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I know I need to get on with Question Three. But I want to tell you about the opera last night*, or bell ringing today**, or about what's happening in the garden*** . . .
Um. I really am going to answer questions three and four. Really I am. Just not tonight. Um. Not tonight either.
* which I enjoyed, which was both pleasing in itself^ and was a tremendous relief after being hammered mercilessly, with infrequent and inadequate breaks to listen to Anna Netrebko sing, by Macbeth a week ago. This one was Luisa Miller, another early-ish Verdi, although not that early, he was about roll into his Rigoletto-Trovatore-Traviata run. It's funny about Luisa, maybe it's only because I don't know it very well—it's not one of the famous ones—but it feels earlier than it is. It sounds like Verdi, but it doesn't sound any more like Verdi than, say, Macbeth does, which is earlier still, and Luisa is closer in years to the R-T-T explosion of amazingness, after which there's pretty much no holding him and it's one flamingingly breathtaking thing after another.
Oh, and she doesn't kill herself. That would be so obvious. No, someone else does it for her. Which is also pretty obvious. But it can't end well. That would be unthinkable. But she and her true love have been clutching their dire secrets to their breasts for so long there is a slight feeling from certain audience members of ALL RIGHT ALREADY. GET IT OVER WITH, WILL YOU?
^ Especially at the PRICE. Good grief. You could get cheap seats in the Met theatre itself for less than it now costs to slouch in the cinema several thousand miles away and watch the singers make horrible faces in close up.
^^ One of these posts I'm going to do a rant about the unspeakableness of the local cinema's web site. A RANT. A RAAAAAAAAAAAAANT.
^^^ STOPPING NOW. I DON'T HAVE TIME. But, you know, I could do it so much better.+ I'm fine with melodrama! I love melodrama! I just like melodrama when people act like they're seized by emotions beyond their control, not that they're jellyfish from Alpha Centauri dressed up in human suits and have all lost their handbooks++ on human behaviour!
+ I have the same feeling about a lot of the Book of Revelation. Alfrick has got me started on Universalis which gives you not merely daily readings but an assortment of daily readings# because I was complaining## about my haphazard prayer-and-Bible-reading habits. I sometimes think that coping with Universalis is the 21st-century version of the sackcloth and self-flagellation . . . but I digress. The other day we had the bit where the critters with all the eyes praise God ceaselessly, and every time they do, the elders prostrate themselves and hurl their crowns at his feet. Um. Okay, and then what? Does an angel come by with a broom and sweep this lot of crowns into the Endless Fire, in which case where do the next lot of crowns come from and how quickly, if the critters with the eyes are praising God ceaselessly? And if it's ceaseless, how do the elders know when to interrupt by the prostration and the crown-hurling? Or maybe, in the interests of beneficial heavenly ecology, they reuse the crowns. I think it sounds undignified for a lot of elders to go scrabbling around on the floor, groping for crowns.### Will any crown do for any elder? Do they all have the same size head? Do they play nicely together? Or maybe there are aisles, like for bowling balls, and the crowns slide down the aisles and then pop up again where the elders are now picking themselves up for the next round of prostrations.
I could do it better.
# Supposing you can frelling manage the frelling web site. Frelling.
## Never complain to your spiritual advisor. Spiritual advisors are trained by ninja angels to drop you in your tracks the moment you show weakness, fingerprint you with holy oil and rope you up in rosaries. And web site addresses.
### Also they're dressed in white. I hope the housekeeping staff is vigilant.
^^^^ I think it's supposed to be contemporary, so mid-1800s. It has that historical costume drama look to it anyway.
^^^^^ Unless there's something about the Italian alphabet I don't know.
^^^^^^ Also, her best friend offers her some food, telling her she has to keep her strength up. Which she pushes away. Which is not the least surprising since the bowl looks like it's full of very, very, very overdone roast potatoes. Production really has to remember about close-up camera shots.
** I told you I'd been nailed by Felicity to ring at an invocation this afternoon. I had vaguely registered that Wild Robert was going to be leading the occasion, but I hadn't really focussed on this fact, which was foolish of me. I told you, I'm kind of out or practise. So rather than doing call changes and maybe a plain course or two of something easy, which is the usual Crabbiton drill for events, Wild Robert lashed us through twenty minutes of frelling Grandsire with a frelling call nearly every lead—which isn't going to sound like a lot to any even half-experienced bell ringer out there, but when it's a ground floor ring and a frelling packed out assemblage of the great and good and you're out of practise and it's too hot—because spring is here for forty-eight hours and the central heating [sic] was still on—AND THERE'S A FRELLING CALL NEARLY EVERY FRELLING LEAD, twenty minutes is a very long time. And then we'd barely stood our bells when we were off again . . . to ring April Day, frelling spare me, which we'd only rung for the first time this Thursday. Now anyone who doesn't know April Day will be rightly aghast at ringing a brand-new method at an event—at least a brand-new method with a band that contains me—but anyone who knows about April Day, which is to say April Fool's Day, will say, oh, piffle, it's just bob doubles with Grandsire singles. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT MEANS TO YOUR MELTING BRAIN WHEN YOU'RE RINGING ONE METHOD—even if it is the first and easiest method that anyone ever learns—AND ARE TRYING TO RING THE CALLS TO ANOTHER METHOD, even if it is probably the second method anyone ever learns, AND STILL FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU NOW FRELLING ARE IN THE METHOD THAT YOU'VE JUST EMERGED FROM THE WRONG CALL BACK INTO????
I could barely drive home. I did not sing at St Margaret's tonight, as I was supposed to.
*** Yesterday we had a GLORIOUS WARM SUNNY DAY. No, really. The first one since . . . August, I think. Maybe July. And I had to stop early to go to the frelling opera.^ Today after ringing, and after I'd finished fanning myself, moaning, and drinking strong green tea, I tottered out into the garden, where it is still warm but is now raining, because it would be bad for our characters to have two sunny days in a row, to transfer a few more tiny baby plants into trays and pots and . . . I think it was three days ago I was reaching for another baby-plant tray and there was a sudden EXPLOSION of feathers, and a blasted robin was rocketing around the little greenhouse doing that awful panicked-bird thing of banging herself on the glass. I hunkered down on the (dirt) floor till she figured it out and flew away and . . . arrrrrgh. Ever since the [seven foot, brick and flint] wall fell down [sic] for which the resident robins seemed not to have forgiven me, I've wistfully kept a couple of previously-favoured nest-gaps clear, which in my greenhouse is heroic, which, furthermore, are on the house-wall side, not the falling-down-garden-wall side. This, however, is apparently the new generation, and they're not going to use some dreary old shelf their parents have used, they're going to create a ramshackle even by robin standards nest on top of the tin that holds green wire and dibbers. Which is about as unsafe as you can easily imagine, unless I stood there holding a pole with a plate spinning on top of it and they put their nest on that. So I looked in horror at the tiny naked red baby robin flopping feebly in the mess mum had left behind, shoved the whole catastrophic jumble back behind the fence of green wire—it's early in the season, I'm not really green wiring a lot at the moment, I can go buy some more—and thought, well, I'd been here over an hour before she took exception to my reaching for a tray on the wrong stack, maybe she'll be back.
Next day. She was back. I saw her just long enough for her to jump up and flee again. Sigh. How much time can mum spend off the nest at this stage and the babies survive? Not long.
Today . . . she was back. And I've figured something out. Who knew? She's okay with me there. But when I look up and see her, that's when she freaks out. If I've killed this brood of baby robins I'm very sorry, but why does she recognise my face and my eyes?!? Cross species communication, let's not. Now I'm going to have to crouch and hang my head through the frelling greenhouse for ten days or so till I either hear frenzied FEED ME! FEED ME! chirping, or . . . I don't.
^ Because I'd been gardening up till nearly the very last minute, when I got home at about 10 pm I took Chaos for his hurtle then. We were nearly to Ditherington and he was like, oh, why are we turning back already? Um, because it's dark? And this is a small enough town that you run out of streetlights long before you run out of inclination to hurtle. So I got out my (pocket, electric) torch and we had quite a good hurtle after all. I didn't even fall down.
& And I have broken 2000 words. Sigh.
Least you can RING a touch of Grandsires – I am still trying to sort out those dratted double dodges in my head. As for April Day – i just looked at it – ummm eep I think is my first reaction, then "my tower will NEVER ring this…" then, hmmm wonder if Tom (my equivalent of your Wild Robert) could find a band…..
Oh gawd, given that you're visiting my tower in a week I had better go and look at April Day myself!
What was it you called robins? Feathered Razorblades or something like that? Several years ago and still makes me giggle when I think about it.
Mind you, we missed the excitement of the final performance where said friend came a cropper with a 'sword' up his nose. Blood everywhere apparently. I think would have livened things up considerably.
So, who was that baritone??
Anyway, I still get the (least expensive, and they let us pay in installments) season tickets for Seattle Opera (and if you renew by some date or other in February, they'll give you parking vouchers, which is an absolute godsend – weeknights parking costs $15, weekends $20). And I have to budget $25 for the ferry, round trip, car because I can't do the walking. Oh, and "summer rates" (starting in April, running through at least October) increase it to over $30. Friends have been known to PayPal money to me so I can get wine at intermission.
So… $21 senior rate for each Met HD broadcast ain't gonna happen.
I'm glad to know someone, somewhere, had a nice sunny day. I am writing as the snow is falling, the day after the April 2018 BLIZZARD that left anywhere from a foot to a foot and a half of snow at my house, along with rain and hail and freezing rain and sleet and thunder and wind and, lest we forget, more SNOW. There will be shovel-ready snow again tomorrow. It's "Two Tramps in Mud-Time," only we're not back in the middle of March, we're back in February. The only words that apply are not family-friendly.
So I listened to Luisa Miller on the radio. I haven't gone to the HD screenings for a while, but the film people have always had a misplaced devotion to close-ups. They're great if you're making a film, but not really a feature of a stage performance.
Just had to say that your description of Revelation was superb. My (fellow Christian, fellow Robin fan) friend and I were collapsed with giggles. In part because we have apparently both had similar thoughts about that passage. I will confess that I personally hadn't considered crown retrieval as an issue, but I have thought it sounded kind of ….boring. I mean, Heaven is supposed to be a place of unending joy and delight, and while praising God is awesome, all things in moderation. Spending the rest of eternity bowing and throwing crowns is less than inspiring. (I kind of wonder if they just did that when John passed by and then moved on to something else.) More of the praising God through a life well-lived and through remembering God regularly sort. So thanks for the laugh!
I was trying to figure out why your story about the nest seemed so familiar, and then I realized it sounds like an excerpt out of Dragonhaven–cross-species communication (don't think about it too closely), Eye Contact with momma, and babies that you are trying your hardest NOT to kill. And of course, the frenzied FEED ME's.
At least they aren't sliming everywhere though.
My questions are perhaps obscure, but I shall ask them anyways. First, would you ever consider something set in the world of Sunshine again? And along the same line as that, second, would you ever consider something from the world of Chalice? I absolutely love all your books, but those two are the ones I always felt sad to finish. Thank you for being you and letting us all in on what you create, you are amazing.
Yup. Our senior ringer has a penchant for touches of Grandsire like that. So far, I have either looked pitiful or headed for the treble when she says 'Shall I call something interesting?'. My Grandsire skillz can be pretty inconsistent – I'd rather ring PB Minor any day.
I wonder if Blogdad can check if there's a problem with the website? Most of the time when I try and access it now, my computer's virus protection is alerting me that it is blocking some malicious adware and moreover, even with the correct web address, the site is immediately redirecting to a tricky "You won blah blah blah, give us all your identifying information" webpage. The only way I'm able to get to the page is through the specific web address for the exact blog post – I can't reach the main page. Is anyone else having this problem?
Yes, I can't get to the blog on my tablet (Safari); it always redirects. Firefox on my laptop will get there if I find a Google result with a dated blog post.
I saw Cosi and Luisa Miller in person two weekends ago and watched the camera films during the latter. Wonderful singing, all around.
Wishing you a warm (but not hot) spring soon.
I'm so glad I found your new blog — I'd been lurking & reading the old one for years. And the blog voice is definitely coming through. I just laughed out loud twice (opera & revelation comments) and had to come comment before getting to the end of the footnotes. Thanks!


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The state of Georgia has executed Troy Davis. Davis was a Black man who was accused of killing white police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1991, but his trial was a classic case of a racist frame-up without any actual evidence against him. Davis has always proclaimed his innocence.
Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Davis's appeal, thereby allowing Georgia's state-sponsored murder to go ahead. President Obama also refused to intervene or even comment on this monstrous miscarriage of justice. In the days leading up to the execution, tens of thousands demonstrated to protest this legal lynching. Numerous public figures in the U.S. and around the world called for clemency. Troy Davis is the latest victim of capitalism's racist death penalty! His murder is a damning indictment of the U.S.'s system of justice.
The prosecutors' case at Davis's trial was riddled with holes: No murder weapon was found. There were no fingerprints, DNA, or any other physical evidence against Davis. The case was based entirely on the testimony of people who were pressured by prosecutors to identify Davis as the killer or to say he confessed to them. Of the nine witnesses at the original trial, seven have since recanted their testimony against Davis in sworn affidavits! Davis's main accuser, who stands by his testimony, was the initial suspect in the case, Sylvester Coles. He obviously had a biased incentive to accuse another person of the crime.
Last year the Supreme Court granted Davis an evidentiary hearing before U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. Judge Moore's ruling denying Davis's appeal was a remarkably cynical example of the way the racist American criminal justice system works. Moore admitted that "the State's case may not be ironclad," and that "the evidence heard at trial was incomplete in some key manner," but asserted that "most reasonable jurors would again vote to convict Mr. Davis" anyway. [www.amnestyusa.org/research/reports/usa-less-than-ironclad-less-than-safe] Judge Moore apparently ignored the fact that a conviction is supposed to require a unanimous vote of all jurors, not just "most" jurors.
In plain language, Judge Moore is saying he knows the evidence against Davis was lacking, and he knows Davis may very well be innocent, but he has no qualms about allowing the execution to proceed anyway. In doing so he bends over backwards to put the blame for the possible injustice on the jury, "society", state prosecutors, and the people of Georgia. Moore thus washes his hands of personal responsibility for the execution. Pontius Pilate would be proud.
The gross injustice of death penalty cases is evident from the extraordinary fact that 123 people have been sentenced to death and later found innocent and released since the U.S. reinstated the death penalty in the 1970s. That is 10% of the total number of people executed during that period! And the example of Troy Davis highlights the reality that the actual number of innocent people on death row is much greater. No one knows how many innocent people have been executed in America in the last 35 years. We demand: Abolish the Racist Death Penalty!
These cold hard facts behind the death penalty show that racism is still rampant in America almost 50 years after the end of legal segregation in the South. The capitalist system needs racism: It is how the ruling class divides and conquers the working class, turning white workers against Black and Latino people to divert all workers from a struggle against the capitalists who exploit them. In this time of growing economic crisis, white workers must come to understand the poisonous danger of racism, and the need for working class unity on the basis of opposition to all forms of racism and national chauvinism. And to get rid of racism and the other ills of this sick society like joblessness and poverty, it is necessary to go to the root of the problem and get rid of the capitalist system altogether.
We revolutionary socialists explain these beliefs to our fellow workers as we fight together in all struggles, including struggles to free victims of racist injustice, such as Troy Davis. A stronger anti-death penalty movement can inspire broader struggles of workers and oppressed people. In turn, the growth of mass class struggles in this country will make it harder for the state to get away with racist crimes, like the threatened execution of Troy Davis.
We in the League for the Revolutionary Party have often raised the idea of calling a general strike to protest racist atrocities such as this one. That is one example of the kind of radical idea that workers and oppressed people will have to consider, as the racist and anti-worker attacks by both parties of capitalism, the Republicans and the Democrats, get more and more vicious.


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package org.jclouds.openstack.swift.functions;

import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.domain.SwiftObject;

import com.google.common.base.Function;

public class ObjectName implements Function<Object, String> {

   public String apply(Object from) {
      return ((SwiftObject) from).getInfo().getName();
   }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


You have created unique and appealing candles and just want to market them effectively. Printing and mailing a glossy color catalog to tens of thousands of customers is out of your budget, so you are seeking affordable alternatives to finding your products in the hands of potential customers. In this article, you will find creative ways to engage your local neighborhood, family and friends in your efforts to grow ones candle-making business.
Create a signature candle or product that shows off from that of competitors. Whether it is a uniquely scented candle, creative candle containers(candle jars, candle jars & containers) or another characteristic that makes your product fresh and various, highlight this signature candle in every one your marketing efforts. Be certain you enjoy the capacity to produce many candles at once when your sales improve.
Market your candles to local stores and small businesses. Locally owned businesses, such as home decor shops, salons and spas, card and gift shops, grocery stores and florists, may be willing to help you feature your candles concerning their merchandise. Other businesses, such as Realtors, mortgage companies and consumer credit unions, may be willing to buy your candles and use him or her as tokens of accolades to customers and clients. When meeting with internet marketers or managers, always bring along several items with regard to review.
Inquire about renting a table or even booth at local flea markets, fairs and festivals. Research displaying your items at farmer's markets, as they often attribute home goods. Consider creating items of assorted sizes and prices meant for flea markets and gatherings, such as candle treasure baskets. If you are considering debuting an alternative item, a flea market or festival is ideal for launching new products to check out firsthand how customers can respond.
Consider offering your candle as nonprofit fundraisers, if you are willing to share your profits which includes a charitable organization. Sports teams, candle vessels & candle cups supplier which offer ceramic candle containers, ceramic candle jars,nonprofit child care centers whilst others may be willing to use a candle fundraiser to generate revenue. Not only would this help the organization, it would give your candle-making business income and marketing exposure. If you are not sure about working directly which includes a nonprofit to sell ones candles, consider offering a candle or two to remain used as raffle prizes at its events.
Market your candle-making business on the internet. For many candle makers, selling products on the world wide web is a given. Sell your products through your own retail website or at another site, such as eBay.com or Amazon.com. Along with utilizing retail sites, consider writing a candle-making blog or releasing an email newsletter monthly or quarterly to hold customers abreast of new products, holiday sales or closeout items.
Conduct candle parties. Home parties are no longer just for plastic storage space containers. Jewelry, skin care products, handbags, candles and many other products are the products featured in the house parties. To find party hostesses, start with friends and also family, and ask them to help you invite other friends, family members and peers. Give attendees the opportunity to see products in human being and play unique activities, offering people the an opportunity to win small products. Offer discounts to potential customers who purchase multiple solutions and free merchandise to those people who are also willing to host parties of their own.


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'It's So Sad That a Man Lost His Life Over a Mobile Phone': London Man Stabbed to Death During Robbery
A man has been slain with a "large knife" in London after battling in the street with a man who had allegedly attempted to steal his phone.
Emergency services were called just before 9.30 pm Tuesday to reports of a stabbing in Tufnell Park, north London. The victim, 25, could not be saved and he was pronounced dead 40 minutes later.
Formal identification has yet to take place but the man's next of kin have been informed, London Metropolitan Police said. A nearby road was cordoned off as police searched the area with sniffer dogs.
Former soldier Brett Thompson, 63, who attempted to save the man's life, told the Evening Standard: "A guy in black was wrestling with the lad in the street. He pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the leg and it hit an artery. It was a very big knife.
"We tried desperately to save him by putting towels and T-shirts around the wound. But from my military medical training I knew it was no good."
Witness Felipe Carvalho, 31, who was riding home on a moped when he saw two men rowing in the road, said: "A man had a large rucksack on and I saw another man shouting at him saying 'give me my phone back'.
"The man then pulled a huge knife out of his bag – It was about 60cm long. He showed it to the other guy and seemed to be threatening him. I shouted 'leave it, it's just a phone' but they kept on arguing."
He added: "I tried to help. It's so sad that a man has lost his life over a mobile phone."
The incident occurred as London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched a £500,000 "violence reduction unit" that aims to treat knife crime as a "public health problem".
We've released CCTV which captures a moped rider hit a child on a scooter in #Brighton, then make off from the scene.
The footage has been released with the support of the victim's family, and we're seeking to identify the offender.
Watch it here ⬇ https://t.co/4o2uheTkS1 pic.twitter.com/mbEhnDT7yK
— Sussex Police (@sussex_police) September 18, 2018
London Police are also appealing for information after two men were stabbed, leaving one in a "serious" condition, in Greenwich, south London on the same night.
Detective Constable Terry Mulcahy, of Greenwich CID, said: "'This was a horrendous incident, the motive for which is unknown at this time.
"Anyone with information in relation to this incident is encouraged to come forward as a matter of urgency."
Meanwhile, Sussex Police have released footage of a shocking hit and run incident that left a nine-year-old boy injured in Brighton.
Young Logan Dore was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital following the collision with a moped, which failed to stop at the scene. Officers are now offering a £500 reward for information.
Chief Inspector Rachel Swinney said: "This was a very distressing incident which has left a young child in hospital with significant injuries, and I am absolutely determined to trace whoever is responsible.
"We released the footage of the incident with the full support of the victim's family, and we continue to offer our support to them."
Mayor Khan Launches £500,000 'Public Health' Approach to Crime Wave https://t.co/Ym4RAuP3JA
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 19, 2018
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using BLTools;
using BLTools.Json;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace BLTools.UnitTest.Json {

  ///
  ///This is a test class for ArgElementTest and is intended
  ///to contain all ArgElementTest Unit Tests
  ///
  [TestClass()]
  public class JsonPairTest {

    #region --- Constants --------------------------------------------
    private const string TEST_STRING_NAME = "StringField";
    private const string TEST_STRING = "TestContent";
    private const string TEST_STRING_JSON = "\"TestContent\"";
    private const string TEST_STRING_JSON_OBJECT = "{\"TestContent\"}";
    private const string DEFAULT_STRING = "(default)";

    private const string TEST_INT_NAME = "IntField";
    private const int TEST_INT = 98765;
    private const string TEST_INT_JSON = "98765";
    private const string TEST_INT_JSON_OBJECT = "{98765}";
    private const int DEFAULT_INT = -1;

    private const string TEST_FLOAT_NAME = "FloatField";
    private const float TEST_FLOAT = 123.456f;
    private const string TEST_FLOAT_JSON = "123.456";
    private const float DEFAULT_FLOAT = -1.0f;

    private const string TEST_DOUBLE_NAME = "DoubleField";
    private const double TEST_DOUBLE = 123.456789d;
    private const string TEST_DOUBLE_JSON = "123.456789";
    private const double DEFAULT_DOUBLE = -1.0d;

    private const string TEST_DATETIME_NAME = "DateTimeField";
    private static DateTime TEST_DATETIME = DateTime.Today;
    private static string TEST_DATETIME_JSON = $"\"{DateTime.Today.ToString("s")}\"";
    private static DateTime DEFAULT_DATETIME = DateTime.MinValue;

    private const string TEST_BOOL_NAME = "BoolField";
    private const bool TEST_BOOL = true;
    private const string TEST_BOOL_JSON = "true";
    private const bool DEFAULT_BOOL = false;
    #endregion --- Constants --------------------------------------------

    #region --- Tests support --------------------------------------------
    private TestContext testContextInstance;

    ///
    ///Gets or sets the test context which provides
    ///information about and functionality for the current test run.
    ///
    public TestContext TestContext {
      get {
        return testContextInstance;
      }
      set {
        testContextInstance = value;
      }
    }

    #region Additional test attributes
    //
    //You can use the following additional attributes as you write your tests:
    //
    //Use ClassInitialize to run code before running the first test in the class
    //[ClassInitialize()]
    //public static void MyClassInitialize(TestContext testContext)
    //{
    //}
    //
    //Use ClassCleanup to run code after all tests in a class have run
    //[ClassCleanup()]
    //public static void MyClassCleanup()
    //{
    //}
    //
    //Use TestInitialize to run code before running each test
    //[TestInitialize()]
    //public void MyTestInitialize()
    //{
    //}
    //
    //Use TestCleanup to run code after each test has run
    //[TestCleanup()]
    //public void MyTestCleanup()
    //{
    //}
    //
    #endregion
    #endregion --- Tests support --------------------------------------------

    #region --- Tests for constructors --------------------------------------------
    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair")]
    public void CreateJsonPair_String_ValueOk() {
      JsonPair Actual = new JsonPair(TEST_STRING_NAME, TEST_STRING);
      Assert.IsNotNull(Actual.Content);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_STRING_NAME, Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonString));
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_STRING, Actual.StringContent.Value);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_STRING_JSON, Actual.Content.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair")]
    public void CreateJsonPair_Int_ValueOk() {
      JsonPair Actual = new JsonPair(TEST_INT_NAME, new JsonInt(TEST_INT));
      Assert.IsNotNull(Actual.Content);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_INT_NAME, Actual.Key);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_INT, Actual.IntContent.Value);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_INT_JSON, Actual.Content.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair")]
    public void CreateJsonPair_DirectString_ValueOk() {
      JsonPair Actual = new JsonPair(TEST_STRING_NAME, TEST_STRING);
      Assert.IsNotNull(Actual.Content);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_STRING_NAME, Actual.Key);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_STRING, Actual.StringContent.Value);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_STRING_JSON, Actual.Content.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair")]
    public void CreateJsonPair_DirectInt_ValueOk() {
      JsonPair Actual = new JsonPair(TEST_INT_NAME, TEST_INT);
      Assert.IsNotNull(Actual.Content);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_INT_NAME, Actual.Key);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_INT, Actual.IntContent.Value);
      Assert.AreEqual(TEST_INT_JSON, Actual.Content.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair")]
    public void CreateJsonPair_JsonArray_ValueOk() {
      JsonString Source1 = new JsonString(TEST_STRING);
      JsonInt Source2 = new JsonInt(TEST_INT);
      JsonArray SourceArray = new JsonArray(Source1, Source2);

      JsonPair Actual = new JsonPair("TestArray", SourceArray);
      Assert.IsNotNull(Actual.Content);
      Assert.AreEqual("TestArray", Actual.Key);
      Assert.AreEqual(2, Actual.ArrayContent.Count());
      Assert.AreEqual($"\"TestArray\":[\"{TEST_STRING}\",{TEST_INT_JSON}]", Actual.RenderAsString());
    }
    #endregion --- Tests for constructors --------------------------------------------

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringString_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":\"Data\"";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonString));
      Assert.AreEqual("Data", Actual.StringContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringInt_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":123456";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonInt));
      Assert.AreEqual(123456, Actual.IntContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringLong_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":123456789123";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonLong));
      Assert.AreEqual(123456789123L, Actual.LongContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringFloat_ValueOkButDouble() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":123456.789123";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonDouble));
      Assert.AreEqual(123456.789123d, Actual.DoubleContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringDouble_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":123456.789123456789";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonDouble));
      Assert.AreEqual(123456.789123456789d, Actual.DoubleContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringBool_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":true";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonBool));
      Assert.AreEqual(true, Actual.BoolContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringBoolWithInnerSpaces_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\" : true";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonBool));
      Assert.AreEqual(true, Actual.BoolContent.Value);
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayOfBool_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":[true,false]";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.AreEqual(Source, Actual.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayOfString_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":[\"Blue\",\"Red\"]";
      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.AreEqual(Source, Actual.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayOfInt_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":[12,36,48]";
      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.AreEqual(Source, Actual.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayOfFloat_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":[12.98,36.78,48.21]";
      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.AreEqual(Source, Actual.RenderAsString());
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayOfMulti_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":[12.98,\"toto\",48,true]";
      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.AreEqual(Source, Actual.RenderAsString());
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[0], typeof(JsonDouble));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[1], typeof(JsonString));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[2], typeof(JsonInt));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[3], typeof(JsonBool));
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayOfMultiLevels_ValueOk() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier\":[12.98,\"toto\",48,true,[\"second level 1\",\"second level 2\"]]";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.AreEqual(Source, Actual.RenderAsString());
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[0], typeof(JsonDouble));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[1], typeof(JsonString));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[2], typeof(JsonInt));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[3], typeof(JsonBool));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[4], typeof(JsonArray));
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_StringArrayWithReservedCharsInString_ValueOk() {
      string Source = @"{""Identifier"":[12.98,""toto"",48,true,""[\""second level, no 1\"",\""second level : 2\""]""]}";
      JsonObject SourceObject = HelperJsonValue.Parse(Source) as JsonObject;
      IJsonPair Actual = SourceObject[0];
      Assert.AreEqual("Identifier", Actual.Key);
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonArray));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[0], typeof(JsonDouble));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[1], typeof(JsonString));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[2], typeof(JsonInt));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[3], typeof(JsonBool));
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.ArrayContent[4], typeof(JsonString));
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_ErrorInSourceNoDefaultValue_GetDefaultDefaultValue() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier:[12.98,\"toto\",48,true,\"[\\\"second level, no 1\\\",\\\"second level : 2\\\"]\"]";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source);
      Assert.AreEqual(JsonPair.Default.Key, Actual.Key);
      Assert.AreEqual(JsonPair.Default.Content.GetType(), Actual.Content.GetType());
      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(Actual.Content, typeof(JsonNull));
    }

    [TestMethod(), TestCategory("Json"), TestCategory("Json.Pair.Parse")]
    public void ParseJsonPair_ErrorInSourceDefaultValueString_GetDefaultValueString() {
      string Source = "\"Identifier:[12.98,\"toto\",48,true,\"[\\\"second level, no 1\\\",\\\"second level : 2\\\"]\"]";

      IJsonPair Actual = JsonPair.Parse(Source, new JsonPair("MyValue", "Error while reading"));
      Assert.AreEqual("MyValue", Actual.Key);
      Assert.AreEqual("Error while reading", Actual.StringContent.Value);
    }
  }
}


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Campaspe Family Practice started the Practice as a one-doctor clinic and now offer a wide range of services including pathology, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, counselling, dietary advice, ophthalmology, speech pathology, cardiology, respiratory Medicine, health checks and Chronic disease clinics. The practice recently relocated to Kyneton Hospital occupying a full 800 square meter wing providing a huge community asset.
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EU agrees to 'coordinated approach' for changing Covid situation
© Aurelien Morissard, AP
The European Union Health Security Committee said on Tuesday EU member states agreed on a "coordinated approach" to the changing Covid-19 situation, adding that included implications for increased travel from China.
EU health chief Stella Kyriakides said the committee worked on targeted measures including pre-departure testing for travellers from China, stepped up wastewater monitoring and increased domestic surveillance.
An "overwhelming majority" of the EU's 27 member countries want passengers coming from China to be systematically tested for Covid before departure, the European Commission said.
The consensus recommendation emerged from a meeting of EU health ministry officials held Tuesday in Brussels.
A crisis meeting to be held Wednesday on the issue will decide what coordinated measures will be applied across the bloc.
The gatherings were called in the wake of China deciding to lift its "zero Covid" policy, which has sparked massive demand for flights to other parts of the world by Chinese citizens and residents who had been grounded for nearly three years.
The European Union fears a sudden influx of passengers from China could bring Covid variants that may be able to evade current vaccines.
There are also concerns that China's data on infections is incomplete, partial and insufficient.
"The overwhelming majority of countries are in favour of pre-departure testing," a commission spokesman said after Tuesday's meeting.
Read more on FRANCE 24 English
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Eva Green: Actress tells High Court she did not expect to have WhatsApp messages 'exposed' during lawsuit hearing
Hollywood star Eva Green has admitted it has been "very humiliating" to hear her private WhatsApp messages read out at the High Court, where she is suing a production company over a sci-fi film project that was dropped. The 42-year-old French actress had been due to play the lead role in A Patriot, appearing alongside Charles Dance and Helen Hunt, but the production was cancelled in October 2019. Green, best known for starring in Casino Royale alongside Daniel Craig, has filed a lawsuit against producers White Lantern Film, claiming she is still entitled to her fee of $1m (about £810,000) despite the project collapsing.
Shakespeare - nearing an end? Sukhjit Kaur - Townley Grammar School
Many students nowadays will agree that the current education system is way outdated, and is due for heavy reform. This can be said for English literature especially, as many children do not understand the point of learning such texts.
Ice Storm Collisions Cause Gridlock in East Arkansas
A series of crashes during a major ice storm brought traffic to a standstill along several miles of Interstate 40 west of Memphis, in St Francis County, Arkansas, in the early hours of Tuesday, January 31, officials said.A little before 5 am, the Forrest City Fire Department posted photos of crashed semi-trucks and warned motorists that icy conditions on Interstate 40 and Highway 70 were presenting "extremely hazardous driving conditions."Westbound lanes of I-40 at mile marker 252, about 13 miles east of Forrest City, had been impassable since 2:30 am and would remain stalled for several more hours, the fire department said.The gridlock began to ease over the late morning and early afternoon.This footage, recorded by live traffic cams operated by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, shows conditions at various spots along I-40 after 11 am.Another round of ice and wind was forecast to impact east Arkansas, west Tennessee, and north Mississippi on Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service said it expected the storm to cause power outages, dangerous driving conditions, and extensive tree damage. Credit: Arkansas DoT via Storyful
Britain unlawfully issued surveillance warrants for nearly five years - tribunal
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which did not mention specific cases or intelligence targets in its written judgment, said there had been "serious failings in compliance" by MI5 from late 2014 to April 2019. Judge Andrew Edis also said the Home Office had failed to make "adequate enquiries" while approving the bulk surveillance warrants from 2016 until April 2019. Human rights groups Liberty and Privacy International, which brought the legal action, said the ruling showed there had been years of rule-breaking by MI5, which was "overlooked" by the Home Office.
Kate Garraway confronts Matt Hancock over Covid response and I'm a Celeb appearance
Matt Hancock has insisted he did not "primarily" go on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! The former Health Secretary was confronted about the Government's Covid response, breaking pandemic restrictions and his appearance on reality TV during an awkward exchange on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Tuesday. Ms Garraway, whose husband Derek Draper spent months in an induced coma after contracting coronavirus and continues to suffer from severe long Covid, questioned why he decided to take part in the reality series when the public was still "raw" about his behaviour during the pandemic.
Met Police officer guilty of assault and unlawful imprisoning woman dismissed
PC Sam Grigg left his victim taped up before cutting her when freeing her with knife
Tesco buys Paperchase brand after stationery chain collapses into administration
Hundreds of jobs remain at risk as supermarket will not buy Paperchase's stores
Country diary: An unlikely haven of hedgehogs and house sparrows
Hove, East Sussex: My slightly unloved nearby park has plenty to offer if you stay present and look closely
SNP MP hits out at Brexit during rally marking three years since UK left EU
Alyn Smith spoke at a rally in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, marking the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU.
Les Miserables Honor Bishop Latymer Upper School
Victor Hugo's hauntingly human novel Les Miserables tells the intertwined stories of his characters during the French revolution in a cocktail of drama and pathos- no wonder then, that its plot has stood the test of time. The book, written in 1862, was adapted into a musical in 1980, and again in 1985 (in English this time) by Cameron Mackintosh. His musical is still filling and delighting theatres, and has been doing so for over 30 years.
LISTED: Schools closed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole due to strikes
MULITPLE schools across the conurbation will be closed on Wednesday, February 1, due to national strike action.
Ted Cruz won't apologise for Paul Pelosi hammer attack conspiracies
The Texas Republican is one of many conservative figures who tweeted wild speculation
Ryan Reynolds learns meaning of 'squeaky bum time' ahead of Wrexham v Sheffield clash
Wrexham co-owner and Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds learned the meaning of "squeaky bum time".Source: BBC Sport


Hailed as the greatest of all romantic ballets, Giselle is currently ranked among the top three best-loved ballets of all time. First performed in Paris in 1841 by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, Giselle was an immediate success and soon became tremendously popular across Europe, Russia and the United States. The brilliant choreography for Giselle originated during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries at the Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg with the famous French ballet master, Marius Petipa.
The Royal Opera House Muscat presents this compellingly beautiful ballet in a production by one of the world's greatest ballet companies – American Ballet Theatre (ABT) which regularly performs Giselle at New York's prestigious Metropolitan Theatre.
With staging by ABT's acclaimed artistic director and former principal dancer, Kevin McKenzie, sets by the famous Italian production designer, Oscar-winning, Gianni Quaranta, and costumes by the distinguished Italian designer, Anna Anni, this luminous production represents the epitome of world class entertainment.
Giselle, a lovely young village girl with a weak heart, falls in love with a dashing nobleman, Count Albrecht, who has disguised himself as a peasant in order to court her. Unaware that he is already engaged to a princess, Giselle joyfully agrees to marry Albrecht. When the truth comes to light, Giselle's fragile heart fails and she quite literally dies of a broken heart. Giselle is forced to join the ranks of the beautiful but terrible wilis, spirits who were jilted and seek vengeance by dancing to death any mortal man who comes their way. When the sorrowful Albrecht arrives to lay flowers on Giselle's grave, he is captured by the wilis, but a forgiving Giselle manages to save her beloved. She is thereby freed from the evil wilis and ascends to heaven.
Giselle is ballet that requires supreme artistry and great technical skill in the execution of extremely demanding roles. As a village girl, Giselle must have a certain earthiness; and, as a spirit, Giselle is buoyant, weightless and ethereal. She must take to the air with invisible, almost whispering wings as if the air is her true element. Equally challenging is the role of Albrecht who must remain a mortal, but dance convincingly with Giselle's spirit through tight double-air spins, extremely light jetés (leaps) and fluid, almost invisible entrechats (rapid leg-crossing in the air).


There is no single formula for developing a business plan. But certain elements should be considered consistently for getting access to a sound business plan. A good plan emphasizes on executive summary, a sound description of the business, and a proper plan to market and manage businesses.
It is necessary to write a good business plan because that is what successful businesses do. Traditional business plans are quite intentional. They are based on strategies like thoughtfulness, analytics, completeness and decisiveness – all hallmarks of smart business plans.
A Business Plan that is workable has to start from a different place and should be based on different sets of operating assumptions. Business plans should be based on tactical strategies and there has to be the feel of relationship and attachment with lending institutions. For making a thriving business, four things should be considered.
1. Dream – It is very important for a business to dream big, in-order, to make it really big. So, big dreams should get reflected in business plans.
2. Purpose – The purpose of the business has to get reflected in business-plans. It is only truly good intentions that are appreciated by financers.
3. Vision – To realize a dream there has to be a proper mechanism. Vision is the means to achieve the Dream.
4. Mission – Mission is the task at hand. It is the action that brings Dream, Vision & Purpose into reality.
Creating a Business plan is pre-requisite for any entrepreneur regardless of the size of the business. It should include copies of purchase documents, personal finance statements, letters of intent, copy of resumes and copies of licenses.


NEW YORK, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation in partnership with the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries announced today the winners of the 26th Annual Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Book Awards. The 2012 awards ceremony will be held on April 12th in conjunction with The University of Southern Mississippi's Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival. Margery Cuyler, an award-winning children's book author and publisher at Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, will be guest presenter.
"Fifty years ago, Ezra's book The Snowy Day, which featured an African American child, broke the color barrier in mainstream children's book publishing when it was embraced by families across racial, economic and ethnic lines," said Deborah Pope, Executive Director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. "Like Ezra, this year's Book Award winners have, in their own way, celebrated the similarities—and differences—of people whose life experiences are dramatically varied."
"We are thrilled to be presenting the Book Awards with The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation," said Ellen Ruffin, Curator of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. "The success of Ezra's first book, which earned the coveted Caldecott medal, gave him the encouragement to create many more children's books. It is our hope that this recognition will have the same impact on this year's winners. Who knows—one day their books might join Ezra's in the de Grummond collection."
The Book Award was created to acknowledge and encourage budding children's book authors and illustrators who impart Ezra Jack Keats' values—the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family and the multicultural nature of our world.
In Tia Isa Wants a Car, first-time picture book author Meg Medina tells the story of Tia Isa, who dreams of buying a car, and the niece who helps her save. As hard as they work, money is tight—especially since everything goes into two piles: one for here and one for family members far away so that they too can come to the U.S. one day.
Medina's idea for the book began with memories of her family's first car. "My aunt's car was a light-blue Wildcat that stalled everywhere and was awful to park on crowded streets," she said. "But that car could take us anywhere we wanted in this new country; it was freedom."
Through vivid illustrations and an inviting point-of-view, Kostecki-Shaw introduces readers to two pen pals—Elliot, who lives in America, and Kailash, who lives in India. By exchanging letters and pictures, the boys learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and ride a school bus. Their worlds might look different, but they are actually similar. Same, same but different!
To be eligible for the 2012 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, writers and illustrators must have published no more than three books. Entries must have a 2011 copyright date, and have been submitted to the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation by December 30, 2011. The winners receive a gold medallion as well as an honorarium of $1,000. The selection committee is comprised of early childhood education specialists, librarians, illustrators and experts in children's literature.
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation supports arts and literacy programming in public schools and libraries across the country, with the goal of bringing the joy of reading and learning to all children while highlighting the importance of diversity in children's books. In addition to the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, the Foundation sponsors the Ezra Jack Keats/New York Department of Education Bookmaking Competition for grades 3-12, and the Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program, among others. For information about the Foundation please visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org.
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi is one of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature. The Collection holds the original manuscripts and illustrations of more than 1300 authors and illustrators, as well as 180,000+ mostly American and British published books dating back to 1530. Since 1985, the de Grummond Collection has been the home of the Ezra Jack Keats Archive, which includes manuscripts, typescripts, sketches, dummies, illustrations, and proofs for Ezra Jack Keats' books.


My intercessory team received a panicked prayer request from a woman who had discovered a lump in her breast.
"I'm trying not to be, but I'm terrified!" she said, as her mammogram was set for the following week.
She desperately desired that peace Philippians 4:7 speaks of, that transcends all human understanding. Fast forward a bit, and her results were negative for cancer. Praise God! She was fine.
Her situation and outcome sent my mind racing back to 2012. Just months after my mother finished her breast cancer treatment and was given a clean bill of health, I discovered a hard, painless lump in my left breast. Because of my family history, the doctor was extra cautious and set me up for a mammogram right away. The radiologist's films showed what appeared to be early stage Ductal Carcinoma—one of the most common forms of breast cancer.
I was sent to a breast specialist in our city to confirm the results.
On the day of my appointment, I sat in the cold office, mindlessly flipping through one of the women's health magazines in the small exam room. Time felt like it was crawling. But I'd already made up my mind that, whatever the outcome, I would trust the Lord to bring me through it.
Finally, I got the news.
"You can relax. It's not cancer," the doctor told me with a comforting smile.
Remembering that moment that gave me special empathy for the woman gripped by fear. I know how uncomfortable uncertainty is. It can be downright frightening and unsettling, especially when things look as bad as they did for the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4:8-37.
I have talked about her here before, and I feel led to share about her again.
Her only son, whose birth was prophesied by Elisha, fell suddenly ill and died. Most of us would have panicked; but she didn't. She sought out the prophet of God with full assurance that the Lord was able to revive her son.
In other words, she told her spouse, everything is alright. Her statement was prophetic. God indeed used Elisha to resurrect the boy from the dead. Her posture of faith paid off in a big way.
In fact, somebody reading this has been going through a dead, dry season. Is that somebody you? If so, this is a message for you sent straight from Heaven. Even though there seems to be no hope, life, vitality, or fruitfulness left, things are about to turn around for you.
You see, God specializes in resurrecting dead things. You will get on your feet again. You will see increase again. You will be healthy and whole again. You will love again. You will see God's hand of blessing moving in your circumstances again.
If life has knocked you down and your head is hanging low, prepare to get up. Prophesy over yourself like the Shunammite woman did and say, everything is alright. God has a plan to pull you out of this grave of defeat, discouragement and struggle!
As you drink down the contents of your cup, God is calling you back to life. He's pulling you out of your grave and setting you free. He's restoring your faith and confidence.
You will rise again. Expect some good news; it's on the way. You will see better outcomes in 2019.
God, thank You for reminding me that this situation is not too hard for you to fix. Just as you raised Lazarus from the dead, You are resurrecting some dead areas in my life. I praise You now for reversing what man says is irreversible. I declare by faith that You are doing the impossible for me. It's already done, in Jesus' name, Amen.


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TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY.
Publisher: Ocean Software
Developer: Ocean Software
DESCRIPTION OF TERMINATOR 2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, an arcade game released in 1991. The game was released on most home and personal computers of the day (including Amiga and PC).
The plot of the game is based on a movie hit with the same title. In the game we play the Terminator T800, whose purpose is to protect and terminate the Terminator T1000.
The game is divided into seven levels (stages). The sequence of stages - scenes closely related to the action of the film. In the first episode - you will fight in the T1000 shop. The second level is the escape on the motorcycle. The third level (here a small deviation from the film story) is a jigsaw puzzle. In the next scene we will have another fight with the T1000 - this time in the hospital. The fifth stage is a crazy run with rifles in hand. The next stage - again chase - this time we drive a police car. And the final - place of action steel smelter - fight T800 vs T1000.
The fun thing about the game is the interlacing of the stages - digitized movie snippets. As for the 90's, really impressing.
The game is quite simple, the whole can go in a few hours. For the evening just in time.
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As I mentioned in my What a Year post, we moved into a new house last summer –July 2013 to be exact. Now that we've been in the house for one year, things are starting to settle down. I unpacked the last boxes in May 2014. The dust has finally settled and I'm ready to discuss this huge project. In this post I'm going to outline how to survive building a new house, or, how I enjoyed the renovation of this historic Edwardian gem.
It's summer now, and we are enjoying the fruits of our labor (that's our dining room above, we use it unless we're eating at the kitchen counter depicted below). We broke ground on the project in March 2012 and for the next 17 months construction went at breakneck speed –I kid you not, our contractor worked quickly and we only had a few delays, which was superb for a construction project of this size and scale. In the future I will discuss the construction and decorating processes in more detail, for now I'm going to chat about how a couple can build or renovate a house successfully, i.e., without getting a divorce.
Thankfully, my husband and I realized that since we are both alphas, it might not be best to work together closely on the gut renovation of a 100 year old house. We knew from several remodeling and decorating projects that we had done over the years that this type of process could engender stress, frustration, and disagreement.
The biggest question in this type of project is how does one person manage a rebuild so that both people are comfortable and satisfied? My husband and I worked out a system which was smooth and harmonious. I made all day-to-day decisions. I selected materials, winnowing down numerous choices until there were only two or three, then he made the final decisions. I am a perfectionist when it comes to details and visuals and can often get caught up in indecision (I spent far too long choosing the kitchen pulls in the photo below), and my husband has unbelievable taste and is very decisive, so this was a great system that really fit our needs as a couple. I think it also helps that we are in our late 40's and have been together for more than two decades. I couldn't and wouldn't have done a project of this scale 10 years ago. I did not have the life experience or self-knowledge that I needed when I was 30-something to pull this project off.
The house, built in 1904, had undergone several renovations during the last 100 plus years. We decided to remove all of the choppy additions and took it down to the studs. There were no walls or floors when we were done gutting it. We used ladders to get from floor to floor and carefully walked on beams at times to get around.
I decided our project would be a green renovation, which was important to me on a both a political and personal level. After graduation from college I worked at the Environmental Defense Fund, and at age 26 founded an environmental consulting company called ecosav, so building a green house was a dream of mine for not years, but decades. It was also a medical necessity for me given that I have multiple chemical sensitivities. Towards the end of the project when all of the finishes were being installed, I didn't need to wear a gas mask to enter the construction site. Hallelujah. Even better, my family would not be exposed to toxic paints, sealers, and finishes that typically off-gas after a move-in for years to come. I installed a point of entry water filtration system so that not only drinking water would be clean and free of toxins such as chlorine, but our water for bathing would be as well. I also had an infra-red sauna built into our attic (I'll share more details on this, as well as the health benefits of infra-red light at a later date).
In addition to No-VOC finishes, we undertook the massive digging of a geothermal well (our property is one-third of an acre) in order to create an ecologically friendly system for heating and cooling; and we put radiant heat in the gorgeous recycled hardwood floors. I also used recycled barn wood to build out a craft room in our attic (see photo below).
Throughout the house I used upcycled pieces (such as the orange chair in the photo above), many of which I found in my hunts at thrift stores and flea markets. I also shopped online for vintage finds on etsy, that's where I purchased the old IBM clock in the picture below.
Further, we went to great lengths to restore various aspects of the house that had fallen into a bit of disrepair over the years. A team of masons re-pointed the intricate brick work that envelopes the exterior of this historic Edwardian gem. In fact, the masons were a darling family of incredible craftsmen –a father and his three sons (plus their adorable dog) lovingly repaired the house brick by brick.
Of course, the kitchen is the heart of our house and we have already made so many amazing memories in it, cooking together as a family. The boys and their friends sit on the stools below, gathered around the center island after school and I make all of these gregarious growing guys (now teenagers) loads of food. I shot the photo below at night with my iphone–I'm surprised at how well it turned out.
I've shared quite a few photos of our newly renovated house on Instagram (follow me here) and have received numerous requests from readers to write about this project here on my website. I'm a little shy, so it took me a year to share this and let you into my home. I hope you enjoy the pictures as well as the story of our renovation. If you did, I might even come out of my shell a bit more and share some other aspects of this delightful project that I not only survived, but learned so much from and enjoyed immensely.
I'm a lot more interested in how you chose the final products used, finishes, flooring, paint, etc that were environmentally friendly than the decorating. How did you know what choices were best environmentally? Where did you shop? How do we find people who are knowledgeable and trustworthy in our area? What went into the flooring decisions? Paint? Sealer? Etc. I'm very interested and looking at a remodel coming up one of these years. I am a forester by training but have little background in environmentally friendly building and remodeling materials. I find it overwhelming when I start reading. I'd love to see a series of posts on this topic. Your home is beautiful. May your time in it be blessed.


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La Estrella, también conocido como El Cerrico, es un barrio situado al este de la ciudad española de Albacete. Habitado fundamentalmente por población de etnia gitana, tiene 913 habitantes (2012).

Toponimia
El barrio recibe desde 1950 el nombre de La Estrella en honor a la Virgen de la Estrella. Anteriormente se denominaba «El Cerrico de la Horca» por ser lugar de ahorcamiento de los delincuentes.

Geografía
El barrio, con forma rectagular irregular, está situado al este de la ciudad de Albacete, entre las calles San Pedro al oeste, las calles Soria y carretera de Ayora al norte y las vías del tren al este. Linda con los barrios Polígono San Antón al norte y La Milagrosa al oeste. Forma parte del distrito A de Albacete junto con los barrios La Milagrosa, Miguel Ángel Blanco y Polígono de San Antón.

Historia
En la década de 1950 el éxodo rural en busca de una vida mejor propició la creación de barrios periféricos marginales en la capital. La Estrella surgió en los años 1950 separado de la ciudad por las vías del tren. En su origen influyó la presencia en la zona de una loma en cuyas cuevas se alojaban las personas sin recursos. El barrio también se conoce como «El Cerrico de la Horca» por haber sido lugar de ahorcamiento de presos en la antigüedad.

Demografía

La Estrella tiene 913 habitantes (2012): 430 mujeres y 483 hombres. Es un barrio de población joven. La población mayor de 65 años supone el 10,63 % del total de la población del barrio, mientras que la población infantil se sitúa en el 19,46 %, el doble que la media de la ciudad. Casi toda la población del barrio es de raza gitana. El porcentaje de personas que viven solas es muy bajo. Las familias son predominantemente numerosas y 1 de cada 4 de ellas tiene 6 miembros o más. La población extranjera es la más baja de toda la ciudad. El nivel de estudios de sus habitantes es el más bajo de la ciudad, tras el del barrio de La Milagrosa. El paro es muy elevado en el barrio.

Infraestructuras
El barrio alberga la iglesia del Ave María, donde viven las monjas avemarianas desde que se instalaron en ella en 1945. Además, cuenta con el Centro Privado Concertado de Educación Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria El Ave María.

Fiestas
Las fiestas oficiales del barrio tienen lugar anualmente a principios de junio.

Transporte
En autobús urbano, el barrio queda conectado mediante las siguientes líneas:

Referencias

Barrios de Albacete

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People close to me know that I am a bit of a process nerd. I love efficient systems that generate effective results. After all, some of my best training came from the international air operations at United Parcel Service ("UPS"), where I worked while I was pursuing my bachelor's degree. In those days, UPS was known as "the tightest ship in the shipping business", and I loved seeing the volume of packages we could move through the buildings and onto planes during a three-hour sort. I thought it was a bit crazy when the industrial engineering department sent auditors to count the number of copies we made during the sort, but after 15 years running my own business, I now understand why UPS measured so much and was committed to continuous improvement. Customer expectations are raised constantly, and we need to keep up. Otherwise, someone else will be happy to take our place. We live in a big world with a lot of smart, talented people who can disrupt even the industries with great longevity.
In 2003, I was one of those "disrupters", to some degree. As a former plaintiff in a lawsuit involving sexual harassment, gender discrimination, breach of contract, and unpaid commissions, I knew there were better ways to serve clients than lawyers often did. I had a great attorney who was highly responsive to my emotional, intellectual, and financial needs throughout the litigation, but before 2003, I had been working for firms that were not generally as responsive. I was given the freedom to provide a better client experience, as long as I met my billable hours goals, which often left me working 15-hour days for a now-defunct firm.
I left that firm and, in part by maximizing my use of computer technology, I was able to keep a roof over my head and food on the coffee table in the apartment I shared with two other young professional women. I systemized all the documents I regularly used in my practice, allowing for customization that reassured the clients I was fully familiar with the facts and circumstances of their unique cases. I was an early adopter of personal data assistants ("PDA"), the predecessors of smartphones, and wireless internet cards, so I could complete most of my reports while traveling back from court on subway and commuter trains. My clients could have full analysis and an updated strategy within 24 hours. Meanwhile, many of my competitors were still dictating their reports into a tiny cassette recorder.
It is with this mindset that I am automating some tasks in my business. After much research, I am confidently looking first at the repetitive tasks that my team and I often forget about when we're busy (e.g., marketing, networking, client feedback) or the ones that allow for too much human error (e.g., document creation, calculations, manual data entry). I want to maintain a high-touch experience for my clients, and I want to create error-free work that gets them the results they want. Automating a few tasks makes sure I don't forget important dates, yet frees me up to call clients to discuss their current concerns, whether or not those concerns are related to work I am doing for them. Likewise, using integrations to automate pieces of document creation and workflows speeds the process and cuts my clients' costs. It's a win-win, and you know how we mediators love those!
As more of my colleagues learn of my current automation projects, I am often asked where to start. For some, there are concerns about becoming cold and robotic, which (to them and me) takes the joy out of having a service business. We remember the complaints we got when we first started using a phone system with an auto-attendant, and we are reminded of the call we made to the airline, bank, government agency, tech support department, etc., not knowing if we made the right selections and would get the help we needed, or if we would be hung up on and have to wait on hold again for 10 or more minutes. These are all valid, especially when the customer service we get often feels less like service to us than from us.
Plan. If you want to send an invitation to your newsletter to each new contact you add to your Outlook Contacts, you can probably set this up through a combination of Zapier and your newsletter service (e.g., Mailchimp, Constant Contact), but you might want to have different types of contacts get different types of news. Think about what will be most interesting to the recipient and plan out your workflow accordingly.
Act. Test your zap with a handful of contacts. Ideally, these will be friends or colleagues who know the invitation is coming and will give you honest feedback. If you test your automation on new contacts, you might turn the relationships sour and miss the opportunities that had you excited about connecting with them.
Revise. Since much of the software you will be using is internet-based, you will probably be able to test and edit what you do rather easily, but it's also easy to set up massive messes that take hours, if not days, to correct. Don't be afraid to go very slowly, even when the internet and everything else seems to be speeding up.
Repeat. Even after you get your workflow to do what you want it to do, software updates and other changes might require you to re-test and revise the process. Data analysis might suggest this automation is not getting the results you want, too. So, be prepared to make changes. In many ways, technology mirrors life. Embrace the continuous change, grow with it, and keep doing your best under the circumstances presented in each moment. For better or for worse, change will come in later moments.
By the way, if you're benefiting from some of my automations (or if you hate them), please let me know.