Last night I attended one of several Nonesuch Records 50th Anniversary concerts taking place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The featured artists were Devendra Banhart, Stephin Merritt, and Sam Beam (aka Iron & Wine). The opportunity to see these three artists on a single concert is extremely rare, so I'm fortunate to live in New York City. I'm also thankful for the heads up about the concert from my good friend Matthew, who by the way, introduced me to all three of these performers.
Devendra, Stephin, and Sam are contemporary singer-songwriters that have achieved a fair amount of commercial success, but have not reached the heights of stardom. They fly below the highest levels of musical fame in the United States, and because of the own personal styles they will probably never reach the same level as superstars like Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton, or Bono.
While I cannot say I was surprised from the performances last night, I will say I was blown away—especially by Sam Beam. Each of these gentlemen brought exactly what they do best to the stage. Devendra delivered an eccentric performance on an electric guitar. A good portion of his set was in Spanish (he lived in Venezuela for much of his childhood) and the anecdotes between songs were similarly bizarre. Stephin Merritt performed a set of songs in alphabetical order selected from his many projects (Future Bible Heroes, Magnetic Fields, the 6ths, musical works for stage, etc.) accompanied only by ukelele and, for one song, metronome. His style of clever, irreverent songwriting was ideal for the event. I would have preferred to have seen him perform with a band however; after several songs his format of strumming on ukelele and singing extremely low notes had difficulty sustaining energy from beginning to end.
As I mentioned before, Sam Beam's performance was the best of the three. When he came on stage he asked the audience what we'd like to hear, and played our requests throughout his whole set. He sang only two songs that night that weren't audience suggestions. His visceral stage presence, along with his physical lyricism and the naked sound of only the voice and guitar, was incredibly effective. His last few albums have featured more orchestration, but I've found again and again that Sam's real power as a musician comes across when he performs only with a guitar. Hearing him again in this context was quite moving.
I doubt I'll ever get to see a concert bill like this again. I was fortunate to be living in the right place at the right time, and that Nonesuch records could assemble such a line up. I look forward to seeing all three of these performers again.
Tonight: Devandra Banhart, Stephin Merritt & Sam Beam!


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Abolition and Kinship — Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
May 10, 2020 May 24, 2016 by abolitionjournal
The prison system and the policing practices that undergird it shape cultures of families in very particular and devastating ways. Incarceration can trigger permanent loss of parental rights not to mention being compelled to bear children while bound in chains suitable only for the coffle and the barracoon. Incarceration for many introduces and for others entrenches the "custodial care" and "detention" of children. Incarceration and state and social confinement thus exacerbates already existing cross-generational trauma; perforating notions of belonging between parent/elders/community/siblings and child and instead stitching in surveillance, insecurity, and threat. Incarceration is one of the most severe and excessive forms of teaching people that their primary relationship of belonging is to the state as its property. Abolition, however, is a set of practices that might make it possible for survivors of detention and policing to acknowledge and rebuke the stigma, deviancy, and pathology that has been attached to black motherhood in the world that slavery made. The simple acts associated with the rearing, guiding, and social reproduction of black people continue to be monitored, scrutinized, criminalized, and commoditized not just by the state but by society at large—allegedly afraid of what Christina Sharpe calls the "catastrophes" that emerge from black women's wombs. The road to incarceration is paved by surveillance and critiques that demonize and blame poor women for having the temerity to love black children and transmit to them unvarnished truths about the particular vulnerabilities and conditions that mark their lives. I am neither a nationalist nor a separatist, though I ought to be, perhaps, in order to answer June Jordan's sanguine question about how the "accident rate would lower subsequently."
Abolition suggests that revolt against the destruction of black kinship is possible at the same time that "justifiable" and "accidental" state murder continues once a day. Abolition means something like a life of swallowing the ocean with each breath, drowning, and being pitied for struggling so hard to survive—but never simply being lifted out of the force of the Middle Passage's heavy water. Following Jennifer Morgan abolition might mean something which allows black reproductivity to flourish without being merely a "prospect" and investment toward some new deployment of slavery. Every conversation I have had in this collective has been held in the shadow of child theft and the million and one things arrayed against black people being legible to each other as kin, not simply as an article of political commitment but as witnesses who claim the authority to claim each other despite being alienable property. I practice abolition in my daily life by reproducing a politics of blackness that makes kinship a possibility even as it slips beyond my reach time and again. Of course, abolition is about so many more things than this. But it is undeniably this project of decolonizing the brutal disregard for young black people and the people who want them to survive, as well.
– Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
—author of Waste of a White Skin: The Carnegie Corporation and the Logic of White Vulnerability
[This post is part of a series of "Abolition Statements" from members of the Abolition Journal Collective and Editorial Review Board. See here for a brief introduction to these posts.]
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Q: asynchronous messaging/notifications for real time feed back to users Looking for some advice and general opinion.
Im looking to build a notification system for a site to message users on at certain times and events.
So for example when a new blog post is added to the site, any user that is logged onto the system will get a visual notification (A bit like when someone comments on your status on facebook) There will also need to be some persistence there so that users who are not logged in will get the notification once they return to the site.
Anyway Im look for any advice Re: tech/language/framework, on the real time/asyn nature of how this would work.
The only dependency/restriction is that the components must be open source, but other then that the function can be built in anything (node/python/pure javascript solution/php etc)
N.B I am looking at faye as a possible option

A: Faye is a good choice.
You may also want to look at vertx.io if you need something more sophisticated but scalable.

A: Another solution is rabbitmq connecting to html5 websockets that fail over to sockjs if the browser doesn't implement websockets.
rabbitmq has python, ruby, erlang. hell, there's a straight c plug in.

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Plans for drive-through coffee shop submitted for former factory site near Beverley
Yorkshire man 'takes stand' against parking fine at petrol station - and wins in court
Holly Lynch: An assault on a police officer is an assault on society
DURING the summer recess, I joined West Yorkshire Police for a 2pm until 10pm shift to get the front-line experience, and to see just how the demands on local policing are changing.
Saturday, 15th October 2016, 12:44 am
Updated Tuesday, 25th October 2016, 6:14 pm
Attacks on police officers need to be recorded, says MP Holly Lynch.
I spent the afternoon with neighbourhood policing officer PC Kim McCloskey, visiting community projects and seeing some of the great work going on at the grassroots Ovenden Phoenix football club, before spending the evening with response officers reacting to 999 calls.
West Yorkshire Police Federation chair, Chief Inspector Nick Smart, had only recently been to see me to raise concerns about an increase in assaults on police officers, and to outline how depleted numbers are impacting on front-line capabilities.
It was into the evening, when I moved over to response policing, that I joined PC Craig Gallant reacting to 999 calls. Only days before my shift, a female police officer had responded to a domestic call in my district. Disgracefully, she was head-butted by an offender, knocking out her teeth and leaving her with a broken eye socket.
It was not long into my time with PC Gallant that we attempted to stop a vehicle to speak to the driver. Having turned on the blue lights, the car initially sped away.
However, after a short chase, the driver eventually thought better of it and pulled over. PC Gallant asked the driver to get out of the vehicle, but he refused.
As he continued to instruct the driver to get out the car, a crowd began to gather, with some onlookers becoming increasingly hostile; passing vehicles also began to take an interest. A second vehicle then pulled up at speed.
As the passenger from the first car got out to get into the second, the situation very quickly escalated. PC Gallant found himself surrounded, dealing with an aggressive crowd from all directions. When he was forced to draw his baton while instructing the crowd to move back, I was so concerned for his safety that I rang 999 myself, believing it was the fastest way to make contact with the control room and stress just how urgently he needed back-up. Thankfully, other officers arrived at the scene shortly afterwards to help to manage the situation.
Amazingly, no injuries were sustained on that occasion, but I saw for myself just how quickly situations can escalate and how vulnerable officers are when they are out on their own.
An assault on a police officer is an assault on society. It is totally unacceptable that public servants, working in their communities to protect people and help the vulnerable, are subject to assaults as they go about their jobs.
Make no mistake, these are tough jobs, and while most officers will tell you that they understand there are risks, being a punching bag should never be part and parcel of the job.
In West Yorkshire alone, there were 991 recorded assaults on police officers last year, with an estimated 23,000 across the country. In addition, many attacks are going unreported or are being sidelined in the pursuit of other charges, making it extremely difficult to understand the true scale of the problem.
When I asked the House of Commons Library for statistics, by police force, of assaults on officers, it responded by saying that there is a lack of official statistics in this area.
A recent Home Office report cites that assaults on officers and police community support officers are not collected as national statistics. Instead, the figures are estimates based on two limited data sources.
To be fair to the Home Office, I very much welcome the recent efforts it has made to improve the system for recording assaults on officers, but there is still a long way to go.
Last year the Home Office asked forces to provide data on assaults on a voluntary basis. However, it recognised that there were flaws to that approach, concluding that "the figures… are not directly comparable at police force area level", and that "the estimates are relatively crude, and should be interpreted with caution".
As the data is not collected, we simply cannot answer some of the bigger questions. Is the number of assaults going up? Are some forces failing to protect their officers? Have cuts to police budgets made policing more dangerous?
We see police forces having to pick up the slack where there have been cuts to other agencies – agencies that should be taking a lead in dealing with some of these quite difficult social problems.
I am asking the Home Office to work with police forces to standardise the process of collecting that information. Quite simply, if an officer is assaulted, in any force at any time, let us record it. Assaults on officers must be the subject of robust investigations.
While officers need to play their part in that and follow up by reporting instances where they have been the victim of an assault, I also appreciate that they will not report injuries unless they have the confidence that those involved will be investigated and prosecuted appropriately.
I am asking Ministers to ensure that the Home Office is collecting accurate data about assaults on police officers – data that will give us a much greater insight into the scale of the problem and empower decision- makers to respond accordingly and for tougher sentencing.
If an officer is the victim of an assault, I would expect to see a sentence that sends a strong message. Assaulting the police shows contempt for our collectively agreed laws and all those who uphold them, and it will not be tolerated.
Holly Lynch is the Labour MP for Halifax and the daughter of a retired police officer. She led a Commons debate on police officer safety – this is an edited version.
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TV-6 to make documentary on Alexander Lebed
The tragic death of the Krasnoyarsk regional governor Alexander Lebed on April 28 drove the Russian press into a stupor, and the press cannot get over it. Journalists considered all possible versions of the air crash and put the pen aside, thinking that it was all they could do.
Maybe it is true: it is too early to talk about elections, and it would not be nice to dig up discrediting material against Lebed himself. As they say in Russia: "Say only good things about a dead man, otherwise say nothing." When Lebed was alive, he had to deal with a lot of criticism, because there were reasons to criticize the general: his tough tempter was bad not only for himself but to the people around him. A lot of things will smooth out in our minds in the future; bad things will vanish, but the good things will remain. However, years take too long, so TV-6 television channel is releasing a documentary entitled Lebed (Swan). This was reported by journalist Svetlana Sorokina to Echo of Moscow radio station.
Sorokina stated that such a title will allow one to avoid any kind of estimation: "Lebed was the remarkable man, who managed to change our perception of the word "lebed" (which means "swan" in Russian). Now, when they say "lebed," people think of Alexander Lebed and not of the bird."
Journalists will try to picture Alexander Lebed from various points of view in their documentary, "to create a 3D picture," Svetlana Sorokina said. The film will feature interviews with the people who knew the Krasnoyarsk regional governor in person, footage from the crash site, and the places where Lebed grew up and worked.
We would like to believe that the producers will not create a sugary picture of Alexander Lebed but portray him as a common person, as he probably wanted to be himself.
Ekaterina Lykova PRAVDA.Ru
Translated by Dmitry Sudakov


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Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball broadcaster for ESPN after his retirement, and now hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show for Sports USA. He is currently a special adviser to the Reds.


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Palin Bucks Right, Appoints Former Planned Parenthood Board Member to Supreme Court
By Kyle Mantyla | March 5, 2009 4:39 pm
Last week we noted that Sarah Palin was facing a dilemma rooted in her state's "Missouri Plan"-like structure for appointing state Supreme Court justices because the list of candidates she was required to choose from did not necessarily reflect her views.
This issue didn't seem to be generating all that much coverage but it did generate interest from the state's Alaska Family Council, which urged its activists to contact Palin and pressure her to choose Eric Smith over Morgan Christen, saying that Smith was "more conservative" than Christen, who was, among other things, on the board of Planned Parenthood in the mid-1990s.
But Palin was apparently not swayed by the AFC's efforts and went ahead and appointed Christen:
Governor Sarah Palin selected Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen to the Alaska Supreme Court. Christen is the 20th justice appointed to the Court.
"Alaska's Supreme Court bears the awesome responsibility of ensuring that our court system administers justice in firm accordance with the principles laid down in our state Constitution," said Governor Palin. "I have every confidence that Judge Christen has the experience, intellect, wisdom and character to be an outstanding Supreme Court justice."
The Alaska Daily News reports that AFC president Jim Minnery is not happy and says that Palin will be getting a good talking to when they see each other at an upcoming benefit:
The head of the Alaska Family Council — a Christian pro-family, anti-abortion group — on Wednesday sent an e-mail to thousands of people asking them to urge Palin to pick Smith, not Christen.
The governor's office received about 100 letters, e-mails and faxes from the public about the Supreme Court appointment, including some from the family council, Palin's spokeswoman, Sharon Leighow, said in an e-mail. That was not an unusual number, Leighow said.
The family council plea, from group president Jim Minnery, said Smith was "more conservative" and that Christen would be "another activist on the Court." In an interview, Minnery said that was the "general consensus" but he had no specifics.
"I'll be seeing the governor tomorrow. We'll have a good chat," Minnery said after Christen's appointment was announced. He said that Palin is introducing the speaker Thursday evening at a benefit lecture in Anchorage for the family council.
As we noted last time, when Missouri's Republican Governor Matt Blunt faced this sort of situation back in 2007, right-wing groups savaged him, saying "too many politicians have suffered the fate of trying to have issues both ways, and this may be the final strike for Gov. Blunt."
Will Palin face the same sort of outrage?
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describe('validator', () => {
    describe('assert()', () => {
        it('throws jojen errors', () => {
            expect(() => {
                Jo.assert(undefined, Jo.required());
            }).to.throw(Error);
        });
        it('throws error with prefix', () => {
            expect(() => {
                Jo.assert(undefined, Jo.required(), 'sdkjghsiugd');
            }).to.throw(/sdkjghsiugd/);
        });
        it('throws does not throw on validation', () => {
            expect(() => {
                Jo.assert(1, Jo.required());
            }).not.to.throw();
        });
    });

    describe('validateSync()', () => {
        it('works for a sync rule', () => {
            expect(Jo.validateSync(1, Jo.number())).to.eql({
                value: 1,
                error: null,
            });
        });

        it('throws when a rule tries to validate async', () => {
            expect(() =>
                Jo.validateSync(1, Jo.custom((val, cb) => setImmediate(() => cb())))
            ).to.throw(/Cannot validate asynchronous rules synchronously/);
        });
    });

    describe('errors', () => {
        it('encodes to JSON', () => {
            const err = Jo.validateSync('foo', Jo.number()).error;
            expect(JSON.stringify(err)).to.equal(JSON.stringify({
                isJoi: true,
                name: 'ValidationError',
                details: [{
                    path: '',
                    type: 'number',
                    context: {},
                    message: '"undefined" must be a number.',
                }],
            }));
        });

        it('captures stacktraces on request', () => {
            const err = Jo.validateSync('foo', Jo.number(), { captureStack: true }).error;
            expect(err.stack).to.contain('validator.test.js');
        });
    });

    describe('convert', () => {
        it('works by default', (done) => {
            Jo.validate('42', Jo.number(), (err, value) => {
                expect(err).to.be.null;
                expect(value).to.equal(42);
                done();
            });
        });

        it('does not convert when off', (done) => {
            Jo.validate('42', Jo.number(), { convert: false }, (err, value) => {
                expect(err).to.not.be.null;
                done();
            });
        });
    });
});

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Lena Dunham Just Can't Win When It Comes to Her Body Weight
Bruce Springsteen Reveals Recent Bout With Depression
The 'Fit Mom' That Made Us Feel Bad Is Now Pro-Body Positivity
Nicole Kidman's Ageism Speech Is a Declaration of War
Cardi B, Betty White and 5 Other Celebs Who Fiercely Defended Their Plastic Surgeries
Courteney Cox's New Motto Inspires Us to Age Gracefully
But the Older You Are, the Happier You Are
Dealing With Mean Girls and Guys
Written by Deborah Day
The former Friends star opened up about aging and the perils of fame in an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls.
Courteney Cox admitted that she regrets some of the choices she made in her effort to stall signs of aging ― particularly in the form of cosmetic surgery 1. The former "Friends" star opened up about the perils of fame on the Monday, August 22, 2016, episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls 1.
"I think there's a pressure to maintain [your looks], not just because of fame, but just, you know, being a woman in this business," Cox told Grylls in the Irish Highlands. "Getting older has not been ― I don't think that's the easiest thing.
"But I have learned lessons. I think I was trying to keep up with getting older, trying to chase that ― it's something you can't keep up with," the 52-year-old actress continued. "So the more you relax into it and the less I try ― because sometimes you find yourself trying and then you look at a picture of yourself and go, 'Oh, God. Like, I look horrible.' I have done things that I regret, and luckily they're things that dissolve and go away. So, um, that's good, because it's not always been my best look."
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Cox, who most recently starred in "Cougar Town," said she's letting that go in favor of a new, more relaxed approach to aging. "Now I just have a new motto: Just let it be," she says.
Cox has touched on something supported by science: There's a paradoxical relationship between aging and happiness, according to a study released Wednesday, August 24, in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. The study collected data from 1,546 people ages 21 to 100 and found that the older participants generally reported being happier.
"The consistency was really striking," said Dilip Jeste, director of the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging and senior author of the study, according to the Los Angeles Times. "People who were in older life were happier, more satisfied, less depressed, had less anxiety and less perceived stress than younger respondents."
That happiness can be traced, in part, to a "been there, done that" stress response. Older participants in the study showed more subdued responses to stressful imagery, like a car accident.
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One thing the report might not have accounted for is ageism on social media, which Cox describes harshly.
"People can be pretty mean," the actress said. "Now that they do all the social media, and the comments ― if I ever want to feel really bad about myself, I just click on one of those Daily Mail comment sections."
Fortunately, Cox has her 12-year-old daughter, Coco Arquette, to counterbalance the hate.
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Transformative Fair Use
Cours 2 de 4 dans Droit de la propriété intellectuelle Spécialisation
Copyright law is unique in the greater intellectual property regime, as it protects original expression that is fixed in a tangible medium and is the product of authorship. This course is designed for creative professionals — such as screenwriters, musicians, documentary filmmakers or artists — who want to understand the scope and limits of which works can enjoy U.S. copyright protection. The course will introduce students to the workings of copyright law through an examination of the system's basic principles, rules, and institutions. Topics will include; the justifications for copyright law, copyrightable subject matter, authorship, the nature and scope of copyright's exclusive rights, fair use, and remedies for infringement. We will also explore real-world examples of legal battles surrounding copyright law, from the recent litigation over Robin Thicke's hit song "Blurred Lines" to more peculiar cases such as the infamous "monkey selfie" case. By understanding what copyright does and does not protect, producers of creative expression will be able to protect and maximize the commercial value of their works.
Copyright, Copyright Protection, Fair Use
Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright
Under what circumstances do we limit the rights of copyright holders? This module examines the ever-important Fair Use Doctrine.
Understanding Copyright Limits4:20
The Basics of Fair Use10:52
Ordinary Fair Use9:04
Transformative Fair Use5:34
Technological Fair Use5:13
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A major development in American fair use occurred in 1994 when the US Supreme Court decided a famous copyright case known as Campbell versus Acuff-Rose. And it developed a doctrine that is today called a transformative use doctrine. Which is a variant of fair use, but different in an important respect, which we'll talk about. Now in applying this doctrine, the court did a couple of things that we need to pay attention to. The court took this doctrine and adapted congress's basic guidance that courts should have the liberty to develop the doctrine in the common law method. And that's exactly what the court did when it developed this doctrine. So even though it doesn't find explicit recognition in the language of the statute. The doctrine is still valid, because Congress allows courts to develop it in this way. But the second thing that the court did in developing this doctrine. Is it said even though I'm developing this doctrine, you still have to apply the four fair use factors in the application of this doctrine. The transformative use doctrine. So what is a transformative use doctrine or the transformative use variant of fair use? It's basically this, this is what the court said. Sometimes a use of the work which entails copying, involves modifying, adapting or transforming the work. In such a way that is in build with a new purpose, new content or new meaning. When that occurs the court said, the new work that has been produced or the new results that copying. No longer makes it a full fledged substitute for the original work. Instead, it can be classified as a transformative use. So to repeat, when a user copying of the work modifies, adapts, or transforms it, and imbues it with new purpose, content, or meaning, that makes it transformative. And when it is transformative, it falls into a separate bucket the court says. But very very importantly even though something is classified as transformative. What the court did in Campbell was to say, that merely determines the classification in factor one. Remember, factor one was, the nature and purpose of the copying. The court says transformative goes to nature and purpose of copying. Meaning that if it's a transformative use, that makes factor one way in favor of fair use. But that doesn't mean that we have to disregard the other three factors, the other three factors also need to be considered. But they come to be influenced by the transformative nature of the classification. So factor 2 still remains neutral, that doesn't really change. Remember courts have told us it's not particularly important. Factor 3, the amount and substantiality now comes to be influenced by the transformative use. Because courts recognize that if it's a transformative use, you might have to take a lot more than you otherwise would have to. So substantially amount and substantiality comes to be weighted in favor of a fair use. And the fourth factor similarly requires looking at whether there's a market or whether there's a market effect even based on this transformative use. In fact in Campbell versus Acuff-Rose where the facts involved the creation of a rap parody of an original ballad song. The court asked the defendants to go and collect evidence to show that there was no effect on the licensing market for the original song based on the rap derivatives. And on that basis eventually it turns out that the defendants ended up settling and couldn't quite succeed in proving a fair use. But that shows you that the fourth factor remains just as important for the transformative use defense. The parity enigmatic example of transformative use is a parody. A parody of work requires making a copies of elements of that work, but it's a different purpose. It's giving it new meaning and content. A humorous purpose that takes it into the category of a transformative use. And normally when one runs through the different factors, courts conclude that it is indeed a transformative use. Similarly with forms of appropriation art. A famous case involving the artist Richard Prince where he took pieces of photography, put little blotches of lozenges on them and created them as what are called appropriation art. Courts classified many of those pieces as transformative use. That's another clear example. Again, the court applied the four factors toward Richard Prince had done. Very important thing to note is that transformative use as a doctrine, has expanded over the course of time ever since it was created. It's applied rather broadly these days. But even when it's applied very broadly, the key point to bear in mind is that courts always apply the four fair use factors without just stopping at the classification of transformative or not. They run the four factors through the work, and then eventually decide whether it is a transformative use or not. That's the transformative fair use defense within the category of fair use entirely a creation of courts.


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Entries from September 2019
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT IT CAN BE ENTERTAINING
We all know the extraordinary record regarding the crowd of people Donald Trump has selected for administration posts and praised as exceptionally qualified for the position only to fire them a short time later or have them resign.This never ending rotation of people first in his favor and shortly thereafter attacked by him as utterly unqualified and then totally contemptible reminds me of Shakespeare's play of Henry VIII. There is the famous speech of Wolsey about his downfall from favor which seems to me to capture the picture so accurately. Shakespeare writes the scene this way:
"So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do
I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye: I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have: And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again."
When he tells blatant lies and makes totally false statements, which occurs virtually daily, I am reminded of a couple of well known movie scenes. One line about lies from a movie is still used by comedians today. It's from the 1933 movie "Duck Soup" starring the Marx brothers. Chico Marx was playing the character Chicolini. This exchange occurred between the actress Margaret Dumont playing Mrs. Gloria Teasdale and Chico Marx:
"Teasdale: Your Excellency, I thought you left.
Chicolini: Oh no. I no leave.
Teasdale: But I saw you with my own eyes.
Chicolini: Well, who ya gonna believe me or your own eyes?"
That's Donald Trump's classic position when caught in a flagrant lie or totally wrong claim. "Who you going to believe, me or your lying eyes and the fake news?"
There is a second movie with a scene that illustrates Trump's refusal to concede he has made a flat out false statement or claim. It's from the wonderful 1939 movie The Wizard of OZ produced by Metro-Golden-Mayer. Dorothy is swept away by a tornado to the magical land of OZ and works to get back home. Dorothy and her dog Toto, accompanied by the Tin Man, The Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, set out to OZ to get the help of the great and wonderful wizard, played by actor Frank Morgan. They make their way to the throne room and the Wizard refuses to help, ordering to leave. While there are lights flashing and the wizard loudly ordering to leave, the dog, Toto, goes to a curtain and pulls it back with his teeth exposing an ordinary man manipulating switches to appear like a wizard. When he realizes the dog has exposed him as a fake, he says to Dorothy and her friends "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. I am the great and powerful ..." Dorothy says "You are? I don't believe you." The scarecrow says "You humbug" and the wizard admits "Yes. Exactly so. I'm a humbug." What a powerful and accurate description of Donald Trump and his conduct as president.
My last observation is the "Narcissist's Prayer" cartoon which needs no discussion or explanation:
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"SHARPIEGATE" AND LEADERSHIP MORALITY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
On Wednesday of this week President Donald Trump sat in the oval office holding up a map which he claimed confirmed his earlier assertion that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian even though the National Weather and Service had immediately denied his statement saying: "Alabama will NOT see any impacts from Dorian." Worse, the map he displayed had obviously been doctored by adding a felt tip line extending the official storm path so it now went into Alabama. Instead of admitting the obvious misstatement he had made, he instead dug in his heels and offered doctored evidence to justify it. Social media quickly labeled it "sharpiegate" after the Sharpie felt tip pen company product. On social media people mockingly suggested the president might use his Sharpie felt tip pen to add the wall on the Mexican border or use felt tip stick figures to prove his disputed claim about the number of people at his inaugural. Commentators generally characterized his use of the altered map as "just so obviously ridiculous."
Why are all of us reluctant to admit we made a mistake? In the book Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs Bad Decisions and Hurtful Acts the authors suggest that the psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance is to blame. This occurs when we hold certain opinions or values and are confronted with conflicting facts. Our reaction is to find reasons to reject the facts and continue with our present belief. There are other factors involved including issues as to how significant the mistake was and people not wanting to be wrong because it makes us appear less-than-perfect. We tend to view mistakes and apologies as a sign of weak character while in fact they require strength.
Certainly, we can understand that politicians have to be acutely aware of the significance of making mistakes and admitting them. Opponents will seize upon the acknowledged mistake and offered apology as a reason for the individual not to be elected to office. Presidential hopeful Joe Biden has had to deal with frequent gaffes on his part. However, an important aspect of evaluating the response to a mistake involves the significance of the issue and the mistake that was made. Acknowledging an mistake like this has minimal importance politically. This president is however unique regarding a lack of basic honesty and truthfulness which are defects of character. President Trumps lack of truthfulness stands apart from any other president in recent memory. No other president has had the media and other fact finding organizations maintaining ongoing tallies of the number of proven lies by a President of the United States and his refusal to admit he was wrong.
Against that backdrop however, is the fact that the most offensive aspect of the president's conduct was the enormous importance of people suffering from and in danger from this record storm while he instead was concentrated on trying to cover up his mistake rather than simply acknowledging it and moving on. That moral choice is a clear and significant reflection on the lack of his moral code, ethics and honesty. Many of his supporters have been quick to brush this aside as insignificant. Those supporters rationalization is consistent with the psychological concept of cognitive dissonance – the difficulty in abandoning one's previous views in the face of conflicting evidence. Here, however, the most glaring fact is his use of such a obviously altered document to avoid having to concede a somewhat insignificant misstatement. In my view his choice to have done so is a clear reflection on his narcissistic ego and his absence of a moral or ethical code about the importance of truth.
Perhaps my view is biased by what I like to claim was my mother's teaching on morals: "Son, never lie, never steal and never, never vote Republican."


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Tom Neale reveals how the 1971 motorcycling documentary changed the perception of the sport and inspired a generation of style.
In the mid-1960s, surfing had an image problem. It wasn't taken very seriously as a sport. This was partly thanks to the Beach Boys (all non-surfers, with the exception of Dennis Wilson) who sang about little deuce coupes and fun, fun, fun, but rarely explored the visceral joy of hard-core wave riding.
One documentary film changed all that. Surfer Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer (1966) followed two Californian riders around the world, searching for a perfect break, and in doing so captured the camaraderie, skill, beauty and grace that occurs when men (and women) pit themselves against the power of the ocean. As Time magazine wrote, 'Brown shows that some of the brave souls mistaken for beachniks are, in fact, converts to a difficult, dangerous and dazzling sport.' Surfing, with its newfound respect, suddenly went global.
What he needed to show this to the world was finance, which is where bike dealer, mechanic and racer Malcolm Smith came in. Brown was a customer of Smith's, as was Steve McQueen. 'Steve was a real motorcyclist, not a poseur,' says Smith. He put the two men together. The way Brown tells it: 'Steve and I talked about the concept of the film, which he really liked. Then he asked what I wanted him to do in the film. I told him I wanted him to finance it. He laughed and told me he acted in films, he didn't finance them. I then jokingly told him, 'Alright, then, you can't be in the movie.' The next day I got a call and it was McQueen. He told me to go ahead and get the ball rolling with movie - he'd back it.' And, of course, he did get to be in On Any Sunday, which was released in 1971.
But although McQueen was the most famous face in this pageant of two-wheeled weekend warriors, other riders proved to be enduring stars as well, including the slight, unassuming dirt-track daredevil Mert Lawwill and the ever-smiling, supremely talented Malcolm Smith.
'I think many people changed their minds about motorcyclists after watching the movie,' Brown said, and Malcolm Smith commented recently: 'On Any Sunday made a big difference. Even now I meet guys who tell me that the movie got them into riding motorcycles.' The closings scenes, as Smith, Lawwill and McQueen goof about while 'cow trailing' off-road, meant that many left the cinema wanting a taste of the freedom, fun and friendship these guys shared.
It didn't hurt, of course, that both the bikes (which included Husqvarnas, BSAs, Bultacos and Triumphs) and the clothes on display still look so on-trend. It was a time of personalised leathers and bold and often contrasting colourways, and this season Belstaff has tapped into that look for its spring/summer 2017 men's collection. We're pretty sure Steve McQueen would have approved. After all, he was an admirer of the brand - rumour has it he liked nothing better than a night in re-waxing his classic Belstaff Trialmaster - and, as the film shows, in his bright-yellow top with white arm-stripe and the black-leather-with-yellow striped trousers, he thoroughly embraced the Class of 1971 look. Non-riders and lapsed bikers should be careful when they peruse the new collection, though - they might just find themselves shopping for the right motorcycle to go with that cool jacket. Even 45 years later, the On Any Sunday effect is still wickedly potent.


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Thomas Paine has never been accepted as one of the true founding fathers. He has always been viewed as the radical that was no more American than the King. Gordon Wood says that Paine was never admitted as a founding father because of the contrast between his writings and his person. People talked about him, saying, "he is better in print than in the flesh." While Paine was a great and moving author, he never achieved the same social status as many other founders. Franklin was the closest to Paine in personality, but Franklin successfully achieved gentleman status.
Paine did not consider himself to be an American citizen, but rather a "citizen of the world". Paine himself said that he saw America as not his country, but rather a "country [he] had befriended." Overall, Paine is not considered a founding father, because he didn't even consider himself to be an American. He never gained the warmth of the American people as an outsider.
1) How could and outsider have been so crucial to the popular success of the revolution? How could he have understood or inspired the American people so well as an outsider?
2) What aspect of his life and personality most contributed to his outsider status? His social class? His atheism? His association with England and the French Revolution as a 'citizen of the world'? His radicalism?
I find Paine fascinating because, even if there's not right answer to those questions, investigating them tells us a lot about the complexities of our nation's beginnings in both ideology and political-social history.
Interesting. Paine was definitely an idealist, and the ideals he stood for, such as freedom of the people from tyrannical government, transcend national borders. It's possible that Paine himself would not want to be remembered as a founder of the United States, but rather as a symbol of personal liberties with universal application.
1) He may have very well inspired the American people, but more importantly he inspired the powerful men such as Franklin, Hamilton, and so on. Regarding how he could have understood, Paine himself said that "it was neither the place nor the people but the Cause itself that irresistibly engaged me in its support." He understood the feelings and hopes of the American people, and fought for that precisely, rather than for the people themselves.
2)Paine's social class definitely stood out when compared to that of the noted founding fathers. He did not own land or have wealth, and did not hold a "gentleman's" title. However, the aspect that contributed most was his citizenship. As he recognized himself as a citizen of the world rather than American, he removed his name from the pool of founding fathers. By admitting that he did not fight for America, but rather the ideals, he was not a founding father of the nation, but rather a founding father of the ideology that the nation was then built on. He himself helped to draw the line that segregated him from the founding fathers of our nation.


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Mark_Golodetz March 30, 2021, 11:25am #281
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Mark, that's a really good one. And how relevant to this thread that never seems to die as we keep finding good relevant content for it!
Mike_S March 31, 2021, 12:35am #283
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Diggin this thread up because I just lost a half day reading it through and you should too! Legendary
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Did you know that the helicopter scene from Emily in Paris was inspired by this thread?
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"""This module contains functions and classes for creating and issuing events.
For a list of the events that are built into Spyral, check the
:ref:`Event List<ref.events>`.

    .. attribute:: keys

        A special attribute for accessing the constants associated with a given
        key. For instance, ``spyral.keys.down`` and ``spyral.keys.f``. This is
        useful for testing for keyboard events. A complete list of all the key
        constants can be found in the
        :ref:`Keyboard Keys <ref.keys>` appendix.

    .. attribute:: mods

        A special attribute for accessing the constants associated with a given
        mod key. For instance, ``spyral.mods.lshift`` (left shift) and
        ``spyral.mods.ralt`` (Right alt). This is useful for testing for keyboard
        events. A complete list of all the key
        constants can be found in the
        :ref:`Keyboard Modifiers <ref.mods>` appendix.

"""

import pygame
try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json
import spyral
import os
import random
import base64
from weakmethod import WeakMethod as _wm

def WeakMethod(func):
    try:
        return _wm(func)
    except TypeError:
        return func

_TYPE_TO_ATTRS = None
_TYPE_TO_TYPE = None

class Event(object):
    """
    A class for building for attaching data to an event.
    Keyword arguments will be named attributes of the Event when it is passed
    into :func:`queue <spyral.event.queue>`::

        collision_event = Event(ball=ball, paddle=paddle)
        spyral.event.queue("ball.collides.paddle", collision_event)
    """
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.__dict__.update(kwargs)

# This might actually be unused!
_EVENT_NAMES = ['QUIT', 'ACTIVEEVENT', 'KEYDOWN', 'KEYUP', 'MOUSEMOTION',
                'MOUSEBUTTONUP', 'VIDEORESIZE', 'VIDEOEXPOSE', 'USEREVENT',
                'MOUSEBUTTONDOWN']
MOUSE_MAP = ['left', 'middle', 'right', 'scroll_up', 'scroll_down']

def _init():
    """
    Initializes the Event system, which requires mapping the Pygame event
    constants to Spyral strings.
    """
    global _TYPE_TO_ATTRS
    global _TYPE_TO_TYPE

    _TYPE_TO_ATTRS = {
        pygame.QUIT: tuple(),
        pygame.ACTIVEEVENT: ('gain', 'state'),
        pygame.KEYDOWN: ('unicode', 'key', 'mod'),
        pygame.KEYUP: ('key', 'mod'),
        pygame.MOUSEMOTION: ('pos', 'rel', 'buttons'),
        pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP: ('pos', 'button'),
        pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN: ('pos', 'button'),
        pygame.VIDEORESIZE: ('size', 'w', 'h'),
        pygame.VIDEOEXPOSE: tuple(),
    }
    _TYPE_TO_TYPE = {
        pygame.QUIT: "system.quit",
        pygame.ACTIVEEVENT: "system.focus_change",
        pygame.KEYDOWN: "input.keyboard.down",
        pygame.KEYUP: "input.keyboard.up",
        pygame.MOUSEMOTION: "input.mouse.motion",
        pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP: "input.mouse.up",
        pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN: "input.mouse.down",
        pygame.VIDEORESIZE: "system.video_resize",
        pygame.VIDEOEXPOSE: "system.video_expose",
    }

def queue(event_name, event=None, scene=None):
    """
    Queues a new event in the system, meaning that it will be run at the next
    available opportunity.

    :param str event_name: The type of event (e.g., ``"system.quit"``,
                           ``"input.mouse.up"``, or ``"pong.score"``.
    :param event: An Event object that holds properties for the event.
    :type event: :class:`Event <spyral.event.Event>`
    :param scene: The scene to queue this event on; if `None` is given, the
                   currently executing scene will be used.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or `None`.
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._queue_event(event_name, event)

def handle(event_name, event=None, scene=None):
    """
    Instructs spyral to execute the handlers for this event right now. When you
    have a custom event, this is the function you call to have the event occur.

    :param str event_name: The type of event (e.g., ``"system.quit"``,
                           ``"input.mouse.up"``, or ``"pong.score"``.
    :param event: An Event object that holds properties for the event.
    :type event: :class:`Event <spyral.event.Event>`
    :param scene: The scene to queue this event on; if ``None`` is given, the
                   currently executing scene will be used.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``.
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._handle_event(event_name, event)

def register(event_namespace, handler,
             args=None, kwargs=None, priority=0, scene=None):
    """
    Registers an event `handler` to a namespace. Whenever an event in that
    `event_namespace` is fired, the event `handler` will execute with that
    event.

    :param event_namespace: the namespace of the event, e.g.
                            ``"input.mouse.left.click"`` or ``"pong.score"``.
    :type event_namespace: str
    :param handler: A function that will handle the event. The first
                    argument to the function will be the event.
    :type handler: function
    :param args: any additional arguments that need to be passed in
                 to the handler.
    :type args: sequence
    :param kwargs: any additional keyword arguments that need to be
                   passed into the handler.
    :type kwargs: dict
    :param int priority: the higher the `priority`, the sooner this handler will
                         be called in reaction to the event, relative to the
                         other event handlers registered.
    :param scene: The scene to register this event on; if it is ``None``, then
                  it will be attached to the currently running scene.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._reg_internal(event_namespace, (WeakMethod(handler),),
                        args, kwargs, priority, False)

def register_dynamic(event_namespace, handler_string,
                     args=None, kwargs=None, priority=0, scene=None):
    """
    Similar to :func:`spyral.event.register` function, except that instead
    of passing in a function, you pass in the name of a property of this
    scene that holds a function.

    Example::

        class MyScene(Scene):
            def __init__(self):
                ...
                self.register_dynamic("orc.dies", "future_function")
                ...

    :param str event_namespace: The namespace of the event, e.g.
                                ``"input.mouse.left.click"`` or ``"pong.score"``.
    :param str handler: The name of an attribute on this scene that will hold
                        a function. The first argument to the function will be
                        the event.
    :param args: any additional arguments that need to be passed in
                 to the handler.
    :type args: sequence
    :param kwargs: any additional keyword arguments that need to be
                   passed into the handler.
    :type kwargs: dict
    :param int priority: the higher the `priority`, the sooner this handler will
                         be called in reaction to the event, relative to the
                         other event handlers registered.
    :param scene: The scene to register this event on; if it is ``None``, then
                  it will be attached to the currently running scene.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._reg_internal(event_namespace, (handler_string,),
                        args, kwargs, priority, True)

def register_multiple(event_namespace, handlers, args=None,
                      kwargs=None, priority=0, scene=None):
    """
    Similar to :func:`spyral.event.register` function, except a sequence of
    `handlers` are be given instead of just one.

    :param str event_namespace: the namespace of the event, e.g.
                            ``"input.mouse.left.click"`` or ``"pong.score"``.
    :type event_namespace: string
    :param handler: A list of functions that will be run on this event.
    :type handler: list of functions
    :param args: any additional arguments that need to be passed in
                 to the handler.
    :type args: sequence
    :param kwargs: any additional keyword arguments that need to be
                   passed into the handler.
    :type kwargs: dict
    :param int priority: the higher the `priority`, the sooner this handler will
                         be called in reaction to the event, relative to the
                         other event handlers registered.
    :param scene: The scene to register this event on; if it is ``None``, then
                  it will be attached to the currently running scene.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._reg_internal(event_namespace, map(WeakMethod, handlers),
                        args, kwargs, priority, False)

def register_multiple_dynamic(event_namespace, handler_strings, args=None,
                              kwargs=None, priority=0, scene=None):
    """
    Similar to :func:`spyral.Scene.register` function, except a sequence of
    strings representing handlers can be given instead of just one.

    :param event_namespace: the namespace of the event, e.g.
                            ``"input.mouse.left.click"`` or ``"pong.score"``.
    :type event_namespace: string
    :param handler: A list of names of an attribute on this scene that will
                    hold a function. The first argument to the function will
                    be the event.
    :type handler: list of strings
    :param args: any additional arguments that need to be passed in
                 to the handler.
    :type args: sequence
    :param kwargs: any additional keyword arguments that need to be
                   passed into the handler.
    :type kwargs: dict
    :param int priority: the higher the `priority`, the sooner this handler will
                         be called in reaction to the event, relative to the
                         other event handlers registered.
    :param scene: The scene to register this event on; if it is ``None``, then
                  it will be attached to the currently running scene.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._reg_internal(event_namespace, handler_strings,
                        args, kwargs, priority, True)

def unregister(event_namespace, handler, scene=None):
    """
    Unregisters a registered handler for that namespace. Dynamic handler
    strings are supported as well.

    :param str event_namespace: An event namespace
    :param handler: The handler to unregister.
    :type handler: a function or string.
    :param scene: The scene to unregister the event; if it is ``None``, then
                  it will be attached to the currently running scene.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._unregister(event_namespace, handler)

def clear_namespace(namespace, scene=None):
    """
    Clears all handlers from namespaces that are at least as specific as the
    provided `namespace`.

    :param str namespace: The complete namespace.
    :param scene: The scene to clear the namespace of; if it is ``None``, then
                  it will be attached to the currently running scene.
    :type scene: :class:`Scene <spyral.Scene>` or ``None``
    """
    if scene is None:
        scene = spyral._get_executing_scene()
    scene._clear_namespace(namespace)

def _pygame_to_spyral(event):
    """
    Convert a Pygame event to a Spyral event, correctly converting arguments to
    attributes.
    """
    event_attrs = _TYPE_TO_ATTRS[event.type]
    event_type = _TYPE_TO_TYPE[event.type]
    e = Event()
    for attr in event_attrs:
        setattr(e, attr, getattr(event, attr))
    if event_type.startswith("input"):
        setattr(e, "type", event_type.split(".")[-1])
    if event_type.startswith('input.keyboard'):
        k = keys.reverse_map.get(event.key, 'unknown')
        event_type += '.' + k
    if event_type.startswith('input.mouse.motion'):
        e.left, e.middle, e.right = map(bool, event.buttons)
    elif event_type.startswith('input.mouse'):
        try:
            m = MOUSE_MAP[event.button-1]
            setattr(e, "button", m)
        except IndexError:
            m = str(event.button)
        event_type += '.' + m
    if event_type.startswith('input.mouse'):
        e.pos = spyral.Vec2D(e.pos) / spyral.director.get_scene()._scale

    return (event_type, e)

class EventHandler(object):
    """
    Base event handler class.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self._events = []
        self._mouse_pos = (0, 0)

    def tick(self):
        """
        Should be called at the beginning of update cycle. For the
        event handler which is part of a scene, this function will be
        called automatically. For any additional event handlers, you
        must call this function manually.
        """
        pass

    def get(self, types=[]):
        """
        Gets events from the event handler. Types is an optional
        iterable which has types which you would like to get.
        """
        try:
            types[0]
        except IndexError:
            pass
        except TypeError:
            types = (types,)

        if types == []:
            ret = self._events
            self._events = []
            return ret

        ret = [e for e in self._events if e['type'] in types]
        self._events = [e for e in self._events if e['type'] not in types]
        return ret

class LiveEventHandler(EventHandler):
    """
    An event handler which pulls events from the operating system.

    The optional output_file argument specifies the path to a file
    where the event handler will save a custom json file that can
    be used with the `ReplayEventHandler` to show replays of a
    game in action, or be used for other clever purposes.

    .. note::

        If you use the output_file parameter, this function will
        reseed the random number generator, save the seed used. It
        will then be restored by the ReplayEventHandler.
    """
    def __init__(self, output_file=None):
        EventHandler.__init__(self)
        self._save = output_file is not None
        if self._save:
            self._file = open(output_file, 'w')
            seed = os.urandom(4)
            info = {'random_seed': base64.encodestring(seed)}
            random.seed(seed)
            self._file.write(json.dumps(info) + "\n")

    def tick(self):
        mouse = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        events = pygame.event.get()
        self._mouse_pos = mouse
        self._events.extend(events)
        # if self._save:
        #     d = {'mouse': mouse, 'events': events}
        #     self._file.write(json.dumps(d) + "\n")

    def __del__(self):
        if self._save:
            self._file.close()

class ReplayEventHandler(EventHandler):
    """
    An event handler which replays the events from a custom json
    file saved by the `LiveEventHandler`.
    """
    def __init__(self, input_file):
        EventHandler.__init__(self)
        self._file = open(input_file)
        info = json.loads(self._file.readline())
        random.seed(base64.decodestring(info['random_seed']))
        self.paused = False

    def pause(self):
        """
        Pauses the replay of the events, making tick() a noop until
        resume is called.
        """
        self.paused = True

    def resume(self):
        """
        Resumes the replay of events.
        """
        self.paused = False

    def tick(self):
        if self.paused:
            return
        try:
            d = json.loads(self._file.readline())
        except ValueError:
            spyral.director.pop()
        events = d['events']
        events = [EventDict(e) for e in events]
        self._mouse_pos = d['mouse']
        self._events.extend(events)

class Mods(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.none = pygame.KMOD_NONE
        self.lshift = pygame.KMOD_LSHIFT
        self.rshift = pygame.KMOD_RSHIFT
        self.shift = pygame.KMOD_SHIFT
        self.caps = pygame.KMOD_CAPS
        self.ctrl = pygame.KMOD_CTRL
        self.lctrl = pygame.KMOD_LCTRL
        self.rctrl = pygame.KMOD_RCTRL
        self.lalt = pygame.KMOD_LALT
        self.ralt = pygame.KMOD_RALT
        self.alt = pygame.KMOD_ALT

class Keys(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.reverse_map = {}
        self.load_keys_from_file(spyral._get_spyral_path() +
                                 'resources/default_key_mappings.txt')
        self._fix_bad_names([("return", "enter"),
                             ("break", "brk")])

    def _fix_bad_names(self, renames):
        """
        Used to replace any binding names with non-python keywords.
        """
        for original, new in renames:
            setattr(self, new, getattr(self, original))
            delattr(self, original)

    def load_keys_from_file(self, filename):
        fp = open(filename)
        key_maps = fp.readlines()
        fp.close()
        for single_mapping in key_maps:
            mapping = single_mapping[:-1].split(' ')
            if len(mapping) == 2:
                if mapping[1][0:2] == '0x':
                    setattr(self, mapping[0], int(mapping[1], 16))
                    self.reverse_map[int(mapping[1], 16)] = mapping[0]
                else:
                    setattr(self, mapping[0], int(mapping[1]))
                    self.reverse_map[int(mapping[1])] = mapping[0]

    def add_key_mapping(self, name, number):
        setattr(self, name, number)

keys = Keys()
mods = Mods()


text:
Home Healthy Living Why 'Cow Hugging' Is Becoming A New Wellness Trend?
Why 'Cow Hugging' Is Becoming A New Wellness Trend?
Cow hugging can be an incredibly soothing experience, which may have therapeutic effects.
Scott Bloomer
We have a lot of wellness trends around that are diagnosed to ease and soothe our mind, body, and soul. Recently, a self-care practice, which hails from the Netherlands, has been found to be a promising approach.
Also called "koeknuffelen" in Dutch, cow hugging is a self-care practice that is known to promote healing through a good human-to-animal touch.
Typically, this practice includes taking cows on a farm tour and then resting against them for a couple of hours.
The cow's body temperature is warm and heartbeats are slow, and hugging them can be an incredibly soothing experience, according to the BBC.
The practice also includes giving the animal a backrub, getting licked by them, or reclining against them, which all are a part of the therapeutic encounter.
In the Netherlands, embracing cows has now become popular. The practice has been growing globally because it carries immense mental health benefits.
Cow hugging has been believed to reduce stress and promote positivity by boosting a hormone called oxytocin, which is released during a social bonding.
The calming effects from an emotional bonding with the animals are enhanced when you cuddle larger mammals.
This self-care practice emerged in rural Dutch provinces about a decade ago. It is now part of a wider movement to bring people closer to nature and country life.
This wellness trend has become so popular that farms in Rotterdam, Switzerland, and even the United States have been offering cow-hugging session – thanks to its stress-busting effects.
Besides, the cuddling experience could be pleasurable for the cattle.
A 2007 study, published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, has found that cows show signs of deep relaxation, and stretching out when massaged in particular areas, especially the neck and the upper back.
However, experts say the benefits are more common in humans than cows.
"Although there may be some reported benefits for the cow, the main beneficiary seems to be the person doing the hugging," Philip Wilson, External Affairs Advisor at World Animal Protection, told Insider.
"As an animal welfare organization, we are concerned that people learn and understand the intrinsic nature of animals as living, sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and suffering, as well as a range of positive emotions," he added.
"We are also concerned about any unnecessary stress caused in terms of unwanted contact with people, risks to the animal and person, transportation and housing conditions," Wilson added. "In terms of therapeutic benefits, we would question whether using companion animals such as dogs and cats would be just as effective and would pose less risk to all parties."
SOURCEbbc
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Scott has been working as a professional science writer for My Healthy Click. He specializes in health care and medical-related topics, including disease, medicine, nutrition, fitness, pharmacology, wellness, public health, and patient education. Because of his educational background, he is quite conversant in the areas of science and technology as well. Though health and science are Scott's primary areas of expertise, he enjoys learning new things and is happy to engage in independent research to prepare for a news article.


text:
6 signs you're saving enough money
Libby Kane
Aug. 10, 2016, 12:00 PM
Smile! You're doing a good job.
Flickr / Dan Zen
How much money is enough?
The number varies by person, but it's always a lot.
In fact, pretty much everything in personal finance varies by person, from how much you need to live to how much you should be saving.
Below, find six guidelines that indicate you're probably saving enough, no matter what that means for you.
You have savings goals, and you've priced them out
The first step to saving "enough" is knowing how much "enough" is, and that varies by savings goal. Just socking away money with no clear end date or amount or use isn't very motivating, and generally isn't very effective.
An effective savings goal has a purpose, an amount, and a timeline. For instance:
• Purpose: 20% down payment for a $500,000 house, based on research on home prices in my area
• Amount: $100,000
• Timeline: 5 years
• How much I need to save: $20,000/year; $1,666/month
It's impossible to know if you're saving enough until you give "enough" a number.
You're paying yourself first
For many people, savings is an afterthought. Bills first, then savings.
The danger with this point of view is that it's easy to run out of money to save. What if your bills are higher than usual? What if you decide to spend a little more on something fun this month, and use that not-yet-saved extra cash in your checking account?
One way to avoid this challenge is to treat your savings like any other bill. "If you want to be rich, all you have to do is make a decision to do something that most people don't do," writes David Bach, who became a millionaire by age 30, in his book " The Automatic Millionaire."
It's to pay yourself first.
Now, paying yourself first assumes you have some money to save, and you aren't living month-to-month without wiggle room. If you are, there are two solutions that are easier said than done: Reduce your bills to spend less, or increase your income to earn more. And once you do, that money goes straight into savings.
You're increasing your savings regularly
If you can cover your necessities, afford things you want but don't need, and stash away funds for the future, you're doing something right. In fact, Pew Charitable Trusts found that 33% of Americans have no savings at all.
And if you're increasing your savings, you're in an even better position. When Bach, who saves 20% of his income, started setting aside money in his mid-20s, he could only afford to save 1% of his earnings. Then, he gradually increased the percentage.
Many retirement plans offer a similar feature: You can select an automated savings increase at regular intervals. Or, you can manually bump up your savings rate each time you get a raise or a bonus. Either way, if you're cognizant enough about your savings rate to keep it rising, you're going to find yourself in a good place.
When you get a windfall, you put some in savings
No one is saying you can't have fun with your bonus, or inheritance, or tax refund. But if you're thoughtful enough to put at least part of unexpected cash into savings, you're making some smart choices.
You have more than one type of savings account
Putting money under the mattress won't cut it. We're lucky to have all manner of savings accounts at our fingertips: IRAs and 401(k)s for retirement, 529s for college tuition, even high-yield online savings accounts.
Some of these accounts are invested. Some are tax-advantaged. Some earn interest (even if it's only a little).
Stretching your savings across multiple accounts has a few different benefits. Firstly, it keeps you from accidentally (or accidentally-on-purpose) spending money meant for one goal on another. It also means you're being thoughtful about your savings, and caring enough to think about which types of accounts might be most beneficial. Lastly, when some of your accounts have annual contribution limits, like the IRA that's capped at $5,500 a year, you can save more money overall.
You aren't letting yourself get overwhelmed
There's no point in freaking out.
If you've set a goal and given it a number, if you're paying yourself first and increasing your savings regularly, if you're putting some of your windfalls into savings, and if you're taking advantage of the different kinds of savings accounts available to you, you're doing a great job.
If you decide that, based on your goals, you need to save more in order to have "enough," you're in the perfect position to start.
SEE ALSO: 13 signs you're better with money than you think you are
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Lautaro je stratovulkán na jihu Chile, v Patagonských Andách. Nachází se v regionu Aysén, v severní části Jihopatagonského ledovcového pole. Vulkán je pokrytý ledovcem. Jeden kilometr široký kráter se nachází na severovýchodním úbočí hory.
Lautaro je s nadmořskou výškou 3 580 metrů třetí nejvyšší horou Patagonských And.
Hlavní horninou vulkánu je dacit, dalšími horninami jsou andezit a bazaltický andezit.

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Wednesday, 19 January, 2011, 17 : 30 PM [IST]
Subodh Kant Sahay is the new Union Minister for Tourism
Vayalar Ravi to take over as Civil Aviation Minister
By TBM Staff | New Delhi
The first reshuffle of the Union Cabinet by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has witnessed a change of guard in both travel and tourism and aviation. Among the major changes, Kumari Selja has been divested of the Tourism portfolio and Subodh Kant Sahay has been appointed as the new Union Minister for Tourism. Sahay was Minister for Food Processing Industries. Selja has retained Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation portfolio and has been given additional charge of Culture.
Vayalar Ravi has been bestowed with the Civil Aviation Ministry in addition to his current charge of Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Praful Patel, the current Minister of State for Civil Aviation has been made a Cabinet Minister and given charge of the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises portfolio. In another notable change, senior Cabinet Minister, Kamal Nath has been shifted from Ministry of Roads and Highways to Ministry of Urban Development.