The passel of neoconservatives who pushed for war in Iraq in 2003 believed fervently that the war would change the face of the Middle East.
How right they were! The Middle East is changed forever, only not in the way the neocons had hoped. Rather than usher in an era of greater US influence in the region, the destruction of the government in Iraq in 2003 has allowed Iran to expand its political, economic, and military influence westward into the vacuum left by the elimination of Saddam Hussein. Belatedly — slowly, slowly — a few neocons here and there are starting to recognize that the vaunted democracy in Iraq is in grave danger of looking like the not-so-democratic "Islamic democracy" next door in Iran.
It's a process that's long been obvious to more objective observers of the Iraq war and its aftermath. And another thing that's obvious: Ahmed Chalabi, the darling of the neocons, the bosom buddy of Richard Perle, the favored Arab of the likes of Danielle Pletka and Michael Rubin, the comrade of Fouad Ajami, is Iran's best friend, ally and agent. It was, of course, Chalabi and his partner, Ali al-Lami, who together control Iraq's occupation-era "de-Baathification commission," who ran the Iranian-instigated purge of more than 500 candidates in the March 7 election. Earlier this week, I asked General Odierno about Chalabi and Lami, and he said point blank that the US has "direct intelligence" that Chalabi and Lami "clearly are influenced by Iran," and that they meet regularly with an nian official who "sits at the right-hand side of the Quds Force commandant, Qassem Soleimani."
Yesterday, speaking at the US Institute of Peace, Ambassador Christopher Hill was asked whether he agrees with Odierno's assessment. "I am in 100 percent agreement with General Odierno," said Hill.
Yet even as a neocon here or there denounced Lami and his Iranian backers for the purging of hundreds of Iraqi nationalists on trumped-up charges of Baathism, they can't quite bring themselves to denounce Chalabi, their former darling, as well, and when they do, they don't even bother to engage in self-criticism about their former love affair with Chalabi.
"Tehran seems to know what answers it wants regarding Iraq's future. Iranian officials, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Chairman of the Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, worked doggedly in 2009 to rebuild the coalition of the three major Iraqi Shiite parties that had run in 2005 as a bloc."
But after providing a fairly accurate run-down of Iran's machinations in Iraq, the Kagans want to blame not themselves, for the bungled, misguided war itself, but — get this! — President Obama!
"Against this continuous Iranian campaign of engagement, intimidation and political machinations, the Obama administration has offered little more than moral support."
What they propose, apparently, is that the United States prepare to slow down, or reverse, its pledged withdrawal from Iran. Perhaps the Kagans haven't noticed that the sovereign Iraq is in control of what the US does now. Perhaps they haven't noticed that the United States can't easily switch gears and keep its forces in Iraq beyond the deadlines of August 2010, for the reduction to 50,000 troops, and the end of 2011, for the complete withdrawal. Perhaps they'd like to undo what's been done, but the fact remains that Iran's influence in Iraq is semi-permanent. If anyone is going to force Iran to back down in Iraq, it will be the Iraqis themselves, not only at the ballot box but, it appears, in what may require a new outburst of violence, too.
"Among those barred are 'the No. 2 and No. 3 candidates in the main opposition bloc, the Iraqi Nationalist Movement, which is led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi [a secular Shia]. Already, two members of Allawi's party have been assassinated while campaigning. . . . Allawi, who many observers say had a credible chance of winning enough votes to lead a governing coalition after the election, has suspended his campaign. . . . Many Sunni leaders are talking about a boycott.'"
May quotes me accurately — but, nowhere in his piece does he mention the name "Chalabi." Like many of his fellow neocons, May doesn't seem to want to open the Pandora's box of the Chalabi question. But it's fundamental to the problem. More than anyone else, it was Chalabi who convinced the neocons that he and his Shiite religious friends would install an American-friendly democracy in Iraq, and they suggested that the US invasion of Iraq would create momentum that would topple the domino next door, in Iran. Unfortunately, Chalabi and his allies, including the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the Islamic Dawa Party — that would be the party of Prime Minister Maliki, who supports the purge — were Iran's friends and allies, and in some cases, outright agents. Oops!
In his piece, Cliff May asks, in the headline, "Who's Losing Iraq?" In fact, it should have been: "Who Lost Iraq?"
If the neocons want to blame someone for the loss of Iraq, they ought to look in the mirror.
Of course, it isn't over. The Iraqis may surprise us all by voting on March 7 to kick out Maliki, the Shiite religious parties, and their friends, and elect a coalition of nationalists, ex-Baathists, secular Sunni and secular Shia, advocates of a strong central government, and other fierce Iraqi partisans who want Iran out. By the same token, many centrist Iraqis may realize — even after the election — that Iraq's economic future lies with the West, with its Arab neighbors, with Turkey, and with investment and technology from a wide range of US, European, Russian, and Chinese oil companies who can help Iraq boost its oil output from just over 2 million barrels a day to 10-12 million barrels by the end of the decade. But revolutionary Iran, embroiled its own domestic turmoil and stuck in a bitter dispute with the world over its nuclear program, sees Iraq as an important bargaining chip. It isn't going to give that up easily.
"Kimberly Kagan and Frederick Kagan were both professors of history at West Point in 2003, and consequently not involved with the Bush Administration interactions with exiled Iraqi leaders and the restoration of civilian government in Iraq. Kim and Fred Kagan have never supported Ahmad Chalabi nor advocated for him to play any role in Iraqi politics.
"Kim and Fred Kagan entirely agree with the comments General Ray Odierno and Ambassador Chris Hill have made this week about the role that Chalabi is playing and has been playing for some time–a role that is heavily influenced by Iran and specifically the Qods Force, and that has done significant damage to the cause of cross-sectarian political development in Iraq. In no way do they deny or minimize Chalabi's malign influence in Iraq."
In their op-ed, I wish they'd been that specific. Since 2003, the neoconservatives have generally aligned themselves with the Iran-influenced Shiites in Iraq, that is, the religious Shiites, and the folks at AEI — including Rubin and Pletka, along with Michael Ledeen and Reuel Gerecht, who've since left AEI — were generally enthusiastic since 2003 about radical de-Baathification. They relished Chalabi's role in continual purges of Iraqi nationalists and nonsectarian politicians for the past 7 years, and they were widely known to have supported the so-called "80 percent solution" for Iraq, so called because it was designed to include Shia and Kurds (80 percent of Iraq) and exclude Iraqi Sunnis. It's all on the record. So I wonder if the Kagans will extend their unhappiness about Chalabi to include the people who supported him.


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Movie Review: The Executioners (2018)
Rupert Harvey
"Scribbled, shot and cut by Giorgio Serafini," read the titles at the end of The Executioners, as Tim Polecat's jaunty song "Another Word for Hate" bounces on the soundtrack, as if what we just saw was all a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun. But there's nothing fun about Serafini's hateful home invasion horror movie.
Four twenty-something female friends head to a remote house by a lake — a house inherited by Belle (Jemma Dallender, "I Spit on Your Grave 2"), dealing with the recent death of her father, who rescued her from drowning before he suffered a heart attack. Presumably wracked with guilt (I'm filling in the blanks here) Belle attempted suicide. She saw the "darkness." But with the help of medication, she's on the mend.
The other key member of the foursome is Kay (Natalie Burn, "Downhill"), a wannabe writer who is planning a novel, the synopsis for which she explains in great detail to the others, and in doing so gives away the ending of the movie. The other two women — Angela (Rachel Rosenstein, "90210 Shark Attack") and Lori (Anna Shields, "The Song of Sway Lake") — are there to make up the nubile numbers.
The plot doesn't hang around. Within minutes, Belle is pulling a gun on a possible intruder in the closet. In a hurry to get to the rapey bits, Serafini has the invaders slash the car tires (and presumably tear down the local cell phone tower) in double time.
"Whoever's doing this doesn't know who they're fighting with!" cries one of the women, to which another responds, "Well said, we'll show them!" This is the level of screenwriting here. The attackers are Mr. Red (Michael Santi, "King Charles"), Mr. Blue (Fernando Soto Jr.) and Mr. Black (Anthony Belevtsov, "Triple 9") — faces painted accordingly — and they've come to cause the women untold pain.
Which they do, graphically, for the entire middle section of The Executioners, while grim choral music plays to remind us that this smut is serious. As Serafini's camera lingers long on the naked, penetrated female form, it becomes rapidly apparent that this is not a film about the male gaze, it simply is the male gaze. Just when you thought torture porn was dead, here we get a smorgasbord of violation and a slideshow of anguished close-ups. (Although it's also weirdly coy in one moment, where a bout of forced fellatio is quite clearly mimed).
With its parade of hotties being stalked by sex-obsessed men in decadent surroundings, its attempted dreamy atmosphere, and its ample nudity and blood, Serafini's film is perhaps shooting for giallo homage. But at least giallo enjoyed a certain gaudy kitsch which mitigated its essential ugliness. Forget the luminous reds of the Italian maestros — The Executioners is saturated with a generic, muted green-brown.
The acting is mostly horrible, although I'll concede that Dallender has a certain poise, and Santi does some credible whimpering. But none of the cast is aided by the script, which has less character consistency than James McAvoy in "Split." Belle, the would-be heroine of the group, is a dribbling wreck one moment and The Bride from "Kill Bill" the next.
With the likes of "Hush," "The Purge" and "You're Next," quality home invasion horror has enjoyed something of a resurgence in recent years. It's a versatile subgenre. But in the absence of themes to be explored, or humor or well-crafted scares, there should at least be the pleasure of problem-solving. Alas, here any such pleasure is undermined by the irrational actions of the protagonists and internal rule-breaking. This is a movie in which one minute the men can hear torch batteries hitting the floor in the next room, but seconds later fail to register a piercing scream from that same room.
The men are inevitably captured, because gratuitous revenge is, like, totally feminist, right? Obviously, the traumatized women don't put any clothes on to carry out this revenge. Nor do any of them seriously suggest calling the police, or simply keeping the men captive until dawn. Staggeringly, despite all their overtures to unimaginable pain, they actually end up forgiving one of the rapists — literally handing him a gun — on the basis that he's slightly more tearful than the others. Again with the inconsistency.
What's most poisonous about The Executioners is the underlying sense that the women's ordeal is not a male problem but a female one. Without wishing to spoil the most obvious twist in movie history, the narrative's framing device — the situation is presented as an exploration of masochism — would seem to feed the misogynistic myth of the female rape fantasy: That women are inherently sexually confused, secretly harboring the desire to be dominated, and will manipulate poor, simple men in order to achieve satisfaction.
Serafini's simplistic script couldn't possibly explore this territory — this is pure exploitation. His words are married to efficient but unimaginative direction, which is stultifyingly static when no one is being raped or headbutted. Moreover, for a single-point setting, there's precious little sense of the layout of the space the characters occupy. Then there is the inept editing, which can't clarify what's going on between people in the same room, let alone characters in different locations. The final escape plan is conveyed through voiceover, like they forgot to shoot the footage.
The Executioners is the worst kind of bad: Boring, monotone and repetitive. It's also the worst kind of nasty: Malicious, misguided and mirthless. It's a throwback to a time when horror was in the doldrums, desperate to shock in the most basic way possible. Well, it is shocking, but not for the reasons the filmmakers intended.
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Tagged: cabin, friends, home invasion, rape, revenge, violence
About Rupert Harvey
A Film Studies graduate with a very healthy obsession with all things Kubrick, here I am surfing an internet awash with opinions to add mine to the ocean.
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The Executioners (2018)
Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Giorgio Serafini
Actor(s): Natalie Burn, Anna Shields, Anthony Belevtsov, Fernando Soto Jr., Giorgio Serafini, Jemma Dallender, Justin Fischer, Michael Santi, Rachel Rosenstein, Todd Thompson
Writer(s): Giorgio Serafini
Producer(s): Giorgio Bruno, Daniele Gramiccia, Giorgio Serafini, Pete Maggi, Salvatore Lizzio
Studio(s): Lions Gate Entertainment, BIC Production, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Smoke Hammer Media
Release Date(s): US: March 27, 2018
IMDb Info: The Executioners
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Q: Python Polymorphism. How do you overide a function within a method Suppose we have the following code.  I want to swap out the inner parse_place function.  How do you do this without replacing the whole method?
class GoogleV3Place(GoogleV3):
    """Simply extends the GoogleV3 to bucket the object into a place"""

    def parse_json(self, page, exactly_one=True):
        """Returns location, (latitude, longitude) from json feed."""
        if not isinstance(page, basestring):
            page = util.decode_page(page)
        self.doc = json.loads(page)
        places = self.doc.get('results', [])

        if not places:
            check_status(self.doc.get('status'))
            return None
        elif exactly_one and len(places) != 1:
            raise ValueError(
                "Didn't find exactly one placemark! (Found %d)" % len(places))

        def parse_place(place):
            """This returns an object how we want it returned."""
            location.formatted_address = place.get('formatted_address')
            location.latitude = place['geometry']['location']['lat']
            location.longitude = place['geometry']['location']['lng']

            latitude = place['geometry']['location']['lat']
            longitude = place['geometry']['location']['lng']
            return (location, (latitude, longitude))

        if exactly_one:
            return parse_place(places[0])
        else:
            return [parse_place(place) for place in places]

A: If you have control over the GoogleV3Place code (ie it's code you've written and isn't in a library), then I'd refactor parse_json to take a "parse_place_fn" argument, and move parse_place to be a top-level function (if accessibility is an issue you can always prefix it with double-underscore):
def parse_place(place):
    """This returns an object how we want it returned."""
    location.formatted_address = place.get('formatted_address')
    location.latitude = place['geometry']['location']['lat']
    location.longitude = place['geometry']['location']['lng']

    latitude = place['geometry']['location']['lat']
    longitude = place['geometry']['location']['lng']
    return (location, (latitude, longitude))

class GoogleV3Place(GoogleV3):
    """Simply extends the GoogleV3 to bucket the object into a place"""

    def parse_json(self, page, exactly_one=True, parse_place_fn = parse_place):
        """Returns location, (latitude, longitude) from json feed."""
        if not isinstance(page, basestring):
            page = util.decode_page(page)
        self.doc = json.loads(page)
        places = self.doc.get('results', [])

        if not places:
            check_status(self.doc.get('status'))
            return None
        elif exactly_one and len(places) != 1:
            raise ValueError(
                "Didn't find exactly one placemark! (Found %d)" % len(places))

        if exactly_one:
            return parse_place_fn(places[0])
        else:
            return [parse_place_fn(place) for place in places]

Now any function you create which takes a place and returns a tuple of the form (location, (latitude, latitude)) can be passed to parse_json, and if no function is specified it uses the default of parse_place.

A: The proper way to do this is at compile time. You need to make an abstract base class (the ABC) with the abc module. This will not allow the client code to instantiate the class unless the virtual functions are implemented whic is caught at compile time. Good for polymorphic programming. The virtual functions are the ones that have the @abstractmethod decorator. You can define real functions in the ABS too.
import abc
class MyABC(object):
    __metaclass__ ABCMeta

    @abstractmethod
    def my_virtual_function(self):
        pass

    def real_function(self):
        print "ABClass function"

The derived class now inherits the ABC and implements the virtual functions.
class MyDerived(MyABC):

    def my_virtual_function(self):
        print "ok"

You must have python 2.6 or later for this.
For more on the topic...
http://docs.python.org/library/abc.html
if you are stuck with python 2.4 then you have to contend with a much less desirable situation. You must have a base class that throws a runtime exception.
class MyBaseClass(object):
    def my_redefinable(self):
        raise NotImplementedError("You must implement my_redefinable() ")

class MyDerivedClass(MyBaseClass):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def my_redefinable(self):
        print "ok"

test = MyBaseClass()
test.my_redifinable() # throws error

test = MyDerivedclass()
test my_redefinable() #  is ok

A: If you really want to make some method polymorphic, you can use callable objects instead of functions. You could delegate call to private class-level callable or implement binding to instances in that callable objects.
But in that concrete example there is no reasons to embed parse_place into parse_json

A: You can not access nested functions, these are only visible inside the function, like local variables. However, you may put parse_place into separate method and then override with regular inheritance.

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The Pros and Cons of Indoor Vertical Farming - One of the countries in the world that earns benefits of indoor vertical farming is Australia. In the deserts of Port Augusta, Australia, Sundrop Farms operates a 49 acre indoor farm that produces 17,000 tons of fruits and vegetables. 180,000 non-GMO tomato plants, grown without soil, herbicides or pesticides supply 13% of all the tomatoes consumed in Australia.
Yah, Indoor Vertical Farming is a great idea for future agriculture technology with the help of which one can minimize the land usage while still feeding the masses. It is not difficult to adopt this farming method; just find a fertile urban land, create blocks through concrete and glass and then start farming the vegetables, fruits, poultry, and fish on it. All this will be happened in a structured and controlled environment. Surely, you will be interested in indoor vertical farming advantages and disadvantages, for you we will going to explain both. There are many advantages of using a indoor vertical farming method however there are also disadvantages of using one of these method.
Efficient and effective Method: There are a number of people who diverted from traditional farming to vertical farming because they thought that this method is quite efficient and effective. Because there is no soil in this farming method, automatically there are no weeds, then farmers don't need for herbicides and they don't need to spend his amount on pesticides or on insecticides; everything is produced in a controlled environment so there are less chances of attack of pests and insects. No need for field fumigation with highly toxic chemicals such as methyl bromide. No need for tractors, and other expensive tillage equipment.
Reduces the use of water: When you compare the indoor farming with traditional farming then you come to know that the former method reduces the water waste to a great extent. Almost 70% of the world's drinkable water is used for conventional farming while only 30-40% utilized for Indoor Farming purpose. The reduction of water waste is another indoor farming advantage. Indoor farms recirculate and reuse their water, and average 95% less water to grow the same crops, as compared to open field farming. When the plants and crops are grown in these farms then transpiration process starts. This process makes it feasible for the farmers to reuse the water for irrigation purpose. The chances of water waste become minimal and therefore this method is helpful in resources conservation process.
Plants grow faster and have higher yields: If you've already read about the many benefits and advantages of indoor farming over soil-based growing, you'll see that one point that is often emphasized is that indoor farming yields produce faster and in greater quantities. Internet feedback from growers indicates that their indoor farming crops grew anywhere between 20 and 50 per cent faster than the same crops grown in soil. The main reason why plants grow quicker in indoor farming method because The growers can create the ideal blend of nutrients and all nutrients are recyclable. These nutrients are received directly by the roots, the plants aren't forced to expend energy in search of nutrients as they would in soil, where plant food becomes diluted. As a result, the root systems in hydroponically-grown plants don't grow out and so this growth is now realized in the form of upward growth.
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Q: SwiftUI Animate Custom Progress Bar I created this custom progress view with bars for the progress, how can I animate the the green color in the next bar when it's time to go to the next element? I am looking for it to fill the bar slowly from left to right
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        ProgressBar(lastIndex: 8, currentIndex: 4)
            .padding(.horizontal, 23)
            .padding(.top, 10)
        Spacer()
    }
}

struct ProgressBar: View {
    var lastIndex: Int
    var currentIndex: Int

    var body: some View {
        HStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 4) {
            ForEach(0...lastIndex, id: \.self) { i in
                BarElement(selected: i <= currentIndex)
            }
        }
    }
}

struct BarElement: View {
    var selected: Bool

    var body: some View {
        Capsule()
            .fill(selected ? .green : Color(UIColor.lightGray))
            .frame(width: 33, height: 5, alignment: .center)
    }
}

A: It's hard to answer without code but if you have all separated rectangles, it should be enough using .animation(.linear) on all the rectagles, so when the values changes it should animated as you asked.
This will do what you wanted.
struct BarElement: View {
    var value : CGFloat = 0.0
    var selected: Bool

    var body: some View {
        ZStack (alignment: .leading){
            Capsule()
                .fill(Color(UIColor.lightGray))
                .frame(width: 33, height: 5, alignment: .leading)
                .animation(.linear, value: selected)
        Capsule()
            .fill(.green)
            .frame(width: selected ? 33 : 0, height: 5, alignment: .leading)
            .animation(.linear, value: selected)
        }
    }
}


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Official Press Statement: Re Thami Shobede and Gallo Record Company
Gallo Record Company, Johannesburg, 20th September 2019
Following on what was supposed to be a day of remembrance for Thami Shobede on Wednesday 18th September, Gallo Record Company would like to issue a statement regarding some of the statements and questions directed at Gallo at his memorial service. It saddens us greatly that this day, also a difficult day for us as much as it was to his friends and fans, was reduced to something that took the light off Thami.
Statement 1: Issuing of Press Statement on the day of Thami's passing prior to his family
As Thami's record label and in the line of media questions being received on the day of Thami's passing, we were obligated to release a short statement to the media addressing what had occurred, sharing what little information we had at our disposal at the time.
As Thami was a popular public figure, we were inundated with calls and emails with media asking for information, and it is understandable that people were concerned and looking for answers.
Gallo Record Company supplied a very brief statement of facts on Wednesday 11th September, and expressly and specifically mentioned that "We don't have any other specific details or facts at this time, and kindly request that everybody please respect the wishes of Thami's family who will be issuing a formal statement shortly".
It is relatively common for a record label or management company to address the media before the family themselves who are understandably dealing with their grief, and as his label, we took that weight off his family so that they could deal with their shock and grief in private, instead of having to deal with the pressures of media answers in their most vulnerable time.
Statement 2: Gallo Records was only notified that Thami was in hospital late on the day prior to his passing
One of Gallo Record's employees received a call very late on Wednesday 11th September informing them that Thami was in the hospital. There was also a request for assisting to move him to a private facility. We were unclear at the time of the state of his condition and went through to the hospital first thing on Thursday morning to visit him.
A Gallo representative spent the entire day at the hospital on Thursday 12th September lending support and assistance to the family prior to and after Thami's passing.
Statement 3: Payment of Royalties
It's easy for those who are not involved in the music industry to get emotional over these matters when the facts or inner workings are overlooked.
Record labels take a chance on investing in new artists. Recordings cost money. Marketing costs money. Video's costs money. As part of an artist's recording contract there are certain expectations of the record label, and the upfront costs that they bear, and also expectations from the artist – to cover the risks involved and investment into their career.
There are recovery elements involved where income must be allocated to costs before profits are paid out. Gallo paid for all recordings and marketing costs upfront. Thami received statements and reports of his incomes and account status and always knew where he stood.
If his portion of recording and marketing costs were not yet recovered (" under recouped") then he would not receive payment, although that does not mean the income was not recognized and credited to his account. This included a portion of live performance revenue, as is standard in these types of record deals, although since leaving his booking agent, Gallo did not partake in any of that income.
Any decision to book his own shows was Thami's decision and we respected that. In an industry that has moved to digital downloads, streaming generates very little income, unless you are generating millions of listens. This is a global standard, not a Gallo Record Company standard. If people supported his music more through radio play, purchases and digital, there would be more money to payout.
Statement 4: Thami wanting to leave Gallo Record Company
It is most certainly true that Thami contacted Gallo Record Company requesting to leave his contract, however he was still legally bound to his contract, and after meeting with him and discussing the matter at length, all parties agreed to release a new single, which was set to be a collaboration with top house artists, due for release later this year.
After the meeting, Thami agreed to stay with Gallo and was positive about working with his label and excited about the new single. Gallo Record Company never requested Thami to pay us anything to be released from his contract.
Statement 5: Refusing to release a track featuring Maphorisa
Again the above statement is simply not true. We encouraged this and actually signed the contract for him to feature on the song on 24 July 2019 – and Thami went into the studio and recorded as per the contract.
One of the other featured artists on the track, not associated with Gallo, pulled out of the deal at the last minute, meaning that the track was never released. Any breach of this contract will be handled by the parties concerned accordingly.
Statement 6: Gallo Records did not contribute to Thami's memorial or funeral, or gave too small an amount of money
Firstly, anybody who gives money towards a remembrance should be thanked, no matter the amount. The memorial was primarily put together by friends, family and Gallo staff, with the support received also from the music industry at large. Funds were raised by Gallo and friends, and interested parties who kindly contributed.
Gallo's focus was always more on ensuring a funeral and in order to assist in getting Thami a proper burial. We thank everybody who contributed financially and came forward with financial assistance – we are so grateful to you all.
The funeral in Mtubatuba will be going ahead and Gallo Record Company is assisting, and in touch on a daily basis regarding the next phase of costs for consideration. There are processes and systems in place, and we are doing what we can to assist – which should be appreciated and not taken as an opportunity to attack the record label or its employees.
Thami Shobede was, and always will be, a part of the Gallo Record Company family. We will always remember Thami in the fondest way, his boundless energy and beaming smile will be sorely missed at our offices, and the loss that we feel overwhelms us daily.
In closing, it is important for our artists to make sure they have a proper will, succession planning, and are registered with relevant societies that have facilities like funeral plans to support them, and realize, like all of us, that there will come a time where our loved ones will require a proper send-off.
The music industry is bigger than just Gallo Record Company and we should be supporting each other. It's one thing to suddenly support or not support an artist, but let's support our artists when they are still alive.
Buy their music, stream their songs, play their songs on the radio, go to their concerts. This is how we help them, and let's channel that into remembering and honoring his incredible memory. #RIPThamiShobede
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Quite an eventful week it's been for us here on the blog. I'm not sure I can remember a week this news-laden since the inception of the blog. Is it a good thing? Yes and No. Yes because we have fresh things to talk about and No because I'd rather we had just positive news only.
The gaffer is talking. This interview was culled from SCORENigeria and he highlights where we were before Ogunbote joined – making a return to the Continent.
"There is going to be two gates to the continent, the league and Aiteo Cup", Abdalla noted.
"There's going to be two groups now in the league so the point is to qualify from our group.
"For us, it's going to be one game after another. It doesn't matter if we are first, second or third; even fourth. All we need is to qualify.
"The most important thing is to gain a Continental slot because it's very important that we return to the Continent.
"It's all about continuity because Enyimba needs it and it's the right thing to do," he said.
"The team have done well and I think continuity is very important. That was the most considered factor (for remaining at Enyimba).
Interesting thoughts. If we ever had doubts of what Abd'allah's primary target is, we are no longer in doubt. The club wants a return to the Continent and hopefully he can make that happen.
The question marks of course remain on the League itself and when resumption is likely. Meanwhile, Lobi play the preliminary stage game this evening. Here's wishing them all the best.


My best gal-pal gave me a fridge magnet years ago that reads, "Well-behaved women rarely make history."
Well-behaved women also make a lot of meals.
Yes, Mother's Day is a social invention but it's also become a social convention and it's rapidly approaching this Sunday - you haven't forgotten have you? - along with the requisite Mother's Day brunch or dinner to give mom a break at least one meal out of the year.
And so I dedicate this column to all mom's everywhere, especially those who remain the chief cooks and bottle washers around the house despite holding down jobs, on average, at 79 per cent of men's earnings for the same work (Conference Board of Canada), depending on who they are, where they live and what they do for a living.
Do a quick survey of your friends who are moms and, whether they work outside the home or not, you'll likely get a story that mirrors Statistics Canada's: women still do most of the housework and that includes making most of the meals, or at least organizing the flow of food into the house, even if that means string cheese, frozen pizzas and granola bars.
Just over 80 per cent of Canadian women report working outside the home but, unfortunately, men doing equal duty when it comes to housework hasn't kept a reciprocal pace.
I remember my mom and I calculating the number of meals she'd made over 62 years of married life and, yes, she worked part-time for 20-some of those years.
Three meals a day for 22,630 days adds up to a whopping 67,890 meals. This in a household where dad's cooking runs the full gamut from poaching a good egg to heating up leftover spaghetti when he's on his own.
Mom and I tried to be realistic in our calculations, knocking off a couple of thousand meals for vacations, lunches and dinners out for whatever reason and, of course, one meal off every year for each Mother's Day. But even if you end up with, say, 65,000 meals that she's made over the years - and this was a few years back - that's still one heck of a lot of cooking.
While we were doing the calculations, she made an interesting remark: I don't mind cooking, she said, it's all the meal planning I get tired of.
What are we having tonight for dinner?
That's a good question. Even Una Abrahamson in her book, Domestic Life in Nineteenth Century Canada, devoted an entire chapter entitled "The Dinner Question" to the matter.


I am glad to go through the contents of your letter. Your idea is grand but our nation is totally lacking in the faculty of organisation. It is this one drawback which produces all sorts of evil. We are altogether averse to making a common cause for anything. The first requisite for organisation is obedience. I do a little bit of work when I feel so disposed, and then let it go to the dogs — this kind of work is of no avail. We must have plodding industry and perseverance. Keep a regular correspondence, I mean, make it a point to write to me every month, or twice a month, what work you are doing and what has been its outcome. We want here (in England) a Sannyasin well-versed in English and Sanskrit. I shall soon go to America again, and he is to work here in my absence. Except Sharat and Shashi — I find no one else for this task. I have sent money to Sharat and written to him to start at once. I have requested Rajaji that his Bombay agent may help Sharat in embarking. I forgot to write — but if you can take the trouble to do it, please send through Sharat a bag of Mung, gram, and Arhar Dâl, also a little of the spice called Methi. Please convey my love to Pundit Narayan Das, Mr. Shankar Lal, Ojhaji, Doctor, and all. Do you think you can get the medicine for Gopi's eyes here? — Everywhere you find patent medicines, which are all humbug. Please give my blessings to him and to the other boys. Yajneshwar has founded a certain society at Meerut and wants to work conjointly with us. By the bye, he has got a certain paper too; send Kali there, and let him start a Meerut centre, if he can and, try to have a paper in Hindi. I shall help a little now and then. I shall send some money when Kali goes to Meerut and reports to me exactly how matters stand. Try to open a centre at Ajmer. ... Pundit Agnihotri has started some society at Saharanpur. They wrote me a letter. Please keep in correspondence with them. Live on friendly terms with all. Work! Work! Go on opening centres in this way. We have them already in Calcutta and Madras, and it will be excellent if you can start new ones at Meerut and Ajmer. Go on slowly starting centres at different places like that. Here all my letters etc., are to be addressed in care of E. T. Sturdy, Esq., High View, Caversham, Reading, England, and those for America, C/o Miss Phillips, 19 W. 38 Street, New York. By degrees we must spread the world over. The first thing needed is obedience. You must be ready to plunge into fire — then will work be done. ... Form societies like that at different villages in Rajputana. There you have a hint.


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One of the Reiki Affirmation is.. "Today I will give Thanks for my many Blessings!
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I have been watching Elkart Tolle's video on Being Present in the Now moment. Basically what that means to me is to practice , practice, practice observing the ongoing activity of your mind. The mind will take you to the past, and the future and that is how we miss living our lives fully. We miss the Now Moment which is truly where our lives are. The benefits of this practice are numerous. It relieves anxiety, creates space in our being to be creative. There really isn't anything we cannot handle one moment at a time.
I challenge myself and you if you are open to it. Practice staying in the "Now Moment." Even if it is only a few minutes per day. It does get easier.
I welcome feed back on this subject!!
Reiki is called the Universal Life Force. It is a non invasive hands on Healing modality. The session lasts about an hour. Some people choose to experience this energy work simply for relaxation. I have been told that they feel like they have just received the best massage ever. Others come for emotional healing or for pain relief.
Why is Love the answer no matter what the question.
This is quite a statement and it could not be more true.
I like to use metaphors to clearly see for myself how' Love' can change any situation. Let us say that Life is like a Garden………The Garden of Life! We as humans all have a part of this huge garden to take care of. I choose to use natural black earth filled with natural nutrients, fertilizers and mulch to enhance my garden to grow. I water it, place it in the sunshine, and am grateful for every seed I plant. I see all of this with eyes and a heart filled with Love and Gratitude. If I see a weed, I gently remove it and place it in an area where it will not suffocate the growth of my vegetables or flowers.My garden thrives and I am Happy. By these actions, I am a role model for others without saying a word.
Next to me is someone who also has a garden but uses exhausted soil that has been overused and is depleted of nutrients. This person uses chemical, to fertilize and curses every weed, as he yanks them out of the earth and throws them here and there. Then he goes about his life forgetting to water and abandons the garden. His garden will not thrive and he will therefore not be happy with it.
Because he is next to me, unfortunately some of his chemicals leach into my garden, the weeds that he carelessly threw here and there ended up in my garden and the toxicity of it all is detrimental to the life of my garden.
The solution to this dilemma is for me to talk lovingly to that person. Explain what is happening and perhaps give him a hand with educating him re chemicals etc. If this does not help and the person is not interested there are ways to deal with this appropriately and even perhaps I would move my garden somewhere else where others were respectful and caring. Place Love in the situation and you will see miracles happen. Who knows what that person may decide to do???
My point is that cursing that man and perhaps trashing his garden is unfortunately not going to help the situation. It would only cause more toxicity in our world. In an already toxic world /garden do we want to add more toxicity??
This applies to us in everyday life over and over as we experience each moment. Our thoughts, our actions, our words impact others around us. Have Loving thoughts about whatever your situation is. If you have a sick spouse, be more loving to yourself by taking breaks, finding respite and love that spouse more than ever. See this time as an opportunity to support him or her. If you do the opposite and do see yourself as a victim. you will soon burn out and your situation will deteriorate even more.Place Love over and over in the situation.
If someone is lost for whatever reason and makes you suffer; first love yourself enough to keep safe, but do not curse or judge that person, because that will only add more toxicity to our world. Place Love in that situation.
"Love is the most powerful and still the most unknown energy in the world." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.[1881-1955] Priest and Philosopher.
Be Love and Be the Change you want to see in the World.
I am experiencing some kind of shift. Six weeks ago I had a health challenge and ever since I feel a need to change my life; not sure exactly what that means. Everyday new plans are made to let go of things, and people and hobbies that have been a part of my life. Time alone is now seen as a gift to choose to reconnect with my spirit self instead of seeing it as me being lonely.Very Freeing!! |Suddenly I am guided to take a course in plant base eating; then my daughter introduces me to Taoism; I suddenly don't need to spend time with a certain person who has not treated me respectfully. My art work has now been put at rest for who knows how long??? I am suddenly at peace with doing or not doing healing work.
Today I decided to blog without pressuring myself in any way; nor feeling like I must get this blog written. My closet which is long overdue for a huge de cluttering is suddenly calling my name. It feels very freeing to be in this space of non resistance and yet everything is changing and what is getting done is just happening and the rest is falling away. I am Grateful!
P.S. I watched Wayne Dyer's you tube movie called The Shift. It was inspiring beyond words. It just came to me……..I did not strive to find it. I am on my way to arriving home to myself!! Peace is flowing! Grateful!
For the last twenty years I have been on a spiritual journey. For me that meant to learn all I could about who I am, what my purpose here is, and how I can serve others. I believe that we are all Spiritual beings having a Physical experience.
After I had done a lot of research and study to learn different methods of healing, I became a Reiki Master, learned Acupressure, how to do Pattern work, studied Access Consciousness and other modalities of healing. I was very focus on not only sending Love and Compassion to everyone, but choosing to 'Be Love and Compassion'. That meant I was a being that radiated Love as I met people walking down the street, heard of some disaster somewhere in the world,or when I saw someone suffering or even being Joyful. I was all about being the Change that I wanted to see in the World. Once I was in a hospital with a family member. We waited for hours in the E.R. I witnessed a lot of people coming and going that were very ill. I made a conscious effort to smile at the patients, their family members, the staff etc. I wanted to bring some loving energy in to these situations.Just that Smile was powerful medicine; remembering the we all smile in the same language.
All these years I was learning to Love myself first. I did grow in that area a little at a time. My barometer for knowing that, was that I choose to leave unhealthy relationships; Be it with a partner, friend or coworker. I also did other Self Care things like taking care of my body in various ways, I exercised and ate well.
The area that I seem to struggle with is to have Compassion, Forgiveness,and Acceptance for myself. I am aware that I now choose to give myself those soul qualities. I so easily give others. As we experience life, we will probably always have areas that we feel we would have,should have, could have done some things differently. I now choose to see my life experiences as just that…..experiences. Let go of the judgement, guilt and regret. One very effective way of doing this is by being aware of my self talk, that inner critic that comes from Fear based Ego. Hear it, send your ego Love and Compassion and let the negative comments just pass on by. Don't hook in.
I had a few session with a healer who suggested that I still had not learned to receive completely. I was still consumed with giving Love, Compassion and Service to everyone else but still out of balance with giving these to myself. I knew that I have friends and family that love me, however my ability to Give and to Receive were still out of balance.
I believe that to truly love others we must start with ourselves. I have grown a lot in this area of self love, however I am becoming more aware of the fact that I still have many areas in which I would benefit by allowing myself to receive more.
Energy follows intention! My intentions now are to see myself being a magnet for receiving. Stating out loud that I choose to receive. Now when I choose to be Love or to send Love to anyone else, I first make the choice to open myself up to receiving first. I am sure it is very healthy for my heart, and my whole body and soul.
I mentioned that I have changed my way of dealing with relationships. Now if someone is disrespectful or dishonest,I ask them to have "The talk"! That is ,let's talk about this. If the behavior continues I let these people go with Love… No Judgement.
Saying NO when I mean no and saying Yes when I mean yes. These are very useful tool in self love;having the courage to be honest with others about what works in my best interest and what does not.
I want to be very clear. When you are a mother or a caregiver, I am aware that there will be times when you must put your needs aside to help another. However if this is a chronic way of life your will burn out and have nothing to give anyone.
Studying all about codependency has also been a wake up call for me. I have learnt that Self Care is to teach others what I am able to teach but Not do for someone what they are quite capable of doing for themselves. You are then also serving that other person by allowing them to learn how to thrive on their own.
Also I encourage others that do healing work ,to go themselves for a Reiki session, or go for that massage etc. I am learning to do that myself more and more. This is good advice for anyone.
The long and short of it is for us to receive more Abundance in all areas of life we must love ourselves enough to allow the Universe to bring this Abundance to us.
"My best Self Care is Loving myself first".


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THE CHICAGO PROJECT
Emma Tolmie
John David Mooney
In March of 2007 Irene Barberis (RMIT and MetaSenta), Karen Forbes Visser (Head of Painting and Drawing ECA) along with three postgraduate students from RMIT School of art and Edinburgh College of Art took part in a residency at the ECA Studio, Chicago Illinois: living and working together for three weeks.
Notions of Utopia in Art and Architecture was the lens through which the participants were able to investigate the city of Chicago as a primary source for art-making. Through the earlier production of a reader and bibliography, all participants were able to formulate initial responses to the urban mass, ideas of utopia, and possible directions for interventions within the metropolis. The direct experience of the city, its buildings, character and history then impacted conceptually and practically on the artwork.
ECA STUDIO
The John David Mooney Foundation is in the heart of downtown Chicago. It is a chunky five-story building containing studios, galleries and living quarters with the ECA Studios on the third floor and the main John David Mooney Gallery on the second. As there were eight of us, the six postgraduate students stayed in the ECA space while the two lecturers shared the second floor. There was movement, however, between the spaces as collaboration was a key issue for the project.
Three weeks of communal living, working, sharing, interacting and discourse around the fore mentioned theme brought about distinct outcomes. Where the two instigators had thought that everyone would most likely link up into pairs or threes, the entire team began to work around things corporately and then working independently as time passed.
The exhibition in the final week revealed intersecting ideas, transitions and a strong focus on the original utopian premise, opening possibilities and potentials for the future: Fold-out Futures being a most apt title for the exhibition.
Since the residency's end three exhibitions and a two-volume publication are further outcomes to the Tokyo conversations. Edinburgh, Melbourne and New Harmony, Illinois USA will become new sites for explorations of Utopia in Art and Architecture, radical understandings of this terminology and thought, investigating the spectrum between ancient and traditional models through to esoteric underpinnings of future cities. This double volume publication balances the collaborative equation – ECA funds the studios, Metasenta Projects, RMIT School of Art, funds the publication, a harmonious, spontaneous and inventive solution to new, global collaborations.


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package org.flowable.engine.impl.util.condition;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.flowable.bpmn.model.SequenceFlow;
import org.flowable.engine.DynamicBpmnConstants;
import org.flowable.engine.delegate.DelegateExecution;
import org.flowable.engine.common.api.delegate.Expression;
import org.flowable.engine.impl.Condition;
import org.flowable.engine.impl.context.BpmnOverrideContext;
import org.flowable.engine.impl.el.UelExpressionCondition;
import org.flowable.engine.impl.util.CommandContextUtil;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;

/**
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public class ConditionUtil {

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The following is a simple guideline to help prevent collisions on the ice.
Please perform your jumps at the ends of the rink and your spins in the middle. Try to follow the flow of the ice dances which is counter-clockwise. For lutzes and reversos, just look out! More advanced skaters are faster and more mobile on the ice so please be courteous look out for more novice skaters. For the slower skaters: when a faster skater is trying to pass you, they will usually try to go around you to the outside, ie. closer to the boards. I realize this is your comfort zone and you will try to do the same, but please just follow your course! Let the faster skater by on the outside.
One of the best ways to improve at anything is to set goals and work towards them. Whether you're learning a new dance, perfecting your double jumps, working on edges and turns, or experimenting with choreography and music, the Skate Canada testing program provides a series of tests at all levels that allow you to measure your progress. At the beginning of the season, talk to your coach about which tests you'd like to work on. Your coach will determine whether you're ready to take a test when a test day is scheduled and, if you are ready, will submit a test envelope to the Test Chair.
In order to take a test with us, the USC must be your home club for the season. To make the USC your home club, you must pay the annual Skate Canada fee to us and we have to register you with Skate Canada. Please contact any of the USC board members to determine whether the USC is your home club for this season. Every time you take a test with us, you will need to provide your Skate Canada number so that Skate Canada can give you credit for each test that you pass. Your Skate Canada number is assigned to you the first time you are registered with Skate Canada and you keep that number for the rest of your skating career, even if you register with a different club.
Costumes for test day don't have to be fancy. For women, a simple skating dress or bodysuit and skirt with leotards is fine. For men, a close fitting top and pants are appropriate. A warm-up jacket and gloves are ok for warm-up but you should remove them for the test. Your skates should be cleaned and polished or covered with boot covers.
Please arrive at least 45 minutes before your warm-up is scheduled to begin to give yourself lots of time to prepare and be ready to step on the ice when your warm-up begins. If the tests before yours are running ahead of schedule, you may be asked to warm-up earlier than scheduled. A Skate Canada-certified evaluator will watch you perform the test and will determine if your performance meets the requirements for that test. If not, you will have to retry the test at another test day. You will receive a test sheet indicating how your performance was evaluated. If you have any questions about the evaluation, please ask your coach to request further explanation from the evaluator after the test day is completed.
Low test days (Preliminary to Senior Bronze tests) are held during regular skating sessions at the Varsity Arena and generally require the cancellation of regular skating on that session. High test days (Junior Silver to Diamond tests, and Artistic tests) are held weekday evenings at the Toronto Cricket, Curling and Skating Club. Check the USC website or the USC Office at Varsity Arena for dates and times. A detailed schedule will be posted for each low test day 2 weeks before the test date.
Evaluators observe tests keeping in mind that presentation is of great importance. The skater should always appear confident in demonstrating the aspect of presentation by keeping their heads up, not bending over and showing good free leg extension when doing a dance or on the landing of a jump. Timing, unison, steps and pattern placement are of great importance in dances. In free skating, ice coverage and unique step sequence movements help with the presentation of the program. Neat landings with good leg extension and good height on jumps, good rotation on spins and no traveling are also helpful with presentation. In skills it is important for the skater to demonstrate strong edges with good speed and good pattern placement.
If a skater tries a test achieving most of these qualities then they are sure to achieve good results and be more confident when they are moving up to the next level. Good Luck to all on test day!
PLUM stands for "Party Line for University club Members". No, we are not a dating service. A party line is a shared phone line. They were in common residential use up until the early 1970's and even today still exist in some rural areas.
The University Skating Club is a club with a proud past and a promising future. The club was founded in 1922 by 23 staff, graduates and undergraduates of the University of Toronto and their spouses. The members waltzed and figure skated Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings on the outdoor rink in Varsity Stadium. In 1924 membership was opened to the children of U of T affiliates. In 1932 Varsity Arena was built and sessions were moved indoors to our current location. Membership peaked in the 1950s at over 400. Since then, membership has been opened to everyone and we continue to welcome adults who enjoy ice dancing and freeskating.
Did you know that the Canasta Tango was created by a USC member and first skated at Varsity Arena? We celebrated the 50th anniversary of that achievement in 2001.


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Airbus Zephyr crashes down in Arizona after recording longest ever flight
News / August 28, 2022 August 27, 2022
The perpetual flying high-altitude drone Zephyr claimed to break all records as the longest flying drone was lost over Arizona on the 19th of August. The infamous solar-powered drone was followed by an extended flight that lasted 64 days and broke all records of being the longest flight ever.
On the 19th of August, the ground controllers of the Airbus Zephyr drone lost contact with the vessel. Previously, the Airbus Defense and Space Team had flown drones that lasted for a maximum of two weeks. Despite the loss of the aircraft, critical data was gathered by the US Army during the time of its flight as the collected information will help the military to conduct its high-altitude operational goals.
The series of aircraft was tested for multiple years and the current model was the newest addition in its class named Zephyr 8. The drone flew under the call sign of ZULU82 at an altitude of 60 to 70,000 where it had spent most of the time flying in the southwestern part of the US for two months approximately. On the final day of its operations, Zephyr 8 was found tracking the area over Arizona, the area between Phoenix and Mexicali. The aircraft was found flying slightly lower than the elevation of 45,000-50,000 feet which completed the S-shaped maneuver at 50 to 60 knots. However, something went drastically wrong at that moment and the ADS-B noticed a sudden vertical descent of the aircraft at a rapid rate. Unfortunately, the Zephyr met an unglamorous end.
The Zephyr drone not only could fly at higher altitudes but its cloud also keep flying in the sky for a long all thanks to its use of solar power. Flying in the stratosphere helped the aircraft to remain above the terrestrial weather. This helps it to receive uninterrupted radiation from the Sun. As per reports, the 82-feet long Zephyr weighs only 166 pounds and has set the record as the longest unmanned flight that could reach an altitude of 76,100 feet.
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Extension Begins Training for School Success Program
By Hannah Jastram Aaberg, Communications Associate
On March 30, University of Minnesota Extension staff, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, will begin training future facilitators of Education: Our Best Legacy (EOBL). This program was developed by Center for Family Development (FD) staff to help middle school students get the most out of school. EOBL is one of several parent education programs offered under FD's Partnering for School Success project.
Despite overall strong marks in academic achievement, Minnesota experiences one of the highest levels of educational disparities in the country. FD staff in family resiliency created the EOBL program to close these opportunity gaps in education.
The goal of the program is to strengthen the interaction and partnerships between parents and children, and between parents and schools. Research shows that families play a meaningful role in their children's educational success. In addition, rather than thinking of only parent involvement at school, it is helpful to include parent involvement at home. For these reasons, EOBL covers topics such as how parents can set clear and reasonable expectations, how parents can provide a regular routine, and how to set a good example for their children.
The March 30 facilitator training session in Minneapolis will include a review of these topics, as well as an overview of the program goals, research, and cultural adaptations. The training session also will cover skills and resources needed to facilitate the program. A facilitator training session for Spanish-speaking audiences is scheduled for April 5 in Mankato.
Silvia Alvarez de Davila, Extension educator in family resiliency, teaches a class in Spanish to parents.
The EOBL facilitator training is for principals, teachers, home school liaisons, school social workers, counselors, and family and parent educators who serve parents of middle school children. Cost is $120 per individual, including the first person enrolling from an organization. The cost for subsequent enrollees from the same organization is $30 each. Get more details and register here: http://z.umn.edu/eobltrain


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prithvi shaw shares a motivational message on his instagram story after failure in adelaide test vs aus – you can do what people can't … Prithvi Sau gave a befitting reply to critics
Team India's opener Prithvi Shaw failed miserably in the first Test match played against Australia in Adelaide. After this, he is being criticized a lot. Sau has sent a message to her critics through an Instagram story. Please tell that Prithvi had failed in both innings of the Adelaide Test.
Sav wrote in his Instagram story, 'Sometimes when people provoke you to do something, understand that you can do that but those people cannot.' Sau could not open the account in the first innings of the day-night Test match played with pink ball.
He scored just four runs in the second innings. He was dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the first innings and Pat Cummins in the second innings. The same thing in both innings was that Saw was out in the same way – because of the gap between the bat and the pad on the inswinger.
Indian team succumbed to embarrassing defeat in the Adelaide Test on the third day … Report from Australia
Even before the start of the series, Sunil Gavaskar had said about Sau that he needs to strengthen his defense. Apart from Sunny, Ricky Ponting was also seen talking about the shortcomings of the earth.


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The Panopticon Series -
The Recidivist - part 1
A species saved but at what cost? Child of the light, Gabriel, can no longer bear the annihilation – Gabriel's tears of despair increase as the Gods' thirst for human blood escalates. He begins a grief-filled quest through time to save his beloved humans, but Gabriel's tears are not shed in vain. They transform into protective and powerful stones for the humans, striking fear into the hearts of the mighty Gods. The opening part of the Panopticon series is an exploration of religious, moral and political ethics throughout history, and across alternative worlds. This story 'gets up close and personal' with historical characters – the result being a unique re-imagining of ancient myths and legends. Released: 2012
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The Penitentiary - part 2
How far is too far? Elena wakes up after her accident with no memory of who she once was. All she knows is that that she feels connected to a child, Gabriel, who is bound to her through a remarkable gift. On the other side of the world, Mikael wakes up alone, his mind lost as well. Yet another wayward spirit, Tennyson, has woken up every morning for over a decade feeling alien in his own body. They all feel like they do not belong, their skins a prison. The soul who put them there to rot watches their punishing isolation hidden behind a veil. The second part of the Panopticon series explores the length to which some will go to punish crimes of obsession. Released: 2011
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Who committed the real crime and deserves to be punished? The twins, Mani and Sunna, only want to live a quiet life on Earth away from their brethren gods. They hide in plain sight among the humans, risking all and relentlessly chased by those who fear they would break the Gods' most fundamental law – never to reveal their existence. The twins' dissidence is just the beginning, for the company they keep take them to the brink of and beyond discovery. Dionysos and Gabriel, their partners in crime, pursue vendettas aimed squarely at Nemesis, the enforcer who hunts them all. Their quests could be a valiant struggle for a supreme cause or acts of aggression. Righting the wrongs of the past? It is entirely in the eye of the beholder. The third part of the Panopticon series looks through the eyes of several crusaders searching for identity and justice who are so dedicated to their cause, they are beyond obsession. Released: 2013
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Two warring clans possess the power to control the minds of others. Since ancient times, the two clans have violently disputed the right to use their gift versus free will. The present-day Morgans are outnumbered and persecuted by the Kanes for using their gift; most are in hiding while others are avenging the slaughter of their kin. The Kanes hunt and assassinate Morgans to prevent a mind-controlled world. While one clan seeks a 'saviour' that will restore the imbalance, the other fears the birth of a too-gifted child. Radha is born of a third, lost, clan with superior powers that she is scarcely able to control. Events lead to a clash of clan leaders and key players, forcing Radha on the run when her existance is discovered with both sides hunting her. The events culminate in the birth of a child whose will is so strong that it brings about not the feared destruction, but ultimate peace. Or is it?
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When Candy Vinduska of Vinduska Apiaries of rural Marion sets up a booth Saturday at Art in the Park, she will have honey that is less than a week old. She and Bill Vinduska extracted and bottled honey Monday that they collected from hives over the weekend.
They were processing the honey rather than collecting more because it was a dark, rainy day. Bees stay in their hive during rain, and there temperament changes when the weather is gloomy, so collecting honey on Monday would have meant dealing with more and angrier bees than usual, she explained.
Collecting honey is hot work requiring heavy lifting. A full honeycomb weighs about 60 pounds, she said. After the combs are collected, the Vinduskas take them to their "honey house" where they extract, strain, and bottle the honey.
Extracting the honey begins with scraping off the wax caps the bees put on the comb to store the honey. The combs are then placed vertically in a centrifuge, called an extractor in beekeeping parlance, which forces the honey out. At this stage, the honey has air bubbles and visible particles in it.
The Vinduskas then roughly strain the honey before bottling it. Generally honey produced earlier in the year is lighter colored and has a sweeter taste. Late-season honey is often darker with richer flavors.
However, every year is different. Despite recovery from two years of drought, the Vinduskas' bees produced little honey early in the year, but the honey produced this season has been light with a slightly fruity flavor.
Darker honey is often preferred for cooking, while lighter honey works better as a sweet topping for biscuits or toast.
There is no "typical" year for honey production, but in Kansas a hive will produce about 50 pounds of honey on average. This year's summer honey is averaging 60 to 65 pounds per hive, Bill Vinduska said. The same hives averaged 25 to 30 pounds in 2012.
The Vinduskas keep busy with about 200 hives, and they keep their production methods simple to retain as much of the honey's flavor as possible. Most large-scale honey producers run honey through finer filters and heat it to help it stay liquid for longer.
All honey will become granulated over time. Raw honey like the Vinduskas' may granulate from two weeks to six months after it is produced, Bill said. But honey that has set hasn't gone bad.
If someone really prefers liquid honey, they can heat it to re-liquefy it.
Bill and Candy have each kept bees for about 15 years — 10 years separately, and together for the past 5 years.
Candy met a beekeeper through the Stillwater, Okla., farmers market. Her sons helped that beekeeper, who suffered eye problems, by driving for him. When they got too busy with girls and baseball to continue, she took over. She said she was hooked the first time she opened a hive and saw all the bees.
Bill picked up beekeeping from an ex-sister-in-law. He started with a single hive but found himself continually adding more. He has operated a bee removal service in Wichita since 2000, and that is the principal source of bees for Vinduska Apiaries.
Vinduska Apiaries will have a booth right by the front gate Saturday at Art in the Park.