I'm excited to teach you how to use a visualized Bouncer character as a mind hack. It's one of my favorite tools to use with athletes, as the image it conjures is immediate and powerful. Most importantly, it gets the job done. Bouncer is a tool you can use to shut down your Inner Critic. And with this shutdown comes an immediate reversal to the downward spiral of negative self-talk that comes with it. To get there, I need to first offer a quick explanation on the concept of Inner Critic.
Inner Critic is the powerful force that appears in your mind and works hard to undermine your progress toward your goals. It is an expert at unraveling you. Inner Critic knows how to get under your skin, how to fan the fire of your fears, and how to distract you.
Mind Awareness Training: Are you aware?
Do you ever hear a voice in your head that tells you something like the following?
If so, you're hearing from Inner Critic. Left unattended, Inner Critic has incredible power. At best, Inner Critic is a mood-killer and energy-zapper. At worst, Inner Critic can destroy your intentions, months of preparation, and years of dreams. Fortunately, you also have the power to call upon your Inner Coach, a voice that is even more powerful, as long as you learn to activate it and put it to use for the right task at the right time.
Inner Coach has five important roles and areas of responsibility: Bouncer, Teacher, Guide, Muse, and Motivator. Your mission is to build a strong inner voice for each role and to integrate each voice into your sports pursuits as needed. This article covers the first of the 5 roles — it teaches you to use the Bouncer role as your Inner Coach.
Your Inner Coach works in this role as a club bouncer, ready to deal with rowdy, out-of-control Inner Critic, either when it shows up uninvited or when it somehow sneaks in and starts to wreak havoc. The Bouncer's only job is to deal with your Inner Critic — to shut down this voice and toss it down the street. The Bouncer's visualized presence alone is often enough to intimidate Inner Critic into walking away. If not, visualize the Bouncer growing in size and Inner Critic shrinking and losing its voice, until it is a tiny, voiceless grain of sand that the wind blows away.
Note that I use the term visualize when describing how to use the Bouncer hack. I teach general and specific visualization practices in Flow State Runner — it's a major part of the book. Visualization is a critical skill for improving mental strength and sports performance, especially when under pressure. If you have no experience with visualization, just go with this simple explanation: visualization is deliberately imagining images. It is seeing pictures and films in your mind — to train your mind to experience a desired state before you experience it in reality.
The more detail you add to your visualization practice, the more powerful it becomes. See it in your mind as you wish to see it, and then you are primed to live it as you wish to live it.
Visualize the most intimidating Bouncer you can fathom. Perhaps you see the classic image (dark clothes, muscular, chiseled face) or a ninja-like image, where strength resides more in skills than size. Use what is the most viscerally powerful for you. Practice seeing your Bouncer in great detail, so that you can call upon this image whenever needed and see the image exactly as you've created it, not in some generic, random way. This is the important part of visualization training that many athletes lazily skip, and thus undermine the power of the tool when adversity strikes.
Once you've got a detailed Bouncer image locked into your mind, start floating this image as a protective Bouncer over your shoulder. See your Bouncer guarding the door to your mind and ready to deal with your Inner Critic should it try to get involved and force its way in. When you are training, practice visualizing a sudden appearance of your Bouncer — at the ready over your shoulder.
Whenever Inner Critic shows up and jumps deep into your thoughts, redirect your focus to Inner Coach and send in the Bouncer immediately — with confidence and force. Envision a protective detail rushing to cover their VIP protectee at the sign of risk — that's the sense of urgency you need when calling in your Bouncer. The goal isn't to politely ask Inner Critic to leave — it's to eject Inner Critic from your mind with sudden and overwhelming force. If you take time to politely dance with Inner Critic, Inner Critic will stay and bring you down. Be strong — rather, give your Bouncer power to be strong for you, so you can focus on your sport.
This is an entertaining and worthwhile exercise that is also very realistic, especially in long distance endurance sports. Your task is to host a battle between your Inner Coach and Inner Critic. Allow each to become progressively more vocal and more aggressive throughout a segment of your training session. This is an exaggeration exercise, so be sure to play up each voice.
During your Inner Voice Battle, toss the microphone to Inner Critic first and open the floor for some initial mild negativity. Pass the mic back to Inner Coach for a counter. Continue the exchange, building more energy and sharper responses. Notice how your body responds to this inner battle. Does it energize you? Does it distract you? Continue the battle to a moment of peak intensity, and then shift all of your energy to Inner Coach in a triumphant finish.
Always finish with Inner Coach winning. Why? Because that's the future you want to craft for yourself if you want more success and more flow in life. If you want flow, you want Inner Coach to be a consistent winner. And if you want Inner Coach to be a consistent winner, you have to always SEE Inner Coach as winning. Try it during different types of training sessions, from easy to high intensity, from short to long.
stop believing in yourself and start doubting.
feel natural aches and pains that are not a real injury and not worthy of undermining your goals.
Want to dive deeper? Check out Flow State Runner for an immersion into my full mind training model, including many more mind hacks to improve your sports performance.


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Q: Support for NLog 2.1 I want to upgrade to Nlog version 2.1. Which version of Common Logging library should I use?
I am currently using Common Logging version 2.0 with Nlog 2.0. I replaced NLog v2.0 with 2.1 but it does not work. Any help?
I get this error - Failed obtaining configuration for Common.Logging from configuration section 'common/logging'.

A: You should use Common.Logging.NLog20 but you'll have to add an assembly redirect :
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="af08829b84f0328e" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.1.2.0" newVersion="2.1.2.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="NLog" publicKeyToken="5120e14c03d0593c" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.1.0.0" newVersion="2.1.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>

And your common logging config should look something like this :
<common>
    <logging>
      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.NLog.NLogLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.NLog20">
        <arg key="configType" value="FILE" />
        <arg key="configFile" value="~/NLog.config" />
      </factoryAdapter>
    </logging>
  </common>

Thankfully the nuget packages for common.logging and adapters has changed (see here)  You should be able to use the Common.Logging.NLog21 libarary.

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Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund for providing a full ride to Alan Newton, who was recently freed after serving a 22-year prison sentence for a crime he did not commit.
Newton was 23 years old when he was given a 40-year sentence for the rape, robbery and assault of a young woman in New York City. Thanks to the Innocence Project at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Newton was exonerated in July after DNA testing proved his innocence.
While in prison, Newton enrolled in college and is now only five courses away from completing his bachelor's in business administration. He will attend Medgar Evers College. Newton has said he's not angry because "if you stay angry, you can't grow."
Says Dwayne Ashley, president and CEO of the Fund: "We're so impressed with his leadership and his tenacity and commitment to put his life back together and to overcoming this injustice. We're going to be hearing good things from him."
The TMSF offers financial assistance to students attending the nation's 47 public historically Black colleges and universities.
Diversity on television — good. Segregating teams by race for the sake of competition — not so good.
In what CBS producers are calling a "race against races," "Survivor: Cook Island," will host four teams — Asian, Black, Hispanic and White, in efforts to "bring more ethnic diversity to the competition."
Everyone else, though, is saying that the show is exploiting racial tensions for ratings.
"If they shoot the show in a way that blows the roof off of stereotypes, that would be one thing," says Leigh Hallisey, a professor of television and film at Boston University. "But TV is very conservative. They play into type and when they do so, it's to stratify people, not bring them together."
"Cook Island" sounds like a fine opportunity to reinforce stereotypes and highlight differences — although we expect only tame references with few surprises — after all, this is Hollywood. The new season debuted Sept. 14.
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Do you know the Muscles that Matter for Core Stability?
So what are the muscles within the core that are so important? Let's meet one set.
The erector spinae muscles run from the base of your skull down to the sacrum, comprising the core muscles along the way. They support your spine from top to bottom as well as your head, allowing for lateral trunk flexion but more importantly trunk extension. If you have ever sat up straight in your chair after slumping for an extended period of time, you have experienced the sensation of activating your erector spinae muscles. Weakness in the erector spinae muscles puts your back at risk for strain and thus, is often present when people complain of indiscriminate back pain.
Exercises such as deadlifts, and back extension exercises performed with different equipment are important for adding strength the erector spinae- but there are stretches and strengthening movements that can be done without gym equipment as well. If you suspect that weak core muscles are contributing to your back pain, give our office in Milpitas a call to schedule an appointment today. It is always a good idea to converse with a health professional before starting any new regime for strengthening muscles that support the spine. We can ensure your spine and supportive muscles are balanced and ready to receive the benefits of exercise as well as advise you on which exercises will benefit your body best.


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English to Marathi Meaning :: bimetallism
English to Marathi Meaning : Details : सोने व चांदी यांचा चलनी नाण्यांसाठी वापर
Bimetallism :
सोने व चांदी यांचा चलनी नाण्यांसाठी वापर
Bimetallism - सोने व चांदी यांचा चलनी नाण्यांसाठी वापर
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Noun(1) a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver
(1) At the time of the great recoinage of 1696 bimetallism was still the basis of the British currency, silver and gold providing the mainstay.(2) The raison d' Ôö£┬¼tre of bimetallism had been removed and England was on the gold standard.(3) Whole elections would turn on the questions about gold, silver, bimetallism , and the central bank.(4) There is going to have to be rather a lot of financial information in there, elucidations of first principles, plausible and sufficient accounts of political wranglings over bimetallism and the Gold Standard.(5) Duckenfield observes England's movement from bimetallism to a de facto gold standard in 1717.(6) Too little time is spent exploring the real benefits from the gold standard, and the author precipitously blames bimetallism 's failure on the incompetence of the movement's leaders.(7) Certainly no one is still alive who witnessed the founding of this country with acceptance of bimetallism - gold and silver - and government involvement only to assure honest weights and measures.(8) Much is made of the collapse of bimetallism and its deleterious implications for countries on a silver standard.(9) Without context, what he writes on bimetallism is worthless.(10) Any world-currency system short of actual bimetallism or trimetallism requires a breakdown of borders and sovereignty.(11) Reading it as a pro-populist metaphor for the economic effect of bimetallism and the expansion of the nation's money supply along with the empowerment of western farmers and industrial laborers seems apparent enough.(12) The United States repealed the Sherman Act and bimetallism was dead.(13) In the words of his biographer Stephen Kantrowitz, Tillman regarded bimetallism as a ├ö├ç├┐bridge between disaffected producers in the Democratic South and their brethren in the Republican West.├ö├ç├û(14) But remember, bimetallism under a fixed standard is not necessarily a completely free system.(15) By this, of course I do not mean bimetallism , with its arbitrarily fixed exchange rate between gold and silver, but freely fluctuating exchange rates between the two moneys.(16) Although generally conservative, Walker was capable of intellectual courage: he favored international bimetallism despite adverse attitudes in his home state of Massachusetts and in his profession.
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Almost 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the process of "re-composition" of a Moscow-dominated political space is still under way. Under the influence of different traditions, factors, events and interests, Russia seems to have developed a new version of the "power state" that dominated European history until the 20th century's tragedies. What was the weight of the Soviet legacy and of the crises of the 1990s in this development? What has been the influence of political leaders and intellectuals, siloviki, and economic elites on the current Russian political thought? To what extent have external factors – such as NATO enlargement, the enlargement of the European Union toward East and the ongoing crisis over Ukraine – contributed to shape this thought? What place for minorities and cultural differences does this political trend leave? How does the idea of a "power state" influence Russia's foreign policy and international relations?


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package io.siddhi.core.query.table.util;

import io.siddhi.annotation.Example;
import io.siddhi.annotation.Extension;
import io.siddhi.core.event.ComplexEvent;
import io.siddhi.core.event.ComplexEventChunk;
import io.siddhi.core.event.Event;
import io.siddhi.core.event.state.MetaStateEvent;
import io.siddhi.core.event.state.StateEvent;
import io.siddhi.core.event.state.StateEventFactory;
import io.siddhi.core.event.state.populater.StateEventPopulatorFactory;
import io.siddhi.core.event.stream.MetaStreamEvent;
import io.siddhi.core.event.stream.StreamEvent;
import io.siddhi.core.event.stream.StreamEventCloner;
import io.siddhi.core.exception.ConnectionUnavailableException;
import io.siddhi.core.exception.SiddhiAppCreationException;
import io.siddhi.core.executor.VariableExpressionExecutor;
import io.siddhi.core.query.processor.ProcessingMode;
import io.siddhi.core.query.selector.QuerySelector;
import io.siddhi.core.table.InMemoryTable;
import io.siddhi.core.table.record.AbstractQueryableRecordTable;
import io.siddhi.core.table.record.ExpressionBuilder;
import io.siddhi.core.table.record.RecordIterator;
import io.siddhi.core.util.SiddhiConstants;
import io.siddhi.core.util.collection.operator.CompiledCondition;
import io.siddhi.core.util.collection.operator.CompiledExpression;
import io.siddhi.core.util.collection.operator.CompiledSelection;
import io.siddhi.core.util.config.ConfigReader;
import io.siddhi.core.util.parser.SelectorParser;
import io.siddhi.core.util.parser.helper.QueryParserHelper;
import io.siddhi.query.api.annotation.Annotation;
import io.siddhi.query.api.definition.Attribute;
import io.siddhi.query.api.definition.TableDefinition;
import io.siddhi.query.api.execution.query.output.stream.OutputStream;
import io.siddhi.query.api.execution.query.output.stream.ReturnStream;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import static io.siddhi.core.util.OnDemandQueryRuntimeUtil.executeSelector;

/**
 * Custom store for testing of in memory cache for store tables.
 */
@Extension(
        name = "testStoreForCacheMiss",
        namespace = "store",
        description = "Using this implementation a testing for store extension can be done.",
        examples = {
                @Example(
                        syntax = "@store(type='testStoreForCacheMiss')" +
                                "define table testTable (symbol string, price int, volume float); ",
                        description = "The above syntax initializes a test type store."
                )
        }
)
public class TestStoreForCacheMiss extends AbstractQueryableRecordTable {
    private InMemoryTable inMemoryTable;

    @Override
    protected void init(TableDefinition tableDefinition, ConfigReader configReader) {
        inMemoryTable = new InMemoryTable();

        MetaStreamEvent cacheTableMetaStreamEvent = new MetaStreamEvent();
        cacheTableMetaStreamEvent.addInputDefinition(tableDefinition);
        for (Attribute attribute : tableDefinition.getAttributeList()) {
            cacheTableMetaStreamEvent.addOutputData(attribute);
        }
        StreamEventCloner testTableStreamEventCloner = new StreamEventCloner(cacheTableMetaStreamEvent,
                storeEventPool);

        TableDefinition testStoreContainingIMTableDefinition = TableDefinition.id(tableDefinition.getId());
        for (Attribute attribute : tableDefinition.getAttributeList()) {
            testStoreContainingIMTableDefinition.attribute(attribute.getName(), attribute.getType());
        }
        for (Annotation annotation : tableDefinition.getAnnotations()) {
            if (!annotation.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("Store")) {
                testStoreContainingIMTableDefinition.annotation(annotation);
            }
        }

        inMemoryTable.init(testStoreContainingIMTableDefinition, storeEventPool, testTableStreamEventCloner,
                configReader, siddhiAppContext, recordTableHandler);
    }

    @Override
    protected void connect() throws ConnectionUnavailableException {

    }

    @Override
    protected RecordIterator<Object[]> query(Map<String, Object> parameterMap, CompiledCondition compiledCondition,
                                             CompiledSelection compiledSelection, Attribute[] outputAttributes) {
        StreamEvent outEvent = inMemoryTable.find(compiledCondition, findMatchingEvent);
        List<Object[]> objects = new LinkedList<>();
        CompiledSelectionWithCache compiledSelectionWithCache = null;

        if (outEvent != null) {
            compiledSelectionWithCache = (CompiledSelectionWithCache) compiledSelection;
            StateEventFactory stateEventFactory = new StateEventFactory(compiledSelectionWithCache.getMetaStateEvent());
            Event[] cacheResultsAfterSelection = executeSelector(stateEventFactory, null, outEvent,
                    compiledSelectionWithCache.getStoreEventIndex(), compiledSelectionWithCache.getQuerySelector());

            if (compiledSelectionWithCache.getQuerySelector() != null &
                    compiledSelectionWithCache.getQuerySelector().getAttributeProcessorList().size() != 0) {
                compiledSelectionWithCache.getQuerySelector().
                        process(generateResetComplexEventChunk(outEvent.getOutputData().length, stateEventFactory));
            }
            if (cacheResultsAfterSelection != null) {
                for (Event event : cacheResultsAfterSelection) {
                    objects.add(event.getData());
                }
            }
        }
        return new TestStoreWithCacheIterator(objects.iterator());
    }

    @Override
    protected CompiledSelection compileSelection(List<SelectAttributeBuilder> selectAttributeBuilders,
                                                 List<ExpressionBuilder> groupByExpressionBuilder,
                                                 ExpressionBuilder havingExpressionBuilder,
                                                 List<OrderByAttributeBuilder> orderByAttributeBuilders, Long limit,
                                                 Long offset) {

        selectAttributeBuilders.forEach((selectAttributeBuilder -> {
            TestStoreConditionVisitor testStoreConditionVisitor = new TestStoreConditionVisitor("");
            selectAttributeBuilder.getExpressionBuilder().build(testStoreConditionVisitor);
            if (testStoreConditionVisitor.getStreamVarCount() > 0) {
                throw new SiddhiAppCreationException("testStoreContainingInMemoryTable does not support " +
                        "lookup with stream variables");
            }
        }));

        CompiledSelectionWithCache compiledSelectionWithCache;
        MetaStateEvent metaStateEvent = matchingMetaInfoHolderForTestOnDemandQuery.getMetaStateEvent().clone();

        ReturnStream returnStream = new ReturnStream(OutputStream.OutputEventType.CURRENT_EVENTS);
        int metaPosition = SiddhiConstants.UNKNOWN_STATE;
        List<VariableExpressionExecutor> variableExpressionExecutorsForQuerySelector = new ArrayList<>();

        if (metaStateEvent.getOutputDataAttributes().size() == 0) {
            for (Attribute outputAttribute : metaStateEvent.getMetaStreamEvents()[0].getOnAfterWindowData()) {
                metaStateEvent.getMetaStreamEvents()[0].addOutputData(outputAttribute);
            }
        }

        QuerySelector querySelector = SelectorParser.parse(selectorForTestOnDemandQuery,
                returnStream,
                metaStateEvent, tableMap,
                variableExpressionExecutorsForQuerySelector, metaPosition, ProcessingMode.BATCH,
                false, siddhiQueryContextForTestOnDemandQuery);
        QueryParserHelper.updateVariablePosition(metaStateEvent,
                variableExpressionExecutorsForQuerySelector);
        querySelector.setEventPopulator(
                StateEventPopulatorFactory.constructEventPopulator(metaStateEvent));

        compiledSelectionWithCache = new CompiledSelectionWithCache(null, querySelector, metaStateEvent, 0, null);
        return compiledSelectionWithCache;
    }

    @Override
    protected void add(List<Object[]> records) throws ConnectionUnavailableException {
        inMemoryTable.add(objectListToComplexEventChunk(records));
    }

    private ComplexEventChunk<StreamEvent> objectListToComplexEventChunk(List<Object[]> records) {
        ComplexEventChunk<StreamEvent> complexEventChunk = new ComplexEventChunk<>();
        for (Object[] record : records) {
            StreamEvent event = storeEventPool.newInstance();
            event.setOutputData(record);
            complexEventChunk.add(event);
        }
        return complexEventChunk;
    }

    @Override
    protected RecordIterator<Object[]> find(Map<String, Object> findConditionParameterMap,
                                            CompiledCondition compiledCondition) throws ConnectionUnavailableException {
        if (findMatchingEvent == null) {
            findMatchingEvent = new StateEvent(1, 0);
        }
        try {
            StreamEvent outEvent = inMemoryTable.find(compiledCondition, findMatchingEvent);
            List<Object[]> objects = new LinkedList<>();
            if (outEvent != null) {
                while (outEvent.hasNext()) {
                    objects.add(outEvent.getOutputData());
                    outEvent = outEvent.getNext();
                }
                objects.add(outEvent.getOutputData());
            }
            return new TestStoreWithCacheIterator(objects.iterator());
        } finally {
            findMatchingEvent = null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean contains(Map<String, Object> containsConditionParameterMap,
                               CompiledCondition compiledCondition) throws ConnectionUnavailableException {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    protected void delete(List<Map<String, Object>> deleteConditionParameterMaps,
                          CompiledCondition compiledCondition) throws ConnectionUnavailableException {
//        inMemoryTable.delete(convForDelete(deleteConditionParameterMaps), compiledCondition);
//        ComplexEventChunk<StreamEvent> originalData = new ComplexEventChunk<>();
//        StreamEvent data1 = new StreamEvent(0, 0, 3);
//        data1.setOutputData(new Object[]{"WSO2", 55.6f, 100L});
//        originalData.add(data1);
//        StreamEvent data2 = new StreamEvent(0, 0, 3);
//        data2.setOutputData(new Object[]{"IBM", 75.6f, 100L});
//        originalData.add(data2);
        inMemoryTable.add(convForDelete(deleteConditionParameterMaps));
    }

    private ComplexEventChunk<StreamEvent> convForDelete(List<Map<String, Object>> deleteConditionParameterMaps) {
        List<Object[]> objectList = new LinkedList<>();
        for (Map<String, Object> parameterMap : deleteConditionParameterMaps) {
            List<Object> outputData = new ArrayList<>();
            List<Attribute> attributeList = inMemoryTable.getTableDefinition().getAttributeList();

            for (int i = 0; i < attributeList.size(); i++) {
                if (parameterMap.get(attributeList.get(i).getName()) != null) {
                    outputData.add(parameterMap.get(attributeList.get(i).getName()));
                } else {
                    outputData.add(null);
                }
            }
            objectList.add(outputData.toArray());
        }

        ComplexEventChunk<StreamEvent> complexEventChunk = new ComplexEventChunk<>();
        for (Object[] record : objectList) {
            StreamEvent event = new StreamEvent(0, 0, record.length);
//            StateEvent stateEvent = new StateEvent(2, record.length);
            event.setOutputData(record);
//            stateEvent.addEvent(0, event);
            complexEventChunk.add(event);
        }
        return complexEventChunk;
    }

    @Override
    protected void update(CompiledCondition updateCondition, List<Map<String, Object>> updateConditionParameterMaps,
                          Map<String, CompiledExpression> updateSetExpressions,
                          List<Map<String, Object>> updateSetParameterMaps) throws ConnectionUnavailableException {
    }

    @Override
    protected void updateOrAdd(CompiledCondition updateCondition,
                               List<Map<String, Object>> updateConditionParameterMaps,
                               Map<String, CompiledExpression> updateSetExpressions,
                               List<Map<String, Object>> updateSetParameterMaps,
                               List<Object[]> addingRecords) throws ConnectionUnavailableException {
    }

    @Override
    protected CompiledCondition compileCondition(ExpressionBuilder expressionBuilder) {
        TestStoreConditionVisitor visitor = new TestStoreConditionVisitor(inMemoryTable.getTableDefinition().getId());
        expressionBuilder.build(visitor);
        if (expressionBuilder.getSiddhiQueryContext().getName().startsWith("store_select_query_")) {
            expressionBuilder.getMatchingMetaInfoHolder().getMetaStateEvent().getMetaStreamEvent(0).
                    setEventType(MetaStreamEvent.EventType.TABLE);
        }
        return inMemoryTable.compileCondition(expressionBuilder.getExpression(),
                expressionBuilder.getMatchingMetaInfoHolder(), expressionBuilder.getVariableExpressionExecutors(),
                expressionBuilder.getTableMap(), expressionBuilder.getSiddhiQueryContext());
    }

    @Override
    protected CompiledExpression compileSetAttribute(ExpressionBuilder expressionBuilder) {
        return compileCondition(expressionBuilder);
    }

    private ComplexEventChunk<ComplexEvent> generateResetComplexEventChunk(int outputDataSize,
                                                                           StateEventFactory stateEventFactory) {
        StreamEvent streamEvent = new StreamEvent(outputDataSize, 0, outputDataSize);
        streamEvent.setType(ComplexEvent.Type.RESET);

        StateEvent stateEvent = stateEventFactory.newInstance();
        stateEvent.addEvent(0, streamEvent);
        stateEvent.setType(ComplexEvent.Type.RESET);

        ComplexEventChunk<ComplexEvent> complexEventChunk = new ComplexEventChunk<>();
        complexEventChunk.add(stateEvent);
        return complexEventChunk;
    }

    @Override
    protected void disconnect() {

    }

    @Override
    protected void destroy() {

    }
}

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// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectConnectionParameters
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionParameters_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionParameters_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectConnectionParameters : RTObject
+ (instancetype)make ACTIVATOR;
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property int16_t groupOwnerIntent;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionParameters_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectInformationElement
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement : RTObject
+ (NSMutableArray* /* WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement* */)createFromBuffer:(RTObject<WSSIBuffer>*)buffer;
+ (NSMutableArray* /* WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement* */)createFromDeviceInformation:(WDEDeviceInformation*)deviceInformation;
+ (instancetype)make ACTIVATOR;
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property (retain) RTObject<WSSIBuffer>* value;
@property uint8_t ouiType;
@property (retain) RTObject<WSSIBuffer>* oui;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectLegacySettings
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectLegacySettings_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectLegacySettings_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectLegacySettings : RTObject
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property (retain) NSString* ssid;
@property (retain) WSCPasswordCredential* passphrase;
@property BOOL isEnabled;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectLegacySettings_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectAdvertisement
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisement_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisement_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisement : RTObject
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementListenStateDiscoverability listenStateDiscoverability;
@property BOOL isAutonomousGroupOwnerEnabled;
@property (retain) NSMutableArray* /* WDWWiFiDirectInformationElement* */ informationElements;
@property (readonly) WDWWiFiDirectLegacySettings* legacySettings;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisement_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatusChangedEventArgs
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatusChangedEventArgs_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatusChangedEventArgs_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatusChangedEventArgs : RTObject
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property (readonly) WDWWiFiDirectError error;
@property (readonly) WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatus status;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatusChangedEventArgs_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher : RTObject
+ (instancetype)make ACTIVATOR;
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property (readonly) WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisement* advertisement;
@property (readonly) WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatus status;
- (EventRegistrationToken)addStatusChangedEvent:(void (^)(WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher*,
                                                          WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisherStatusChangedEventArgs*))del;
- (void)removeStatusChangedEvent:(EventRegistrationToken)tok;
- (void)start;
- (void)stop;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectConnectionRequest
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequest_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequest_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequest : RTObject <WFIClosable>
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
@property (readonly) WDEDeviceInformation* deviceInformation;
- (void)close;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequest_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectConnectionRequestedEventArgs
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequestedEventArgs_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequestedEventArgs_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequestedEventArgs : RTObject
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
- (WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequest*)getConnectionRequest;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequestedEventArgs_DEFINED__

// Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.WiFiDirectConnectionListener
#ifndef __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionListener_DEFINED__
#define __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionListener_DEFINED__

OBJCUWP_WINDOWS_DEVICES_WIFIDIRECT_EXPORT
@interface WDWWiFiDirectConnectionListener : RTObject
+ (instancetype)make ACTIVATOR;
#if defined(__cplusplus)
+ (instancetype)createWith:(IInspectable*)obj;
#endif
- (EventRegistrationToken)addConnectionRequestedEvent:(void (^)(WDWWiFiDirectConnectionListener*,
                                                                WDWWiFiDirectConnectionRequestedEventArgs*))del;
- (void)removeConnectionRequestedEvent:(EventRegistrationToken)tok;
@end

#endif // __WDWWiFiDirectConnectionListener_DEFINED__


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by DamnedFool | Oct 23, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
It was great going back up to Arcata last week, seeing people whom we dearly love and seldom see. We have some other friends wandering up from Topanga Canyon shortly who will stay over with us a night, and that will be great. We have a daughter who lives in Italy, and in September we spent our annual week with her and her beloved, and that was manna from heaven. We'll see Eli and Meg at Thanksgiving for a feast of love. But what about all those other beloveds who are part of our web, who are scattered across the face of this dear Earth, and whom we seldom see?
Normally, my annual visit to Europe has had two other essential visits, one to Theo in Amsterdam and one to Peter in Zurich. Not so this September, because of a lurch in time and money. Now what? These aren't casual stitches in a random sock that can be left to ravel. But I don't have a clear idea of what comes next.
I think about the web of love. Thinking about Flora in Milwaukee is something that floods my minds with a glorious tapestry of colors and memories, and I really feel the closeness, but unless Flora has amazing powers of ESP, she doesn't feel it. My own feeling is an illusion until I complete the circuit.
Once upon a time, I wrote actual letters, with pen on paper. Later, they were typewritten. Much later, they became email. Flora still writes on paper, in her unique and graceful hand, and I hold the paper and feel her warmth. Our friend Joyce sends holiday greetings inscribed in an equally elegant hand, and the envelopes are ornately decorated. When one comes in the mail, the very touch is warming and ignites a spray of memories.
When you get pregnant, your body is the container and the relationship with your future child waxes on its own. Later, you have to do something to keep that going. When loves and friendships are strong, you're tricked into thinking that they maintain their vividness and strength on their own. From your own perspective, yes, but not in the dynamic of the webwork. Visits, phone calls, letters, gifts, hugs, facebook photos, they're all food without which something starves.
When Conrad and I were younger, it was an absolute ritual to call his mom every Sunday, for us to chat and then put the kids on the line. With our own kids, we try, but the frequency isn't locked into the DNA, and I miss that.
Few of us have a village life any more, where the web is renewed and mended on a regular basis. We have to extend our consciousness worldwide and send our loving "phone calls" out regularly, in whatever form.
Think about this, and after you've finished reading, make a phone call or send an e-mail or write a postcard, or, if you're lucky, reach out your arms and hug.
I've realized that I know very little about myself. I know what I do, and I know what comes forth in my writing, and for me that's really what matters. But neither of those are necessarily indicative of the true me. Neither would get me into a Heaven where you have to take a lie detector test.
As I've said, I have a self-image as an enormously selfish, egocentric person, but I work to act the opposite, and usually succeed. And if the writing reflects my authentic self, then my authentic self is radically self-divided, swinging between pathos and irony, hope and despair. There are times when our audiences don't know what carnival ride they just got on and hope they can get off in time.
But that's maybe what moves me to create characters who are themselves self-divided, whose greatest struggles are against themselves. Nothing new: that's Lear and that's Prospero and that's Leontes. And that's what, when it comes to politics, makes me despair.
Right now I'm plowing through a very long book on the history of the Middle Ages, from roughly the 4th Century to the 15th. The need for power, security, stability or spiritual enlightenment leading to murder, war, plague. Decade after decade, century after century, from Mesoamerica through Europe to Japan. All that's changed is the caliber of our weapons.
There have been small spans of radical change. Most of us don't see mass starvation as a judgment of God, and though slavery exists we don't approve it. Women, at least more so than before, aren't treated as cattle. We do, by fits and starts, evolve.
But I feel, even with my progressive friends, that we lack the empathy that comes from knowing a person is many people, and trying to speak to the one who can listen. We can't change the world—either our harassing asshole boss or the dictator of North Korea—by punishment. We might get his attention, yes, like whacking a mule that just won't tune in, but we won't make a change. That will come only by an almost impossible empathy with the people we despise.


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This week in honour of National Non-Smoking Week we're talking about quitting. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and illness in Ontario. If you've quit smoking - I'd like to extend my heartfelt congratulations on taking such a big positive change in your health. If you are thinking about quitting - I offer my support and respect for working to make that change for yourself.
Many Local and National Organizations offer programs and support to help you quit smoking. Smokers Help Line Has tons of resources including online and workbook program, texting support, and a contest to win a new car! The Lung Association has it's own free pdf workbook you can find here. CAMH has a great tips list.
Did you know foods can change the taste/enjoyability of a cigarette? Cutting back your coffee, alcohol, and sugar consumption (or enjoying these things away from cigarettes) decreases the taste of the cigarette. Consuming beverages like milk and water and foods like fruits and vegetables near the cigarette also negatively impact taste.
Acupuncture consists of regular treatments where very thin needles are inserted into the body to simulate the movement of Qi (energy). This ancient system of medicine calms the nervous system, helps the body through the detoxification process, and can support the quitting process.
Plants come in a variety of forms: from pills, to liquids, to teas, and can be used to support the lungs, promote detoxification, and calm the nervous system.
Naturopathic consultations for any condition include elements of counselling. If you are trying to quit smoking a naturopathic doctor can support your journey and help you reach your goals. They will celebrate with your successes and hold you accountable. Naturopaths ask the tough questions and are there to listen to your answers.
Local to Guelph? Book your appointment today! Let's get you started on a smoke-free 2015!


Backpacking around Scandinavia can be expensive, it's one of the most expensive locations around the world, but in my opinion can be the most enjoyable.
I love Scandinavia, somewhat obsessed with it.
But that's only after my adventure around this area in 2006 and discovering it myself.
I can only highly encourage others to follow in my footsteps and do the same.
But Isn't it expensive and out of reach for backpackers? Yes, extremely!
But by being Frugal and sticking to a budget, it's still totally possible.
I was 17 at the time and on an extremely low budget, pretty much pennies and I was able to complete a 3 month tour of Scandinavia visiting: Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
The cost does put backpackers off visiting the Northern region of Europe, but it doesn't have to be this way armed with a little knowledge.
One of my biggest tips that I can recommend is to make the most out of the endless amount of free camping which is on offer.
They have a rule called Allemansrätten in Swedish, allemannsrett in Norwegian.
So yes, you can freely travel around the Nordics, Pitch your tent in public areas where you seem fit.
Or with permission from the land owner if it's private land.
If you're brave enough, you can even collect wild berries to eat, but please make sure you know what you're doing before venturing into this.
Camping Scandinavia can be a very rewarding way to sleep around Scandinavia whilst on your travels.
Make the most out of the great outdoors and the beauty that this area has to offer.
The Summer Time in the Nordics is a great way of experiencing the midnight sun (The sun hardly goes down) and green woodland areas.
As long as you respect this common rule and clean up your spot after you've packed down your tent, you can save yourself a lot of money.
Hotels can cost you can arm and a leg for a nights stay, and sometimes you will even have a tough time even locating a hotel in remote areas.
Some areas only have hotels for business reasons, so they can cost a bomb.
Camping can be a wonderful option indeed.
Negative points to Camping around Scandinavia?
You will have to lug around extra equipment and some areas are still rather cold in the Summer time.
As you can see from the picture, backpacking around Scandinavia can be tough around the winter time, you will have to pack different gear such as warm layers compared to the Summer, which is a better environment for camping.
But mostly its the mosquitos you have to worry about, which can be upsetting, especially in the Lapland area.
Check if the area is of high risk by asking a local before you pitch your tent, otherwise you could be in for a nasty surprise when you get ambushed by them in the morning.
But what about private land? Is it still tricky?
Generally, private landowners don't mind you camping on their land as long as you have a polite word with them first and don't hang around for too long.
Nordic people are very friendly and if you have a chat with them mostly they will be delighted to have you for a day and might even offer you a coffee if your lucky.
There are many reasons why they might say no, due to cattle, for example, so best to ask them to avoid getting into trouble.
Scandinavians are Very hospitable people indeed, It has a very low populated area so a friendly conversation is most appreciated and getting permission to pitch your tent on private land might not be so difficult.
But I have to say, It was one of the most magical highlights when travelling around this area, just pitching your tent up by a fjord on a hill top and cooking dinner on your stove, it's just an out of this world experience.
I pitched my tent all over the Nordic area and found it extremely fun, a real fuel filled adventure.
The whole time no one bothered me or told me to move into the public areas, seemed to be a mutual respect and understanding for this rule.
I feel that this area of the world really appreciates the nature and as long as you choose to respect it, then locals are happy for you to make the most out of it.
For me it made Scandinavia turn into a complete adventure, every day was exciting and it was hardly costing my daily budget any damage.
I was free to roam and explore the very best of what Northern Europe had to offer and enjoy the great outdoors.
It was my first sense of freedom and my first big solo adventure, I can highly recommend that you at least consider taking up this incredible backpacking experience.
Another point to highlight is its very safe and secure as Scandinavia has a very low crime rate, you have little to worry about when camping out in the great outdoors.
Also food costs can be expensive, bring a cook stove and shopping at the supermarket can save a lot compared to eating out.
Scandinavia on a budget can be possible as long as you avoid drinking alcohol as much as possible as its highly taxed within this area of the world. Might be a good trip to finally say goodbye to that beer belly!
Think Scandinavia can be expensive for backpackers on a budget? Think again, introducing the European InterRail Pass, that perfect works in Scandinavia.
Have you ever considered getting a Interrail pass?
The InterRail pass covers all your travels across Scandinavia.
It covers the Nordic areas of Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway and if you plan to move every day to a new location, using this pass can save you a fortune compared to buying daily tickets.
Scandinavia does have high rail costs compared to the rest of Europe, but this means you will fully be making the complete use out of the pass if you plan to travel every day or within the time period you select.
Another option you might consider is making the most out of the endless use of public cabins that can be found on popular trail routes.
These are normally reached by walking or by bus but if you plan to do a bit of hiking this is a wonderful alternative to consider.
Normally they work on a "first come first" trust system where you leave what you want to pay in a jar before you clean up after yourself.
This can be very fun in many places such as Iceland, where it's very popular doing this method.
A fun alternative for a place to stay as they are normally rather cheap and in unique locations.
So the next time you consider exploring scandinavia on a budget, it doesn't have to be expensive, you can enjoy the best of what it has to offer and backpack on a low budget.


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NEWS & VIEWS ROUNDUP: May 25
Defending KSM, 'the most hated man in the world'
By Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2008
Prince's meetings with Mohammed also offer a glimpse into the defense strategy in the most high-profile American terrorism case in the post-Sept. 11 world, a trial sure to be followed by millions when it gets underway, probably many months from now.
Prince, a Southern lawyer who only a year ago was running a small civilian defense practice, expects the case to go on for years and culminate in a landmark Supreme Court decision. To him, it's not only the welfare of his infamous client that matters, but also protecting the integrity of the Constitution, which he says the Bush administration has trampled by coercing information out of Mohammed and subjecting him to a system of military justice that is stacked against him.
"I think it's the constitutional case of our time," Prince, 53, said in a recent interview in his office, U.S. and Navy flags front and center on his desk. "Because in the 221st year of America, the question is whether the Constitution applies to the government."
The waning influence of the US in the Middle East
By Paul Woodward, The National, May 25, 2008
In a week of dramatic developments in the Middle East, the most dramatic development of all may have been the fact that the United States, long considered the region's indispensable player, was missing in action," wrote Warren Strobel and Hannah Allam for McClatchy Newspapers.
"As its closest allies cut deals with their adversaries this week over the Bush administration's opposition, Washington was largely reduced to watching.
"More painful for President Bush, friends he's cultivated – and spent heavily on – in Lebanon and Iraq asked the United States to remain in the background, underlining how politically toxic an association with the US can be for Arab leaders."
Misreading the Arab media
By Lawrence Pintak, Jeremy Ginges and Nicholas Felton, New York Times, May 25, 2008
Arabic TV does not do our country justice," President Bush complained in early 2006, calling it a purveyor of "propaganda" that "just isn't right, it isn't fair, and it doesn't give people the impression of what we're about."
The president's statement, along with the decision by the New York Stock Exchange to ban Al Jazeera's reporters in 2003, is a prime example of how the Arab news media have been demonized since the 9/11 attacks. As a result, America has failed to make use of what is potentially one of its most powerful weapons in the war of ideas against terrorism.
For proof, in the last year we surveyed 601 journalists in 13 Arab countries in North Africa, the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula. The results, to be published in The International Journal of Press/Politics in July, shatter many of the myths upon which American public diplomacy strategy has been based.
Israel denies entry to high-profile critic Norman Finkelstein
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz, May 25, 2008
The Shin Bet security service detained and deported an American Jewish professor who is a prominent critic of the Israeli occupation when he landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Friday.
Professor Norman Finkelstein was interrogated for several hours and held in an airport cell before being put on a plane back to Amsterdam, his point of departure. Finkelstein said he was told he could not return to Israel for 10 years.
The Shin Bet said Finkelstein "is not permitted to enter Israel because of suspicions involving hostile elements in Lebanon," and because he "did not give a full accounting to interrogators with regard to these suspicions."
However, in e-mail and phone interviews with Haaretz after leaving Israel for Amsterdam, Finkelstein said, "I did my best to provide absolutely candid and comprehensive answers to all the questions put to me. I am confident that I have nothing to hide. Apart from my political views, and the supporting scholarship, there isn't much more to say for myself: alas, no suicide missions or secret rendezvous with terrorist organizations. I've always supported a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders. I'm not an enemy of Israel."
Afghanistan adds hunger to its worries
By Pamela Constable, Washington Post, May 25, 2008
For generations, Afghans have depended on cheap, plentiful bread as their main staple. The country's principal crop is wheat, and its farmers produce more than 5 million tons in a good year. Although that is not enough to feed the entire population, wheat can usually be trucked in from neighboring Pakistan.
Since February, however, a combination of local drought and regional shortages has driven the price of flour here to once-unimaginable levels — as much as $50 for a 40-pound sack. Pakistan, also worried about how to feed 160 million-plus people, has closed its borders to food exports, as have a number of other largely agricultural countries anxious to stave off domestic hardship and political unrest.
This entry was posted in News Roundup on May 25, 2008 by Paul Woodward.
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Mar 01, 2017 by pauldirks	in Original Articles
In the media our campaign has been portrayed as being against trans-rights, or even against trans individuals. Neither of these are true and we want to clarify why we are against aspects of gender-based rights legislation like C-16, what aspects we have no problem with, and what our proposed solutions are. We truly believe, and it has been our experience wherever there is true dialogue, that there are areas of considerable agreement about a number of our concerns, and that solutions are not difficult. If you don't have much time for the preamble, feel free to skip down to "our solutions".
Bill C-16 "amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination." The Department of Justice states: "Gender identity is each person's internal and individual experience of gender. It is their sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person's gender identity may be the same as or different from the gender typically associated with their sex assigned at birth. When a person's gender identity is different from the gender typically associated with their sex assigned at birth, this is often described as transgender or simply trans." "Gender expression is the way in which people publicly present their gender. It is the presentation of gender through such aspects as dress, hair, make-up, body language, and voice."
The Bill will also update the criminal code in two ways; 1) it will place gender identity and expression under those things protected from hate propaganda, and 2) if there is evidence that an offense was motivated by hate because of gender identity or expression, a court should take that into consideration in sentencing.
Where We Agree
We are in full agreement that trans individuals deserve protections and are happy to see those protections increased. We repudiate any violence or prejudice against trans individuals. We are also in agreement with including gender identity and expression under hate speech, although considering what we have seen in some areas of culture, we are concerned with how this may be applied. Is supporting detransitioned individuals and their concerns about current medical practice hate speech? Is a gender clinic practicing caution in transitioning children, or using "the Dutch protocol" considered to be hateful?
We are also in general agreement with trans individuals having workplace and employment protections. Again, much of these things depend on implementation by the courts. A decade ago, we believe the Supreme Court made the right decision in a court case where a transwoman applied to be a counselor at a women's rape crisis centre in Vancouver. Would Bill C-16 change or influence the courts in a different direction a decade later?
Where We Disagree
The problem we find with Bill C-16 is that because gender is undefinable, it obligatorily pits gender-rights against sex-rights. Unlike most other human rights, the inclusion of gender identity and expression rights means the exclusion of other rights. We've heard much talk about "bathroom bills", but Bill C-16 will apply to showers, locker-rooms, rape shelters, and kid's camp cabins as well. Up until now, at least under federal law, women have had the right to privacy in sex-segregated spaces when they are unclothed and feel vulnerable. Most women I know would not feel comfortable in a shower naked with a strange male (even if they identified as a woman). We know that this is a significant part of the discussion on Bill C-16 because of speeches in the House and Senate, and the government's own statements:
Q. Would these amendments allow people with male anatomical characteristics full access to women's and girls' washrooms and change rooms?
A. Transgender persons have a right to be treated according to their deeply-felt gender identity. In many situations, that includes the right of a person who lives as a woman to use women's facilities, even if she has some male anatomical characteristics. These amendments will codify that right. Transgendered and other gender-diverse Canadians already use gender-appropriate bathrooms and pose no greater threat than anyone else in doing so; they simply want to use the washroom or change room that corresponds with their lived identity.
We have no problem with a transgendered individual wanting to use a washroom or change room that corresponds with their lived identity. We have a significant problem with the removal of the right for women and girls to set sex-based boundaries when they are unclothed and vulnerable: to be free from male anatomy, male genitalia/erections, male size and strength. The sheer volume of women in our society who have been sexually abused or who will face an unwanted sex act in their lifetime is enormous. We are arguing that gender rights MUST NOT remove the rights of these women who don't want biological males in their safe spaces.
I will focus on the women's privacy and protection issue here. These issues constitute the lion's share of our concerns with C-16, although we do also have some free speech concerns, and how celebration of gender fluidity is having an impact on the exponential increase of children, especially girls, presenting with gender dysphoria at gender clinics around the world.
We propose that the government mandate that businesses and public facilities over a certain size have three washrooms/changerooms: male, female, and a single-user locked unisex space(s). This third space can be used by disabled individuals, parents with children, and trans individuals. If an individual has fully transitioned including full sex-reassignment surgery, we have no problem with them using their target sex/gender space. If businesses are very small, an appropriate amount of single-used locked unisex spaces should be available.
We believe this is reasonable and would be supported by the majority, perhaps vast majority, of Canadians. While we know that many trans advocates will say this is discriminatory simply because it treats them as not fully their target or "core" gender simply upon identification or feeling, it is nonetheless a fair compromise and protects women's safety and privacy.
We do not support unisex spaces where they are not fully enclosed and locked, as our violence database shows these will be used by predatory males to take advantage of women's vulnerability and nudity. This database does not prove that transwomen are predatory in safe spaces, but that men take advantage of opportunities, as was the case in the University of Toronto debacle.
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Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book Of Science Fiction edited by Ian Whates	(book review).
April 26, 2013 | By PatrickMahon	| Reply More
Ian Whates has created a strong reputation for himself as an editor who produces exciting anthologies of short speculative fiction. In the same way Solaris has carved itself a niche as a publisher which consistently delivers high quality genre anthologies. 'Solaris Rising 2' is their latest collaboration in this vein. Does it live up to expectations?
In his introduction, Whates explains that the aim of the anthology, as with its predecessor 'Solaris Rising', which I enjoyed when I reviewed it for SFCrowsnest in December 2011, is 'to demonstrate the diversity, vitality and sheer strength of modern SF'. As a result, he deliberately chose not to commission stories from the authors featured in the earlier book but to approach an entirely new selection of writers. The end result is an anthology of nineteen stories from well-established and less well-known authors.
It's worth saying up front that I enjoyed nearly every story in this book. I would be happy to talk about all nineteen of them but that would make this review unmanageably long and probably unreadable. So I have limited myself to focusing on the six stories I enjoyed most and two that didn't work for me.
My favourite story was 'Feast And Famine' by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A team of astronauts sent out to investigate possible life on an extra-solar planet in a nearby star system have to initiate a rescue and recovery mission when their colleagues, who were returning from visiting a large moonlet orbiting the planet, go silent. When they reach their friends' shuttle, they find that it has been half-eaten by the same crystals that cover the moonlet, killing everyone onboard. Is this some strange form of alien life or a natural phenomenon and can they establish the truth without succumbing to the same fate themselves? This is a high quality piece of hard Science Fiction writing that marries attention to scientific accuracy with strong characterisation and an engaging plot. Tchaikovsky keeps the tension at fever pitch throughout and closes the story with a realistic but surprising resolution. Given that the author is primarily known for his 'Shadows Of The Apt' series of epic fantasy novels, this hard SF story was a total revelation to me.
Running Tchaikovsky a close second, James Lovegrove's 'Shall Inherit' made a huge impact. We are on Earth a few decades from now. When eco-terrorists decide to demonstrate the dangers of nanotechnology, their plan goes horribly wrong. The sabotaged nano-machines that were intended to clean up an oil spill start instead to digest everything they touch. They can't be turned off and are on course to destroy the Earth. In response, the world's governments jointly build a spaceship to take four hundred people to an Earth-like exoplanet in a nearby star system where they can start anew. Due to the emotional challenge of what's proposed, the crew is selected on the basis not only of their intelligence but also of their lack of emotional engagement. In consequence, most of them are 'geeks' or have some kind of developmental disorder. One such is Martin, who has Asperger's Syndrome. We watch his family over their last day with Martin as they get ready to take him to the spaceport and say goodbye to him for the last time, something that doesn't bother him in the slightest. This may be a hard SF story but its impact comes entirely from the characters and the poignancy of their emotional interactions. Lovegrove is careful not to be exploitative but the understated prose carries enormous power. This story remained at the front of my mind for a long time after I finished reading it.
Martin McGrath's 'The First Dance' was also a stand-out success for me. I have to declare an interest here as Martin and I used to be in the same on-line writing group and I first saw this story in that context. I liked it then and I loved it in its final version here. It is 2084. Alejandro Marichal is an old man who can no longer afford the payments on his 'Muninn', the surgically-inserted piece of hardware that allows you to replay memories with 100% accuracy. The problem with them is that you get charged royalty payments on anything you see, hear or smell that is in copyright. You can only avoid this by deleting the offending memories. He doesn't want to delete the memory of his first dance with his wife at their wedding sixty-three years earlier, so he goes to see his nephew Gideon, who can apparently hack the machines. However, what Gideon can achieve is not what Alejandro was hoping, leaving him with a decision to make. The power of this story comes from the use of a credible technological idea to explore the emotional importance of our memories, particularly as we get older. Alejandro is a proud and honourable character whose quiet determination not to give in to the demands of corporate profiteering is extremely uplifting.
'Before Hope' by Kim Lakin-Smith follows a long-distance space truck driver as he recruits a young apprentice and inducts her in his methods of quiet resistance against the oppressive regime on one of the planets he visits. The mix of technology, character and plot provides a very rewarding read.
Mercurio D. Rivera's 'Manmade' tells the tale of a surgeon on compassionate leave after the death of her son. She is approached by one of her former patients, an artificial intelligence which has been turned into a human. The AI is unhappy with its lot and wants the operation reversed. When the surgeon tries to find out what might drive the AI to such a desperate position she uncovers a dark secret, dark enough that someone might kill to keep it quiet. This is a deeply affecting story which plumbs interesting depths around the question of what it means to be human.
'The Lighthouse' by Liz Williams is about an alien growing up with her mother in a fortress on an isolated asteroid, the last of their species following a catastrophic war against an aggressive opponent. However, when the hated opponents return to the asteroid many years later, the message they bring is not at all what she was expecting. This is a sad, thoughtful tale that sets up one idea and then turns it on its head.
In any anthology there are bound to be a few stories that don't appeal to an individual reader. In this case, there were only two that I did not enjoy. The first was 'The Circle Of Least Confusion' by Martin Sketchley. This starts well, contrasting a tale of two young human lovers uncertain about whether to have children together with the mission of an alien sniper on a far-away planet. However, the story runs out of steam almost as soon as the two sub-plots are brought together, leaving a conventional morality tale about the dangers of being able to see into the future. The second was Mike Allen's 'Still Life With Skull', which is set in the far future when humans can have their bodies reconfigured into almost any shape they want. The story concerns various people who are being hunted down for various reasons and the lengths they will go to evade capture. The problem here was that although there was an impressive amount of invention I had no idea, even after reading the story three times, what was actually going on. In both cases, though, I'm sure that some other readers will get more from these stories than I did.
'Solaris Rising 2' is another triumph for Ian Whates and Solaris Books. If anyone doubts the value of original genre anthologies, here is another example of what can be done to showcase the strength and diversity of current SF short fiction. I enjoyed this very much and I hope that 'Solaris Rising 3' will appear in the not too distant future.
Patrick Mahon
(pub: Solaris/Rebellion Publishing/HarperCollins. 318 page small enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-78108-087-0)
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Cooking Up A Mystery Blog Tour: Book Review + Giveaway
Book: Cooking Up A Mystery
Author: Gail Pallotta
Laney Eskridge worked to put her husband through dental school. Then he left with another woman. She's on edge from the emotional scars and her parents' deaths. Then she hears unexplained noises in her new tea house, and her anxiety is tripled. Add a budding romance with Eric—a guy with a fear of commitment—and it's all too much to handle. She cuts ties with Eric and plunges into making her business pay off.
When Eric discovers that Laney's in danger, he vows to protect her. But can he make a lasting promise? Will she trust him? . . .and when they overhear a threat that could cause national turmoil, will anyone believe them? There's more brewing than herbal tea in Cooking up a Mystery.
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Award-winning author Gail Pallotta's a wife, Mom, swimmer and bargain shopper who loves God, beach sunsets and getting together with friends and family. A 2013 Grace Awards finalist, she's a Reader's Favorite 2017 Book Award winner and a TopShelf 2020 Book Awards Finalist. She's published six books, poems, short stories and several hundred articles. Some of her articles appear in anthologies while two are in museums.
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In Cooking up a Mystery running a business with no background or formal training in accounting or management overwhelms Laney, the heroine. George, her assistant, tells her she has him and God, who knows her needs. Then he adds, "You … have your mom's wonderful recipes and you whip them up like a pro."
I chose the food industry for Laney, a woman entrepreneur succeeding against the odds, because I have lots of cooking experience. I learned the skill at age ten. The reason, according to my father—I'd know how when I got married. I didn't marry until I was thirty. By then, I'd received lots of instruction, so I knew how to prepare some pretty good dinners. My husband said, "You could start a restaurant." I wanted to do other things instead, such as write, but I started one in this book.
Mt first woman entrepreneur appears in Hair Calamities and Hot Cash, a romantic comedy about a hairstylist. It's set in Eve's Clips, a salon in Triville, a fictitious town in the North Carolina Mountains where Laney opens Laney's Delectable Delights.
A section in the back of Cooking up a Mystery, Laney's Chefs in the Making, features over two dozen recipes. Only Laney's Pineapple Rice is mine. The rest are from a book, Heavenly Delights, authored by my friend, Pam Nichols Griffin, as a fundraiser for Mission Love Seeds, a charity that helps children throughout the world and responds locally after disasters to demonstrate God's love.
Laney's Pineapple Rice
Rice (can be instant, but not boil-in-the-bag)
Cooking oil or spray
One small onion (chopped thin)
Five cloves garlic (or minced gloves equaling five cloves)
One tablespoon fresh grated ginger
One cup fresh pineapple
Small amount of pineapple juice
One teaspoon sugar
One lime
Cook rice according to directions on the box, but substitute a couple of tablespoons to 1/4 cup pineapple juice (depending on taste) for part of the water.
Chill rice
Coat a heavy bottom skillet with oil. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, pineapple and sugar and stir. Add cold rice, break up, squirt with the juice of one lime and stir until heated and blended.
When I picked up Cooking Up A Mystery, I really expected it to be your basic run of the mill cozy mystery... as such, I kept waiting for the body to drop. I quickly (or rather not so quickly) discovered that this one was not quite what I was expecting. At the beginning, I found it to be a little bit slow moving... as I said I really found myself waiting for the body. It wasn't until over halfway through that I felt like the action really picked up. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing... but certainly different than most cozy mysteries I've read, and not quite what I was expecting. I think, had I had a better understanding about exactly what the mystery was going to be, I might have enjoyed it more from the beginning. Either way, it was a fairly quick read so it still didn't take too long to get to the action.
One thing I will certainly say is this is a book that you will not want to eat on an empty stomach! Food certainly plays a very important role in this story, as the title suggests! I very much appreciated the multiple recipes shared at the end of the book too! There was also a faith element to the story and a devotional at the end as well. These definitely were a fantastic addition as well.
Overall, this was a sweet read and one that fans of cozy mysteries will enjoy... so long as they let go of the expectations of the most typical cozy structure (i.e. a body within the first few chapters). I look forward to checking out more from the author.
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To celebrate her tour, Gail is giving away the grand prize of a $40 Amazon gift card!!
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Lori Smanski April 18, 2021 at 9:44 AM
thank you for your thoughts. this sounds like a fun book to read.
megana April 18, 2021 at 9:59 AM
I'm hungry just reading about this one! Food and a mystery..yes please!
Gail Pallotta April 18, 2021 at 12:07 PM
Hi Randi, Thank you for participating in the Cooking up a Mystery blog tour and for your nice review. Thank you also to your husband (and you) for your service to our country. God Bless.
susan1215 April 18, 2021 at 3:29 PM
Sounds like a great book. I love mysteries and I enjoy cooking. Cute cover!
Rita Wray April 18, 2021 at 3:41 PM
Sounds like a great cozy.
Caryl Kane April 18, 2021 at 10:13 PM
Randi, thank you for sharing your honest thoughts.
clc408 April 19, 2021 at 11:18 AM
Sounds like one I'd enjoy reading.
Leela April 20, 2021 at 8:14 PM
darkgoddess- April 24, 2021 at 3:10 PM
Thanks for the heads up. Don't read this on an empty stomach! lol
slehan April 24, 2021 at 9:35 PM
Looks like an interesting book.


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