I'm not sure how many in the Specific Carbohydrate Diet world are aware of the Primal or Paleo communities but they share all the same basic tenants of diet. I bought Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint months ago and loved it. So, when Mark launched his Primal Blueprint Cookbook I jumped at the chance to own a copy and ended up being one of the first in line receiving a signed edition, Jackpot!
The Primal Blueprint Cookbook is billed as a grain-free, dairy-free and gluten-free cookbook. Nearly every recipe is SCD friendly and the few that aren't can be easily changed. Over the last month, I've been sampling some of the recipes and I have to say I've always been impressed at the taste and ease of preparation. Cooking with natural foods is easy and fun!
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Peel and grate the zucchini. Then, in a sauté pan heat butter, onion and zucchini until the zucchini is tender (about 7 minutes for me). Drain off liquid from the pan and then add beef, season to taste, cook until meat is almost fully cooked. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Then, dump the pan into an 8×8 baking dish. Grate the cheese on top and bake in the oven uncovered for 35-40 minutes (I did 30 minutes… ovens vary).
It may sound like a lot of work when reading but it really is a simple, delicious dish. Like I said, this dish works equally as well for dinner as breakfast and I will probably use it most for breakfast as it tastes just as good after a couple days in the fridge.
I apologize for not grabbing a picture, but it disappeared too fast! If you like the recipe, make sure you go check out Mark's site over at Mark's Daily Apple. It's a wealth of great information. If you cook it, let me know what you think below.
When you grate a zucchini do you scrape the seeds out first or just grate the whole thing?
Hey Amin – if you're early in SCD and still de-seeding and peeling all your veggies, go ahead and remove the seeds first. If you've already progressed to zucchini with the seeds, you don't need to worry about removing them.
The recipe calls for andouille sausage but I use chorizo that I buy from my local farmers market. The only change you'd need to make the recipe SCD legal would be using fresh diced tomatoes instead of canned. Assuming you get or make an SCD-legal sausage, you'd be good to go!
I've fed the Jambalaya to people who eat the Standard American Diet and they can't even tell it doesn't have rice in it. The cauliflower "rice" is fantastic! Enjoy!
@ Amy – Thanks for stopping by I completely agree the book is awesome and thanks for posting the link, I completely forgot but most of the recipes listed on Mark's site for free are also SCD legal. I haven't tried the Jambalaya yet but I'm itching to give it a go. Do you modify the recipe at all when you make it?


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Q: How could I use the Set:: functionality in my controller to manipulate the array before I send it to my view in CakePHP? I have a query to get all the compatible phones in a specific country, and in my controller I'm using Set::extract to reduce the untidy result array to just an array of product names.
$results = $this->Country->compatiblePhones($country);
$compatiblePhones = Set::extract('/p/product_name',$results);
$this->set('compatiblePhones',$compatiblePhones);
The extract tidies this result:
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [p] => Array
                (
                    [product_name] => Bat Phone
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [p] => Array
                (
                    [product_name] => Premium Phone
                )

        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [p] => Array
                (
                    [product_name] => Brick Phone
                )

        )
    [3] => Array
        (
            [p] => Array
                (
                    [product_name] => Satellite Phone
                )

        )

)

to this:
Array
(
    [0] => Bat Phone
    [1] => Premium Phone
    [2] => Brick Phone
    [3] => Satellite Phone
)

I pass this array to my view and have a bit of code that shows links for each phone in the array:

  <?php echo (in_array("Bat Phone", $compatiblePhones)) ?    '
Bat Phone
'    : '' ;?>
  <?php echo (in_array("Premium Phone", $compatiblePhones)) ?   '
Premium Phone
'   : '' ;?>
  <?php echo (in_array("Brick Phone", $compatiblePhones)) ?    '
Brick Phone
'    : '' ;?>
  <?php echo (in_array("Satellite Phone", $compatiblePhones)) ? '
Satellite Phone
' : '' ;?>

This is my problem: The satellite phone is always going to be returned as it works everywhere, but I only want to have it shown exclusively if none of the other phones work at all. I suppose I could do this using in_array() on the view side, but its messy enough as it is.
How could I use the Set:: functionality in my controller to manipulate the array before I send it to my view? I have also considered that if the array contains the exact correct phones, I can just foreach them in my view, instead of having the messy in_array() setup.
Thank you.

A: Well if you know that the name will always be "Satellite Phone":
$otherPhones = Set::extract('/p[product_name!=Satellite Phone]/product_name', $results);

Will get you all the phones except the satellite phone. Then you can do this in your view:

<?php
foreach ( /* loop through "other" phones */ )
{
    // echo them
}

if (empty($otherPhones))
{
    // echo the satellite phone
}
?>

But I suppose, if you know that it will always be "Satellite Phone" you can just not fetch it from the database and it will be far more efficient..

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Seven vignettes depict the comic side of the seven deadly sins.
ANGER: One peaceful Sunday, several husbands find flies in their soups. As each one accuses his wife of deliberately creating the incident, domestic squabbles erupt. The mounting anger spreads throughout the town, and eventually the whole world destroys itself in an atomic holocaust. ENVY: Rosette, a discontented chambermaid at a country inn, seduces a wealthy industrialist who is the benefactor of a movie star. When she becomes the industrialist's mistress and returns to the inn as a guest, Rosette discovers that she envies the carefree pleasures of the new chambermaid. GLUTTONY: After his father dies from indigestion, Valentin, a farmer, takes his family to the funeral. Because of numerous stops for food, they arrive too late for the services but manage to make the banquet that follows. As they gorge themselves, they contemplate future funeral banquets. LUST: Two young artists, Bernard and Paul, sit at a sidewalk cafe and visualize the passersby without clothes. They attempt to pick up a pretty girl, but their efforts are unsuccessful. LAZINESS: Actor Eddie Constantine is so lazy that when a young starlet, Nicole, tries to seduce him, he resists the offer because it would be too much of an effort to remove his clothing and dress again. PRIDE: As a young wife plans to run off with her lover, she discovers that her husband has a mistress. Outraged, she abandons her lover to defend her home against the other woman. GREED: Twenty-five cadets pool their funds and draw lots for the money to buy the services of Paris' highest paid prostitute. The winner is Antoine, a shy virgin who impresses the girl; and she returns his share of the money.
Sylvain Dhomme Dir of "Anger"
Eugène Ionesco Dir of "Anger"
Max Douy Dir of "Anger"
Edouard Molinaro Dir of "Envy"
Philippe de Broca Dir of "Gluttony"
Jacques Demy Dir of "Lust"
Jean-Luc Godard Dir of "Laziness"
Roger Vadim Dir of "Pride"
Claude Chabrol Dir of "Greed"
Jean Penzer Photog for "Anger"
Louis Miaille Photog for "Envy"
Jean Penzer Photog for "Gluttony"
Henri Decaë Photog for "Lust," "Laziness" and "Pride"
Jean Rabier Photog for "Greed"
Eugène Ionesco Scr for "Anger"
Claude Mauriac Scr for "Envy"
Daniel Boulanger Scr for "Gluttony"
Jacques Demy Scr for "Lust"
Roger Peyrefitte Scr for "Lust"
Jean-Luc Godard Scr for "Laziness"
Roger Vadim Scr for "Pride"
Félicien Marceau Scr for "Pride" and "Greed"
Michel Legrand Mus for "Anger," "Envy," "Gluttony," "Lust" and "Laziness"
Sacha Distel Mus for "Pride"
Pierre Jansen Mus for "Greed"
Bernard Evein Art dir for "Lust"
Jean Lavie Prod mgr for "Anger" and "Greed"
Tonio Suné Prod mgr for "Anger" and "Greed"


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1/19/2015 – If you're not one of those jazz fans who are "rabidly reed oriented" – I can guarantee that you WILL be after you've had a few snorts of The Tipton's Sax Quartet! What a SHOW, folks… the players (Amy Denio: alto sax, clarinet, voice; Jessica Lurie: alto & tenor sax, flute, voice; Sue Orfield: tenor sax, voice; Tobi Stone: baritone sax, voice Tarik Abouzied: drums and percussion) are all very familiar to me, especially Amy and Jessica, who I've reviewed (and/or interviewed) many times over the last 30 years or so! Tonight is the first time I've been in my favorite jazz haunt (Rhythm & Rye) since the beginning of 2015… they've rearranged the room…. stage is now on the other side, with the sound system & control booth much more accessible… layout is much more like a "club", at least for this Monday night jazz gig… will reserve my final judgement until after the band does sound checks & started playing. Initial impression is that it feels much more like a "scene" – & that's a very good feeling! The stage definitely looks more legitimate. Lots of folks rollin' in right at 8:00 & not even a sound check yet. Though I've watched, listened to & reviewed Amy over many years, this is the first time I've seen her with the Tiptons, & it promises to SMOKE… 4 sax ladies & a drummer… if you don't enjoy jazz reed work, this may not be your cuppa'… but if you do, you're in for a maximum tilt treat! Jessica intros/MC's, with a vocal start-up from her, then she and Amy, in the manner of true masters, just WRAP the audience into their vocal spell… next, the horns cut in on a slow dirge… sonically, they are KILLER… when Sue Orfield plays her super blues in solo mode, it's totally GREAT! This is the kind of pro playing you only get when a crew has been playing together for years & years, & the proof's in the pudding, volkz…. EVERYONE in the audience is listening for the next note… not a drab of "chatter" in the house…. the vocal fadeout, similar to the opening, has all ears in the house waiting for the last breath to be uttered, so they can burst into a round of well-deserved applause for this great band! Though it's clear these numbers are all well-rehearsed and thought out, each & every phrase comes across as totally natural and free. If you haven't listened to The Tipton's before, you need to catch the next live show in your area (R&R was the first stop on yet another West Coast tour)… I can say (without qualification) that this is the BEST show I've ever watched at Rhythm & Rye!!! Absolute COOL!!!
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C-59: How can Parliament justify passing this bill?
The NDP wants hearings and the file has been sent to the OPP, so what will Parliament do with the controversial provisions of C-59, the latest budget bill?
Adrian Wyld/CP
The test presented by Bill C-59, the government's latest omnibus budget bill, is at least now even more stark.
Parliament will soon be tested directly—asked whether it wishes to fully air and understand the details of something it is being asked to pass. Beyond that, it is even more plausible that Parliament could be asked to pass legislation that could affect a police investigation.
On Friday, I wrote about the government's attempt to retroactively amend the purview of the access-to-information system via the latest budget bill, a move that would nullify unresolved allegations that government information was wrongly withheld and destroyed. The Canadian Press's Bruce Cheadle was the first to report on the ramifications of the relevant clauses in Bill C-59, and his initial story on the matter is here.
I also spoke with Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault, who issued a special report on the amendments last week. Some of my conversation with Legault aired on Maclean's on the Hill, but here is a longer cut.
For the record, I asked the office of Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney whether Blaney had a response to the commissioner's specific concerns that "the RCMP destroyed records responsive to the request with the knowledge that these records were subject to the right of access guaranteed by subsection 4(1) of the [Access to Information Act]" and that "The proposed changes in Bill C-59 will deny the right of access of the complainant, it will deny the complainant's recourse in court, and it will render null and void any potential liability against the Crown."
In response, Blaney's spokesman sent a statement that reads, "Our Conservative government is pleased it has fulfilled its commitment to end the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry once and for all. It was still possible to access outdated copies of the long-gun registry through Access to Information legislation due to a bureaucratic loophole. The will of Parliament has been made clear; all copies of the registry were to be destroyed. The technical amendment addresses this."
The RCMP has said that it disputes the commissioner's finding and that it would "vigorously defend against any accusation of unlawful conduct in respect of the handling of this Access to Information request."
On Tuesday afternoon, Cheadle reported that the information commissioner's findings have been forwarded to the Ontario Provincial Police. The commissioner had referred the matter to the Justice minister on March 26. According to Cheadle, the minister's office forwarded it to the Public Prosecution Service last week, and the public prosecutor subsequently referred the matter to the OPP.
Meanwhile, the NDP is preparing to put a motion before the access to information, privacy and ethics committee to study Legault's report. The motion would have the committee "request from the Department of Justice all of its documents relating to this case" and would seek to hear from "the Information Commissioner of Canada, the Attorney General of Canada, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Minister of Finance, the Commissioner of the RCMP, the RCMP ATIP Coordinator, the Director of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, and the RCMP officers who destroyed the registry data."
That seems like the outline of a proper hearing. So is that what we will now get?
That depends, first, on the willingness of Conservative MPs. The membership of the committee is six Conservatives, two New Democrats and one Liberal. In theory, and perhaps in a better version of Parliament, we might imagine even just two Conservatives siding with the New Democrats and the Liberal to approve the study, but I'm not sure I've ever heard of a committee vote deviating from the party lines. So, failing a decisive split, would the Conservative members of the committee ever vote en masse to approve such a study? Put another way, in light of how much executive power is sometimes said to be exerted on committees: Would the Prime Minister's Office and the government ever agree to have MPs approve such a study?
(Another hypothetical: What are the odds that some critical mass of Conservative backbenchers would, publicly or privately, express misgivings about what Parliament is being asked to do here? Whatever happened to the Backbench Spring, anyway?)
That would probably be a political calculation: Will it hurt more to be seen rushing this through Parliament without any meaningful study, or to have the details aired out during committee hearings? Even without knowing what all remains to be revealed, the cynical response would be that it's always better to just ram a measure through Parliament and deal with complaints about mere "process."
And while the NDP's motion is a heartening move, it still remains to be seen how long and loud the New Democrats and Liberals are willing to scream about this. In question period last week, this received only a few questions from a Liberal MP.
So what about the OPP?
As Cheadle clarified, we don't know that there is an active investigation into the RCMP's handling of the access-to-information request in question. (I am also told that no one has ever been charged with an offence under the Access to Information Act.)
A police investigation, or the possibility of same, might not preclude parliamentary hearings, but, lest anyone want to argue here that any hearings by Parliament should be set aside so long as a police investigation is a live possibility, let's note the obvious corollary: That same standard should surely preclude Parliament from passing legislation that could undermine a police investigation.
The latter was a conceivable concern before yesterday's news. As the information commissioner explained it to me on Friday: "The bill would erase the fact that this person ever made this request, would erase the fact that this person complained to my office, would erase the fact that we conducted an investigation, would erase the fact that we came to the conclusion that additional records are owing to this complainant, and would also erase any administrative, civil or criminal liability for any of the actors involved."
That the file is with the OPP might make that seem a bit more tangible.
Remember: By no serious standard of legislating should these provisions have been included in a budget bill in the first place. Whether or not Parliament should retroactively rewrite the law, that question should at least be asked with a distinct piece of legislation. In a better situation, a decisive number of MPs would refuse to pass a budget bill such as C-59. (And, in a future situation, we should demand that the omnibus bills of this sort are banned under the standing orders of Parliament.)
Failing that, MPs should at least summon the necessary self-respect, and respect for the institution, to demand a full airing of the situation. If Parliament is to pass these amendments, it should at least be clear to everyone what, exactly, that means.
Even still, how could Parliament justify passing a bill that would stymie a possible police investigation?
The will of Parliament when this access-to-information request was made seems to have been that that request was lawful. And that seems to have remained the will of Parliament, even when the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act was passed; that bill makes no mention of the Access to Information Act.
Whatever happened here and for whatever reason, we surely deserve to have it fully explained.
To retroactively reimagine the will of Parliament is already highly dubious. For Parliament to do so amid all of this would be much more. And all of it should be weighing on the institution and its members.
Update. Liberal MP Wayne Easter has also submitted a motion to the ethics committee for hearings on the issue. Here is the text of that motion:
That the Committee urgently invite Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada, Bob Paulson, Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, to discuss the Special Report to Parliament by the Information Commissioner, tabled in Parliament on May 14, 2015, entitled An Investigation into an access to information request for the Long-gun Registry, and that the meeting be televised.
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Léon Dumont (, Valenciennes - , Saint-Saulve, Nord) est un philosophe et psychologue français.

Biographie
Léon A. Dumont fait ses études secondaires au collège de Valenciennes, où il rencontre l'écrivain d'origine allemande Alexander Büchner qui y est professeur. Büchner lui fait découvrir la culture allemande ; ils resteront très liés et publieront ensemble un ouvrage sur Jean Paul.

Dumont s'intéresse d'abord à l'esthétique, avant de se tourner vers la philosophie proprement dite. À partir de 1872, il publie régulièrement dans la Revue scientifique des études sur les grands ouvrages philosophiques publiés en Angleterre et en Allemagne. Il fait connaître en France des auteurs comme Eduard von Hartmann (Philosophie de l'inconscient) et George Henry Lewes.

Son ouvrage le plus connu porte sur le rire, Des causes du rire.

Influence
Sa Théorie scientifique de la sensibilité a peut-être exercé une influence sur le développement du concept de volonté de puissance par Nietzsche.

Œuvres principales
 Des causes du rire (Paris, Durand, 1862).
 Jean Paul et sa poétique (Paris, Durand, 1862), écrit en collaboration avec Alexander Büchner, avec une traduction de la Poétique ou introduction à l'esthétique de Jean Paul.
 Le Sentiment du gracieux (Paris, Durand, 1863).
 La Morale de Montaigne (Paris, Durand, 1866).
 « Antoine Watteau », Revue des cours littéraires (1866).
 De l'éducation des femmes (Paris, Thorin, 1868).
 Haeckel et la théorie de l'évolution en Allemagne (Paris, Éd. Germer Baillière, coll. «Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine», 1873).
 Théorie scientifique de la sensibilité (1875).
 « De l'habitude », Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger (1876).
 La théorie de la sensibilité (1876).

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Alexandre Büchner, Un philosophe amateur. Essai biographique sur Léon Dumont (1837-1877), avec des extraits de sa correspondance, Paris, Félix Alcan, 1884.
 J. Delbœuf, « Léon Dumont et son œuvre philosophique », Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, III, 1877,  et suiv.

Philosophe français du XIXe siècle
Psychologue français
Naissance en février 1837
Décès en janvier 1877
Naissance à Valenciennes
Décès à 39 ans
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Décès à Saint-Saulve

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Business this week
Jul 21st 2011 |
Gold surged past $1,600 a troy ounce for the first time, as the euro-zone crisis and uncertainty over America's federal-debt ceiling sent investors piling into assets regarded as safe. The Swiss franc reached an all-time high against the euro and yields on ten-year German Bunds dropped to an eight-month low of 2.6%. See article
The European Banking Authority released the results of stress tests on European banks. Eight of the 91 lenders it examined did not have enough capital to absorb hypothetical losses in the event of a downturn. The EBA put the combined shortfall for these banks at just €2.5 billion ($3.5 billion), stoking suspicions that the tests were too timid. A ninth bank, Germany's Helaba, withdrew from the test and declined to disclose its result. Another 15 lenders only just scraped through. Spain's BBVA fared best among big banks, followed by Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo, despite their home countries' sovereign-debt woes. See article
The stress tests did not stop investors offloading shares in Europe's big banks, even those with the thickest capital cushions. Banks dragged the Stoxx Europe 600 index of European equities down to its lowest level this year.
Apple had a bumper second quarter of 2011. Its net income more than doubled to $7.31 billion compared with the same period last year on the back of strong demand for its iPad 2 tablet and the iPhone. The figures calmed investors who had fretted that the lack of a new iPhone, not due until September, would hobble sales. Apple's share price rose by 2.7% on the news and is up 20% since the start of the year.
A trade tribunal in America issued a preliminary ruling that HTC, which produces smartphones based on Google's Android operating system, had infringed two patents owned by Apple. If upheld, the ruling might lead to a ban on American imports of HTC devices. The Taiwanese firm said it would appeal. See article
Hale and hearty
IBM's revenue went up by 12% in the second quarter. Net earnings jumped by 8%, to $3.7 billion, beating expectations and spurring the IT giant to raise its profit forecast for the whole year. The robust performance owes much to strong sales of its hardware products, just as IBM is shifting focus from manufacturing machines to selling software and business services.
Cisco Systems announced plans to lay off 6,500 workers, or 9% of its global workforce, in an effort to cut costs by $1 billion in the next fiscal year. The maker of networking equipment had earlier shed 550 employees when it closed its Flip video-camera unit in May. It will also sell a plant in Mexico, though it expects none of the 5,000 workers there to lose their jobs.
Not so masterful
After posting disappointing second-quarter results Goldman Sachs said it would cut around 1,000 jobs. Its income from shifting debt, currencies and commodities fell by 63% from the previous quarter, double the drop experienced by its rivals, as clients hung back and the bank cut its value at risk, a gauge of how much it can lose in a single day of trading. This fell for the eighth consecutive quarter and was the lowest since late 2006.
Barack Obama picked Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The former Ohio attorney-general, who runs the CFPB's enforcement division, pipped Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor who pushed for the agency's creation in the wake of the financial crisis and has acted as special adviser to it. A vocal critic of the financial-services industry, Ms Warren was passed over for a less polarising figure who stands a better chance of winning confirmation in Congress.
American Airlines is to buy 460 new single-aisle planes. The order—200 Boeing 737s and 260 Airbus A320s—was described as the largest in the industry's history and represents a shift for American, which has for decades bought only Boeings. The world's third-biggest carrier by passenger numbers desperately needs more fuel-efficient planes to overhaul its ageing fleet. The deal, valued at $38.5 billion, is a significant outlay for the company, whose share price has fallen by about 80% in the past five years as it has slid into loss.
It all ends here
In its opening weekend "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2" earned $169m, a North American record. Worldwide, the eighth and last film based on novels about the adventures of a boy wizard by J.K. Rowling raked in $475m; 3D ticket sales accounted for 43% of the box-office receipts. The previous seven instalments in the saga had grossed $6.3 billion over ten years. Warner Bros., the studio which produced the whole series, called the end of the franchise "bittersweet". See article
This article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline "Business this week"
The world this week July 23rd 2011
Politics this week
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From the July 23rd 2011 edition


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Second Work Order to Master Service Agreement, dated October 12, 2021, between the Company and PJSC Pharmsynthez (Filed With SEC on March 22, 2022)
Exclusive Sublicense Agreement, dated April 26, 2022, between Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. and CLS Therapeutics LTD (Filed With SEC on August 11, 2022)
Amendment Number One to the Master Services Agreement, dated October 12, 2021, between the Company and PJSC Pharmsynthez (Filed With SEC on March 22, 2022)
Exclusive License Agreement, dated December 20, 2021, between Lipoxen Technologies Limited and Public Joint-Stock Company Pharmsynthez (Filed With SEC on March 22, 2022)
Novation of Agreement on Co-Development and the Terms of Exclusive License, dated December 17, 2021, between Xenetic Biosciences (UK) Limited (formerly Lipoxen plc), Lipoxen... (Filed With SEC on March 22, 2022)
At The Market Offering Agreement by and between Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, dated November 19, 2021 (Filed With SEC on November 19, 2021)
Form of Letter Agreement by and between Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. and the Holders, dated November 15, 2021 (Filed With SEC on November 16, 2021)
Form of Series B Warrant (Filed With SEC on July 28, 2021)
Form of Series A Warrant (Filed With SEC on July 28, 2021)
Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 26, 2021, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto (Filed With SEC on July 28, 2021)
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 26, 2021, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto (Filed With SEC on July 28, 2021)
Engagement Letter between Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, dated as of July 25, 2021 (Filed With SEC on July 28, 2021)
Description of Registrants Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Filed With SEC on March 16, 2021)
Engagement Letter between Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, dated as of December 9, 2020 (Filed With SEC on December 14, 2020)
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. and the purchasers named therein, dated as of December 10, 2020 (Filed With SEC on December 14, 2020)
Work Order to Master Service Agreement, dated June 12, 2020, between the Company and PJSC Pharmsynthez (Filed With SEC on August 12, 2020)
Master Service Agreement, dated June 12, 2020, between the Company and PJSC Pharmsynthez (Filed With SEC on August 12, 2020)
Research Funding and Option Agreement, dated May 15, 2020, between the Company and the Scripps Research Institute (Filed With SEC on August 12, 2020)
Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. Stock Option Grant Notice, dated December 4, 2019, between Jeffrey Eisenberg and Xenetic Biosciences, Inc (Filed With SEC on March 26, 2020)
Form of Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. Stock Option Grant Notice (Filed With SEC on March 26, 2020)
Form of Letter Agreement re. Appointment of Non Employee, Independent Director of Xenetic Biosciences, Inc (Filed With SEC on March 26, 2020)
Letter Agreement re. Appointment of Non Employee, Independent Director of Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. for Grigory G. Borisenko, effective as of September 26, 2019 (Filed With SEC on March 26, 2020)
Underwriting Agreement (Filed With SEC on July 22, 2019)
Warrant Agency Agreement (Filed With SEC on July 22, 2019)
Form of Purchase Warrant (Filed With SEC on July 22, 2019)
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (Filed With SEC on July 22, 2019)
Consent Agreement (Filed With SEC on July 16, 2019)
Third Amendment to the OPKO Assignment Agreement (Filed With SEC on July 16, 2019)
Third Amendment to the Share Purchase Agreement (Filed With SEC on July 16, 2019)
Form of Purchase Warrant (Filed With SEC on July 2, 2019)
Form of Underwriting Agreement (Filed With SEC on July 2, 2019)
CONSENT AGREEMENT (Filed With SEC on June 25, 2019)
Second Amendment to the Share Purchase Agreement (Filed With SEC on June 24, 2019)
Second Amendment to the OPKO Assignment Agreement (Filed With SEC on June 24, 2019)
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (Filed With SEC on June 24, 2019)
Form of Purchase Warrant (Filed With SEC on June 24, 2019)
First Amendment to the OPKO Assignment Agreement (Filed With SEC on June 13, 2019)
First Amendment to the Share Purchase Agreement (Filed With SEC on June 13, 2019)
OPKO Assignment Agreement (Filed With SEC on May 20, 2019)
Share Purchase Agreement (Filed With SEC on May 13, 2019)
Form of Purchase Warrant (Filed With SEC on March 7, 2019)
Share Purchase Agreement (Filed With SEC on March 4, 2019)
Voting Agreement Pharmsynthez (Filed With SEC on March 4, 2019)
Voting Agreement Dr. Genkin (Filed With SEC on March 4, 2019)
Voting Agreement OPKO (Filed With SEC on March 4, 2019)
OPKO Assignment Agreement (Filed With SEC on March 4, 2019)


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Desmos Art Project
The Silk Road
Silk Road Choose Your Own Adventure
Jennifer Bottum & Doug Pilcher, Humanities, Rivendell Middle School
Can you survive the Silk Road?
After learning about the history of the Silk Road, students were given the task of creating a game that demonstrated the benefits as well as the dangers one of the world's oldest trade routes. The game's premise was based on Choose Your Own Adventure novels where players are given scenarios at each stop and must make decisions about how to proceed. Different choices lead to different outcomes. Groups were assigned a specific trade route along the Silk Road and were challenged to design exciting storylines and situations that real travelers may have experienced along their journeys. The students had to use their knowledge of Silk Road geography, trade goods, travelers, politics, and cultural practices to develop historically accurate game narratives. After playing each other's games and receiving feedback, each group made revisions to their games in preparation for their exposition. The final product was a physical game board, representing a map of the Silk Road that spanned three classrooms. Students guided their parents and community members through their games to see if players could survive the treacherous road—and with some luck even make a profit.
Teacher Reflection
Students experienced difficulty working in groups and navigating the process of creating a product that incorporated each other's ideas and talents. However, the looming deadline to present their games to a real audience increased their motivation to problem solve and work through the kinks in their game design. We saw leadership and engagement emerge from students who hadn't previously displayed these skills.
"In this project we created a game, but what we really learned is that the Silk Road was as much about sharing cultures and ideas as about making money."


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You Are Here : Home - Upper Hutt City Council / Your Council/ Our city / Our history and heritage
Our Coat of Arms
Our brand-identity
Upper Hutt derives its name from an English Member of Parliament, Sir William Hutt, who was a director of the New Zealand Company (formed in the late 1830s) that organised the settlement of the Wellington and Hutt Valley areas beginning with the arrival of the first immigrant ships from 1840. Early Maori names for the river were Te-Awa-Kairangi and Heretaunga.
Upper Hutt was settled right at the beginning of the European colonisation of Wellington. Richard Barton, its first resident, arrived in 1840 on the "Oriental", the second of what is known as the first four ships. He made his home at Trentham in 1841 in the area now known as Bartons Bush. The first town settler was James Brown in 1848.
Upper Hutt was originally part of the Hutt County, constituted in 1877. On 24 April 1908, it was proclaimed a Town Board and the first seven Commissioners were farmer GI Benge (first chairman), milkman RH Williams, farmers A Martin and JT Craig, butcher WR Keys, builder J Harrison and painter FH Wilkie. The first secretary was AJ McCurdy, an outstanding character in this areas local politics. He became first Mayor when Upper Hutt became a Borough on 26 February 1926.
On 28 May 1966 it was proclaimed a city. The northern areas of Remutaka Riding of Hutt County were brought into the city on 1 April 1973 to give Upper Hutt the second largest land area of any New Zealand city. It grew in size again on 1 November 1988 when the former Heretaunga-Pinehaven Riding was incorporated upon the abolition of the Hutt County Council. Exactly a year later the City of Upper Hutt as it is today was constituted with the abolition of the Heretaunga/Pinehaven District Community Council.
The Coat of Arms for the City was granted by the Royal College of Arms (London) in 1978 by Letters Patent. This means that the coat of arms is protected and cannot be used without Council's authority which must be in terms of the laws of arms.
The arms are made up of a shield, a crest, supporters, and a motte scroll. In front of the rock in the Crest, a New Zealand Falcon is portrayed. The New Zealand Falcon (Bush Hawk – Karearea) was very prevalent in the Upper Hutt Valley in earlier times and some still survive in the area. It preys on the forest birds including the pigeon depicted in the Arms and is described as probably the most fearless of all this country's native birds.
The two birds in the Shield are Pigeons (Hemiphaga Novaeseelandiae) also representing the early bird life in the Valley's bush, also in existence. The wavy band is a representation of the Hutt River and indicates its importance in the City of Upper Hutt.
The bottom portion shows a Totara tree (Podocarpus Totara) which symbolises the original vegetation that abounded on the Valley floor. Some are still preserved in Trentham Memorial Park and in early days many of these trees in the valley measured in metres across the butt and were a hundred feet in height before a branch appeared from the trunk.
Finally, the Motto translated into English means "Nothing higher nor more beautiful". This was chosen to record that the City has special physical features and a lovely setting.
The mountainous nature of some of the terrain (the City boundaries extend to the top of the Rimutakas and Akatarawas), the presence of the hills and trees that form so many of the views, the close affinity of the City and farm, and the varied beauty of the river valleys, form a combination within the City boundaries which is most unusual and could well be unique in the context of world Cities.
The Council's advisors on the question of the adoption of the Motto felt that it was not appropriate to indulge in superlatives, and what has emerged is not an extravagant claim but a simple justified statement.
The Royal College of Arms also granted a City badge. The badge is placed on property of the Council and used for less formal situations. It consists of a New Zealand Pied Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) tail erect and expanded and perched on a twig within a circlet of gold chain.
The City in 1982 produced, with the consent of the New Zealand Herald, a flag to be flown on appropriate occasions. One is on permanent display in Council Chambers and another is flown outside the Civic Administration Building during office hours. It consists of the City colours (gold across maroon quarters) with the shield in the middle.
In conjunction with a new website in June 2019, we also introduced new logos for Upper Hutt, Council, our libraries, and H2O Xtream. The new logos were designed to be more accessible than the former 'postage stamp' logo and to better reflect the balance of community and lifestyle as a connected city. Upper Hutt is a city that has the benefits of a close knit suburban community and open spaces, nature and parks (lifestyle). A 'U device' was developed as part of this identity to celebrate the connectedness and balance of our community and lifestyle.
The logo family, with bespoke variations of the U device for Upper Hutt Libraries and H2O Xtream, was rolled out on the new websites and some other digital-only applications.
As we were considering our next steps this year we felt that it was a perfect opportunity to incorporate a bilingual approach as part of our response to the Treaty of Waitangi, to embrace our heritage, and increase our promotion for the use of Te Reo in the community.
The process of determining the names and applying these to the logos has included consultation and advice from our iwi partners and/or Kaitakawaenga Kaupapa Māori (Māori Liaison). Based on these discussions, we have resolved the translations for our business centres as Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta for Council, and Ngā Puna Mātauranga o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta for Upper Hutt Libraries. Because H2O Xtream is a brand name in and of itself, there is no specific translation, so we've resolved it as H2O Xtream ki Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta.
The Māori translation of Upper Hutt takes its inspiration from Te Awa Kairangi, the oldest name for the Hutt River, attributed to Kupe, the first Polynesian explorer to come to this area.
Te Awa Kairangi fits our city's narrative the best, as one that is teeming with life and possibility, as well as acknowledging our surroundings and the beautiful vista upon which this city is set. The river unites us.
Just as Upper Hutt is linked with Hutt City, it is practical for our Māori names to align to each other as well. To do this, we have added the location word 'Uta', preceded by the particle 'ki'. 'Uta', by definition, locates anything that is inland, from a coastal perspective, or at the interior of a country or island.
We've considered how we can make things as simple as possible, and avoid repetition where we can. We have resolved this bilingual partnership in the logos below. These new logos will start to appear in our communications and marketing as well as city and Council assets such as signs and vehicles as they come up for replacement.
UPPER HUTT RECOLLECT is the free interactive database for the Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections. It provides easy online access to a rich store of heritage material relating to Upper Hutt City, its people, and events.
Browse more than 26,000 documents, photos, and publications that document the history of our city.
Arts Culture and Heritage Strategy


In many respects stand-up comedy has hardly changed in the last thousand years. A man – and, sorry, it has generally been a man, although this is now changing – attempts to make a group of people laugh with an infectious cocktail of wit, wisdom, and maybe some wordplay and charisma. He might even wear a funny hat.
Money may well change hands at some stage – usually at the start of the evening. It has been noted that there is an interesting similarity between stand-up comedy gigs and prostitution. In both cases the 'punter' pays to have an emotional response in the company of someone they may not know personally and may never see again.
Long before comedy became a part of show business, it was already part of our culture. Modern comedy has its roots in ancient pagan rites that some experts believe even predate Liverpudlian legend Ken Dodd telling his first gag about the Inland Revenue.
It is remarkable how societies all over the world developed their own brand of humour which was both different and at the same time strikingly similar.
Native Americans, for example, believed in a comedic fertility character known as Kokopelli, a hunchbacked figure with a huge erection carrying a bag of seeds. Kokopelli would go around playing pranks on villagers, who would laugh so much that they would not notice him ravishing their women before moving on to another village the following night and doing the same thing.
The clown has always had tacit permission to defy or simply ignore convention. In the Middle Ages, jesters were able to speak their mind in the monarch's court. They were society's safety valve, a controlled way of expressing discontent. From Pueblo Indians mocking sacred ceremonies to a modern circus clown squirting water at the audience, comedy breaks down barriers.
Stewart Lee would start his 2005 show '90s Comedian by drawing a chalk circle on the stage to stand in. This, he explained, was what medieval clowns used to do outside churches to protect themselves from being persecuted for heresy.
By the 1800s, a career in comedy was an established way of earning a living. The first great modern clown was Joseph Grimaldi, a performer who always wanted to entertain, but never offend.
In The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, author Andrew McConnell Stott recalls how one contemporary tried to besmirch Grimaldi's reputation for reliability by billing him in the line-up of a London show when he knew he was working in Birmingham. The clown got wind of the plot and after a breathless 100-mile, 19-hour journey by stagecoach made it onstage just in time.
Yet the strain of staying at the top took its toll, as it would do to many after him. Grimaldi suffered from depression and died in poverty and pain due to the damage caused to his body by his slapstick acrobatics.
His legacy is the idea of the 'sad clown' who makes everyone laugh but goes home alone and cries himself to sleep. One should adopt an air of gravitas when talking of Grimaldi's fate, as a reminder that making people laugh is a serious business.
But this is comedy, and the bluffer should not dwell on the more morbid aspects of the profession. In the Victorian era, comedians were superstars, packing out music halls.
You should demonstrate your inside knowledge by referring to Little Tich by his real name, Harry Relph. Tich was only four feet six inches tall and had six fingers on each hand. He was famous for his 'big-foot' dance in which he cavorted around in shoes that were two feet long. Tich would balance on them, strut around on them and even hide behind them.
The bluffer must also mention Dan Leno, a man who entertained Queen Victoria in her dotage and was given a diamond tiepin by King Edward and nicknamed the 'King's Jester'.
The first recognisably modern British comedian, however, was Max Miller. The Brighton-born entertainer was what was known as a 'front-of-cloth' comedian. He would stand in the footlights and fire out fusillades of jokes and stories, while the curtain was down and the set rearranged for the next variety act.
From the 1930s to the 1950s, Miller was a hugely popular household name, dominating live comedy. His outfits certainly made this stand-up stand out. Multicoloured brogues, plus fours, kipper ties, trim silk jackets and tight-fitting trilbies made him look part travelling salesman, part circus clown. Miller was much loved by the public; if he was appearing in London and the show ran late, the guards at Victoria Station would hold the Brighton Express for him.
This 'saloon bar Priapus', as he was dubbed by playwright John Osborne, never actually swore. Everything was left to his audience's imagination. There was something delightfully conspiratorial about his act.
If Grimaldi created the 'sad-clown' legend, Miller added 'short arms, long pockets' to the modern comedian's psychological CV.
Miller had a reputation for being somewhat tight-fisted. Contemporaries joked that he was so mean that late in his career he was said to still have the first shilling he had ever earned. He was a past master at avoiding paying up when he lost a wager and was known to rush out of theatres straight after the curtain had come down without offering the band their traditional tip.
But as TV grew in popularity, Miller's days at the top were numbered. There was something about his persona that did not translate to the new medium. The camera did not embrace him the way audiences did, or the way it would embrace Morecambe and Wise a decade later. It is hard to say exactly why Miller did not cross over onto the small screen. It was nothing to do with his act having to be tamed for TV, as some have suggested. Like Jimmy Carr or Frank Skinner today, Miller could be just as quick-witted without resorting to his 'blue book'.
Maybe he was just slightly too old. By the time TV came along as a major force, he was already in his fifties. Music hall was dying and he had nowhere else to go. He was keenly aware that he was the last of a certain breed: 'When I'm dead and gone, the game's finished,' he once said. And as far as music hall went, he was right. In 1958 he suffered a heart attack and, though he continued to perform, he took life more easily before going to the great gig in the sky in 1963.
Yet Miller paved the way for a generation of comedians who would become stars on TV as well as stage. Make sure you mention the lesser-known Arthur Haynes, who went from stage to screen, finding fame with his tramp character (his sidekick for a while was one of comedy's longest-serving straight men, Nicholas Parsons).
Tony Hancock also went from live shows to sitcom fame, but everyone knows his tragic tale; Haynes will score you more points.
Light entertainment soon ruled the airwaves: Morecambe and Wise, Bob Monkhouse (who as a Dulwich College schoolboy would hang around by the stage door and try to sell jokes to Miller), Frankie Howerd and Tommy Cooper. And, lest we forget, there was also radio, with Spike Milligan and The Goons.
A generation made the leap from stage to screen. TV did not kill off stand-up; it brought it to a whole new audience. Comedy was a truly international phenomenon, from Lenny Bruce and Milton Berle in the USA to Beyond The Fringe in the UK featuring Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.
Comedy in the 1960s had a new confidence and irreverence. Old values were replaced. At Peter Cook's Establishment Club in Soho, jokes were made about royalty and prime minister Harold Macmillan, who was portrayed as a doddery old fool.
Cook, who remains to this day the sine qua non of brilliant satirists, was his own tough act to follow. A dashing, handsome, sharp-witted superstar in the 1960s, he never lost his wit and ability.
However, in the early 1970s he lost his direction, hosting a BBC chat show, Where Do I Sit?, which was so derided it was taken off the air mid-series and replaced by a new chat show hosted by a young journalist called Michael Parkinson.
But by the second half of the 1970s, comedy was in need of a revamp. Monty Python's Flying Circus, once so radical, had gone from being a late-night cult sketch show to a prime-time success, with John Cleese having an even greater hit with Fawlty Towers.And stand-up comedy was anything but cutting-edge.
It was personified by the mother-in-law gags of the frilly-shirted, bow-tied brigade led by the likes of Bernard Manning, Frank Carson and Mike 'Wallop' Reid on Granada Television's quick-fire series The Comedians. The programme was cannily edited, fast with rapid cuts from gag to gag, so that viewers would not realise how wince-inducingly corny the acts really were in anything but the smallest of doses.
At the end of the decade, a change was in the air. A new stand-up revolution was brewing in the back streets of London's Soho. Without the heavy reliance on observations about racial differences and mother-in-laws, it would be called 'alternative comedy'. And we should all be thankful it came around when it did.
For the bigger, even more incomplete history of comedy, purchase The Bluffer's Guide to Stand-Up Comedy® immediately.


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The grass family (Poaceae) is one of the largest and most cosmopolitan of the flowering plant families of the world comprising more than 10,000 species. Grasses are found almost everywhere (even Antarctica). They are adapted to a wide range of climatic and soil conditions, and grow in habitats ranging from deserts to freshwater and marine environments. Grasses form a major component of many vegetation communities e.g. grasslands, steppe, prairie and savannas.
Grasses are the most important plant family for humans. They provide a source of food (wheat, oats, maize, rice, sugarcane) and most of the grazing for wild and domesticated animals. Grass-use pervades all aspects of human endeavor: building materials, artistic pursuits, sports and leisure activities. New uses of grasses are still being found e.g. for environmental management. Humans have used grasses in a multiplicity of ways over a great period of time.
Native grasses are an important and integral component of many vegetation communities; therefore they have an important role to play in rehabilitation and revegetation programs. Grasses have fibrous root systems and they can hold soil together and reduce erosion. Certain grass species can be used to prevent soil erosion on unstable surfaces such as beach sands (Thuarea involuta) and riparian areas (Arundinella nepalensis).
Australian grasses provide food and shelter for many Australian birds and animals. The seeds of many native grasses are important components in the diet of several granivorous parrots and finches (Alloteropsis semialata, Chrysopogon fallax, Eragrostis species, Heteropogon triticeus, Sarga plumosum, Setaria surgens), and the bulbous bases of some grasses are a food source for a number of native animals (Alloteropsis semialata, Chrysopogon fallax). The leaves of many species of grasses are used for nest and burrow linings for many Australian birds, animals and reptiles; also some grass species (Sarga plumosum, Themeda triandra) are the main component in the diet of many Australian herbivores.
In Australia there are over 1300 species of grass including non-native grasses. In the Townsville region there are more than 220 grass species, 160 of these are native. Twelve species have been selected for inclusion in the report Native Grasses for Revegetation in the Townsville region. The choice of these species was based on a number of factors:
annuals to long-lived perennials
variable heights
variable environmental requirements
availability of seeds
germination knowledge
availability of seedlings
Planning is one of the most important aspects of any revegetation effort and the decision whether or not to use Australian native grasses is an integral part of this process. Most grasses grow best in full sun or partial shade and revegetation sites need to be prepared to give the new grasses the best possible chance of survival.
Although Australian native grass species are considered as being low input and low maintenance, this should not be confused with "zero" management. In many revegetation sites there may be a number of introduced or weed grasses which superficially look similar to native species, particularly seedlings. This is especially relevant in riparian areas where higher nutrient and moisture levels mean there are probably dense stands of non-native grasses. For this reason, getting to know the grass species on the site is very important.
Most Australian native grasses do not have the ability to compete with robust, non-native grasses e.g. Guinea Grass (Megathyrsus maximus), therefore it is best for the site to be free of these weedy species, or the site must be regularly maintained.
Selection of appropriate native grasses for a particular site will depend on the proposed use of the area e.g. erosion control. Some grass species can grow in a wide range of habitats and on a wide range of soil types.
Suggested Native Grass Species for the Dry Tropics region
Suggested native grass species for some habitats are listed below:
12 Grass Species
Twelve species have been selected for inclusion in the report Native Grasses for Revegetation in the Townsville region.
Riparian grasses
Arundinella nepalensis – Reed Grass
Enneapogon robustissimus – Nineawn Grass
Eragrostis elongata – Clustered Lovegrass
Sarga plumosum – Plume Sorghum
Setaria surgens – Pigeon Grass
Open woodland grasses
Alloteropsis semialata – Cockatoo Grass
Chrysopogon fallax – Golden Beard Grass
Cymbopogon bombycinus – Silky Oilgrass, Silky Heads, Citronella Grass
Heteropogon triticeus – Giant Speargrass
Themeda triandra – Kangaroo Grass
Wetland grasses
Ischaemum australe – Large Bluegrass
Beach grasses
Thuarea involuta – Tropical Beachgrass, Bird's Beak Grass
Native plant nurseries in the Burdekin Dry Tropics and adjacent
Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc (Townsville)
http://www.cdtli.org.au/
Thompson street, Mundingburra, Queensland
Open Friday morning 800-1400
office@cdtli.org.au
Girringun (Cardwell)
http://girringun.com.au/
235 Victoria street Cardwell Qld 4849
Open Monday to Thursday 0900-1600
bio@girringun.com.au
Lower Burdekin Landcare Association (Ayr)
http://www.lowerburdekinlandcare.org.au/
Kennedy Street, Ayr, Queensland
8.30 am-15.30 am Every Wednesday
9 am-11.30 am on the 1st Saturday morning of each month
secretary@lowerburdekinlandcare.org.au
Whitsunday Catchment Landcare (Proserpine)
Community Native Tree Nursery
Kelsey Creek Road, Proserpine
Open Tuesday & Thursday morning 0900-1200
And the first Saturday of each month 0900-1200
coordinator@whitsundaylandcare.org.au
Conservation Volunteers Australia (Townsville)
http://conservationvolunteers.com.au/contact-us/office-locations/queensland/townsville/
Rowes Bay Sustainability Centre
56 Cape Pallarenda Road, Rowes Bay
Open Friday morning 0800-1400
townsville@cva.com.au
Revegetation Contractors (Townsville)
http://www.reveg.com.au/
Street Address: 523 Hervey Range Road, Bohle Plains Qld 4817
Wholesale Nursery operating hours are 8.00am to 3pm, Monday to Friday, appointment only.
reveg@reveg.com.au
Native Grasses for Revegetation in the Townsville region
AusGrass2 – Grasses of Australia
Gardner CA (1952) Flora of Western Australia Vol. 1, Part 1. In 'Gramineae'. (Government Printer:Perth)
Jacobs SWL, Whalley RDB, Wheeler DJB (2008) 'Grasses of New South Wales (Fourth Edition).' (University of New England: Armidale)
Sharp D, Simon BK (2002) AusGrass: grasses of Australia. CD-ROM, Version 1.0. (Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra, and Environmental Protection Agency: Brisbane)
Simon BK (1993) 'A Key to Australian Grasses.' (Qld Dept Primary Industries: Brisbane)
Tothill JC, Hacker JB (1983) 'The grasses of southern Queensland.' (University of Queensland Press:St Lucia)


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package edu.afs.subsystems.launcherSubsystem;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.command.Subsystem;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Encoder;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Victor;
import edu.afs.robot.RobotMap;

/**
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 * @author User
 */
public class LauncherSubsystem extends Subsystem {
    // Put methods for controlling this subsystem
    // here. Call these from Commands.
    //TODO: Determine thresholds on launcher hardware.
    private static final int UPPER_MOTOR_CUTOFF_THRESHOLD = 400;
    private static final int LOWER_MOTOR_CUTOFF_THRESHOLD = 20;
    private static final double LOW_SPEED_SCALE_FACTOR = 0.1;
    private static final double MEDIUM_SPEED_SCALE_FACTOR = 0.5;
    private static final double HIGH_SPEED_SCALE_FACTOR = 1.0;

    static LauncherSubsystem instance = null;
    Victor m_leftMotor;
    Victor m_rightMotor;
    Encoder m_launcherEncoder;

    public static LauncherSubsystem getInstance () {
        if (instance == null) {
            instance = new LauncherSubsystem();
        }
        return instance;
    }

    private LauncherSubsystem () {

        m_leftMotor = new Victor(RobotMap.LAUNCHER_LEFT_MOTOR_CHANNEL);
        m_rightMotor = new Victor(RobotMap.LAUNCHER_RIGHT_MOTOR_CHANNEL);
        m_launcherEncoder = new Encoder(RobotMap.LAUNCHER_ENCODER_MODULE,
                                        RobotMap.LAUNCHER_ENCODER_A_CHANNEL,
                                        RobotMap.LAUNCHER_ENCODER_MODULE,
                                        RobotMap.LAUNCHER_ENCODER_B_CHANNEL,
                                        false);

        // Assume launcher starts in reset position. Set encoder count to zero.
        m_launcherEncoder.reset();
        // Start encoder count.
        m_launcherEncoder.start();
        resetLauncher();
    }

    public void fireLauncher(){
        if(m_launcherEncoder.get() <= UPPER_MOTOR_CUTOFF_THRESHOLD){
            //TODO: Determine motor speed on both launcher motors - ramp up.
            //m_leftMotor.set(??????);
           // m_rightMotor.set(???????);
        }
    }

    public void resetLauncher(){
        if(m_launcherEncoder.get() >= LOWER_MOTOR_CUTOFF_THRESHOLD){
            //TODO: Determine motor speed on both launcher motors - ramp up.
            //m_leftMotor.set(??????);
            // m_rightMotor.set(???????);
        }

    }

    public int getLauncherPosition(){
       return m_launcherEncoder.get();
    }

    public void initDefaultCommand() {
        //TODO:Send launcher position to OI.
    }
}

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Check Out This Featurette On How Disney Turned An LA Studio Into The Jungle Book World
By Zach Blumenfeld | April 28, 2016 | 4:08pm
Movies Video Disney
Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book is just the latest success in what has been an outstanding year for Disney—from The Force Awakens to Zootopia to the upcoming Captain America: Civil War, the House of Mouse has rarely been more dominant. And when you've got the deepest pockets and best track record in the industry, you can afford to do things like take an empty warehouse in Los Angeles and turn it into the Indian jungle.
In the above featurette, various cast and crew from The Jungle Book talk a little bit about how that process happened, and you can see behind-the-scenes footage of what everything looked like before the visual effects were added. Essentially, it's a lot of Neel Sethi as Mowgli running around, interacting with stuffed animals, and at one point being passed down a line of men wearing blue morph suits—almost as creepy as being passed down a line of monkeys, which is what the aforementioned scene becomes in the film.
It's truly amazing to see what movie magic can accomplish. Kudos to Favreau and the Disney team for going big on this one.
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is a Japanese monthly magazine based in Tokyo, Japan.

History and profile
Bungei Shunjū was started by writer Kikuchi Kan (1888–1948) in 1923. The name of the magazine and publishing house came from the title of the literary review column in the magazine Shinchō by Kan. Bungei Shunjū is published on a monthly basis. The magazine's stance is described as conservative, with strong support for the emperor. The headquarters of the magazine is in Tokyo.

Bungei Shunjū covers a wide range of topics from politics to sports. Each issue usually contains about 30 articles by politicians, researchers, journalists or non-fiction writers. It is claimed that the magazine never features articles by members of  the Japanese Communist Party or the Social Democratic Party but this is actually false as there are some exceptions. It has published writing by Takako Doi, former leader of the Japan Socialist Party, in September 2005, and by Tetsuzo Fuwa, the chairman of the secretariat of the JCP, when the Soviet Union collapsed.

In 1974 Bungei Shunjū published an article concerning bribery allegations regarding the then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. Following the event he was arrested in 1976.

The magazine grants literary awards every year. The February issues announces recipients of . In the March and September issues the Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935, recipients are announced; in June issues the Ohya non-fiction prize; in July issues the recipients of the Matsumoto Seichō prize; and the December issues announce recipients of the Kikuchi Kan prize which was started by the magazine in 1939. The prize is named for Kikuchi Kan who is the founder of the magazine.

In 2006 Bungei Shunjū sold 620,850 copies.

References

External links
 Official site (Japanese)
 Official Blog (Indonesian)

1923 establishments in Japan
Conservative media in Japan
Conservative magazines
Literary magazines published in Japan
Magazines established in 1923
Magazines published in Tokyo
Monthly magazines published in Japan
Political magazines published in Japan


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And then nothing happens (there being no X window is indeed "on purpose").
I've left this running for 30 minutes but there was no progress so I ctrl+c it.
this could just be a default "indexing is not configured" error, or caused by me asking for index.html which doesn't exist of course. I noticed that models.gazebosim.org does work (but as I'm not an expert Gazebo user I don't know whether the two point to the same resources).
I guess the question is: is there some way to ascertain the status of gazebosim.org/models so we can gauge whether it makes sense to keep waiting for gzserver to complete the downloads?
I know this question has been asked before, before (#q6870, #q6347 and others), but seeing as there is a web server involved, those older questions (and their answers) might not be applicable any more, so here is a new one.
I know this question has been asked before (#q6870, #q6347 (#q6870, #q6347 and others), but seeing as there is a web server involved, those older questions (and their answers) might not be applicable any more, so here is a new one.
I know this question has been asked before (#q6870, #q6347 and others), but seeing as there is a web server involved, those older questions (and their answers) might not be applicable any more, so here is a new one.
Starting gazebo --verbose results in an unresponse GUI with a black window and the same (similar) output on the console.
This is on a clean internet connection: no proxies, no caching proxies, no NAT, nothing.
I know this question has been asked before (#q6870, #q6347, #q18009 and others), but seeing as there is a web server involved, those older questions (and their answers) might not be applicable any more, so here is a new one.


The pilot program did not pay for any mental health treatment or other medical treatment. The pilot program did not collect any fees from participants to defray the cost of the program. Nor did the pilot program pay for any mental health treatment for participants. Conservatively, we estimate that were a MH/Vet court to have to pay for mental health treatment, the cost of those services would be on the order of $100,000 per year, per court.
Given that the goal of the bill is to create a statewide system, we believe it would be necessary to create a position of statewide coordinator to manage and serve these courts. That position would cost approximately $60,000 per year.
Given the financial circumstances of the state and its citizens, and given the fact that many likely participants would be indigent, we do not expect that fee revenue from the courts would be sufficient to offset these in a meaningful way.
As noted, the estimates are made by extrapolating the costs of a prior pilot program.
This fiscal note was compiled with the help of Jennifer Singletary, Interim Director of Mental Hygiene Services; Cammie Chapman, Director of Court Services; Stephanie Bond, Director of Probation Services; and Sue Troy, Director of Financial Services.


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Sydney Fossum
Sydney Glenn Fossum was born on November 13, 1909 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to George and Olive Fossum. He attended the Northern State Teachers College in South Dakota, and then studied at the Minneapolis School of Art from 1929-1933, where he received a BFA degree. He married Bernice (Bunny) Olson in 1932. He participated in government-sponsored art programs during the 1930s, including the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). He was very active politically and socially during this period, and was involved with the Minnesota Artists Union, which changed its name to the United American Artists of Minnesota – Local 86 in 1939, and he was elected president of the organization that year. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. Following the war, he held numerous teaching positions at institutions around the country, including: Minneapolis School of Art, 1945-50; Washington University, 1950-51; Des Moines Art Center, 1953-57; University of Nevada (summers), 1957 and 1958; Minnetonka Art Center, late 1960's. He also was the Director of the Duluth Art Institute from 1960 to 1962. He died in San Francisco in February 1978.
Syd Fossum won exhibition awards during his career, taking prizes at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and at the Minnesota State Fair during the 1930s. His work was exhibited in a number of one-man and group shows throughout his lifetime. He worked in a variety of media, and created drawings, oil and watercolor paintings, screen prints and lithographs. Fossum also did not limit the subject matter of his work, which has included satirical group character studies, somber portraits, city scenes, and pastoral landscapes.
Sydney Glenn Fossum, The Meeting, Oil on canvas, Overall: 36 x 48in. (91.4 x 121.9cm), Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sydney Glenn Fossum, Corner Grocery, Serigraph, Overall: 20 x 30in. (50.8 x 76.2cm), Courtesy of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Sydney Glenn Fossum, Fair Deal Food Market, Oil on canvas, 20.25 x 28.25 in. (51.4 x 71.8 cm), Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sydney Glenn Fossum, Neighborhood Grocery, Oil on canvas, Overall: 23 1/2 x 33in. (59.7 x 83.8cm), Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sydney Glenn Fossum, Self Portrait, Oil on canvas, Overall: 32 x 27in. (81.3 x 68.6cm), Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sydney Glenn Fossum, Residences below tenth St. Bridge, Minneapolis, Oil on canvas, 30 x 41 in. (76.2 x 104.1 cm), Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota
RABAT 2009


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Awarding ceremony Palau-Japan Goodwill Yacht race held at Marine Café Vita
by Island Times January 17, 2020 June 11, 2020
To celebrate the successful conclusion of the Palau-Japan Goodwill Yacht Race, an awarding ceremony was held at Marine Café Vita on Wednesday January 15th. The ceremony drew a large crowd ranging from high-ranking government officials, the committee from Japan who helped conduct the yacht race, the participants, researchers who were on board the Miraie vessel, and spectators from Palau as well as Japan.
In the opening remarks, chairman of the Yacht Race Kohta Fujiki mentioned that crew members of the yachts went through their own individual struggle from Japan to Palau. He added that he constantly checked his email to find out the statuses of the yacht and ensure their safety to the finish line.
Additionally, through the orders of President Tommy E. Remengesau, officers also provided assistance to the participants of the yacht race. In the end all the yachts came to Palau safely and Chairman Fujiki stated that "I feel that this yacht race accomplished more goodwill for Japan and Palau."
Upon the distribution of the awards, all the yachts were given a certificate of completion. Moreover, in accordance to a specific format called the PXRF handicap system the winners are listed as follows: 3rd place Team Trekki, 2nd place Team Altair 3, and 1st place Team Thetis. When they were given their awards, each team showed their appreciation and gave thanks in their speeches.
Other awards included the "First Home" Award which was given to Altair 3. Team Trekki was also awarded for their contribution to the MIRAIE micro plastic research and were deemed Guardians of the Ocean Environment by JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology).
While Palau walked away with "Best Role Call" Award for the consistent role calls to the committee as well as the government of Palau for some of the difficulties that they faced during the race and the award is also to recognize Team Palau's efforts in making it to the finish line despite many problems that came their way.
Ediloi Seklii represented her team by saying that they did face a lot of problems while on board, but in the end they made it safe. She expressed her gratitude to the organizing committee for their hard work in assisting them and extended her thanks to everyone present during the awarding ceremony.
Certificate of appreciations were given to the officers and government sectors for their aide in the yacht race. During his open remark speech, Chairman Fujiki said that "Even though it's one piece of paper, a lot of thoughts of appreciation were put into this" Also, the youth who boarded the MIRAIE vessel were recognized and given gifts for their participation in ocean research with JAMSTEC.
Overall, all of the parties that were involved with the organization of this yacht race thought that it was a huge success. In his speech President Tommy Remengesau showed his appreciation to those involved with making the event a success and added that this event truly showcased the friendship between both countries.
Towards the end of his speech he said that "the most important lesson to take from this is that the ocean does not separate us, but connects us together. We can always do things that bring us together as good friends." (Telbakes Yano)
Inaugural Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race set to sail to Palau
Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race to kick off December 2019
Team Palau yacht comes in 3rd in the Palau-Japan Friendship Yacht Race; manned by 4 local crew members
Tagged: Japan, Palau


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Q: Vue 3 Composition API - Props default and DOM inside lifecycle methods I have a Vue component inside a NuxtJS app and I'm using the @nuxtjs/composition-api.
I have this component which is a <Link> component and I would like to make the code clearer.

*

*I have a computed property that determines to color of my UiIcon from iconColor, iconColorHover, IconActive. But most importantly, I want to set it to a specific color if I have a disable class on my root component. It works like that but it doesn't look too good I believe.

*I found out that undefined is the only value that I can use to take UiIcon default props if not defined. Empty string like '' would make more sense to more but it's considered as a valid value. I would have to do some ternary conditions in my UiIcon and I'd like to avoid that.
<template>
  <div ref="rootRef" class="row">
    <UiIcon
      v-if="linkIcon"
      :type="linkIcon"
      :color="linkIconColor"
      class="icon"
    />
    <a
      class="link"
      :href="linkHref"
      :target="linkTarget"
      :rel="linkTarget === 'blank' ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
      @mouseover="linkActive = true"
      @mouseout="linkActive = false"
    >
      <slot></slot>
    </a>
  </div>
</template>

<script lang="ts">
 import {
   defineComponent,
   computed,
   ref,
   toRefs,
   nextTick,
   onBeforeMount,
 } from '@nuxtjs/composition-api';
 import { Colors } from '~/helpers/styles';

 export default defineComponent({
  name: 'Link',
  props: {
   href: {
    type: String,
    default: undefined,
   },
   target: {
    type: String as () => '_blank' | '_self' | '_parent' | '_top',
    default: '_self',
   },
   icon: {
    type: String,
    default: undefined,
   },
   iconColor: {
    type: String,
    default: undefined,
   },
   iconHoverColor: {
    type: String,
    default: undefined,
   },
 },
 setup(props) {
   const { href, target, icon, iconColor, iconHoverColor } = toRefs(props);
   const linkActive = ref(false);
   const rootRef = ref<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);

   const writableIconColor = ref('');
   const linkIconColor = computed({
     get: () => {
       const linkDisabled = rootRef.value?.classList.contains('disabled');
       if (linkDisabled) {
         return Colors.DARK_GREY;
       }
       if (linkActive.value && iconHoverColor.value) {
         return iconHoverColor.value;
       }
       return iconColor.value;
     },
     set: (value) => {
       writableIconColor.value = value;
     },
   });

   onBeforeMount(() => {
     nextTick(() => {
       const linkDisabled = rootRef.value?.classList.contains('disabled');
       if (linkDisabled) {
         linkIconColor.value = Colors.DARK_GREY;
       }
     });
   });

   return {
     rootRef,
     linkHref: href,
     linkTarget: target,
     linkIcon: icon,
     linkIconColor,
     linkActive,
   };
  },
 });
</script>

A: *

*Implementing disabled status for a component means it will handle two factors: style (disabled color) and function. Displaying a disabled color is only a matter of style/css. implementing it in programmatical way means it'll take longer time to render completely on user's side and it'll lose more SEO scores. examine UiIcon's DOM from browser and override styles using Deep selectors.

If I were handling this case, I would have described the color with css and try to minimize programmatic manipulation of style.
<template>
  <div :disabled="disabled">
  </div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
  props: {
    disabled: {
      type: Boolean,
      default: false,
    }
  }
}
</script>
// it does not have to be scss.
// just use anything that's
// easier to handle variables.
<style lang="scss">
// I would normally import css with prepend option from webpack,
// but this is just to illustrate the usage.
@import 'custom-styles.scss';

&::v-deep button[disabled] {
  color: $disabled-color;
}
</style>

*attach validator function on the props object. it'll automatically throw errors on exceptions.

{
props: {
  icon: {
    type: String,
    default: "default-icon",
    validator(val) {
      return val !== "";
      // or something like,
      // return val.includes(['iconA', 'iconB'])
    },
  },
}
}


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There is no experience in the world – let alone Ireland – to compare with Royal County Down. Revered and feared in equal measure the course sits under the gaze of the Mourne Mountains and alongside Dundrum Bay. It boasts several terrifying blind shots, heather and gorse strewn dunes, bearded bunkers, greens like velvet, and a terrain of ever shifting surprises. It is magical and it is monstrous.
The hands of many of the greatest names in golf have left their imprint here. Old Tom Morris, Harry Vardon and Harry Colt have influenced how this course has come to be known as the world's greatest links and, while the course has evolved slowly, it still feels as if nothing has changed at all. It is timeless.
There are two loops of nine, with the front nine closer to the bay. Indeed, the opening three holes hug the shoreline before the signature par three 4th turns back and presents the Mourne Mountains backdrop in all its glory. Keep your tee shot on the green, 215 yards away (Medal tee), and you will be ecstatic.
Everything about Royal County Down is remarkable… every hole, every swing, every step, every second.
Favourite Hole: the par four 13th feels solitary and different, firing down a chute between gorse-laden shoulders. The approach to a slanting green may well be blind.
What's in the Bag? Find the fairway off the tee. If not, wave goodbye to par.


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Alencon Systems Receives Canadian and European Certification for SPOT Family of PV Optimizers
Product safety certification shows proof of compliance to both Canadian and European safety standards
Hatboro, PA – Alencon Systems LLC today announced that it has successfully gained Canadian and European certification for its newest SPOT – String Power Optimizer and Transmitter – family of products. The ETL Mark from Intertek certifies that samples of the product have been tested by an independent laboratory and meet the requirements of the applicable product safety standard. The new SPOT family of products meets the requirements of IEC 62109-1, the European Union's safety standard for the safety of power converters for use in photovoltaic power systems. Additionally, the SPOT family of products has been certified to meet the requirements of CSA C22.2#107.1, Canada's safety standard for power conversion equipment.
The SPOT is one of the largest ETL listed DC-DC optimizer for PV applications available on the market today and is now available for installation in every major PV market in the world.
The latest version of the SPOT features a more rugged, low profile design along with a number of unique power electronics features to allow both new and existing PV plants to generate more energy while also streamlining their operations and maintenance (O&M) activities. Alencon's SPOT can improve the yield of PV plants from anywhere 5 – 10% on average.
"Europe and Canada clearly major represent major commercial opportunities for the SPOT," says Alencon Systems' President Hanan Fishman. "Europe is a particularly exciting market for the SPOT as it has almost four times the amount of installed PV as the U.S. and the installed fleet is much older than the one found in the U.S."
"Generally speaking, the older a PV plant is, the greater the SPOT can improve its performance in terms of increased yield, improved safety and decreased on-going O&M costs," states Fishman.
Galvanic Isolation: Alencon's Unique Solution for Better PV Plant Performance
Alencon's SPOT provides complete galvanic isolation between PV strings and the inverter. This unique feature makes the SPOT an incredible tool for O&M because any arc or ground faults that occur with a PV string can be isolated from the rest of the solar system. Additionally, arc and ground faults can be quickly traced to the exact PV string where they are occurring which means maintenance can be more efficiently deployed and repairs can be safely done on one string while the rest of the PV plant continues to produce power.
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In addition to providing a number of energy production enhancing features such as granular MPPT, galvanic isolation and voltage step up, the SPOT is also a very unique PV plant performance monitoring tool. The SPOT offers continuous, wireless communication to a central aggregator, so the performance of a PV plant can be studied down to the string level. The SPOT is an Internet-of-Things (IoT) ready device. By applying the PV-IoT, the Photovoltaic Internet of Things, the SPOT allows PV plant owners to assure their assets are operating at peak performance.
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I should be home from Chicago. I hope.
Thanks for reading. And I'll post any info on anything interesting from the Library convention tomorrow.
I'm glad I don't have that responsibility. I'm sure I would accidentally lose it.
@Limax, sadly, so do I. Please, Alex, please, DO NOT SCREW THIS UP!! If Nastajia has no problem pushing you down a rock face, she can easily do more, even without the armor on.
By the way: Ha! I was about to go to bed when I checked DC again and Ding! Updated. Now there's a bigger smile on my face.
Alex: Oh! Gee! Thanks, Orion. No pressure or nothing.
I can imagine — with great dread — Nikki tearing it up into tiny little pieces out of disbelief and anger.
And now Alexander is destined to lose the pouch, no? Probably in some ridiculous, high improbable way.
– Also, love the comic!
I was just wondering about something – why is Orion the only one who can talk to the sword? Why does he know how and someone like the king of the mer people at Naroobi for example doesn't? And where did Orion get this knowledge from? Can Alex learn how to talk to the sword?
Will these questions be answered in the comic?
I think these questions are important, even if they are only answered indirectly, as they may reveal a lot about the story of this comic. But I might be the only one who thinks so.
1. DUDE! Put the pouch in the glove!
2. IRT Sythiar, DUDE! (DUDET?) He is an ancient of the centuars with knowledge of the "old ways" of the Native Americans.. you remember, speaking to the spirits.. like in the old westerns! He speaks to the spirit in the sword duh! 🙂 .. Just kidding but, thats my take on it!
I really hope he doesn't lose the pouch. That would almost be too much.
Does he have to hold it in his hand, or can he wear it around his neck so he doesn't drop it?
I can just see Nicodemus crashing this little party and making him lose the bag. Ugh.
I'm I just realised that all of this is pointing towards the idea that magic of some description is usable in the real world. If there is some sort of curse on Dan and the bag was created using magic from both worlds then maybe there will be some sort of real world quest to remove the curse using magic.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS BAG MAKE IT TO THE REAL WORLD!!!!!
Wow…I hadn't realized how much you guys might read into some of this.
I promise…Alexander does NOT lose the pouch.
I agree with Dannie. No pressure. Scott this is wonderful. I am really enjoying the strip.
Leftover = LOL! Good one.
Just noticed in the name of the pouch, Alik-chi. Alex chi? Probably nothing.
If you're reading this and you've already voted, then you can keep reading this.
If you're reading this and voting in a different window LOOK OUT, BEHIND YOU! Made ya look.
Alex, wanting to keep Dreamland to himself, forges the response on behalf of his brother. He maintains the ruse and gathers loyal followers, but is eventually discovered. The Centaurs try to reclaim the medicine bag, leading to a battle between Alex and the Centaurs. They search for and find another way to contact his brother, taking the battle into the waking world . . .
I am really tired of Alexander being such a tool. I hope he shapes up soon.
Cool, Daniel is taking the dream sequence under Nicole's supervision to prove he doesn't dream and will receive the message from Dreamland. They then undertake to get Daniel to Dreamland to play his part in this adventure.
What about Nicole and Felicity?
The good part is Alex won't lose the medicine bag; the bad part? There's some advertising on the slip of paper Orion gave to Dan(because advertising is everywhere nowadays).
This is Alex's first attempt at responsibility. I'm so proud of him!
Okay, so the bag will travel with Alex between the waking world and dreamland. What happens if Daniel (who doesn't dream at all, he's said) holds the bag when he sleeps?
Huh. It really seems like that's foreshadowing of Alex losing the bag. But we're told it's not, so it's not.
Just a note: Alex has blue teeth again in this comic.
I just began reading this about a week ago, and i can't get enough. ^_^ I've read everything twice.
There seems to be so many ways Alex can screw this thing up. The most likely is for him to read one or more of the messages. I am almost certain that will happen at some point. There's also the possibility he could be tempted to write something in there and pretend it was from the other person, after reading a message that bothers him somehow. Then he could lose the bag (although Scott has said that won't happen – whew).
In short, Alex is being handed responsibility.
Um… I understand how this could be useful to bring a message to Dan. However, I see no reason why Dan couldn't just write on an ordinary piece of paper, put it in an envelope, and have Alex hold the envelope when he falls asleep. I mean, he should appear in dreamland with whatever he's wearing or holding in his hands.
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Schooling and guns have also been at the centre of US media reports since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012, when 20 pupils and six teachers were fatally gunned down by Adam Lanza. Post his re-inauguration, President Barack Obama announced a plan designed to curb other school massacres, based on recommendations made by an anti-violence task force. The plan proposes detailed background checks prior to all gun sales and a total ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons. Such controversial suggestions in a country where there are an estimated 300 million guns in the hands of ordinary citizens will demand congressional approval.
However, other plans can be executed immediately under executive order, including establishing police 'resource officers', specially trained to respond quickly to threats at schools, stepping up the design of emergency response plans for education institutions, and making regular safety practice drills and inspections mandatory. The resource officers, along with psychologists and social workers, will be paid by a new US$150 million Comprehensive School Safety Fund that Obama wants put in place. The fund is part of a programme that will also pay for school safety equipment and the training of teachers to deal with crises. Obama's administration also seeks to allocate onetime grants of US$30 million to states to upgrade their emergency preparedness, and US$50 million to improve schools' climates and discipline and reward systems.
A central facet of Obama's plan is the proposed Project for Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education (AWARE), aimed at providing mental care to over 750 000 young people deemed to be 'at risk'. Meanwhile, thousands of teachers in Utah, Ohio and Arizona have taken advantage of gun lobby groups' offers of free tactical firearms training. Utah is one of a few states that allow people to carry licensed concealed weapons into public schools. And in Maine, David Burns, a state senator, has proposed a bill that would allow teachers and other school employees to carry concealed weapons on the job.