Section 1: "History, Physiology, and Behavior" discusses the natural history of the horse, including adaption, migration, and domestication, how horses became integral to human kind, the role of horses in society (war horses, law-enforcement horses, race horses), as well as animal welfare and the plight of wild and feral horses. The anatomy and physiology of the horse are detailed in discussions of the horse''s bodily systems, structure, senses, gait/movement, and coat and color patterns. In terms of behavior, the authors discuss the life cycle of the horse and reproduction, intelligence and trainability, and horse mentality and natural instincts.
In Section 2: "Breeds and Types," the authors trace the evolution of modern horse types from three known ancient ancestors and archaic types and extinct breeds. They describe the modern types of horses based on their particular looks and specific uses (Baroque, Cob, Hack, Hunter, Polo Pony and so forth). A detailed discussion of horse color follows, explaining the differences between each and what specific characteristics define each (buckskin, palomino, and pinto).
The extensive breed chapter offers portraits of approximately 175 breeds, alphabetically arranged, from the Abaco Barb to the Welsh Pony, including many rare and handsome breeds from around the world as well as favorites like the American Quarter Horse, the Shetland Pony and the Thoroughbred. Main entries provide alternative names, region of origins, brief history, and physical descriptions for each breed. Sidebars called "Breed in Brief" offer concise overviews of the lesser known breeds.
The popular hobby of horse riding is the focus of Section 3: "Activities with Horses," which describes English, western, and driving competition as well as rodeo, competitive trail riding, vaulting, polo, and other horse sports. Section 7: "Rider Instruction" continues the discussion on riding with chapters on riding instructions, safety and fitness as well as English and western riding skills.
In Section 4: "A New Horse" and Section 5 "Horsekeeping," the Bible becomes a primer for all horse owners offering detailed information about choosing the right horse for novice riders, families, and experienced riders and purchasing the horse and the proper equipment (saddles and bridles, boots, gear, and gadgets). The section concludes with chapters on transporting horses, stabling and boarding, and feeding and grooming. Section 6: "Health" discusses veterinary care and vaccines, recognizing the signs of a healthy animal, first aid for each area of the horse''s anatomy, hoof care, and winter wear. A complete chapter is dedicated to battling parasites and pests and avoiding poisonous plants in the horse''s environment. A chapter on alternative care completes the section.
Section 8:"Horse Training" focuses on various training philosophies and early handling, training lessons, solving training problems (leading, bolting, biting/nipping, rearing/buckling and shying).
Section 9: "Competition" is dedicated to horse shows and classes, preparation for various kinds of shows for both the horse and the rider, and what to expect at the show. These chapters are filled with priceless firsthand advice and pointers from the authors about how to succeed at each of these events.
Section 10: "Breeding Mares and Raising Foals" offers a complete overview of the reproduction of horses, with details on choosing a stallion, live cover versus artificial insemination, pregnancy, delivery, and care, imprinting, and handling of the young. Section 11: "The Senior Horse" discusses the horse''s golden years, signs of aging, nutrition and care, retirement from activities, and general care for aging animals. Horse owners will find symptoms and treatment for sixteen of the most common equine aliments (found in the appendix) to be of great utility, as are the resource section and complete index at the end of the volume.


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Please join Teddy Hannah-Drullard (They/She) and Jennifer Angelina Petro (She/her),Program Director at the SAGA Community Center, for a fun and informative Q&A!
They are both ready and willing to answer any questions you may have about their trans journeys. If there are any questions you'd like to ask anonymously, please feel free to email Jenn at [masked], and she will bring them to the workshop without your name attached.
Please invite your queer friends, allies, and anyone you think might benefit and enjoy this special presentation!
Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6559833799
Teddy Hannah-Drullard (They/She) is a Philadelphia native who just finished their bachelor's degree in English -- with concentrations in Gender Studies and Law -- at Kenyon College in rural Ohio. Their most recent projects include heading Kenyon's Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as its inaugural chair, achieving an associate's in vet tech, and providing representation for queer and trans people of color in the entertainment industry. In this space, no question is off limits for Teddy.
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Join Jules at SAGA for a workshop exploring sexual anatomy from an LGBTQIA+ centered perspective for ages 14+. What are the various erogenous zones and how do we access them? How can we find pleasure and joy in a time of high stress and global grief? Come learn all about bodies, toys, health, and self-pleasure!
Please bring your questions, or submit them anonymously here: bit.ly/AnonQBox
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Tavi's world: a place of worship and wonder
Tavi's world: a place of worship and wonder | August 26th, 2013 02:46 PM
Tavi's one of those people known by her first name, like Cher or Beyonce. What you might call an 'internet sensation', the teenage school girl found fame through her blog Rookie Style, which she started when she was 11-years-old. Known for her quirky fashion selfies (before selfies were a 'thing') and offbeat, irreverent reflections on life, Tavi Gevinson quickly became both a fashion icon and a symbol of her generation.
Tavi by Erica Parrott
Before long she was being invited to sit front row at Paris Fashion Week and faced the wrath and adoration of the establishment all at once. Now 17, and the editor-in-chief of online magazine for teens ROOKIE, Tavi is a wizened media star, but she hasn't let it get to her head.
With her English teacher Father Steve in the audience of the Melbourne Writer's Festival on Friday night, Tavi took the crowd of mostly floral-headpiece-wearing youth into her world for her keynote address. She spoke about moments of self-doubt, of knowing her success is entirely derivative and dependent on a myriad of pop culture references anyone could look up up on the internet.
It's at those times, she said, she's realised it's okay to be a "fan girl". In other words, it's ok to base your life around the people, movies, songs and experiences you find exude a kind of "strange magic". It's okay to obsessively write out Beyonce lyrics, or take pilgrimages to the Museum of Jurassic Technology (which Tavi's recently done), or scream at the sight of One Direction and to find magical connections between your experiences and art.
She spoke about how this constitutes her "religion", her "worship"—the thing that gives her life meaning. Everyone, she says, is a fan girl in some way or another. They might obsess about a person they can't have a relationship with, or re-watch a particular scene in a movie because it resonates so deeply with their experience. Whatever it is, people revolve their life around things other than themselves, in a kind of self-curating fashion.
Her keynote was an astonishingly honest reflection on the state of the human heart, of its natural bias towards worship, adoration and idealism, a bias most people are unaware of. But I suppose it was her absolute commitment to this process of worship, her "religion", which stood out. Her journals, which she'd scanned and projected on the festival screen were like maps documenting the obsessions and experiences of her life, 'aha moments' painstakingly documented in fine artliner and coloured marker pen. They were beautiful to behold, in the way that seeing anyone's thoughts swirl when no one is looking is. Seeing the world through Tavi's eyes is to see the world as a collection of things to curate, to wonder at. The passion and optimism of her vision is infectious. No doubt the take away for many, would've been: be passionate, love more, honour more. The question that's left is: where does this impulse come from?
See more of Tavi's world in this interview for Stylelikeu:
Illustration by Ericaparrott (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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An eight-lane track option has received favourable support for the Ballenas Track Upgrade Project. (File photo)
Committee favours 8-lane running track for Ballenas facility in Parksville
RDN to be approached for funding to support project
Michael Briones
The steering committee that was formed to work on the Ballenas Track Renewal Project strongly supports an eight-lane facility.
The committee, established by the District 69 (Qualicum) school board in September, met for the first time recenty and agreed to explore the maximum upgrade that can be achieved and then reduce the scale if needed. That was part of a report the steering committee presented to the school board at its meeting on Dec 17.
The committee pointed out that based on the review conducted by Koers Engineering, a six-lane track would cost $1,165,563 and for eight lanes, the price tag is $1,738,438.
Oceanside Track and Field, one of the local clubs that have been pushing for this projects, would be happy with six lanes.
The field events, however, would be hosted elsewhere.
An upgraded track with eight lanes could be an economic driver as it would be able to host major events.
The committee noted every track and field facility in B.C., other than Nanaimo, uses adjoining field, or off-site facilities for field events and decided to consider this option with some minor, and possibly temporary modifications.
READ MORE: Qualicum school district commits $200k towards Ballenas track upgrade
The Ballenas cinder track is currently in a state of disrepair.
Updates were done in 2005 with studies undertaken in 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2014. However, no progress was made to improve the dilapidated facility.
School District 69 has already committed $200,000 towards the project.
The board will approach other sources of funding that include the Regional District of Nanaimo, City of Parksville, and Town of Qualicum Beach, federal government grants, gaming funds, economic development grants, rural dividend fund, federal recreation infrastructure grants, community works fund, accessibility grants, corporate sponsorships, community benefactors, corporate goodwill via fundraising campaign, working off-line with community leaders including in government.
The school board has been asked to support in principle the steering committee's plan to build an eight-lane competition standard track at Ballenas with the final decision to come after reports from the committee on all implications including in relation to funding of both the construction and the ongoing maintenance of the track.
It was also recommended that the board of education write a letter to the RDN requesting funding support for the project in the amount of $500,000 with an indication of the board's desire to enter in a service agreement for ongoing maintenance and eventual track replacement.
The Ballenas Track Renewal Project committee has 18 members that consist of community, municipal, regional district, students, and school district officials and trustee.
It is chaired by Ballenas Secondary principal Rudy Terpstra. The other members are SD69 secretary treasurer Robn Amos, Parksville Chamber of Commerce executive director Kim Burden, PacificSport Vancouver Island executive director Drew Cooper, SD69 general manager of operations Chris Dempster, Ballenas Secondary student Juliette Desvaux, SD69 superintendent of schools Keven Elder, community representative Michael Garland, Town of Qualicum Beach councillor Scott Harrison, City of Parksville management Keeva Kehler, RDN management Hannah King, community representatives Kim and Randy Longmuir, RDN director Ed Mayne, City of Parksville councillor Doug O'Brien, Town of Qualicum Beach management Daniel Sailland, Oceanside Track and Field president Jane Waite and SD69 trustee Elaine Young.
If all goes well, the committee would like to see construction by spring of 2021 at the latest.
Michael.Briones@pqbnews.com
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Xunit;

namespace System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.Tests
{
    public class JoinBlockTests
    {
        [Fact]
        public void TestCtor2()
        {
            var blocks = new[]
            {
                new JoinBlock<int, string>(),
                new JoinBlock<int, string>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxNumberOfGroups = 1 }),
                new JoinBlock<int, string>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxMessagesPerTask = 1 }),
                new JoinBlock<int, string>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxMessagesPerTask = 1, CancellationToken = new CancellationToken(true), MaxNumberOfGroups = 1 })
            };
            foreach (var block in blocks)
            {
                Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: block.OutputCount);
                Assert.NotNull(block.Completion);
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public void TestCtor3()
        {
            var blocks = new[]
            {
                new JoinBlock<int, string, double>(),
                new JoinBlock<int, string, double>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxNumberOfGroups = 1 }),
                new JoinBlock<int, string, double>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxMessagesPerTask = 1 }),
                new JoinBlock<int, string, double>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxMessagesPerTask = 1, CancellationToken = new CancellationToken(true), MaxNumberOfGroups = 1 })
            };
            foreach (var block in blocks)
            {
                Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: block.OutputCount);
                Assert.NotNull(block.Completion);
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public void TestToString()
        {
            DataflowTestHelpers.TestToString(
                nameFormat => nameFormat != null ?
                    new JoinBlock<int, string>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions() { NameFormat = nameFormat }) :
                    new JoinBlock<int, string>());
            DataflowTestHelpers.TestToString(
                nameFormat => nameFormat != null ?
                    new JoinBlock<int, string, double>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions() { NameFormat = nameFormat }) :
                    new JoinBlock<int, string, double>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public void TestArgumentExceptions()
        {
            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => new JoinBlock<int, int>(null));
            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => new JoinBlock<int, int, int>(null));
            Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => { var ignored = new JoinBlock<int, int>().Target1.Completion; });
            Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => { var ignored = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>().Target3.Completion; });
            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => new JoinBlock<int, int>().Target1.Fault(null));
            AssertExtensions.Throws<ArgumentException>("messageHeader", () => new JoinBlock<int, int>().Target1.OfferMessage(default(DataflowMessageHeader), 1, null, false));
            AssertExtensions.Throws<ArgumentException>("consumeToAccept", () => new JoinBlock<int, int>().Target1.OfferMessage(new DataflowMessageHeader(1), 1, null, true));

            DataflowTestHelpers.TestArgumentsExceptions<Tuple<int, int>>(new JoinBlock<int, int>());
            DataflowTestHelpers.TestArgumentsExceptions<Tuple<int, int, int>>(new JoinBlock<int, int, int>());
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestPostThenReceive()
        {
            const int Iters = 3;

            var block2 = new JoinBlock<int, int>();
            for (int i = 0; i < Iters; i++)
            {
                block2.Target1.Post(i);
                block2.Target2.Post(i + 1);

                Tuple<int, int> msg = await block2.ReceiveAsync();
                Assert.Equal(expected: i, actual: msg.Item1);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 1, actual: msg.Item2);
            }

            var block3 = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>();
            for (int i = 0; i < Iters; i++)
            {
                block3.Target1.Post(i);
                block3.Target2.Post(i + 1);
                block3.Target3.Post(i + 2);

                Tuple<int, int, int> msg = await block3.ReceiveAsync();
                Assert.Equal(expected: i, actual: msg.Item1);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 1, actual: msg.Item2);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 2, actual: msg.Item3);
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestPostAllThenReceive()
        {
            int iter = 2;

            var block2 = new JoinBlock<int, int>();
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                block2.Target1.Post(i);
                block2.Target2.Post(i + 1);
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                Tuple<int, int> msg = await block2.ReceiveAsync();
                Assert.Equal(expected: i, actual: msg.Item1);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 1, actual: msg.Item2);
            }

            var block3 = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>();
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                block3.Target1.Post(i);
                block3.Target2.Post(i + 1);
                block3.Target3.Post(i + 2);
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                Tuple<int, int, int> msg = await block3.ReceiveAsync();
                Assert.Equal(expected: i, actual: msg.Item1);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 1, actual: msg.Item2);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 2, actual: msg.Item3);
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestSendAllThenReceive()
        {
            int iter = 2;
            Task<bool> t1, t2, t3;

            var block2 = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false });
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                t1 = block2.Target1.SendAsync(i);
                Assert.False(t1.IsCompleted);
                t2 = block2.Target2.SendAsync(i + 1);
                await Task.WhenAll(t1, t2);
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                Tuple<int, int> msg = await block2.ReceiveAsync();
                Assert.Equal(expected: i, actual: msg.Item1);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 1, actual: msg.Item2);
            }

            var block3 = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false });
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                t1 = block3.Target1.SendAsync(i);
                Assert.False(t1.IsCompleted);
                t2 = block3.Target2.SendAsync(i + 1);
                Assert.False(t2.IsCompleted);
                t3 = block3.Target3.SendAsync(i + 2);
                await Task.WhenAll(t1, t2, t3);
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < iter; i++)
            {
                Tuple<int, int, int> msg = await block3.ReceiveAsync();
                Assert.Equal(expected: i, actual: msg.Item1);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 1, actual: msg.Item2);
                Assert.Equal(expected: i + 2, actual: msg.Item3);
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public void TestOneTargetInsufficient()
        {
            var block2 = new JoinBlock<int, int>();
            block2.Target1.Post(0);

            Tuple<int, int> result2;
            Assert.False(block2.TryReceive(out result2));
            Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: block2.OutputCount);

            var block3 = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>();
            block3.Target1.Post(0);

            Tuple<int, int, int> result3;
            Assert.False(block3.TryReceive(out result3));
            Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: block3.OutputCount);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestPrecancellation2()
        {
            var b = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions {
                CancellationToken = new CancellationToken(canceled: true), MaxNumberOfGroups = 1
            });

            Assert.NotNull(b.LinkTo(DataflowBlock.NullTarget<Tuple<int, int>>()));
            Assert.False(b.Target1.Post(42));
            Assert.False(b.Target2.Post(43));

            Task<bool> t1 = b.Target1.SendAsync(42);
            Task<bool> t2 = b.Target2.SendAsync(43);
            Assert.True(t1.IsCompleted);
            Assert.False(t1.Result);
            Assert.True(t2.IsCompleted);
            Assert.False(t2.Result);

            Tuple<int, int> ignoredValue;
            IList<Tuple<int, int>>  ignoredValues;
            Assert.False(b.TryReceive(out ignoredValue));
            Assert.False(b.TryReceiveAll(out ignoredValues));
            Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: b.OutputCount);
            Assert.NotNull(b.Completion);
            b.Complete();

            await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => b.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestPrecancellation3()
        {
            var b = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions
            {
                CancellationToken = new CancellationToken(canceled: true),
                MaxNumberOfGroups = 1
            });

            Assert.NotNull(b.LinkTo(DataflowBlock.NullTarget<Tuple<int, int, int>>()));
            Assert.False(b.Target1.Post(42));
            Assert.False(b.Target2.Post(43));
            Assert.False(b.Target2.Post(44));

            Task<bool> t1 = b.Target1.SendAsync(42);
            Task<bool> t2 = b.Target2.SendAsync(43);
            Task<bool> t3 = b.Target2.SendAsync(44);
            Assert.True(t1.IsCompleted);
            Assert.False(t1.Result);
            Assert.True(t2.IsCompleted);
            Assert.False(t2.Result);
            Assert.True(t3.IsCompleted);
            Assert.False(t3.Result);

            Tuple<int, int, int> ignoredValue;
            IList<Tuple<int, int, int>> ignoredValues;
            Assert.False(b.TryReceive(out ignoredValue));
            Assert.False(b.TryReceiveAll(out ignoredValues));
            Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: b.OutputCount);
            Assert.NotNull(b.Completion);
            b.Complete();

            await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => b.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestCompletionThroughTargets()
        {
            for (int test = 1; test <= 2; test++)
            {
                var join = new JoinBlock<int, int>();
                switch (test)
                {
                    case 1:
                        join.Target1.Post(1);
                        join.Target1.Complete();
                        join.Target2.Complete();
                        break;
                    case 2:
                        join.Target1.Complete();
                        join.Target2.Post(1);
                        join.Target2.Complete();
                        break;
                }
                await join.Completion;
            }

            for (int test = 1; test <= 3; test++)
            {
                var join = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>();
                switch (test)
                {
                    case 1:
                        join.Target1.Post(1);
                        join.Target1.Complete();
                        join.Target2.Complete();
                        join.Target3.Complete();
                        break;
                    case 2:
                        join.Target1.Complete();
                        join.Target2.Post(1);
                        join.Target2.Complete();
                        join.Target3.Complete();
                        break;
                    case 3:
                        join.Target1.Complete();
                        join.Target2.Complete();
                        join.Target3.Post(1);
                        join.Target3.Complete();
                        break;
                }
                await join.Completion;
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestFaultThroughTargets()
        {
            var join2 = new JoinBlock<int, string>();
            join2.Target2.Fault(new FormatException());
            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<FormatException>(() => join2.Completion);

            var join3 = new JoinBlock<int, string, double>();
            join3.Target3.Fault(new FormatException());
            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<FormatException>(() => join3.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestCompletionTask()
        {
            await DataflowTestHelpers.TestCompletionTask(() => new JoinBlock<int, string>());
            await DataflowTestHelpers.TestCompletionTask(() => new JoinBlock<int, string, double>());

            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<NotSupportedException>(() => new JoinBlock<string, string>().Target1.Completion);
            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<NotSupportedException>(() => new JoinBlock<string, string, double>().Target1.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestCompletionThroughBlock()
        {
            var join2 = new JoinBlock<int, int>();
            join2.Target1.Post(1);
            join2.Complete();
            await join2.Completion;

            var join3 = new JoinBlock<int, int, int>();
            join3.Target1.Post(2);
            join3.Complete();
            await join3.Completion;
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestNonGreedyFailToConsumeReservedMessage()
        {
            var sources = Enumerable.Range(0, 2).Select(i => new DelegatePropagator<int, int>
            {
                ReserveMessageDelegate = delegate { return true; },
                ConsumeMessageDelegate = delegate(DataflowMessageHeader messageHeader, ITargetBlock<int> target, out bool messageConsumed) {
                    messageConsumed = false; // fail consumption of a message already reserved
                    Assert.Equal(expected: 0, actual: i); // shouldn't get to second source
                    return 0;
                }
            }).ToArray();

            var options = new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false };
            JoinBlock<int, int> join = new JoinBlock<int, int>(options);

            join.Target1.OfferMessage(new DataflowMessageHeader(1), 0, sources[0], consumeToAccept: true); // call back ConsumeMassage
            join.Target2.OfferMessage(new DataflowMessageHeader(1), 0, sources[1], consumeToAccept: true); // call back ConsumeMassage

            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() => join.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestNonGreedyDropPostponedOnCompletion()
        {
            var joinBlock = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false });
            var source = new BufferBlock<int>();
            source.Post(1);
            source.LinkTo(joinBlock.Target1);
            joinBlock.Complete();
            await joinBlock.Completion;
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestNonGreedyReleasingFailsAtCompletion()
        {
            var joinBlock = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false });
            var source = new DelegatePropagator<int, int>
            {
                ReserveMessageDelegate = (header, target) => true,
                ReleaseMessageDelegate = delegate { throw new FormatException(); }
            };

            joinBlock.Target1.OfferMessage(new DataflowMessageHeader(1), 1, source, consumeToAccept: true);
            joinBlock.Complete();

            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<FormatException>(() => joinBlock.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestNonGreedyConsumingFailsWhileJoining()
        {
            var joinBlock = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false });
            var source1 = new DelegatePropagator<int, int>
            {
                ReserveMessageDelegate = (header, target) => true,
                ConsumeMessageDelegate = delegate(DataflowMessageHeader messageHeader, ITargetBlock<int> target, out bool messageConsumed) {
                    throw new FormatException();
                }
            };

            joinBlock.Target1.OfferMessage(new DataflowMessageHeader(1), 1, source1, consumeToAccept: true);

            var source2 = new BufferBlock<int>();
            source2.Post(2);
            source2.LinkTo(joinBlock.Target2);

            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<FormatException>(() => joinBlock.Completion);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestNonGreedyPostponedMessagesNotAvailable()
        {
            var joinBlock = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { Greedy = false });

            var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
            Task<bool>[] sends = Enumerable.Range(0, 3).Select(i => joinBlock.Target1.SendAsync(i, cts.Token)).ToArray();

            cts.Cancel();
            foreach (Task<bool> send in sends)
            {
                await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => send);
            }

            joinBlock.Target2.Post(1);
            joinBlock.Target2.Complete();
            joinBlock.Target1.Complete();

            await joinBlock.Completion;
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task TestMaxNumberOfGroups()
        {
            foreach (int boundedCapacity in new[] { DataflowBlockOptions.Unbounded, 2, 3 })
            foreach (bool greedy in DataflowTestHelpers.BooleanValues)
            {
                var join = new JoinBlock<int, int>(new GroupingDataflowBlockOptions { MaxNumberOfGroups = 2, BoundedCapacity = 2 });
                Task<bool>[] sends1 = Enumerable.Range(0, 10).Select(i => join.Target1.SendAsync(i)).ToArray();
                Task<bool>[] sends2 = Enumerable.Range(0, 10).Select(i => join.Target2.SendAsync(i)).ToArray();
                var ab = new ActionBlock<Tuple<int, int>>(i => { }, new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions { BoundedCapacity = 1 });
                join.LinkTo(ab, new DataflowLinkOptions { PropagateCompletion = true });
                await join.Completion;
                await Task.WhenAll(sends1);
                await Task.WhenAll(sends2);
            }
        }

        [Fact]
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                var join1 = new JoinBlock<int, string>(gdbo);
                var join2 = new JoinBlock<double, short>(gdbo);
                var join5 = new JoinBlock<Tuple<int, string>, Tuple<double, short>>(gdbo);

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                var join4 = new JoinBlock<float, IntPtr>(gdbo);
                var join6 = new JoinBlock<Tuple<string, object>, Tuple<float, IntPtr>>(gdbo);

                var join7 = new JoinBlock<
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                    Tuple<Tuple<string, object>, Tuple<float, IntPtr>>>(gdbo);

                int count = 0;
                var sink = new ActionBlock<Tuple<Tuple<Tuple<int, string>, Tuple<double, short>>,
                    Tuple<Tuple<string, object>, Tuple<float, IntPtr>>>>(i => count++);

                join1.LinkTo(new ActionBlock<Tuple<int,string>>(item => { }), t => false); // ensure don't propagate across false filtered link
                join1.LinkTo(join5.Target1, linkOptions, t => true); // ensure joins work through filters
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                join3.LinkTo(join6.Target1, linkOptions, t => true);
                join4.LinkTo(join6.Target2, linkOptions);
                join5.LinkTo(join7.Target1, linkOptions, t => true);
                join6.LinkTo(join7.Target2, linkOptions);
                join7.LinkTo(sink, linkOptions);

                const int Messages = 5;
                CreateFillLink<int>(Messages, join1.Target1);
                CreateFillLink<string>(Messages, join1.Target2);
                CreateFillLink<double>(Messages, join2.Target1);
                CreateFillLink<short>(Messages, join2.Target2);
                CreateFillLink<string>(Messages, join3.Target1);
                CreateFillLink<object>(Messages, join3.Target2);
                CreateFillLink<float>(Messages, join4.Target1);
                CreateFillLink<IntPtr>(Messages, join4.Target2);

                await sink.Completion;
                Assert.Equal(expected: Messages, actual: count);
            }
        }

        private static void CreateFillLink<T>(int messages, ITargetBlock<T> target)
        {
            var b = new BufferBlock<T>();
            b.PostRange(0, messages, i => default(T));
            b.Complete();
            b.LinkTo(target, new DataflowLinkOptions { PropagateCompletion = true });
        }

    }
}

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Peace in our time
Posted on August 2, 2011 by RepMan
I'm glad to see more marketers responding to the righteous indignation of folks like me who despise the offspring of others for ruining an otherwise great meal, trip or experience.
I speak, of course, of brash, bratty and ill-mannered kids; the kind who will race up and down a restaurant or airplane; the kind who will scream and cry at the top of their lungs because daddy refuses to take them out of their high chairs; the kind who throw their stuffed animals at each other and repeatedly pummel the back of your plane seat for, say, three hours in a row.
Recognizing that repeat customers such as I are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, Ryanair has launched child-free flights. Malaysia Air announced it would institute a baby ban in first class (Sigh. It makes me want to book a flight to Kuala Lumpur just to enjoy the solitude). And, Virgin Atlantic and British Airways are also reportedly considering no kids policies.
And, it's not just airlines that dislike other people's kids as much as I. The Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City has been kid free since '03. And, Celebrity Cruises has declared sections of their cities on the sea strictly off-limits to anyone under 16. As Larry David would say, "It's a good thing! It's a good thing!"
There's a reason marketers are finally waking up to the havoc caused by poor parenting and their run-away freight train-like offspring. There are more and more empty nesters every day. What's more, 20 percent of American women NEVER bear children (that's a 50 percent increase since 1970). And, the cost of raising a kid now averages $230k. That's simply too much for many cash-strapped couples in this never-ending recession of ours.
There's even a website solely devoted to helping people like me find kid-free destinations. It's called LeaveThemBehind.com. I love it! Another site called NoChildrenByChoice says more and more brands are getting past their fear of alienating America's long-standing love affair with baseball, apple pie and kids and, instead, promoting child-free vacations.
No matter what your fear or phobia, it helps to know you're not alone. And, baby (pun intended), I'm not alone by a long shot when it comes to disliking someone else's snot-nosed child ruining my experience.
I may even reconsider my future retirement plans (which had called for hanging onto my New Jersey home for weekends and buying a pied-a-terre in the Apple). It turns out there's a city in Scotland that has a village rule preventing households from having even one child! Dogs, however, are welcomed. It's called Firhall. I'd call it Nirvana.
This entry was posted in Brats, Customer Service Issues, Family, Marketing, Parenting by RepMan. Bookmark the permalink.
6 thoughts on "Peace in our time"
RepMan on August 3, 2011 at 9:54 am said:
Negative AnnmB. No sympathy for you. Next!
Thanks Jepotts. I agree it's a larger societal issue and that bad kids merely reflect poor parenting.
Amen, Julie. My all-time worst experience occurred a few years back when I was flying home in coach. The woman next to me unlatched her tray table, yanked out some diapers and proceeded to change her soiled baby right next to me. The word atrocious doesn't do it justice.
JulieFarin on August 3, 2011 at 7:37 am said:
As a person who is childless by choice, I have to say that my compassion has run out for harried parents with uncontrollable children.
The majority of promotions and services in our society caters to families and couples, so it's nice to see the other side of the story finally represented.
Jepotts on August 3, 2011 at 6:57 am said:
I have two small children, 5 and 3, who are well-behaved in restaurants and did wonderfully when we flew — economy class — to Florida last year. But unlike some parents, I do not have a sense of entitlement that my children should be able to go everywhere, and that there should be no child-free zones. I think it is a backlash against this mentality as well as the growing number of childless people that is leading to more child bans. Recently a restaurant near Pittsburgh garnered headlines worldwide for banning children under six. Before I could take offense, I remembered a night my wife and I went out to dinner, before we had children, and were surrounded by so many ill-mannered children that we asked to be moved to the smoking section (this was several years ago) simply because there were no kids there.
annmb on August 2, 2011 at 4:29 pm said:
Like yours, my kids are older now, so I revel in the luxury of traveling without worrying about towing all kinds of paraphernalia and praying for sleep-filled flights. I, too, like my restaurants and plane rides to be fussy toddler-free, but I do have some compassion for the parents of a normally well-behaved child who just has a meltdown. They're exhausted and stressed from trying to keep their child from bothering others while they fly to vacation or have a meal out with the grandparents. I, on the other hand, get to go home to my toy- and diaper-free home. Can you find a little sympathy (and patience) at least in some cases, RepMan?


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Deadline to Request an Absentee Ballot for the 2018 General Election
Absentee Ballots May be Requested by Mail, Phone, Online and In Person
Any registered voter in Maryland may request and vote by absentee ballot. The deadline to request a 2018 General Election absentee ballot for mail delivery is Tuesday, October 30, 2018. The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the General Election for internet delivery is Friday, November 2, 2018.
A voter who wishes to vote by absentee may request an absentee ballot in several ways: online for voters with a Maryland driver's license or MVA-issued ID card; by submitting a signed application; by telephone; in writing; or in person at the Baltimore County Board of Elections.
To request an absentee ballot application from the Baltimore County Board of Elections, call 410-887-5700 or visit the office at 11112 Gilroy Road, Suite 104, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Voters may also visit elections.maryland.gov/voting/absentee.html to request an absentee ballot online, to print an application, or for more information.
To Receive Absentee Ballot by Mail
If a voter wishes to receive an absentee ballot by mail, the Baltimore County Board of Elections must receive a completed absentee ballot application by these deadlines:
If the request is mailed, by 8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
If the request is submitted online, by email or by fax, it must be received by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
To Receive Absentee Ballot by Internet
If a voter wishes to receive an absentee ballot by internet delivery, the Baltimore County Board of Elections must receive a completed absentee ballot application by these deadlines:
If the request is mailed, by 5:00 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018
If the request is submitted online or by email or by fax, it must be received by 11:59 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018
If a voter misses the application deadline, the absentee ballot request must be made in person at the Baltimore County Board of Elections at 11112 Gilroy Road, Suite 104, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.
2018 Gubernatorial General Election and Early Voting
The 2018 Gubernatorial General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Starting Thursday, October 25, through and including Thursday, November 1, voters may vote in person between 10:00 am and 8:00 pm at the designated early voting centers in their county of residence.
Early voting locations and hours and additional election-related information and dates are available at elections.maryland.gov/voting/early_voting.html.
For more information, contact the Baltimore County Board of Elections at 410-887-5700 or the State Board of Elections at 1-800-222-VOTE (8683) or visit elections.maryland.gov
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County Animal Services Welcomes City Pets for $20 Spay/Neuter Procedures
Oct 01, 2018 9:30:00 AM EDT
Southwest Area Park Facility Now Open for City and County Pet Owners
County Executive Don Mohler announced today that residents of Baltimore City may now bring their pets to the Southwest Area Park Animal Services facility in Baltimore Highlands to take advantage of low-cost spay/neuter packages that promote healthy pets and safe communities.
"We have made incredible progress in upgrading Animal Services and reducing the population of stray animals in our communities, and we are happy to share with our City neighbors this valuable public service that enhances the health and safety of their pets and our neighborhoods," Mohler said.
The County offers low-cost spay/neuter packages at three locations around the County and has altered some 23,000 animals since opening it first on-site surgical suite in the Fall of 2013, including more than 6,000 so far this year. This is a significant accomplishment that advances the public health goal of reducing the population of homeless animals throughout Baltimore County.
Before the County began performing spay/neuter surgeries on shelter animals in the Fall of 2013 at its main facility in Baldwin, people who adopted pets from the County's animal shelter were provided with vouchers to help offset the cost of having their animal altered elsewhere.
"This is a wonderful regional approach to combatting the issues of stray and unvaccinated cats and dogs," said County Council Chair Julian E. Jones, Jr.
Facilities in Dundalk, Baldwin and Baltimore Highlands offer Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Services for Domestic Cats and Dogs
All three of the County's Animal Services locations offer spay/neuter services for cats and dogs for the low cost of $20 for County residents, by appointment only. The Southwest Area Park location also includes Baltimore City pets. To encourage responsible pet ownership and decrease overpopulation of unwanted animals, this program includes:
Spay/neuter procedure
First distemper and rabies shots
A County license
"Stray dogs and cats don't know about jurisdictional boundaries and my staff and I excited to expand to better serve pet owners and their animals," said the County's Director of Animal Services, Melissa Jones, V.M.D. She added that the included microchipping service is key to ensuring that lost animals can be returned to their owners.
More information, including animal restrictions and appointment scheduling is available on the County's website at www.baltimorecountymd.gov/spayneuter.
Appointments are available now at the new Spay/Neuter Center located at 7702 Dunmanway in Dundalk, at the Southwest Area Park location, located at 3941 Klunk Drive in Baltimore Highlands, and at the County's main Animal Services location, 13800 Manor Road in Baldwin. Advance payment by debit or credit card is required. No payment of any type is accepted at the facility.
Keywords: animal services, animal shelter, pets, spay neuter


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Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia - Review
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An older review for Brigandine: Legend of Runersia at Explorminate:
Brigandine: Legend of Runersia Review
When I was young, every year I received the same gift for my birthday. My mom would take me to the game store and I could pick out one that would come home with me. There were certainly mistakes made over the years, but two of the better choices that I made defined my expectations for gaming going forward. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was the first, and later, Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena. While Tactics Ogre has had varying levels of success in being reintroduced, I'm happy to say that Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia nearly achieves perfection in carrying on the legacy of the original.
RUNERSIA: A NEW WORLD TO CONQUER
Runersia is a world that will remind any returning player of the series of Forsena, even if there are several important differences that set them apart. The experience begins with a selection of six nations that can be selected, each with a story uniquely its own with a separate overarching plot that leads toward the endgame and the final boss fight. Five factions have brigandines, artifacts imbued with mighty power from the Rune God, while the sixth does not and absolutely refuses to acknowledge the others' perceived superiority.
Enter the Gustavan Empire, the first of these that I played. They were not only on-brand for my tastes but also immediately reminded me of Norgard, my favorite from Forsena. They certainly were not a disappointment, but Emperor Tim had some particularly large shoes to fill following Vaynard of Norgard, and he couldn't quite accomplish it even though he was a strong character that earned my respect after only a few hours.
Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is an excellent entry for a genre that has needed some improvement and innovation. It carries on the series' legacy of offering a title that stands out from its competitors and leaves a lasting impression on its players. Whether you enjoy intense tactical encounters, deep army management, engaging storylines, or simply painting a world map your color, Runersia has you covered. I know that I'll be coming back to this one often in the future, especially now that we've got a couple more modes to keep us occupied. I can only hope that the recently released Tactics Ogre: Reborn lived up to its legacy as well as Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia has. That one is next on my list!
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On 6/24/18, Yohsuke and I drove to Ware, Massachusetts for the Route 66 Domnarski Farm xc race. Having never ridden there before, we knew it would be an interesting race. We weren't able to preride unfortunately, but happy that the rain held off. The course, which is located on private land, consisted of lots of trail climbs, some steep hike-a-bike, sweaty rocks, single plank bridges and a couple of fireroads. Although I tend to do well with climbing, I wasn't feeling top-notch on the course in other areas. During the race, I did have one minor crash next to a wooden single plank bridge. For the final lap, I was battling with 4th place, but ended up finishing 5th for the Pro/Open women's category. Yohsuke felt good during his race and finished 10th in his category. Looking forward to the next race!


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The cyrosphere is made up of many parts including snow and ice; frozen ground and permafrost; glaciers, which include alpine glaciers, ice caps, and the ice sheets that cover Greenland and Antarctica; ice shelves and icebergs; sea ice; and weather and climate.
Pick a part of the cryosphere
This section is your introduction to the frozen parts of our planet. Learn where the cryosphere lies and how it influences life on our planet. Dive deeper into each feature below.
The Arctic is known as Earth's refrigerator. Land surrounds a cold ocean, which is covered by a thin layer of perennial sea ice and snow. How do these white surfaces affect weather and climate, both global and regional?
More than half of all the land in the Northern Hemisphere freezes and thaws every year, while a quarter of the land has an underground layer that stays frozen all year long. How has life learned to thrive in such a harsh environment?
Two categories of glaciers exist: ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Ice sheets cover vast areas of land in broad domes. Alpine glaciers, are smaller, and found not only at the poles, but in high mountain regions across the globe.
During a series of Pleistocene Ice Ages, vast areas of our planet were covered by land. As the planet warmed, about 12,000 years ago, the ice sheets retreated to two major land areas, Greenland in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica in the
This part of the cryosphere is an extension of land ice that spreads out over cold ocean waters. Since they are key in regulating glacial movement, they are an indirect, yet critical component to sea level rise.
When the surfaces of bodies of water reach their freezing point, layers of ice form. Sea ice is unique in that the water must be colder than fresh water to freeze. As such, the polar regions are cold enough to allow sea ice to form.
When most people think of the cold parts of Earth, they think of snow. Snow is much more important to the planet than simply for recreational purposes. Learn how it impacts wildlife, communities, and the global climate.
Visit this area to read common questions that have been asked of our scientists and staff. Feel free to suggest your own question.
Words matter and their meanings even more so. Search for a specific word or browse the many interesting words characteristic of the cryosphere.


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Acquiring a business debit card is essential just for growth. You also won't want to overextend your exclusive credit. The 1st step is undoubtedly working right away to decide your business credit by personal credit rating.
Listed below are the more popular ones. To put it simply, backing up data means making a number of replications of your organization files to make certain they refuses to end up being shed value to internet hacks, equipment outages, thefts, or perhaps all natural problem. Understanding and showing end user necessities is mostly a big task and chance for the company expert. There is definitely additionally the will need to study the display screen as it's developing and to position the products. To help to make sure that you could have the very very best possibility of protecting the cloud data, try out to use whichever on the aforementioned measures that your company can accomplish. Inside the position, you'll have the chance to end up being amongst the beginning members on the Finance info team, even though working tightly with unique data prossionals throughout the firm, combined with C-suite operatives. Naturally, there are numerous business primary advantages of venture software applications.
Business users are usually those who all seriously appreciate what your data means with regards to the corporation. Pertaining to the achievements of virtually any company, databases is unavoidable since it helps with managing details and tracking your buyers. Relational repository like a consumer databases can be utilised to keep every potential record about your buyers so that it turns into easier that you just make completely happy your customers together with better period your deal to targeted clients. In the not really too faraway potential, it can anticipated that Big Data is very very likely to change the style in which we all visit and connect to doctors. This article be able to help you program the next measures. Aggregate and de-identified data shouldn't identify individual clientele. Private organization data may well be a potential prey for those viruses and malware.


Make breakfast quick, easy and with only 3 ingredients! These Bacon and Egg Breakfast Cups are simply delicious and perfect for feeding a brunch crowd!
Baked eggs are my new favorite thing. I just discovered the super easy method of baking eggs in muffin tins. Perfect for people like me that always break the yolk when frying an egg in a pan.
Eggs are supposed to be so basic. But honestly, eggs are my kryptonite.
No more. I'm baking my eggs from here on out. And making these amazing Bacon and Egg Breakfast Cups!
Just look at that luscious golden yolk.
First round up your ingredients.
King's Hawaiian Rolls. Land O Lakes Cage Free Eggs. Cooked Thick Cut Bacon. Fresh Cracked Salt and Pepper.
Flatten the rolls with a rolling pin. As flat as possible without breaking them.
Form flattened rolls into muffin tin that has been sprayed with nonstick.
Fill with a few pieces of chopped bacon.
Crack an egg right over the top.
Sprinkle with fresh cracked salt and pepper.
Transfer to the oven and bake.
Add a few more pieces of bacon on top during the last 5 minutes of baking.
Enjoy the perfect breakfast all in one bite!
Fill each muffin tin with a few pieces of chopped bacon.
Crack an egg right over the top of each muffin tin.
Bake for 15-17 minutes or until egg whites are fully cooked.
I'm egg-challenged too. I never manage to keep the yolk intact whenever I fry eggs. These breakfast cups are so enticing. My mouth watered just looking at them.
holy egg yolks! definitely experiencing egg envy currently.
SO easy! The hubby would definitely be in heaven if I made a batch for him!
What a great idea to start with a Kings Hawaiian roll as the base.
Is there a way to make the yolks not runny – other than cooking longer?
What oven temp and for how long ?
350°F for 15-17 minutes (or until eggs are done to your preference) Enjoy!
I'm not a fan of the runny egg yolks (nor are the kids), so I made these with scrambled eggs and topped with a little bit of cheese. Kids are devouring them as I type!
Is it raw bacon that's cooked in the oven or do you cook the bacon first then add to the tin?
How many servings does your recipe make?


Nothing is too much for the Holy Trinity, and certainly not the spreading of the Rule of Law across this planet. Let us humbly admit our failings and play whatever part we may to achieve this aim but firmly fastened to the Final Sentence without which we play at justice.
I argue the stepping stones to this true comity of Nations is that each Country respect the Rule of Law as enunciated in England & Wales: the oldest and the foremost exponent and example of that Rule. The Sentence of Death is not presently incorporated in to our Rule of Law, and that limb I argue for is not the be all and end all of that Rule. However, without Capital Punishment this Rule has no shield or sword. It is rendered weak and powerless if we do not have the confidence to impose the ultimate penalty. Without this Penalty we will not have the influence and strength of resolve to teach by example our Rule of Law to the Nations. There will be no true respect for our Law if we do not enshrine the Death Sentence into our Criminal Justice. We may as well say goodbye to hoping for the union of Nations the world over. He who aims high will not disappoint. The Rule of Law is nothing if it does not go worldwide to be administered by each Country. From the domestic jurisdiction we should go abroad.
This is what we have to centre upon. The brutal murders on the mainland of England recently are horrendous. For example: the woman, a young teenager murdered in the area of the Thames towpath near Twickenham by a man who had already murdered and been convicted of such in one of the Baltic States. Our police quickly tracked him down – he had taken his own life. Moreover, in the recent past a woman in her early 20's was murdered in Essex by strangulation with a dog lead in her own home. The culprit whom she knew was found guilty of a prior murder in Germany for which he received 15 years. On release he entered the UK and committed this second murder. Here again the police quickly found out the suspect. Whether he was convicted of the second murder in Essex is unclear. Another very recent killing on our mainland resulted in a woman's torso being found in the Midlands I believe. It does not take much intelligence to understand a double murderer should be prevented from carrying out the second murder through the Final Penalty being imposed for the first murder.
We do not wish to be proved right. We wish to make the individual think twice before he commits the first murder let alone the second killing. Once a person has a taste for murder he will do it again and again. e.g. The two escaped USA New York State murder convicts now on the run who are highly likely to murder again in the view of the North American Law enforcement officers – particularly if approached by members of the public. The USA Sheriffs and Marshalls and their deputies do not err. These USA convicts were spared the Death Penalty and how those Prosecutors and the presiding Judges must rue that day. The case in principle for the Death Sentence is overwhelming in these cases I submit. No wonder the English & Welsh and USA public support it. The USA will never permit its abolition thanks to the independence of its particular States in their Rule of Law under the USA Federal Supreme Court. The USA Supreme Court will not encroach upon this independence of the jurisdiction of these States of such historic importance to American liberty.
The value we place on these lives of the innocent is the moral standard upon which the Rule of Law is based with the Death Penalty deep in its armoury. These universal values lead us to World Unity of Purpose and consent to the international reign of freedom based on God's Law known to all of us. Let us not deceive ourselves, God never takes human life guilty or innocent. That is the starting point. Yes the Judge does rightly condemn the guilty murderer under the Rule of Law to suffer death. The only modern jurisdiction in the West where this happens is the USA. I respect that jurisdiction for upholding the Rule of Law and her Juries and Judges who bring in those guilty verdicts and Sentence of Death for murder. I regret the failure to bring about these executions quickly due to interminable appeals – that is not God's Law it is man meddling with the Rule of Law based on God's law. God does not desire that sort of suffering. He desires finality and the coup de grace. We must relearn that lesson.
The murder trial Judge I have in mind without doubt will have the backing of Heaven and our public. That Judge need fear no man, only God, He will do his duty by our Maker. He will not weaken or make excuses for himself or the accused convicted of murder. We are being held back from the application of the eternal value of protecting innocent life: young or old by those who will not countenance this Death Penalty in our Rule of Law. We are perversely saving the life of the murderer rather that placing the utmost emphasis and stress on innocent life before the murderer strikes, and he will strike not once but twice or thrice.
I have spoken to a senior German citizen visiting England recently whose father, a German Army Wehrmacht Captain, had been killed in action in 1945 in Mecklenberg fighting the Russians. What did he have to say? That the murderer sentenced to life who escapes prison has no fear of killing again as he will only get another life term. Message: make it clear those who commit murder will not get the chance to kill again. This noble German was saying as much to me – stop the rot with the first murder. Have no truck with these murders and those responsible and guard innocent human life fiercely. This is good sense and God's command to us men.
Yes Syria, Crimea, Ukraine and Libya with the long suffering Iraq, to name present areas with no Rule of Law let alone the Death Sentence. In Pakistan the unruly terrorists have done ghastly atrocities including the assassination of Benazir Bhutto herself. The Pakistan High Court, her Army and Police force still keep their heads above water with the profession of Pakistani lawyers.
There are 8,000 on Death Row probably due to meddling in their justice which Rule of Law was learned from us. Who are the meddlers? It is those who put the rights of man before God's Law. Without God's Law there can be no Rule of Law. Let man stand second to God and not usurp His authority. Man is second to the Trinity which is the supreme source of human fairness. If we forget these dictums we run the risk of slipping into the quagmire and then our agitation for Rights and pronouncements will not help us. There is only one way and that is down and out for those in the mire. We must not lose the art of rendering to God what is God's. We owe our very existence to God. Without Him we are savages and running amok.
Like it or not there are those about who would beguile you into believing I am off my head. I say let them fall silent with their cronies and cease their mimicry of true sorrow. I am truly sorrowful for mankind in its state of insecurity. Thus their supposedly lawful conduct is appallingly paper thin and underhand. The test is actions not wishful thinking and words. If we believe in sorrow and justice our conduct will tell the tale. I have nothing to fear save Heaven herself. I will not weaken and shuffle about. I will always be true to my pledge on the Rule of Law, the stepping stone to which is the Death Penalty. I make no secret of my stand. I am out in the open. I will not let my Country down on my Temon Estate campaign to go overseas – God willing.
One of the great products of this Rule of Law with the Death sentence in its constitution is that it will achieve clarity in the minds of our Judges, who examine the behaviours of those accused of murder and its associated crimes. Thus by these Judges and their judgements we will all achieve understanding of these appalling crimes and their perpetrators. Everyone falls into line in this seriousness of the Capital crime and trial. This is the pathway to the amity of Nations. Out of this gravity the sincerity of the Advocate and the Judge will shine through. There can be no greater call to unity on Earth than the Rule of Law invisibly at work in a murder Capital trial other than Holy Mass itself offered by the celebrant Priest for mankind. Yes the badness of men accused of murder will be shown up by the Rule of Law and the Death Penalty itself – such is the goodness of this Rule of Law if the Death Sentence returns.


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My 1st generation Time Capsule always used to work fine, but now the internal HardDisk is broken.
Can I replace the HardDisk easily ?
In the 'old' flat Time Capsule (like the A1254 "1st generation" Time Capsule), the HardDrive is rather easy to replace. And even though Apple has marked this TimeCapsule 'obsolete' it is still able to preform properly and it can be maintained using the current AirPort Utility version 6 and newer.
We have a password-protected WiFi-network at our local sports club. My iPhone automatically logs on when I'm near, but now my son is a member too and he would also like to connect to the WiFi when he's around. Problem is, nobody seems to know the password… I've typed the password once long ago, but I didn't write it down… Is there any way to see the password that is stored on my iPhone ?
Yes, but you need a Mac and iCloud for it.
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Appointments Posted on December 18, 2018
PETRONAS Dagangan appoints Aadrin Azly as new chief operating officer
Aadrin Azly, chief operating officer of Petronas effective January 1, 2019
Malaysia's PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PDB) announced the appointment of Aadrin Azly, who is currently head of its retail business, as its new chief operating officer effective 1 January 2019.
Succeeding Aadrin as head of Retail Business effective 1 January 2019 is Khalil Muri, who is currently the head of Special Projects under the Retail Business. Khalil has 22 years of marketing experience within the PETRONAS Group, ranging across petrochemicals, LNG as well as crude oil.
A PETRONAS scholar, Aadrin joined PETRONAS in 1999 where he spent the first six years in PDB's Retail and Commercial businesses, as part of its Marketing Seeding Programme. He then went on to lead various units at the PETRONAS Group level; including as head analyst under the vice president of Oil Business; senior manager (Gas) at Corporate Strategy; and, executive assistant to the President and Group CEO. Before assuming his current role, Aadrin was the senior general manager of Strategy & Portfolio (Upstream).
Aadrin's return to PDB in 2016 as head of Retail Business was in line with the company's mission to reinvent the landscape of fuel retail business. Under his leadership, PDB has expanded its customer offerings, forged significant strategic partnerships, and adopted diverse out-of-the-box marketing approaches.
"In the short span of the last two years, PDB has made commendable strides within its Retail Business under Aadrin's leadership. Aadrin has knowledge and experience of the PDB business at the grass root level, as well as breadth at various PETRONAS' business value chain. He has been a key member in PETRONAS' strategic studies that we conduct every few years, and has just returned from Harvard Business School after completing the Advanced Management Program. Aadrin is unconventional in his thinking and approaches; some of the efforts he has put in place take longer to generate visible results, and these he can continue to oversee within this new role as COO," said Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dato' Sri Syed Zainal.
As chief operating officer, Aadrin will oversee PETRONAS Dagangan's diverse business operations and lead the execution of the business' strategic plans. PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad is the principal marketing arm of Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). Incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act 1965 on 5 August 1982 and listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia on 8 March 1994, PETRONAS Dagangan has since established itself as Malaysia's leading retailer and marketer of downstream oil and gas products.
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