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Watch Out: Nellie Oelson is Back
Steve Clemons - April 14, 2011
Recently, a profile ran of me in the Washington gay newspaper, the Washington Blade, and in it I noted that Nellie's Sports Bar was my favorite bar in DC.
The above ad is in part why. It's just a cool place — and I love that a bar named Nellie's went out and got the actress who played "Nellie Oleson" on Little House on the Prairie to do her book signing with lots of gay men.
Actress Alison Arngrim's deviously titled book is called Confessions of a Prairie Bitch.
This is brilliant marketing all around. Hope I can get there.
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Paul Norheim says: April 15, 2011 at 9:00 am
Meanwhile, in Syria today:
"On Thursday Assad unveiled a new government, which has little power in the one-party ruled country, and ordered
the release of detainees, a move one human rights lawyer said represented a "drop in the ocean" compared to the
thousands of political prisoners still held.
But the concessions did not appear to satisfy protesters, who gathered in even larger numbers on the Muslim day of
prayer.
Rights activists reported protests in the city of Deir al-Zor near the Iraqi border, the restive coastal city of Banias and
in the southern city of Deraa, where protesters first demonstrated against the detention of teenagers who had
scrawled graffiti inspired by the uprisings in Tunisis and Egypt.
"Demonstrations came out from every mosque in the city, including the Omari mosque… The number of people is
above 10,000 protesters so far," an activist said by phone from Deraa.
The protest movement against Assad's repressive rule has steadily gained momentum since it began four weeks ago."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2011/04/15/world/middleeast/international-us-syria.html?hp
Some excerpts from – as far as I can judge – a good general update on the Japanese nuclear crisis and its
potential impact on global health, economy and politics:
"Japan nuclear crisis goes global
By Victor Kotsev
Radiation is spreading around the world as a small nuclear wasteland grows near the heart of Japan. The
desperate struggle to restart the crippled reactors' own cooling systems in order to bring them under control is
producing little to no results, and is shrouded in uncertainties.
Powerful aftershocks of the level nine earthquake that triggered the crisis threaten to obliterate what little
progress has been achieved. Economic and political shock waves are similarly difficult to predict, but will likely
also be felt strongly around the globe.
Radiation measurements at the plant are inaccurate, because the instruments were damaged by the high levels
of radioactivity, Japanese media reported [3]. Fears remain that the situation could get much worse. "The
radiation leak has not stopped completely and our concern is that the amount of leakage could eventually reach
that of Chernobyl or exceed it," an official from the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), told Japan
Today on Tuesday.
In another update, radiation levels are rising around the world – or at least, so far, around the northern
hemisphere. A French non-governmental organization monitoring radioactive contamination, CRIIRAD, cautioned
in a report dated April 7 that radiation pollution from Fukushima in Europe was "no longer negligible". It advised
pregnant women and children to avoid consuming products such as milk and vegetables with large leaves, and
to be careful when drinking water from reservoirs that collect rain water [5].
Natural News warned that in the United States, where the fallout spread first, milk samples taken a few weeks
ago had tested for contamination with radioactive iodine over 300% higher than the maximum allowed by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [6].
The independent network also cautioned that the EPA may be scrambling to increase its maximum allowable
limits in order to cover up the crisis, and there is at least circumstantial evidence in support of these claims. (…)
In general, while the authorities in most countries continue to insist that there is no risk from the radioactive
fallout, reports to the contrary are coming in from an increasing number of sources."
For the possible economical and political impact, more here:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/MD16Dh01.html
At the same time as three of the four authors of the Goldstone Report stated to the Guardian that "we firmly stand by the
conclusions" in the report (see my comment above), the US Senate urged the UN to "redress the damage to Israel's
"U.S. Senate urges UN to rescind Goldstone's Gaza report
Resolution 138 passes unanimously, calls on members of Human Rights Council to 'reflect the author's repudiation off the
Goldstone report's central findings', and asks UN chief Ban to 'do all in his power to redress the damage to Israel's
By Natasha Mozgovaya
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to
rescind the Goldstone Commission's report on the Gaza war, in light of its author's expressed regret for some of its claim.
Resolution 138 urges council members "to reflect the author's repudiation of the Goldstone report's central findings,
rescind the report and reconsider further Council actions with respect to the report's findings."
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-senate-urges-un-to-rescind-goldstone-s-gaza-report-1.356124
But as everyone who read Goldstone's article in the Washington Post knows, there were no substantial new facts supporting
Goldstone's sudden and unexpected "repudiation".
Off topic: The Guardian yesterday published an important letter from three of the four members of the UN mission
that resulted in the Goldstone report, objecting against the confusion its chairman had created by his recent article
in the Washington Post:
"Goldstone report: Statement issued by members of UN mission on Gaza war
Statement issued by members of the UN fact-finding mission to Gaza, May-September 2009
Hina Jilani, Christine Chinkin and Desmond Travers
Thursday 14 April 2011 08.17
In recent days some articles and comments appearing in the press with respect to the report of the United Nations
(UN) fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict of 2008-2009 have misrepresented facts in an attempt to
delegitimise the findings of this report and to cast doubts on its credibility.
The mission that comprised four members, including Justice Richard Goldstone as its chair, came to an end when
it presented its report to the UN human rights council in September 2009. The report of the mission is now an
official UN document and all actions taken pursuant to its findings and recommendations fall solely within the
purview of the United Nations general assembly which, along with the human rights council, reviewed and
endorsed it at the end of 2009.
Aspersions cast on the findings of the report, nevertheless, cannot be left unchallenged. Members of the mission,
signatories to this statement, find it necessary to dispel any impression that subsequent developments have
rendered any part of the mission's report unsubstantiated, erroneous or inaccurate.
We concur in our view that there is no justification for any demand or expectation for reconsideration of the report
as nothing of substance has appeared that would in any way change the context, findings or conclusions of that
report with respect to any of the parties to the Gaza conflict. Indeed, there is no UN procedure or precedent to
that effect.
The report of the fact-finding mission contains the conclusions made after diligent, independent and objective
consideration of the information related to the events within our mandate, and careful assessment of its reliability
and credibility. We firmly stand by these conclusions."
More from the letter here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/14/goldstone-report-statement-un-gaza
Perhaps the last two paragraphs are the most important ones:
"We consider that calls to reconsider or even retract the report, as well as attempts at misrepresenting its nature
and purpose, disregard the right of victims, Palestinian and Israeli, to truth and justice. They also ignore the
responsibility of the relevant parties under international law to conduct prompt, thorough, effective and
independent investigations. We regret the personal attacks and the extraordinary pressure placed on members of
the fact-finding mission since we began our work in May 2009. This campaign has been clearly aimed at
undermining the integrity of the report and its authors. Had we given in to pressures from any quarter to sanitise
our conclusions, we would be doing a serious injustice to the hundreds of innocent civilians killed during the Gaza
conflict, the thousands injured, and the hundreds of thousands whose lives continue to be deeply affected by the
conflict and the blockade.
The report has triggered a process that is still under way and should continue until justice is done and respect for
international human rights and humanitarian law by everyone is ensured."
And here is the Guardian's comment on the letter:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/14/un-gaza-report-authors-goldstone
questions says: April 14, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Regarding missing comments, this happened once before. One of the other posters noted that the front page was not synchronized with the full comments, so things were showing up on the front page and when you click to get at the full comments, the comments aren't all there.
There's some techno fix for this problem.
Paul Norheim says: April 14, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Several comments on the Hall monitor, Gordon Brown, and
Dissident vs Mainstream threads show up on the main page, but
are absent on the actual threads. Probably a technical issue.
PissedOffAmerican says: April 14, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Steve, the "Hall monitor" thread shows comments on the "teaser box", that don't actually appear on the comment thread itself.
Gosh. Does this mean I can use the word "bitch" when describing the nuclear industry "bitches" that are downplaying a nuclear crisis of unprecedented scale? All my posts that referred to them as "sluts" have been removed.
Interesting, when googling events in Japan, one finds a myriad of so-called "experts" downplaying the event. Yet, digging deeper, one finds an equal number of "experts" that are sounding the klaxon of deep alarm.
The common thread to the mainstream media's pool of "experts" seems to be a conflict of interest. Often,, the media puts the statements out, without actually naming the "expert" allegedly quoted.
The common thread to the other pool of experts, the one's sounding the alarm, seems to be reputable credentials, a history of being involved in nuclear research and development, and a disassociation with our regulatory agencies, such as the EPA or the NRC, and the corporations seeking to profit from the expansion of nuclear energy facilities.
I fail to see how the term "slut" is inappropriate when describing these industry bitches, who are will to whore themselves to an industry that is willing to risk the lives of millions in their pursuit of the almighty dollar.
Would it be offensive to so label a male escort, knowing that he carries the HIV bug, but engages in unprotected sex with his clients on a regular basis? Would it offend the sensibilities to call such an individual a "slut", or worse? How is it different, what these nuclear industry bitches are doing, on a far greater scale, with a potential to kill far more people?
Steve Clemons says: April 14, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Thanks POA — not sure about the other comments you are referring to. I published, or had published by my assistant, anything that largely conformed to the standards. Other stuff deleted – but nothing designed to allow comments on some posts and not others. So, real answer is I don't know — I had all the comments processed solely on the issue of tone and content. all best, steve
Wow. She certainly ended up being gorgeous, didn't she? I hope she gives the 'ol heteros the tittilation of close proximity as well. I mean hey, we deserve an occassional nod too, ya know.
Hey, uh, Steve? Whats up with the "Hall Monitor" thread, and the couple ones above it??? Are you blocking comments from appearing on them? I'm a bit curious as to the missing comments.


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Ellul 4: "Turn, Turn, Turn"–But The Soul Lives On"
September 7, 2015Rabbi Richard AddressBlog1
Written by: Rabbi Richard Address on September 7, 2015.
With the rapid approach of the new year, it is not unusual that we begin to think about the people who are no longer physically alive. Many of us will sit in synagogue and be reminded of the power of memory and the gift of life. Other than Passover, the Holidays bring home the cycle of life image. We turn the page of our life and do not know what this next chapter will bring. However, every once in a while we are reminded in very real terms about how the spirit of a soul remains alive.
I was given the opportunity to be part of a baby naming over Labor Day weekend. The new born granddaughter of my closest friend of my adult life was to be named at the family home in Dallas. Ellen and I have kept in touch during the years following my friend Jake's death. Their son and daughter-in-law live overseas and the logistics of getting home were a little daunting. But they were coming and they extended the invitation to fly to Dallas to be present. I did.
Baby namings are always special. Giggles and smiles and joy always abound as new life is consecrated and a name is given. No difference with little Maya. Yet, as I drove up to the house, I was very conscious that I had company. Maybe it was a sense of closure? I do not know. I have come to believe that the souls of people who die do find their way into other new lives. As the ceremony was going on, I really did feel a sense of transition, that when Jake's name was given as part of his grand-daughter's Hebrew name, a part of him,a part of his essence was given a new life. Now, I have no scientific proof, there cannot be. A very wise young theologian recently advised me that she understood a sense of immortality in that she believed that the souls of people who die enter into new babies and help provide those new lives with their essence. I would like to believe that some of Jake's sense of life and compassion is now part of his grand-daughter. This really is a Jewish view of immortality and another reason to celebrate this cycle of life.
So, we will soon turn that page of the calendar. We carry with us all that has gone before, the events, the challenges, the victories and defeats; and the people who helped us become who we are today.
Here's to a new beginning.
Rabbi Richard F Address
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You were back from school. You'd sat through the programmes aimed at the younger kids and were eagerly waiting for Grange Hill to start. But first, Ted Heath and his Music struck up the easily recognisable notes of their cover of Johnny One Note, and John Craven's Newsround hit the air!
Back in the early 70s there was no news provision for children on television at all. Edward Barnes, the deputy head of BBC Children's Television at the time had recently seen a survey which had discovered that only 0.7% of children ever watched any news or current affairs programmes. Barnes started thinking about a short bulletin aimed at children. Originally it was Jonathon Dimbleby that was wanted for the presenter role, but when he turned it down Barnes asked the now-iconic John Craven (who was at the time working on the factual series Search for BBC Bristol) to step in.
The newly-formed team had a big challenge on their hands: to keep the gravitas of the international news stories it had to portray whilst at the same time remembering that their prospective audience were children, and so many disturbing aspects and images would need to be edited out. Craven also decided that by copying the look of the main BBC news presenters (i.e. sitting behind a desk wearing a suit) children might feel they were back at school and therefore not want to listen. Instead - perching jauntily on top of the desk - he took to wearing psychedelic shirts and tie combos, although thousands will more fondly remember him later on wearing one of his trademark chunky knit (and occasionally hideous) jumpers.
John Craven's Newsround was given a twice weekly airing from 4 April 1972 on a trial run of six weeks; ready to be pulled if it wasn't successful with its intended audience. They didn't need to worry - by 1974 it was on air from Monday through to Thursday. Taking its source stories from the BBC News department, John Craven's Newsround retained editorial control, and by carefully removing graphic images, violence and other disturbing content, plus providing explanatory details on the big stories they created a show that children could relate to.
This was revelatory; 'grown-up' news programmes assumed that its audience already knew the background behind the events it showed; the Newsround team recognised immediately that this had to be different in their case. It wasn't that children weren't interested in watching the news, more that they couldn't watch the news because they didn't understand what was going on. So, by explaining the history behind the troubles in Northern Ireland for example, children were then able to engage and talk about what was happening currently. Aside from international news, the programme also focused in on issues that mattered to children, and investigative reports often covered things like pocket money, school uniforms and animals.
John Craven's Newsround forged a strong path for itself; in the 70s and early 80s UK television had no daytime news bulletins, so any stories that broke during the day could be captured by Newsround first, although they often had to fight for this. This meant that huge stories, such as the Pope's assassination attempt, Margaret Thatcher becoming leader of the Conservatives, the Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy in 1986 and the first report from the fire at Windsor Castle were all Newsround exclusives.
From its beginning until 1986 Craven was the main presenter, with outside news being reported in by Lucy Mathen. If a stand-in presenter was needed in the early days then they would come from the main BBC bulletins, but by the beginning of the 1980s Newsround had its own team underway, including Roger Finn and Helen Rollason. Craven by now was also the programme editor.
The lure of the chunky jumpers wasn't enough to keep him on the programme forever though, and Craven left Newsround on 22 June 1989. You knew it was coming; not long before this the programme's title was changed from 'John Craven's Newsround' to plain old 'Newsround'.
He was also well-known by this time for his contribution to Saturday morning television; featuring on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop with Noel Edmunds and Saturday Superstore with Sarah Greene, Mike Read and Keith Chegwin amongst others. He then went on to present Sunday morning favourite Countryfile. He received an OBE for services to rural and children's broadcasting in 2000, the Baird Medal in 2002 and a Children's BAFTA on Newsround's behalf in 2011.
Still a flagship BBC programme, Newsround now runs through-the-day bulletins seven days a week, broadcasting from MediaCityUK in Salford. Nobody wears awful jumpers any more though, which is a shame.
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80s Viewer on 2013-01-24 11:39:35
Remember Simon and the Witch when the witch's cat George found his way into the Newsround studio? The one pictured above.
thebhoywonder on 2010-04-11 15:43:49
this program was an institution!
Anonymous on 2005-06-08 14:18:13
John Craven's Newsround was the first news programe dedicated to telling the news to kids! Easy to understand, and was presented by John a number of years, I think it turned into newsround in the early 90s!
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One of my favorite Ethiopian restaurants is Shagga in Hyattsville, MD. But, now that I know how easy it is to create these dishes myself, I think I might be able to satisfy the craving for these wonderful spices and flavors at home. Here is the run-down on what we prepared and the details about how to do it yourself.
In a large enameled cast-iron casserole, heat the olive oil.
Add the onions and a generous pinch of salt and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 8 minutes.
Add the garlic, ginger and turmeric and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are fragrant and just starting to brown, about 5 minutes.
Add the carrots to the casserole along with 1/2 cup of water and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until the carrots are just starting to soften, 7 minutes.
Stir in the cabbage in large handfuls, letting each batch wilt slightly before adding more.
When all of the cabbage has been added, cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is tender, 40 to 45 minutes.
Add the onions and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until they are softened and just starting to brown, about 8 minutes.
Add the garlic, ginger, berbere, nigella seeds, cardamom and a generous pinch each of salt and black pepper and cook until fragrant and deeply colored, about 10 minutes.
Add the red lentils with 8 cups of water to the casserole and bring to a boil.
Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the lentils have cooked downand thickened, 25 minutes.
Stir in butternut squash puree.
Season the lentils with salt and pepper.
Ladle the lentils into bowls, sprinkle with berbere and serve.
And for next time, I will try my own Injera. I am so happy to now know the secret of this amazing bread- cooked like a pancake! Teff flour is an ancient grain that is gluten-free and provides calcium, iron and protein. So, now I don't have to feel so guilty when I fill up on it during the meal.
In a large bowl, whisk the teff flour with the water until a smooth batter forms.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature overnight; the batter will be slightly foamy.
Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat.
Whisk the salt into the batter.
Ladle 3/4 cup of the batter into the skillet; swirl to coat the bottom with batter.
Cook over moderately high heat until the injera just starts to bubble, about 30 seconds.
Cover the skillet and cook for about 30 seconds longer, until the injera is cooked through and the surface is slightly glossy.
Invert the skillet onto a work surface, letting the injera fall from the pan.
This meal will feed an army! We had so much leftover. If you are just feeding four, I suggest cutting all the recipes in half (excluding the Injera!). Or, if you are like me – enjoy the leftovers for lunch and dinner for days.
My sister and I love Ethiopian food. So, when my sister moved to St. Louis, we worried she'd have to go without the delightful dishes until her visits with me in D.C. This weekend, as Frankenstorm Sandy neared the East Coast, I left to visit my sister in her new city, hang with her new politically active puppy, Aidan (shown below), and check out the food-scene in St. Louis.
Before boarding my flight, I picked up a copy of this month's Food and Wine Magazine. While the front featured the expected Thanksgiving ideas, I found the most amazing surprise: A Lesson in Ethiopian Flavors. The feature included not only some of our favorite vegetarian dishes, but also the characteristic Ethiopian Injera Bread. Amazing!
We were able to successfully make a number of great dishes including sauteed cabbage and carrots, spiced red lentils, and timatim salad. We also prepared some sweet collard greens with balsamic, maple syrup, and dates (not Ethiopian flavors, but very yummy). Unfortunately, when we went to the market, we picked up teff grain instead of teff flour and could not prepare the Injera. So, instead, we resolved to try Injera another day and purchased it from my sister's nearby Ethiopian restaurants (yes, they are there in St. Louis!).
The first step was to buy the ingredients and prepare berbere, a spice commonly used in Ethiopian dishes. While we didn't find the spice mixture in the store, we found some great recipes and instructions online.
Store in a jar in the fridge, the recipe makes approximately one cup.
Stay tuned for more recipes from the wonderful evening, as I continue my extended trip here in St. Louis. All flights have been canceled back to BWI, so I will be here through Thursday at the earliest.
Stay safe, dry and warm to all those effected by Sandy.
While we were digging these puppies out of the ground at Willowsford Farm, I knew they would lead to a delicious adventure in the kitchen and spur a little research on origins and nutrition. Here goes!
The All Blue planted, nurtured, harvested and pictured here is one of several heirloom varieties known for their earthy, starchy, nuttiness and antioxidant/flavonoid-rich, nutritional properties. A staple in South American kitchens, the purple potato has Peruvian origins and is now cultivated throughout North and South America and Europe.
Like other potatoes, they are great roasted, braised, baked, boiled or made into chips and a great veggie for those savory herbs. I chose to roast them with hand-pressed olive oil, fresh rosemary and a culinary lavender and sea salt mix from Lavender Fields in Milton, Delaware.
After slicing the already-fairly-small potatoes into half inch wedges, I tossed them with the oil and spices and popped them into a 375 degree over for about 45 minutes, flipping them a few times along the way. As is common when cooking with fresh, raw materials, I made more than enough to set a few servings aside to be re-heated on a skillet for another breakfast or dinner. Lots of websites and chefs suggest pairing them with pork, poultry, salad greens and cheeses.
For more history and recipe ideas, check out the Purple Potato Page on SpecialtyProduce.com. They've got links to recipes far fancier than mine!
With guidance and inspiration from Chef Mike Isabella's new cookbook, Crazy Good Italian: Big Flavors, Small Plates, and freshly harvested beets from the farm, I was able to bring fall into the kitchen in a new way: with dry sauteed spices and herbs and oven-roasted root veggies.
Remove the greens and scrub clean approximately two pounds of beets. I used golden beets but any variety will do.
In a dry saute pan, toast two flaked cinnamon sticks, two tablespoons of coriander and two tablespoons of peppercorns over medium heat for five minutes. Shake the pan frequently so spices toast rather than burn.
Once toasty, move them onto a 9″ x 13″ baking sheet. Chop up and apple and several slices of ginger root and place them on the baking sheet.
Toss the beets in two tablespoons of olive oil and two teaspoons of salt (and a little lavender if you love it as much as I do) and then add them to the baking sheet. Squeeze half of a lemon over everything, toss the rind on the pan too, and cover it all tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 50-60 minutes (depending on the size of your beets).
After roasting, remove aluminum foil to allow beets to cool before sliding the skin off with a paper towel. Slice the beets, toss with some of the leftover spices and roasted apples, and allow them to cool to room temperature and soak up more flavors.
The dish is a great hearty side item or topping on an arugula salad. Be sure and take the bulk of the cinnamon sticks and all lemon rind and ginger root remains out of the mix before serving.
BONUS: I put some turnips on the pan with them (and the same preparations) and they were fantastic. They came out with the freshness of bok choy – that made them a great pair with salmon and braising greens – as well as hints of those spicy fall flavors. They only needed 50 minutes of roasting.
'Tis the season for hearty veggies! For the past few weeks, we've been harvesting and curing acorn, butternut and delicata squash. Carrying heavy baskets and bins of them (and their neighboring pumpkins and sweet potatoes) is a little tougher than say… lettuce… but oh-so-worth-it on a lazy Sunday in the kitchen. The delicata especially.
In an effort to find an interesting recipe to suggest to CSA members and folks at the farmers market, I Googled delicata and found out that there is another way to cook it than the butter boat method I use with butternuts: Roast them up like sweet potato fries!
While preheating the oven to 405-425 degrees (depending on the level of crisp you desire), chop off the ends of the squash and cut it in half vertically. Clean out the seeds and gunk with a spoon, then chop those halves up into half-inch thick smiley-face pieces. Toss them by hand in a bowl with olive oil and a little salt then place them on baking sheets in a single layer. They need 15-20 minutes in there and a flip midway. If you'd like more detailed instructions, find them in this great post, "Better Than Butternut," on Summer Tomato.
This is some seriously awesome squash! I highly recommend looking for it at a farmers market near you!
#39: Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.
One of my favorite Food Rules in Michael Pollan's compilation.
Eat all the sweet potato fries you want as long as you grow the sweet potato yourself.
Then lay them out on a baking sheet with some space in between piece to ensure they get crispy rather than soggy. Bake 'em for 15 minutes, flip 'em, and then bake 'em for another 15 and viola! Deliciousness.
The only question that remains is: How many sweet potato fries do you think could be made from the 12 inch, 7-pounder my parents just harvested?!
Mid-summer, I often find myself surrounded by fresh veggies but tired of the same old salads, tossing them on the grill, steaming them on the stove or chowing down on them raw.
Lucky for me, Culinary Director at Willowsford, Bonnie Moore, put a perfectly punchy and easy-to-make recipe for Gazpacho in the weekly newsletter: FARMFARE.
You begin by squeezing some juice from your tomatoes into the blender so that you have some juice to move things around once all the veggies are in there. The you puree it, strain it if you'd like, and add the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper to taste and breadcrumbs to the consistency you like. Toss it in the fridge fora few hours (or overnight) and voila! The same health benefits of fresh, raw veggies but with a a fresh new flavor.


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Q: Magento Catalog Model Product Image I have a Magento site where I make use of an extension which, among other things, creates new product images with a better compression and stores them under a dedicated path.
I also have a routine that builds an xml sitemap, including images.
My problem is that while the new images are loaded in product pages, I still get the old urls like /media/catalog/product/cache/ from my routine.
The code executed is like this:
$collection = Mage::getResourceModel('xsitemap/catalog_product_xml')
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The strage thing is that if I run this code from outside the extension, using a temporary class under Magento root, I get a different url for the same product, precisely the new image url.
I don't get why I should get different results, if the instructions are the same.
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Learn to lead in any situation at OCS. Put your college degree to use, learn important leadership skills, and prepare for a career as an Army Officer.
Pursue the Path of Officer Candidate School
OCS is one of four paths to become a commissioned Officer in the Army. Applying is open to civilians, active-duty enlisted, Army Reserve, and National Guard Soldiers with at least a bachelor's degree.
OCS offers the intense military tactical training you need to become an Officer, while also preparing you for careers in fields like engineering, finance, mechanics, communications, and more.
When you graduate OCS as a commissioned Officer, expect to be ready to lead in any situation, no matter the environment, and no matter the stakes.
Training Designed to Help You Excel
You'll undergo training in OCS for 12 weeks to ensure you're prepared to successfully lead others. Training will include two phases of advanced classroom instruction and on-the-ground training that you'll complete as part of a small squad.
Phase 1: Learn the Basics of Officership (Weeks 1-6)
Physical and mental challenges will test your determination to excel in the basic leadership skills required of a commissioned Officer. You'll be expected to pass the Army fitness test, Leadership Reaction Course, and Combat Water Survival Test.
Phase 2: Apply Your Skills in the Field (Weeks 7-12)
Put the skills you learned in Phase 1 to the test in the field. In Phase 2, you'll be evaluated on your ability to lead a team during an intense 18-day mission. This phase also includes Senior Leader Seminars and the Transitioning to Becoming Commissioned Officers course.
Requirements to Join OCS
You must be a U.S. citizen and have your bachelor's degree by the time you are commissioned as an Officer. The general age requirement is between 19 and 32. You also have to be eligible for a secret security clearance. If you're current military, you can't have more than six years of active service before joining OCS.
To learn more about OCS requirements and how to apply, civilians can talk to a recruiter, while active-duty enlisted, Army Reserve, and National Guard Soldiers can talk to their commanding Officer.
National Guard Offers Other Paths to Officership
Army National Guard Soldiers can take the traditional route to OCS as described above, but they also have the opportunity to explore two different paths. One is by attending State Officer Candidate School that takes place on the weekends for 16-18 months, or the National Guard Bureau Accelerated Officer Candidate School, an eight-week course.
Common Questions About Officer Candidate School
Do I need to complete Basic Training if I attend OCS?
Yes. Before enrolling in OCS, civilians must complete the 10-week Army Basic Combat Training or equivalent military basic skills course. Enlisted and Army Reserve Soldiers enrolling in OCS would have already completed the course.
What is my rank when I graduate from OCS?
At graduation, you will be given a formal commission as a U.S. Army Officer and assigned to the rank of second lieutenant, the lowest of the commissioned ranks.
How can I make sure I'm a competitive applicant for OCS?
While civilian college graduates and current military candidates do not compete with each other for available OCS slots, the more prepared you are for the physically rigorous demands of OCS, the better. About 65% of OCS applicants are accepted.
Will I get to pick any job I want after OCS?
The better you score at OCS, the better your chances are to get the job you want. After you rank your top job choices based on what the Army has available, you'll be matched with one of your preferred jobs based on an assessment of how your OCS scores and qualifications match the needs of the role.
Can I apply for OCS as a college senior?
Yes. If you're a college senior, you can apply early and be selected for training at OCS upon completion of your degree.
Where does Army OCS take place?
Army Officer Training School is held at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Date updated: 23 Aug 2021


GIGABYTE Tech Daily: Bullant from Australia sporting the most efficient SuperPi rig you'll ever see!
Bullant from Australia sporting the most efficient SuperPi rig you'll ever see!
We've reported about a forum thread a little while ago that encourages overclockers worldwide to fine tune their platform at a set frequency limit to establish who has the most performance efficient PC around. It's done by limiting the CPU to 5GHz on Z77 Ivy Bridge platform and allowing end users to tune their memory frequency and timings and produce the fastest possible 32M SuperPi they can.
The whole point of the exercise is to improve your tweaking skills which you can then apply at maximum CPU clocks so if the current leader was to get the highest clocking CPU around, he would beat the current SuperPI world record without much trouble. What's also possible is that he would be able to beat the world record with slightly lower CPU clocks compared to top score due to his efficiency which is even more rewarding to a tweaker. This is comparable to a 100m sprint runner and their training to improve the technique over such a short distance. The most efficient guy is Usain Bolt and even with a bad start he has the ability to catch his opponents just about every time.
Bullant (aka Usain Bullant lol) from Australia happens to be the current leader of this little tweakers competition sporting his favourite GIGABYTE Z77X-UP5TH motherboard clocking 4x sticks of PSC based IC memory modules at an astonishing 1326.4MHz at 6-10-6-28 subtimings. Memory is cooled with liquid nitrogen (Kingpin Ney RAM pot) at a freezing –105C while CPU is on single stage refrigeration cooling running at –30C. The current leader nearing the end of this platform tends to be just about unbeatable as getting that last little out of the platform gets ever so much harder knowing everyone's had a good year to improve their Superpi results.
Congratulations mate, well done! Nice warm-up for the next generation GIGABYTE motherboards which will raise the bar a great deal higher .
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While going through his famous grandfather's belongings after his passing in 1937, violinist Lars Sigerson discovered this casket with its gruesome contents. It appears to have been passed from generation to generation within his family for hundreds of years. The explanation and whatever story that goes with it has been lost to the ages.
The human heart housed in the box came from a larger than average man, probably one suffering from Gigantism, an oversupply of growth hormone which leads to excessive height and often conditions such as acromegaly. Research indicates it was roughly cut out and preserved with salts, the same process the ancient Norse would use to preserve fish and meat for their Viking voyages and to survive the long winters.
Little is known about Fafrd the Red, who is only mentioned briefly in Eymundar pattr hrings, the Tale of Eymundu. In this tale, he is described only as a tall, red-haired youth with a strong arm and a clever wit.
After studying this item, Sir James Frazer hypothesized that the heart may have birthed the Norse folk tale of The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body collected by Asbjornsen and Moe in Norwegian Folk Tales (1848).


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Josep-Ramon Sanromà i Celma és un empresari català, actual conseller delegat de l'Institut Català de Finances (ICF). Llicenciat en Professor Mercantil per la Universitat de Barcelona i graduat per l'Stanford Graduate School of Business (Califòrnia), ha ocupat diferents càrrecs executius en els sectors bancari, assegurador i de serveis tecnològics.

De 1990 a 2005 va ser director general del Deutsche Bank a Espanya i Portugal i des de l'any 2006 ha estat soci director de la consultora Artisan Partners, especialitzada en assessorament estratègic i financer a petites i mitjanes empreses (pimes). El febrer de 2011 fou nomenat conseller delegat de l'ICF pel Govern de Catalunya. Forma part dels consells d'administració d'Instruments Financers per a Empreses Innovadores (IFEM) i d'Empresa de Promoció i Localització Industrial de Catalunya (Avançsa), i és conseller de Fira 2000 i de BCN Emprèn. És conseller delegat d'ICF Capital, una societat gestora de capital de risc,i representa l'Institut Català de Finances (ICF) a Avalis, on és president i apoderat, i a Catalana d'Iniciatives, on és també apoderat.

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Facebook's Return to China Thrown into Doubt
The company, like all major US tech platforms, has been blocked in the country since 2009. Facebook said on Wednesday it had secured a licence to set up an "innovation hub to support Chinese developers, innovators and start-ups". But 24 hours later, there are widespread reports the licence has been withdrawn from the government database.
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The Sager 9750 – A Step Closer to Making Desktops Extinct?
June 15, 2011 admin Notebook Reviews
Sager has done it again. We have a sense of déjà vu saying that, as Sager always seems to put off stellar laptops. That is, after all, all the desktop manufacturer does. But this time, Sager has released the first dual-core notebook with a desktop's AMD X2 central processing unit in it. That's right. It's a desktop's CPU. And the name of this profound Sager-the 9750.
Sager took the design from the original design manufacturer, Clevo's D900K. And Sager didn't take the trouble for nothing. They've geared this big boy for one target market: hardcore gamers who want a desktop replacement laptop.
Released last December, the 9750 not only packs that oversized dual-core CPU. It has everything else a gamer could want: a bright, vivid display thanks to a WUXGA resolution, 17-inch screen, and most importantly, an nVidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX with 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory.
Don't fall out of your chair just yet. The Sager 9750 packs a whole litany of hardware that will make any desktop tremble in its tower. We're talking 2GB of PC3200 DDR SDRAM, a primary hard drive with 100GB of space, a secondary drive with an additional 100GB, and even a high resolution integrated digital camera.
You won't feel needy after you get your hands on what else the Sager supplies. The 9750 features an internal 802.11g wireless network adapter, a LAN setup, a 7-in-1 card reader, a PCMCIA slot, out speakers, two IEEE ports, four USBs, S-Video jacks (in and out), and TV-in port.
You might say, "I ain't putting this beast on my lap. With all its juice, it might burn a whole through my pants!" Believe it or not, though, you may be inclined to slide the Sager on your lap as you get deep into your latest game. You won't have to worry about burning your lap, no matter how long you play for. The Sager features a "hot key," which when pressed cranks up the fans to maximum RPMs to cool off.
Neat stuff, and definitely necessary when the desktop CPU gets cranking.
By Matthew Brodsky
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The Seattle based Lions Ambition brings a one of a kind experience to the stage! This seven member crew blends together: skilled lyricism, soulful vocals with innovative new melodies that entertain and captivate audiences. The unique sound has gained the band praise to be selected to open for national acts, colleges, festivals, and awarded in multiple competitions.
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Most research on the neurodegenerative disease has focused on amyloid plaques, but a new study may change this.
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World's Largest Health Imaging Study Launched in U.K.
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When Reagan was faced with a harsh fate, Newsweek reported on how he handled himself with trademark charm and levity.
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New York State Wants Its Prescription Drug Money Back — Or Else
By Julie Appleby	 May 22, 2017
New York Medicaid regulators aim to use the threat of imposing increased scrutiny of prescription drugs — such as eyeing their relative effectiveness and their profit margins — to coax additional discounts from drugmakers.
The rules, signed into law in mid-April as part of the state's budget, don't go as far as the surcharge that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo originally sought to control the "skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs," but they retain elements guaranteed to get under a pharmaceutical executive's skin.
For example, those who don't agree to voluntarily rebate or pass money back to the state when Medicaid drug spending rises fast could face multiple layers of reviews regarding profit margins and how well their drugs work.
The rules are the latest response to growing dissatisfaction about drug costs from the public, lawmakers and those who run programs like Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people.
This KHN story also ran in USA Today. It can be republished for free (details).
"It clearly is going to put more pressure on manufacturers to address prices if they want to stay in business in New York," said Jack Hoadley, a health policy analyst at Georgetown University who studies Medicaid.
The new law also is part of a growing inclination among states to take on prescription drug costs themselves rather than waiting for a response from Congress or the federal government.
New York's rules are novel, though, because they are the first to set an annual cap on Medicaid prescription drug spending. The target aims to limit total payments to the sum of medical inflation plus 5 percent, a goal that would have been exceeded in recent years, state officials say.
The law also stands out because — if that target is likely to be exceeded — it explicitly allows regulators to pursue a type of review drugmakers dislike. Such reviews, which are more common in the private sector, use scientific studies and other information to evaluate whether specific medications are overpriced proportionate to their medical benefit.
Drugmakers generally object to such reviews and often dispute their results.
To avoid having their drugs sent for such a review under the law in New York, targeted manufacturers could agree to add additional discounts.
The law "creates an incentive to want to collaborate with us and give us rebates," said New York State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson.
Drugmakers had strong objections to the governor's proposal since its earliest iterations, and Priscilla VanderVeer, a spokeswoman for the industry's trade lobby, said the group still has "significant concerns" about the price cap and "the chilling effect it could have on New York's economy," which she said benefits from 240,000 industry-related jobs.
It's Not Just New York
States, which pay health costs for millions of employees, prisoners and Medicaid beneficiaries, are particularly sensitive to recent increases in brand and generic drug prices, as well as the introduction of very expensive products, such as treatments for hepatitis C.
New York's Medicaid program, for example, has seen its drug spending rise on average 8 percent each year over the past three years, after taking into account existing rebates. The program, which uses federal and state funds, serves more than 6 million people. Drugs represent about 5 percent of the cost of the program — with the state paying out $3 billion last year for prescriptions, Medicaid officials said.
Though its law is unique, New York's efforts are "in keeping with the mood in a number of other states," said Rachel Sachs, an associate professor at Washington University-St. Louis School of Law who studies intellectual property, health law and food and drug regulation.
For instance:
Vermont lawmakers last year adopted legislation that requires drugmakers to provide justification for price increases it determines are driving up spending in state programs, such as Medicaid.
Maryland lawmakers in March passed legislation, still awaiting the governor's signature, that directs Medicaid to notify the attorney general when off-patent or generic drugs experience an "excessive price increase" — and sets financial penalties if the drugmaker can't justify the hike.
In Louisiana, officials have asked whether a rarely used federal law could be tapped to sidestep patents and allow government programs to get lower-cost generic versions of pricey hepatitis C treatments.
A Trigger For Action
Under the New York law, everything plays off an annual spending growth cap.
The new rules are triggered if the combination of price increases and use of drugs is forecast to push spending to exceed that target. First, regulators will ask drugmakers seen as driving that spending to voluntarily offer rebates.
No specific drugs have yet been named, and it isn't clear how they will be chosen.
"This policy will not affect the vast majority of drugs," said Helgerson, adding that it will target "the manufacturers that attempt to use periods of patent protection to drive outrageous prices."
Attorney John Shakow, who represents drug manufacturers, said his clients' reaction is "mystification and concern," in part because it is unclear how regulators will select which drugs or manufacturers to pursue for additional rebates.
"It seems prone to abuse, if they want to go after a manufacturer for political reasons or otherwise," said Shakow, a partner at King & Spalding who specializes in drug price cases. "Laws that are this amorphous and nonspecific and vest so much discretion in regulatory authorities strike us as being ripe for challenge."
Other laws already require drugmakers nationwide to give Medicaid programs their "best price" — equal to or less than what it is paid by private insurers. Most states, including New York, already seek supplemental rebates, often in exchange for priority placement on lists of which drugs can be dispensed.
But the new law goes further in seeking additional rebates on top of those.
If the targeted drugmakers balk at offering discounts, regulators are granted a range of options that ramp up pressure by requiring those uncomfortable reviews.
Regulators, for example, can refer specific drugs to an evaluation by the state's Drug Utilization Review Board.
The board would recommend a target rebate. If the state could not get the drugmaker to agree to at least 75 percent of that rebate amount, other sanctions could apply. Prior authorization — meaning a doctor would have to get special permission to prescribe — could be placed on the drug. Advocates fear that could make access to needed medications more of a hurdle for patients.
The state could also require drugmakers to disclose how much was spent on research and marketing, what it charges for the drug in other countries and its average profit margin over a five-year period. Such "transparency" rules are strongly opposed by the drug industry, which says they don't capture all the costs that go into drug development — and won't help consumers. With a few exceptions, the industry has successfully fought efforts in various states to pass such legislation.
And, finally, the strongest enforcement mechanism would allow the state to bar some medications entirely, so long as they were not the only drug for a particular condition or treatment. It isn't clear how that would square with other federal requirements.
If it all works according to plan, the state expects to save $55 million this fiscal year and $85 million the next under the law, Helgerson said.
KHN's coverage of prescription drug development, costs and pricing is supported in part by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
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Health Industry Medicaid Pharmaceuticals States	Drug Costs New York Prescription Drugs
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News


If your child or sibling has been diagnosed with BDD, your family life has most likely been dramatically impacted by the disorder, if not thrown into turmoil. Ours certainly was. Everyone was affected when our seventeen-year old son, Nathaniel, who since age 11 had struggled with what we thought was OCD and anxiety, suddenly couldn't leave the home if he had a tiny blemish or nicked his chin shaving. Family meals were tense, outings were canceled, vacations derailed. The intensity of his BDD symptoms, and their impact on his schooling, social, and family life were overwhelming for our son, for us, and for our daughter. In hindsight, we offer some advice for how to navigate uncertain waters.
While seeking care for your loved one with BDD, it is critical also to take care of yourself, to find support for your other family members, to get involved in the sufferer's treatment if at all possible, and to keep communication in the family open. BDD is a serious, chronic condition that will not go away overnight, and that will require everyone's love, patience, and effort to address and overcome.
Early on in recognizing and treating the disorder, we as parents continually scanned family dynamics and past events for what we might have done to cause this debilitating condition in our son. "We shouldn't have changed his school." "We should have home-schooled him." "Judy shouldn't have gone back to work so early after our daughter Carrie's birth…" and on and on. The origins of BDD are complex and rarely traceable to one event, or family pattern. Genetics play a role, but do not provide the whole answer. And even the genetic link can be a source of guilt: "If only he hadn't inherited my tendency towards OCD or my perfectionism." Blaming ourselves sapped energy that would have been better used to support treatment and to take care of ourselves and our other family members.
Watching our beloved son suffer from BDD was excruciating, eliciting emotions that ran the gamut from fear, to anger, to sadness, to profound frustration when treatment didn't provide relief fast enough from his symptoms. It is critically important that to whatever extent possible you maintain routines in your life so that you can find respite from the emotional challenges of living with someone with BDD. That said, if your child's care demands more time than you can manage while working full time, see if you can take some family leave, or arrange to do some work from home so that you aren't making impossible demands on yourself. The International OCD Foundation can help you find support groups for parents so that you will know you are not alone, that other families are going through the same struggles, and that your family has not been singled out for suffering. The Annual OCD Conference is also a great opportunity to meet other parents and families going through similar circumstances.
In addition to finding for your loved one a trained CBT therapist who understands BDD, seek professional support for yourself and the rest of the family. Since BDD can severely impact family relationships, addressing the heartache that those changes can elicit is critical. Otherwise, in addition to the BDD, the family begins to suffer the consequences of unspoken resentments and misunderstandings. Having opportunities to process the grief that comes when family harmony, traditions, and everyday life are disrupted will help all of you support each other as you focus on effective treatment for the sufferer. Even if the sufferer does not have insight into their disorder, which is often the case with BDD, remind them frequently that it is BDD, not their character, that is to blame for the disruptions in family life.
Living in the arena of BDD impacts everyone, even when siblings seem fine, and tell you they are fine. The symptoms of BDD to a sibling (and even to parents, and certainly to those outside the family) can seem bizarre, illogical, and even willful on the part of the sufferer. "Why doesn't he just stop?" our young daughter would ask when her brother first started copying her movements and spending hours in the bathroom mirror checking. When our son could not participate in family events or come on vacations, or dominated our time and energy, our daughter felt cheated, angry, and most of all sad, but she carefully kept those feelings to herself, not wanting to add to our burden.
Include your other children in treatment conversations whenever possible. Siblings need the chance to talk about and process not only the severity of the disorder and the intense shame the sufferer feels, but also how the disorder is impacting their own lives and their role in the family. Facilitating conversations can be difficult and sometimes impossible, but a good therapist can help; no one in the family should feel left on the periphery as the disorder disrupts family patterns and dynamics.
Wherever possible, get everyone in the family engaged in your child's treatment, especially if your child is still living at home. Therapy sessions might last a few hours a week, but the family is on the front line with the disorder 24/7. By encouraging and cheering your child on as she uses skills learned in Cognitive Behavior Therapy sessions and other aspects of her therapy and by giving a role to siblings, the family can support the sufferer's progress while gaining a valuable sense of engagement. The alternative — standing helplessly on the sidelines and watching your child suffer — can be debilitating. Even if involvement means vocalizing why you cannot participate in rituals or offer reassurance, you can do so in a positive and supportive way so that your child knows you are aware of how hard following through on treatment can be. For more about treatment for BDD go here.
BDD is poorly understood and is still a completely unknown disorder to many people even though it affects 3-6 million people in the U.S. alone (2% of the population). When you include in those numbers the family members who suffer with their loved ones, the impact of BDD is staggering. Like many brain disorders, BDD causes behavior abnormalities, and so families are loathe to talk about it, whereas we would never hesitate to share with friends and colleagues that a son, daughter, or sibling had a brain tumor or leukemia. And why is that? Many people, and perhaps even we ourselves, believe that on some level BDD results from a major character or family flaw, or lack of will power, and attach stigma and judgment to those who suffer from it, thus piling shame on top of already intense pain. This is completely unjust. By speaking out forcefully and clearly about the needs of those who suffer from BDD and their families, we will attract the research money needed to reveal the causes of this devastating illness and to develop more effective treatments. Becoming an advocate for greater awareness and understanding can become a powerful part of the healing process.
You can read more about our family's journey with BDD at our website, www.walkingwithnathaniel.org.


Stock & Barrel Gun Club Chanhassen (www.stockandbarrel.com) Action Pistol League. USPSA style with PCC welcome. Shoot and Scoot format. Sign up on-site anytime between 5:30PM to 8:00PM. Match fee is $15. Contact is Nick at N.Dahlberg@stockandbarrel.com.
Firing Line Gun Range (www.firinglinegunrange.com) Indoor 2-Gun Match. Show and shoot. $17 match fee. Contact is Jesse at (320) 281-5315 or info@firinglinegunrange.com.
The Modern Sportsman USPSA Match (www.themodernsportsman.com/pages/shooting-league). Set-up time 6PM, match start at 6:30PM. Match fee is $18. 4 stages with a round count of 50-75 rounds (brass cased ammo only). Contact is Wendel at Training@themidernsportsman.com or 952-852-5939.
St. Cloud Area Practical Shooter's Association (www.SHOOTSCAPSA.com). Match Fee is $17.00, Members $15.00 ($5.00discount for those there by 4 pm to set up). Junior fee is $8.00. Membership is $50/year. Match starts at 5:30PM. 4 stages. Contact is David Sweeter at David@Sweeterphotography.com.
Burnsville Rifle & Pistol Club (www.bvpistol.com) IPSC Match. Set-up and registrations start at 6PM. Match starts at 7PM. Contacts are Mike at mdmurphy@frontier.com and Joe at jmgrif1973@gmail.com.
Firing Line Gun Range (www.firinglinegunrange.com) Indoor USPSA Match. Contact is Jesse at (320) 281-5315 or info@firinglinegunrange.com.
Fargo Moorhead Practical Shooting Association (www.fmpsa.com) at the Glyndon Rod and Gun Club (www.glyndongunclub.com). Set-up at 9AM, shooting starts after set-up. Match fee is $30. Contact is Greg at gnorseman@gmail.com.
Metro Area Practical Shooting Association (www.mapsa-uspsa.com) at Beaverbrook Tri-County Sportsmen's Club (www.beaverbrook.us). 6 classifier stages, $20 match fee. Contact is Kayla at elpresidente.mapsa@gmail.com or (651) 261-8392.
3-Gun Intro/Skills Builder Course put on by Minnesota 3Gun Group (www.mn3gungroup.org) at FLSC (www.flscmn.com). Info and registrations on the MN3GG website. Contact is or Jomar at jomar.mn3gg@gmail.com.
Twin Cities Action Shooting (www.twincitiesidpa.com) Winter Season Match at the Metro Gun Club (www.metrogunclub.com). Set-up begins at 5PM. Match fee is $20 for TCAS Members. Contact is Stewart at 612-251-0635 or sthompson@tcactionshooting.com.
Pine Island Practical Shooters (www.piwpsc.org/pips). Free and open to anyone interested. New Shooter's League: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1 at 6PM with a cost of $5. Contact is Kevin at pips.mn13@gmail.com.
Cancelled by the Match Director on 04/15/2019 due to the range ground condition.
Pine Island Practical Shooters (www.piwpsc.org/pips). Match fee is $5. Only open to new shooters. Contact is Kevin at pips.mn13@gmail.com.
Cancelled by the Match Director on 04/15/2019 due to a schedule conflict.
Forest Lake Practical Shooters Association USPSA League Match (www.flscmn.com). Use Gate #3. Setup 3:30PM, shooting 5:30PM, 150 rounds, $15 fee ($5 discount if you arrive by 4PM to help with set-up). Contact is Mike at mikehall829@gmail.com.
Gopher Campfire Conservation Club (www.gophercampfire.com). Set-up begins at 8:30AM, match starts at 9:30AM. Four random steel stages. Contact is Benny at benny@hammer-down.biz.
Minnesota 3Gun Group (www.mn3gungroup.org) at MGFC (www.mgfc-mrc.org). Match fee if $25. Set-up begins at 7:30AM. Registration starts at 8:30AM. Shooters' meeting at 9:30AM. Shooting starts at 10AM. 5 courses of fire. 100 rounds minimum for each gun recommended, plus 10 slugs. Contact is Jomar at jomar.mn3gg@gmail.com.
Cancelled by the Match Director due to the Easter Holiday.
Hawkeye Ignite (www.hawkeyeignite.com) at the Forest Lake Sportsmen's Club (www.flscmn.com). Setup begins 3PM. Match begins at 6PM. $20 fee. Contact is Mark at mark@hawkeyesyndicate.com.
Willmar Rifle and Pistol Club (www.willmargunclub.com) USPSA Match. $20 match fee. Contact persons are Gary at garyselectric83@gmail.com and Karl at sandelectric@tds.net.
St. Cloud Area Practical Shooter's Association (www.SHOOTSCAPSA.com). Match fee is $25, $12 for juniors. Match starts at 10AM. 5 stages. Meal and beverage is included. Contact is David Sweeter at David@Sweeterphotography.com.
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liceoartisticolisippo-ta » Literature » War Heaven
War Heaven ebook
by M. Maloney
M. Maloney Genre Fiction English
Mack Maloney is the author of numerous fiction series, including Wingman, ChopperOps, Starhawk, and Pirate Hunters, as well as UFOs in Wartime – What They Didn't Want You to Know.
Mack Maloney is the author of numerous fiction series, including Wingman, ChopperOps, Starhawk, and Pirate Hunters, as well as UFOs in Wartime – What They Didn't Want You to Know. A native Bostonian, Maloney received a bachelor of science degree in journalism at Suffolk University and a master of arts degree in film at Emerson College.
His assignment from the highest officials in the United States intelligence services meant breaking every rule in the book: take to the skies in his F-15X Strike Eagle jet on a do-or-die mission against the mysterious Aggressors who held the key to the deadly war games-and the long-forgotten Roswell Incident.
by M. Maloney (Author). Book 10 of 17 in the Wingman Series. America won all the battles and lost WW-III. Hawk Hunter, the hotshot pilot that was to be the next US Astronaut is instead scrambling hard to keep Freedom alive for everyone. This book takes place in Vietnam.
The world was left to wonder. Someone was killing America's top gun fighter pilots. The war games fought between "Friendly" and "Aggressor" forces high above an ultra-secret electronic battlefield in the American southwest were meant to simulate combat†yet American pilots were suddenly being lost at an alarming rate to real missiles and bullets.
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The Ghost War is the eleventh book of the Wingman series, which also includes Wingman and The Circle Wa. One fee. Stacks of books.
The Ghost War is the eleventh book of the Wingman series, which also includes Wingman and The Circle War. Sci-fi & Fantasy Thriller & Crime Military Sci-fi.
The Cold War was supposedly over. Or was it? USAF Colonel Ryder Long was a fearless right-stuff pilot who believed that rules were made to be broken. Best-selling author Mack Maloney (Brian Kelleher) has written many action-packed novels, including the Chopper Ops series, and the Starhawk series, as well as best-selling science fiction. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts, where he is working on the next exciting adventure. Praise for Mack Maloney "In Starhawk, Mack Maloney has created a Champion of Justice.
With the opening round, the base at Da Nang came under a massive mortar and rocket bombardment. There were suddenly fires everywhere; smoke was obscuring the midday sun. Alarms bells and sirens were. ringing; people were scrambling to the system of hardened shelters. Long range artillery was booming all over, the chatter of gunfire filled the air. And in amongst it all, the angry sound of a jet engine screeching to life. Not two minutes after the firing had commenced, Hunter's F-16XL was screaming down the main runway at Da Nang.
IN 1947, THE U.S. ARMY ANNOUNCED THE RECOVERY OF A FLYING SAUCER NEAR ROSWELL, NEW MEXICOâ?AND THEN DENIED IT. THE WORLD WAS LEFT TO WONDER. AND THEN THE WORLD FORGOT... Someone was killing America's top gun fighter pilots. The war games fought between "Friendly" and "Aggressor" forces high above an ultra-secret electronic battlefield in the American southwest were meant to simulate combatâ?yet American pilots were suddenly being lost at an alarming rate to real missiles and bullets. The Cold War was supposedly over. Or was it? USAF Colonel Ryder Long was a fearless right-stuff pilot who believed that rules were made to be broken. His assignment from the highest officials in the United States intelligence services meant breaking every rule in the book: take to the skies in his F-15X Strike Eagle jet on a do-or-die mission against the mysterious Aggressors who held the key to the deadly war gamesâ?and the long-forgotten Roswell Incident. For Ryder Long it could only end with the survival of a threatened America... or death in the bloody skies over the high-tech battlefield called... WAR HEAVEN.
fr0mTheSkY
A crazy read. Strange mix of truth and fiction. Wild plot twists, makes you wonder about the authors background. As Mack Maloney is a nom de plume, who knows great story.
Daigami
Found it to be an interesting story.
Lynnak
Уou ll never walk alone
Imagine someone taking some of the most notorious conspiracy theories of all time and merging them into a single long narrative.
Start the story with the protagonist working on the set of a movie based on novels written by the author of the story you are reading. Have our hero join an elite group of combat-experienced pilots at a training facility - built by Disney at the military's request - that makes the NTC and JRTC seem like children playing war. Then yank the teams from this ultimate warfighter dreamland and have them collide with UFOs. As this is going on, snatch a few from time to time and tell no one where they went; in fact, inform the others their comrades are dead. Finally, layer on top of this chaotic maelstrom a rogue government organization, the objective of which is impossible to ascertain.
Along the way, Colonel Ryder Long - someone we first met in the equally innovative story `Thunder Alley' - will cross paths with characters as diverse as JFK, Elvis and the pilot who shot down the Roswell UFO as well as a monkey who has learned to light fires.
What happens at the end of the road? Well, you have to read the book, don't you?
Munimand
Part Tom Clancy like high tech thriller, part UFO conspiracy, and part....well I'm not certain how to describe it. But it involves government and nongovernment coverups. Lies within lies wrapped in enigmas. Faithful stereotypical heros....or are they? And typical scenery chewing black hatted villians...or are they?
War Heaven is a book that keeps you guessing. It feels like you jump all over the American southwest yet at the same time feeling as though you are in a small town of some kind (which you are in a sense) constantly encountering the same people again and again.
It starts off with many potential plots hanging wide open. It ends with even more. In the end, there are no easy, pat answers and if you are familiar with Maloney's other work (especially the Wingman series) you have to wonder just what the novel says about the nature of reality. Is Maloney saying that there is actually a universe out there where the Wingman ahd his world actually came about?
While I doubt a sequel would ever clear much up, I would love to read one.
Adokelv
In 1991, before Gillian Anderson became the unwitting pin-up of the UFO conspiracy, I picked this book up and it blew my mind. In War Heaven, Maloney's hero is asigned to compete in an extensive series of war games in a secret gov't base located in - you guessed it - Nevada. In a place called "Area-61" (to this day, Area-51 still dosn't sound right), a mammoth supercomputer manages every aspect of the simulation. Unbeknownst to the hero, a cabal of scientists and generals (when can these two ever gather w/o being a "cabal"?) is using the supercomputer for their own experiments on flying saucer debris recovered from places called "Roswell" and "Kecksburg" which I never heard of until reading this book. The plot is actually quite spare and disjointed, and Maloney's hero really has nothing to do with the UFO conspiracy as much as saving his girlfriend from it. Nevertheless, Maloney avoids simple solutions to his conspiracy theory and the theorists, and the explanation - which would be a dissappointment in other books - is actually a lot of fun here. In one of the best parts of the book, the Hero's girlfriend is treated to a tour of Area-61's museum, a sort of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, containing the usual suspects (Yeti's, not-so-dead presidents, and a Japanese snow-monkey caught in the act of inventing fire). One would wish that the story of War Heaven, the simulation and War Heaven the UFO conspiracy tract had any closer link than a few common charachters and locations. Also, I get the feeling that Maloney didn't really take his own work seriously. Not that he has to buy into the UFO subculture (and if he did, there's nothing wrong with that) only that War Heaven is a great story and I would have had a lot more fun with it if the author had done the same. The wargames part of the book actually offers up some fun possibilities. Since nobody dies (actually, in real life, there's always the possibility of injury through accident), it reads like an episode of the A-Team. Watch the skies, Fool!
If you want to read a book that you can enjoy, then this is it. it has humour, action, and conspiracy theories. The basic story line is a little far fetched. "War Heaven" is a 50/50 mix between Tom Clancy and Douglas Adams. I read this book while serving in Germany and I left it with my father when I was on leave. Now the book is lost and out of print. I really miss my copy of "War Heaven". I can only hope that it comes back into print.
The trouble with a high-tech thriller like War Heaven, is you want to share it with friends. Someone kept it --- its out of print --- all I have are great memories of a military superbook. The screaming "fireball" through the South was worth the read by itself. I can't believe they don't reprint. Next time I get a hefty deposit. I want this book!
Related to War Heaven:
Red Tails Black Wings: The Men of America's Black Air Force
Mission Accomplished: The Engaging Memoir of a Czech Fighter Pilot Flying for Britain in World War Two
The Day After Roswell (Turtleback School Library Binding Edition)
Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II
U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Stories: Dramatic Accounts of American Fighter Pilots in Training and Combat Over
Beyond Roswell: The Alien Autopsy Film, Area 51, the U.S. Government Coverup of UFOs
Ultimate Guide to the Roswell UFO Crash: A Tour of Roswell's UFO Landmarks
UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture
M. Maloney
Zebra (June 1, 1991)
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Артуш Шайнер (1863—1938) — богемський живописець, художник-декоратор та ілюстратор, відомий найбільше своїм точним малюнком гуашшю, переважно в стилі сецесії.
 Бернард Шайнер (* 1944) — французький композитор, музичний теоретик, візуальний художник та творець лазерної арфи, яку він запатентував.

 Шайнер (Техас) — місто в окрузі Лавака.


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He Was One of America's Greatest Heroes from WWII, And He Was 5′ 5″
He was only 5 feet, 5 inches tall. He was born to a sharecropper family in Texas in 1927 and from early on life was tough for him. But this young man would become one of the greatest heroes of WWII. His name was Audey Murphy.
Murphy's father left the family when he was still a toddler. His mother died when he was still a child, so he would have to begin working early often as a cotton picker for farms near his place of birth. That early suffering and hard work made him tough and maybe more of a risk taker than most.
Source: YouTube/The Story Behind
Murphy came from a poor sharecropper family.
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Murphy was 17. He wanted to join the military and to serve his country, but both the Navy and the Marine Corps would turn him down because of his height and his age. Undeterred, Murphy joined the Army and after boot camp and combat training he was deployed first to North Africa, then to Italy and finally to France.
Murphy joined the Army after his sister lied about his age.
Murphy, then a private, would see his first combat in Sicily. He was quickly recognized as a real fighter. He would take risks that others would not, and he began to build a reputation for both a fierceness and a readiness to do whatever was necessary to take the battle straight to the enemy.
Murphy's first taste of battle was in Sicily in WWII.
In France his platoon of about 19 soldiers encountered a German force of about 250 men. Murphy chose to stay behind to give his fellow soldiers time to get out of the kill zone. The tanks they were with had been disabled, but the machine guns on them were still in working order. Murphy climbed atop of them, one by one, manning the 50 cal. machine guns and pouring steady and intense fire on the Germans as they advance. He stayed there firing into the German ranks for about an hour. When reinforcements arrived and it was all over, it was recognized that Murphy had single-handedly killed 50 enemy soldiers and saved the lives of the other men in his unit.
Murphy proved to be an excellent fighter.
After this battle, because of his consistent courage and his demonstrated ability to lead men, he was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lt. and he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Over the course of his time on the battlefields of Europe during WWII, Audey Murphy would receive 37 awards and decorations from the United States military and from the militaries of other countries.
He would come home and would become famous as a Hollywood actor as well.
Later on in life, Murphy became an actor, and would share his story with others.
Enjoy this brief video account of the life and times of this great American hero.


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2022 WSOP: Sergi Reixach Leads Event #8 At The End Of Day 1
The eighth event in the 2022 World Series Of Poker (WSOP) was the $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (NLH) tournament. The High Roller event drew 229 entries, and the prize pool stood at $5,410,125. Sergi Reixach is the chip leader after eight levels of play concluded at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. He is leading the pack of 87 survivors who found a bag to progress onto Day 2.
Reixach with 1,418,000 at his disposal will be battling his rival for the top prize. His best WSOP finish was in the 2021 $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event when he took the fourth spot. Reixach is fourth on Spain's all-time money list. His best live cash is $2,024,535 which he pocketed in 2019 when he shipped the € 100,000 No-Limit Hold'em – Super High Roller (Event #15) in the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Barcelona.
Coming back to the $25,000 High Roller NLH event, David Miscikowski has the second highest chip stack (1,062,000 chips). Justin Young follows in the third position with 1,018,000 chips. These three are the only players who have a stack of 1,000,000+ chips.
In the previously hosted $100,000 High Roller, Young had the lead in chips but fell short of making it in the money. He is definitely looking at grabbing a cash prize in the current $25,000 High Roller NLH tournament. It would be interesting to see if he snatches the chip lead away from Reixach.
Take a look at the top 10 chip counts:
1 Sergi Reixach 1,418,000
2 Justin Young 1,018,000
3 Sam Grafton 884,000
4 Martin Stausholm 884,000
5 Cary Katz 727,000
6 Ariel Mantel 616,000
7 Michael Wang 540,000
8 Blake Bohn 527,000
9 Ali Imsirovic 516,000
10 Josh Arieh 510,000
Some of the well-known players competing for the High Roller title include names like Cary Katz, David Peters, Josh Arieh, Jason Koon, Stephen Chickwick, 2021 WSOP 2021 Main Event winner Koray Aldemir among others.
Some of the players who failed to find a bag into Day 2 were Maria Ho, six-time WSOP bracelet winner, Daniel Negreanu, defending champion Tyler Cornell, Byron Kavernamn among others. The game will resume today at 1 PM (1.30 AM IST) at Level 9 with blinds 5,000/10,000 and 10,000 ante. Each level at Day 2 will last for 60 minutes and 10 such levels will be played. The finale, which is Day 3, is scheduled for Monday.
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There are several ways to start Movie Recorder, a tool in the Utilities category. It is also implemented as the command movie.
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On the Movie Recorder dialog, clicking Record initiates frame capture and changes the button to Stop. Clicking Stop halts frame capture. Frame capture can be restarted by clicking Record again. This can be repeated until the desired segments have been saved. Reset resets the frame counter to zero and (unless Save images on Reset has been set to true) deletes the frames.
screen grab (default) - capture the Chimera window contents; render onscreen. This rendering option is the fastest, but image quality is no better than the display. The graphics window must be kept completely visible: not overlapped by other windows or menus, moved offscreen, or blanked out by a screensaver.
Chimera - Chimera rendering, normally offscreen (details...). Images can be supersampled, that is, initially generated at a higher resolution and then sampled down to the final size.
Bit rate controls quality and file size - a higher bit rate corresponds to higher quality (better appearance) but also a larger movie file, assuming the same window size and frame rate. A movie can be encoded to play back at a constant or variable bit rate.
Close dismisses the Movie Recorder dialog. Image Tips shows the tips on preparing images, and Help opens this manual page in a browser window.


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2014 Summer Film Season
The reviews are in: the 2014 summer box office for film was a washout. Despite all-time high ticket prices and add-ons like 3D and IMAX, the overall box office return was down from years past. Much (virtual) ink has been spilled discussing why, but there are two pretty clear-cut answers:
1. The overall quality of the films.
2. How many of the films were used and/or distributed.
That's not to say there WEREN'T good films out there. The independent film scene filled in a lot of gaps for us weekly movie-goers, with the likes of Chef, Boyhood, Begin Again and more. There were also three pretty terrific blockbusters which jumped the $200 million mark in Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. These films also topped the 90% mark on Rotten Tomatoes.
Here's the problem: none of those films topped $350 million in the US. That's a big YIKES for blockbuster films.
Let's take Guardians of the Galaxy for example, which currently leads the US box office for the year with somewhere around $300 million. GotG had a $170 million budget. With all of the marketing and add-ons that come with creating and pumping a big blockbuster film like this, the film has to make back somewhere around TRIPLE it's budget before it even breaks even. Therefore, GotG make its first dollar when it crossed the $510 million mark. With over $600M in global box office take, GotG is one of the few successes in the 2014 blockbuster season.
Unfortunately, there were a number of high-profile bombs this summer as well. Here's a list of films that performed poorly:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: $200M budget, $202M domestic
Blended: $40M budget, $46.3M domestic
Edge of Tomorrow: $178M budget, $100 domestic
The Expendables 3: $90M budget, $36.7M domestic
Get on Up: $30M budget, $30.3M domestic
The Giver: $25M budget, $38M domestic
Hercules: $100M budget, $71.4M domestic
Into the Storm: $50M budget, $44.6M domestic
A Million Ways to Die in the West: $40M budget, $42.6M domestic
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: $65M budget, $12.9M domestic
Hollywood makes its living on blockbuster films. Even the smaller, independent films depend on them – if the studios don't make their money on their $200 million robot films, then they can't invest the $10 million in the quirky Alexander Payne comedy. Questioning this system at this point is folly; the studios are far too invested in their current system to just abandon it completely, even after a summer like this one.
So let me make the following proposal, stating with a question: who made the decision to release Live, Die, Repeat: The Edge of Tomorrow, a quality film with a 90% RT score, in June? This was a film with a $170M budget that came out two weeks AFTER the biggest X-Men film in years, a week before 22 Jump Street, a huge comedy franchise and three weeks before another robot franchise film in Transformers 4. Who thought placing it there, and with pretty limited and relatively ineffectual marketing, only to get its trailers drowned out by the rabble? This is a heavy sci-fi war film, so certainly not a broad base, and not part of a franchise or adaptation, so no major built-in fan base to speak of. It's got a $170M budget, so placing it in such a narrow hole requires that it have a $100M opening weekend in the US for it to even have a CHANCE to make its money back.
Does that make sense to you? Me either.
Let's go back in time now. On the weekend of March 14-16, 2014, Mr. Peabody and Sherman ruled the box office with $21M in its second week. Need for Speed, the top new release of the weekend featuring Aaron Paul just off of his Breaking Bad fame, topped out at $17M.
Can you imagine if Edge of Tomorrow had come out there, a full three weeks before Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Or in February, where it would have had free reign for weeks without another major action flick? Don't blame Tom Cruise; this film is a victim of bad timing.
A few other lessons the studios need to learn as well:
Spider-Man 3 killed the entire Tobey Maguire franchise due to a bloated script featuring too many new characters and villains. Therefore, the studio rebooted, and in their second film back, a mere seven years later, feature a film with too many new characters and villains.
How about Blended, the Adam Sandler comedy? Unfortunately for Adam Sandler, his last five films have not done so hot: Blended, Grown Ups 2, That's My Boy, Jack and Jill and Just Go With It. He's another one who might benefit from a less crowded field, though Blended got some pretty scathing reviews (14% RT score).
The Giver: An odd combination, to be sure. The studio marketed this film like it was the next Hunger Games, but then recruited Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep to star and pushed them hard in the trailers. Might have worked if this was a kids movie, but teenagers don't really want to go to the movies with their parents, and many probably have no idea who Bridges and Streep even are.
The good news is the summer of 2015 looks a lot more promising than this one ever did.


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This is a current list of the songs that are officially released under the banner of The Wedding Present and/or Cinerama. This is my list, not an official one but hopefully it is pretty accurate. This is not necessarily an order in which the songs were written but account of this will be taken on another page.
Cover songs/Ukranian songs will follow later.
Songs in bold have extended coverage in the Songography including a Q&A with David Gedge. Other songs in red just have lyrics.
Songs in italics are instrumentals.
12. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
21. You Can't Moan Can You?
27. Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
36. What Have I Said Now?
214. Can You Keep a Secret?
** Strictly speaking, this wasn't 'released' at this point but fans heard it broadcast by Peel. Years later the song morphed into Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah but this version is so different, it deserves a separate listing. This is reflected by Keith Gregory not getting a song writing credit for Yx5 even though he was for other songs that later turned up during Watusi. It was provided officially as part of the various Peel Sessions releases.
Looking forward to the day when all the lyrics are transcribed here with David's annotations. All 218 of them!! A lyric book is long overdue… maybe I'll end up illustrating it!


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import json
import os
import pytest
import importlib

@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def config():
    os.environ["HUB_CONFIG"] = "conf_base"
    from biothings import hub
    importlib.reload(hub)
    config = hub.config
    config.reset()
    config.DYNPARAM = "runtime"
    return config

def test_00_structure(config):
    conf = config.show()
    assert sorted(list(conf.keys())) == ["_dirty", "allow_edits", "scope"]
    assert list(conf["scope"].keys()) == ["config", "class"]
    assert not conf["scope"]["class"]

def test_01_top_param(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["ONE"]["value"] == 1
    assert config["ONE"]["value"] == config["ONE"]["default"]  # not superseded
    assert config["ONE"]["section"] is None
    assert config["ONE"]["desc"] is None

def test_02_section_init(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["B"]["value"] == "B"
    assert config["B"]["value"] == config["B"]["default"]  # not superseded
    assert config["B"]["section"] is None
    assert config["B"]["desc"] is None  # no comment

def test_03_section_continue(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["C"]["value"] == "C"
    assert config["C"]["value"] == config["C"]["default"]  # not superseded
    assert config["C"]["section"] is None
    assert config["C"]["desc"] == "ends with space should be stripped descC"  # inline comment

def test_04_section_new(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    # includes underscore in param
    assert config["D_D"]["value"] == "D"
    assert config["D_D"]["value"] == config["D_D"]["default"]
    assert config["D_D"]["section"] is None
    assert config["D_D"]["desc"] is None

def test_05_section_another(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["E"]["value"] == "E"
    assert config["E"]["value"] == config["E"]["default"]
    assert config["E"]["section"] is None
    assert config["E"]["desc"] is None

def test_06_section_redefine(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["F"]["value"] == "F"
    assert config["F"]["value"] == config["F"]["default"]
    assert config["F"]["section"] is None
    assert config["F"]["desc"] is None

def test_07_section_reset(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["G"]["value"] == "G"
    assert config["G"]["value"] == config["G"]["default"]
    assert config["G"]["section"] is None
    assert config["G"]["desc"] is None

@pytest.mark.skip("There is no INVISIBLE variable in default_config")
def test_08_invisible(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config.get("INVISIBLE") is None

@pytest.mark.skip("There is no hidden variable in default_config")
def test_09_value_hidden(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["PASSWORD"]["value"] == "********"
    assert config["PASSWORD"]["desc"] == "hide the value, not the param"

def test_10_read_only(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["HUB_SSH_PORT"]["value"] == "123"
    assert config["HUB_SSH_PORT"]["readonly"]
    assert config["HUB_SSH_PORT"]["desc"] == "SSH port for hub console"

@pytest.mark.skip("There is no hidden variable in default_config")
def test_11_read_only_value_hidden(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["READ_ONLY_PASSWORD"]["value"] == "********"
    assert config["READ_ONLY_PASSWORD"]["readonly"]
    assert config["READ_ONLY_PASSWORD"]["desc"] == "it's read-only and value is hidden, not the param"

@pytest.mark.skip("There is no INVISIBLE variable in default_config")
def test_12_invisible_has_precedence(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert not config.get("INVISIBLE_READ_ONLY")

def test_13_dynamic_param_readonly(config):
    config = config.show()["scope"]["config"]
    assert config["DYNPARAM"]["value"] == "runtime"
    assert config["DYNPARAM"]["readonly"]

def test_16_edit(config):
    newval = "a new life for B"
    config.store_value_to_db("B", newval)
    assert config.modified
    # update config dict
    from biothings.utils.hub_db import get_hub_config
    d = get_hub_config().find_one({"_id": "B"})
    assert d["json"] == json.dumps(newval)
    assert config.show()["scope"]["config"]["B"]["value"] == newval

def test_14_readonly_not_editable(config):
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
        config.store_value_to_db("HUB_SSH_PORT", "trying anyway")

@pytest.mark.skip("There is no INVISIBLE variable in default_config")
def test_15_invisible_not_editable(config):
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
        config.store_value_to_db("INVISIBLE", "trying anyway")

def test_17_special_param_not_editable(config):
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
        config.store_value_to_db("CONFIG_READONLY", "trying anyway")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub