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With compromise legislation stranded in Congress, the report card on the President's faith-based initiative reads "incomplete." Bush, however, has clearly succeeded on two fronts.
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With compromise legislation stranded in Congress, the report card on the President's faith-based initiative reads "incomplete." Bush, however, has clearly succeeded on two fronts. He's made terms like "faith-based" and "armies of compassion" part of the national vocabulary. And with faith-based liaison offices in five Cabinet departments-Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Education and Labor-he has injected seasoned veterans of the conservative movement and the religious right into important policy-making positions. Led by longtime "charitable choice" supporters HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and Attorney General John Ashcroft, Team Bush is building its own "army" of Christian soldiers.
President Bush has invoked "faith-based organizations" as a solution to solving social problems numerous times since September 11. During his State of the Union address he pitched the USA Freedom Corps initiative and tied its success to the participation of faith-based organizations. Faith-based groups are at the core of his welfare reauthorization package. And the President's drug war initiative depends on the unleashing of the "armies of compassion" with "compassionate coercion"-the latest twist on Marvin Olasky's "compassionate conservatism."
Fourteen months ago, surrounded by Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders, President Bush issued the executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI). But the initiative's first year was hardly triumphant as it met unanticipated opposition from the right along with predictable opposition from the left, and suffered from a dose of internal discord.
Progressives were concerned that the initiative blurred the line between church and state, while Christian conservatives, including the Rev. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, were mortified that groups like the Nation of Islam, Church of Scientology and Hare Krishnas would feed off government grants. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, claimed he wouldn't touch faith-based money "with the proverbial ten-foot pole." He was worried that any regulatory strings might strip the initiative of its "faith."
The President's faith-based initiative languished in policy purgatory for a year, but in early February, Senators Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Connecticut's Joseph Lieberman delivered their bipartisan legislative makeover-the Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act. The "compromise" version opens up government grants to religious organizations but eliminates "charitable choice," the most controversial aspect of the President's faith-based initiative. ("Charitable choice" was the provision tucked into the 1996 welfare reform bill by then-Senator John Ashcroft. It allowed religious institutions to compete for government funds to provide a bevy of welfare services.)
CARE expands tax deductions for charitable donations and, according to Church & State magazine, provides about $150 million for technical assistance to smaller charities, helping facilitate their ability to apply for federal grants. It also sets aside funding for a "Compassionate Capital Fund" aimed at developing more public-private charitable partnerships. The overall price tag for the plan is estimated at about $12 billion.
Several religious right leaders were disappointed with the compromise. "We're very upset," Patrick Trueman, director of government affairs for the American Family Association, told the Washington Times. "The president's faith-based initiative was the hallmark of his administration. If he caves on that, we can't trust him on any issue of our agenda."
And Pat Robertson, who expressed his doubts about the President's faith-based initiative when it was announced last January, told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes that "if the government gets into the faith-based initiative too much, they're going to dominate what the people of faith think. And one of the things they want to impose is on hiring practices. They want to force people to be hired by religious organizations who don't share the fundamental tenets of those religious groups."
Although the CARE Act hasn't been scheduled for a vote in the Senate yet, it is likely to pass when it is. Then comes the task of squaring the Senate version with the already passed House version, HR 7, which contains the controversial "charitable choice" provision.
New Director Appointed, Agency De-emphasized
In early February 2002, Bush introduced Jim Towey as the new director of the White House OFBCI. A close friend of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Towey worked on Capitol Hill and as legal counsel in Mother Teresa's ministry before becoming Florida's health and rehabilitative services director under Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles. Although he wasn't an immediate favorite of Florida conservatives, Towey redeemed himself by endorsing Jeb Bush in his run for governor. Towey also founded a Florida-based advocacy group called Aging with Dignity in 1996.
Towey's appointment came more than six months after John DiIulio, citing family and health concerns, resigned as the first director of OFBCI. At the time of his resignation, conservatives were delighted: The Hudson Institute's Michael Horowitz told the Washington Post that DiIulio had been "the most strategically disastrous appointee to a senior government position in the 20-plus years I've been in Washington. He has taken what could have been a triumphant issue and marched it smack into quicksand." Horowitz's statement is indicative of the negative feelings the appointment of DiIulio generated among conservatives.
Last summer, in a long cover piece written for World, an evangelical weekly, Marvin Olasky explained the Administration's strategy in choosing DiIulio. It was "to show liberals that he was not in the religious right's corner." As far as the Administration was concerned, writes Olasky, "It would be fine if conservative Christians became irritated at Mr. DiIulio because liberal Republicans and Democrats would be far more likely to vote for measures and trust a man criticized by the people they distrusted."
And irritated they became when, early on, DiIulio criticized Christian right leaders for not ministering directly to the poor, and when he remarked in February 2001 that "Bible-thumping doesn't cut it."
As for Towey's appointment, Church & State reports that Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, called Bush's choice a "tremendous appointment." And Ken Connor, president of the Family Research Council, described Towey as "sensational."
In a follow-up move to Towey's appointment, Bush de-emphasized the OFBCI by placing the agency under the wing of John Bridgeland, newly appointed head of the USA Freedom Corps. "A year ago, this initiative was the signature domestic policy of the Bush Administration," Americans United for Separation of Church and State's executive director Barry Lynn noted. "After twelve months of criticism from the right, left and center, it's been downgraded to part of an office on volunteerism. With all of these problems, it looks like Towey will have his work cut out for him."
Faith-Based Initiatives in the States
According to a report by Mike O'Keefe of the Newhouse News Service, the President's faith-based initiative is chugging along in the states. Five Cabinet-level agencies "are identifying and removing barriers that prevent religious groups from receiving government grants" and participating in programs dealing with providing social services. O'Keefe cites a recent Hudson Institute study of fifteen states, which found that $124 million in grants have already been delivered to 726 faith-based organizations.
According to O'Keefe, HHS "informed states in a February 26 directive that state welfare plans would have to include a strategy on how they will include faith-based organizations." The most disturbing aspect of the directive is that HHS is "encouraging states to consider church-trained counselors, not just counselors with psychological and medical credentials, when granting federal money to fight drug and alcohol abuse." Elizabeth Seale-Scott, director of faith-based efforts at HHS, said: "We don't want to present the same medical model over and over as if that's the definitive measure."
US District Court Rules Against Faith-Based Initiative
In early January, the public funding of faith-based initiatives took a judicial hit. Judge Barbara B. Crabb, of the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, ruled that Faith Works, a residential program for male addicts, "indoctrinates its participants in religion, primarily through its counselors."
Faith Works had received more than $900,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and other government and private sources. According to the Washington Times, Judge Crabb found that the DWD funding "constitutes unrestricted, direct funding of an organization that engages in religious indoctrination" in violation of the establishment clause of the Constitution. She ordered an end to the funds.
Pew Funds Faith-Based Study
In late February, the Pew Charitable Trusts announced it had given $6.3 million to the Rockefeller Institute of Government (RIG), based at the State University of New York in Albany, to establish the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy. One of their primary tasks will be "to obtain a comprehensive, impartial body of research on…[the] complicated issues" surrounding faith-based initiatives.
Headed by RIG director Richard Nathan, the roundtable "will produce research on the capacity and effectiveness of faith-based social services, and on the important legal and constitutional issues surrounding government support of such activities." The George Washington University Law School will join the RIG in the research, and Search for Common Ground, a Washington, DC-based conflict-resolution nonprofit, will play a "key role in the initiative's major convening activities."
Luis Lugo, director of Pew's religion program, said the roundtable would address the pressing need for nonpartisan, fact-based analysis of the role of religious organizations in social welfare policy. "The reality is that we do not really know enough about faith-based social services-how effective they are when compared with secular alternatives, what they do best, or even the degree to which the faith factor is interwoven into their work–nor about the possible legal parameters of religious groups competing for federal dollars."
Resources for more information on faith-based initiatives:
Faith-Based Involvement: The Welfare Information Network
offers far and away the most comprehensive clearinghouse of information on faith-based issues. The site provides announcements of new reports, studies and grant opportunities; an extensive list of WIN publications on welfare reform, fatherhood, "charitable choice" and other issues; federal and state-specific initiatives; technical assistance providers; and publications related to faith-based involvement. WIN links to a large number of organizations from across the political spectrum.
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: Rallying the Armies of Compassion
. This White House website provides government documents, the President's speeches and news releases to rally the troops.
"Charitable Choice"
: created by the Center for Public Justice, which claims to be "committed to public service that responds to God's call to do justice in local, national, and international affairs." Focuses on "charitable choice" and welfare issues, and offers links to current news stories, reports and studies.
Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Congregations, the Government and Social Justice
: project of the Washington, DC-based center-right Brookings Institution, exploring "congregations' proper roles…in lifting up the poor, and what their relationship to government should be." Brookings recently published "Can an Office Change a Country? The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, A Year in Review."
The Center for the Study of Compassionate Conservatism
: Worth checking out because Marvin Olasky, the godfather of "compassionate conservatism" is on its board of directors, and several of his articles are available. www.compassionateconservative.cc
: follows church-state separation issues and has published important investigative reports on "faith-based" issues. Check out AA's "FlashLine" section for breaking stories.
Bill BerkowitzBill Berkowitz is a freelance writer and longtime observer of the conservative movement who is a regular contributor to Working Assets' workingforchange.com website. Contact him at wkbbronx@aol.com.
Six Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?


"Life isn't fair" bemoaned a friend as they took a breath and continued; "Life should be fair". This was a moment when my conservation of speech and ideas had reached its breaking point. I had to say something. My response started with the simple statement that "Life shouldn't be far, it should be agreeable". I won't subject you to the long form of my response, but I wanted to touch on this idea we have about "fair" versus "agreeable" (or "agreement" or "acceptance" if you're so inclined).
The essence of this idea is what's fair verses what's agreeable? Fair can defined as "free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice", whereas agreeable is defined as simply something that is "acceptable". I would want to say more in life should be acceptable, not simply lacking in stuff we dislike.
Over the years, I've come back to this idea in my dealings with others, customers and even with internal struggles. I often wonder what it is that makes us long for something so unattainable as fairness, when we can easily work to give each other the gift of agreement. You see, the very ideas of fairness for one person may mean completely different things for another. You may feel that a criminal's sentence is fair at 10 years, but the victims of his injustice may wish to see him locked up for 20. Very little of life is set out to be fair. But yet, when we have agreed on something, it is done. There are no subjective interpretations of an agreement – it's often written in contract form. We may not like everything about what has been decided, but the nature of the agreement means we accept it and move forward.
I've found that one of the worst qualities a person can have is to fight so hard and long, only to lose sight of what the fight was for in the first place. Others take an overly pedantic approach to communicating with others when they simply could understand the central idea being expressed and carry on with that line of reasoning. I see this when talking in my language a person who's English is poor. If I spent all my time correcting the person (expecting to be spared the injustice of poor English), no one would understand a thing. Why not simply accept this problem and work hard to find understanding and help the person feel comfortable while making some progress?
That's the things about agreements, they're in every facet of our lives. Often, we're doing it and don't realize it. The fact that we give each other paper (now a plastic polymer) in exchange for goods and services is based on a simple agreement that money has a set upon value. Imagine how our lives would be if few actually agreed that a ten dollar bill held the value it does today? If we had to fight to determine what money was worth, when would we get around to actually buying something? It seems, more and more, people are simply in it for the fight; where backing down or agreeing to an idea is tantamount to failure.
Agreeing to something doesn't always mean that you're a wuss. In fact, I think the more strongly opinionated we wish to become, we need to know just when to lay down that intense opinion. "Agree to Disagree", You've heard that before right? I feel that it's a great place to be if two people are able to strongly state their cases, attempt to motivate and persuade and, if that doesn't happen, respectfully step out of the argument knowing you've done what you could to make a point. I've always felt, it takes more courage to walk away from a fight than it does to escalate indefinitely.
Another interesting idea a friend mentioned years ago, was about the very nature of love itself. I don't profess to understand a lick of what love is, but my dear friend was confident in saying that love is simply acceptance. Think about that. It makes more sense as you go over in in your mind. What is it that makes couples that truly last stay in a loving relationship so long? Is it because they've both been fair with each other? Not likely. What seems more likely to me is they simply accept each other for who they are. Purely. Unconditionally.
So, when someone comes up to you and says that "the world needs more love", perhaps you might compliment them on a great idea, but maybe start with "more agreement and acceptance".


The method the cancer cells are killed is through a natural process called apoptosis which is a programmed cell death. The researchers wanted to further understand why the vitamin E succinate was capable of killing cancer cells.
In the study researchers discovered that vitamin E succinate blocks a protein called Bcl-xL. This protein is commonly available with healthy cells, but in cancer cells the Bcl-xL levels are at an abnormally high level which prevents cell death and allows the cancer to grow further.
The researchers found that in a computer model of the compounds that the vitamin E derivative works by disabling the Bcl-xL because of its shape fitting into a groove in the protein. The vitamin E molecule shape does not fit tightly into the groove. Improving the fit could make it more effective at blocking the Bcl-xL protein and stopping the cancer cell growth.
"Once we identified how the agent and the protein interact, we asked how we could improve that interaction," Chen says.
The researchers were able to further modify the vitamin E succinate to give a better fit into the Bcl-xL protein. When the better fitting modified vitamin E succinate was tested on its ability to kill cancer cells it dramatically increased. Its ability to disable the protein and kill the cancer cells increased by five to ten fold compared to the regular vitamin E succinate.
"Overall, out findings are proof of the principle that this drug can kill cancer cells very effectively but does very little damage to healthy cells," Chen says.


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Pueblo councilman critical that budget dips into reserves
Ryan Severance rseverance@chieftain.com @RyansS_Chieftain
Nov 28, 2018 at 2:55 PM Nov 28, 2018 at 2:55 PM
The city of Pueblo will have a budget in 2019 of approximately $95 million that includes a $6 million deficit that has been balanced by the use of savings generated from this year and a small slash to City Council's reserve funds.
The budget was approved unanimously by council on Monday night following a public hearing, but one councilman let his displeasure about council not doing more to cut expenses be known before the vote.
Councilman Mark Aliff said he was discouraged that council did nothing to make changes in the budget and tackle the imbalance.
"It's discouraging that we see the numbers, we're faced with it, and as a council we cannot get a consensus that we need to address a $6 million structural deficit," Aliff said at the meeting. "We need to quit putting our heads in the sand and think the (deficit) is going to go away. It's going to get bigger in the coming years. I think we need to take this a lot more seriously than we did this year."
Councilman Bob Schilling responded to Aliff, saying that budget cuts would equal less employees.
"We need more sales tax revenue," Schilling said. "We have to encourage people to spend more money."
The main source of revenue for the city comes from its sales and use tax and property taxes, which together are projected to account for 74 percent of funds received next year. Franchise taxes and other taxes make up another 9 percent.
The sales tax for 2019 is projected to be 1.5 percent higher than this year, which is estimated at a $700,000 increase, according to Roni Kimbrel, director of finance for the city. There was a 1.4 percent increase in sales tax this year over 2017.
Personnel costs next year are projected to go up by about $1.7 million, a number that includes the funding of six previously unfunded positions in the city.
The biggest expense the city has is for public safety, which includes the police and fire departments and accounts for a projected 54 percent of the budget.
The budget for next year will keep the city's number of full-time employees at 638.
To balance the $6 million gap in the budget between revenue and expenses, the city is using $5.9 million in savings from its undesignated fund balance, and City Council's approved designated fund balance will be cut from 13 to 12 percent.
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January 12 2015, A Historic Day For The Palestine National Football Team, And, Indeed, Palelestine
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At 6:00pm at the Hunter stadium in Newcastle, Australia, Ramzi Saleh led the Palestinian team out for their first ever game in a major tournament.
To understand the importance of the event, one needs to be aware of what it took the team to get there.
Palestine qualified by virtue of winning the AFC Challenge Cup, overcoming The Philippines in the final to claim the 16th and final spot in the Asian Cup. But often, the challenges on the field are the least of the team's problems.
The team does not even have a national stadium which they can use. The stadium in Gaza was bombed and destroyed in 2006 and again in 2012 during the Israeli army's attacks.
Players from Gaza and the West Bank are routinely denied visas to play overseas as the Israeli government classifies all young males in Gaza as a 'threat to national security'.
Players from Gaza are refused travel permits to even travel to train in other parts of their own country.
The refusal of Israel to issue exit visas to players forced Palestine to abandon their qualification attempts for both the 2007 Asian Cup and the 2010 World Cup.
The players themselves have suffered personally. Three players were targeted and killed by Israeli forces in 2008 and many other players have had their houses destroyed and been arrested and imprisoned without charge.
Mahmoud Sarsak suffered this fate in 2009 and went on hunger strike until pressure from FIFA forced his release. Future Palestinian footballers also risk their lives every time they pick up a ball.
In 2014, two teenagers returning from training in Al-Ram in the West Bank were stopped at an Israeli checkpoint and shot. Jahwar Nasser was shot 10 times in the feet, while Adam al-Raouf was shot once in each foot, ensuring neither would play again.
During the 2014 Israeli assault on Gaza, an Israeli warship targeted a group of young boys playing football on a beach in Gaza. After the shelling stopped, four brothers; Ismael Bakr, Zakaria Bakr, Ahed Bakr and Mohammed Bakr, aged from 9-12 had been killed.
So when The Palestine Football Team takes to the field the phrase 'more than a game' is never truer.
It is an event which gives weight to Palestine's claim to statehood and is also a chance to highlight the Palestinian issue to the world.
The Hunter Stadium hosted 15,000 supporters on Monday night. A huge contingent had turned up to cheer on Palestine.
Not only those from the Palestinian diaspora, but people from all over Australia and people who had travelled from overseas to watch the game and show their support.
Palestine were up against a well-organised Japanese team who started as tournament favourites and are the reigning Asian Cup champions. Palestine soon found themselves behind to a 25 yard Yasuhito Endo strike.
In the 25th minute Keisuke Honda doubled Japan's lead and just before half time Shinji Okazaki slotted home a penalty to make it 3-0.
Palestine fared somewhat better in the second half, although Ahmed Mahajna was sent off with 15 minutes to go for a second bookable offense. Maya Yoshida completed the scoring to make it 4-0 to Japan.
It was a hard lesson for Palestine, but one they can use when they take on Jordan in their second match on Friday.
Palestine know they have an uphill battle to fight, both on and off the field. It's an achievement to be here, but they are not just here to make up the numbers.
While they are playing their part in Palestine's bid for recognition and statehood, they are also here as professionals to play football. They lost this one, but they are not out yet.
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Guoping Jia's "The pine-soughing valleys" for sheng, zheng and orchestra and Wenchen Qin's "Across the skies" for pipa and string orchestra will be given their Mexican premieres at a concert in the Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City on 28 February 2015. The performers will be Ying Dong (sheng), Su Chang (zheng), Lan Weiwei (pipa) and the Orquesta Filharmonica de la UNAM conducted by Lin Tao.
"Across the skies" by Qin was commissioned by the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic for the Troika Festival Petersburg. The world premiere took place on 11 May 2012 in St. Petersburg performed by Lan Weiwei (pipa) and the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Jeffery Meyer.
Jia's "The pine-soughing valleys" was commissioned by the Musical Academy of the Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Mannheim and was premiered on 19 May 2014 in the Rosengarten in Mannheim by Su Chang (zheng), Dong Ying (sheng) and the Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra conducted by Shao-Chia Lü.
"Chinese ink painting attained a magnificent apogee a thousand years ago. Numerous characteristic painting techniques were created during this time that expressed the inner feelings of the artist toward nature. My composition was inspired by the painting 'The pine-soughing valleys' by Li Tang from the Song Dynasty.
Another performance will take place on 1 March 2015 (12 AM) in the Sala Nezahualcóyotl.


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Democracy Idol
A television show challenges the authorities
AsiaSep 10th 2005 edition
CHINA is trying to digest the implications of a popular vote involving millions of people across the country. Never mind that the ballots were cast for contestants in a televised singing competition, and that only those with the means to send text messages by mobile phone could take part. A front-page headline last week in the state-run Beijing Today put the question with astonishing frankness: "Is Super Girl a Force for Democracy?"
In a country conspicuously lacking in democratic choice, this rare opportunity to vote and make a difference—even if only to the outcome of the "Mengniu Sour Yoghurt Super Voice Girl" competition—has inspired a remarkable debate. The discussion has been fuelled by huge public enthusiasm for the show, a programme similar to "American Idol" and its predecessor "Pop Idol" in Britain. It was broadcast by a satellite television station in Hunan province and relayed nationwide on cable networks. The organisers say some 400m people watched the final on August 27th—nearly a third of the population. Around 8m text message votes were cast.
"Super Girl", as the show is commonly known, appealed mainly because of its racy format (at least until the authorities began insisting on more downbeat folksy songs) and the pleasure that many enjoy from watching amateur singers embarrass themselves. Rebellious young women apparently identified with the self-confident and boyish-looking winner, Li Yuchun. Groups of fans campaigned in the streets.
Some of China's more daring newspapers have seized on the chance to put "Super Girl" in a political context. An article widely carried on state media websites said the contest had caused Chinese intellectuals to "fantasise about arrangements for democratic elections and notice the awakening of democratic consciousness among the younger generation." But the China Daily loyally expressed scepticism, asking, "How come an imitation of a democratic system ends up selecting the singer who has the least ability to carry a tune?" That, of course, is democracy.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Democracy Idol"


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Jove had a lot on his mind as he got to class. Yesterday played over and over in his mind, as did the strange dream he had of his father this morning. It didn't help that his parents had stayed the night in his doom room. His mother was worried sick and the revelation about his father made him wonder how much of his childhood was real. The thought his father had an entire second life full of magic made his heart sink with an ache that flowed into his bones. The idea that Merlin, his great uncle, had prevented his father from bursting was worse. Jove wondered how he would feel if he had gone through life without ever knowing what his magic told him was true. Yet, it was the nagging question of how many others had Merlin sealed that distracted him the most. Thankfully, a wolf hand tugged his shoulder and prevented Jove from walking into Aden.
"Jove, are you okay? All I was able to get out of South was that your parents were safe." The rabbit flattened his ears.
"I'm okay. Just a lot to think about." Jove mumbled. "Azarius wants to keep things quiet until we know what's going on. I have no idea what happened last night. I didn't get a chance to see South or Edward."
"Are you going to be okay in class?" Aden said, opening the door for Jove.
Jove shrugged. He headed to his seat and sat without word.
Hypatia entered shortly afterward. "Jove, good to see you in class." The griffon sat down in the circle of chairs. "I haven't seen an official word on your status. If it's okay, I'd like to still treat you as a student. You probably have a lot of questions."
Official word. That phrase hit Jove in a bad way. "Word from who? The council? The Mysterium? They're deciding my fate and I have no idea how any of that works. What do you know about it?"
Hypatia swallowed. "Alright Jove. It's not fair you got dragged into that level of politics. We can cover that today."
Duane raised a hand, "And I want to know what legal status Vorax have. They're murderers, right? How can they have any rights?" He shivered, feathers ruffling. "Duane fears he may be recruited. Merlin looked right at me."
Mug snapped, "Duane doesn't really…" She growled. "Now you got me doing it. You don't seriously think that you're going to be a Vorax do you?"
Hypatia clicked her beak. "That's enough. One question at a time." She shook her head and looked around the room. "The Council is made up of some of the most experienced mages in Atlantis. When an Animus believes themselves to be strong enough, they can apply. The tests are brutal and sometimes fatal. They include mental and magical aptitude as well as intangibles such as compassion and the ability to lead. Although, they are occasionally waived when some other great deed has been accomplished. Usually some kind of humanitarian effort. It is possible for a member of the Mysterium to appoint someone to the Council, but that hasn't happened in a century or so."
Mug asked, "But, what do they do?"
Hypatia answered, "The Council is our highest level of government. When two kingdoms have a disagreement, the Council helps sort things without bloodshed. If there's a threat to the entirety of Atlantis the Council organizes the response. Rarely, they also hand down decrees. Things like how much a mage is allowed to charge a village for his services. Things to prevent exploitation."
"They feel threatened by me." Jove wasn't sure where the words came from. They had an anger he was ashamed of.
"They just don't understand" Still in her giant primal raccoon form, Elsa offered. "The more you know, the less you expect your whole world to change in an instant. It's the extreme change they are afraid of. Clearly you're unique."
Kate chirped in, the sparrow saying, "Elsa, you're unique as well. After Edward freaked out I did a little research. There is no previous records of someone bursting while an atavist."
Elsa shook her head. "Jove did that. I would never have burst if he hadn't helped."
"Most likely they've assigned your situation to a member of the Mysterium." Hypatia shrugged. "I only know rumors about them. They are the best mages in Atlantis. Powerful and unknown. I have no idea how they select recruits. Most mages know they exist, but if they've met one, they wouldn't be able to tell you. The rumors vary. The simplest ones state that the Mysterium is involved with delving into the deeper mysteries of magic. If that's the case, they may be familiar with what Jove has been able to do. Other, more complicated ones state they are looking for the Praeda equivalent of Vorax. No one knows who they are, messengers occasionally show up to make proclamations. The last one was fairly recent. They stated that the distinction between Praeda and Venator needed to remain."
Mug scoffed. "If no one knows who they are, how do you know the messengers are for real?"
"The last mage who pretended to be Mysterium was publicly humiliated. Had he been tarred and feathered, it would have been less cruel." Hypatia twitched her wings.
"They seem to be willing to let Merlin try to kill me. Hurt my father. After all that he…" Jove bit back the words. "After all that happened. I guess I expected them to move quicker."
"Maybe they didn't understand the threat." Chris said. "I'm sure they do now."
"I guess." Jove sighed. "So, what agreement do they have with the Vorax?"
"Technically, they don't. Vorax are not allowed to have seats on the Council and they are criminals. The only agreement they have is that the strength of the Vorax are acknowledged. So, if they claim someone is an Animus or any other level mage, the Council treats them with respect." Hypatia clicked her beak. "Duane, I don't know a lot about them, but I do know they only recruit mages willing to kill for power. Vorax have some spells only they are willing to use. Ones that devour aspects of their victims or involve ritual killing."
Duane nodded, "Those are the ones that Praeda cannot use?"
"I think so." Hypatia smiled. "Duane, you are safe. You're not a killer."
The crow nodded slowly. Jove watched as Duane's magic tried to make him object. Duane kept it quiet and Jove chose not to point it out.
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Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue: A Jack Henry Adventure
From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight side-splitting stories about a boy who is doing his best to keep his head above water
As the Henry family sets sail for a new life on Cape Hatteras, fourth-grader Jack is struggling to chart a course between his parents' contradictory advice on making friends and influencing people. Just tell people what they want to hear, Dad advises. Just tell the truth, Mom cautions. Jack finds there are no easy answers as he drifts through his crazy school year, falling desperately in love with his young teacher, getting suckered into becoming a bad-behavior spy for the principal, and being forced to make a presentable pet out of a duck with backward feet. Indeed, with an airheaded, air-guitar-playing neighbor the closest thing to a friend, and a judgmental older sister his relentless enemy, it's all he can do to stay afloat.
This colorful and comic new collection of interrelated stories featuring the author's hapless alter ego is the first of five books in the Jack Henry series, praised by Booklist for their "hilarious, exquisitely painful, and utterly on-target depiction" of a boy's life.
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I've always been somewhat skeptical of mounds or berms in the garden. Unless done well they just look silly. Like you buried an elephant and then planted on top of it. I'm not claiming these are done well, but I don't mind them and the plants appreciate the extra drainage they provide.
This is how that same area looks now. The dead ones came out and new ones went in. Overall I'm quite happy with the success and not upset at the failures.
This Agave 'Royal Spine' has pride of place in the corner, it's not particularly hardy but I got it for a great price so I'm experimenting.
This is the second burial mound, photo taken last November and subsequent deaths noted.
The look of this entire area is so different now, with the looming privet gone and a couple other big plants dead.
Yes I lost an Agave gentryi 'Jaws', and yes I replaced it with another.
A pair of tiny Agave parryi 'JC Raulston' pups which made it through the winter.
I won't hesitate to dig it up if bad winter temperatures are predicted.
And last November, deaths noted. See what I meant about a pattern? There were some supposedly hardy variegated ones in there but they're all dead dead dead.
I do still need to spread compost mulch, or maybe I'll decide to use pea gravel like on the others. Either way don't look to close okay?
NOID Opuntia from T or C, New Mexico.
You are weathering those losses well and filling in with good plants always helps. There does seem to be a pattern with the variegated agaves not being as hardy and that's the same in south Texas. Odd that a cat would choose the agave but then A. bracteosa is not as prickly as some. We even need agave mounds in south Texas for those torrential rains we get between stretches of drought.
The evil cat did it's lodging back when I had burlap and reemay laid down to protect the plants from the freeze. I'm sure it was a nice soft place to rest, and in the sun too.
Looking at the "now" photos, you'd never know you lost so many plants. You did a great job filling in the gaps.
What is it with variegated agaves? Just a coincidence that you lost so many, or are they less hardy than they're non-variegated brethren? Going through the list of hardy agaves in my mind (well, the ones I can think of), none of them is variegated.
BTW, where did you find that Agave gracilipes? I've been looking for one for a long time.
And finally: I'm glad you got another Agave gentryi 'Jaws', What a beaut.
Thanks! And a lot of them were pups from plants (or friends plants) so there wasn't a huge cost associated. I do think the variegated ones are just less hardy, interesting eh?
The Agave gracilipes is from Cistus, do you want me to grab you one if they still have them the next time I'm there?
Love the "burial mound" moniker. My Agave mound certainly lives up to that name, with three of three kicking it last winter. Unlike you, I no longer have any Agaves.
Great info, danger! All of mine are always planted high and I think it's part of the success of any yucca/agave. Noted on the variegated agave. I had my agave medio picta alba and agave americana variegata survive in an unheated shed in front of a window but lost my planted agave americana variegata.
The new bed looks wonderful! I love it! And those perle von nurnberg echeveria are a nice seasonal touch. In sheltered areas echeveria agavoides 'lipstick' and echeveria glauca are worth trying. They both survived last winter for me.
Indeed Louis, anything we can do to increase the drainage here in the non-desert. I can't believe you had echeveria agavoides 'lipstick' and echeveria glauca live through last winter, that's amazing!
Yay for more agaves! Yours will be so big and beautiful in no time.
Those must have been swami cats looking for a bed of nails.
As you know, I'm big on berms, but I never look at them without chuckling over your comparison to elephant burial grounds.
That is a very nice view Loree! And had if not you mentioned about your losses last winter it would be easy to think that no replanting had to be done there.
Yay, that's a great compliment guys.
Everything looks great, even if some the changes resulted from deaths. Such is the nature of gardening. Grow, little grevillea, grow!
Sorry for your losses but you seem to be rebounding with aplomb! Your beds look great and your garden will be a highlight of the Fling!
Lookin' spiky and fab, no looking back, only onward!
Indeed, we are gardeners...we are tough!
Actually, I think I like your new additions and the new arrangements and combinations better. The mounds do seem like they'd be good for succulent drainage. Your garden beds look great!
Flawless. I'm still marveling at how different everything looks with the privet removed. I can't wait to see it in person!
It's beautiful in such a spiky, textural, colorful way. You have such great style!
I just love your garden !!!! It is my dream garden, alas I live in a cold country so no cactusgarden for me ! Have you ever tried covering your plants in Winter with fleece ? It keeps the rain out cos it is the rain that stands still at the bottom of your agave leafs that kill them in Winter. Fleece is very thin and lets air and light in and keeps the wet out and it is not expensive.
Thank you! Yes I have used the horticultural fleece for protection, but only in the cold/icy times not for regular winter protection. I'd miss actually seeing my plants! (but thank you for the advice).
Anything magical about your agave mound soil? Do you mix in any extra grit? I have a neighbor across the street with a large agave in her front yard (up in Bellingham).. People grow a lot of boring plants up here - very few zone 8 plants, maybe they all died (shrug).
I do! First off I saved up about a million (not quite) small rocks that I'd run across while digging elsewhere in the garden and used them to build up the area. Then I mixed in liberal amounts of pumice and/or gravel (depending on what I had around at the time) with native soil and a little potting soil. I also used larger (hand sized) rocks to anchor the edges to help keep the mounds from sliding away. How lucky are you that you have an agave across the street. Maybe you and your neighbor can start a cool plant revolution? So many people have no idea all the cool plants that are available to them.
I really enjoy the tapestry look you're able to pull off with your smaller specimens of agave. So many of those quickly grow to monster size here in Austin, under the Death Star, which they love, that we have to space them out much farther. While your winters may take a toll on them, perhaps it's worth the tradeoff in order to be able to use them as you do. It's really lovely.


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Casey O'Neill: So what's the story with hemp? (opinion)
By Opinion | March 14, 2019
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Editor's note: The following is an opinion column from our occasional columnist Casey O'Neill. If you'd like to take Mendocino County's hemp survey follow this link.
As a farmer born and raised in Mendocino County, I care about our communities and want to see us thrive. As an advocate for sensible cannabis regulation, I have often been frustrated by the complicated and expensive process that we have seen unfold. Many of the small farmers who participated in medicinal cannabis production during the past decades are now locked out of the new process, and this is of grave concern to the economic well-being of our area.
Casey O'Neill, the author, at his farm stand.
With the passage of the federal Farm Bill by Congress, hemp is roaring back into the national consciousness, meaning that it is worthwhile for farmers, and everyone, in Mendocino to take a close look at both the opportunity and the potential drawbacks to local hemp cultivation. Hemp is being produced for CBD content, which could provide an avenue for many of the traditional medicinal growers in our county, but there are also concerns around "pollen drift" and the grey nature of hemp regulations via different federal agencies (USDA for production, FDA for regulation of final products).
So now Mendo needs to decide: are we going to produce hemp in tandem with cannabis? or specialize in one? or is there another solution?
Mendocino County has put in place a 45 day moratorium on hemp planting while staff looks at the potential impacts. There are many different opinions about what should happen locally around hemp; and the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance Policy Committee is split on the issue and is not taking a position at this time. There remains a need for robust conversation around hemp and its potential for Mendocino County. This article is an attempt to stimulate that discussion, and I would love to see responses and further dialogue. (Comment below, or on Facebook)
As historical background, hemp was produced widely in the U.S. for food, fiber, fuel and medicine until prohibition was phased in during the 1930's. Hemp rope was in huge demand by U.S. Armed Forces (especially the Navy) but as synthetic rope production began to ramp up, large corporations like Dupont and Dow Chemical lobbied against it, as did the paper industry led by William Randolph Hearst. The history of cannabis prohibition is a sordid affair laced with dirty lobbying, racism and outright lies.
One result of this is that the cannabis plant has been divided into categories of hemp and psychoactive varietals based on the amount of THC found in the plant. Any plant with more than .3% THC does not qualify as hemp and is heavily regulated or prohibited. But it's important to note that this classification is a human-invented division within the one single plant species.
Hemp can be grown for food, fiber, fuel or medicine. The biggest issue cited with hemp production in an area that is known for psychoactive cannabis production, is the potential for cross-pollination with cannabis crops; because psychoactive varietals are grown as sinsemilla (from the Spanish for "without seed"), pollen drift from hemp farms could pose a catastrophic detriment to cannabis producers. Drift is common with fiber crops because both male and female plants produce the same fibers. Drift is inherent to hemp seed production for food because pollination must occur in order to make the seed.
When we talk about hemp for cannabinoid production, a different scenario emerges in terms of pollen drift. Hemp production to produce the cannabinoid CBD is a dominant force right now, and the female plants produce far higher volumes of CBD than do male plants. The bottom line is that for CBD hemp producers, male plants aren't desirable except for breeding, just like with more psychoactive varieties of the plant.
There are many medicine makers here in Mendocino who produce whole-plant medicine that would qualify as hemp because of the low amounts of THC (less than .3%) in the high-CBD varietals that have been bred here over the last decade. Many of these same medicine makers are locked out of the regulated cannabis market because of the massive costs and heavy regulatory burden.
There remains a significant grey area in the sale of hemp-based CBD, and the regulations are shifting. CBD hemp can be found in many local stores, often produced by large, industrial-ag conglomerates. These crops are often contaminated with pesticides and contain low-quality cannabinoids. Because hemp is generally produced on industrial scale, the question remains "is it possible for CBD hemp to be an avenue for small producers"?
As we are seeing with other forms of herbal medicine production, there is a market niche for high-quality products grown with good practices and harvested, dried and cured to produce quality products. The Mendocino Herb Guild is doing amazing work in building coalition around herbal medicine and working towards a future of localized herbal medicine production. There could be a strong niche for local CBD production that could accent the Mendocino reputation for quality, small-batch products. I don't know whether or not this idea is possible, but I think it bears looking into.
Casey O'Neill co-operates HappyDay Farms, a DemPure Certified vegetable and cannabis farm in Mendocino County. You can find his radio show on podcast at HappyDay Farms Farm and Reefer Report on iTunes or Soundcloud. HappyDay Farms' website: www.happydayfarmscsa.com
2 thoughts on "Casey O'Neill: So what's the story with hemp? (opinion)"
Gerasimos Christoforatos on March 18, 2019 at 12:13 AM said:
well said bro!
Willie Caso-Mayhem on April 1, 2019 at 7:03 PM said:
i didnt know mendo had a reputation for quailty. i dont think anyone outside of mendo knew that
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Hale, John Parker
John Parker Hale
Bowdoin College, ME
Free Soil
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Jackson Administration (1829-37)
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Johnson Administration (1865-69)
John Parker Hale (Congressional Biographical Directory)
HALE, John Parker, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Rochester, Strafford County, N.H., March 31, 1806; received preparatory education at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1827; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Dover, N.H.; member, State house of representatives 1832; appointed by President Andrew Jackson as United States attorney in 1834, and was removed by President John Tyler in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); refused to vote for the annexation of Texas, although instructed to do so by the State legislature, which then revoked his renomination; elected as a Free Soil candidate to the United States Senate in 1846 and served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1853; unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States on the Free Soil ticket in 1852; again elected to the Senate in 1855 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles G. Atherton; reelected in 1859 and served from July 30, 1855, to March 3, 1865; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses), Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-eighth Congress); appointed Minister to Spain 1865-1869; returned to Dover, N.H., and died there November 19, 1873; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery.
"Hale, John Parker," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=h000034.
08/03/1859 08/03/1859 Amid great ceremony, the cornerstone is laid for the National Monument at Plymouth Rock
01/24/1862 01/24/1862 The U.S. Senate votes 38-1 to confirm Noah Haynes Swayne of Ohio to the U.S. Supreme Court
04/15/1865 04/15/1865 Vice-President Andrew Johnson takes the oath as seventeenth President of the United States
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03/09/1859 Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Union of the South," March 9, 1859
10/28/1859 Baltimore (MD) Sun, "More Harper's Ferry Disclosures," October 28, 1859
11/03/1859 Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Tenderly Sensitive," November 3, 1859
12/23/1859 Newark (OH) Advocate, "Mr. Douglas and the Presidency," December 23, 1859
10/28/1860 New York Herald, "Helper and His Black Republican Endorsers," October 28, 1860
02/08/1861 Newark (OH) Advocate, "Abolition Threat of John P. Hale," February 8, 1861
John Parker Hale, detail
Sewell, Richard H. John P. Hale and the Politics of Abolition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965.
Sewell, Richard H. "John P. Hale and the Liberty Party, 1847-1848." New England Quarterly 37, no. 2 (June 1964): 200-223.
How to Cite This Page: "Hale, John Parker," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/11536.


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Community composting comes with a host of challenges, most notably, the collection of food scraps. San Diego, Chula Vista, Encinitas, and Vista are the only cities in the county that allow community scale composting, but local jurisdictions each have their own regulations with regard to the collection of "solid waste", which includes food scraps. Most cities in the County of San Diego have an exclusive franchise agreement with waste haulers, preventing any other entity to pick up and move waste, including food scraps for composting.
"The journey so far has been riddled with heartache. It hasn't been easy at all. For the first several years we were a policy loophole. We knew we were doing the right thing but we didn't know if we were legal," explained Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, executive director of Inika Small Earth, who launched Food2Soil the day after Thanksgiving in 2015, when she picked up her first ten buckets of kitchen scraps from Ironside Fish & Oyster in Little Italy and took them to Juniper Front Community Garden for composting. "We tend to not look at the roadblocks in our way and instead focus on finding detours around these roadblocks to find lasting solutions."
Chefs, farmers, businesses, and individuals who participate in the Food2Soil program share the belief that waste is a resource that has intrinsic social, environmental and economic value. Members of the Soil Farmer program self-haul their food scraps to a Soil Farmer who earns an income by processing the scraps into compost. "I'm really proud of what we've accomplished here," Boltwala-Mesina said. "With every bucket we pick up we want to develop the capacity to process close by."
Community composting has only recently gained widespread interest, and around the US, it's largely been a hauling solution that provides a different channel for the food scraps to be transported, but does nothing to facilitate the processing of those scraps. Food2Soil has realized that scaling is conditioned on the convenience of the drop off hub. "We are very careful about how we expand our network," she said. "We have enough examples out there to show that odors and pests are really not issues at drop-off sites, so they can be at cafes or anywhere that property owners are willing to allow us to place a locked cart."
Despite the incredible potential for waste reduction, community composters in the State of California are still considered outlaws due to franchise agreements cities have in place with large waste haulers. Even in instances where haulers don't offer composting services for food waste, many city officials will not allow the Soil2Farmer program to operate. "I think everyone's waiting to see what happens in 2021," said Boltwala-Mesina. "Many cities are renegotiating their exclusive franchise agreements with their haulers this year, and CalRecycle has provided a model franchise agreement tool. The language in the Model Franchise Agreement and Model Mandatory Organic Waste Reduction Ordinance includes community scale composting activities, thus allowing jurisdictions a lot of flexibility to make provisions for these activities."
Elimination of policy roadblocks would allow Food2Soil and other community scale composters in the state and across the nation to focus on public education, composting best practices, and soil regeneration, instead of politics. "Food2Soil aims to be the Airbnb of community composting—a network so expansive that anyone can find a place to drop off their food scraps and Soil Farmers can earn an income accepting food scraps and building compost," Boltwala-Mesina explained. "We envision a network where every zip code has a drop-off location, and compost is built where food is consumed."
Boltwala-Mesina believes that the more expansive the network, the more opportunities there are for educational experiences. Thanks to the decentralized nature of the Food2Soil collective, local collection and processing of food scraps facilitates community interaction, knowledge sharing, and knowledge discovery and the program thrives on the creativity and autonomy of the Soil Farmers. "Our relationship with waste reveals underlying class issues with waste. There is this idea that someone else needs to do the dirty work for us," she said. "Drop-offs allow people to take ownership of their waste. And a significant number of people want to participate in the solution."
Sarah Boltwala-Mesina
Inika Small Earth | Website
Sarah Boltwala-Mesina is the Executive Director at Inika Small Earth, a San Diego based nonprofit operating neighborhood composting programs. Sarah started small in 2015, picking up kitchen scraps from Ironside Fish & Oyster after Thanksgiving, later growing to serve large restruants and over 150 households across the county.
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        super({ content: `<canvas></canvas><div id="content"><slot></slot></div>` + css });
    }

    static get elementName() {
        return "magnon-star-container";
    }

    static get propertyAttributes() {
        return {
            bool: ["parallax"]
        };
    }

    contentReady() {
        this._mobile = navigator.userAgent.match(/(Mobile|Android|Phone|Touch|Tablet)/i);

        this._canvas = this.root.querySelector("canvas");
        this._ctx = this._canvas.getContext("2d");

        this._stars = [];
        for (let i = 0; i < stars; i++) {
            this._stars[i] = new Star(Math.random(), 0, 0, this._mobile ? 1 : 0);
            this._stars[i].randomYZ();
        }

        this.mouseX = this.mouseY = -Infinity;
        this.width = this.height = -Infinity;

        window.addEventListener("mousemove", e => {
            const { top, left } = this._canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
            this.mouseX = (e.clientX - left) / this.width;
            this.mouseY = (e.clientY - top) / this.height;
        });

        this._animate();

        if (this._mobile) {
            window.addEventListener("resize", () => this._animate());
            window.addEventListener("load", () => this._animate());
        }
    }

    _animate() {
        const ctx = this._ctx;
        const ratio = window.devicePixelRatio;
        const { width: realWidth, height: realHeight, top } = this._canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
        this.width = realWidth * ratio;
        this.height = realHeight * ratio;

        this._canvas.width = this.width;
        this._canvas.height = this.height;

        const useParallax = !this._mobile && this.parallax;

        const mouseYoff = useParallax ? top / this.height : 0;
        const drawYoff = useParallax ? -top : 0;

        ctx.clearRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);

        this._stars.forEach(s => {
            s.update(this.mouseX, this.mouseY + mouseYoff, this.width, this.height);
            s.draw(ctx, this.width, this.height, drawYoff);
        });

        if (!this._mobile) requestAnimationFrame(() => this._animate());
    }
}

class Star {
    constructor(x, y, z, a) {
        this.x = x;
        this.y = y;
        this.z = z;

        this.sizeMultiplier = 1;

        this.color = [60, 250, 166, a];
    }

    randomYZ() {
        this.y = Math.random();
        this.z = Math.random() + 0.1;
    }

    update(mx, my, w, h) {
        if (this.color[3] < 1) this.color[3] += 0.01;

        const a = this.x - mx;
        const b = this.y - my;
        const distanceToMouse = Math.sqrt(a * a + b * b);

        if (distanceToMouse < reactionDistance) {
            const newColor = [61, 250, 166];
            const value = (-distanceToMouse + reactionDistance) / reactionDistance;

            for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                this.color[i] = Math.round(255 - value * (255 - newColor[i]));
            }

            this.sizeMultiplier = 1 + value * 2;
        } else {
            for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) this.color[i] = 255;
            this.sizeMultiplier = 1;
        }

        this.x -= starSpeed * this.z;
        if (this.x < -starSize / w) {
            this.x = 1 + starSize / w;
            this.velX = this.velY = 0;
            this.randomYZ();
        }
    }

    draw(ctx, w, h, yoff) {
        const drawSize = starSize * this.z * this.sizeMultiplier;
        const halfSize = drawSize / 2;

        const colorString = `rgba(${this.color[0]}, ${this.color[1]}, ${this.color[2]}, ${this.color[3]})`;
        const x = this.x * w - halfSize;
        const y = this.y * h - halfSize + yoff;

        ctx.fillStyle = colorString;
        ctx.fillRect(x, y, drawSize, drawSize);
    }
}

MagnonStarContainer.init();

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https://apnews.com/article/c25db0d6b1114aacbbd72ccbb1ba449e
Family of cyclist killed by distracted deputy gets $12M
May 30, 2018 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County will pay $11.75 million to the family of a prominent entertainment attorney struck and killed by a sheriff's deputy who was distracted by his cruiser's on-board computer.
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the settlement in the wrongful-death lawsuit brought by relatives of Milton Olin Jr., the Daily News reported.
Olin, a 65-year-old attorney and former chief operating officer of the online file-sharing service Napster, was cycling in a bike lane in Calabasas in 2013 when he was hit. He died at the scene after landing on the patrol car's windshield and shattering the glass.
Prosecutors declined to file charges against Deputy Andrew Wood, a 16-year department veteran, after concluding he was acting within the course of his duties when typing into his car's computer. Wood had been responding to a deputy's inquiry about whether a fire investigation had been completed.
An internal probe found Wood violated sheriff's policies and the department imposed unspecified discipline on him, according to the newspaper.
More than a year after the collision, the Sheriff's Department implemented its first explicit restrictions on in-car computers, including eliminating their use for administrative tasks. Previously, only general directives were issued on safe driving, including the need to employ defensive driving techniques to prevent a collision and avoid operating vehicles "in an unsafe or negligent manner," the Daily News said.
The victim's widow, Louise Olin, launched the Milt Olin Foundation in 2014 in an effort to end distraction-related deaths and injuries around the country.
Information from: (Los Angeles) Daily News, http://www.dailynews.com


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Q: MediaWiki: How to create a section for the parent page in a template? I use a template to include a special box in some of my sites. After the template code there is some content, that visually belongs to the box created by the temaplte. Now I want to make it easier to edit the content of the resulting box.
My idea was to add an 'edit' link to the top right of the box, that opens the editor with only the content of this box. As headlines automatically create sections, I tried adding one to the template. But this only created an edit link for the template itself.
How can I make the template create a new 'section' in the parent page itself?

A: You can't. The edit link will point to page which has the section code in its wikitext (directly, not included). The usual method is to have the template include some subpage, and point the edit link to that subpage.
Simple version
Template:

Stuff in a box ([{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/stuff|action=edit}} edit])

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When you place this template on page Foo, it will include the subpage Foo/stuff (third line, see here for explanation of FULLPAGENAME) and show an edit link to it (second line, see here for fullurl).
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CGA Update Volume 25
Update on Justice Committee Hearings
Bill C-218 was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights by an overwhelming vote of 303-15. The first two days of hearings took place on February 23 and 25 and committee members heard from several witnesses including CGA President & CEO Paul Burns, Responsible Gambling Council CEO Shelley White, Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority President & CEO Zane Hansen, and UNIFOR President Jerry Dias.
All witnesses emphasized the need for regulation of single-event sports betting.
Additional Hearings
Additional hearing days are set for March 9 and 11. Stakeholders have the opportunity to submit written letters or briefs and details are available below.
Excerpts From Industry Testimony
Mr. Burns:
It is only through the regulation of this activity that we can bring it out of the shadows, where it currently operates, and into the light, where we can ensure that proper player protections are available and enforced.
In closing, the sentiments by all stakeholders is this legislation is long overdue. Only by regulating single-sports betting can we be sure players are protected, funds are returned to the provinces in which they're generated, and Canadian businesses have an opportunity to grow and renew their revenue streams.
Ms. White:
RGC believes it's in the best interest of Canadians and Canadian society as a whole that Bill C‑218 should be passed.
The good news is that we don't need to recreate the wheel. Most of the standards already exist and are in place in land-based gambling, and we also have the benefit of lessons learned from other jurisdictions.
Mr. Hansen:
[Regulated single-event sports betting] also protects the interests of our customers. As regulated operators, we make sure our customers are well-informed on the games we provide and the integrity of the game is preserved. So, as legal operators we are held to high standards of accountability in areas such as industry regulation, responsible gaming and processing of financial transactions. I think it would improve that whole area.
Mr. Dias:
In other words, in reality, Bill C-218 isn't about bringing single-game sports betting to Canada. It's about creating a legal framework that will establish a legal and regulated and sports betting market in Canada, which would in turn increase consumer protections, help support responsible gaming measures, and protect the integrity of the sports themselves.
It goes without saying that revenues generated in illicit, illegal, underground black market gaming operations does nothing to contribute to good jobs for workers in Canada.
Full copies of remarks made by Mr. Burns and Ms. White are available.
How to Submit Letters & Briefs
To submit letters or briefs to the Committee please refer to the Guide for Submitting Briefs to House of Commons Committees.
Contact information for the Clerk of the Justice Committee:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/JUST/Contact
The deadline for submitting a written submission on C-218 to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights is March 11, 2021 at 4:00pm ET.


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I've recently rebuilt my development machine and downloaded my solution from the source repository, and Visual Studio gave me this error the first time I tried to compile.
The error is pretty informative – CSP stands for 'Cryptographic Service Provider', and the message is telling me that it can't import a private-key/public-key pair file called magellanicKey.pfx. That's because my new machine doesn't have any records of what password is required for this key file. Since VS expects to be able to import the file but can't, we get an error.
This is an easy problem to solve using sn.exe, the Microsoft Strong Name Utility.
(Note that the long string beginning with 'VS_KEY_88…' is only relevant for my machine – you will have to use the specific value from your error message, so don't just copy and paste the command above because it won't work).
After I run this command, I'm challenged for the key file's password- I enter the password, hit enter, and the key pair is successfully installed on my new machine. I can now compile the project through Visual Studio without error.
[*] Side note: Actually, avoiding the CA2210 warning isn't the main reason that I strongly name my assemblies. The main reason is that when people use my assemblies, I want them to be sure that the assembly has come from me (and hasn't been tampered with). Another good reason not to use weakly named assemblies is that they can only be used in weakly named projects – another way of saying this is that strongly named projects cannot use weakly named assemblies, so by leaving your assembly as weakly named, you might unwittingly be causing a problem for your customers. Finally, strongly named assemblies can live in the GAC if necessary – weakly named assemblies cannot. There's a great article on O'Reilly if you want to read more about strong naming, and another one here on MSDN.


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Did 'The Walking Dead' Just Hint at Future Villains, the Whisperers?
Season 8 finale might have slyly shown off its next set of bad guys
Phil Hornshaw | April 15, 2018 @ 8:59 PM	Last Updated: April 16, 2018 @ 7:53 PM
(Note: This post contains spoilers for the Season 8 finale of "The Walking Dead.")
"The Walking Dead" finally produced the showdown fans have been waiting for between Rick and Negan, bringing an end to the "All-Out War" story.
The final battle between Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) saw Rick finally coming out victorious and deposing the Saviors. Although Rick and Negan didn't kill each other, it does mean that going into Season 9 there's no clear villain for Rick and his crew to fight against.
Also Read: 'The Walking Dead' Finale: What Exactly Was Negan's Plan to Trap Rick?
The finale did hint at potential conflict brewing between Rick and his people — specifically, Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan). But it might also have suggested a new group of baddies that appeared in the comics and, up to now, haven't shown up in the show.
That faction of bad guys is known as the Whisperers. They're unique among the villainous factions in "The Walking Dead" comics. Rather than living in walled colonies or outposts like Alexandria or the Sanctuary, the Whisperers have adapted to life among the walkers. They disguise themselves as the dead and live among the herd, using them as an army and as protection. They're called "the Whisperers" because they never speak louder than a whisper so as to stay hidden among the zombies.
The Season 8 finale might have suggested that the Whisperers are near. Before the final battle with Negan, Rick and his crew of fighters spotted a massive herd of walkers — bigger than anything they'd ever seen before. Rick remarked that things were changing in their world. He'd be right if that herd was actually the home to a brutal group of new enemies, hidden among the dead.
Also Read: Did 'The Walking Dead' Finale Just Set Up Maggie as the Next Big Villain?
There's another potential hint about the Whisperers hidden in the episode, as well. As Rick and his team head to the battle, they pass a series of fence posts. While these might just be the remnant of an old fence, they may also be a marker placed by the Whisperers. In the comics, the Whisperers use posts and pikes to mark their territory against intruders. It's possible Rick just stumbled onto their border.
The Whisperers wear the skins and faces of the dead in order to blend in, and they're pretty brutal in general. When they encounter the Alexandrians in the comics, the Whisperers cut off a few heads and plant them on pikes to warn Rick and his people to stay out of their territory. Eventually, there's a huge war between Rick and his people and the Whisperers.
It seemed like the TV version of "The Walking Dead" meant to skip the Whisperers entirely, though. For one thing, a big part of the Whisperers story in the comics is Carl (Chandler Riggs), who isn't dead in the comics but is on the TV show. In the comics, Carl strikes up a relationship with Lydia, the daughter of Whisperers leader Alpha. Without Carl, the Whisperers story would have to change significantly.
Also Read: 'Walking Dead' Finale: Rick Failed Carl, and Doesn't Deserve the Moral High Ground (Commentary)
There's also that helicopter that kept showing up in Season 8, and Georgie (Jayne Atkinson), who offered to give knowledge to the Hilltop in exchange for music and other amenities. Those elements seem to hint at another faction from the comics: the Commonwealth, a settlement Rick's people discover only after their war with the Whisperers.
So it's a bit of a toss-up where the show is headed next, especially with Maggie and Daryl hinting they might try to overthrow Rick, something that's not in the comics. But with Negan still alive (something that does happen in the comics), it's possible the show is still setting up the Whisperers. Negan has a big role to play in the war, and it forces him and Rick to grudgingly work together. That would make sense for a future arc for the fan-loved, and fan-hated, bad guy of Season 8.
'The Walking Dead' Surprises: 26 Times the TV Show Has Strayed From the Comics
"The Walking Dead" generally follows the path of the graphic novel series on which it's based, but the AMC hit has often changed things up. Here are 26 times the show took a meaningful diversion from the story that "Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman laid out on paper, through the next-to-last episode of season 8.
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta didn't even figure in the comics, but the season 1 finale of the show featured a pit stop there. The last remaining staffer, Dr. Edwin Jenner, explained to our "heroes" that everyone living is infected with the virus to some degree, so that no matter how they die they'll resurrect as a walker.
Daryl (Norman Reedus) and his brother Merle (Michael Rooker) aren't even in the comics. Merle died in seasom 3, but Daryl has remained a main character and fan favorite since the start of the show.
On the show, Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) died giving birth to her daughter, Judith, during season 3, but in the comics Lori survived Judith's birth -- though she and Judith end up being killed when the Governor raids the prison.
RV owner Dale Horvath (Jeffrey DeMunn) dies during season 2 on the show but survived much longer in the comics, eventually being bitten by walker and then partially eaten by cannibals (infecting them with his "tainted meat").
On the show, Bob Stookey (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) lasts longer than he does in the comics -- he ends up being the "tainted meat" the cannibals ate instead of the long-deceased Dale.
The comic version of Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) was killed by sheriff's son Carl (Chandler Riggs) very early on, before the group even makes it out of Atlanta. But on the show, Shane made it to the end of season 2, and Carl's dad Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is the one who takes him out.
The Governor (David Morrissey) chopped off one of Rick's hands in the comic, but our hero remains stubbornly two-handed on the show.
Lizzie and Mika were actually gender-swapped versions of their comic book characters, Ben (in place of Lizzie) and Billy (Mika). In the comics after Ben kills Billy, Carl is the one who kills Ben. On the show it's Carol who puts down the psychopathic Lizzie.
In the comic, Tyreese (Chad Coleman) had a daughter who entered into a suicide pact with her boyfriend, Chris. The pact didn't go as planned, though -- the two were planning to shoot each other at the same time but Chris fired early and came away unharmed. Until Tyreese dismembered him, anyway. On the show his only family is Sasha, who was created for the show.
The TV version of Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) is middle-aged and timid, the victim of prolonged domestic abuse -- before coming out of her shell and developing into a powerful character. But in the graphic novels, Carol is much younger and her husband never abused her. And she tries to have a threesome with Rick and Lori.
On the show, Shane injures ranch hand Otis (Pruitt Taylor Vince) and leaves him to be eaten by walkers. In the comic, though, Otis isn't killed until walkers invade the prison later on in the story.
Tomas (Nick Gomez) only appears on the TV series, but he serves the same function as Dexter from the comics, letting walkers into the prison enclave before being killed by Rick for doing so.
Andrea (Laurie Holden) is killed in the season 3 finale of the show after the Governor arranges for her to be bitten by a walker, though Andrea shoots herself before she can turn. In the comic, Andrea only just recently died, at a point in the story that is well past where the show has gotten.
Hershel had many children in the comics, but Beth was not one of them. None of the Greene kids in the comics directly correlates to Beth -- though the closest would be Billy Greene, a teenager who is killed when Woodbury folks attack the prison.
Beth's entire time at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, likewise, is completely original to the show.
In the comics, Jessie Anderson only had one son, Ron, but in the show she had two: Ron and Sam.
The circumstances under which Jessie and her family died were different in the show as well. In both versions they, along with Rick and Carl, were navigating a walker horde while smeared in walker blood. In the comics this gambit simply failed, but on the show their deaths occurred because Sam had a nervous breakdown when he spotted a child walker.
The circumstances under which Sherry left Dwight to become one of Negan's wives was changed on the show. In the comics she married Negan in hopes of making life easier for the two of them. On the show, she agreed to marry Negan when he was about to kill Dwight for going AWOL.
The reason Negan burned Dwight's face was also different in the comics than the show. In the book, Negan burned Dwight for sleeping with Sherry after the left him for Negan. On the show, Sherry agreed to marry Negan so he'd spare Dwight, but Negan burned him with the hot iron anyway.
Negan killed Glenn in the season 7 premiere, as he also did in the comics. But the show faked us out first by having Negan also kill Abraham. In the comics, Abraham was killed by another of the Saviors, Dwight, before the confrontation with Negan happened.
In season 7 of the show, Richard was killed by Morgan as revenge -- Richard had carried out a plan to start a war between the Kingdom and the Saviors, but all it accomplished was getting the teenager Benjamin killed. In the comics, however, Benjamin was shot and killed by one of the Saviors during a big battle in the war that the show hadn't gotten to yet.
In season 7, Eugene has become a turncoat against Rick and Alexandria, becoming a willing collaborator with the Saviors after being captured. In the books, however, Eugene was captured by the Saviors only after Alexandria went to war with them -- and he refused to help them at all while in captivity.
After the attack on the Sanctuary, a different person is left behind on the show and the comics. In the Season 8 premiere of the show, after the battle ends and the walkers invade, Father Gabriel is the only one of Rick's party who gets trapped there -- in the comics, it was Holly who ends up trapped in Sanctuary after the battle.
In the Season 8 mid-season finale, we discovered that Carl has been bitten by a walker, and then he died in the next episode. In the comics to date, which the show is not close to catching up to, Carl remains alive, making this one of the biggest departures from the comics the show has ever done.
Out of nowhere, in the second half of season 8 a woman named Georgie showed to to give the Hilltop a book explaining how to build mills and aqueducts and stuff. This character has never been in the comics at all, but she does look oddly like the leader of a comics faction called the Commonwealth that the show isn't even close to getting to yet. Or is it?
Simon, Negan's second in command until the next-to-last episode of season 8, is original to the show and took the story of the Saviors completely off its comic book rails. The war with the Saviors in the comics ends with the battle at the Hilltop -- which Simon led instead of Negan on the show and which ended in a stalemate instead of being the decisive fight. Simon's attempted coup is also original to the show.
The show doesn't always stick with the story as told in the comics it's adapting (SPOILERS)
'The Walking Dead' Finale: What Exactly Was Negan's Plan to Trap Rick?
By Phil Hornshaw | April 15, 2018 @ 8:18 PM
Did 'The Walking Dead' Finale Just Set Up Maggie as the Next Big Villain?
By Phil Owen | April 15, 2018 @ 8:08 PM
'The Walking Dead' Finale Pulls a Fast One on Fans: 'I Just Peed Myself a Little!'
'Walking Dead': We Really Need to Talk About Jadis and that Helicopter
By Phil Owen | April 1, 2018 @ 7:15 PM