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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Script from the Pilot Episode of 'Star Trek: Picard'
August 5, 2018 August 5, 2018 Posted in Crude ReviewsTagged Alex Kurtzman, Data, Enterprise, Patrick Stewart, Picard, PicardisBack, ProgressiveSciFi, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation16 Comments
Last night, the below script was accidentally uploaded by a CBS staffer to the Internet Movie Script Database. It was removed just a few minutes later once the mistake was realised, but fortunately, we here at CrudeReviews.net were able to download it in the short time it was live, and we decided to share it with you here.
Are you all super excited for the Alex Kurtzman-led return of Captain Jean Luc Picard, starring the legendary Patrick Stewart? We certainly all are! #PicardisBack #StarTrekRocks #WeLoveStarTrek #ProgressiveSciFi
PROVISIONAL TITLE: "As the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
ALTERNATIVE TITLE: "Let Them Bleed"
WRITTEN BY ALEX KURTZMAN, AGE 44 AND 2/3rds
INT. PICARD'S READY ROOM
The camera pans across a table of Picard's treasured memories. First we see his tin whistle, from that one where he lived the entire life of someone in a dying civilisation. Do you remember that one? It was really famous, everyone remembers that episode. The camera keeps panning, over to the ancient stone artefact, the Curly Rascal. Then a Polaroid photograph of Picard and Q, hanging out at the beach. Finally, four lights in a line. Do you remember that one? The one where he shouted "THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!"? Do you remember that? You remember that, don't you?
The camera zooms out to show the whole ready room at a dutch angle. All the lights are blue, and everything's dark. Behind his desk, PICARD sits in silence, grizzled, a rough scar down one side of his face, lifting a dumbbell in one arm. He stares at a screen in front of him, with the words "WAR REPORT" in large font at the top. There are red icons and lines on one half of the screen, and blue icons and lines on the other half of the screen.
The door chimes. Picard doesn't look up.
Enter.
In walks NUMBER ONE. She's tall, of West Asian descent, and identified in all the show's press releases as "Star Trek's first Indian Muslim Lesbian!" She's also half-Andorian, or something, with all of the personal drama that presumably entails.
We're almost ready to begin negotiations, Captain-Ambassador. As Starfleet's top diplomat, it will be your job to bring peace to this sector. Before the entire Federation falls.
Well, Number One, this war with [distant sound of dice rolling] THE ROMULANS and [sound of a dart thumping into a dartboard] THE JEM'HADAR, led by [sound of coin flip] THE BORG is taking its toll. The entire Alpha Quadrant could be wiped out soon if we don't find a way to stop this dreadful war.
Yes, wars are terrible. And thank you for so succinctly expositing the peril we currently face. It sounds like this awful, awful war could take nine, maybe even ten episodes to resolve.
Agreed. Let's get moving.
They walk out of the ready room together.
INT. THE SHUTTLE BAY
Picard, Number One and a Tactical Diplomacy Team enter the shuttle bay. They are all dressed in armoured space suits, carrying flashy new phaser rifles. They march past the shuttles straight to the rear door.
Captain, aren't we taking the shuttles?
Not today, Number One. Today we need to be a little more direct. Ready?
The rear door opens, revealing a planet below them. The camera flies out of the door and pans back to an exterior shot of the ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-XXX. A heavy metal remix of the 'Next Generation' theme plays. The Enterprise is a sleek, futuristic ship with nacelles and everything. She's Starfleet's newest consular ship, armed with fifty billion photon torpedoes and the newly-designed "Peacebringer" anti-planet array.
Inside the shuttle bay, an automated voice addresses the team.
Ship in position. Diplomacy team ready to deploy.
I love this part.
(he cocks his pump-action laser gun)
Let's begin negotiations. Engage!
Picard, Number One and team run and leap out of the shuttle bay whilst Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' plays non-diegetically.
EXT. THE PLANET'S SURFACE, DAY
WEYOUN (Do you remember him???) and SOME ROMULAN stare in horror at a holographic tactical display.
SOME ROMULAN
Weyoun, it's the Enterprise, she's in orbit!
WEYOUN
The Enterprise? She's an Ethics-class consular gunship! And she can only be captained by one person…
(gasping)
Picard! Quickly, we must hide the children!
(to a Jem'Hadar soldier)
Get the troops ready and prepare our defenses for an orbital diplomatic assault!
EXT. THE SKY, DAY
Picard, Number One and the Tactical Diplomacy Team plummet through the air, the front of their spacesuits glowing red hot because that's what happens when you enter a planet's atmosphere, so this is still technically science-fiction.
Suddenly, powerful LASER BLASTS fire up at them from the surface! Arcs of deadly green energy bolts fill the air. Two of Picard's diplomatic staff are vaporised as soon as they are hit.
Captain, we can't withstand this amount of firepower! We have to ab-
She screams, an energy bolt striking her and covering her in green, coruscating energy ribbons. Why she doesn't get vaporised like the other two is unknown. She howls in agony as her body gets twisted and contorted by the energy, breaking her bones and searing her skin. This goes on for at least six minutes. Eventually, her eyes explode and then her entire body explodes inside her spacesuit, filling it with a goopy, bloody mess.
Number One! Well, she died doing what she loved – convincing people on the internet that this was still a progressive show with new ideas. It's just up to us men now, boys!
The assault team cheers, unfazed by their losses or the unyielding anti-air fire that still fills the sky. They continue their descent to the enemy position. One of them speaks up.
Say, captain, did we ever find out why the enemy wanted to go to war with us? It seems like the Romulans would be hesitant to ally with such a destructive force as the Jem'Hadar, and in any case, wouldn't the cost of a war with the Federation and occupation of planets outweigh any strategic benefit in the long term?
He immediately gets hit with a laser blast and incinerated.
There are none.
EXT. MILITARY BARRACKS, DAY
A ROMULAN OFFICER leads twenty soldiers in combat training.
ROMULAN OFFICER
Remember, as you fight, be brutal, and only communicate in grunts and growls. We're the baddies in this war, so we can't do anything that will in any way humanise us or allow the audience to develop any sympathy for us.
ROMULAN SOLDIER
But I'm fighting for the security of my empire and for the freedom of my loved ones!
No you are not, maggot! You are a nameless grunt! You will throw yourself in the way of phaser blasts and if you are lucky, you may hit a Federation soldier, thereby increasing the level of peril!
Sir yes sir!
Just then, Picard smashes into the soldier from above, his armoured space suit crushing the green-blooded Romulan into a cloud of red mist and gore. AC/DC's 'Back In Black' blares over the soundtrack.
Picard taps a button on the side of his helmet, and the whole helmet folds back and into nothing, revealing Picard's face and bald head.
We're here to negotiate terms.
He shoots the Romulan officer in the face. The rest of the squad land behind him, and begin shooting and/or stabbing the rest of the Romulans. Picard kneels over the fallen body of the Romulan officer.
Alas, the cost of war. It is so terrible a thing that we ruin and slaughter when peace might otherwise prevail. Oh! How I long for the days of peaceful exploration, where we can uphold Starfleet's true ideals of mercy and discov-
His voice is drowned out by the screams of the Romulans around him.
INT. A COMMAND CENTRE
Weyoun and Some Romulan are now in a dingy, poorly-lit command centre, filled with Jem'Hadar and Romulan soldiers.
He's made planet fall! We should send three brigades of our best troops to slow him down!
Don't be insane! He's the Federation's top diplomat! We don't stand a chance in a fight against him. Do you think he would let us live if we surrender?
It doesn't look like we have much choice.
Picard kicks down the door and strides in, rifle in hand. He shoots all of the other Romulans and Jem'Hadar before they have chance to react. Weyoun yelps, and drops to his knees, his hands clasped together.
Captain-Ambassador Picard, please! We surrender! Unconditionally! Spare our lives, and we will work with you to bring this war to an end! We see now that we were at fault, and we want to learn from Starfleet's ways of peace and equality, so that we can be better ourselves!
Up yours, dickhead.
Picard punches Weyoun in the head, so hard that his head spins around completely, and we hear the sound of his neck snapping. Picard points his rifle at Some Romulan.
There are now sixty Starfleet Abdul Hamid-class gunships in orbit of this planet. Surrender this sector, or we will be forced to wipe out every living organism and turn this world into a barren tomb.
Some Romulan nods nervously, then carefully shuffles to a console at one side of the room. He presses a button, and on the display a large, red icon appears: "SURRENDER SECTOR". He pushes it. On the other side of the room, a display labelled "WAR MAP" turns from red to blue. Little Starfleet badge symbols replace all of the Romulan symbols.
Picard nods. He taps his commbadge.
This is Picard. Diplomacy accomplished. One to beam up.
He is consumed by the sparkly transporter effect and disappears.
INT. THE BRIDGE OF THE ENTERPRISE
Picard strides onto the bridge in full dress uniform. He addresses the crew.
Today, a great victory was won for peace. Through careful negotiation, we were able to end the war in this sector. Although we still have the rest of the Alpha Quadrant to pacify, today proves that we can restore order to the Galaxy by embodying Starfleet's ideals of ethics, co-operation, discovery and science. This is what it means to be Starfleet, and we have shown that diplomacy, not violence, is always the way to resolve our differences.
The crew applaud, some with tears in their eyes. An Admiral gets up from their weapons station and hangs six medals around Picard's neck. Inspiring music plays. The audience screams in joy about how Star Trek has returned to its moralistic roots.
Then, an alarm sounds. The OPS OFFICER gasps.
OPS OFFICER
Captain! There's another ship on an intercept course! I'm not sure who it is, but I'm getting some data coming through now.
On his screen, in large font, are the words "COMMANDING OFFICER:" and below that, four empty spaces. Slowly, one by one, the empty spaces are filled with a letter each. "D". Then "A". Then "T".
Sir! It's the Cheney!
That's… Commander Data's ship!
That's right, Commander Data! Do you remember him? The robot guy? He's in this too! COMMANDER DATA! HE'S IN THIS SHOW AND YOU RECOGNISE HIM! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK AND YOU MIGHT SEE HIM! COMMANDER DATA! WATCH THE NEXT EPISODE, ASSHOLES!
Well, that looks exciting! We really like the bit where Picard shot all those people, that looks really good. And what about Number One? Could she be the new progressive face of Star Trek? Is this show leading the way for representation of minorities in sci-fi? Probably! The only thing that was really missing from this script was some kind of mystery plot or hidden identity, but who knows what crazy twists and turns they have in store for us in the other episodes? We can't wait!
The Secret, Genius Origin of 'Star Trek: Discovery'
November 8, 2017 November 9, 2017 Posted in Crude ReviewsTagged Burnham, Data, Georgiou, Lal, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tardigrade, The OffspringLeave a comment
For ages, I've been trying to put my finger on what it was about 'Star Trek: Discovery' that threw me off. There's some element to it, some quality, that makes it stand apart from other Trek shows, and for the longest time I couldn't figure out what.
But I've finally done it. I've figured out what it's all about.
'Star Trek: Discovery' is a Star Trek fan fiction written by Lal, daughter of Data.
You may think I'm crazy, but Trek has pulled this shit before. There's a precedent for "stories within stories" that backs me up. But that's not all.
Before we dive into the specifics, let's get the background out of the way:
Who Is Lal?
Lal is a robot. Well, an android. Specifically, a "Soong-type" android created by Data, who is also a "Soong-type" android. Data created Lal in order to simulate the human experience of procreation – of producing a child.
After Data activates Lal, she chooses her own gender and appearance and she begins learning about life. It's a really charming little story and pretty classic Next Gen – Lal even joins the ranks of "Women Who Have Fallen for Riker Despite Being Better Than Him in Every Way", which is a Trek staple.
Lal's fate is a tragic one (I would post a "spoiler warning" but the episode's twenty-seven years old). Data's not as capable as his own creator when it comes to building androids, and Lal soon starts to malfunction, eventually shutting down altogether. She only lived for a few weeks, and… and then she…
I'm sorry, but just going back over this old episode has me close to actually in tears. Just, this is what good Sci Fi is about – using extreme settings to explore the human condition. And, I just… I… let's move on.
The Fan Fiction Theory
Okay, so, when you at the cast of 'Discovery' you realise that, despite it being a long running narrative, everybody is a one-character. Cadet Tilly is 'The Awkward Sidekick', Landry is 'The Mean One', Lorca is 'The Bad Captain', Stamets is 'The Weird Guy', Saru is 'Fucking Useless' and Ash Tyler The Human is 'The Hot One Who Is A Human'.
These are all really simplistic characters with really basic motivations. Burnham and Ash The Human are falling in love because they're both attractive and he doesn't hate her. Tilly wants to be a captain but is for now just along for the ride. Stamets wants to do science, so he does science. Lorca wants to Win The War. Saru is just glad to be part of things, also he's scared all the time and he can totally run really really fast and he has these little frills that pop out when he's really scared.
All of these characters match exactly how an intelligent yet juvenile mind would view the crew of a starship. Picard is a stern, duty-bound authority figure, so of course that's exactly how Lal would describe all authority figures. When someone is mean to Lal, she hasn't yet learned to appreciate that there may be a reason that they're lashing out – and so we end up with Landry, a rampant force of anger and hate.
Lal never experienced a war, or a military conflict, and so when she writes about it, she does so in basic terms. War is bad. People get hurt in wars. Wars involve shooting and maps. We want to win wars, because losing a war is bad. The notion that a huge conflict will have severe cultural impacts and unexpected consequences is alien to Lal because she has no grasp of these more abstract terms yet. The crew of the Discovery are in a war, and they need to win it. That's as far as Lal is capable of exploring the matter.
Author Insertion
Let's take a quick look at Michael Burnham. She's a peculiar character, grounded firmly in machine-like logic yet struggling with emotions she can barely control. She hasn't developed goals or objectives or her own, she just finds herself on Discovery and gets on with stuff. She struggles with intimacy. She has a renowned yet emotionally incapable father.
Remind you of anyone?
Burnham is Lal, writing herself into her own story. She even has the idealised best friend in Tilly, the idealised boyfriend in Ash the Human. She makes friends with a magical teddy bear.
Look at the people around her. Lal is surrounded by people who she doesn't understand and who don't understand her, who threaten her. But in her story, Burnham is surrounded by people who pose no threat to her. Any that do are quickly offed – the prisoners who try to fight her in the mess hall are never seen again. Her teddy bear gets rid of the nasty Landry lady. Saru doesn't like her, but he's also a scaredy cat, and he's ultimately just jealous of her and how amazing she is.
Lorca might be scary, but he looks after Burnham, he protects her. Georgiou, the other authority figure in Burnham's life, was also protective of her – she was kind, and she loved Burnham, and is in every way the perfect mother figure for her – the perfect mother that Lal never had. The fact that she gets eaten by aliens is… probably a sign that Lal has issues, but we knew that already.
Indeed, using pseudo-cannibalism as a throw-away plot point is exactly the sort of thing a juvenile would write in their first work of fiction, because they wouldn't understand the implicit horror of what they were writing. Icky, scary monsters eat people all the time – and children can wrap themselves in horror because they don't have the ability to put it into context.
Lal can write a story about the Brave Captain getting locked up and tortured and then freeing himself by Being Brave, because she isn't programmed to process the broader themes of such a traumatising ordeal. Violence is scary to Lal, but she can write about torture without comprehending its abhorrence because, it's just more violence, right?
How about the Large-igrade, Burnham's magic teddy bear friend? Burnham and her made-to-order best friend say a prayer for the teddy and let it go free, and in so doing, they magically heal it. Because that's how things work in a child's world – intentions and wishes rule over consequences and causality.
Hidden Profundity
And this is the secret genius of 'Discovery'. It's Star Trek, but through the lens of a child's eye. The wider scope of the subject matter is never explored, because the writer can't, and wouldn't want to. When Lal is threatened with being separated from her father, she can barely handle the emotions that surge up within her over this complex and confusing situation.
Discovery is the natural reaction to that – it's a series of simplistic stories and one-note characters, creating a world which can accept someone despite her intellectual and emotional separation from any of her peers. It's Star Trek, but realised as the ideal playground for a scared child.
Which makes it weird that they keep saying "fuck" and everyone's getting their throats slit. Maybe Lal's just a hack.
Crude Fiction: Formal Complaints aboard the Enterprise
December 16, 2016 December 21, 2018 Posted in Crude FictionTagged Crusher, Data, Enterprise, Geordi, O'Brien, Picard, Riker, Star Trek, Troi, Wesley, WorfLeave a comment
I've been re-watching a lot of Trek recently, and y'know what? It's fantastic, it really is. 'Deep Space Nine' is as awesome as ever, and 'The Next Generation' is just wonderful.
One trend I noticed, though, in Next Gen's later seasons, was Riker's increasing tendency towards "Trickster God" status. As such, I decided to follow through on that, with a skit on one of my favourite pieces of internet comedy. Okay, two of my favourite pieces of internet comedy. Enjoy.
Number One,
I've had a series of complaints sent to me regarding your conduct over the last few weeks. If the stories inside these letters are true, then I think we need to have a discussion about acceptable behaviour aboard a starship, however I thought it only fair that you be given the chance to review the complaints yourself so you may give me your own interpretation of what happened.
Picard.
As you may be aware, a few days ago I attempted to simulate the gaining of body weight, a common experience for humans of my age. The crew and other officers were very supportive, particularly Doctor Crusher, who helped me to accurately capture the built-up subcutaneous bulk necessary for an authentic representation.
Sadly, there was one exception to this supportiveness, which was Commander Riker. I found it highly inappropriate of him to follow me around the corridors with his trombone, playing what can only be described as a series of 'sad notes' as I walked to my various destinations.
Though I had expressed a desire to also be subjected to the 'ribbing' that many overweight individuals suffer in some primitive societies, I feel that Commander Riker's elaborate efforts were particularly over-the-top and unrealistic by most standards. Especially his reassignment of Engineering Team Four-B to reconstruct the entrance to my quarters, such that I was unable to fit through the doorway without considerable difficulty.
I am yet to raise the issue with Commander Riker, and would appreciate any advice you could offer on confronting him in a constructive and friendly manner. Although I have since returned to my normal weight and size, I feel his actions may have had a hurtful effect on other members of the crew who are themselves naturally of a larger size.
Jean-Luc,
Will's been bothering me again. The other day he came into sickbay with another Parrises Squares injury, which is pretty normal. After I patched him up, he started asking questions about chemical compounds – things like the best way to replicate methylamine, tropane alkaloids and ergotamine. When I asked him why he wanted to know, he just said "don't worry about it." A few days later, he came in and just straight-up asked how to make to "the good stuff, you know, the real hard shit." Again, I asked him what it was for, but he just told me to stop worrying and then left again.
Jean-Luc, if he wants to know more about chemical preparations I don't mind him asking, but I would just feel a lot better if I knew why. Would you have a word with him, make sure he's not doing something ill-advised?
Beverly.
I received this one a couple of days afterwards, Number One, and I certainly hope the two aren't related:
Captain I love this ship everything is so shiny and I love how fast it goes and how all the stars shoot past like little fairies and I love the seats everything is so comfy and how the jeffries tubes are like ants nests and I love how your head looks like an ice moon but I hope you aren't sleeping with my mother but if you were I'd be your dad no wait you'd be my dad and then we could go fishing together and you could teach me how to make wine that tasted like warp speed I love you love from Wesley.
Captain Picard,
I must strongly protest at the actions of Commander Riker over the past few weeks. On my birthday, shortly after my return from the Bat'leth tournament on Forcas III, I explained to Commander Riker my distaste for "surprise parties." Counsellor Troi confirmed that she had persuaded him not to host one for me, for which I was most grateful.
However, since then Commander Riker has hosted no less than twenty-three surprise parties for me, all within the space of a month. They were mostly held in my personal quarters in a gross violation of my privacy, however he has also held four in Ten Forward, three at my Mok'bara classes and one at a briefing of my security staff.
This is completely unacceptable, and I must insist that you make him stop! I have repeatedly asked him to cease these childish events, and each time he has promised that he would, only to later tell me that he thought "it would be more of a surprise if I thought he had stopped."
I have even requested a more secure locking mechanism on my quarters, but I did not realise that Commander Riker was a member of the Accommodation Administration Committee – and I did not like the way he was smiling at me as the committee chair offered to install security-coded maglocks on my door.
Please have this infantile display brought to an end at once!
Lieutenant Commander Worf.
Thank you for your congratulations on my recent promotion. It will take me some time to adjust to the increased responsibility, especially whilst maintaining my responsibilities as ship's counsellor, but I look forward to the challenge.
I need to talk to you about the application process, though. Will was assessing me, as you know, and as you also probably know I struggled with one of the later parts of the test, the "engineering test." It took me some time, and some repeated attempts, to figure out that it was necessary for me to sacrifice one life to save many. I am grateful to Will for taking me through it and helping me succeed, but some of his behaviour during the test was just troubling.
After I figured out that I had to send Geordi to his death, Will said there was a second part to the test. It seemed like more of the same – this time, a security problem, with hostages. The thing is, it turned out that the solution was once again to order Geordi to his death. I thought maybe that was a coincidence, but then in part three there was another simulation, even more elaborate, which required me to sacrifice Geordi again. We got to part five, with an incredibly contrived scenario which somehow required me to stab Geordi to death with a micro-optic drill before I decided enough was enough.
When I confronted Will about it, he said he was surprised I made it as far as part three, never mind part five, and then said I must have "some serious issues." I told him he had taken things too far but he just laughed and told me that I needed to speak to a psychiatrist – I hope you appreciate why I didn't find that funny.
Captain, Will and I go back a long time but this was too much, and I'm worried he'll do the same thing to other officers – I don't think Data would cope well with that kind of "test", and I'm certain Geordi would object.
Troi.
I don't know how, but somehow Commander Riker has managed to change all of the access codes on all of the transporter consoles again, this time to "stupidpaddy123". I know it was Riker because last week he invited me as guest of honour to "Interstellar Scotland Day" in Ten Forward, and introduced me as "the ship's resident walking stereotype, Paddy O'Toolbag". I told him I was Irish and he told me to stop boring everyone and just play a tune on the haggis, and when I told him I wouldn't he started playing 'God Save The Queen' on his trombone and then asked why I wasn't singing along.
Regardless of the offensiveness of his remarks, he shouldn't be messing around with security codes on any ship system, it's a security issue and it makes life harder for me and my colleagues.
I'd also appreciate it if you could have him apologise for reprogramming my replicator to only produce boiled potatoes regardless of what I order. It must have taken him weeks to manually reconfigure every recipe in the databanks.
Chief of the Potato People.
That last message was meant to be signed off with "Chief O'Brien", but he's messing with my auto-correct now, too. Could you have a word?
Chief Curly O'Curlycurls.
Number One, I hope you see why these reports are so troubling. Speaking of events in Ten Forward, I was less than pleased with your antics last week. I was quite excited to attend the First Annual Frontier Archaeology Symposium, so you'll understand my disappointment to walk in to find myself at "Johnny Luke's Head Polishing Masterclass". Although I am impressed at how many of the crew and senior officers you managed to convince to wear bald caps.
Please see me at 0900 tomorrow, and please make sure you've had a good hard think about what it is you'd like to say for yourself.
Picard out.


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    const Reader = 2;

    /**
     * Has Reader rights, plus rights to add items, edit items, delete items, manage list permissions,
     * manage personal views, personalize Web Part Pages,
     * and browse directories. Includes all rights in the Reader role, plus the following:
     * AddDelPrivateWebParts, AddListItems, BrowseDirectories, CreatePersonalGroups, DeleteListItems, EditListItems,
     * ManagePersonalViews, UpdatePersonalWebParts. Contributors cannot create new lists or document libraries,
     * but they can add content to existing lists and document libraries
     */
    const Contributor = 3;

    /**
     * Has Contributor rights, plus rights to cancel check-out, delete items, manage lists, add and customize pages,
     * define and apply themes and borders, and link style sheets. Includes all rights in the Contributor role,
     * plus the following: AddAndCustomizePages, ApplyStyleSheets, ApplyThemeAndBorder, CancelCheckout, ManageLists.
     * WebDesigners can modify the structure of the site and create new lists or document libraries.
     */
    const WebDesigner = 4;

    /**
     * Has all rights from other roles, plus rights to manage roles and view usage analysis data.
     * Includes all rights in the WebDesigner role, plus the following:
     * ManageListPermissions, ManageRoles, ManageSubwebs, ViewUsageData.
     * The Administrator role cannot be customized or deleted, and must always contain at least one member.
     * Members of the Administrator role always have access to, or can grant themselves access to,
     * any item in the Web site.
     */
    const Administrator = 5;
}


Combine the ingredients in a 4-qt. saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium-low; cook, stirring occasionally, until the rhubarb breaks down and the jam has thickened, about 1 hour. To determine whether jam has set, place a small spoonful on a chilled plate; if the dollop of jam holds firm and doesn't get runny around the edges, it is ready for canning. If it runs, continue to cook for another 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, submerge three 1-cup canning jars, along with their lids and ring bands, in a large pot of boiling water and sterilize over high heat for 10 minutes. Transfer sterilized jars, lids, and bands to a clean dish towel. Fill each jar with hot jam, leaving at least 1⁄4" of space at the top. Wipe jar rims with a clean dish towel, place lids on jars, and secure ring bands.
Transfer filled jars to a canning rack; place rack in a pot of gently boiling water so that jars are submerged by at least 1"; let boil for 10 minutes. Transfer jars, set at least 1" apart, to a dish towel and let cool, undisturbed, for 24 hours. To test that jars have properly sealed, unscrew bands and lift each jar by the edge of the lid; if the lid holds, the jar is sealed. If it loosens, jar is not fully sealed, and jam should be refrigerated and used within 2 weeks. Sealed jars will keep, in a cool, dark place, for up to a year.


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Creative mindset produces exciting life and career | #teacher | #children | #kids
January 9, 2022 Author: Wire_Services
When Jacob Lasorso decided to change his established career direction and get his teaching certificate in his 30s, he didn't have to look far to find inspiration.
"My family has a long history of teachers, and Mom was the most inspiring," says the Suncoast Technical College instructor of industrial education. "She went back to college at age 30 and got her education degree."
As much as he admires his mother, Lasorso initially didn't see himself following her path.
"I was drawn to the creativity and ingenuity that go into new technology and innovative scientific developments, and I didn't equate teaching with immersing myself in those exciting fields," Lasorso said.
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Over time, the Innovation Teacher of the Year award recipient found his view changing.
As he applied his digital media degree in web consulting and multimedia graphic design, he realized he always took time to explain to anyone willing to listen what, why and how he was doing something.
"I had such fun learning about new technology, and I couldn't wait to share what I learned," Lasorso laughs. "I gave long descriptions and taught people, in my own way, even when they didn't ask."
Now, Lasorso effectively shares his excitement about cutting-edge theory, equipment and technology with students in his industrial education classes.
"There's so much happening in the field and it's moving rapidly. I enjoy the challenge of keeping up with it – both for the joy of learning and to make sure my students have the latest knowledge and skills to take into the modern industrial environment or to a degree program," he says.
Lasorso tapped deeply into his store of creativity and thought outside the box to keep students focused when the pandemic forced a transition from hands-on instruction to virtual learning.
In addition to exploring the theory and science behind processes that normally would have been covered in workshops, Lasorso added newer videos of modern manufacturers using robotics and other cutting-edge technology.
That would have met the requirements, but that wasn't enough to satisfy Lasorso's creative mind and community mindset.
Recognizing healthcare workers' desperate need for personal protective equipment, Lasorso collected unused transparency sheets from around the school district, obtained permission to take home 3D printers, and set up a garage workshop.
He and his wife cranked out over 1,000 protective face shields at a cost of $1.75 each, compared to face shields that normally cost over $10 each. Lasorso's shields were given to local nursing homes, doctors' offices, hair salons, and hospitals.
He live-streamed and made a video of the production so his students could participate.
The innovative production got the attention of the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, which donated a new 3D printer to help Lasorso expand production. When in-person classes resumed, the 3D printer was donated to Lasorso's classroom at STC where his students still use it every day.
Lasorso and his family are longtime Rotary members, and the PPE face shield project also was featured on the Rotary International website.
"It gave me goosebumps just knowing that we made that much impact to get noticed by a big foundation and an organization with millions of members," Lasorso says.
Impactful production that stirs students' creativity is a staple of Lasorso instructional method.
Using the school's software and workshop equipment and tapping into their own design styles, students create individual versions of a stylized American flag. Lasorso works with them to ensure the designs feasibly can be produced.
"The Americana project is one that students gravitate toward because it gets their creative juices going and they know it'll be meaningful for the people who wind up with the end product," Lasorso says.
From design, they go to advanced equipment, such as a plasma cutter that cuts through metal to make designs created on the computer. Students use a grinding wheel and sander for various finishing techniques.
The finished American flags are auctioned off at an annual car show that attracts veterans and other collectors of Stars and Stripes memorabilia, and raised funds go back into programs to benefit students.
Lasorso would like the community to better understand the relevance and marketability of modern manufacturing career opportunities.
"These are great jobs operating plasma cutters and 3D printers and doing high-level work designing and programming industrial robotic arms," Lasorso says.
"What I've taken from my own educational and career journey is that you don't have to choose one or the other path and stick with it for life. You can start with a college degree and come back to get technical hands-on training, or start with a program like mine and then get a bachelor's degree."
About the Education Foundation of Sarasota County
The Education Foundation of Sarasota County sponsors the Ignite Education: Teacher of the Year annual recognition in conjunction with Sarasota County Schools. The Education Foundation is an independent, philanthropic organization whose mission is to enhance the potential of all students, promote excellence in teaching, and inspire innovation in education, guided by strategic philanthropy and the belief that education changes lives. EdFoundationSRQ.org.
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A month ago the Perl Maven Pro subscription was one year old. I outlined some plans back then but unfortunately I could not fully implement them last month.
I managed to publish only 5 articles on the Perl Maven site. 3 of them were for the Pro subscribers.
So how did I spend my time that I could not produce more articles/screencasts?
Beyond being interesting it is also very tiring. These workdays at this client usually are 11-12 hours long + 1-2 hours driving. That does not give much time or energy for anything.
In addition there was Shavuot which meant two vacation-days for the kids. We spent one of the days at my cousin in a Kibbutz. I really like being there.
I spent an enormous amount of time adding videos to the Perl TV, including 80 videos from 4 years of the London Perl Workshop: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and all the 67 videos from YAPC::NA 2014. I also watched, featured, and shared quite a few videos and the site got 7,500 visits in June. Oh and Eitan Schuler has started to collect Perl-related presentations in German, and even made some improvement to the site.
In addition I tried to promote the Perl TV on blogs.perl.org, and on perlnews.org with limited success. People seem to still mostly link directly to YouTube instead of the PerlTV.
I spent (or maybe wasted ?) a day collecting information about The Perl Foundation Grants. and then posted about it. It seems that some people were unhappy about it pointing at the existing pages about running grants and completed grants. The funny and sad thing is that I did not know about those pages. I don't recall anyone talking about them when they were created (I think in 2011) or ever since.
I also ranted about the lack of communication by the YAPC::NA 2014 organizers. I probably should have not do that publicly but, I already was angry that they did not organize the trainings in time and thus I could not attend. And then the organized the trainings but in a way that most people could not attend. (it was too late to get the employers sign them up and to change the flight tickets). When I noticed the live streaming of YAPC (which btw was great idea and great implementation) just 10 minutes after I sent out the Perl Weekly that was the last straw. It was very frustrating that no one mentioned this feed on blogs.perl.org so I did. It just got a bit out of hand and turned into a rant.
I also published quite a few additional pages on the EduMaven site. Mostly about Python and testing with Perl.


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The 7th annual Griffin King of the Hammers was rumored to be the toughest race to date, and it did not disappoint. With freezing temperatures and extreme wind, Hammerking estimates approximately 30,000 people braved the elements at Hammertown on Friday setting previous attendance records. It may have been cold, but that didn't stop everyone from enjoying the action at several spectator friendly locations, or even just watching from the jumbotron in main camp.
Randy Slawson and his co-driver and brother Mike laid the smack down on the competition with a winning time of 7 hours and 28 minutes. Randy has been racing in KOH since the beginning, and even shared victory with John "JR" Reynolds in the very first King of the Hammers back in 2007 as his co-driver. Slawson has been close to victory over the years as a driver, but he was finally able to put together a near perfect run this year.
"Mike and I never got out of the car once the entire race", said Slawson.
Shannon Campbell, two time previous King, finished behind Slawson with a time of 7:48. Shannon had a tough race and got lost a couple of times due to not having a co-driver. He also rolled completely over at one point.
Another favorite and previous King, Jason Scherer battled hard and was a front runner for much of the race. Scherer had the pole position and elected to go straight to back door right at the start. He made short work of Back Door and Resolution and was picking off cars left and right in the desert slowly working his way back to the front of the pack with Backdoor under his belt. Unfortunately several mechanical issues got the best of Scherer later in the race and he had to settle for 21st place.
Along with Randy Slawson and Shannon Campbell, Chicky Barton would take the third spot on the podium with a finishing time of 8:23. Erik Miller, last year's King would take fourth place and Australian Ben Napier would round out the top five in his brand new Penhall built IFS car.
Desert racers Robby Gordon, BJ Baldwin, and TJ Flores would all fall victim to the brutal course. An astonishing 27 of 129 competitors were able to complete the course which would confirm the suspicions that this years race was by far the toughest in KOH history.
Each year the course gets tougher and the cars get faster. We look forward to next year's race to see how things could possibly get any better/worse!


Stone crushing Stone Crushing Equipment Sale production profits high? What kinds of pebbles and sand playing well? According to statistics, nearly two years of sand measured dosage as high as 10 billion tons per year, and direct output value of 300 billion yuan, driven transport 235 billion yuan output value, output of 535 billion yuan, ranking first in the world. Mechanism of sand and gravel industry, China is in the sunrise period. Stone crushing production have an advantage that other professions do not have relying on mining resources, sales within a radius of typically 100 km, factory price was 25-20 Yuan per ton on average, return faster. Therefore, in the huge market demand, stone crushing production has a very high profit margins. Cobblestones, for example, the stone's main chemical composition is silicon dioxide, compressive strength, corrosion resistant characteristics of natural stone, is an ideal green building materials. However, due to the hardness of the stone itself, then, when one of the broken stone or sand, what kind of pebbles and sand is good?
Some owners use Jaw Quarry Crusher Plant cone Crusher + vertical shaft impact crusher for the traditional scheme of pebbles and sand, although the handle a large amount of impact sand-maker, but the low efficiency of sand, sand than in actual production as undiscovered, so two sand making machine output up to 90-100t/h. In addition, cone Crusher PYS1300-blasting efficiency is very low, adjusted to the best condition is only able to reach 20%, sand production in 50T/h, and thus get a whole line of pebbles and sand production line barely reached the amount of sand 150t/h.
If the Jaw breaking + Germany sand words R1200 Germany sand feed can be reached 80-100mm, sand and highly efficient production can reach about 100t/h at least, you jaw broken configuration screens form a closed circuit can implement two stage crushing of sand. Moreover, Germany sand sand rate is more than 1 time, times of impact sand-maker, not only greatly simplifies the production process and actual yield of the pebbles and sand production line in its entirety can be more than 160t/h, can meet the production requirements.
Thus, stone crushing production not only profitable, but if it of pebbles and sand, can significantly increase the productivity of pebbles and sand production line, and reduce the cost of stone crushing production line, so that Germany sand making machine is a valuable acquisition to the pebbles and sand.


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package org.commcare.cases.instance;

import org.commcare.cases.query.QueryContext;
import org.commcare.cases.util.StorageBackedTreeRoot;
import org.commcare.modern.engine.cases.RecordObjectCache;
import org.commcare.modern.engine.cases.RecordSetResultCache;
import org.commcare.modern.util.Pair;
import org.javarosa.core.model.data.IAnswerData;
import org.javarosa.core.model.instance.AbstractTreeElement;
import org.javarosa.core.model.instance.TreeElement;
import org.javarosa.core.model.instance.TreeReference;
import org.javarosa.core.model.instance.utils.ITreeVisitor;
import org.javarosa.core.model.trace.EvaluationTrace;
import org.javarosa.core.services.storage.IStorageIterator;
import org.javarosa.core.services.storage.IStorageUtilityIndexed;
import org.javarosa.core.util.DataUtil;
import org.javarosa.core.util.Interner;
import org.javarosa.core.util.externalizable.Externalizable;

import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * Instance root for storage-backed instances such as the case and ledger DBs
 *
 * @author Phillip Mates (pmates@dimagi.com)
 */
public abstract class StorageInstanceTreeElement<Model extends Externalizable, T extends AbstractTreeElement>
        extends StorageBackedTreeRoot<T> {

    private String modelName;
    private String childName;

    private AbstractTreeElement instanceRoot;

    protected final IStorageUtilityIndexed<Model> storage;
    protected Vector<T> elements;
    protected final Interner<TreeElement> treeCache = new Interner<>();
    private Interner<String> stringCache = new Interner<>();

    private int numRecords = -1;
    private TreeReference cachedRef = null;

    public StorageInstanceTreeElement(AbstractTreeElement instanceRoot,
                                      IStorageUtilityIndexed<Model> storage,
                                      String modelName, String childName) {
        this.instanceRoot = instanceRoot;
        this.storage = storage;
        this.modelName = modelName;
        this.childName = childName;
    }

    /**
     * Rebase assigns this tree element to a new root instance node.
     *
     * Used to migrate the already created tree structure to a new instance connector.
     *
     * @param instanceRoot The root of the new tree that this element should be a part of
     */
    public void rebase(AbstractTreeElement instanceRoot) {
        this.instanceRoot = instanceRoot;
        expireCachedRef();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isLeaf() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isChildable() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public String getInstanceName() {
        return instanceRoot.getInstanceName();
    }

    @Override
    public T getChild(String name, int multiplicity) {
        if ((multiplicity == TreeReference.INDEX_TEMPLATE) &&
                childName.equals(name)) {
            return getChildTemplate();
        }

        //name is always "case", so multiplicities are the only relevant component here
        if (childName.equals(name)) {
            loadElements();
            if (elements.isEmpty()) {
                //If we have no cases, we still need to be able to return a template element so as to not
                //break xpath evaluation
                return getChildTemplate();
            }
            return elements.elementAt(multiplicity);
        }
        return null;
    }

    protected synchronized void loadElements() {
        if (elements != null) {
            return;
        }
        elements = new Vector<>();
        int mult = 0;
        for (IStorageIterator i = storage.iterate(false); i.hasMore(); ) {
            int id = i.nextID();
            elements.add(buildElement(this, id, null, mult));
            objectIdMapping.put(DataUtil.integer(id), DataUtil.integer(mult));
            mult++;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Vector<T> getChildrenWithName(String name) {
        if (name.equals(childName)) {
            loadElements();
            return elements;
        } else {
            return new Vector<>();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasChildren() {
        return getNumChildren() > 0;
    }

    @Override
    public int getNumChildren() {
        if (numRecords == -1) {
            numRecords = storage.getNumRecords();
        }
        return numRecords;
    }

    @Override
    public T getChildAt(int i) {
        loadElements();
        return elements.elementAt(i);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isRepeatable() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isAttribute() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int getChildMultiplicity(String name) {
        //All children have the same name;
        if (name.equals(childName)) {
            return this.getNumChildren();
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isRelevant() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void accept(ITreeVisitor visitor) {
        visitor.visit(this);
    }

    @Override
    public int getAttributeCount() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public String getAttributeNamespace(int index) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public String getAttributeName(int index) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public String getAttributeValue(int index) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public AbstractTreeElement getAttribute(String namespace, String name) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public String getAttributeValue(String namespace, String name) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public TreeReference getRef() {
        if (cachedRef == null) {
            cachedRef = TreeReference.buildRefFromTreeElement(this);
        }
        return cachedRef;
    }

    private void expireCachedRef() {
        cachedRef = null;
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return modelName;
    }

    @Override
    public int getMult() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public AbstractTreeElement getParent() {
        return instanceRoot;
    }

    @Override
    public IAnswerData getValue() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public int getDataType() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public String getNamespace() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected String getChildHintName() {
        return childName;
    }

    @Override
    protected IStorageUtilityIndexed<?> getStorage() {
        return storage;
    }

    @Override
    protected void initStorageCache() {
        loadElements();
    }

    public void attachStringCache(Interner<String> stringCache) {
        this.stringCache = stringCache;
    }

    public String intern(String s) {
        if (stringCache == null) {
            return s;
        } else {
            return stringCache.intern(s);
        }
    }

    protected abstract T buildElement(StorageInstanceTreeElement<Model, T> storageInstance,
                                      int recordId, String id, int mult);

    protected Model getElement(int recordId, QueryContext context) {
        if (context == null || getStorageCacheName() == null) {
            return getElementSingular(recordId, context);
        }
        RecordSetResultCache recordSetCache = context.getQueryCacheOrNull(RecordSetResultCache.class);

        String storageCacheKey = getStorageCacheName();

        RecordObjectCache<Model> recordObjectCache = getRecordObjectCacheIfRelevant(context);

        if (recordObjectCache != null) {
            if (recordObjectCache.isLoaded(storageCacheKey, recordId)) {
                return recordObjectCache.getLoadedRecordObject(storageCacheKey, recordId);
            }

            if (canLoadRecordFromGroup(recordSetCache, getStorageCacheName(), recordId)) {
                Pair<String, LinkedHashSet<Integer>> tranche =
                        recordSetCache.getRecordSetForRecordId(storageCacheKey, recordId);
                EvaluationTrace loadTrace =
                        new EvaluationTrace(String.format("Model [%s]: Bulk Load [%s}",
                                this.getStorageCacheName(), tranche.first));

                LinkedHashSet<Integer> body = tranche.second;
                storage.bulkRead(body, recordObjectCache.getLoadedCaseMap(storageCacheKey));
                loadTrace.setOutcome("Loaded: " + body.size());
                context.reportTrace(loadTrace);

                return recordObjectCache.getLoadedRecordObject(storageCacheKey, recordId);
            }
        }

        return getElementSingular(recordId, context);
    }

    public static boolean canLoadRecordFromGroup(RecordSetResultCache recordSetCache, String cacheName, int recordId) {
        return recordSetCache != null && recordSetCache.hasMatchingRecordSet(cacheName, recordId);
    }

    /**
     * Get a record object cache if it's appropriate in the current context.
     */
    public static RecordObjectCache getRecordObjectCacheIfRelevant(QueryContext context) {
        // If the query isn't currently in a bulk mode, don't force an object cache to exist unless
        // it already does
        if (context.getScope() < QueryContext.BULK_QUERY_THRESHOLD) {
            return context.getQueryCacheOrNull(RecordObjectCache.class);
        } else {
            return context.getQueryCache(RecordObjectCache.class);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves a model for the provided record ID using a guaranteed singular lookup from
     * storage. This is the "Safe" fallback behavior for lookups.
     */
    protected Model getElementSingular(int recordId, QueryContext context) {
        EvaluationTrace trace = new EvaluationTrace(String.format("Model [%s]: Singular Load", getStorageCacheName()));

        Model m = storage.read(recordId);

        trace.setOutcome(String.valueOf(recordId));
        if (context != null) {
            context.reportTrace(trace);
        }
        return m;
    }

    protected Model getModelTemplate() {
        return storage.read(1);
    }

    protected abstract T getChildTemplate();

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        String name = "NULL";
        if (modelName != null) {
            name = modelName;
        }

        String childName = "NULL";
        if (this.childName != null) {
            childName = this.childName;
        }

        return name + " - child: " + childName +  " - Children: " + getNumChildren();
    }
}


With the opening of the Cuban borders due to an initiative by the Obama administration, MMI-2 International Research recently had an opportunity to travel to Cuba with our sister company. This initiative made it possible for MMI-2 to experience the culture and people of Cuba and discover the perceptions we have in the US are no longer the reality of this absolutely beautiful country.
The people of Cuba are some of the friendliest people in the world with a unique outlook on life. A few of the highlights we experienced were the delicious food, the classic American cars, the nightlife with the clubs and salsa dancing, the smooth rum and the "café Cubano coffee". One observation we made was the Cuban people have not been taken over by technology like almost every other country in the Western hemisphere. We did see a lot of young adults with cell phones, so throughout the week just out of curiosity we asked what they used them for. The majority use them solely for video games and listening to music. Old town Havana is rich with historic forts, museums and beautifully restored architectural buildings. Just a side note, throughout the week we noticed the shoe of choice for most of the Cuban men were Pumas.
Contrary to popular belief, the Cuban people do have conflicting opinions about their government; the difference is these opinions are not publicly discussed. A couple of days we actually took to the streets and did some inquiring as we came upon small groups of people going about their daily lives. We learned the Cuban people are generally quite interested in American politics, particularly the upcoming presidential election, with Hillary Clinton being the favorite in the groups we polled. When asked if they would describe the quality of life in Cuba as very good, good, bad or very bad, the most common answer was "good". When asked about the politics of their country there were some residents who spoke freely, but more commonly those who would wave us on while repeatedly stating "no mas".
I have to wonder with the increased relations with the US and other countries will Cuba become just another island with a Starbucks on every corner, five star hotels extending the entire coastline and strip malls every few miles.
In conclusion, we look forward to the opportunity to return with the hope of learning more about the people and culture of Cuba.
To view our trip from Havana, Cuba click on our video below.


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Kevin Glenn's last season as a Bomber?
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123James321 March 12, 2008, 4:57am #41
Sankey showed a lot last year... he really has improved quite a bit... seems to me some people get a certain opinion of a guy and it just doesnt change...
Whatever, the fact that he throws more touch downs then interceptions is more then enough for me to want sankey as the back up in the peg.
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Coming off a career year with the Blue Bombers, you would think quarterback Kevin Glenn would be looking forward to the upcoming season.
But according to the Winnipeg Free Press, Glenn is growing increasingly frustrated with the Blue Bombers as contract negotiations slow to a crawl.
Glenn told the Free Press that if he doesn't have a new contract before training camp, he will play out his option this season and move on.
"You can't put a gun to somebody's head and make them do something," Glenn told the Free Press. "I've already made it clear that if it gets to camp without a deal done then I'll play it out. If that's how they want to take the situation then it is what it is."
"I honestly think this should have been done already, but I'm not the GM or the president or the person who makes the final decisions," Glenn added. "There's other guys in this league who didn't have this type of year and they still got things done."
The report indicates the Bombers' offer is in the $325,000 range but last season's East Division nominee for Most Outstanding Player is looking for something closer to $400,000. Last season, it is believed that Glenn made about $150,000 in base salary but by season's end, he collected roughly $300,000 after bonuses. The new offer is said to include more guaranteed money.
"We've had discussions with Kevin and, now with his agent, about our parameters and the levels we want to get to," Bombers general manager Brendan Taman told the Free Press. "Obviously, it hasn't met what they're looking for."
"We've got to be cap- conscious... we want to be fair to Kevin, no doubt about that. But up until February 15, our nine free agents were our top priority. And now Kevin is at the top of our next list. Hopefully we can still get an agreement done. We'll keep banging away at it. "
While Glenn has threatened to leave after the season if a new deal isn't worked out, he would prefer to stay in the Manitoba capital for many years. But sometimes the business of sports forces change.
"I don't want anybody to get the impression I'm not happy in Winnipeg," Glenn told the newspaper. "It's not that I want to leave or go anywhere else. Everybody does business differently and in this business, you have to understand that."
"And I've never complained publicly about past negotiations and always said, 'it's going to get done' and it has in the past," Glenn added. "My thing is the timing of this all: coming off that type of season... let's just say you'd think something would have been done by now."
Last season, Glenn threw for over 5,000 yards with 25 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He led the Blue Bombers to the East Division Final before suffering a broken arm and missing the Grey Cup Game.
one good year doesn't warrent $400,000, especially if you never played a full season in your career.
....Could this be the source of some of the Bombers early season woes....hmmmmmmm..No matter what he says ..i don't think he's a happy camper...????? :roll:
Artie-Lange July 6, 2008, 3:07am #43
In March, maybe.
Some synapse in my brain just fired and it nakes me think he signed an extension during TC.
AriusReturns July 6, 2008, 3:39am #44
"Artie-Lange":
He most definately signed a new contract--right before TC I believe. I don't know for how long, but my guess would be 2+1.


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The Adair County High School marching band concluded its season in impressive fashion last weekend with a Class A National Championship at Bands of America (BOA), in Indianapolis. This is the third consecutive year the band has taken home the BOA trophy.
Adair County took the field at Lucas Oil Stadium for prelims Thursday night at 10 p.m. and turned in one of its top performances of the season. The effort was noted by judges, who named Adair a semifinalist Friday night, ranking 35th out of the 100 bands in attendance and first among Class A bands.
Despite a 7 a.m. performance time Saturday that required students to wake up at 3:30 to prepare, the energy was high and there were no glitches throughout the morning show. "When they do well, they know, and they knew coming off the field that they had done really well," Bralley says.
After a short nap back at the hotel, the squad returned to the stadium Saturday evening for the awards presentation. In addition to taking home the Class A Grand Championship, Adair also swept first place in all three categories: best music, best visual, and best general effect.


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Q: Add Div as a parameter to a function I have a ASP.NET C# code.
I have some div elements with I set runat="Server" and they have ID's
I need to know how to pass these as parameters to a function.
So

public  void A(type Div1) { }

In above what type Div 1 is?

A: Div's are very generic in fact they are HtmlGenericControl("div").  You can simply make them Panels and pass them in asp.net as Panel.
Try it out, create an <asp:Panel id="myPanel" runat="server" /> and run your html, look at its source.  The panel translates to a div in the markup.

A: ASP.NET should create page variables of type HtmlGenericControl for each ID that you declare.  For example, if your ID was Div1 then you could do the following:
string myText = Div1.InnerText;

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Q: My cancel function (pop-up) for a drag and drop Doesn't when i try it for the second time (JQUERY) I got two div's. One with the class "drophere" and one with "dragehere". the class "drophere" is the dropbox and "dragehere" is the draggable item. when I swap two div's you get the question if you want to swap or to cancel your'e action. the swap function work's fine, But when I cancel my swap both div's will go back to the original position.
But the problem is: when I do a second attempt to swap two item's the div's I first canceled will finish the action  and if one div was also used in the first attempt it even disappear.
I hope someone can help me

$(document).ready(function() {

  window.startPos = window.endPos = {};

  makeDraggable();

  $('.drophere').droppable({
    hoverClass: 'hoverClass',
    drop: function(event, ui) {

      $(".pop").css("display", "block");

      var $from = $(ui.draggable),
        $fromParent = $from.parent(),
        $to = $(this).children(),
        $toParent = $(this);

      window.endPos = $to.offset();

      swap($from, $from.offset(), window.endPos, 0);
      swap($to, window.endPos, window.startPos, 0, function() {
        $toParent.html($from.css({
          position: 'relative',
          left: '',
          top: '',
          'z-index': ''
        }));
        $fromParent.html($to.css({
          position: 'relative',
          left: '',
          top: '',
          'z-index': ''
        }));
        makeDraggable();
      });
    }
  });

  function makeDraggable() {
    $('.draghere').draggable({
      zIndex: 999,
      revert: 'invalid',
      start: function(event, ui) {
        window.startPos = $(this).offset();
      }
    });
  }
  //document.getElementById("panel").style.display = "block";

  function swap($el, fromPos, toPos, duration, callback) {

    $("#no").click(function() {
      $(".pop").css("display", "none");

      //doesn't work
      $(".draghere").css({
        "top": "",
        "left": "",
        "z-index": " "
      });

    });

    $("#yes").click(function() {
      $(".pop").css("display", "none");

      $el.css('position', 'absolute')
        .css(fromPos)
        .animate(toPos, duration, function() {
          if (callback) callback();

        });

    });

  }

});

    <input type="button" id="yes" value="Replace image and short request">
    <input type="button" id="img" value="Replace image only ">
    <input type="button" id="no" value="Cancel">

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A: I think because you swap the content, the eventhandlers are lost.
So you need to call makeDraggable again.
I translated the example to pure javascript, makes it a bit clearer what is happening and what the solution should be.
Also I left out the images, so copying this into a html should work.
There is also a pen: https://codepen.io/SnoepGames/pen/yvGyez
window.addEventListener("load", function(){

/* more info about dragging and dropping..:
    https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/dnd/basics/
*/

var flying_effect=document.getElementById("flying_effect");
flying_effect.style.display="none";
var pop=document.getElementById("pop");
document.getElementById("yes").addEventListener("click",yes);
document.getElementById("img").addEventListener("click",swapImg);
document.getElementById("no").addEventListener("click",no);

// Set up all drag and drop listeners..
makeDraggable();

/* called when user clicks img in popup */
function swapImg()
{
    // we just swap the image, without a flying effect.

    // let's get the data we stored in flying_effect
    var data=JSON.parse(flying_effect.getAttribute("data"));
    console.log(data);

    // we just copy content from one to the other and vice versa..
    var parent1=document.getElementById(data.dragged_parent_id);
    var parent2=document.getElementById(data.drop_id);
    html1=parent1.innerHTML;
    html2=parent2.innerHTML;
    parent1.innerHTML=html2;
    parent2.innerHTML=html1;

    // if we do it this way, we build up the html again and we erase the dragging and dropping event listeners..
    // because we destroy the original objects.. (and rebuild them elsewhere)
    makeDraggable(); // this resets the event listeners..

    pop.style.display="none"; // hide pop;
}

/* called when user clicks short in popup */
function yes()
{
    // we want a flying effect to swap the image..
    // first let's get the original image invisible again..
    // let's get the data we stored in flying_effect
    var data=JSON.parse(flying_effect.getAttribute("data"));
    data.target="endpoint";
    data.counter=0;
    var parent1=document.getElementById(data.dragged_parent_id);
    var parent2=document.getElementById(data.drop_id);
    var object1=document.getElementById(data.dragged_id);
    var object2= parent2.children[0]; // the first child assuming there is only 1 thing in the drop zone to fly to..
    data.startPoint={};
    data.startPoint.x=parent1.getBoundingClientRect().left; // according to stylesheet, there is a margin of 15px!
    data.startPoint.y=parent1.getBoundingClientRect().top;
    data.endPoint={};
    data.endPoint.x=parent2.getBoundingClientRect().left; // according to stylesheet, there is a margin of 15px!
    data.endPoint.y=parent2.getBoundingClientRect().top; // according to stylesheet, there is a margin of 15px!
    data.x=data.startPoint.x;
    data.y=data.startPoint.y;

    flying_effect.setAttribute("data",JSON.stringify(data));// opslaan

    // hide object 1
    // now we fill the flying effect with the content of 1 and start the fly loop!
    flying_effect.style.display="block";
    flying_effect.style.backgroundColor="#f00";// show it is JUST an effect..
    flying_effect.style.position="absolute";
    flying_effect.style.left=data.x+"px";
    flying_effect.style.top=data.y+"px";
    flying_effect.innerHTML=parent1.innerHTML; // copy the HTML!
    object1.style.opacity=0;
    pop.style.display="none"; // hide pop;
    fly();
}
/* called when user clicks no in popup */
function no()
{
    // we don't need to do anything..
    pop.style.display="none"; // hide pop;
}

/* the flying effect loop*/
function fly()
{
    // get the data..
    var data=JSON.parse(flying_effect.getAttribute("data"));
    if(data.counter<25)
    {
        // flying..
        data.counter++;
        var target=data.endPoint;
        if(data.target=="startpoint")
        {
             target=data.startPoint;
        }
        data.x=data.x*0.9+0.1*target.x;
        data.y=data.y*0.9+0.1*target.y;
        flying_effect.style.left=data.x+"px";
        flying_effect.style.top=data.y+"px";
    }else{
        // arriving
        if(data.target=="endpoint")
        {
            console.log("we arrived at the second image..");
            // we arrived at the first.. make the swap
            var parent2=document.getElementById(data.drop_id);
            var html1=flying_effect.innerHTML;
            var html2=parent2.innerHTML;
            flying_effect.innerHTML=html2;
            parent2.innerHTML=html1;
            console.log(html1);
            console.log(html2);
            data.counter=0;
            data.target="startpoint";
        }else{
            console.log("we arrived back at the first..");
            // we arrived back where we started..
            // swap out the contents
            var parent2=document.getElementById(data.dragged_parent_id);
            parent2.style.opacity=1;
            var html1=flying_effect.innerHTML;
            var html2=parent2.innerHTML;
            flying_effect.innerHTML=html2;
            parent2.innerHTML=html1;
            data.target="none"; // target="none" will stop the animation loop!

            // hide the flying_effect.
            flying_effect.style.display="none";

            // we build up the html again and we erase the dragging and dropping event listeners..
            // because we destroy the original objects.. (and rebuild them elsewhere)
            makeDraggable(); // this resets the event listeners for a second round.
        }
    }
    // set the data back..
    flying_effect.setAttribute("data",JSON.stringify(data));// opslaan

    // loop this function until all exchanges were made.
    if(data.target!="none")
        window.requestAnimationFrame(fly);
}

/* handler function for dragging */
function handleDragStart(e)
{
    e.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
    e.dataTransfer.dropEffect="move";
    var data={};
    e.currentTarget.style.opacity=0.1; // we make the dragged image disappear.
    data.dragged_id=e.currentTarget.id;
    data.dragged_parent_id=e.currentTarget.parentNode.id;
    e.dataTransfer.setData('text/html', JSON.stringify(data));
    console.log("startDrag of: "+e.currentTarget);
}

/* handler function for dropping */
function handleDrop(e)
{
    console.log("Drop of: "+e.currentTarget);
     if (e.stopPropagation) {
        e.stopPropagation(); // stops the browser from redirecting.

    var data=JSON.parse(e.dataTransfer.getData('text/html'));
    data.drop_id=e.currentTarget.id;
    document.getElementById(data.dragged_id).style.opacity=1; // we put back the origin, which we hid for effect..
    flying_effect.setAttribute("data",JSON.stringify(data)); // we save all we are doing in flying_effect attr data.

    // show de popup!
    pop.style.display="block"; // show the popup to let the user decide

    return false;
  }
}
/* find all eligible divs in document and add eventListeners */
function makeDraggable()
{
    var draggable_divs=document.getElementsByClassName("draghere");
    for(var i=0;i<draggable_divs.length;i++)
    {
        var d=draggable_divs[i];
        d.id="draggable_object"+i;
        d.addEventListener("dragstart",handleDragStart,false);
        d.addEventListener("dragover",function(e)
        {
            // dit zorgt ervoor dat we kunnen droppen (anders kapen de draggables onze events!)
            if (e.preventDefault) {     e.preventDefault();   }
        },false);
    }
    var dropzones=document.getElementsByClassName("drophere");
    for(var i=0;i<dropzones.length;i++)
    {
        var d=dropzones[i];
        d.id="dropzone"+i;
        d.addEventListener("drop",handleDrop,false);
    }
}
});


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"I didn't believe in mediums. But when one mentioned my fertility, I was converted."
Jessica Wang
Lifestyle Writer
It takes something really special to get me to spend an hour and a half in peak-hour Sydney traffic at 7.30am in the morning, but there I was.
Far from being bright-eyed or bushy-tailed, I was on my way to the Western Sydney home of psychic medium and author, Judy O'Brien, who was going to give me a personal reading.
Considering her two-year waiting list, it was a pretty big deal.
When it comes to the field of psychics, mediums, clairvoyants and the like, I'm curious and open but with a healthy side of cynicism. However, considering Judy's reputation, I was apprehensive about what she was going to share.
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The minute I arrive at her home, Judy greets me with a hug. I am then ushered into her studio where she presents me with a plate of crystals, and asks me to pick one. I choose the vial with the rose quartz.
Judy starts the session by calling her spirits, angels and Jesus (she's Christian, she specifies). She closes her eyes and begins to 'speak to them,' rubbing her hands to bring in extra energy.
Unlike psychics, Judy's powers come from her ability to converse with people who have passed – she calls them 'spirits'. For me, this was my grandfather and grandmother on my mum's side.
She (accurately) describes my grandfather as a "fatherly figure" with "a very big smile", and my grandmother as a petite, softly spoken woman with a knitted shawl around her back.
Then things start to get weird. Four minutes into our session, Judy says something that leaves me flawed.
"I also need to say, children will be around you. They'll be in your life. You're concerned about that."
I recalled a conversation I had with a colleague literally the day before where I said that because of my PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), I sometimes wonder if I'll have issues falling pregnant.
It seemed like an overly weird coincidence.
There were other bits of our conversation that struck a chord. Relaying a message from my grandmother, she said the following:
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"She says, 'you should put a jacket on'. It's been windy, so not all dresses are good." Fair call. Also, the sentiment of 'wear a jacket' is something all kids with ethnic grandchildren will be able to relate to.
"She also wants you to buy new shoes. Even the other shoes you wear, [they make] your heels hurt and your calves hurt," Judy shares.
Another fair call. I regularly complain to friends and colleagues that I need to wear better shoes. The heels and boots I currently have on rotation are giving me blisters and I've needed to ask for bandaids on more than one occasion. The coincidence seemed… striking.
"Also, she likes your hair tied up, [because] she says you write 'til 10 at night," she continued. She was correct. I cover the evening shift for Mamamia, which means I finish work at 10pm on most nights.
Judy left her career in nursing to become a full-time medium in 2007. Image: Supplied.
Throughout our session, Judy flits between topics, depending on what the spirits tell her. We talk about work, my family, an overseas trip I'm planning on taking (it's true, I've already booked the leave for it) and how she thinks I'll maybe one day move to New York.
"Not now, but one day," she says. We'll have to wait to see if that one pans out.
Speaking about my family, she says someone has a cough (unbeknownst to me at the time, but my brother did), someone had a toothache (my dad) and she mentioned I'd be going to visit soon - something I had been planning on doing.
"It's either tomorrow or this weekend. You're going for dinner but she [my grandmother] says there's a celebration. Or there's good news coming up. So when you're going over there, there's good news she says."
I kind of mentally bookmarked the last bit, but found out that very evening that my brother had successfully got a graduate job he applied for. It's one of the many weirdly accurate takeaways from my chat with Judy.
And finally, the kicker: As our session was coming to an end, Judy asked me if there was anything else I wanted to know. I felt like I needed to fulfil the trope of 'single, millennial woman' seeks the help of a medium for romantic guidance and that's exactly what I did.
But first a bit of context: In the life cycle of a crush, there's the fun bit where you're infatuated, the part where things either work out or not (my situation) and then the annoying emotional hangover that sticks around until you eventually move on (if it doesn't work out). I was still partially stuck in the last phase.
Among other things, she described him physically to a tee, the dynamics of our... thing, before finally saying:
"She's [my grandmother] just saying that to me, 'that's not the one,'" she says.
"Let go of a relationship because you don't need that anymore. It just wasn't the right person, do you understand that, please?
And yes Judy, yes, I do.
As it turns out, if you want to emotionally sever ties with someone you'd rather stop thinking about, a near-stranger relaying messages from your dead grandma will do it.
Bar the other insights Judy shared and the deepened feeling of connection I felt with my grandparents, I truly left her studio feeling lighter and clearer. Any evidence of the cynicism I had felt going into the experience had abated.
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While I went to our reading from a place of curiosity and didn't go because I wanted closure from a loved one that had passed, if I had needed the closure, I would've wanted Judy's generous, warm and empathetic self to be the one to relay my loved one's messages.
For someone who spends a huge bulk of her professional life conversing with the dead, Judy has (understandably so) learnt a few things about life and death.
"When you pass, it's like an anesthetic. It's like when you go to sleep and when you wake up your family is there. It's really peaceful," she says.
"Just know they're always around us but they can't do the work for us.
"I always let people know, there is life after life. We don't die, so that love will never die."
Judy O'Brien is set to release her second book, The Voice of Spirit - The World Through my Eyes in early March. You can follow her on and keep up to date with her events via her Facebook page or visit her website, here.
Have you ever gone to a psychic medium? Tell us in a comment below.
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Gu3st 2 years ago
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Woah, missed a lot of action in here...
random dude au 2 years ago
hey, I was sending you vibes for days - did you listen to your inner spirit? No!
I don't know why I even bother anymore
I don't believe in mediums, I consult larges. I get more charlatan for my buck.
One thing I have learned from this article is Psychics and Mediums have zero sense of humour or knowledge of Excel, puns and the difference between medium and median.
Hunter, my friend, my comrade, my pal - you don't need to downvote me twice under different names for making a play on words. Sheesh, get a grip Amigo


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