dense coat. Stoic, relentless, and courageous, it may be aggressive toward people and animals.
Official recognition: FCI Group 2, CKC Group 8 - Miscellaneous Class.


British PM David Cameron says the referendum on EU membership will take place on June 23. The announcement comes after the leader clinched a deal with EU leaders Friday evening. He says he will "campaign with all his heart" to urge Britons to agree to remain in the bloc.
"I will go to parliament and propose that the British people decide our future in Europe through an in-out referendum on Europe on Thursday the 23rd of June," Cameron said, speaking outside 10 Downing Street on Saturday.
The leader stated that the Cabinet has agreed to recommend that the UK remain in the "reformed European Union."
"I will be campaigning with all my heart and soul to persuade the British people to remain in the reformed European Union," Cameron said after securing the deal that was approved by the other 27 EU leaders, as quoted by Reuters.
"We are stronger, safer and better off inside this reformed European Union," Cameron said. He is expected to make a statement to parliament on Monday, triggering the start of the campaign.
Some of the key points of the deal approved on Friday include restrictions on migrants' in-work benefits, as well as child benefits for the children of EU migrants living overseas.
The agreement also allows for the UK to enact an "emergency safeguard" to protect the City of London, aimed at stopping British firms from being forced to relocate into Europe, and to ensure that British businesses do not face "discrimination" for being outside the eurozone.
Earlier on Saturday, Home Secretary Theresa May stated that it was in the UK's best interest to remain part of the EU.
"The EU is far from perfect, and no one should be in any doubt that this deal must be part of an ongoing process of change and reform," May said in a statement, according to the BBC.
"But in my view – for reasons of security, protection against crime and terrorism, trade with Europe, and access to markets around the world – it is in the national interest to remain a member of the European Union," she added.
Cameron also has the support of Chancellor George Osborne.
Meanwhile, Alex Salmond, the former leader of the Scottish National Party, said on Saturday that if England votes to leave the EU against Edinburgh's wishes, pressure would rise for a second referendum on whether Scotland should become independent from the United Kingdom.
If "we were dragged out against our will by the votes of a much larger English (electorate), then the pressure for another independence referendum in Scotland would be irresistible and I think very rapid," Salmond said.
Although Scottish voters will also take part in the referendum on whether to stay in the EU, their votes will be dwarfed by those from England, which represents about 84 percent of the population of the UK, with 53 million people.
However, not everyone is rallying for the UK to remain a member of the EU. Justice Secretary Michael Gove, one of Cameron's closest allies, will campaign to leave the bloc, along with the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Referring to the deal secured by Cameron on Friday, the leader of UKIP in Wales, Nathan Gill, said it does nothing for the people of Britain.
"I don't think it's significant at all. [Cameron] hasn't asked for much, he certainly hasn't asked for the things that the British people are bothered about," Gill told RT.
"The people of Britain will see through this for what it is – it's just smoke and mirrors. It's a meaningless negotiation, a piece of paper, a 'benefits brake' [for migrants] for seven years, but then that's it. [The brake] can only be applied once. Are we saying that the immigration problem is actually going to be solved in the next seven years? Of course not," he continued.
This is a truly pathetic deal. Let's Leave the EU, control our borders, run our own country and stop handing £55m every day to Brussels.
British voters are divided over whether or not to leave the EU, and opinion polls show that a large number of Britons have yet to make up their minds.
However, Gill believes Cameron's EU deal will fail to sway voters.
"I don't think the new terms, the special status, or whatever they're calling it will make any difference to people. The 23rd of June is going to be independence day for the United Kingdom. It's fantastic. We've been campaigning for this for 23 years," he said.
However, betting firm Ladbrokes said on Saturday that there is now a 69 percent chance of the UK remaining in the EU, with a 31 percent chance of it leaving.
If Britain leaves the EU, the bloc would lose its second-largest economy, one of its top two military powers and its richest financial center.
Those in favor of leaving the EU, however, say that Britain would prosper, away from what they say is a doomed Germany-dominated bloc.


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It is good to have dreams, but dreams are only dreams unless you believe in them and take action to make them happen. Dreaming is easy, but doing what it takes to make it happen is not only the hard part but also the most rewarding part of achieving your dreams.
I am a believer in this quote by Walt Disney, but I also realize that I have to be realistic when it comes to dreaming. I have always dreamed of being an NFL player, but realistically,to this will definitely not happen. So it kinda goes against the quote, but you must have the ability to accomplish the dreams you have if they are to ever happen. Believing in your dreams is very important, because if you don't believe in it, who will?
I also think it is great to have dreams to exercise your creativity and desires. Just make sure you don't only dream and use these dreams to guide you to what you want. If you have a dream that you have, hold on to it and find ways to make it happen. Don't give up and be the believer… and it may just happen, but enjoy the journey as you make it happen.