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Jonathan Cape, 2021 - 356 síður
Languages of Truth offers Salman Rushdie's most piercingly analytical views yet on the evolution of literature and culture even as he takes us deep into his own exuberant and fearless imagination
Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating deep truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing, prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspiring essays, criticism, and speeches that focus on his relationship with the written word, and solidify his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time.
Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, Languages of Truth chronicles Rushdie's own intellectual engagement with a period of momentous cultural shifts. Immersing the reader in a wide variety of subjects, he delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need, and what emerges is, in myriad ways, a love letter to literature itself. Rushdie explores what the work of authors from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison mean to him, often by telling vivid, sometimes humorous stories of his own personal encounters with them, whether on the page or in person. He delves deeper than ever before into the nature of "truth," revels in the vibrant malleability of language, and the creative lines that can join art and life, and he looks anew at migration, multiculturalism and censorship. The ideas, true stories, and arguments presented here are at once revelatory, funny, and eye-opening, enlivened on every page by Rushdie's signature wit and dazzling voice, making this volume a genuine pleasure to read.
Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.
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Ill Bill is back with a new record titled "Truth". Produced by Pete Rock. This is off his upcoming album The Grimy Awards due out February 26th.
Ill Bill drops an official video for "Exploding Octopus" which will live on his upcoming LP The Grimy Awards available February 26th.


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A Girl in Parts
In the early 1980s in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Dorothy lives with her bar tending mother, her bar-attending stepfather, and her sweetly precocious little brother. Dottie's nine, plagued by insomnia, asthma, earaches, and bad teeth. She is lonely and insecure, but her intelligence and keen sense of perception enable her to see every vivid detail of her impoverished rural surroundings and the strange characters around her.
The Ghosts of Anne & Sylvia
Both gritty and lyrical, The Ghosts of Anne & Sylvia is a winning collection of poetry that pays homage to the friendship and written work of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. Amber LaParne and Jasmine Paul present a unique book that showcases poetry as "story," with each poet's work complementing the other as well as interweaving similar themes.
© 2022 Jasmine Paul. All Rights Reserved.

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I am in desperate search (as all parents on here are!) for a new lovey for my son.
Alex is three years old and has had "Peter" since the day he was born. Alex was almost 8 weeks premature (7wks, 6 days) and has never spent a day without this little bunny. "Peter" was by his side in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and has gone everywhere since.
I finally found a listing for "Peter" on eBay, after literally months of searching online. The seller wants $50 for this rabbit, and, as much as I love my little boy, I can not afford that. I am a single mom of two preschoolers and as much as I know it would make his day (and save some tantrums in the near future) I can not buy it for him.
If anyone has any idea where I can find one cheaper, please let me know.
Know it has been some time but if still searching hope this one helps.


I have never heard this. Where is your teacher from?
This is like a "branco de terceira idade", but there is no age limit! You simply do not know what to say. You cannot remember information.
Context needed. Sometimes a "hard line" is very aggressive, uncompromising and unyielding policy, stand, position. Usually you find it in the singular.
There are no limits to the level of improvement you have achieved. Congratulations!


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The Latest: Male, female among dead in hotel standoff
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Latest on a shooting and a standoff at a hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire:
The New Hampshire attorney general's office says a man and woman were found dead inside a hotel room following a 15-hour standoff.
But it wouldn't say how the two died nor provide their identities. It also wouldn't say whether police found anything in the room at the Quality Inn related to the standoff.
The standoff began Wednesday evening after authorities attempted to serve a warrant on 51-year-old Stephen Marshall, of Manchester and another male. Marshall was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers outside the hotel.
The New Hampshire attorney general's office says the two remaining people involved in a hotel standoff in Manchester are dead.
The two were found inside a room at the Quality Inn. The attorney general's office says in a news release Thursday at least one had fired multiple gunshots out of the room.
They weren't identified and it wasn't immediately known how they died. A news conference is planned for Thursday afternoon.
The bodies were found hours after 51-year-old Stephen Marshall, of Manchester, was apparently killed by a law enforcement officer at the hotel Wednesday.
Authorities say the standoff began around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when Marshall was holding a gun in his hand and "engaged" with police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents outside the hotel.
Police in New Hampshire's largest city say a standoff between authorities and two people barricaded inside a hotel has been resolved, hours after another man was apparently killed by a law enforcement officer.
Police provided no further information, but ambulances were seen near the hotel. A stretcher was brought out with someone on it.
Authorities say the standoff began around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when a man with a gun in his hand "engaged" with police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents outside the Quality Inn in Manchester.
State Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati said a Manchester police officer and a DEA agent both fired their weapons.
Authorities identified the man killed as 51-year-old Stephen Marshall, of Manchester, at a news conference early Thursday. Marshall was pronounced dead at the hospital.
New Hampshire's attorney general's office says a man has been killed in an officer-involved shooting with police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents at a hotel. Two people remain barricaded in a first-floor room.
Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati identified the man killed as 51-year-old Stephen Marshall, of Manchester, in a news conference early Thursday.
Agati says the shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Quality Inn in Manchester, near Interstate 293 in a busy area that includes a shopping mall.
Agati says Marshall had a gun in his hand and "engaged" with DEA agents and police. Marshall was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police had evacuated the hotel and a nearby restaurant.
Officials say there is still an active standoff going on between officers and the two people barricaded in the hotel room as of Thursday morning.
This story has been corrected to show the name of the agency is Drug Enforcement Administration, not the Drug Enforcement Agency.
New Hampshire's attorney general's office says a man has been killed in an officer-involved shooting with police and Drug Enforcement Agency agents at a hotel. Two people remain barricaded in a first-floor room.
Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati identified the man killed as 51-year-old Stephen Marshall, of Manchester, in a news conference early Thursday. Agati says the shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Quality Inn in Manchester, near Interstate 293 in a busy area that includes a shopping mall.
Marshall was pronounced dead at a hospital.
No officers were hurt.


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June 5, 2020 doug28352
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A: Ric Flair, Jaxson Ryker, Sunny & More….
Ric Flair, Jaxson Ryker, Sunny & More
Chris Hyatte, he of Midnight News fame, passed away earlier today. This is a sad time for internet marks everywhere. He was one of the first and definitely one the best. RIP Hyatte. You will be missed. Now let's do some of the Ultimate Q&A.
If 2020 were a pro wrestling match, which one would it be?
Maybe Nia Jax versus Linda Miles with Linda McMahon & Mike Adamle as the announcers and special referee Droz. Yeah, it's been a spectacle, but nothing good would come out of it and it would be the very definition of train-wreck.
Has Ric Flair destroyed his legacy?
Flair will always be respected for what he did inside the ring over the past forty-plus years, but as a person, I think he has damaged his own reputation and legacy quite a bit. He's irresponsible in many ways, refuses to grow up, and will do anything for a buck. Ric Flair, the wrestler, is one of the greatest of all time, no questions about it. Ric Flair, the person, he's way too human in many ways.
So after her latest Twitter comments, has Sunny done enough to get herself kicked out of the WWE HOF?
I don't know what Tammy has said on her latest Twitter ramblings. She blocked me many years ago for making a joke about her then-impending jail time. But I'm sure it was bitchy, colorful, and self-serving ignorance at it's best. But should it get her kicked out of the WWE Hall of Fame? And I say no. She's there because of what she did as a performer in the WWF and ECW and she earned that spot. Like Flair in the previous question, the person isn't equal to the character or what we expect of our heroes of the squared circle. Sunny earned that spot in the HOF. Tammy is a bitch at times, but no one can take her accomplishments away from her.
What are your thoughts on Nia Jax and why do you think she receives so much criticism?
I think she's lazy in the ring, unsure of her size and strength and clumsy. She is an interesting character that could have a lot of potential for WWE, but she needs to go back to NXT or train with someone to refine and tighten up what skills she does have before someone is seriously injured or worse. And why she gets criticized is because like everything else, she deserves it.
Thoughts on Jaxson Ryker and his recent tweets about BLM and President Trump?
Thankful for the @POTUS we have! God bless America. Built of freedom. Forgotten No More.
That's what he said and what everyone is freaking out so badly about right now. Maybe the use of his catch-phrase at the end is a little much, but this is exactly the type of post I'd expect from a former Marine, which Ryker, real name Chad Lail, is. I agree with him and am also thankful for the President we currently have, especially when you consider what the option was. I know that right now, it's not popular to support the President or have an independent thought or opinion, especially if it involves common sense or offends the liberal left, but Lail does and should be commended for it, not insulted. Now he and Saints Quarterback Drew Brees are both being dragged over the coals for being patriotic and admitting that they love our nation and support our President. It's their opinion and their right. It's just a shame that having pride in your nation and President isn't allowed anymore.
Name your top 3 wrestlers in the world right now and your top 3 of all time.
The Top 3 in the world right now, in my opinion, would be Asuka, AJ Styles, and Seth Rollins (even though I hate his character). My Top 3 of all time are Bobby Eaton, Masked Superstar (Bill Eadie), and Ole & Gene Anderson, aka The Minnesota Wrecking Crew.
Is AEW teasing towards forming a new Four Horsemen?
They seem to be dropping hints in that direction and with both Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard as part of the roster, it's a logical direction to be heading, especially with the addition of FTR to the company. I don't think they can or would use the Horsemen name, but a faction with two managers (Arn & Tully) and a roster of Shawn Spears, FTR, Cody, maybe Tessa Blanchard and one or two others, would be bad-ass to see and could be good for the company as well.
Is Orange Cassidy the "baddest man on the planet"?
Well, he came out when Jericho asked for the "baddest man on the planet" to come to the ring so I guess, at least for this past Wednesday night, he was.
Who is the prettiest woman in AEW?
Honestly, I don't pay much attention to the women in AEW or their looks, but if I had to choose, I think Brandi is the first one that comes to mind. Cody is a lucky man.
If you were told to come to WWE and bring five Indy talent as a team for the Survivor Series (with you as the manager), who would you take with you?
I'd stay right here in Laurinburg and round of some local talent who are among the best in the world, bar none. If Chris Steele and Scott Powers, aka The Main Attraction, were willing to come out of retirement, they'd be my first picks. They'd probably decline so I'd round up some men I know well and would be awesome to travel and work with and watch do their thing in a WWE ring. I'd get the Atlantic Coast Destruction Crew, Ethan Storm & Taz Jackson, Carolina Kidd, the team of "The Fallen Artist" Derk Douglas & "The Monster" Brad Branson, aka BD Productions, and round it up by reaching out to Georgia and my ex-roomie, Mike Youngblood. These men, with myself and the Carolina Girl in their corner, would assure WWE of a great match, some wild times, and an experience of a lifetime.
And there you go. My thanks for reading. Any thoughts, comments, or questions to ask, feel free, and talk to me either here at the site in the comment section, at my e-mail of Doug28352@yahoo.com, or on Twitter at @Doug28352. Follow me. I follow back. And now, it's time to go fold clothes and go to bed. Work comes early in the morning. Have a great one, stay safe in these crazy times, and I'll see you at the matches.
Next NXT Takeover: In Your House – Thoughts & Predictions


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Why analyzing online behavior is key in Asia's new normal
March 15, 2022 Avanti Kumar Views 0
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Analytics is crucial to understanding digital interactions. Mixpanel's approach is to dial up the spotlight on online behavior insights.
In its February 2022 mobile internet usage roundup, Statista confirmed the usage of smartphones and tablets had become an everyday fixture across much of the world. Accounting for almost 55% of total web traffic, the number of unique mobile internet users stood at 4.32 billion in 2021, equating to more than 90% of the global internet population use a mobile device to go online.
Interesting, mobile-first markets such as Asia and Africa, mobile connections suggested a bigger share of webpage views. In addition, Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company's recent e-Conomy SEA 2021 Report highlights that 40 million new internet users had come online in 2021 and boosted the Southeast Asia internet to 75%.
These shifts to online usage are commonly attributed to pandemic-linked lockdowns and continuing fragile global conditions.
Scott Pugh
During an interview with Disruptive.Asia, Scott Pugh, who is regional VP & general manager – APAC, at business analytics company Mixpanel, said that 'Asia Pacific is now one of the most digitally connected regions in the world with most users having skipped desktop computing and straight to mobile devices and that understanding users' online behavior is key for companies in this market.'
The pandemic has exacerbated this, which has driven accelerated digitization, he said.
"From retail companies pivoting to e-commerce, media companies moving to subscription models to e-payment apps taking over cash. Product analytics is mission-critical to these digital transformations and the launch of new products and sectors."
"Considering how much digitization has accelerated in the last two years, it's more critical than ever to understand digital interactions," Scott added.
This presents a challenge for many organizations, as their existing technology stack may not be built to measure their whole customer journey. Mixpanel transforms the way companies analyze their digital interactions in a self-serve fashion by quickly putting important insights into the hands of teams, so they can also act on opportunities quickly.
The company's differentiation from marketing analytics – which usually asks questions around site visitor numbers, where they are coming from and how long they spend on the site – is to dial up the spotlight on online behavior insights. Scott listed some of the Mixpanel platform provisions looking into finding answers to:
Who are my power users? How is their online behavior different from other users
Why do some users convert and not others?
What is driving user engagement and retention?
Did our new product feature cause the desired change in user online behavior?
As Mixpanel is a self-service tool – eschewing the need for data teams and reports for each question – it delivers a multi-funnel analysis to help understand conversion rates and where users are dropping off in a sign-up flow. "The same report may require hundreds of lines in SQ: code to create," Scott points out.
"Most companies use a variety of products in their data and marketing technology stack. This includes messaging tools, CRM tools, data warehouses and more. We've taken an approach that supports this trend. Mixpanel has integrations with over 50 different top tools on the market so we can easily fit within an organisation's broader technology stack," he said.
Escalating digital experiences
Speaking to the question of ways of enhancing digital experiences, converting more customers and retaining them for continued revenue, he said:
"We've seen that the answer often lies in how well companies are taking advantage of the rich insights that user interaction provides. Our customers have positively impacted key business metrics like conversion rates and customer retention rates through making fast, impactful data-driven decisions when developing their digital products. Improvements in these metrics have a major impact on the bottom line."
Scott outlined some of the company's activities worldwide and in the Asia Pacific region, which include working with Meesho, KKDay, Paidy, and LinkAja.
For example, KKDay, a travel e-commerce company with operations across Asia, has adopted Mixpanel to better understand online behavior by analyzing the keywords that users were searching on its platform and realised 80% of users were searching for city names. Acting on this insight, the company developed a new feature in their search box, which showed the top 20 cities in the search box before the user even starts to type the search terms – making the search experience faster for the majority of users.
KKDay also looked into how its products were sorted and displayed on their platform. After analysing the results in Mixpanel, the company realized it could show the most relevant products by ranking these based on a combination of the number of times a product was sold and the number of times they were viewed. This led to a 7.7% increase in click-through rates.
"Smaller startups also find a lot of value in using data to help them find product-market fit," said Scott, pointing to the example of Passion Factory, creators of a popular health and wellness app, who used Mixpanel early in their journey to track user retention (a key metric indicating product-market fit).
"Passion Factory had an innovative chatbot feature at the heart of the product and used Mixpanel to compare the engagement rates with different chat dialogues to understand which dialogue options drove engagement and which ones did not," explained Scott. "They used conversion funnel reports to understand where users were dropping off so they could continue to optimise the chat dialogues to drive more engagement.
He went on to describe how Passion Factory also grouped users who had the same preferences into segments, then continued to build new chatbot flows to cater to each segment to drive further personalisation. This continuous data-driven optimisation helped them drive a more than 250% increase in the four-week user retention rate in a year.
Scott maintains that Mixpanel's core is in measuring user online behavior in apps and websites and "that this is important because many analytics tools aren't. People sometimes confuse marketing analytics or website analytics with product analytics, but they're good at answering different types of questions."
He reaffirmed that Mixpanel helps teams learn from their data by democratising access without the need for writing arduous SQL.
"[This] makes data analysts and data scientists more efficient by answering questions of their product quickly and freeing up time to work on bigger business challenges around AI and algorithms directly linked to their product. All the while product and engineering teams access data on a self-serve basis without bottlenecking the data teams, speeding up their decision making."
Necessities in the digital era
He said that some of the most digitally connected countries globally are in Asia Pacific, which puts them in a lead position for digital transformation.
"Of course, there are differences between countries in the region but things like a high mobile penetration rate, and great examples of highly digital societies like South Korea, China, and Singapore to learn from."
"Talent is a hot commodity across the world right now; Asia Pacific is no different," he continued. "We are seeing a lot of Asian diaspora returning to the region from the US or Europe having studied and or worked in tech companies in more developed markets, bringing ideas, knowledge and expertise and launching companies."
Indeed, other leaders have confirmed an ever-growing need to develop the right skills for digital product development, from software developers to data scientists to product management in the region over and above what universities offer.
"This coming from a growing edtech space with global and local companies such as Reforge, datacamp and Cloudguru offering training to upskill teams and local support and training networks like Product School, Apiary Academy offer group training."
Looking forward into 2022 and beyond, Scott said: "Digital-first companies are by nature, quite well equipped for the digital era, so I think the key for them is to take advantage of the data that they have and get deeper into analysing the data. Think beyond basic metrics like the number of visitors or where are they coming from. The data can tell you much more about what works and what doesn't. This is a perfect opportunity to take a really customer-centric approach to business.
The same opportunity exists for businesses that are not digitally native, but they have an added transformational challenge.
"So the first step would be to think about what, where, and how they should develop a digital platform for their business. This is not a small or simple exercise, but it is an important one since digitisation is accelerating and there's really no turning back."
"Some businesses, like traditional taxi companies, may already have websites and apps, and for them, it will be an exercise to better integrate these digital platforms into their overall business. The websites and apps are no longer just nice to have; they're key for retaining customers and driving growth."
Scott's takeaway is: "If you're doing business in this market, then understanding and improving digital experiences is a necessity and not an option. If you look at some of the hottest companies and largest unicorns in the region, many of them have built businesses with incredible growth and they're all based on a digital product. You'll be left behind if you don't have a digitization strategy."


Secret codes were said to be found on parchments at Rennes-le-Château by Bérenger Saunière. Did these parchment codes lead Saunière to the treasure of Rennes-le-Château? Learn about the Treasure of Rennes-le-Château, the Knights Templar, Mary Magdalene in the South of France, the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade, secret codes, sacred geometry, and more.
Here are the mysterious parchments allegedly found in the Church of Mary Magdalene at Rennes-le-Château by Bérenger Saunière. It is said that these documents led to the discovery of the famed treasure of Rennes-le-Château.
Coded messages were later found by historian Henry Lincoln. Some of the ciphers are simple enough to be Boy Scout codes. Others were deemed utterly uncrackable by British Intelligence. What do you see?
Bérenger Saunière supposedly found this parchment in Rennes-le-Château. What do you see? Some of the codes are simple. Take a look.
A DAGOBERT II ROI ET A SION EST CE TRESOR ET IL EST LA MORT..
This code was deemed uncrackable by British Intelligence ... unless you have the key.
Secret codes were hidden in the Church of Rennes-le-Château, where Bérenger Saunière supposedly found coded parchments that led him to a great treasure. Henry Lincoln and Allysha Lavino explain the keyword used to crack the cipher found on the gravestone of Marie de Blanchefort - the last great lady of Rennes-le-Château.


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import unittest
import numpy

import paddle
import paddle.fluid as fluid
import paddle.fluid.core as core
from paddle.fluid.executor import Executor
from paddle.fluid.framework import _test_eager_guard

class TestTrunctedGaussianRandomOp(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.op_type = "truncated_gaussian_random"
        self.inputs = {}
        self.attrs = {
            "shape": [10000],
            "mean": 0.0,
            "std": 1.0,
            "seed": 10,
        }
        self.outputs = ["Out"]

    def test_cpu(self):
        self.gaussian_random_test(place=fluid.CPUPlace())
        self.gaussian_random_test_eager(place=fluid.CPUPlace())

    def test_gpu(self):
        if core.is_compiled_with_cuda():
            self.gaussian_random_test(place=fluid.CUDAPlace(0))
            self.gaussian_random_test_eager(place=fluid.CUDAPlace(0))

    def gaussian_random_test(self, place):

        program = fluid.Program()
        block = program.global_block()
        vout = block.create_var(name="Out")
        op = block.append_op(
            type=self.op_type, outputs={"Out": vout}, attrs=self.attrs
        )

        op.desc.infer_var_type(block.desc)
        op.desc.infer_shape(block.desc)

        fetch_list = []
        for var_name in self.outputs:
            fetch_list.append(block.var(var_name))

        exe = Executor(place)
        outs = exe.run(program, fetch_list=fetch_list)
        tensor = outs[0]
        self.assertAlmostEqual(numpy.mean(tensor), 0.0, delta=0.1)
        self.assertAlmostEqual(numpy.var(tensor), 0.773, delta=0.1)

    # TruncatedNormal.__call__ has no return value, so here call _C_ops api
    # directly
    def gaussian_random_test_eager(self, place):
        with fluid.dygraph.guard(place):
            with _test_eager_guard():
                out = paddle._C_ops.truncated_gaussian_random(
                    self.attrs["shape"],
                    self.attrs["mean"],
                    self.attrs["std"],
                    self.attrs["seed"],
                    core.VarDesc.VarType.FP32,
                    place,
                )
                self.assertAlmostEqual(numpy.mean(out.numpy()), 0.0, delta=0.1)
                self.assertAlmostEqual(numpy.var(out.numpy()), 0.773, delta=0.1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

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Pros + Cons of Short Term Health Insurance - Is it Right for You?
When you're between major medical plans, life can feel a bit vulnerable. But you don't need to risk paying unexpected medical bills 100% out of pocket. The market offers plenty of coverage options these days, including short term health medical plans.
Short term plans can be an attractive option if you're looking for temporary coverage that helps protect your finances against catastrophic healthcare claims. But why short term health insurance as opposed to an Obamacare major medical plan?
Learn more about the pros and cons of short term health insurance, so you can decide if it's the right choice for you.
Temporary insurance can be a smart solution for those in relatively good health who want benefits to help with big, unexpected medical bills (think of those related to hospitalization or surgery) rather than smaller, more routine healthcare costs (for example: maintenance visits for an existing health condition).
Choose your policy length, from 30 days to 3 months.
Select your deductible and coinsurance amounts.
Continue to visit your preferred healthcare providers—or access discounts when you use a plan's partnering network providers.
Decide to spend a bit more for more robust coverage, including plans with limited benefits for pre-existing conditions or certain preventive services.
Furthermore, many short term plans partner with national networks to bring you discounted care when you visit participating healthcare providers.
With short term coverage, you don't have to wait for open enrollment or qualify for a special enrollment period. You can shop and enroll year-round—and the process is relatively snappy.
When you're in between Obamacare plans and looking for an affordable alternative, short term health insurance policies include benefits for a range of healthcare services. While specifics vary by plan, covered expenses typically include hospital room and board, surgical services, emergency room treatment, intensive care, and outpatient surgery—you can read more about what short term plans cover here.
Get more reasons to buy temporary health insurance.
Because short term coverage is designed to be more affordable during temporary situations, it doesn't qualify as minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
That means you could still owe a tax penalty unless you are exempt from the individual mandate, Keep in mind that one of the ACA's exemptions is experiencing a single period of up to 3 months without minimum essential coverage.
Read more extensively about what short term health insurance covers.
Short term health insurance plan durations currently max out at 90 days—though, that could change soon. In some states, you can reapply; however, the policy is considered new and separate. If you need coverage for more than 90 days, you may want to consider an ACA plan.
As mentioned above, benefits don't typically extend to pre-existing conditions or preventive care. That said, some policies, including the Connect Plus plan, offer limited coverage for them at a slightly higher premium cost.
Temporary health plans are not eligible for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions. Only major medical plans sold through HealthCare.gov and state-based exchanges qualify for subsidies.
Short term health insurance plans can be a nice alternative if you're looking for temporary coverage that helps protect against catastrophic medical expenses and costs less than major medical insurance.
It may not be a good fit if you need more comprehensive, long-term coverage or are eligible for a subsidy that could substantially reduce your Obamacare premium. You'll have to weigh the pros and cons to decide for yourself.
Looking for more reasons to buy short term medical as an Obamacare alternative? Learn more.
1. Get a quote now!
2. Call the number on your screen to speak with a certified advisor—one of Health eDeals' knowledgeable health insurance producers.
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Energy Healing 101: The Expert Breakdown of Chakras, Reiki, Energy Healing, and More
By: Jessica Ourisman
Energy healing practices like acupuncture and reiki are surging in popularity. While it's obvious that having clear energy and balanced chakras is the "psycho-spiritual" end-goal, what exactly this means is less obvious. Whether you've tried energy healing before — perhaps you even own a crystal or two — or you're brand new to new age practices, energy healing modalities have gone on under the radar for hundreds of years.
Below, two experts — Hellen Yuan, reiki practitioner and founder of HELLEN , and Caroline Rasmussen, meditation and reiki practitioner, and founder of Antara — explain everything you need to know about energy healing, starting with the chakras.
What is a chakra?
In sanskrit, the word chakra means "wheel" or "circle" and dates all the way back to ancient Eastern traditions. They are essentially "energy processing center" for the body, which interpret sensory information from the world around us. "Quantum physics has proven that we are all made up of a harmonious movement of internal energy known as chi, prana, or life force energy," Yuan explains. "Chakras work as filters that provide the human body with the energy it needs from the chaos of the outside world."
Rasmussen recounts seven primary chakras which correlate to major nerve clusters and endocrine glands at points along the spine. Both share that there are corresponding states of consciousness, colors, frequencies, and body parts associated with the proper functioning of each of the major chakras.
However, our ethereal bodies are not limited to the most-commonly cited regions. "The subtle body permeates our entire physical body and can be measured as an electromagnetic field within and around all living organisms," Rasmussen reveals. We have many more [chakras] than just seven."
What does it mean when a chakra is blocked versus clear?
Yuan explains blocked energy prevents a chakra from opening and closing as needed. This can be the result of a physical, mental, or emotional upset that has not been properly integrated on the cognitive, emotional, and physical levels.
"Blocks in the chakras are the result of coping strategies we use, consciously or unconsciously, to deal with stress, trauma, or unpleasant circumstances," Rasmussen elaborates. Inconsistencies in the free flow of the energy body — whether due to restrictions via blocked-closed chakras, or an over-emphasis of energy via blocked-open chakras — result in problematic behaviors and dysfunctional, self-defeating patterns that hold us back in life.
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"If a chakra is blocked in a closed state, then we will tend to avoid those energies, like not receiving love," she shares. "If a chakra is blocked in an open or excessive state, it tends to channel all energies through that center, such as using all situations to further one's power," she warns, referencing the fourth and third chakras respectively. In other words, stagnant domains of our lives can have energetic roots in our chakras.
Furthermore, the vitality of our energy centers closely impacts the functioning of our physical bodies. Western medicine balks at energy medicine for being "non-scientific," but Rasmussen reminds us that the use of energy scanning devices (such as CAT scans, MRIs, and PET scans) to diagnose illnesses is itself reliant upon the fact that bio-energetic emissions exist. She points out, "The readings are only possible because diseased tissue emits a different energy signature than healthy cells."
What are some practices or treatments to clear blocked energy?
"Reiki, acupuncture, and yogic practices can help move stagnant energy and infuse new information into the system," Rasmussen continues. "As many people who have engaged in these practices know, they can help uncover and release emotional issues."
This is because each stage of our development leaves behind cognitive conditioning that forms our unique world-views and ranges of experience. But sometimes these learned perceptions, behaviors, and patterns do not serve our overall wellness within the context of our present realities. When this happens, the emotional "programming" associated with each chakra — with roots going all the way back to our childhoods — must be consciously recalled and reprocessed in order to experience personal growth.
If you've ever received body work or energy healing, only to experience "emotional clearing" afterwards, this is the mental experience of the newly flowing, formerly stagnant, life force energy. People typically experience a temporary intensification of the disturbance before the cathartic, permanent relief from it. Rasmussen reminds us that this inner-evolution is one aspect of energy work, stating, "It's a continuous process because life never stops presenting us with challenges."
Yuan emphasizes the importance of consciously connecting to your bodies, which also helps to awaken and clear blocked energy. Accordingly, body work can also a vital role in clearing blocked energy via practices like Kundalini yoga, acupuncture, or reiki. If you do choose to visit a certified reiki practitioner, she recommends receiving treatments one to two weeks apart to begin with. "Once you start to notice an improvement, you can space out your treatments," she explains.
What lifestyle and wellness practices promote "ethereal" health?
Yuan cites several aspects of holistic wellness to choose from when tending to your energetic wellness. Examples of body work include massage, yoga, and cupping, while energy work refers to practices like acupuncture, reiki, or feng shui.
You can also try spiritual work (such as prayer, chanting, singing), mental work (such as affirmation, sound therapy), or even plant and mineral work via practices like aromatherapy, herbalism, flower essences. Nutrition and homeopathic medicine, including ayurveda, are two final holistic practices Yuan encourages us to consider. For instance, you can eat foods whose colors correspond to the chakras to help balance and align your energy being, or even dress in hues to stimulate a chakra.
Rasmussen corroborates that your holistic wellness — including the physical — is critical to the process because the energy and physical bodies impact each other in a two-way process. "The ethereal, or energy body, is a manifestation of our consciousness, and our consciousness operates better out of a healthier physical infrastructure," she reasons.
In other words, a holistically balanced lifestyle is one of the best ways to tend to your chakras and to your multi-dimensional wellness.


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(137) Meliboea – duża, bardzo ciemna planetoida krążącą w pasie głównym asteroid.

Odkrycie
(137) Meliboea została odkryta 21 kwietnia 1874 w Austrian Naval Observatory (Pula, półwysep Istria) przez Johanna Palisę, jako druga z wielu odnalezionych później przez niego. Nazwa planetoidy pochodzi od Meliboi, która była okeanidą i matką króla Likaona w mitologii greckiej.

Orbita
Planetoida krąży w średniej odległości 3,11 jednostek astronomicznych od Słońca (okres obiegu to 5 lat i 186 dni). Jest obiektem o średnicy ok. 145,4 km (jeden pełny obrót wokół własnej osi wykonuje raz na 15 godzin i 8 minut). Jest największym obiektem rodziny planetoidy Meliboea. Spośród całej rodziny jedynie (791) Ani dorównuje jej rozmiarami.

Składa się najprawdopodobniej z węglanów.

Zobacz też
 Lista planetoid 1–1000
 lista ponumerowanych planetoid

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Nazwane planetoidy
Planetoidy pasa głównego
Obiekty astronomiczne odkryte w 1874

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Several streets around the capital city were flooded yesterday after early morning showers.
The Kitty Pump Station started working from 6 am yesterday and when the pump was turned off at 11 am most of the excess water had been removed from the communities in the vicinity.
Stabroek News also visited the flood-prone Charlestown, Albouystown, Riverview, Ruimveldt areas, which were not flooded after the showers.
However, in central Georgetown, there were those areas which were affected like always by rainfall.
"This ain't anything new. We always accustomed to this because when a cup of water fall the whole of Georgetown does flood and it does start with this street," a resident of Quamina Street told Stabroek News yesterday after the rainfall had submerged most of the street between Camp and Waterloo streets.
"I've been living here for a long time and I can't remember the last time they dug the drains and I think that's where the problem rises from. It's been more than a decade since they have cleaned the drains and every time it rains this is the first place in the city that floods. It always happens," another resident added, while noting that the drains along the street were neglected even during the recent cleanup campaign.
"All I remember them doing was weeding the grass by the drain and even on an empty lot that was occupied by vegetation but they didn't clean [the drain] properly and dig it. Right now it's so clogged with mud that you could stand [on it without sinking]," the resident said, while pointing out that because of the clogged drains the water does not flow properly.
"Even when the rain stop and the sun shines and everywhere clear up, here does still got water lingering because of the drain. It's been like this too long and the city has to look at it and clean these drains 'cause look just little rainfall and the street already flood," the resident said, fearing that situation will only get worse when the rainy season begins properly.
In addition to Quamina Street, several streets in North and South Ruimveldt were flooded along with several streets in Section 'K' Campbellville, running off Sheriff Street. "Well it was surprising when I wake up this morning and I see the street flood because I don't recall the rain falling hard last night and is not like it was a steady rain either," a resident of South Ruimveldt told Stabroek News.
"They doing all this cleaning up last year and what's not and look it already flooding with lil rain and that raises concerns about when it rain now because we just come from a drought when the rain didn't fall for months so it is going to fall nuff come May/June," he pointed out, stating that while his yard is not flood prone, since he built it higher, he is concerned about the others who might not have higher yards and for the persons who live in flat houses.
"I think people should start preparing for a flood and stock up on sand bags and them things early because it is going to flood, I just know it. People should starting putting them things up and what's not so it doesn't hit them and destroy they things," he added, stating that the faster people act the less affected they would be if the rain becomes worse and it floods, which he expects in the coming months.


It is a great privilege to serve the people of my community as a King County Superior Court Judge. I strive to bring energy and enthusiasm to the bench by combining my legal and professional skills with respect for the law and love of public service. I have lived in King County for 49 years. I have practiced law for nearly 25 years. I care deeply about serving and improving the justice system here in Washington.


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Now that we're just barely over 3 weeks away from the Season 6 premiere of Mad Men, it's about time I start naggingreminding my dear readers to watch one of the best (and my personal favorite) shows on television. Let's start today, with the just-released Season 6 poster with a very cool backstory:
But as the show prepared for its new season, which begins April 7, its creator, Matthew Weiner, inspired by a childhood memory of lush, painterly illustrations on T.W.A. flight menus, decided to turn back the promotional clock. He pored over commercial illustration books from the 1960s and '70s and sent images to the show's marketing team, which couldn't quite recreate the look he was after.
"Finally," he said, "they just looked up the person who had done all these drawings that I really loved, and they said: 'Hey, we've got the guy who did them. And he's still working. His name is Brian Sanders.' "
Which explains how a 75-year-old illustrator living outside of Cambridge, England — highly regarded in his own country but little known in the United States — came to create the image that beginning this week will be emblazoned on buses, billboards, magazine pages, websites and TV. The ad, depicting Don Draper, the show's lead character, in a vertiginous pose on a New York City street corner that seems to be collapsing on him like the decade he is living in, looks as if it has time-traveled from the pages of an old copy of Reader's Digest.
"What it did was take me right back, about 50 years," said Mr. Sanders, who added that he was familiar enough with "Mad Men" to be in a bit of disbelief when the show came calling for his drawing board and brushes. The impressionistic image he created uses a scumbled acrylic technique that in its jazzy, textured effects instantly conjures 1960s illustration.
via The New York Times, full article here.
So we have 2 Don's: one holding a woman's (Megan's?) hand, the other a briefcase. One heading the right way down the "One Way" Madison Avenue, the other fleeing from it, where police cars lurk in the back. Dang it Weiner, what does it mean?!
Hurry up, April 7th.
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Jessica Wray March 13, 2013 at 1:58 PM
I love Mad Men and having been on the edge of my seat waiting for season 6. Thanks for sharing all that interesting information about the new ad art work - I love what they did!
Casee Marie March 17, 2013 at 2:55 PM
So looking forward to the new season! I didn't know the story behind the poster so thanks for sharing it. I love all the mystery woven into it - so very luck the show itself!
diane {a spot of whimsy} March 22, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Couldn't agree more! So much detail in every little thing, one of the reasons I love the show so much.


The passage of legalized medical marijuana in many U.S. states gave birth to a whole new industry, which in turn gave rise to a whole new need for tech innovation. The first technological innovations to grow out of the medical marijuana industry were ones that emulated existing technology. Leafly is like a Yelp that lets users post reviews of dispensaries. Massroots is like a Facebook that lets patients meet and share their experiences with strains that work for them, not unlike Facebook. Weedmaps is like a Groupon that lets users join efforts to get great deals on medical marijuana. Weedhire is like a Monster that helps workers find employment in the medical marijuana industry. But these are just the beginning.
The need for compliance with government regulations as well as systems for effectively (and economically) managing medical marijuana businesses has led to a need breed of tech innovations. The following are some of those needed innovations, as well as examples of companies moving them forward.
Seed to sale tracking essentially tags and tracks every single legal marijuana plant from the moment it's planted as a seed until the time it's sold to a patient. Even when that plant is further processed into tinctures, edibles, or other marijuana products, seed to sale tracking ensures that all plants are linked to product sold to consumers, and vice-versa, all products linked to its source. That way, no product can be sold legally in that state that doesn't come from a legal source.
Making it even more difficult for tech innovators to come up with a simple, uniform seed to sale tracking system is that there are no simple, uniform regulations across all legal medical marijuana states. In fact, the exact opposite is true: every state has different regulations requiring a different seed to sale tracking system for that state.
Franwell is a company that started out developing software for tracking fruit and berries which then adapted that software for the medical marijuana industry.
Laboratories are cropping up all over for testing the type and quantity of constituent active elements (or "cannabinoids") and terpenes (or aromatic elements), and the existence of residual pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or other pathogens in cannabis. But it's impractical for a cannabis dispensary to continually be sending out product to labs for testing.
Sage Analytics has addressed that problem by developing portable testing devices, allowing dispensaries to perform all quality control inspections in-house.
The money changing hands in the medical marijuana industry must be managed wisely, responsibly, and above all, legally. This requires the development of banking software and services to provide integrated compliance solutions to medical marijuana businesses.
MedMen performs consulting and licensing services for cannabis companies, and sees banking and integrated compliance solutions as the fundament of the industry's success. Another company, Amercanex, is developing a commodities exchange for cannabis. Beyond creating a trading market in marijuana futures, it also creates a technical infrastructure wherein cannabis farmers can lock in prices, creating sector stability.
As alluded to in the intro to this piece, legalizing medical cannabis in a state isn't enough. The state government then has to implement the new law through policies and regulations. For most states, this is untrodden territory.
Enter NIC, a business developed to help government regulators develop those policies and programs, and then to implement them through systematized software technologies.
In the end, it will be a contest between those innovators first to the market and those major players late to the game but with the resources to dominate to see which tech innovations take hold. One thing is for sure, however: some seed to sale tracking, quality control, integrated compliance solutions, and government infrastructure development technologies will be among them.


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Il lago Nero è un lago artificiale situato nelle Alpi Orobie in alta Val Seriana, racchiuso in una vallata contenente i seguenti bacini artificiali:
il lago di Aviasco
il lago Campelli
il lago Sucotto
il lago Cernello

Costruito negli anni 1920  dall'Azienda Elettrica Crespi e C. è il maggiore dei cinque laghi. Il progetto originale della diga vedeva la sua forma esterna a grandi arconi a tutto sesto, ma quando il lavoro era già iniziato, dopo il crollo della diga del Gleno fu rivista la sua forma, venne demolito quanto già iniziato e fu realizzata la nuova costruzione con la forma circolare ritenuta più resistente alla pressione dell'acqua.

La zona si raggiunge per la via più breve partendo da Valgoglio, in alta Val Seriana. Il sentiero parte dalla zona nord-est del paese, ed è ben segnato .
Si sale seguendo inizialmente le condotte d'acqua fino a giungere in vista della diga del lago Sucotto, quindi si prosegue a sinistra, cioè in direzione ovest, su per una salita che, poco più in alto, porta alla diga del lago Nero in prossimità del quale sorge la Baita Lago Nero gestita dalla sottosezione C.A.I. di Ardesio Alta Val Seriana.

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Questo lago, che prende il nome dal nero riflesso dei monti nelle sue acque, è stato anche luogo di un incidente mortale.
L'11 ottobre 1933, un gruppo di operai si trovava su di un ponte pensile, collegato a una piatta che si muoveva su appositi binari, per un normale lavoro di iniezioni cementarie al muraglione della diga. Detto ponte cedette e gli operai precipitarono nel lago, nelle acque profonde e fredde dal disgelo della neve in aprile. Due operai si salvarono aggrappandosi a chiodi e galleggianti, mentre quattro di loro, Scacchi Pietro, 18 anni, Terzi Giuseppe, 23 anni, Boccardi Pietro, 34 anni e Costa Bortolo, 43 anni, persero la vita annegando nelle nere acque.
Il nome di lago Nero, verrà per molti anni collegato a questa tragedia.

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Learn how to make Christmas gift tags with a Silhouette machine.
Every year I look forward to wrapping Christmas presents. I've got to say, I like wrapping them more than unwrapping them. I love beautiful packaging and I love deciding what wrapping paper to use and I'm guilty of making sure all the wrapping paper under the tree matches so it looks cohesive. It drives my husband a bit nuts. When I was younger, my aunt would send us presents that were perfectly wrapped. Every pattern on the paper was perfectly cut and aligned, and the ends were folded into perfect points. I was in awe and vowed that when I grew up, I would learn how to wrap a gift like that. I have not mastered that skill yet but I can create some amazing gift tags. In past years, I've made washi tape gift tags, wine bottle gift tags and even Jelly of the Month gift tags (I'm looking at you Christmas Vacation fans)! Today I'm going to show you how to make Christmas gift tags with a Silhouette Machine.
First, you will need the Christmas gift tags cut file. You can access the file in the resource library, below. Note that since this is a Silhouette tutorial, the file is in STUDIO format.
Next, open the cut file in Silhouette Studio. It is sized to fit an 8.5×11 sheet.
Hit the "SEND" button to open up the cut settings. Select each individual tag (they are not grouped together) and then click on "Cut". Set the Material dropdown to "Cardstock, Plain" and adjust your ratchet blade to a "3". Make sure the box next to the triangle is checked. This setting gives your design a cleaner cut in the corners.
Place an 8.5×11 piece of cardstock onto your mat and hit the "SEND" button at the bottom. When your design is done cutting, gently weed out the pieces that are not needed. Note: the dot on the "i" in "holidays" will not be able to be kept since it is not attached to anything.
Place some twine through the top hole of each tag.
Place a piece of white cardstock behind the gift tag or leave it plain. I chose to use white cardstock so it would pop against the red and white presents.
And there you have it…an easy way to make Christmas gift tags with a Silhouette machine!


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The next scheme change management cycle takes place with the publication of new rulebook versions in November 2014. These rulebook versions will take effect in November 2015.
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It took us a week to recover from all the fun in Baltimore, but here's a review of some of the highlights of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Conference.
Baltimore is a great city to visit.
Vendors are still launching products with "AI" functionality.
Startups and the smaller vendors are playing a critical role in advancing technology and influencing the major vendors.
Law Librarians aren't going to sit by and let civil liberties be trampled upon by mega-information companies or governments.
Mimosas and Bloody Marys are a good way to kick off a Sunday morning keynote talk.
And, John Waters taught us we can be be offended and still be enlightened.


The Well-Being Team is made up of peer supporters and TREAD (team respect, equality and diversity) ambassadors. The Well-Being team's role is to help ensure all students at Southchurch High feel safe and are happy and proud to be part of our school. All of our students have individual identities and this team is trying to make sure students voices are heard and to ensure that changes to our school are made to improve it further to create a safe and happy environment. The Well-Being and TREAD team are currently working on a project which will transform an old classroom into a student friendly area which will be lead by the Well-Being and TREAD team. All students are welcome to visit this room during break and lunch time to discuss any concerns or worries they have about bullying and the general well-being of student.
The Community Team are dedicated to get Southchurch High School working within the wider community. The Community Team will be working alongside local businesses, charities, primary schools and Southend Borough Council which we hope will create more positivity within the local area. The team have already been discussing a few ideas and they are looking forward to completing these outreach projects and making a positive impact on the community.
The Teaching and Learning Team will explore if Southchurch students know what good learning is, and how they can get the best from their lessons. Their focus currently is to work alongside teachers and provide them with student feedback on learning and provide suggestions about how a Southchurch student could learn even better. They will be sharing good practice and ideas about how we can develop practice across the school. It is important that students at Southchurch High know what good learning is, and how they can get the best from their lessons.
The Behaviour & Rewards Team will implement ideas on how to reward students and staff for their hard work throughout the year. They will also look at different ways to implement sanctions where needed. Their focus will be to listen to feedback from the whole school on what students would like to see as rewards for their hard work.
Leadership Team Training Day, Monday 19th June. Students discussed and presented what a peer supporter should look like, how they should act and how they can set an example around the school. With some ice breakers and team building activities, the Student Leadership Team completed the Enable Peer Supporter program to support anti-bullying initiatives around the school.
Other projects include Children In Need Day, Save The Children Christmas Jumper Day on Friday December 15th and Red Nose Day, where the team will be promoting these charities and encouraging students to participate in different activities in order to raise as much money as possible.


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Indonesia Approves First Phase of Key Offshore Gas Development
ASEAN Beat | Economy | Southeast Asia
Despite lying within the country's EEZ, the Tuna offshore oil and gas block lies within China's "nine-dash line" South China Sea claim.
An aerial view of Natuna Besar, the largest island in Indonesia's Natuna archipelago.
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Indonesia's government has approved the first phase of its development of the Tuna offshore gas field in the South China Sea, Reuters reported yesterday, just over a year after a protracted stand-off with China over disputed waters near the Natuna islands.
The announcement was made yesterday by SKK Migas, the country's upstream oil and gas regulator, which said that the field would require a total investment of around $3.07 billion. Located in the South China Sea close to the maritime border between Indonesia and Vietnam, the Tuna field is expected to produce 115 million standard cubic feet per day by 2027, Reuters quoted SKK Migas spokesperson Mohammad Kemal as saying. Much of this will reportedly be exported to Vietnam.
As in many parts of the South China Sea, the exploitation of resources also has implications for the simmering maritime disputes between China and rival claimants, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, the Philippines, and Indonesia, as SKK Migas chairman Dwi Soetjipto acknowledged in a statement yesterday.
"There will be activity in the border area which is one of the world's geopolitical hot spots," Dwi said in the statement, according to Reuters. "The Indonesian navy will also participate in securing the upstream oil and gas project so that economically and politically, it becomes an affirmation of Indonesia's sovereignty."
The Tuna block, which was discovered by the company Harbour Energy in 2014, sits approximately 140 nautical miles north of Natuna Besar, the main island in the Natuna archipelago. While the block sits within Indonesia's 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which under international maritime law grants it the sole right to exploit any resources present within the zone, China's audacious claim to the majority of the South China Sea, which includes large swathes of rival claimants' EEZs has prevented work from moving forward.
Over the past decade and a half, Chinese coast guard and maritime militia vessels have disrupted oil and gas exploration and drilling by Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines in their respective EEZs. There have also been numerous incidents in which Chinese coast guard and fishing vessels have entered Indonesia's EEZ near the Natuna islands, which are bisected by China's "nine-dash line" claim. Some have involved Indonesian authorities pursuing and seeking to detain Chinese trawlers, prompting interventions from Chinese coast guard vessels.
China has also made attempts to prevent Indonesian attempts to exploit the Tuna gas field. As the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies noted in 2021, Chinese law enforcement vessels maintained a months-long presence around the Tuna block starting in July of that year, after a semi-submersible rig, the Noble Clyde Boudreaux, arrived to drill two appraisal wells on behalf of the U.K-based firm Premier Oil (now Harbour Energy).
Over the next four months, Chinese and Indonesian ships shadowed each other around the oil and gas field, sometimes coming into unnerving proximity. At the same time, China dispatched a survey ship, the Haiyang Dizhi 10, which spent seven weeks surveying an adjacent gas field. During the stand-off, Reuters reported that China's government told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in areas claimed by China. It also reportedly protested Indonesia's 2017 decision to change the name of the waters within its EEZ to the North Natuna Sea, to assert its sovereignty over the area.
The Indonesian announcement that it is moving forward with the development of the Tuna block is therefore likely to prompt a swift reaction of some kind by Beijing, despite Jakarta's clear right to do exploit these resources under international maritime law. As such, we can expect more tense encounters around the Natuna islands in 2023.
Indonesia South China Sea
Indonesia South China Sea approach
Natuna archipelago
Natuna EEZ disputes
North Natuna Sea
South China Sea gas exploration
South China Sea oil and gas
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The Natuna Sea Incident: How Indonesia Is Managing Its Bilateral Relationship With China
By Jefferson Ng
Indonesia's pragmatic, even-handed approach to the recent Natuna Sea incident shows how China's rise can be managed.
Protecting Indonesia's Sovereignty in the North Natuna Sea
By Beni Sukadis
The recent entry of Chinese vessels into Indonesia's EEZ highlights the need for Jakarta to get serious about protecting its sovereignty.
Indonesian authorities are hoping that the return of Chinese visitors will mark the beginning of the end for the island's long COVID-19 slump.
Chinese and Indonesian Workers Clash at Indonesian Nickel Plant
By Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama
The violence, which resulted in the deaths of two workers, is likely to inflame anti-Chinese sentiment in the country.


#MyGivingStory is a social media storytelling contest created to foster a public conversation about giving and to inspire more people to give. Throughout November 2017, 3,128 stories were shared about how and why people give to the causes they care about.
We were so inspired by your stories, which celebrated the many ways people give back. From volunteering to donating money to helping a neighbor, your stories demonstrated the many ways people can have an impact. Thank you for sharing how and why you give!
"Sabish Elves Learn Lesson in Giving"
"The Story of Knox Blocks"
"Project Alive: A Story about Community"
"Hope is a nice word, but we need Action"
This year's Mi Cuento de Dar prizes for Spanish essays goes to Erica Duncan and Wendy Molina. We'd also like to recognize our four "Most Popular Nonprofit" prize winners: Harley's Dream, The Advocacy Project, Live Arts Theatre, and Grass Roots Rescue. Congrats!
We encourage you to read the other 2017 finalists below or visit our online gallery to browse all of the stories submitted this past month!
"The Robin to His Batman"
"One woman dog rescue and cancer survivor"
"Gremmy - Tiny Warrior Against Abuse"
"The Power of the Paw"
"Join Hands to Cure Sanfilippo Children"
"Arte for Elephants, Our Giving Story"
"Volunteering at Big Cat Rescue"
"Help St Jude End Childhood Cancer"
If you have questions or comments, please don't hesitate to reach out to mygivingstory@givingtuesday.org.


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Saint John Water gets creative with bill collection tactics
Saint John — Saint John Water is being forced to resort to aggressively creative methods of collecting overdue bill payments, with about 2,400 of 17,000 accounts in arrears. City council was told on Monday that the utility is owed about $1.5 million as a result of Saint Johners refusing to pay.
Mayor Mel Norton has said the city will make provisions for those who haven't paid due to financial troubles, but for other deviants, justice will come swiftly. "We'll start by writing strongly worded letters, some of which will be quite threatening and written in those magazine cutout-type letters, like in a ransom note," explained the mayor.
"If that doesn't scare them to death, we'll try the shaming tactic — and this one's my personal favourite," Norton elaborated with a sly wink to those at the council meeting. "I'll post embarrassing statuses about them on my own personal Facebook account, and tag them so all their friends know they haven't paid. I'll get Greg to write up some Kijiji ads saying things like 'If anyone's seen so-and-so, he owes Saint John Water $500 — what a turd.' We'll take out ads in the Telegraph-Journal calling them out on owing money — imagine a front-page story listing all these deadbeats! It'll be hilarious."
Rob Morris, a pilot who happened to be at the meeting, said he wouldn't mind flying a banner behind his plane featuring the names of people whose accounts are in arrears. "I'll circle the city a few times to make sure everyone sees — they'll be humiliated," he said with a chuckle.
Most Saint John residents are refusing to pay because the city's water is, well, disgusting. "It tastes like mildewed bull semen," spat uptown resident Walter Fletcher, standing up to voice his concerns. "We're the laughingstock of the province for just how bad the water tastes and smells — I'm not paying for it. You really can't embarrass or shame me, so you're going to have to figure out where my money's buried and come after it yourself."
Saint John Water employees, at Fletcher's suggestion, are planning to rent metal detectors from Canadian Tire to search for change that might be buried in these water-thieves' back yards.
"I don't care how the water tastes and smells," proclaimed Norton, ending the meeting. "Just buy bottled water like I do, or pay for city water. Otherwise, we're coming for you."
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Justin Timberlake Announces New Song "Better Days" To Be Performed During Inauguration Special
ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Musician, Justin Timberlake reacts during Day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links on September 26, 2019 in St Andrews, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
The inauguration for President Joe Biden is coming this Wednesday. Tom Hanks is set to host an Inauguration special on the evening of January 20th with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, and more.
Celebrating America, an inauguration special hosted by Tom Hanks, will air the night of January 20th and feature performances from Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, and more https://t.co/FXQvmPaLWe
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) January 14, 2021
Justin Timberlake announced on social media that he will be performing his new song "Better Days" with Ant Clemons for the special event.
A few months ago @AntClemons and I wrote BETTER DAYS. This song was our way of doing what little we could to encourage everyone to stay hopeful and to keep working towards a better future. I'm honored to announce we'll be performing it for the Inauguration. pic.twitter.com/aes5gXdEww
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) January 13, 2021
Bon Jovi Demi Lovato inauguration Joe Biden Justin Timberlake kamala harris Tom Hanks


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The National Television Awards have revealed this year's final nominees in the battle for the nation's coveted TV accolades.
You have till Tues 25th midday to have your say!
Your comments about the possible candidates and who you might or might not vote for are welcome.
What / who would you have nominated ?
I've gotten into this so much since this new series has started but housewives will probably win this one.
Hands down. i watch EE more but Corrie's storyline has been much better this year.
This Geordie Duo just can't stop! They knock all of the competition away! X factor dosent always get me. rarely watch SCD and Jonathan Ross is underestimated.
Lily (oops!) is a great host and is something great to watch on a weekday.
They're all great but its defo gotta be them lot with their funny stuff.
Jamie's made such a strong topic on dinners because of this series and he's changed a lot of stuff. Now what can i buy for my lunch for 50p now?
I'm unsure why but all the girls lvoe him for some reason. Reasons why on a postcard please.
That's shelly in corrie rite?
Obviously this is a popularity contest rather than talent/skill (well a bit) so its all on what the public thinks.
big shock! DR Who got a hat trick! amazing how many Who fans are out there. How did X Factor win best entertainment?! Reality Manufactured music shows have just gone lame now. See Pop Idol and Fame Acadamy for details!
I was really pleased when Jamie Oliver won his award for 'school dinners', I think it was probably the best deserved award I saw handed over. He gave up his own time for the future of our kids...Good on ya Jamie!


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Toronto just got a Piano Staircase - Tired of your commute always being so dull and boring? Lucky for you a staircase in the Metro Centre has been turned into a giant piano that will put a little music in your step. That's right! Just...
If the impending snow storm wasn't enough, those planning to take the TTC Subway to or from north of St. Clair this weekend will have additional challenges as there will.
GO Train Stations to reduce number of free parking spaces
January 14, 2020 – If you weren't already frustrated enough failing to find a parking spot and then missing the GO train, that consternation may soon become worse as today,.
World's most exclusive Bugatti at Toronto Canadian International AutoShow
Toronto Canadian International AutoShow — Elegant and powerful, the latest hyper sports car from French automaker Bugatti will make its Canadian debut at the 2020 Canadian International AutoShow. La Voiture Noire will be brought to the AutoShow by Bugatti Toronto and Grand Touring Automobiles, one...
New bylaw for all of Toronto's 'vehicles for hire' now in effect
City of Toronto amendments to the Vehicle-for-Hire bylaw will come into effect on January 1, 2020. The amendments are an important step forward to ensure greater safety for customers, pedestrians and drivers.
Toronto Streetcars make final trip along Queen Street (photos)
Final Run for TTC Streetcars - On Dec. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., two CLRVs will run as free service between Bathurst St. and Greenwood Ave. to commemorate.
Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot strike deal to become world's 3rd largest selling automaker
FCA and PSA Groupe deal could bring Peugeot back to Canada and U.S. After the initial announcement in October 31, FCA and PSA Groupe (Peugeot-Citroen), have officially signed the 50:50 merger deal, which effectively creates the world's fourth-largest global automotive manufacturer by volume, behind Volkswagen, Toyota and the...
City cracking down on Toronto speeders with Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras
16-Dec-2019 – The City of Toronto is taking aggressive measures to crack down on speeders by installing speed cameras in areas where speed and collision challenges exist in Community Safety.
Snow squall warning for Ontario's ski country and points north of Toronto
December 10, 2019 – This morning Envrionment Canada has issued an official Snow Squall Warning for the following areas: Barrie, Collingwood, Hillsdale, Midland, Coldwater, Orr Lake Orillia, Lagoon City and.
Forza Motorsport 7 WGN North American Championship to be held live at the 2020 Canadian International AutoShow
TORONTO, Ont. — For the second year running, WorldGaming Network (WGN) will be hosting the Forza Motorsport 7 WGN Championship driven by Pfaff, live at the Canadian International AutoShow (CIAS), this year crowning a North American Champion. For the second year running, WorldGaming Network will be...
LOVE PARK construction begins spring 2020 where York Street met the Gardiner off-ramp
SNOW STORM COMING to GTA Environment Canada issues Special Weather Statement
Massive park over the top of Toronto railway corridor


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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java;

import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.Order.STABLE_ORDER;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Type.STRING;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;

import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.MutableActionGraph.ActionConflictException;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.ConfiguredTarget;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.FilesToRunProvider;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.PackageSpecificationProvider;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.PrerequisiteArtifacts;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleConfiguredTargetBuilder;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleConfiguredTargetFactory;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleContext;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.Runfiles;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RunfilesProvider;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.configuredtargets.PackageGroupConfiguredTarget;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.platform.ToolchainInfo;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.NestedSet;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.NestedSetBuilder;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.Order;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Type;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaPluginInfo.JavaPluginData;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaToolchainProvider.JspecifyInfo;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/** Implementation for the {@code java_toolchain} rule. */
public class JavaToolchain implements RuleConfiguredTargetFactory {

  private final JavaSemantics semantics;

  protected JavaToolchain(JavaSemantics semantics) {
    this.semantics = semantics;
  }

  @Override
  @Nullable
  public ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
      throws InterruptedException, RuleErrorException, ActionConflictException {
    ImmutableList<String> javacopts = getJavacOpts(ruleContext);
    BootClassPathInfo bootclasspath = getBootClassPathInfo(ruleContext);
    boolean javacSupportsWorkers =
        ruleContext.attributes().get("javac_supports_workers", Type.BOOLEAN);
    boolean javacSupportsMultiplexWorkers =
        ruleContext.attributes().get("javac_supports_multiplex_workers", Type.BOOLEAN);
    boolean javacSupportsWorkerCancellation =
        ruleContext.attributes().get("javac_supports_worker_cancellation", Type.BOOLEAN);
    ImmutableSet<String> headerCompilerBuiltinProcessors =
        ImmutableSet.copyOf(
            ruleContext.attributes().get("header_compiler_builtin_processors", Type.STRING_LIST));
    ImmutableSet<String> reducedClasspathIncompatibleProcessors =
        ImmutableSet.copyOf(
            ruleContext
                .attributes()
                .get("reduced_classpath_incompatible_processors", Type.STRING_LIST));
    boolean forciblyDisableHeaderCompilation =
        ruleContext.attributes().get("forcibly_disable_header_compilation", Type.BOOLEAN);
    Artifact singleJar = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("singlejar");
    FilesToRunProvider oneVersion = ruleContext.getExecutablePrerequisite("oneversion");
    Artifact oneVersionAllowlist = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("oneversion_whitelist");
    Artifact genClass = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("genclass");
    Artifact depsChecker = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("deps_checker");
    Artifact resourceJarBuilder = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("resourcejar");
    Artifact timezoneData = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("timezone_data");
    FilesToRunProvider ijar = ruleContext.getExecutablePrerequisite("ijar");
    FilesToRunProvider proguardAllowlister =
        ruleContext.getExecutablePrerequisite("proguard_allowlister");
    ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> compatibleJavacOptions =
        getCompatibleJavacOptions(ruleContext);

    NestedSet<Artifact> tools = PrerequisiteArtifacts.nestedSet(ruleContext, "tools");

    NestedSet<String> jvmOpts =
        NestedSetBuilder.wrap(
            Order.STABLE_ORDER,
            ruleContext.getExpander().withExecLocations(ImmutableMap.of()).list("jvm_opts"));

    JavaToolchainTool javabuilder =
        JavaToolchainTool.fromRuleContext(
            ruleContext, "javabuilder", "javabuilder_data", "javabuilder_jvm_opts");
    JavaToolchainTool headerCompiler =
        JavaToolchainTool.fromRuleContext(
            ruleContext, "header_compiler", "turbine_data", "turbine_jvm_opts");
    JavaToolchainTool headerCompilerDirect =
        JavaToolchainTool.fromFilesToRunProvider(
            ruleContext.getExecutablePrerequisite("header_compiler_direct"));

    JspecifyInfo jspecifyInfo;
    String jspecifyProcessorClass =
        ruleContext.attributes().get("jspecify_processor_class", STRING);
    if (jspecifyProcessorClass.isEmpty()) {
      jspecifyInfo = null;
    } else {
      ImmutableList<Artifact> jspecifyStubs =
          ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifacts("jspecify_stubs").list();
      JavaPluginData jspecifyProcessor =
          JavaPluginData.create(
              NestedSetBuilder.create(STABLE_ORDER, jspecifyProcessorClass),
              NestedSetBuilder.create(
                  STABLE_ORDER, ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("jspecify_processor")),
              NestedSetBuilder.wrap(STABLE_ORDER, jspecifyStubs));
      NestedSet<Artifact> jspecifyImplicitDeps =
          NestedSetBuilder.create(
              STABLE_ORDER, ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("jspecify_implicit_deps"));
      ImmutableList.Builder<String> jspecifyJavacopts =
          ImmutableList.<String>builder()
              .addAll(ruleContext.attributes().get("jspecify_javacopts", Type.STRING_LIST));
      if (!jspecifyStubs.isEmpty()) {
        jspecifyJavacopts.add(
            jspecifyStubs.stream()
                .map(Artifact::getExecPathString)
                .collect(joining(":", "-Astubs=", "")));
      }
      ImmutableList<PackageSpecificationProvider> jspecifyPackages =
          ImmutableList.copyOf(
              ruleContext.getPrerequisites(
                  "jspecify_packages", PackageGroupConfiguredTarget.class));
      jspecifyInfo =
          JspecifyInfo.create(
              jspecifyProcessor, jspecifyImplicitDeps, jspecifyJavacopts.build(), jspecifyPackages);
    }

    JavaToolchainTool bytecodeOptimizer =
        JavaToolchainTool.fromFilesToRunProvider(
            ruleContext.getExecutablePrerequisite(":bytecode_optimizer"));
    ImmutableList<Artifact> localJavaOptimizationConfiguration =
        ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifacts(":local_java_optimization_configuration").list();

    AndroidLintTool androidLint = AndroidLintTool.fromRuleContext(ruleContext);

    ImmutableList<JavaPackageConfigurationProvider> packageConfiguration =
        ImmutableList.copyOf(
            ruleContext.getPrerequisites(
                "package_configuration",
                JavaPackageConfigurationProvider.class));

    FilesToRunProvider jacocoRunner = ruleContext.getExecutablePrerequisite("jacocorunner");

    JavaRuntimeInfo javaRuntime = JavaRuntimeInfo.from(ruleContext, "java_runtime");

    JavaToolchainProvider provider =
        JavaToolchainProvider.create(
            ruleContext.getLabel(),
            javacopts,
            jvmOpts,
            javacSupportsWorkers,
            javacSupportsMultiplexWorkers,
            javacSupportsWorkerCancellation,
            bootclasspath,
            tools,
            javabuilder,
            headerCompiler,
            headerCompilerDirect,
            androidLint,
            jspecifyInfo,
            bytecodeOptimizer,
            localJavaOptimizationConfiguration,
            headerCompilerBuiltinProcessors,
            reducedClasspathIncompatibleProcessors,
            forciblyDisableHeaderCompilation,
            singleJar,
            oneVersion,
            oneVersionAllowlist,
            genClass,
            depsChecker,
            resourceJarBuilder,
            timezoneData,
            ijar,
            compatibleJavacOptions,
            packageConfiguration,
            jacocoRunner,
            proguardAllowlister,
            semantics,
            javaRuntime);
    ToolchainInfo toolchainInfo =
        new ToolchainInfo(
            ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder().put("java", provider).buildOrThrow());
    RuleConfiguredTargetBuilder builder =
        new RuleConfiguredTargetBuilder(ruleContext)
            .addStarlarkTransitiveInfo(JavaToolchainProvider.LEGACY_NAME, provider)
            .addNativeDeclaredProvider(provider)
            .addNativeDeclaredProvider(toolchainInfo)
            .addProvider(RunfilesProvider.class, RunfilesProvider.simple(Runfiles.EMPTY))
            .setFilesToBuild(new NestedSetBuilder<Artifact>(Order.STABLE_ORDER).build());

    return builder.build();
  }

  private ImmutableList<String> getJavacOpts(RuleContext ruleContext) {
    ImmutableList.Builder<String> javacopts = ImmutableList.builder();
    String source = ruleContext.attributes().get("source_version", Type.STRING);
    if (!isNullOrEmpty(source)) {
      javacopts.add("-source").add(source);
    }
    String target = ruleContext.attributes().get("target_version", Type.STRING);
    if (!isNullOrEmpty(target)) {
      javacopts.add("-target").add(target);
    }
    List<String> xlint = ruleContext.attributes().get("xlint", Type.STRING_LIST);
    if (!xlint.isEmpty()) {
      javacopts.add("-Xlint:" + Joiner.on(",").join(xlint));
    }
    javacopts.addAll(ruleContext.getExpander().withDataLocations().tokenized("misc"));
    javacopts.addAll(ruleContext.getExpander().withDataLocations().tokenized("javacopts"));
    return javacopts.build();
  }

  private static ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> getCompatibleJavacOptions(
      RuleContext ruleContext) {
    ImmutableListMultimap.Builder<String, String> result = ImmutableListMultimap.builder();
    for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry :
        ruleContext.attributes().get("compatible_javacopts", Type.STRING_LIST_DICT).entrySet()) {
      result.putAll(entry.getKey(), JavaHelper.tokenizeJavaOptions(entry.getValue()));
    }
    return result.build();
  }

  private static BootClassPathInfo getBootClassPathInfo(RuleContext ruleContext) {
    List<BootClassPathInfo> bootClassPathInfos =
        ruleContext.getPrerequisites("bootclasspath", BootClassPathInfo.PROVIDER);
    if (!bootClassPathInfos.isEmpty()) {
      if (bootClassPathInfos.size() != 1) {
        ruleContext.attributeError(
            "bootclasspath", "expected at most one entry with a BootClassPathInfo provider");
      }
      return getOnlyElement(bootClassPathInfos);
    }
    return BootClassPathInfo.create(PrerequisiteArtifacts.nestedSet(ruleContext, "bootclasspath"));
  }
}


With so many Australian soldiers departing for foreign shores and the uncertainty of their return, it is understandable how the tradition of giving a wife, sister, mother, and or sweetheart a precious memento would become popular among the troops.
Today we refer to these mementos in general as "sweetheart badges", but in reality these precious gifts could just as easily be a necklace, a ring, or even a hairpin and take many more forms than just solely badges.
The desirability of these "sweethearts" is not just the metallic content but also the rarity of the design. With a vast range of patriotic and romantic styles chosen by our ANZAC diggers, shows us such an important and beautiful part of their story.
A superb very early gold and enamel rising sun broach.
This badge is void around the crown with a deep blue scroll.
Marked 15 CT and in a jewellers case and with safety chain.
a map of Australia and with safety chain attached.
shades of blue in collar badge size.
with the scrolls in blue enamel.
and scrolls in blue enamel.
the Sun's ray and the scrolls in grey enamel.
imbedded in a white enamel background.
imbedded in a tuqouse enamel background.
imbedded on a white enamel background.
soldiers and given to a loved one.
and decorative designs around the sides.
in "GEO. P. HARRIS SCARFE & CO LTD"
Referred to as the "Khaki Broach"
Usually only found in silver.
WW1 Six figure charm bracelet.
Service Corps. Marked 9 CT.


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require "spec_helper"

describe SystemHook do
  describe "execute" do
    before(:each) do
      @system_hook = create(:system_hook)
      WebMock.stub_request(:post, @system_hook.url)
    end

    it "project_create hook" do
      Projects::CreateService.new(create(:user), name: 'empty').execute
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(body: /project_create/).once
    end

    it "project_destroy hook" do
      user = create(:user)
      project = create(:empty_project, namespace: user.namespace)
      Projects::DestroyService.new(project, user, {}).execute
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(body: /project_destroy/).once
    end

    it "user_create hook" do
      create(:user)
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(body: /user_create/).once
    end

    it "user_destroy hook" do
      user = create(:user)
      user.destroy
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(body: /user_destroy/).once
    end

    it "project_create hook" do
      user = create(:user)
      project = create(:project)
      project.team << [user, :master]
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(body: /user_add_to_team/).once
    end

    it "project_destroy hook" do
      user = create(:user)
      project = create(:project)
      project.team << [user, :master]
      project.project_members.destroy_all
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(body: /user_remove_from_team/).once
    end

    it 'group create hook' do
      create(:group)
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(
        body: /group_create/
      ).once
    end

    it 'group destroy hook' do
      group = create(:group)
      group.destroy
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(
        body: /group_destroy/
      ).once
    end

    it 'group member create hook' do
      group = create(:group)
      user = create(:user)
      group.add_user(user, Gitlab::Access::MASTER)
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(
        body: /user_add_to_group/
      ).once
    end

    it 'group member destroy hook' do
      group = create(:group)
      user = create(:user)
      group.add_user(user, Gitlab::Access::MASTER)
      group.group_members.destroy_all
      expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, @system_hook.url).with(
        body: /user_remove_from_group/
      ).once
    end

  end
end