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from azure.cli.core.help_files import helps

helps['keyvault'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Safeguard and maintain control of keys, secrets, and certificates.
"""

helps['keyvault create'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Create a key vault.
    long-summary: Default permissions are created for the current user or service principal unless the `--no-self-perms` flag is specified.
"""

helps['keyvault delete'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Delete a key vault.
"""

helps['keyvault list'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: List key vaults.
"""

helps['keyvault show'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Show details of a key vault.
"""

helps['keyvault update'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Update the properties of a key vault.
"""

helps['keyvault recover'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Recover a key vault.
    long-summary: Recovers a previously deleted key vault for which soft delete was enabled.
"""

helps['keyvault key'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage keys.
"""

helps['keyvault secret'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage secrets.
"""

helps['keyvault certificate'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage certificates.
"""

helps['keyvault certificate download'] = """
    short-summary: Download the public portion of a Key Vault certificate.
    long-summary: The certificate formatted as either PEM or DER. PEM is the default.
    examples:
        - name: Download a certificate as PEM and check its fingerprint in openssl.
          text: >
            az keyvault certificate download --vault-name vault -n cert-name -f cert.pem && \\
            openssl x509 -in cert.pem -inform PEM  -noout -sha1 -fingerprint
        - name: Download a certificate as DER and check its fingerprint in openssl.
          text: >
            az keyvault certificate download --vault-name vault -n cert-name -f cert.crt -e DER && \\
            openssl x509 -in cert.crt -inform DER  -noout -sha1 -fingerprint
"""

helps['keyvault certificate get-default-policy'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Get the default policy for self-signed certificates.
    long-summary: >
        This default policy can be used in conjunction with `az keyvault create` to create a self-signed certificate.
        The default policy can also be used as a starting point to create derivative policies.\n

        For more details, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/keyvault/certificates-and-policies
    examples:
        - name: Create a self-signed certificate with the default policy
          text: >
            az keyvault certificate create --vault-name vaultname -n cert1 \\
              -p "$(az keyvault certificate get-default-policy)"
"""

helps['keyvault certificate create'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Create a Key Vault certificate.
    long-summary: Certificates can be used as a secrets for provisioned virtual machines.
    examples:
        - name: Create a self-signed certificate with the default policy and add it to a virtual machine.
          text: >
            az keyvault certificate create --vault-name vaultname -n cert1 \\
              -p "$(az keyvault certificate get-default-policy)"

            secrets=$(az keyvault secret list-versions --vault-name vaultname \\
              -n cert1 --query "[?attributes.enabled].id" -o tsv)

            vm_secrets=$(az vm format-secret -s "$secrets") \n

            az vm create -g group-name -n vm-name --admin-username deploy  \\
              --image debian --secrets "$vm_secrets"
"""

helps['keyvault certificate import'] = """
    type: command
    short-summary: Import a certificate into KeyVault.
    long-summary: Certificates can also be used as a secrets in provisioned virtual machines.
    examples:
        - name: Create a service principal with a certificate, add the certificate to Key Vault and provision a VM with that certificate.
          text: >
            service_principal=$(az ad sp create-for-rbac --create-cert) \n

            cert_file=$(echo $service_principal | jq .fileWithCertAndPrivateKey -r) \n

            az keyvault create -g my-group -n vaultname \n

            az keyvault certificate import --vault-name vaultname -n cert_file \n

            secrets=$(az keyvault secret list-versions --vault-name vaultname \\
              -n cert1 --query "[?attributes.enabled].id" -o tsv)

            vm_secrets=$(az vm format-secret -s "$secrets") \n

            az vm create -g group-name -n vm-name --admin-username deploy  \\
              --image debian --secrets "$vm_secrets"
"""

helps['keyvault certificate pending'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage pending certificate creation operations.
"""

helps['keyvault certificate contact'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage contacts for certificate management.
"""

helps['keyvault certificate issuer'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage certificate issuer information.
"""

helps['keyvault certificate issuer admin'] = """
    type: group
    short-summary: Manage admin information for certificate issuers.
"""

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World's Strangest Laws
By Katrina Brown Hunt
When studying up for a trip to the Holy Land, you might come across this warning: Whatever you do, don't take a bear to the beach.
Americans expect to experience some difference in laws when they travel the world, but some laws we found just sounded insane. In France, it's illegal to name a pig Napoleon. In Florida, single women can't parachute on Sundays. And in England, you may urinate anywhere in public, including inside a policeman's helmet, providing that you're also pregnant.
Granted, most of us can rest easy on the plane ride to our destinations knowing that we won't run afoul of such rules. Plus, many reported laws are just urban legends, and in other cases, anomalies on the books that no one has the time or interest to enforce. ("People here don't keep bears!" an exasperated Israeli spokeswoman told us. "Why would they take one to the beach?")
But other laws—such as keeping your headlights on at all times while driving in Denmark—are in equal parts surprising and real. Get caught, and the resulting fine could run about $100 (and the entire EU may adopt the law).
While some laws seem ridiculous at first blush, they often carry their own logic. Pigeon-feeding is not tolerated (and fine-worthy) in Venice, because the winged troublemakers—and really, their droppings—wreak havoc on the city's old, vulnerable buildings. Singapore is infamous for its tough laws against chewing gum and graffiti (remember the 18-year-old American who got caned in the 1990s?). In the Singaporeans' defense, the gum laws—which have relaxed a bit—were originally enacted to fight what authorities saw as rampant gum-wad littering. Even so, don't even think about leaving a public toilet un-flushed. It could cost you $100.
What should you do if you do break a law, crazy or otherwise, while on vacation?Dick Atkins is a Philadelphia attorney who operates an international legal hotline, helping American travelers who have run afoul of the law in other countries. "It's always best to try to get an attorney involved," he says. Ignoring the issue could result in problems if you make a return visit to that country.
Atkins says he commonly deals with college kids who have taken too many liberties with other countries' lower drinking ages, or unsuspecting tourists who get arrested for trying to take home souvenirs (such as old rugs) that end up being antiquities. He says such problems raise the argument for buying travel insurance, or even buying travel assistance packages, which can offer legal help abroad. (To price varying packages, check out www.ustia.org.)
Of course, most Americans don't bother with travel insurance. In that case, you can contact the American embassy or consulate for a list of local attorneys. Or you can handle the problem on your own. Robert Siciliano recently stayed at a Mexican resort, and when he and his family rented a car, they were almost immediately stopped by police and accused of swerving dangerously on the road. (Siciliano says he was merely driving around fallen palm braches and coconuts following the previous day's Category 2 hurricane.)
"They started to arrest me because they said all tickets were to be paid at the police station," Siciliano says. But when he asked if he could pay the ticket on the spot, the cops agreed. Siciliano handed them a $100 bill and they let him go. He immediately returned the car. "Total rental car time, 20 minutes. Cost, $155," he said. "Not spending a second in a Mexican jail, priceless."
No Feeding Pigeons Italy
Irene Tong
Laws here are city-specific, and Venice takes issues with pigeons speckling their beloved buildings with pigeon poop. Likewise, officials don't appreciate tourists adding to the crowd and mess in St. Marks Square by feeding said pigeons. They also don't want visitors sitting around shirtless, climbing into fountains, or even sitting on the sidewalk eating a sandwich. In Rome, climbing into fountains to cool off causes similar stress.
Penalty: At first, just a warning; fines can reach up to $600, though probably no more than $50 or $60 if you pay quickly. "The local police are quite tolerant about tourists feeding pigeons just to take a picture," says a Venice spokesman.
Stopping On the Autobahn Germany
Claus Morell
As though driving the autobahn in Germany weren't daunting enough, the laws add other risks. Running out of gas on the legendary highway is illegal—and your troubles snowball from there. Say you do find the needle on "E" and have to pull over to hoof it, in pursuit of gas. Walking along the autobahn is illegal, too... not to mention terrifying.
Penalty: A little under $100 for endangering other drivers—once for running out of gas, and again for walking.
No Public Eating During Ramadan United Arab Emirates
© Adrian Wilson/Beateworks/Corbis
If you're traveling to the United Arab Emirates during the holy month of Ramadan, eating or drinking in public during the fasting hours—as in, daylight—can get you a ticket. Also, it might be best to keep your hands to yourself: Islamic tradition affects both the culture here and its laws, so public displays of affection aren't tolerated. In theory, an unmarried man and woman can even get in trouble for being found in a car with tinted windows.
Penalties: Penalties aren't set in stone, but consider a few precedents: Two Brits who violated the PDA rule were sentenced to three months' jail time, while a couple of juice-drinking travelers were recently fined about $275 each.
Driving ShirtlessThailand
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Don't let the tropical weather tempt you to joy ride with your shirt off in Thailand. Police can (and do) hand out tickets if they spot you topless while driving a car or motorcycle.
Penalty: A mere slap on the wrist (or sun-burned shoulders). Tickets go for a few hundred baht (about $10).
Paying in Pennies, Canada
Canada's Currency Act of 1985 sets out the guidelines for how coins should be used, including reasonable limits for the shelling out of endless coins. What's reasonable? Don't try using all coins to buy something that costs $10, or even using all one-dollar coins (sometimes called "loonies") to pay for an item that costs more than $25. But then, what kind of loonie wants to carry so many coins anyway?
Penalty: If the seller actually wants to take all your pennies, he can, but by law he can also tell you to scram.
No Kissing at Train Stations, France and England
© Hitoshi Nishimura/Getty
By some accounts, April 5, 1910 was the day romance died on French railways: Kissing was reportedly banned to help deter lover-induced rail delays. But the law seems to be unheard of today. "Are you sure this isn't a law in Great Britain?" a French spokeswoman at the consulate asked us. What a coincidence: It turns out that Virgin Trains has recently posted "No Kissing" signs at its station in Warrington Bank Quay, in northwest England.
Penalty: While there's no penalty now for train-related kissing in France, the folks at Warrington Bank Quay will politely ask you to move your smooching to the designated "kissing zone" near the car park.
Driving a Dirty Car, Moscow
© Bojan Brecelj/CORBIS
Some say this is just an excuse for Moscow police to over-ticket drivers, but you should still watch the filth factor on your rental car. How dirty is dirty? That's unclear. A recent newspaper survey explored the idea of how to even define "dirty"—almost half said a car was too filthy if you couldn't read the license plate, while 9 percent said the determining factor was if you couldn't see the driver.
Penalty: You can get a ticket. Fines might be, shall we say, open to interpretation. Here is a case where you might politely offer to pay the officer up front—$100 should cover it—and be on your way.
Strolling in a Bathing Suit, Grenada
© Travelshots.com/Alamy
Visiting cruise-ship passengers have gotten under the skin of the local police in Grenada, who cringe at tourists walking off the beach during their shore excursions and into town wearing nothing but their swimsuits. The police chief instituted a fine, and supposedly has also expressed interest in fining folks who wear their jeans too low.
Penalty: In theory, a $270 ticket, though the tourist board assures us that they don't think it has really been enforced.
Driving With Headlights Off, Denmark
Nicholas G. Petersen
Renting a car? You must always drive with headlights on, says the law in Denmark and other Scandinavian countries. Studies have found that other drivers are more aware of surrounding vehicles when other cars' lights are on, thus reducing accidents. The law may get adopted across the EU.
Penalty: Driving without headlights will get you a fine of a little under $100.
Chewing Gum, Singapore
Nick Sestanovich
Feeding birds, spitting, and not flushing public toilets will also get you in trouble. Singapore's most quirky-seeming laws stem from the government's well-meaning desire to keep things tidy—and let's face it, gum wads, pigeon droppings, and unflushed toilets aren't pretty. The infamous gum law actually loosened up in 2004, and Nicorette is now legal (though you have to get it through a doctor and they take down names). Selling regular gum is more of a problem than just casually chewing it, a spokesman says. And more changes are on the way: Gambling will become legal later in 2009, and you can now legally dance on top of bars.
Penalty: About $100 a ticket, especially for leaving a toilet un-flushed; many public loos auto-flush, we learned, but it's wise to double-check on your way out.
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I can't really believe it. A year since I first wrote my first blog. I can't decide whether that seems like an awful long time ago or if it has flown by. Is it possible for both of those statements to be true?
In terms of my writing and this blog in particular, it seems like a long time ago. When I look at my early posts, they aren't terrible by any stretch but I wasn't sure of my own voice. I wasn't really aware of my audience.
In terms of my fiction writing, I have published Shattered Reflections, had some good reviews and feel like I can call myself a writer now. It is strange, how it feels now to be writing Choose Yr Future. It's no longer a secret thing. People ask me how it's coming along. Not only that, it's no longer just for me. Potential publication. Less hypothetical than before. It makes it more serious, I suppose but that is a good thing. It's less like a hobby, more like real work.
Of course, time has flown by at it's usual speed – too quickly. Too often, I am writing at the end of a long day. I don't necessarily believe that you have to hit a quota everyday. I do try to write everyday but sometimes that comes down to ensuring I have a note of all the possible ideas that have come to me rather than lovingly crafted sentences. But there is not a moment when I am not thinking or planning and as long as I make a note, I know that I will get it written eventually.
So I can't help but wonder what the next year will bring. It is certainly exciting. With the six weeks holidays coming up, I should get the first draft of Choose Yr Future finished. (Also on the cards, a career change. Teaching is eating up too much of my time. At least part of the summer needs to be spend trying to find something new.) And then it will be editing, beta readers all the way through to a final draft. I can't wait.


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016 STATE OF THE JUDICIARY ADDRESS
THE HONORABLE CHIEF JUSTICE HUGH P. THOMPSON
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA
January 27, 2016, 11 a.m.
House Chambers, State Capitol
Lt. Governor Cagle, Speaker Ralston, President Pro Tem Shafer, Speaker Pro Tem Jones, members of the General Assembly, my fellow judges and my fellow Georgians:
Good morning. Thank you for this annual tradition of inviting the Chief Justice to report on the State of Georgia's Judiciary. Thanks in large part to your support and the support of our governor, as we move into 2016, I am pleased to tell you that your judicial branch of government is not only steady and secure, it is dynamic; it has momentum; and it is moving forward into the 21st century with a vitality and a commitment to meeting the inevitable changes before us.
Our mission remains the same: To protect individual rights and liberties, to uphold and interpret the rule of law, and to provide a forum for the peaceful resolution of disputes that is fair, impartial, and accessible to all.
Our judges are committed to these principles. Each day, throughout this state, they put on their black robes; they take their seat on the courtroom bench; and they work tirelessly to ensure that all citizens who come before them get justice.
Our Judicial Council is the policy-making body of the state's judicial branch. It is made up of competent, committed leaders elected by their fellow judges and representing all classes of court. They are assisted by an Administrative Office of the Courts, which is under a new director – Cynthia Clanton – and has a renewed focus as an agency that serves judges and courts throughout Georgia.
A number of our judges have made the trip to be here today. Our judges are here today because the relationship we have with you is important. We share with you the same goal of serving the citizens of this great state. We could not do our work without your help and that of our governor.
On behalf of all of the judges, let me say we are extremely grateful to you members of the General Assembly for your judicial compensation appropriation last year.
Today I want to talk to you about Georgia's 21st century courts – our vision for the future, the road we must travel to get there, and the accomplishments we have already achieved.
It has been said that, "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
Since a new state Constitution took effect in 1983, our population has nearly doubled to a little over 10 million, making us the 8th most populous state in the country. We are among the fastest growing states in the nation, and in less than four years, our population is projected to exceed 12 million.
Because it is good for our economy, we welcome that growth. Today, Georgia ranks
among states with the highest number of Fortune 500 companies, 20 of which have their global headquarters here; we have 72 four-year colleges and universities; we have the world's busiest airport and we have two deep-water ports. Georgia is a gateway to the South, and for a growing number of people and businesses from around the world, it is a gateway to this country.
All of this growth produces litigation – increasingly complex litigation – and just as our state must prepare for this growth by ensuring we have enough roads and modes of transportation, enough doctors and hospitals, and enough power to reach people throughout the state, our courts also must be equipped and modernized for the 21st
While our population has nearly doubled since 1983, the number of Georgia judges has
grown only 16 percent. We must work together to ensure that our judicial system has enough judges, staff and resources in the 21st century to fulfill the mission and constitutional duties our forefathers assigned to us.
A healthy, vibrant judiciary is absolutely critical to the economic development of our state. Thanks to many leaders in the judiciary, as well as to our partnership with the governor and to you in the legislature, we are well on our way to building a court system for the 21st century.
This time next year, with your support, we will have put into place an historic shift in the types of cases handled by the Georgia Supreme Court – the highest court in the state – and by the Court of Appeals – our intermediate appellate court. Thanks to Governor Deal's Georgia Appellate Jurisdiction Review Commission, this realignment will bring the Supreme Court of Georgia in line with other state Supreme Courts, which handle only the most critical cases that potentially change the law. Serving on the Commission are two of my colleagues – Justice David Nahmias and Justice Keith Blackwell – as well as two judges from the Court of Appeals – Chief
Judge Sara Doyle and Judge Stephen Dillard.
I thank you, Justices and Judges, for your leadership.
Under the Georgia Constitution, Supreme Court justices collectively decide every case that comes before us. Currently the state's highest court hears divorce and alimony cases; we hear cases involving wills; we hear cases involving titles to land; and we hear disputes over boundary lines.
But the Governor's Commission, and a number of reports by other commissions and
committees issued since 1983, have recommended that such cases should be heard by our intermediate appeals court, not by our highest court.
Both of our courts are among the busiest in the nation. But unlike the Supreme Court, which sits as a full court with all seven justices participating in, and deciding, every case, the Court of Appeals sits in panels of three. With your approval last year of three new Court of Appeals judges, that court will now have five panels, so it will have the capacity to consider five times as many cases as the Supreme Court.
Modernization of the Supreme Court makes sense. In a 19th century court system, when
most of the wealth was tied up in land, maybe title to land cases were the most important. Maybe they had the greatest implications for the public at large. But as we move into the 21st century, that is no longer true.
In answer to questions such as who owns a strip of land, what does a will mean, and who should prevail in a divorce settlement or an alimony dispute, most judicial systems believe that three judges are enough to provide the parties with a full and fair consideration of their appeal. It no longer makes sense to have seven – or nine – justices collectively review these types of cases.
There is no doubt these cases will be in good hands with the Court of Appeals.
Let me emphasize that all these cases the Commission recommended shifting to the Court of Appeals are critically important to the parties involved.
Let me also emphasize that the purpose of this historic change is not to lessen the burden on the Supreme Court. Rather, the intent is to free up the state's highest court to devote more time and energy to the most complex and the most difficult cases that have the greatest implications for the law and society at large.
We will therefore retain jurisdiction of constitutional challenges to the laws you enact, questions from the federal courts seeking authoritative rulings on Georgia law, election contests, murder and death penalty cases, and cases in which the Court of Appeals judges are equally divided.
Significantly, we want to be able to accept more of what we call "certiorari" cases
which are appeals of decisions by the Court of Appeals. The number of petitions filed in this category during the first quarter of the new docket year is nearly 14 percent higher this year over last. Yet due to the amount of appeals the law now requires us to take, we have had to reject the majority of the petitions for certiorari that we receive.
These cases are often the most complex – and the most consequential. They involve
issues of great importance to the legal system and the State as a whole. Or they involve an area of law that has become inconsistent and needs clarification.
Businesses and citizens need to know what the law allows them to do and what it does
not allow them to do. It is our job at the highest court to reduce any uncertainty and bring consistency and clarity to the law.
Under the Commission's recommendations, our 21st century Georgia Supreme Court will
be able to accept more of these important appeals.
As we move into the 21st century, plans are being discussed to build the first state Judicial Building in Georgia's history that will be dedicated solely to the judiciary. We are grateful for the Governor's leadership on this. The building that now houses the state's highest court and the Court of Appeals was built in 1954 when Herman Tallmadge was governor. Back then, it made sense to combine the state judicial branch with part of the executive branch, by locating the Law Department in the same building.
But the world has changed since 1954, and the building we now occupy was not designed with visitors in mind. It was not designed with technology in mind. And it surely was not designed with security in mind. Indeed, it was designed to interconnect with neighboring buildings that housed other branches of government.
A proper Judicial Building is about more than bricks and mortar. Outside, this building will symbolize for generations to come the place where people will go to get final resolution of civil wrongs and injustices; where the government will go to safeguard its prosecution of criminals; and where defendants will go to appeal convictions and sentences to prison for life.
Inside such a building, the courtroom will reinforce the reality that what goes on here is serious and solemn; it is a place of great purpose, in the words of a federal judge. The parties and the lawyers will understand they are all on equal footing, because they are equal under the law.
There is a majesty about the law that gets played out in the courtroom. It is a hallowed place because it is where the truth must be told and where justice is born. The courtroom represents our democracy at its very best.
No, this building is not just about bricks and mortar. Rather it is a place that will house Georgia's highest court where fairness, impartiality, and justice will reign for future generations.
We are no longer living in a 1950s Georgia. The courts of the 21st century must be
equipped to handle an increasingly diverse population. Living today in metropolitan Atlanta alone are more than 700,000 people who were born outside the United States. According to the Chamber of Commerce, today some 70 countries have a presence in Atlanta, in the form of a consulate or trade office. We must be ready to help resolve the disputes of international businesses that are increasingly locating in our state and capital. Our 21st century courts must be open, transparent and accessible to all. Our citizens' confidence in their judicial system depends on it. We must be armed with qualified, certified interpreters, promote arbitration as an alternative to costly, courtroom-bound litigation, ensure that all those who cannot afford lawyers have an avenue toward justice, and be constantly updating technology with the aim of improving our courts' efficiency while saving literally millions of dollars. For all of this, we need your help.
When I first became a judge, we had no email, no cell phones, no Internet. People didn't Twitter or text, or post things on YouTube, Facebook or Instagram. The most modern equipment we had was a mimeograph machine.
This past year, by Supreme Court order, we created for the first time a governance
structure to bring our use of technology into the 21st century. Chaired by my colleague Justice Harold Melton, and co-chaired by Douglas County Superior Court Judge David Emerson, this permanent Judicial Council Standing Committee on Technology will lead the judicial branch by providing guidance and oversight of its technology initiatives.
Our courts on their own are rapidly moving away from paper documents into the digital age. At the Supreme Court, lawyers must now electronically file all cases. This past year, we successfully launched the next phase by working with trial courts to begin transmitting their entire court record to us electronically. The Court of Appeals also now requires the e-filing of applications to appeal, and this year, will join the Supreme Court in accepting electronic trial records.
Our goal is to develop a uniform statewide electronic filing and retrieval system so that lawyers and others throughout the judiciary can file and access data the easiest way possible.
Using a single portal, attorneys will be able to file documents with trial courts and appellate courts – and retrieve them from any court in the state. This is the system advocated by our partner, President Bob Kaufman of the State Bar of Georgia, and by attorneys throughout the state.
Such a system will not only make our courts more efficient at huge savings, but it will make Georgia safer. When our trial judges conduct bond hearings, for example, they often lack critical information about the person before them. They usually have reports about any former convictions, but they may not have information about cases pending against the defendant in other courts. The technology exists now to ensure that they do.
Also on the horizon is the expanded use of videoconferencing – another electronic
improvement that will save money and protect citizens' lives. After a conviction and sentence to prison, post-trial hearings require courts to send security teams to pick up the prisoner and bring him to court. Without encroaching on the constitutional right of confrontation, we could videoconference the inmate's testimony from his prison cell. Again, the technology already exists.
Our Committee on Technology will be at the forefront of guiding our courts into the 21st century.
As Georgia grows, it grows more diverse.
Our Georgia courts are required by the federal government to provide language services free of charge to litigants and witnesses, not only in criminal cases but in civil cases as well.
Even for fluent English speakers, the judicial system can be confusing and unwelcoming.
My vision for Georgia's judiciary in the 21st century is that every court, in every city and every county in Georgia, will have the capacity of serving all litigants, speaking any language, regardless of national origin, from the moment they enter the courthouse until the moment they leave. That means that on court websites, signs and forms will be available in multiple languages, that all court staff will have the tools they need to assist any customers, and that court proceedings will have instant access to the interpreters of the languages they need.
Chief Magistrate Kristina Blum of the Gwinnett County Magistrate Court has been
working hard to ensure access to justice for all those who come to her court, most of whom are representing themselves.
Recently her court created brochures that provide guidance for civil trials, family
violence matters, warrant applications, garnishments, and landlord-tenant disputes. These brochures provide basic information about each proceeding – what to expect and how best to present their case in court.
Judge Blum, who is in line to be president of the Council of Magistrate Judges and is a member of our Judicial Council, has had the brochures translated into Spanish, Korean and Vietnamese. Such non-legalese forms and tutorial videos that our citizens can understand go a long way toward building trust in the judicial system, and in our entire government.
The Supreme Court Commission on Interpreters, chaired by Justice Keith Blackwell, is
making significant strides in ensuring that our courts uphold the standards of due process. With the help of Commission member Jana Edmondson-Cooper, an energetic attorney with the Georgia Legal Services Program, the Commission is working around the state to educate judges,court administrators and lawyers on the judiciary's responsibilities in providing language assistance.
The essence of due process is the opportunity to be heard. Our justice system is the envy of other countries because it is open and fair to everyone seeking justice. By helping those who have not yet mastered English, we reinforce the message that the doors to the best justice system in the world are open to everyone.
Our law demands it. Our Constitution demands it.
The courts of the 21st century will symbolize a new era. A turning point in our history occurred when we realized there was a smarter way to handle criminals.
Six years ago, my colleague and then Chief Justice Carol Hunstein accompanied
Representative Wendell Willard to Alabama to explore how that state was reforming its criminal justice system. Back in Georgia, Governor Deal seized the reins, brought together the three branches of government, and through extraordinary leadership, has made criminal justice reform a reality. Georgia is now a model for the nation.
Today, following an explosive growth in our prison population that doubled between
1990 and 2011 and caused corrections costs to top one billion dollars a year, last year our prison population was the lowest it has been in 10 years. Our recidivism rate is the lowest it's been in three decades. And we have turned back the tide of rising costs.
For the last five years, the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform – created by the governor and your legislation – has been busy transforming our criminal justice system into one that does a better job of protecting public safety while holding non-violent offenders accountable and saving millions in taxpayer dollars. I am extremely grateful to this Council and commend the steady leadership of co-chairs Judge Michael Boggs of the Court of Appeals and Thomas Worthy of the State Bar of Georgia.
Throughout this historic reform, Georgia's trial court judges have been in the trenches.
Our number one goal in criminal justice reform is to better protect the safety of our citizens.
Central to that goal is the development of our specialty courts – what some call accountability courts.
These courts have a proven track record of reducing recidivism rates and keeping our
citizens safe. Nationwide, 75 percent of drug court graduates remain free of arrest two years after completing the program, and the most conservative analyses show that drug courts reduce crime as much as 45 percent more than other sentencing options. Last year, these courts helped save Georgia more than $51 million in prison costs.
From the beginning, you in the legislature have steadfastly supported the growth in these courts, most recently appropriating more than $19 million for the current fiscal year.
Georgia now has 131 of these courts, which include drug courts, DUI courts, juvenile and adult mental health courts, and veterans courts. Today, only two judicial circuits in the state do not yet have a specialty court, and both are in the early stages of discussing the possibility of starting one. In addition to those already involved, last year alone, we added nearly 3500 new participants to these courts.
Behind that number are individual tales of lives changed and in some cases, lives saved.
Our judges, who see so much failure, take pride in these success stories. And so should you.
Chief Judge Richard Slaby of the Richmond County State Court, speaks with great pride of Judge David Watkins and the specialty courts that have grown under Judge Watkins' direction. Today the recidivism rate among the Augusta participants is less than 10 percent.
The judges who run these courts are committed and deserve our thanks. We are grateful to leaders like Judge Slaby, who is President-Elect of the Council of State Court Judges and a member of our Judicial Council; to Judge Stephen Goss of the Dougherty Superior Court, whose mental health court has been recognized as one of the best mental health courts in our country; to Chief Judge Brenda Weaver, President of the Council of Superior Court Judges and a member of our Judicial Council. Judge Weaver of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit serves on the Council of
Accountability Court Judges of Georgia, which you created last year by statute. Its purpose is to improve the quality of our specialty courts through proven standards and practices, and it is chaired by Superior Court Judge Jason Deal of Hall County. Judge Deal's dedication to the specialty court model in his community, and his guidance and encouragement to programs throughout the state, are described as invaluable by those who work with him.
We may not have a unified court system in Georgia. But we have judges unified in their commitment to our courts. Among our one thousand four hundred and fifty judges, Georgia has many fine leaders. I've told you about a number of them today. In closing, I want to mention two more.
When the United States Supreme Court issued its historic decision last year on same-sex marriage, our Council of Probate Court Judges led the way toward compliance. Three months before the ruling was issued, the judges met privately at the behest of the Council's then president, Judge Chase Daughtrey of Cook County, and his successor, Judge Don Wilkes of Emanuel County. Together, they determined that regardless of what the Supreme Court decided, they would follow the law. Both Governor Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens also publicly announced they would respect the court's decision, despite tremendous pressure to do otherwise.
These men are all great leaders who spared our state the turmoil other states endured. The bottom line is this: In Georgia, we may like the law, we may not like the law, but we follow the law.
The day-to-day business of the Georgia courts rarely makes the news. Rather judges,
their staff and clerks spend their days devoted to understanding the law, tediously pushing cases through to resolution, committed to ferreting out the truth and making the right decision. It is not easy, and they must often stand alone, knowing that when they sentence someone to prison, many lives hang in the balance between justice and mercy.
So I thank all of our leaders, and I thank all of our judges who are leading our courts into the 21st century.
May God bless them. May God bless you. And may God bless all the people of Georgia.
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Airline whistleblower solves 9/11, Posted by Kevin Barrett on January 31, 2015 @ Veterans Today
February 2, 2015 February 2, 2015 by nootkabear, posted in 911 Truths, Kevin Barrett, Novel, Rebekah Roth, Veterans Today, Whistleblower
Airline whistleblower solves 9/11
Posted by Kevin Barrett on January 31, 2015
Veterans Today:
A review of "Methodical Illusion" by Rebekah Roth
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor
The truth-seeking community – and the airline industry – are abuzz over Rebekah Roth's new book Methodical Illusion. It's poised to break into the top 1,000 worldwide, selling so fast that Amazon may even have tried to stop its rise to bestseller status by falsely claiming "sorry, out of stock."
We've seen this situation before…such as on September 8th, 2013, when the RT documentary 9/11 and Operation Gladio started to go viral and suddenly disappeared from search engines – as emails containing its url began falling into a big black hole in cyberspace.
So what's all the excitement about? Why would the people whose job is to "disable the purveyors of conspiracy theories" try to limit sales of a potboiler novel by a former stewardess?
hqdefaultHint: It isn't literary quality they're afraid of. If you want a 9/11 truth novel by a literary genius, read Thomas Pynchon's Bleeding Edge. Pynchon's book has lots of great writing and a modest amount of 9/11 truth, packaged in such a way as not to offend the Tribe that dominates American media.
But if you want a rough-hewn page-turner with more 9/11 truth than anything you're likely to read this side of David Ray Griffin or Christopher Bollyn (or Veterans Today for that matter) check out Methodical Illusion. Roth boldly goes where no stewardess or novelist has gone before, pinning 9/11 squarely on the Israelis and their American assets, and providing a convincing explanation of how the planes were "hijacked," by whom, where they went, and what happened to the passengers.
Roth's book has set off a stampede by her former colleagues in the aviation industry, who are rushing to provide details supporting her revelations. They are confirming the installation of FTS (Flight Termination System) equipment on the models "hijacked" on 9/11, which allowed those planes to be taken over remotely and flown from the ground. When FTS takes over a plane, it completely shuts down that plane's communications with the outside world. That explains why not one of the four pilots on any of the 9/11 planes managed to flip a toggle switch and squawk the hijack code. Had the aircraft been hijacked in a normal manner, the pilots, who are trained to instantly squawk "hijack" in such an emergency, all would have done so.
The failure of any of the 9/11 planes to squawk the "we are hijacked" message is absolute, conclusive proof that the official story of hijackings by Arabs armed with box cutters is false.
According to the author's hypothesis, the FTS-captured-and-silenced planes landed at a nearby Air Force base with gigantic hangars, which Roth identifies and a colleague who was there confirms happened, less than 20 minutes after takeoff. Once on the ground, selected flight attendants and passengers were guided (or forced) to place cell phone calls, during which they read from scripts prepared by the perpetrators.
This scenario is very similar to one planned by the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1962: the infamous Operation Northwoods. And it is entirely plausible. The main counter-argument – that the FAA tracked the two Boston aircraft from takeoff to crashes – has been disproven, since we now know that the 9/11 perpetrators were inserting false blips onto FAA controllers screens and thereby controlling what they saw.
According to this scenario, the Twin Towers would have been hit by military aircraft and/or missiles, not passenger jets.
Roth's hypothesis is compelling, for several reasons. First, it explains why the perpetrators would invent such a ridiculously implausible scenario as "hijacked suicide attack planes fly all over the Eastern half of the USA before finally hitting their targets or being taken down by heroic passengers." They needed this palpably absurd scheme to allow for time to covertly land the planes and stage the dramas via scripted cell phone calls. And the dramas – which would brainwash Americans into hating Israel's Muslim enemies and killing them by the millions – were (alongside the horrific images broadcast from New York) the key part of the psy-op. Without the "cell phone calls," nobody would have "known" what happened on those planes.
Were there such a thing as al-Qaeda suicide hijackers, they would take over the plane immediately after takeoff and fly straight for their targets, thereby minimizing the possibility of things going wrong, such as FTS being activated by the good guys or NORAD interceptors showing up in around 10 minutes – the normal procedure every time a plane deviates significantly from course.
But since there have been no successful hijackings in the USA since the 1970s, the whole idea that even one plane would be successfully hijacked on 9/11 is ludicrous. The preposterous claim that four planes with military-trained pilots were commandeered by 130 pound "muscle hijackers" with box cutters and flown with consummate skill and impossible speed by pilots who couldn't even fly Cessnas is one of history's most bizarre delusions.
Roth's hypothesis also explains why so many of the people who received phone calls from the "hijacked passengers" insisted that the calls came from the person's cell phone, positively identified through caller ID. In 2001, cell phones did not work at altitude. The calls must have been made from the ground.
Additionally, this scenario explains why many of the cell phone calls went on so long; were often placed to improbable recipients; had none of the correct background sounds; and were full of bizarre glitches revealing that they were scripted and/or coerced, not actual emergency calls from in-flight aircraft.
Roth's explanation sheds light on the role of Rabbi Dov Zakheim, a US-Israeli dual citizen who served as Comptroller of the Pentagon on 9/11 and managed to abscond with $2.3 trillion dollars, as Rumsfeld announced the day before.
Roth writes:
"Remember the comptroller of the Pentagon (Dov Zakheim), who owned the company that manufactured the flight termination system? He also owned a company that refurbished commercial 767s and sold them as military refueling tankers. He just got some free airplanes to add to his inventory. They could have easily kept those planes hidden in the hangers (at the Air Force Base) and flown them out after dark". (251)
According to former NSA officer Wayne Madsen, one or more of those planes may now be parked at the "Boneyard" (the Marana Air Field) in Arizona. Madsen spent several days on-site investigating the murder of former CIA pilot and 9/11 truth author Philip Marshall – a crime which, like the recent assassination of Gray State filmmaker David Crowley, was a professional hit disguised as a murder-suicide. Madsen believes Marshall may have been killed because he discovered one or more 9/11 planes stored at Marana. The quickest way to shed light on this, I suspect, would be to waterboard Rabbi Zakheim.
But the larcenous and murderous Rabbi was not the only key Israeli-American player in the plane-capture operation. Another was Daniel Lewin, the "hijacker in seat 9B" on Flight 11. Lewin was (and may still be) a topnotch Mossad assassin. Roth suggests Daniel Lewin may have been one of the agents tasked with overseeing the FTS plane-takeovers, controlling the passengers and crew, coercing cell-phone-callers, and ultimately killing the "9/11 plane crash victims" whose DNA samples would then be sent to a military laboratory for identification. (Though there is no documentation of any discovery of passenger remains at Shanksville or the Pentagon – indeed, there is not one shred of evidence that Fight 93 was ever excavated from the ten-by-fifteen-foot hole in the ground it allegedly disappeared into, or that airliner or passenger remains were ever removed from the Pentagon – the government claims that all of the passengers and crew from those two sites, but none of the alleged hijackers, have been DNA-identified from crash site remains!)
Among the airline industry whistleblowers who have contacted Roth is one who still possesses the original passenger manifests for the "hijacked flights." There are no Arab names on those manifests. That would explain why the public versions also contain no Arab names; why no remains of any alleged hijackers were ever DNA-identified; why the US government has repeatedly refused pleas from the alleged hijackers' family members to accept DNA samples and try to identify their falsely-accused loved ones; why several of the alleged hijackers were identity theft victims with Mossad dopplegangers; why not a single authentic security camera image shows any of the alleged hijackers en route to boarding any of the four alleged attack aircraft; why no airline industry employees have ever testified about ticketing or boarding any of the 19 Arabs; why no passenger stubs have ever been produced for the 19 Arabs; and why ten of the alleged hijackers turned up alive after 9/11.
Digital StillCameraMethodical Illusion, unlike previous 9/11 truth novels, isn't afraid to tell us who did it: "…A political leader of one of our most trusted allies in the Middle East." I think we know who she means: The one who has just been invited by traitors to address Congress, over the objections of the President.
"…Because they have been such a trusted ally of our nation, they have infiltrated our media, the Federal Reserve, the banking system and they control most of the lobbyists that manipulate far too many of our politicians. They also control most of the campaign contributions as well as both political parties…their complete control over the media is going to be very problematic for us."
It may be a novel, but truer words have never been spoken.
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Assisted Living is a fantastic alternative to a nursing home for long-term senior living. It allows your loved ones to have a sense of independence with most located in a resort-style community. Assisted living staff provides extra social and health support and is an investment you and your family will be happy to make. Once you've determined which facilities seem to be the best fit, there are essential questions to ask to begin narrowing them down to one. The more you know up front, the more confident you'll feel that you're making the right decision. Take a tour of the property and bring a list of questions that will help make your decision more clear.
Are There Apartments Available Now?
You'd be surprised at the number of assisted living communities that have a significant wait list for apartment openings. If there is a wait list, ask how long it is and determine if that timeframe will match your needs. You should always have multiple back-up choices just in case things fall through. If there is no waitlist, inquire about what styles and types of housing are available. Do you or your family member need a studio? One bedroom? Or single-family home? Factor in living and kitchen space to find one that matches your needs.
Stay on top of what services and costs are included in the monthly rate. Most assisted living facilities include Wi-Fi, cable, and utilities which can make it seem like a bargain. Ask about other services including housekeeping, meals, and other amenities. Not all facilities are the same, with some offering bundles of services, and others are more a la carte.
What types of activities and events do you offer?
Assisted living is about staying active both physically and mentally. Go online and look at their monthly activity calendar for the community you are interested in. A reputable facility will offer a variety of opportunities for socialization and engagement during the week. Make sure that the activities offered match up with you or your loved one's interests. It doesn't matter how beautiful the property may be if you're going to be unsatisfied and bored most of the time.
Does The Facility Offer Transportation?
For some residents in assisted living communities, getting around can be difficult. Ask them if they provide private bus or car services to doctor appointments, banks, grocery stores, or other locations. Some will offer transportation coordination services or taxi vouchers for trips that aren't on the bus route.
What Types Of Health Services Do You Offer?
This is one of the most crucial questions to ask. A facility that has clinicians on staff will give you better peace of mind. Some assisted living communities have podiatrists, doctors, dentists, and ophthalmologists visiting a couple of times per month.
What Are Your Meal Options?
Ask your facility if there are a variety of entrée choices if dinner is served in a dining room setting. Most adults as they age, find it more difficult to have an appetite. Having options will ensure you'll always have something to satisfy your taste buds. Ask the staff to see a copy of the weekly or monthly menu, or see if they will allow you to sample the cuisine at the property. You should also ask if in-room dining by tray is available in case you or your loved one isn't feeling up to eating in the dining room at times.


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DENVER – Researchers from four universities met to discuss critical energy solutions at a meeting hosted by CoBank earlier this week. Organized by the National Energy Solutions Institute and Smart Energy Source (NESI-SES) Association, the collaboration included researchers and professors from Oklahoma State University, Colorado State University, the University of Colorado, and the Colorado School of Mines.
The NESI-SES Association recently recognized individuals and organizations for their innovation in the energy sector. The first annual NESI-SES Innovation Awards reflect the association's commitment to promoting collaboration and cooperation among all stakeholders.
Legislators from twelve of the nation's energy producing states met in Jackson, Wyo. last week at the Global Energy and Environmental Issues Conference hosted by the Energy Council. David Swank, CEO of the National Energy Solutions Institute and Smart Energy Source (NESI-SES) Association, addressed legislators on the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, often referred to as UAVs or drones, in the energy sector.


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Q: im.getcolors() returns None I am using a simple code to compare an image to a desktop screenshot through the function getcolors() from PIL. When I open an image, it works:
im = Image.open('sprites\Bowser\BowserOriginal.png')
current_sprite = im.getcolors()
print current_sprite

However, using both pyautogui.screenshot() and ImageGrab.grab() for the screenshot, my code returns none. I have tried using the RGB conversion as shown here: Cannot use im.getcolors.
Additionally, even when I save a screenshot to a .png, it STILL returns none.
i = pyautogui.screenshot('screenshot.png')
f = Image.open('screenshot.png')
im = f.convert('RGB')
search_image = im.getcolors()
print search_image

First time posting, help is much appreciated.

A: If you'd check the docs, getcolors returns None if the number of colors in the image is greater than the default parameter, which is set to 256.

A: Pretty old question but for those who sees this now:
Image.getcolors() takes as a parameter "maxcolors – Maximum number of colors." (from the docs here).
The maximum number of colors an image can have, equals to the number of pixels it contains.
For example, an image of 50*60px will have maximum 3,000 colors.
To translate it into code, try this:
# Open the image.
img = Image.open("test.jpg")
# Set the maxcolors number to the image's pixels number.
colors = img.getcolors(img.size[0]*img.size[1])

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Home » Gmail and how to remove things
Gmail and how to remove things
Block a contact in Gmail
The easiest way to block someone in Gmail is the direct option you have when reading an email. To do this, you just need to find and click on the email sent to you that you want to block.
When you open the email, you will see a reply to the icon in the right corner. Click the down arrow button next to it and when you do, a list will appear with actions related to the email you are reading and the sender.
In the drop-down menu, you will see several options. What you must do here if you want to block the contact who has sent you the email is to click on the option Block to contact name, which will automatically block the contact without having to do anything else.
Now you will see a screen asking you to confirm that you want to block your email. All you must do here is click on the Block button to confirm that you want to block it and that's it, you will not receive any more emails from that person.
In the Gmail mobile app, it is almost the same. When you open the email there will be three dots icons in the top right area, and when you press it a menu with options about the email will be displayed. Here you only must select the block option again and that's it.
Block contact by creating a filter
Another method you can use to block someone is to set up a filter that discards emails from the contact who sends you a certain email. To do this, once you are in Gmail click on the gear icon at the top right, and in the drop-down menu choose the Settings option to enter the settings.
Create a Filter
When you are in the Gmail settings menu click on the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab, and you will go to the section where you can review everything related to Gmail filters. Once there, click on the Create a filter option and you will access the filter creation process.
Create Filter with Criteria
In the filter creation screen, now you just must put in the from section the email of the person you want to block. Once you have done that, click on the Create a filter with this search method button and you will create a filter that will be applied to all messages from the selected email address.
Choose an action
You just must decide what action to take with the messages in that email. If you choose Delete, it will look like you never found it, but you can also add a label, a section, or a skip. As you wish.
How to remove blocks in Gmail
To unblock, you must go back to the Gmail settings. To do this, click on the settings icon in the upper right corner and select the "Settings" option from the drop-down menu to set the settings. Once inside, you will need to go back to the "Filters and blocked addresses" option.
If you block and create a filter, Blocked Filters and Addresses will first display a list of all the filters you have configured. You just need to find the one you set to block and click remove. Unblock it
If you block with the block option, under Filters and Blocked Addresses you have to scroll down all and after the list of filters, you will have another list of blocks. There, find the email address of the person you deleted and click on the Open button you will see on the right.
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Solar Installers Are Getting Closer to Profitability | Alternative Energy news. We provide you with the latest breaking news and videos straight from the Alternative Energy industry.
There's long been a Catch-22 about residential solar: despite staggering market demand, it's been hard to make money doing it—until now.
Sunrun Inc. said Wednesday that it's cash-flow positive. And Blackstone Group LP-backed Vivint Solar Inc. expects to hit that mark next year.
Rooftop solar installers have chased growth in recent years, investing revenue into marketing and installations. The model helped fuel the expansion of residential power systems in the U.S., driven by leases and power-purchase agreements that require little to no upfront cash from consumers.
"It's a major milestone if both of these companies can demonstrate that they can fund their continuing operations and continue to create new leases and generate money," said Joseph Osha, a San Francisco-based analyst at JMP Securities LLC.
Sunrun expects to generate about $40 million of normalized cash flow this year. "We are very clearly profitable," Chairman Ed Fenster said in an interview Wednesday. The shares gained 7.8 percent to $6.35 at 10:02 a.m. on Nov. 8 in New York.
Vivint is pushing to be cash-flow positive in 2018, Chief Executive Officer David Bywater said in an interview Wednesday. The Lehi, Utah-based company has prioritized profitability under Bywater, who became CEO last year, over a single-minded focus on installation growth.
Though rooftop power was once the fastest-growing part of the U.S. solar industry, installations have slowed this year as some states revised incentive programs. Cash flow and profitability became leading industry buzzwords. Investors began focusing on companies' marketing and unit costs, while debating the financial merits of long-term leases versus sales, either paid with cash or funded with loans.
Vivint and market-leader Tesla Inc. have pivoted. Tesla is prioritizing sales, ceased door-to-door marketing and has ceded market-share to rivals including Sunrun, which expects to boost installations by 15 percent this year. Vivint last year decided it needed to right-size and diversify itself following its failed acquisition by now-bankrupt clean-energy giant SunEdison Inc., and stopped chasing growth for the sake of growth.
Vivint and Sunrun have pursued partnerships, partly to boost value and to reduce marketing expenses. Vivint is collaborating with sister company Vivint Smart Home on solar-and-energy-management bundles, and with Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz Energy unit on power-storage systems. Sunrun has arrangements with Comcast Corp., National Grid Plc and Engie SA; Comcast will market Sunrun's panels to its customers over the next 40 months.
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Top 5 edible indigenous fruit
Indigenous fruit is eaten raw, dried or ground into a paste which is then cooked with leaves or meal.
Carissa macrocarpa
(Large Num-Num)
This small evergreen tree grows to about 4 meters and is water wise. It flourishes in the sun or semi-shade. Fragrant white flowers occur from spring to mid-summer and they attract insects, butterflies and insect eating birds. It is also used for nesting sites. This shrub is useful for formal pruned hedging, informal hedging/screening or thorny security barriers. It is suitable for containers and coastal gardens as it tolerates wind and salt spray. It is a low maintenance plant. The fruit is highly nutritious as it is rich in vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus. All the Carissa have edible fruit. It is eaten raw or cooked to produce a jam, chopped into salads, jelly or bredies. They produce pink dye. Macrocarpa means 'large fruit'. The root is used medicinally for coughs, a tonic or for VD. I stick is used in a hut to repel snakes and they are planted near the homestead for protection. In West Africa the roots are used to flavour stews and a piece of root and leaf is placed in water containers to keep it fresh. On the Highveld do plant it in a protected spot as they are frost tender when young.
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Diospyros lycioides var guerkei
(Transvaal Bluebush)
Found throughout the country, other than the Western Cape and the Karoo. It only grows to 3-5 meters so is great for a townhouse garden where space is limited. It has stunning autumn foliage and is deciduous. The flowers are visited by butterflies and insects so they attract the insect eating birds. Perhaps its best attribute is the little red fruit, which are produced in abundance. They are relished by fruit eating birds, Dassies, Bushbuck and humans. It is the larval food plant of the Mooi River Opal butterfly and 26 moth species.The roots produce brown dye and they are used medicinally as a purgative, for epilepsy, to dislodge thorns and for eye troubles. The roots are extremely hard and are known to blunt plough blades. We recently had an enquiry from Australia for the twigs which are used as toothpicks!The roots and twigs are antimicrobial. An excellent bonsai subject. The name is derived from the Greek dios = divine, pyros=a grain of sand referring to the fruit which is divine to eat and is used to make jam.
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Dodonaea angustifolia
(Sand Olive)
This small evergreen tree is frost resistant, water wise, and fast growing in the sun. It has yellow flowers in autumn which attract butterflies, nesting birds and insect eaters. This neat tree works very well as a formal pruned hedge or as an informal screen. It also has many medicinal uses as the bark is used to treat wounds and abdominal pain. Smoke from the burning roots is inhaled to treat headaches, bronchitis and colds. Roots, leaves and twigs are soaked in water and this water is then used to treat colds, flu, fever, stomach trouble, measles and arthritis. Roots boiled in water is used by women after child birth to stimulate breast milk. Leaves are pounded and steeped in water and then used for diarrhea. It has anti-fungal, antiviral and properties. Good for a container as it has non aggressive roots so it can be planted 2 meters from a building or a pool. The Sand Olive is ideal for small gardens and is used to stabilize sandy areas. It was named after Dr Rembert Dodonaeus 1517 - 1585. He studied medicine and was a Flemish Physician, herbalist, He also studied cosmography and geography. He was the emperor's physician and professor at Leiden University. He wrote the most comprehensive book on herbs which was the most translated book after the Bible.
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Dovyalis caffra
(Kei Apple)
This small 5m evergreen tree is frost resistant, water wise, fast growing in the sun or semi-shade. The cream flowers are rich in nectar, which attracts butterflies, and are produced in spring and are followed by apricot fruit which attract birds - insect and fruit eaters like the Louries and black eyed Blackeyed Bulbuls. It should produce fruit when about 3 years old.It makes a safe nesting site. It is useful for an informal hedge/screen or a thorny security barrier as they retain their lower branches and can be planted close together as they do not have aggressive roots. The fruit is also useful as it is rich in vitamin C and although sour it is tasty and is eaten raw or used for jelly and jam making. It is eaten by Monkeys and Baboon. The trees are also browsed by game. The Kei Apple will do well in a container and is popular for bonsai. The branches are also used in flower arrangements.The oval leaves are shiny, dark green with a smooth margin. It is successful if planted in a coastal garden or in a Highveld garden. This tree was first grown in Europe in 1870 but is now grown worldwide, in California, the Mediterranean and Australia. Plant it 2 meters from buildings and pools. The name is derived from the Greek dovyalis = spear refering to the long thorns.
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Olea europaea subsp. africana
(Wild Olive)
One of the oldest cultivated trees and is the symbol of peace as when Noah sent a dove from his Ark, it returned with an Olive leaf. In ancient Rome an olive branch was held to plead for peace and in ancient Greece, Irene, the Goddess of peace loved olives. The tree represents abundance and drives away evil spirits. This medium sized, evergreen tree is frost resistant, drought resistant and grows in the sun. It is neatly shaped and has a dense spreading crown. The white/green flowers open in summer and they attract bees and butterflies. The flowers are replaced with edible, purple berries which attract birds - insect and fruit eaters like starlings, pigeons, parrots and louries. They are also enjoyed by people, monkeys, baboons, mongooses, bushpigs, and warthogs. The fruit is also used to produce black dye. It's useful for nesting sites. The leaves are browsed by game and stock and is a fodder tree for mammals. It is useful as a formal, pruned hedge or an informal hedge/screen. Very popular as a bonsai subject. They sometimes have aggressive roots so plant 4 meters from a building or a pool. It is protected in the North West Province, the Cape and the Free State. There are numerous medicinal uses for eye lotions, tonics for high blood pressure, kidney ailments and sore throats. Wild Olive tonic is available commercially and is used to treat colds and to build the immune system. It is believed that inhaling the smoke from a Wild Olive fire will cure a hangover. Magical uses are to protect against lightening, by putting a branch in an open doorway. The beautiful golden brown wood is used for furniture, ornaments and fencing posts. As the wood is strong and durable, it is used for walking sticks, knobkieries and spear handles. It grows along rivers and is useful to stabilize the soil. A must for a bird garden! This is a popular bonsai subject. The name is derived from the Greek elaia and the latin olea = classical latin name for the olive.
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College Admissions Editorial
GW isn't "need-blind" and neither is any highly selective college in America. It's a myth perpetuated by these very institutions (photo credit: MattKingston).
We came across an interesting and well argued editorial on "Aljazeera" from a little while back written by Sarah Kendzior that we wanted to share with our loyal readers. In the editorial entitled "The Immorality of College Admissions," Kendzior argues that while colleges preach frequently about their yearning for diversity, this diversity generally does not include students whose families cannot afford tuition. And she does indeed have a point. Think about it logically. If a school admits an entire student body whose family incomes are so low that they all need financial aid, the university would not be able to continue for too many more years. They'd have to dip into their endowment. They'd require much more money in the form of donations from alumni. It just wouldn't be possible.
Writes Kendzior in her college admissions editorial under the subheading "Faux Diversity," "'Diversity' is a cherished value of American schools – so long as that diversity does not include students whose families earn less than the tuition fee. Elite universities favour those willing to pay to play – and play again until they win. Only 3.8 percent of American families make more than $200,000 per year. But at Harvard University, 45.6 percent of incoming freshman come from families making $200,000 or more. A mere 4 percent of Harvard students come from a family in the bottom quintile of US incomes, and only 17.8 percent come from the bottom three quintiles. 'We admit students without any regard for financial need – a policy we call 'need-blind admission',' Harvard's website proudly proclaims. Harvard charges $54,496 per year for tuition, room and board, but waives the fees for families making less than $60,000 per year."
We've been saying for years that highly selective colleges — while they may profess to be "need-blind" aren't in practice. "Need-blind admissions" is a myth, one perpetuated by just about every highly selective college. News out of George Washington University sheds light on this myth, but there is indeed much more light to be shed.
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