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Bronze is a select medium, somewhat of the elite as opposed to brass, in sculptural traditions across the world. Having flourished in the South under the patronage of the Chola dynasty rulers, it continues to be the medium of choice for sculptors devoted to spiritual art. In this seated depiction of the most popular of Hindu devies, bronze brings out the ethereal beauty of Parvati, the wife of Shiva who is responsible for the cyclical destruction of all creation post preservation. It has been handpicked from Swamimalai, the home of modern bronze art. Her long gracious limbs are arranged in the characteristic lalitasana; one hand supports Her frame on the inverted lotus asana (seat), while the other seemingly holds a flower. Her lissome proportions are matched by the typical Southern-style crown resting on Her haloed head, tri-layered with a lotus petal in the centre at the hem, with a generous proportion of Her gorgeous locks escaping from underneath. Note how the rays of Her halo resembles the petals of a freshly bloomed lily.
Her shringar is relatively simple but replete. A clutch of necklaces, a sash cascading down across Her distinctly maternal torso, a kamarband to hold the silken dhoti in place, and a profusion of bracelets all along Her arm and anklets and rings. Her sweet sharply featured face is framed by long, kundala-laden ears, the beautous brow dotted with an elongated bindi. Despite the minimalistic sculpture of the countenance, the radiance of wisdom and maternal calm pours forth from the composure. Note how the silk of the dhoti clings against Her superb musculature, revealing Her divine proportions. In fact, the hallmark of good sculpture lies in the precision with which the limbs and the digits are carved. The pedestal is atypical of Indian iconography - numerous layers, freshly blooming lotus, a world of intricate engraving in each layer.


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Federal judges reject challenge to Md. congressional districts
by Len Lazarick | December 23, 2011 | News | 2 |
By Len Lazarick
Gov. Martin O'Malley's congressional redistricting map
In an early Christmas present to Maryland's Democratic leaders, a three-judge federal court has totally rejected all the arguments in a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional district map passed and signed Oct. 20.
The court's unusually rapid 55-page opinion, issued just three days after a hearing on the case, paves the way for Maryland to conduct its presidential primary election on April 3 as planned, with a filing deadline Jan. 11.
In the opinion written by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul Neimeyer, the judges said the state did not racially discriminate in the drawing of the maps to dilute the black vote and did not violate the Voting Rights Act by failing to create a third congressional district with an African-American majority.
The court found that two more districts were already trending toward African American majorities in the future. They also said there was no evidence that white voters in Maryland always rejected black candidates on the basis of race.
"The plaintiffs offer little evidence suggesting that African-Americans are especially disadvantaged by the State Plan," Niemeyer writes. "The State Plan makes two out of the eight congressional districts majority African-American districts. This ratio of minority/majority seats — 25% — is thus in proportion to African-Americans' share of the total voting-age population — 28%."
"While the State Plan may not be maximizing African-American political power in Maryland, it does give the African-American community a strong electoral position, which will continue to strengthen according to current trends," he says.
In most cases, the judges rejected the arguments made for lawyers by nine African American plaintiffs on the basis of both law and fact.
The judges did find a strong basis for a finding of "partisan political gerrymandering" in the new lines for the 6th Congressional District to help unseat Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and in the odd shape of the 3rd Congressional District now held by Rep. John Sarbanes.
But the judges said there was no basis in law or Supreme Court cases for them to overturn the state plan on the basis of partisan gerrymandering.
The judges also rejected the challenge of the state's new law that counts prisoners as part of the population at their last known address, rather than in the jurisdiction where the prison is located.
PreviousState Roundup, December 23, 2011
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Frosh: State reaches settlement agreement with pet store and owner over the alleged sale of sick puppies
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PARTY on December 23, 2011 at 10:11 pm
merry xmas, good luck with that equality thing………..thats what you get for voting for the same party in power….if this were Russia hillary clinton might have something to say.

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The Libya Compromise
This Post about *default, tagged *notag, was written by Anatoly Karlin for Russian Reaction on March 14, 2017
In the past 24 hours, scattered reports have come in that Russia has deployed a small group of special forces backed by drones to an airbase in Egypt near the Libyan border.
If so, this has been a long time in the brewing.
Since the end of the Libyan Civil War, a series of constitutional crises has seen the country splinter anew. They are too long and complex to recount here, but essentially, there is are now three main factions vying for control:
The UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by PM Mustafa al-Serraj, who governs Tripoli from a naval base, and includes a medley of liberals, Islamists, and ethnic militias who alternate between cooperation and hostily to each other. It is supported by the Libyan navy and the honestly named Petroleum Facilities Guard, which controls many of the oil transit ports around Ras Lanuf. It is the UN-recognized government, and enjoys US, EU, Turkish, and Qatari support.
The Council of Deputies (CoD), or House of Representatives, government based in Tobruk, which is dominated by General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army, and enjoys support from Egypt, Algeria, Russia, and the US.
The Islamic State, which used to control Sirte, but has since been defeated and gone underground.
Since 2014, the GNA has been in a state of war with the CoD, despite recurrent attempts at intermediation. Islamic State, of course, hates everyone.
Due to Libya's status as a funnel for African immigrants into Europe, as a significant oil producer, and as a hotbed for international jihadi terrorists, there are incentives on all sides to get it sorted out.
While the US joins the EU in officially backing the GNA, Haftar is a longtime CIA asset since he parted ways with Qaddafi in 1986, so it is warm towards him as well; especially now that the White House is occupied by Trump, who has long been skeptical of Obama/HRC's misadventures in Libya. Russia also supports Haftar; he visited Moscow in November 2016, and video conferenced with Defense Minister Shoigu on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov this January.
Haftar also enjoys the support of neighboring Egypt and Algeria.
In line with this, there have been rumors that Russia has already started supplying Haftar with huge quantities of arms via Algeria to circumvent the UN arms embargo on non-GNA factions in Libya.
Back in early February, the Russian-Israeli nationalist journalist Avigdor Eskin, writing for Russian news agency RIA, speculated that under Trump, the US could come to an agreement with Russia and cooperate on the rebuilding of Libya. Interesting enough, the groundwork for this was laid under Michael Flynn under the auspices of the group of experts known as Jellyfish Inc., many of whom were promoted to positions of influence in the Trump administration and, despite Flynn's quick defenestration, presumably still remain there.
The proposed plan allegedly calls for the creation of settlements of 20,000-50,000 on the Libyan coast centered on the creation of oil refineries and accompanying infrastructure. The idea is that the immigrants would remain bottled up there, working in the oil refineries for decent wages and provisioned with nice, "European-style" amenities, instead of moving onto Europe. Some of Europe's surplus refugees could even be dumped back there. Jellyfish Inc. would attract investors. Left unsaid, General Haftar would, presumably, be the guy who "enforces" this arrangement.
This is, for now, just rumor, it is highly suspect that the idea would even work – oil refineries are not exactly labor intensive, and as observers of Europe's immigrant experiment, we know that the sorts of migrants coming up there will be all but useless in a modern factory environment.
That said, there are less fanciful ways the involved parties can benefit. In exchange for its support in restoring central authority under Hafat in Libya, Russia may reacquire the weapons supply deals it enjoyed under Qaddafi; once the new regime is secure and flush with oil cash, perhaps even the $3 billion contract from 2008 for Russian Railways to build a railroad along Libya's Mediterranean coast could be revived.
The ruling regimes in both Egypt and Algeria would appreciate the squashing of Islamist elements in their neighboring country. The US could benefit by putting the whole Libya imbroglio behind it, and continue to exert whatever influence it may still possess accruing from Haftar's long vacation near Langley.
The EU, meanwhile – assuming it is not yet too consumed by internal crises – will have to negotiate its own deal on immigration. Ironically, most likely it will be very similar to the understanding Italy had with Qaddafi: Cash for keeping out the Africans.
In other words, the same old, same old – after almost a decade of pointless wars and pilfering. If not for the neocons, Qaddafi would have crushed the rebellion within a year.
Parsifal says
The rebellion was on it's last legs in 2011 when the bombing started and if Ghaddafi had crushed it tzhe war in Syria would have been over by now and ISIS would not have existed in it's present form.
Sean says
They want weapons, and the EU won't give them at any price so why would a Libyan government do anything for the EU. They'll make a deal but not do anything. Why would the Russians want to help Europe with the issue that is breaking up the Russia bette noir of the European Union, or the safety valve of Syrian (rebel) migration switched off? And if the Libyans crush Islamists with Russia support where are the Islamists families going to go but Europe (plus there are a lot and awful lot who will claim to be persecuted and thus refugees) Moreover Libya would be flooded with blacks without an outflow. Russia would be better staying out of Libya because they are going to be blamed for the inevitable failure to stop migrants leaving from the coast.
There is no saying what Gaddafi would have none or what his replace will
I sometimes wonder if Qadaffis warning to that if he went down then millions of blacks would enter is what made European politicians so eager to topple him. Their intense love of mass immigration does not make this such a crazy idea.
Gabriel M says
If not for the neocons, Qaddafi would have crushed the rebellion within a year.
What does the term neocon mean in this sentence, since, in the conventional sense of the word, none of the governments involved in toppling Gaddafi had any significant component of neocons*?
*Though neocons undoubtedly supported them.
Boris N says
[conspiracy mode on]
The crypo-colonial pseudo-Russian pseudo-state sends cannon fodder to clear up the mess after their European masters. Nothing unusual.
[/conspiracy mode off]


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        <title>Creative Web Lesson 5</title>

Rock, Scissors, Paper

Computer

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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Doctrine\Tests\Mocks;

use Doctrine\ORM\Persisters\Entity\BasicEntityPersister;
use Doctrine\ORM\UnitOfWork;
use function spl_object_id;

/**
 * Mock class for UnitOfWork.
 */
class UnitOfWorkMock extends UnitOfWork
{
    /** @var array */
    private $mockDataChangeSets = [];

    /** @var array|null */
    private $persisterMock;

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getEntityPersister($entityName)
    {
        return $this->persisterMock[$entityName]
            ?? parent::getEntityPersister($entityName);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function & getEntityChangeSet($entity)
    {
        $oid = spl_object_id($entity);

        if (isset($this->mockDataChangeSets[$oid])) {
            return $this->mockDataChangeSets[$oid];
        }

        $data = parent::getEntityChangeSet($entity);

        return $data;
    }

    /* MOCK API */

    /**
     * Sets a (mock) persister for an entity class that will be returned when
     * getEntityPersister() is invoked for that class.
     *
     * @param string               $entityName
     * @param BasicEntityPersister $persister
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function setEntityPersister($entityName, $persister)
    {
        $this->persisterMock[$entityName] = $persister;
    }
}


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All-new G30 BMW 5-Series Teased with LED Tailights
by Eduard Huma —	September 10, 2016
The all-new and long-expected G30 BMW 5-Series is slowly but surely heading to its final unveiling, but the carmaker is preparing a big entrance for this exquisite model.
A couple of days ago, BMW wanted to show the progress it has made so far and invited media representatives to take a closer look at the 5-Series, the test mule wearing less camouflage and revealing most of its important body styling parts.
Now, the model is ending up in the news again, this time in a teaser video that highlights the car`s LED taillights. We are dealing here with a one-minute video which also previews the car`s new rear end, with the main highlight on the LED taillights, which now come with a more flowing design.
As already known, BMW is preparing the 5-Series for a final debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, next month, the model standing on the company`s new CLAR platform and shedding off around 100 kg, utilizing carbon fiber and high-strength steel.
Thus, the model will get closer the all-new 7-Series model, with rather the same technology inside, like autonomous driving technology with different functions, gesture control, and so on.
In the engine department, the G30 BMW 5-Series will utilize a wide array of engines, with four- and six-cylinder configurations. For instance, the 2.0-liter flat-four will come as standard, adding the 3.0-liter straight-six diesels and petrol burners. The lineup is also adding a hybrid model as well as a much more potent 4.4-liter V8 turbo.
We will surely here about the all-new G30 BMW 5-Series in the upcoming period, meanwhile, enjoy the teaser video with the car`s LED taillights.
Tags: bmw / BMW 5-Series / G30 BMW 5-Series / LED taillights / teaser video
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Q: How does python print() actually work when called concurrently? I was trying to learn python's threading and I found these result.  I was wondering how python's print() actually outputs to the console.
import threading
import time
def testing(name):
   print(name)
y = threading.Thread(target=testing, args=("y",))
y.start()
x = threading.Thread(target=testing, args=("x",))
x.start()

Output
yx

import threading
import time
def testing(name):
   print(name)
y = threading.Thread(target=testing, args=("y",))
y.start()
time.sleep(.001)
x = threading.Thread(target=testing, args=("x",))
x.start()

Output
y
x

Really my question is why isn't the output of the first one:
y
x

A: Note that print() outputs your string, followed by a newline character (aka "\n").
I suspect that the print() function contains two calls to a lower-level C function (e.g. puts()) that handles the actual transfer of characters to stdout.  The first puts() transfers your string's characters, and then the second call transfers the implicit newline character.
When you run two threads at (almost) the same time, the second thread's print() call may pre-empt the execution of the first thread's print() call between those two lower-level calls, so that you get this order of execution:
Thread 1:  puts("y")
Thread 2:  puts("x")
Thread 2:  puts("\n")
Thread 1:  puts("\n")

.... which results in the string "yx\n\n" printed to stdout, as you saw.
Adding thetime.sleep() to your main thread causes the execution of the second thread's print() call to be delayed until after the first thread's print()-call has finished:
Thread 1:  puts("y")
Thread 1:  puts("\n")
// ~1mS of time-delay passes
Thread 2:  puts("x")
Thread 2:  puts("\n")

... so in this scenario you get the output "y\nx\n" instead.

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<?php

/**
 * Zend_Console_Getopt
 */
// require_once 'Zend/Console/Getopt.php';

/**
 * @category   Zend
 * @package    Zend_Console_Getopt
 * @subpackage UnitTests
 * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
 * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
 * @group      Zend_Console_Getopt
 */
class Zend_Console_GetoptTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function setUp()
    {
        if(ini_get('register_argc_argv') == false) {
            $this->markTestSkipped("Cannot Test Zend_Console_Getopt without 'register_argc_argv' ini option true.");
        }
        $_SERVER['argv'] = array('getopttest');
    }

    public function testGetoptShortOptionsGnuMode()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals(true, $opts->a);
        $this->assertNull(@$opts->b);
        $this->assertEquals($opts->p, 'p_arg');
    }

    public function testGetoptLongOptionsZendMode()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(array(
                'apple|a' => 'Apple option',
                'banana|b' => 'Banana option',
                'pear|p=s' => 'Pear option'
            ),
            array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertTrue($opts->apple);
        $this->assertNull(@$opts->banana);
        $this->assertEquals($opts->pear, 'p_arg');
    }

    public function testGetoptZendModeEqualsParam()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(array(
                'apple|a' => 'Apple option',
                'banana|b' => 'Banana option',
                'pear|p=s' => 'Pear option'
            ),
            array('--pear=pear.phpunit.de'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->pear, 'pear.phpunit.de');
    }

    public function testGetoptToString()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->__toString(), 'a=true p=p_arg');
    }

    public function testGetoptDumpString()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->toString(), 'a=true p=p_arg');
    }

    public function testGetoptDumpArray()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals(implode(',', $opts->toArray()), 'a,p,p_arg');
    }

    public function testGetoptDumpJson()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->toJson(),
            '{"options":[{"option":{"flag":"a","parameter":true}},{"option":{"flag":"p","parameter":"p_arg"}}]}');

    }

    public function testGetoptDumpXml()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->toXml(),
            "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<options><option flag=\"a\"/><option flag=\"p\" parameter=\"p_arg\"/></options>\n");
    }

    public function testGetoptExceptionForMissingFlag()
    {
        try {
            $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(array('|a'=>'Apple option'));
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(),
                'Blank flag not allowed in rule "|a".');
        }
    }

    public function testGetoptExceptionForDuplicateFlag()
    {
        try {
            $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
                array('apple|apple'=>'apple-option'));
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(),
                'Option "--apple" is being defined more than once.');
        }

        try {
            $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
                array('a'=>'Apple option', 'apple|a'=>'Apple option'));
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(),
                'Option "-a" is being defined more than once.');
        }
    }

    public function testGetoptAddRules()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array(
                'apple|a' => 'Apple option',
                'banana|b' => 'Banana option'
            ),
            array('--pear', 'pear_param'));
        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(), 'Option "pear" is not recognized.');
        }
        $opts->addRules(array('pear|p=s' => 'Pear option'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->pear, 'pear_param');
    }

    public function testGetoptExceptionMissingParameter()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array(
                'apple|a=s' => 'Apple with required parameter',
                'banana|b' => 'Banana'
            ),
            array('--apple'));
        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(), 'Option "apple" requires a parameter.');
        }
    }

    public function testGetoptOptionalParameter()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array(
                'apple|a-s' => 'Apple with optional parameter',
                'banana|b' => 'Banana'
            ),
            array('--apple', '--banana'));
        $this->assertTrue($opts->apple);
        $this->assertTrue($opts->banana);
    }

    public function testGetoptIgnoreCaseGnuMode()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('aB', array('-A', '-b'),
            array(Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_IGNORECASE => true));
        $this->assertEquals(true, $opts->a);
        $this->assertEquals(true, $opts->B);
    }

    public function testGetoptIgnoreCaseZendMode()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array(
                'apple|a' => 'Apple-option',
                'Banana|B' => 'Banana-option'
            ),
            array('--Apple', '--bAnaNa'),
            array(Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_IGNORECASE => true));
        $this->assertEquals(true, $opts->apple);
        $this->assertEquals(true, $opts->BANANA);
    }

    public function testGetoptIsSet()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        $this->assertTrue(isset($opts->a));
        $this->assertFalse(isset($opts->b));
    }

    public function testGetoptIsSetAlias()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        $opts->setAliases(array('a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'banana'));
        $this->assertTrue(isset($opts->apple));
        $this->assertFalse(isset($opts->banana));
    }

    public function testGetoptIsSetInvalid()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        $opts->setAliases(array('a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'banana'));
        $this->assertFalse(isset($opts->cumquat));
    }

    public function testGetoptSet()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        $this->assertFalse(isset($opts->b));
        $opts->b = true;
        $this->assertTrue(isset($opts->b));
    }

    public function testGetoptSetBeforeParse()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        $opts->b = true;
        $this->assertTrue(isset($opts->b));
    }

    public function testGetoptUnSet()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        $this->assertTrue(isset($opts->a));
        unset($opts->a);
        $this->assertFalse(isset($opts->a));
    }

    public function testGetoptUnSetBeforeParse()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('ab', array('-a'));
        unset($opts->a);
        $this->assertFalse(isset($opts->a));
    }

    /**
     * @group GH-377
     */
    public function testVerifyRequiredArgument()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array('apple|a=s' => "First required argument")
        );

        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $opts->checkRequiredArguments();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch a Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue(
                $e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got ' . get_class($e)
            );
            $this->assertEquals(
                'Option "$alias" requires a parameter.', $e->getMessage()
            );
        }

        $opts->addArguments(
            array(
                "-a",
                "apple"
            )
        );
        $opts->parse();
        $opts->checkRequiredArguments();//-> no Exception here
    }

    /**
     * @group GH-377
     */
    public function testEmptyRequiredOption()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array(
                'apple|a=s' => "First required argument",
                'banana|b=i' => "Second required argument"
            )
        );
        $opts->addArguments(
            array(
                "-a",
                "-b",
                "123"
            )
        );

        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $opts->checkRequiredArguments();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch a Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue(
                $e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got ' . get_class($e)
            );
            $this->assertEquals(
                'Option "a" requires a parameter.', $e->getMessage()
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * @group ZF-5948
     */
    public function testGetoptAddSetNonArrayArguments()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_GetOpt('abp:', array('-foo'));
        try {
            $opts->setArguments('-a');
            $this->fail('Expected to catch a Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch(Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '. get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals("Parameter #1 to setArguments should be an array",
                $e->getMessage());
        }

        try {
            $opts->addArguments('-b');
            $this->fail('Expected to catch a Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch(Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '. get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals("Parameter #1 to addArguments should be an array",
                $e->getMessage());
        }

    }

    public function testGetoptAddArguments()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a'));
        $this->assertNull(@$opts->p);
        $opts->addArguments(array('-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals($opts->p, 'p_arg');
    }

    public function testGetoptRemainingArgs()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '--', 'file1', 'file2'));
        $this->assertEquals(implode(',', $opts->getRemainingArgs()), 'file1,file2');
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', 'file1', 'file2'));
        $this->assertEquals(implode(',', $opts->getRemainingArgs()), 'file1,file2');
    }

    public function testGetoptDashDashFalse()
    {
        try {
            $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '--', '--fakeflag'),
                array(Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_DASHDASH => false));
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(), 'Option "fakeflag" is not recognized.');
        }
    }

    public function testGetoptGetOptions()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
        $this->assertEquals(implode(',', $opts->getOptions()), 'a,p');
    }

    public function testGetoptGetUsageMessage()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-x'));
        $message = preg_replace('/Usage: .* \[ options \]/',
            'Usage: <progname> [ options ]',
            $opts->getUsageMessage());
        $message = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $message);
        $this->assertEquals($message,
            "Usage:_<progname>_[_options_]\n-a___________________\n-b___________________\n-p_<string>__________\n");
    }

    public function testGetoptUsageMessageFromException()
    {
        try {
            $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(array(
                'apple|a-s' => 'apple',
                'banana1|banana2|banana3|banana4' => 'banana',
                'pear=s' => 'pear'),
                array('-x'));
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $message = preg_replace('/Usage: .* \[ options \]/',
                'Usage: <progname> [ options ]',
                $e->getUsageMessage());
            $message = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $message);
            $this->assertEquals($message,
                "Usage:_<progname>_[_options_]\n--apple|-a_[_<string>_]_________________apple\n--banana1|--banana2|--banana3|--banana4_banana\n--pear_<string>_________________________pear\n");

        }
    }

    public function testGetoptSetAliases()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('--apple'));
        $opts->setAliases(array('a' => 'apple'));
        $this->assertTrue($opts->a);
    }

    public function testGetoptSetAliasesIgnoreCase()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('--apple'),
            array(Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_IGNORECASE => true));
        $opts->setAliases(array('a' => 'APPLE'));
        $this->assertTrue($opts->apple);
    }

    public function testGetoptSetAliasesWithNamingConflict()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('--apple'));
        $opts->setAliases(array('a' => 'apple'));
        try {
            $opts->setAliases(array('b' => 'apple'));
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(), 'Option "--apple" is being defined more than once.');
        }
    }

    public function testGetoptSetAliasesInvalid()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('--apple'));
        $opts->setAliases(array('c' => 'cumquat'));
        $opts->setArguments(array('-c'));
        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals('Option "c" is not recognized.', $e->getMessage());
        }
    }

    public function testGetoptSetHelp()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a'));
        $opts->setHelp(array(
            'a' => 'apple',
            'b' => 'banana',
            'p' => 'pear'));
        $message = preg_replace('/Usage: .* \[ options \]/',
            'Usage: <progname> [ options ]',
            $opts->getUsageMessage());
        $message = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $message);
        $this->assertEquals($message,
            "Usage:_<progname>_[_options_]\n-a___________________apple\n-b___________________banana\n-p_<string>__________pear\n");

    }

    public function testGetoptSetHelpInvalid()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array('-a'));
        $opts->setHelp(array(
            'a' => 'apple',
            'b' => 'banana',
            'p' => 'pear',
            'c' => 'cumquat'));
        $message = preg_replace('/Usage: .* \[ options \]/',
            'Usage: <progname> [ options ]',
            $opts->getUsageMessage());
        $message = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $message);
        $this->assertEquals($message,
            "Usage:_<progname>_[_options_]\n-a___________________apple\n-b___________________banana\n-p_<string>__________pear\n");
    }

    public function testGetoptCheckParameterType()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(array(
            'apple|a=i' => 'apple with integer',
            'banana|b=w' => 'banana with word',
            'pear|p=s' => 'pear with string',
            'orange|o-i' => 'orange with optional integer',
            'lemon|l-w' => 'lemon with optional word',
            'kumquat|k-s' => 'kumquat with optional string'));

        $opts->setArguments(array('-a', 327));
        $opts->parse();
        $this->assertEquals(327, $opts->a);

        $opts->setArguments(array('-a', 'noninteger'));
        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(), 'Option "apple" requires an integer parameter, but was given "noninteger".');
        }

        $opts->setArguments(array('-b', 'word'));
        $this->assertEquals('word', $opts->b);

        $opts->setArguments(array('-b', 'two words'));
        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail('Expected to catch Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception');
        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception,
                'Expected Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception, got '.get_class($e));
            $this->assertEquals($e->getMessage(), 'Option "banana" requires a single-word parameter, but was given "two words".');
        }

        $opts->setArguments(array('-p', 'string'));
        $this->assertEquals('string', $opts->p);

        $opts->setArguments(array('-o', 327));
        $this->assertEquals(327, $opts->o);

        $opts->setArguments(array('-o'));
        $this->assertTrue($opts->o);

        $opts->setArguments(array('-l', 'word'));
        $this->assertEquals('word', $opts->l);

        $opts->setArguments(array('-k', 'string'));
        $this->assertEquals('string', $opts->k);

    }

    /**
     * @group ZF-2295
     */
    public function testRegisterArgcArgvOffThrowsException()
    {
        $argv = $_SERVER['argv'];
        unset($_SERVER['argv']);

        try {
            $opts = new Zend_Console_GetOpt('abp:');
            $this->fail();
        } catch(Zend_Console_GetOpt_Exception $e) {
            $this->assertContains('$_SERVER["argv"]', $e->getMessage());
        }

        $_SERVER['argv'] = $argv;
    }

    /**
     * Test to ensure that dashed long names will parse correctly
     *
     * @group ZF-4763
     */
    public function testDashWithinLongOptionGetsParsed()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array( // rules
                'man-bear|m-s' => 'ManBear with dash',
                'man-bear-pig|b=s' => 'ManBearPid with dash',
                ),
            array( // arguments
                '--man-bear-pig=mbp',
                '--man-bear',
                'foobar'
                )
            );

        $opts->parse();
        $this->assertEquals('foobar', $opts->getOption('man-bear'));
        $this->assertEquals('mbp', $opts->getOption('man-bear-pig'));
    }

    /**
     * @group ZF-2064
     */
    public function testAddRulesDoesNotThrowWarnings()
    {
        // Fails if warning is thrown: Should not happen!
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:');
        $opts->addRules(
          array(
            'verbose|v' => 'Print verbose output'
          )
        );
    }

    /**
     * @group ZF-5345
     */
    public function testUsingDashWithoutOptionNameAsLastArgumentIsRecognizedAsRemainingArgument()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt("abp:", array("-"));
        $opts->parse();

        $this->assertEquals(1, count($opts->getRemainingArgs()));
        $this->assertEquals(array("-"), $opts->getRemainingArgs());
    }

    /**
     * @group ZF-5345
     */
    public function testUsingDashWithoutOptionNotAsLastArgumentThrowsException()
    {
        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt("abp:", array("-", "file1"));
        try {
            $opts->parse();
            $this->fail();
        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
            $this->assertTrue($e instanceof Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @group ZF-5624
     */
    public function testEqualsCharacterInLongOptionsValue()
    {
        $fooValue = 'some text containing an = sign which breaks';

        $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt(
            array('foo=s' => 'Option One (string)'),
            array('--foo='.$fooValue)
        );
        $this->assertEquals($fooValue, $opts->foo);
    }
}


After repeatedly railing against illegal immigration, can Lou Dobbs win back Hispanics?
It's Gonna Be an Uphill Battle, writes at Jonathan Berr at Daily Finance: "Yes, the world is Dobbs's oyster. But first, he'll have to convince New Jersey Latinos that he's not actually a frothing-at-the-mouth racist, despite his years of incendiary commentary against illegal immigration. It's a difficult task, but it's not impossible. In the 1960s, Alabama Gov. George Wallace gained national fame with his battle-cry -- 'Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!' -- but renounced that view after becoming a born-again Christian. Wallace, who survived a 1972 assassination attempt, later appointed record numbers of African-Americans to positions in his administration and championed voting rights. Of course, not everyone forgave Wallace -- who, like Dobbs, was viewed as a leading political populist -- but many did."
His Poll Numbers Aren't Terrible, notes Chris Good at The Atlantic: "Dobbs Polls at 6 percent... Not bad... It might be an ideal scenario for him with Romney as the GOP's nominee: Romney doesn't have much populist appeal to eat into Dobbs' prospective support base; Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, on the other hand, do."
The Senate Today, the White House Tomorrow? Alex Koppelman at Salon doesn't think time is on Lou Dobbs' side: "For the record, the idea that Dobbs could mount a successful campaign for Senate is almost as far-fetched as the idea that he could become president. But the real problem with his making a run for the Senate, if he does indeed harbor White House dreams, is that Menendez isn't up for re-election until 2012. That means Dobbs couldn't run for president until 2016 at the earliest. By then he'd be 71."
I Don't Believe It, writes Eric Kleefeld at Talking Points Memo: "Who is this impostor that has replaced the Lou Dobbs we all know and love -- and how much cheaper is he working?"
Really Lou? Really? asks Pareene at Gawker: The funny thing, Lou, is that you were the one who attempted to create the impression, without evidence, that all illegal immigrants were criminals. You know-nothing prick. You made your name on one issue, Lou, and one issue alone: that there are too many Mexicans, that the Mexicans are scary, and that they should all go back to Mexico, because they are disease-ridden criminals. You lied about how many immigrants there are, you called them "an army of invaders," you said they wanted to reannex the Southwestern United States, you claimed they were spreading leprosy, you spent hours of airtime openly, blatantly lying, in order to inflame anti-immigrant hysteria. That is what you did. For years."


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Q: Why am I forbidden if my User is associated to the required Role on my AspNetCore webapp? I'm trying to add Roles to my AspNet Core WebApp where authentication is already working fine.
Here is what I do in startup:
services
    .AddIdentity<User, Role>()
    .AddEntityFrameworkStores<IdentityContext>()
    .AddDefaultTokenProviders()
    .AddUserStore<UserStore<User, Role, IdentityContext, Guid>>()
    .AddRoleStore<RoleStore<Role, IdentityContext, Guid>>();

I gave my User the previously created roles "Admin" and "SuperAdmin" and I added the following filter for a given controller action:
[Authorize(Roles = "Admin")]

However, when trying to access that endpoint, I get a 403 forbidden.
I don't understand what I missed.

A: I found an issue similar to mine.
The person answered his own question but didn't mark it at as the answer.
Basically, it seems I have to add roles as claims in the JWT that I generate.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/50444865/1826096


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Pier Paolo Pasolini: Subversive Prophet at the Neuberger Museum
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922–1975), one of 20th century Europe's leading intellectuals, known for his prolific work as a poet, writer, and film director, and who railed against government corruption, materialism, consumerism, and political and social repression, will be the focus of Pier Paolo Pasolini: Subversive Prophet, an important exhibition showcasing the artist's wide range of work and influence that will be on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, from February 12 through May 31, 2020.
A blunt and controversial figure, Pasolini often faced harsh rebuke. His unrelenting critiques of materialist values, the bourgeoisie and its institutions, and the destruction of Italy's culture and traditions, were carried by media outlets, earning him an international reputation as a leading public intellectual. He championed the disinherited and viewed the intellectual as a savior of society.
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This is the year of machine learning and big data. Whether it is predicting political results, supercharging your Excel spreadsheets, helping map queries to intent in Search, or even customizing a translation engine to best fit your content – these research areas are playing a starring role in transforming technology and productivity.
A combination of powerful technologies were employed to make this amazing demonstration possible: Deep Neural Network based processing combined with high performance computing allowed a significant jump in accuracy of speech recognition. The Microsoft Translator technology that you use each day was customized to best fit Rick's speech content. New speech synthesis technology that allows personalization of acoustic characteristics was able to create "Rick's voice" in a language he does not speak. You can read Rick's blog post here.
Some of these technologies are already available today, especially the industry-leading translation (Microsoft Translator) with customization capabilities (Translator Hub). If you are a Windows Phone user, you have been enjoying the most innovative translation app on any phone for over a year now, which includes an early speech translation experience that has been tuned for travel situations. The audio output that you hear on Bing Translator website uses some of the newer speech synthesis engines coming out of our Speech research. Deep-Neural-Net research is also behind our audio/video indexing service – MAVIS, which is available commercially.
The excitement that has been rippling across the web in response to this demonstration is an indicator of how much everyone wants to experience this 'magic'. There is much work to do, but you will see the benefits of this amazing research in our products in our future releases.


What's Included in an Amchara Health Retreat?
For those fasting or cleansing we include... 4 freshly made organic vegetable juices per day. These are all interchangeable with soups, super smoothies, broths, fruit or crudities if required/desired.
For those who need to eat for health, medical or personal reasons we have the option of healthy, tailored meals (N.B. Tailored meals are chargeable £8 for breakfast, £12.50 for lunch and dinner. Whenever possible we always use organic ingredients. We prepare, raw, Palaeolithic and vegan meals all prepared freshly by our therapeutic chefs).
Helps us to discover exactly where any health problem might lie and be compromising your health. From which we can personalise a plan tailored exactly for your health needs.
Analyses your digestive tract to objectively evaluate the status of your gut health and identify contributing factors to gastrointestinal complaints and other chronic system conditions.
A non-invasive state of the art system to test, diagnose and manage thyroid conditions. Uses reflexes and symptoms to accurately determine Thyroid funtion.
Our health team will create and prescribe a tailored super supplement programme to be followed during your retreat to maximise your bodies ability to heal and recharge.
A personalised meal plan that is tailored to provide you with optimum levels of nutrition during your stay. Meals include healthy breakfasts, raw food, healthy mains and snacks.
Amchara's overall mission is to empower you to total health and your personalised health plan can create the foundation for good long-term health, excellent longevity and very low risk of disease.
We can support you to achieve your optimum health or '360 health' by measuring your gut, hormone and genetic performance with a series of functional tests that help us to personalise your health in a detailed way.
These functional tests can be for individuals with a health problem or alternatively for those who are seeking optimal health.
We offer a complimentary 15-minute mini-consultation to explore if this is a positive option for you.


The main job of the kidneys is to remove wastes from the blood and return the cleaned blood back to the body.
Every minute, about one litre of blood (one fifth of all the blood pumped by the heart) enters the kidneys through the renal arteries. The blood then runs through tiny filtering units of the kidney, called nephrons.
Each kidney is made up of approximately one million nephrons. The nephrons either save substances the body needs (to be carried by the renal veins back to the body's cells) or they eliminate excess nutrients, water and waste products, as urine. The ureters carry the urine from the kidneys to the bladder where it is stored until you urinate. Urine passes out of the body through a tube called the urethra.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as the presence of kidney damage, or a decreased level of kidney function, for a period of three months or more. CKD can be divided into five stages, depending on how severe the damage is to the kidneys, or the level of decrease in kidney function.
Usually, kidney disease starts slowly and silently, and progresses over a number of years. Not everyone progresses from Stage 1 to Stage 5. Stage 5 is also known as End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). It may also be called end-stage renal failure. It is important to remember that end-stage refers to the end of your kidney function (your kidneys are working at less than 15% of normal), not the end of your life. To sustain life at this stage, dialysis or kidney transplantation is needed.


ACE inhibitors treat a variety of conditions, such as high blood pressure, scleroderma and migraines.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors help relax blood vessels by preventing an enzyme in your body from producing angiotensin II, a substance in your body that narrows your blood vessels and releases hormones.
Many ACE inhibitors are available. Which one is best for you depends on your health and the condition being treated. According to research, black and older people respond less well to ACE inhibitors than do white and younger people.
When taking ACE inhibitors, it is important that you tell your doctor, nurse or pharmacist about any other medicines you are taking. This includes medicines on a prescription from your GP, medicines bought from a pharmacy (chemist) or any homeopathic or herbal medicines.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, should not be taken alongside ACE inhibitors. Certain types of diuretics (water tablets) should be taken with care.
If your doctor decides to stop treatment with ACE inhibitors, return any unused tablets to the pharmacist. Do not flush them down the toilet or throw them away.
If an adult or a child taking the treatment vomits within a short time of taking a dose and you are able to see the tablet in the vomit, then give the dose again. If you cannot see the tablet, do not give it again.
If you forget a dose, give the next dose as scheduled and try to keep to a regular routine.
For children, in certain circumstances, medicines may be prescribed for a child outside the age range recommended by the manufacturer. Medicines are often used 'off licence' in children because trial data is not available for a specific use, for example, age. Please discuss this with your doctor.
ACE inhibitors are usually taken once daily. Your doctor would tell you how long you will need to take it.
Doctors commonly prescribe ACE inhibitors because they don't often cause side effects.
In rare cases — but more commonly in black people and in smokers — ACE inhibitors can cause some areas of your tissues to swell (angioedema). If it occurs in the throat, the swelling can be life-threatening.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) and naproxen sodium (Aleve), decrease the effectiveness of ACE inhibitors. Taking an occasional dose of these medications shouldn't change the effectiveness of your ACE inhibitor, but talk to your doctor if you regularly take NSAIDs.
Because ACE inhibitors can cause birth defects, talk to your doctor about other options of treatment if you're pregnant or you plan to become pregnant.
Keep tablets in a safe place where children cannot see or reach them.
Why not contact people who have the same conditions and have used ACE Inhibitors, join our Facebook and Twitter groups and ask a question or on our Health Unlocked.
Raynaud's attacks can be restricted if you can keep your core temperature warm. Read our managing Raynaud's page or visit the shop to view products to help prevent your Raynaud's attacks, as recommended by our community.
Information sourced from the NHS and the Mayo clinic.


MODERN FAMILY takes an honest and hilarious look at the composition and complexity of modern family life. Take for example Phil and Claire, two parents who want to have that open, healthy, honest relationship with their kids. It's not always easy, especially when you have a teenage daughter who's growing up too fast, a too-smart-for-her-own-good middle daughter and a rambunctious boy. Then there's Jay who is having a bit of a mid-life crisis. Jay has found a much younger wife Gloria, who has become the center of his world. She's a passionate and sassy divorcee who comes with a hopelessly romantic son named Manny. Mitchell and his partner Cameron have taken the next step by adopting a child together named Lily. Cameron has a big personality and a flare for the dramatic, whereas Mitchell is the more serious of the two but they balance each other out. Life it seems is neither tidy, politically correct or in any way predictable. Yet it's just such surprises that make things so interesting in this warm, sometimes twisted embrace of the modern family.


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It pioneered many original features not found on other devices such as iPhone, iPad, Windows 8, and saves you the trouble of paying for multiple Photo Apps. Use it as a replacement or a supplement to your existing Photo / Video Apps.
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A ceremonial hat made by the Bamileke people of Cameroon from feathers and woven plant fiber. The hat is opened and then worn on the owner's head; pictured here it is closed. It appears to be handwoven and features a multitude of differently colored feathers.
unknown, . "Tyn Hat." Truman Warner Anthropological Collection, MS048. WCSU Archives, 6 June 2018. Accessed on the Web: 26 Apr. 2019.


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package com.trifork.hotruby.objects;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import com.trifork.hotruby.marshal.UnmarshalStream;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.CallContext;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.LoadedRubyRuntime;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.NonLocalBreak;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.NonLocalJump;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.NonLocalNext;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.NonLocalRedo;
import com.trifork.hotruby.runtime.RubyBlock;

public class RubyHash extends RubyBaseHash {

	HashMap<IRubyObject, IRubyObject> data = new HashMap<IRubyObject, IRubyObject>();

	RubyBlock default_maker;

	IRubyObject default_object;

	public RubyHash()
	{
		init(LoadedRubyRuntime.NIL,null);
	}

	public void init(IRubyObject object, RubyBlock block) {
		this.default_object = object;
		this.default_maker = block;
	}

	public IRubyObject get_default(IRubyObject key) {
		if (key == null) {
			key = LoadedRubyRuntime.NIL;
		}
		if (default_maker != null) {
			try {
				return default_maker.call(this, key);
			} catch (NonLocalJump e) {
				throw getRuntime().newLocalJumpError("unhandled non-load jump",
						e);
			}
		}
		return default_object;
	}

	public static IRubyObject unmarshalFrom(UnmarshalStream stream,
			CallContext ctx) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return null;
	}

	public RubyHash set_default(IRubyObject val) {
		this.default_object = val;
		this.default_maker = null;
		return this;
	}

	public IRubyObject default_proc() {
		if (default_maker == null) {
			return LoadedRubyRuntime.NIL;
		} else {
			return new RubyProc(default_maker);
		}
	}

	public IRubyObject put(IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2) {
		data.put(arg1, arg2);
		return arg2;
	}

	public IRubyObject get(IRubyObject key) {
		IRubyObject val = data.get(key);
		if (val == null) {
			return get_default(key);
		} else {
			return val;
		}
	}

	public String inspect() {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		sb.append("{");

		boolean first = true;
		for (Map.Entry<IRubyObject, IRubyObject> ent : data.entrySet()) {
			if (!first) {
				sb.append(", ");
			}
			sb.append(ent.getKey().inspect());
			sb.append(" => ");
			sb.append(ent.getValue().inspect());
		}

		sb.append("}");
		return sb.toString();
	}

	public IRubyObject delete(IRubyObject key, RubyBlock block) {
		IRubyObject val = data.remove(key);
		if (val == null) {
			if (block != null) {
				try {
					return block.call(key);
				} catch (NonLocalJump e) {
					throw getRuntime().newLocalJumpError(
							"unhandled local jump", e);
				}
			} else {
				return get_default(key);
			}
		}

		return val;
	}

	public RubyHash each(RubyBlock block) {

		loop: for (Map.Entry<IRubyObject, IRubyObject> ent : data.entrySet()) {
			body: do {
				try {
					block.call(ent.getKey(), ent.getValue());
				} catch (NonLocalBreak e) {
					break loop;
				} catch (NonLocalNext e) {
					continue loop;
				} catch (NonLocalRedo e) {
					continue body;
				}
			} while (false);
		}

		return this;
	}

	//TODO: ruby Hash uses key.eql? to test keys for equality
	public IRubyObject has_key_p(IRubyObject arg, RubyBlock block) {
		return bool(data.containsKey(arg));
	}

}


Folks can be very creative on how to rank better in search engines because there are a lot of search engine optimization techniques available to uplift website ranking but some of them are advantageous and some are injurious as well.
White hat SEO is the blend of lawful SEO tactics to rank better in search engines such as proper keyword research, writing SEO optimized content, use of Meta tags, speed improvements, site architecture, and organic link building etc.
Blackhat SEO techniques are against the search engines' guidelines that most of the bloggers and website owners use to influence and improve ranking in search engines but can result in penalties at the end. Fake traffic, social signals and backlinks are considered as blank hat SEO that can harm a website sooner or later.
Grey hat SEO or gray hat SEO is the collection of search engine optimization tactics that are not totally forbidden by search engines to use for better ranking SERPs but still not considered legitimate (white hat).
Grey hat SEO is a hope for beginner bloggers who cannot spend a lot of energy and efforts on white hat SEO to get high ranks in search engines even without getting banned or blacklisted by the search engines like Google.
Grey Hat SEO- Should you use?
Grey hat SEO is something in the center of white and blank and can be effective if done cautiously. That's why, it is significant to understand the gray hat SEO as it can help you get better ranking in search engines without negative effects, or oftentimes can cost you abnormal loss in website traffic if used carelessly.
In simple words, this type of SEO is the practice of using technically legal methods to uplift ranking of website, but are justly uncertain, and can become blank hat sooner or later.
Below is a list of Grey Hat SEO techniques to increase your search engine traffic that are technically legal, but not considered as white hat SEO.
You can simply do it by buying expired domains that are high in quality, most relevant to your niche but not banned from the search engines. Once found and purchased, you have to add some new pages or blog posts with unique and quality content with a few creatively placed backlinks to your own blog or website.
Newly added content should always be unique and informative than the content hosted by the domain when was live or active.
Getting links from high-quality blogs or websites in any possible way is one of the best tips to uplift website ranking with grey hat SEO. It's very simple to do. Just add your website link creatively when you are commenting on other blogs, websites or forums.
In order to get benefit from this grey hat SEO technique, your comments should add real value to the blog post or web page as people will only click your link if found useful. You can comment on high authority and relevant blogs with your link or can join niche relevant forums to post apt solutions to other people's problems with helpful links of your blog or website.
Simply find the top performing blog post and increase the length of content with some more engaging points or ideas to get more clicks on your blog or website. Long form articles are always great to improve search engine optimization as you can creatively cover more targeted keywords by doing so.
In order to get benefits from this grey hat SEO, you should read an ultimate guide on how to republish old blog posts to make beneficial changes to your old content without facing troubles. Increasing the length of old content sounds like a difficult job to do but it will work like a charm to help you secure more visible search engine ranks.
Basically, Web 2.0 (the 2nd generation) are web pages that mostly consists of dynamic information where a user can make essential changes to the content with an intention to make it better for some reasons.
These are the websites, web pages or online platforms where you can add your own content with backlinks to your websites or blogs. It is one of the best tips to uplift website ranking with grey hat SEO as it helps a lot in creating backlinks to a website or blog.
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However, link building with Private Blog Network using unique, quality and relevant content can help you improve website ranking in search engines. But if you are using this grey hat SEO technique with copied and irrelevant content, it will definitely harm your online presence ultimately.
You can use web directories to add your content and website links in order to get links back. Directory submission is known as one of the best ways to get high-quality backlinks and organic traffic as well even without paying a lot of bucks.
While doing directory submission, you can add your website on various online directories in most relevant categories to build links. But, you should avoid using the useless and irrelevant directories in order to prevent the penalty from search engines.


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Newly Organized National White House Correspondents Association Launches, Offers Counterpoint to 117-Year-Old White House Correspondents' Association
Founder Calls Existing Organization "Exclusionary" An "Old Boys' Club" of "Press Bullies" Operating Rent Free on White House Grounds, Without Legal Standing
Chanel Rion, Chief White House Correspondent for One America News Network (OAN), announced today, the formal launch of the National White House Correspondents Association (NWHCA). Rion's newly formed correspondents' organization has begun accepting applications by invitation only.
NWHCA's first phase mission aims to accomplish the following: – Bring more balance and diverse questions in the White House briefing room – Foster meaningful discussion and debate at the White House – Restore free and open press coverage in the briefing room and coverage of the White House
The NWHCA seeks to restore balance and diversity of viewpoints in White House news coverage. The American public is served best when all voices are heard and the President's message is unfiltered. According to Rion the WHCA has maneuvered almost all balance and diversity out of the White House correspondents' pool and briefing room demonstrating daily that they consider America's free press the exclusive property of the "progressive" reformers of Washington. This is not representative of a free and balanced press.
NWHCA's presence at the White House will create a healthier atmosphere for our nation. Our republic thrives best when all viewpoints are considered and discussed.
Rion founded the NWHCA on her own initiative in Delaware, April 2020, after her experience with the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) included their vote to expel Rion from the WHCA— a club of which she had never even been a member.
Moving forward, Rion's NWHCA is seeking shared control of the White House briefing room and all other delegated press functions with the 117-year-old WHCA in order to restore balance to White House reporting which at present, largely amounts to a confederation of journalists with long socialist agendas and deep links to the Democrat Party.
Rion has volunteered to serve without remuneration throughout what she says will be the organizational period of sixty months including all of the second Trump administration. Part of that organizational period will include the NWHCA's expectation to set up legal networks, state by state, to defend the First Amendment and press rights in the courts.
BACKGROUND: Rion became nationally controversial after traveling to Ukraine with Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney, to film money laundering and bribery testimony related to Joe and Hunter Biden. In 2019, Rion interviewed high profile witnesses in Ukraine that Adam Schiff had concealed from the American public in the Trump impeachment hearings. Thereafter Rion became a target of WHCA members' orchestrated smear campaigns.
Nonetheless, President Trump recognized, often, OAN's efforts to deliver real news to the American public. After the WHCA failed in its attempt to evict Rion from the White House Briefing Room, Rion returned daily as a guest of the White House by permission of Press Secretaries Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany. WHCA relegated Rion to stand in the back of the room, segregated and roped off from the rest of the press pool.
Rion was defended and protected by thousands of supporters after WHCA members attempted to smear her by concocting stories they invented and fed to the tabloid Daily Mail. WHCA members claimed Rion no longer deserved any presence in the White House nor in the Brady Briefing Room.
Rion, who graduated from Harvard University in 2015 after five years in Cambridge, says she had no aspirations in broadcasting and was not specifically trained in journalism beyond several journalism courses and intensive writing as an honors graduate in International Relations and Religion with film production training.
As a stalwart defender of the First Amendment, she soon found herself recruited by Charles and Robert Herring of the OAN Network in 2019 where she found her lifetime of dedication to constitutional and conservative causes perfectly suited.
She looks forward to a future where NWHCA will contribute to balance and accuracy in White House reportage.
For more information: www.nwhca.press


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Despite how Edmontonians perceived their safety in 2021, crime was down: report
By Stephanie Swensrude 630CHED
Posted November 15, 2022 3:54 pm
Updated November 15, 2022 6:44 pm
An Edmonton Police Services logo is shown at a press conference in Edmonton on October 2, 2017. The Canadian Press
The overall rate of crime is down 17 per cent in Edmonton, despite public perceptions around safety, according to the Edmonton Police Commission.
The commission presented an annual report for 2021 to city council Tuesday.
The report said the rate of violent crime was down six per cent and property crime was down 12 per cent in 2021. However, surveyed Edmontonians feel less safe in the city compared to the year before.
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Lori Lorenz, executive director of EPS's value and impact division, said that could be because crimes are more severe.
"While the number of reported crimes decreased, the level of violence within the crime has increased," said Lorenz.
In a similar trend, 911 received fewer calls, but the calls were more complex, according to the report.
"Even though our dispatch calls for service have decreased, our workload has not gone down," said Lorenz.
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The report details how many calls to 911 were received and what priority they were given. Of the 911 calls, 1.4 per cent were priority one, meaning a person was at risk, while 0.3 per cent were priority two, meaning property was at risk.
The majority of calls to police were priority four and five for crimes that weren't in progress at the time of the call, such as responding to a shoplifter or a property owner discovering vandalism on their property the day after it happened.
The annual report said Edmonton's crime rate has fallen faster amid the COVID-19 pandemic than the provincial and national average.
The types of violent crimes that increased the most were sexual assault, sexual interference and assault. The rate of robbery and assault with a weapon decreased.
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Almost 900 people were referred to EPS' Human-centered Engagement and Liaison Partnership (HELP) program. The program partners EPS officers with outreach workers from Boyle Street Community Services and the Mustard Seed. The goal is to keep vulnerable people out of the "arrest, remand, release" cycle by connecting them to supports and programs.
There was a nearly 20 per cent increase in police using force in 2021. The report said under one per cent of police interactions resulted in the use of force in 2021.
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EPS also tracks diversity in senior positions. In 2021, 80 per cent of senior positions were held by men. The report said only eight per cent were held by racialized people and 12 per cent were Indigenous people.
Funding for the police will be discussed in the coming weeks as city council debates the proposed 2023-2026 operating budget.
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The Lisbon Treaty was signed by the member countries of the European Union (EU) in December 2007. Before coming into effect on 1 January 2009 it has to be ratified by all the 27 member states of the EU. Prior to the Irish referendum 18 countries had already done so. On 13 June, the result of the Irish referendum was declared. On a turn-out of 53 per cent, the Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty by a majority of 54.4 percent to 47.6 per cent.
This result was nothing short of a bombshell, for it represented a kick in the teeth of the political and business establishment of Ireland and the European Union alike and a hammer blow to the morale of the political elite.
The result of the Irish referendum is yet another proof of the disconnect between the institutions, polices and the direction of the EU and its people, representing a gulf between the EU business and political elite, on the one hand, and the popular sentiment of its people, on the other hand. It is not the first time that the brave and independent-minded people of Ireland have rejected a treaty concocted by the kings of finance of the EU. In 2001, they rejected the Nice Treaty, albeit on a smaller turn-out of 35 per cent. The following year, after a few cosmetic changes to hoodwink the Irish electorate, the latter were manipulated into voting Yes for essentially the same document.
Nor are the Irish alone in saying No to EU treaties. Given the chance, voters have repeatedly rejected EU treaties – from the rejection of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 by the Danes to the 2005 rejection of the EU Constitution by the Dutch and the French.
These rejections in referenda in the countries mentioned above, over a period of 15 years, have come about because the people do not like the direction in which the EU has been heading. By and large ordinary people are not in favour of the EU's slow but sure march towards the achievement of the Franco-German bourgeoisie's project (shared by the bourgeoisies of Italy, Spain and some others) of a more closely integrated (federalist) Europe, resting on the foundation of the monetary union. This European integration process is encapsulated in the Lisbon Treaty, which in turn is nothing but the European Constitution (minus the flag and national anthem) except in name – a constitution already rejected by the Dutch and the French electorates.
The Lisbon Treaty does, as did the rejected EU Constitution, provide for a full-time president, a foreign policy chief with enhanced powers and a fully fledged EU diplomatic service; it strengthens the role in EU policymaking of the 15-strong group of Eurozone countries (soon to rise to 16 next January with the accession of Slovakia to this group).
The Irish No is a blow to these ambitions as the treaty can only come into effect on ratification by all the 27 member states. Delivering a crushing blow to the ambitions of the bourgeoisie of several EU countries, especially that of Germany and France, who are determined to create an imperialist European power, rivalling the US and Japan, contending on a global scale for markets, sources of raw materials and avenues of export of capital, the Irish voters have sent shockwaves and shaken and stirred the political and business representatives of finance capital of these countries.
In saying No, the Irish voters had concerns of their own, ranging from tax, energy, the environment, sovereignty and neutrality to the future of public services, rights of working people, the ever-increasing privatisation of health, education, transport and water. The 862,415 Irish voters (0.2 per cent of the EU's 497 million population) have stopped the EU dead in its tracks.
Apart from Sinn Fein, all the Irish political parties and the entire business elite supported the Yes campaign. European Round Table of Industry, with a membership of 40 of the largest European corporations, which has been the driving force behind the federalist European project, was devastated by the Irish No vote. Equally revealing was the outburst of BusinessEurope, the European-wide employers association, which expressed its extreme irritation at the Irish vote thus: "European business leaders deplore the outcome of the Irish referendum. The business community cannot afford to be bogged down in another institutional crisis".
Similarly, the political establishment of several imperialist countries in the EU has expressed its disappointment and frustration at the Irish referendum result. "We are incredibly disappointed", said Axel Schäfer, a member of the German Bundestag committee on EU affairs. "We think that it is a real cheek that the country that has benefited most from the EU should do this. There is no other Europe than this treaty".
Giorgio Napolitano, the Italian president, was equally forthright in his disapproval of the Irish No, even suggesting that Ireland be sidelined from the European project. "Now is the time", he said, "for a courageous choice by those who want coherent progress in building Europe, leaving out whose who, despite solemn pledges, threaten to block it".
The response of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, to the Irish No is reliably reported to be simply unprintable.
Even the president of tiny Croatia, Stipe Mesic, in an attempt to ensure that his country's impending accession to the EU will go ahead, castigated the Irish for allegedly being ungrateful. "Now that they [the Irish] have used the accession and structural funds, when they developed enormously, I am a little surprised that the solidarity is at an end", he said.
The German Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the Anarcho/Trot of the 1960s turned respectable bourgeois and leader of the European Greens, characterised the decision of the Irish electorate as undemocratic. "It is not truly democratic that less than a million people can decide the fate of almost half a billion Europeans".
As is to be expected, in his endeavour to do menial work on behalf of European finance capital, Mr Cohn-Bendit 'forgets' that it is not a million people who are deciding the fate of half a billion Europeans. More to the point, it is only this million who, because of the compulsions of the Irish constitution, have been allowed a democratic say on this all too important question. Had the governments of the other 26 EU states had the courage to let in their respective electorates on this democratic process, the likelihood is that the Lisbon Treaty would have been rejected in a number of countries. After all its predecessor, the EU Constitution, whose provisions were substantially similar to those of the Lisbon Treaty, were rejected by the Dutch and the French electorates. European finance capital has so burnt its fingers by dabbling in that democratic process that it dare not repeat the exercise in case it gets the same unpleasant result. So, almost all other governments, including the British, have denied their electorates any say in the question, on the spurious argument that the Lisbon document is only a treaty and not a constitution, being of the view that a change of nomenclature changes the essence of things.
This is precisely what the EU governments are proposing to do. They have already blamed the Irish, who, the implication is, were too stupid to understand the complicated provisions of the 287-page document, written as it was in an impenetrable legalese. It is being further argued that complex treaties focussing on institutional reform, since they are allegedly impossible for the average citizen to comprehend, should not be submitted to popular votes. Doubtless, if the Irish had voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty, no one among the leading lights of bourgeois politics and business would have asserted that the Irish voted Yes merely because they did not understand this complex document!
Be that as it may, the business and political leaders are bent upon ignoring the Irish veto and getting around this inconvenient reality. Instead of accepting the Irish No as having killed the Lisbon Treaty, which is what under the current EU arrangements it has done, the leaders of the major EU countries, as well as the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, have called for the continuation of the process of approving the treaty. "The ratification process is made up of 27 national processes. Eighteen members-states have already approved the treaty, and the European Commission believes the remaining ratifications should continue to take their course", said Mr Barroso, after the Irish referendum result.
Within hours of the Irish referendum, a Franco-German statement declared: "We give the democratic decision of Ireland's citizens all the respect that it is due", which is clearly not very much as the statement made it plain that the question of jettisoning the treaty simply did not arise, since it was needed "to make Europe more democratic and more efficient". It would appear, then, that the only way to make Europe "more democratic" is by ignoring the democratic decision of the Irish electorate! This is precisely what the powers that be are bent upon doing. If the EU refused to accept the rejection of its Constitution by the Dutch and the French voters in the referendums in 2005, what prospect is there that the Irish would get away with their rejection of Lisbon, which, in the words of Valérie Giscard d'Estaing, who presided over the original convention, was no different from the constitution rejected in 2005? As far as European finance capital is concerned, nothing must be allowed to block the creation of an EU imperialist bloc, streamlined and made 'efficient' through deregulation, liberalisation and wholesale privatisation, as a prelude to encroaching on the turf of its rival imperialist powers, oppressing further still the oppressed and super-exploited hundreds of millions of peoples in the vast continents of Asia, Africa and Latin America and suppressing working-class dissent at home.
It is precisely for this reason that European capital, and its political representatives, are determined to reject the democratic decision of the Irish electorate in the name (you guessed it right) of democracy! Just as in 2002, the Irish will be made to vote again, and again, until they come up with the 'right' verdict.
Even the British Labour Government of Gordon Brown, which is supposed to be sceptical of European integration, has pushed ahead with parliamentary ratification. When Mr Brown attended the Summit of the EU Heads of State and Government on 19-20 June, he already had this ratification in his bag. The Czechs are expected to cause some problems, but in the end they will be 'persuaded' to go along with the ratification of this treaty. By the time the other 26 states have ratified the treaty, the Irish government will be under almost unbearable pressure to roll over – with a barely disguised threat to take it or leave it. Between now and the end of the year, the EU leaders and bureaucrats will be working out some formula, a modified form of wording, which will in no way affect the essence of things, in order to get the Irish to endorse the treaty. European capital is pushing for an integrated Europe in order to be able to project its combined political and economic power effectively on a world stage presently dominated by US imperialism. If it cannot get the Lisbon Treaty accepted openly, it will try to do so by stealth.
Equally, the working class of Europe does not much like this deepening integration, for, in the final analysis, this process is as much directed against it as against the rival powers of the European bourgeoisie and the oppressed people. The working class of Europe almost instinctively, not consciously with any degree of clarity, understands this. It is therefore not surprising that in Ireland, while the business and political establishment were on the side of the Yes to Lisbon Treaty, the urban working class, the rural poor and the progressive elements of society were on the No side – the Catholic right opposed to abortion, being the exception. A division along similar lines exists in other EU countries. It is the job of the proletarian revolutionaries to expose the imperialist essence of the federalist project, to enhance the understanding of the working masses as to the true essence of the integration process, and oppose it.


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There's A New Deleted Scene From 'Game of Thrones' Season 8
Emilia Clarke *Finally* Revealed Who The 'Game of Thrones' Coffee Cup Actually Belonged To
Sansa Stark Destroyed Edmure Tully In The 'Game of Thrones' Finale
Naomi Watts To Star In 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel
The Game Of Thrones Season 8 Premiere Date Is Here
'Game Of Thrones' Fans Noticed Something Strange About Sophie Turner's Name In The Opening Credits
Clinique Announces Emilia Clarke As Its First-Ever Celebrity Ambassador
Your Definitive Guide To Sophie Turner's Best Beauty Looks Throughout The Years
The 'Game Of Thrones' Cast Filmed An Alternate Ending And We Need To See It Now
Emilia Clarke Says She Was Pressured To Do Nude Scenes To Not "Disappoint" 'Game Of Thrones' Fans
The 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel Starring Naomi Watts Has Been Cancelled
Sophie Turner And Kit Harington Unknowingly Recreated An Iconic 'Game of Thrones' Scene On The Red Carpet
The 'Game of Thrones' Cast Look Ready To Claim The Iron Throne At The 2019 Emmys
Icon Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself For An Emmy Nomination
This Game Of Thrones Theory Has Us Convinced Sansa and Tyrion Will Rule The Iron Throne
So. Much. Sense. - by Mikaela Wilkes
We've all read our fair share of Game of Thrones theories over the past six years, but trust us, this is the big one.
Everyone seems pretty sure that Daenerys Targaryen and her nephew/lover Jon Snow will sit on the Iron Throne by the end of season eight. This is "the song of "ice and fire" after all, which always seemed a little too obvious.
Digital Spy has uncovered an amazing theory that means Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister will eventually rule the Seven Kingdoms - and it's based on real life history.
True fans of Game of Thrones know the show/books are based on the English War of the Roses between the Lancasters (*cough* Lannisters) and the Yorks (aka Starks). The two houses feuded for the English throne, swapping monarchs in and out for years until they merged in marriage to create the Tudors. So far, Westeros' line of succession has followed that history:
1. Robert Baratheon is clearly Henry VIII, a once handsome king who put on a lot of weight – a womaniser who eventually suffered from a festering wound.
2. Joffrey stands in for Henry VIII's successor, a blond young boy who was rumoured to have been poisoned. After him came Tommen/Edward VI, a strawberry blonde.
3. Cersei stands in for Queen Mary I, better known as murderous "Bloody Mary."
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Following this pattern, the next in line is a stand-in for Elizabeth I, who has more in common with Sansa than her red hair. We call Elizabeth's reign the golden age because she ruled with wise counsel and fairness. Sound familiar?
Honestly, we wouldn't mind if Sansa takes the Throne, she's certainly endured enough to have earned it.
And Tyrion? He fits in because the War of the Roses ended by combining the warring houses - and the pair are kinda-sorta-could be still married.
Between Sansa ruling the North in Jon's absence and Tyrion's deep concern for a royal heir, we're gonna go ahead and call this one a good bet (sorry Danny).
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