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European Network Meeting in Estonia
Three EuroPeersrepresented the UK at the 4th European Network Meeting at the beginning of September which was held in a scenic town of Viljandi, Estonia.
We shared our experiences, met with other youngsters from all over Europe and got a first glimpse of the newly launched European Solidarity Corps.
We will keep in touch with our fellow EuroPeers and we hope to see them soon!
One of the UK participants, Rebeka, reported:
I have learnt a lot and taken as much as I could out of it! I'm very grateful for the chance to be a part of EuroPeersbecause I feel it's so important despite the politics and the unknowns of the future. We still should keep our friendships open for the generations to come so with that I thank all and everything you have achieved to be able to create such a life-changing project for people like me.
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David Price's reported argument with Hall of Famer leaves Red Sox 'disturbed'
Mark Townsend
Yahoo Sports Contributor
Big League Stew July 1, 2017, 1:32 AM UTC
David Price's time in Boston has been defined more by controversy and disappointment than success. That troubling trend apparently continued on the team's flight from Boston to Toronto late Thursday, where it's reported Price engaged in a heated exchange with Hall of Fame pitcher and current Red Sox television analyst Dennis Eckersley.
According to the Boston Globe, the incident was confirmed Friday by team sources. It's also noted that members of the team's brass were "disturbed" by the incident as it continues a trend of unacceptable behavior by Price.
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When asked before Friday's game, Eckersley gave the standard no comment. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and team president Sam Kennedy were similarly tight-lipped as they are presumably in the process of collecting and sorting out the details.
Some have speculated the incident stems from Eckersley calling out Price for forgetting to cover first base on a play during Thursday's game against Minnesota, which Price won by throwing seven innings of three-run ball.
If that were true, Price's motives would be questionable at best as Eckersley's criticism was considered fair and honest. "I've done it. It happens," the Hall of Fame pitcher concluded.
Of Price not covering first, Eck said, "He's just watching. Look at that. That is a major, major mistake. … I've done it. It happens." https://t.co/n9tL5dgAqE
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The matter is expected to be handled behind closed doors, but there's already been enough buzz created that the media and the fans are going to demand more answers. That's especially true now that a pattern of discontent and confrontational behavior has been established on Price's side.
As the Globe story notes, Price is known to have confronted Comcast Sports New England baseball writer Evan Drellich earlier this season. That was over a series of critical but fair tweets that were considered harmless by most.
Price has also taken issue with Red Sox fans, going on record to state he's had numerous racial taunts directed at him at Fenway Park. In that instance, he's had the backing of other MLB players who say they've heard similar taunts in Boston.
That Price has now reportedly taken issue with Eckersley, who's won a World Series title, been elected to the Hall of Fame, and who's earned the respect of the fans and his peers, has left many to question Price's mindset and overall demeanor.
Has Price always been justified in speaking out, particularly in his confrontations with members of the media? Or might it be that he's overly sensitive and easily distracted?
The jury is still out on that issue, but it's one both Price and the Red Sox might have to be more up front with moving forward.
Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at bigleaguestew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
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Congress Is Taking Fresh Look At Fusion GPS Founder's Testimony
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Chuck Ross Investigative Reporter
Congressional investigators are taking a new look at Glenn Simpson's testimony
Simpson founded Fusion GPS and testified "a human source from inside the Trump organization" provided information to the FBI
Sources close to Fusion GPS backpedaled from Simpson's statement
Congressional investigators are taking a fresh look at testimony provided in 2017 by Glenn Simpson, the founder of the opposition firm that commissioned the Steele dossier.
In particular, investigators are looking at Simpson's claim in an Aug. 22 interview that he had learned from dossier author Christopher Steele that the FBI had corroborated parts of the dossier with information from a source within President Donald Trump's campaign.
Simpson, who runs Fusion GPS, told the panel that "a human source from inside the Trump organization" had provided information to the FBI that backed up some of the dossier. The person was "someone like us who decided to pick up the phone and report something," he said.
Sources close to Fusion GPS quickly backpedaled from Simpson's statement when a transcript of his testimony was released in January.
The sources told news outlets Simpson was mistaken. There was no mole inside the Trump campaign. Instead, he was referring to George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser whose encounter with an Australian diplomat in May 2016 was reportedly the catalyst for the FBI's counterintelligence investigation. The diplomat, Alexander Downer, reportedly claimed that Papadopoulos discussed Russian dirt on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (RELATED: Revelations From Fusion GPS Founder's Testimony)
The Senate Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee are looking again at Simpson's claims and questioning whether he was actually telling the truth during his testimony last summer.
One indication that Simpson's initial testimony was accurate is a letter his lawyer sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee in January, shortly after the release of Simpson's interview transcript.
"Mr. Simpson stands by his testimony," Joshua Levy, the lawyer for Fusion, wrote to the committee on Jan. 18. The lawyer had been asked in a Jan. 11 letter whether Simpson's testimony about the secret source was a mischaracterization, as news reports claimed.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is also revisiting the Simpson testimony.
"Glenn Simpson said that in what was closed testimony. Then it became public. Now he's confirmed that he was telling Congress the truth, which is probably a good idea," California Rep. Devin Nunes said on "Fox & Friends" Tuesday. "We believe he was telling the truth. And what we're trying to do is get the documents to figure out — did they actually have, what methods were used to open this counter intelligence investigation?" (RELATED: Devin Nunes Claims Trump Campaign Might Have Been Set Up)
"I think if the campaign was somehow set up, I think that would be a problem. Right? If they were somehow meetings that occurred and all of this was a setup," Nunes, a Republican, added. "Because we have yet to see any credible evidence or intelligence that led to the opening of this investigation."
Andrew McCarthy, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, wrote Saturday in National Review that he now believes Simpson's initial testimony was not a mistake. McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor, thinks Simpson realized the significance of his statement and walked it back after the testimony was released.
McCarthy noted the heated battle between the House Intelligence Committee and the Justice Department over documents related to a top-secret FBI and CIA source whose existence was revealed on May 8. The source, who is American, has provided information about the Trump campaign to the special counsel's office, The Washington Post reported.
The DOJ is resisting efforts to provide information about the source, saying that doing so would endanger their life.
Levy did not respond to a request for comment.
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How background checks on popular dating apps and websites work
1. Match Group
2. Badoo
4. AdultFriendFinder
5. MenNation
7. Happn
9. Eharmony
10. Grindr
The state of love since the COVID-19 pandemic began has shifted drastically, with mobile and online dating sites all reporting sharp increases in their usage.
OkCupid saw a 700% increase in dates from March to May 2020, Bumble video calls and Zoom-based dating in general increased exponentially, and Tinder recorded its highest number of swipes on one day at over 3 billion. That's a lot of love in the air.
Still, people only know what their potential paramour has revealed about themselves on a first date. In a perfect world, everyone tells the truth, but we know that's not always the case: One study found 81% of online daters misrepresented some aspect about themselves, be it height, weight, or age. While an inch or two is not going to hold most people back from true love, outright lies about their identity, relationship status, or criminal record might.
Further, there are crimes that have to do with matters of the heart on the apps themselves. "Tinder Swindler," a popular Netflix documentary, follows the true story of a man who allegedly conned $10 million from several women. While a single crime of this magnitude is unique, the amount is not—there is an epidemic of violence on dating apps. The Federal Trade Commission says phishing and dating scams on internet apps cost victims $304 million in 2020, double the amount of the previous year.
Historically, victims have only had police reports and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center to tell someone about these complex and often international crimes, so it makes sense more dating apps are taking background checks and user verification seriously—but not all do.
While dating online is full of hope and promise, there are measures you and the apps themselves must take to ensure your potential future soulmate is a person that you safely and securely spend time with.
With that in mind, Top10.com researched the background check and user verification processes for 10 of the internet's most popular dating apps and websites.
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Match Group includes a suite of dating brands with over 11 million paying users as of May 2021 that includes Tinder, Match, BlackPeopleMeet.com, OkCupid, Hinge, Pairs, Plenty of Fish, and OurTime.com.
The company announced in March 2021 a partnership with nonprofit background check technology Garbo, which was founded by a female survivor of gender-based violence. The app provides historical information about domestic violence and abuse to empower members to make more informed decisions about who they choose to meet.
Garbo doesn't include drug possession or traffic violation offenses since those affect marginalized groups disproportionately. Garbo says an upcoming app will be available for download, but for the time being, users can perform two searches for free if they have accounts with dating apps like Tinder.
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If you're a millennial woman with a cellphone, it's an unfortunate fact that you most likely have been sent a picture you didn't want to see. A 2017 survey from market research company YouGov found that more than half of millennial women have received a nude photo from a man; 78% of those women received an explicit image without their consent.
Badoo, with over 318 million users in 190 countries, combats this violation by using artificial intelligence to sense and automatically blur these images, with an option to unblur if the user wishes.
Badoo's terms of service also include the option to verify your profile picture to reduce the likelihood of catfishing. The app makes sure the person is legitimate by having users take an image in a unique pose to verify. Badoo also allows users to further verify using a phone number or social network account and marks verification on their profile with either a blue checkmark on a white background or a white checkmark on a blue background, depending on the levels of verification each user went through.
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With more than 100 million users as of 2020, Bumble is as popular as it is unique. The app takes a different approach to the old rules of dating by giving women the power to make the first move. The app only allows them to send the initial message to matches found on the site.
This main gimmick does not apply to LGBTQ+ dating: for queer relationships, it's anyone's ball game. Regardless, all messages will disappear if nobody replies or messages in the first 24 hours.
In addition, Bumble uses a combination of artificial intelligence and human-led monitoring systems to review accounts and messages for violations of their terms of service. These include imagery or language that discriminates against someone's race, ethnicity, disability, gender expression, and a range of other criteria.
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With over 8 million users worldwide, 2 million active weekly users, and a proclivity toward adult content, the dating and hookup app AdultFriendFinder is taking a different approach toward its terms of service. Since eroticism is part of the selling point, users are told they should expect to see adult themes and images, although AdultFriendFinder's terms of service restrict the posting of violent or offensive content on the app.
AdultFriendFinder also restricts unlawful content or imagery, or content that is harmful, threatening, abusive, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable—all to the discretion of moderators.
When it comes to background checks and criminal background screenings on users or members, AdultFriendFinder doesn't do it. In fact, they mention this fact three separate times in their terms of service, so users should take caution when sharing background information, photographs, and other identifying details.
AdultFriendFinder restricts unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, and other commercial solicitation in addition to restricting harassment, unwanted advances, and stalking. While users are to accept sole responsibility for their own interactions with other users, users have recourse to report account abuse via their website, and moderators are also looking out for abnormal behavior on the site.
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With more than 100 million users around the world including in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, MenNation is a website for gay men or couples looking for casual relationships. Although MenNation is one of the earliest gay dating sites, they say 900,000 new users still join every month.
MenNation is a sister site of AdultFriendFinder, meaning that if you are a man (or gay couple) seeking men on AdultFriendFinder, users on MenNation can search for queer men on AdultFriendFinder, so users should note this when signing up for either website. Users can also pay to be a gold member of MenNation, and as a premium user, you may opt out of receiving messages from free members, weeding out potential spam and phishing scams, common on gay adult-oriented websites.
As a sister site to AdultFriendFinder, they also state in their terms of service that they do not do background checks at all, warning that users are solely responsible for their interactions with other users.
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Upon joining the married dating website and app Ashley Madison, its over 70 million estimated users are greeted with very clear text: "Life is short. Have an affair." Ashley Madison makes its intentions known from the beginning. Upon first reading the terms of service, by accepting these terms members agree to be joining like-minded individuals with an "interest in the idea of monogamy not being the answer to everybody's problem," according to Paul Keable, Ashley Madison's chief strategy officer.
Because of the sensitivity around having an affair, whether consensually as a form of open marriage play or through conventional cheating on a monogamous partner, user verification and background checks are counterintuitive to the goal of Ashley Madison.
Because of this, users are allowed to sign up with brand new email addresses, and they are allowed to pay for the website through PayPal, credit card, or gift card remittance, making user interactions potentially totally anonymous. That is why on their FAQ page, Ashley Madison warns against sharing personal information publicly in your profile, pictures, or username.
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This next app takes the idea of missed connections and turns the concept on its head, making it a kind of dating game where anything can happen, so to speak. Since 2014, Happn has been a unique dating app in that it activates for its 100 million global members only if they are nearby each other in real life.
After passing each other, users will get an alert and gain access to others' profiles. If interested, they can click a little red heart on each profile. If both users' red hearts are tapped, they can then chat through the app. People are regularly interacting with potential love interests they may have physically seen before with Happn, differing from the typical way other dating apps and websites have traditionally worked.
Similar to Badoo, Happn users have the opportunity to certify their profiles by taking a video posing with unique head gestures, as instructed by the app. Happn then uses biometric data to compare the video to any user's profile photo. Once the user completes the process, the profile is certified on the app and receives a badge so others know the account has been verified.
This process is not required to use the app. While Happn claims noncertified profiles are not fake, they do not provide any additional background on whether a vetting process exists for noncertified profiles.
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Zoosk is a dating app website for those looking for love with service in over 80 countries and in 25 languages. With over 40 million members worldwide, Zoosk reaches far, and the organization even runs a blog showcasing engagements facilitated by the app.
When signing up for Zoosk, prospective users must agree that they are at least 18 years old, have no sexual criminal offenses on their records, and have not been previously suspended from Zoosk's services, among other requirements. New members are instructed not to publicly include telephone numbers, street addresses, social media, or other contact information in their profile to be publicly viewable for their protection.
Additionally, it suggests users shouldn't include their last name in their dating profile and use caution if they decide to share private information with other users. Zoosk also provides online dating safety tips for people new to dating online. Although, in those tips, it's suggested that users do their own research on potential suitors because Zoosk asserts it does not "routinely screen our members, inquire into the background of our members, attempt to verify information provided by our members, or conduct criminal screenings of our members."
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Easily one of the most well-known dating sites, 22-year-old eharmony prides itself as a leader in the online dating scene. Eharmony had more than 10 million users in 200 countries as of 2021, and eharmony has been known for facilitating successful relationships and eventual marriages through meeting fellow singles on the site.
In eharmony's terms of service, it's required that you are at least 18 years old to register and must be single or legally separated. In fact, eharmony further notes that if a prospective user is married and not separated, the user may not use its "Singles Service." This may help to dissuade users who aren't serious about finding monogamous relationships.
While other dating services have more lax rules about profile pictures, eharmony's terms of service require new users to upload clear photos of themselves, and it will reject images that are blurry or altered. They also suggest new users post recent photos only because, as they say, "No one wants to feel catfished." While the dating service does not conduct an official background check, it does provide users with an 80-question survey to narrow in on the specificity of the website's services.
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With over 13 million users in 192 countries worldwide, the dating app Grindr is where gay, bisexual, or bi-curious folks can meet others in the queer community seeking love or casual fun. Grindr works by showing profiles within an account holder's area using location-based data and organizing profiles by distance from the user.
This means those users can see where other users are in relation to them from "miles away," down to 100 feet. In the public sphere, it's mostly known as an app for gay men, but Grindr welcomes users of all gender identities, although, of their daily user base, most identify as cis gay men.
Grindr's terms of service require users at least 18 years old (or older in states and countries where the legal age of adulthood is higher, like in Japan or New Zealand) to join or view profiles on the app as adult images and themes are regularly shared.
Grindr notes in its terms of service that it does not conduct criminal or other background screenings of its users and doesn't verify the information users provide. This includes information about users' identity, health, or physical condition.
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Joseph Lamour is a writer, editor, and artist currently residing in the DC area. He most frequently writes about the social impact that entertainment and online culture have on the physical world, but has experience in tech reviews, food news, science and more. As a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, Joseph also does creative and art direction, graphic/web design, and illustration.
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The Superfast Northamptonshire project is promoting and securing investment in "next generation access" (NGA) pure fibre and fibre based broadband infrastructure which is capable of, at least, supporting superfast broadband services, but striving to maximise speed capability in support of full fibre and gigabit capable targets. It is investing in areas which otherwise would be unlikely to benefit from NGA broadband infrastructure.
Project targets - earlier years
Government previously set a national target of 95% superfast broadband (greater than 24mbps download speeds) coverage to be achieved by 31 December 2017. The target related to numbers of premises rather than geographical coverage. This national target was met, and in Northamptonshire, exceeded, reaching 97%. By the end of 2018, coverage had reached 98%. The superfast programme has made a significant impact, giving around 75,000 properties in Northamptonshire timely access to much faster broadband. Alongside this programme, local and national ambitions have been raised, with sights now firmly on future widespread gigabit capable networks (at least 1Gbps which is equal to 1000 Mbps) including full fibre networks.
In July 2018, the UK Government published the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review which set out a national, long-term strategy for digital connectivity. The UK government published a Digital Strategy addressing the main milestones for future broadband development throughout the UK. The UK has published a 5G Strategy, which sets out the Government's ambition to become a world-leading digital economy.
Current project targets - raising the ambition
In June 2018, the former County Council agreed new targets for the Superfast Northamptonshire project, focused on superfast (at least 30Mbps) and ultrafast (greater than 100Mbps) coverage. The ambition was raised again in 2020 and 2021, with additional and challenging targets for gigabit capable (at least 1Gbps which is equal to 1000 Mbps) and full fibre coverage. This represents a clear commitment to support local business and residents through access to the best digital connectivity available, and to boost economic performance in the county. Such connectivity will be crucial to support economic recovery in the post / living withCOVID-19 world.
Current Project Targets – Raising the ambition
Digital technologies have advanced more rapidly than any innovation in history. Early intervention from 2012 by the then Northamptonshire County Council, with government, to support 'superfast' broadband has been crucial for the economy by enabling widespread availability to digital technology which can enhance business performance and efficiency. It is also supporting home working, leisure, health care and environmental benefits, and access to learning. Digital connectivity needs have been brought into sharp focus with the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, digital creativity and innovation is driving ever increasing consumption of broadband capability and our local ambition recognises that full fibre and gigabit capable technology is crucial for future prosperity – and it's unlikely to end there.
Summary of current project targets
Year Local Targets (for the geography of North and West Northamptonshire) Government Targets for the UK
99% of premises in the county should have access to superfast broadband and 65% with ultrafast.
Achieved.
See targets for 2025 and 2033.
40% of premises should have access to full fibre and 75% of premises served by gigabit capable networks.
Gigabit capable broadband target achieved in December 2021, two years early
A minimum of 85% gigabit-capable coverage.
End 2028
80% of premises countywide should have access to full fibre broadband and 90% of premises countywide should have access to gigabit capable broadband.
Future years To achieve as close to 100% thereafter.
Project Targets – Earlier Years
Summary of project targets which have been achieved
Year Northamptonshire County Council Targets Government Targets for the UK
By end 2015
90% of premises in the county should have access to superfast broadband (>24Mbps). Target for early 2016.
By early 2016
Achieved in early 2015. 90% of premises in the UK should have access to superfast broadband.
End 2017
Local plans secured which reach 97% of premises. 95% of premises in the UK should have access to superfast broadband.
Better Broadband Scheme and Universal Service Obligation
Better Broadband Scheme
In addition to the superfast full fibre broadband targets, there was also a commitment to see basic broadband services of at least 2Mbps available to all premises. A Better Broadband subsidy scheme was launched by the former County Council in December 2015, as part of a national programme and closed in December 2019. This provided people who were suffering the lowest broadband speeds in the county (below 2Mbps) with the opportunity to take up faster services offered by a range of registered providers.
Universal Service Obligation (USO)
The Government has since agreed a Universal Service Obligation (USO) intended as a "safety net" to deliver broadband to those premises that do not have access to a decent and affordable connection.
For more information and eligibility criteria, please visit the Ofcom website.
The Superfast Northamptonshire project is working with suppliers to ensure that Northamptonshire is one of the best places (urban and rural) in the country for fast and reliable broadband connectivity. You can keep up to date on project progress on the Progress Overview page.
You can find out more about Next Generation Access (NGA) and the definitions of superfast and ultrafast broadband in the FAQs.


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I teach in a smaller inner city district. The district my high school is in has about 15,000 students. There is a lot of talk about education, shootings and school violence, but allow me to offer a glimpse inside the classroom from someone who has been there for years. After all, I'm the one dealing with the corruption, lack of safety, and absolutely no structure on a daily basis. I was told by a principal "If someone wants to come into your classroom and kill you than that's what he or she is going to do and there is nothing I can do about it." So here's the truth about public education, and before you start commenting, consider: what do you really know about schools in America? Schools have changed a considerable amount since the rise of social media. So before you go on a rant, try being a substitute teacher in a city school for a month. It will open your eyes.
The million-dollar question everyone is trying to figure out is who's to blame for school shootings. Well, look in the mirror, because most of us play a part. That's right — students, parents, superintendents, principals, the media and yes, even me as a teacher. One thing that is not to blame is the gun. As easily as it can take a life, it could save life. In case you haven't noticed, gun free zones don't work. If a person wants to commit an evil act, then rules don't matter.
Students are arguably the most to blame for school shootings. Notice that I didn't refer to them as kids or children. High school students are young adults and are only a few years away from us classifying them as adults. They are not innocent and can be held accountable for their actions, sometimes even being charged as an adult in certain cases. Students spend ungodly amounts of time on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Tinder. The amount of bullying that happens on these platforms is enough to drive someone to madness. Some students are bullied so much that they are taken out of school, or take matters in to their own hands.
Bullying is used a lot in our culture. The bullying I am referring to is mental and physical harassment. Students will make other students' lives a living hell for their pleasure. Most students who are bullied snap in one way or another. I had a student this year in such a situation; the student reached the point of becoming suicidal and had tried to take his life more than once. It got so bad that he posted the names of the students who were bullying him and threatened them. He was removed from the school, in a quiet manner. The students who bullied him received no punishment and are onto their next victim. Bullying is a silent killer and one motivator for shootings.
Another issue is many parents are refusing to parent, and are raising irresponsible and feral children. I have called parents to discuss their students behavior only to be told, "that's not my job and you should learn how to do your job." Parenting is the most important job a person will ever have. I can tell which students have effective parents, and which parents send their child to school for babysitting by the end of the first day of school. Simply put, parents aren't parenting; instead they're producing young adults who think they can do anything they want. The kids grow up believing consequences don't apply to them. These students have no respect for authority, private or public property, and don't care about their behavior. I have students tell me they don't care about anything…don't care if they fail, get arrested, or even die. Nothing matters to them, and they will do whatever they want. In my classroom I have had a chair thrown at me, death threats, several fights break out, and I have been referred a******, b****, c***, f*****, mother******, s***head, puta, and my favorite, racist.
Another trend I have seen is to teach children that all white people are out to get them. I have been called a racist because I asked a student to get a pencil out. I have never; I repeat never, seen one instance of a minority student experiencing ANY form of racism in my years teaching. This falls back to parenting. This also contributes to the climate of schools, and the ability of the faculty and administration to do their jobs. Simply put, we cannot do our jobs if we are painted as a hostile, evil person because of our skin color. It undermines our authority and creates a situation where students are encouraged to invent or exaggerate situations that happen to avoid homework, tests or excuse behavioral problems. How is a student expected to listen to me or learn in my class when he has been convinced I am out to get him or hate him? It may be politically expedient to encourage that belief for some people, but this is one of the consequences of that political theater.
The next group of people to blame for shootings are superintendents and principals. Let's talk about my own superintendent for a minute. She is in her 70's and very much out of touch with what is going on in the schools, in the city, and the challenges facing teachers and students today. Two years ago she gave herself a 13% raise while threatening to take away teachers 2% cost of living adjustment. She has never come to my school and addressed any faults. She has made no effort to talk with any teachers at my building. She also appoints all of the school board members. Not one of members of the school board has been elected in to office. She has personally hand picked everyone of her minions, whose sole function seems to be rubber stamping her agenda. She approves teacher contracts to be released in April, giving teachers one week to sign them. If you are not a teacher, then you wouldn't know that this is a shady way to trap teachers into not leaving. All that matters to her is state testing, accreditation, and graduation rate. Notice that safety isn't part of that list. Her solution to the safety problem was to hire a safety personnel person. If the principals want to keep their job, then they have to march lock-step with the administration. This type of corruption goes on in many schools across America. Learning, student welfare and teacher safety are last on the list; the only thing that matters is how the school looks on paper so they can continue expanding their budget.
Principals contribute to the problems with bullying and violence because they don't punish students, and thus student behavior is uncontrollable. The only punishment that students can receive at my school is in-school suspension or out of school suspension. It is near impossible to be expelled. Students treat both of these as a joke. Therefore, students do whatever they want because there is no consequences for what they do.
This past year a student brought a loaded handgun to school. He took a picture with it in a bathroom, bragging, and posted it on social media. The principal quietly gave him 10 days of out of school suspension and only told his teachers. No parents were notified, and no other teachers were told the student was a potential threat. As word spread, teachers threatened to walk out if he came back. After that the principals had a meeting and opened it with 'lets address the rumor.' Let's be clear, it wasn't a rumor and it took teachers threatening a walkout in order for the student to be expelled. I can promise you that this is far from an isolated incident in America.
Schools try to push things under the rug instead of addressing issues and holding students accountable. My district spent millions on top of millions on workers' compensation claims in one year. The number one reason being teachers separating fights between students, the second on the list for workers compensation didn't even come close in dollar amount. There are almost daily fights. The safety personnel individual does not believe in expelling students who continually get in fights. He stated 'we can solve this problem by talking to the kids.' This is absolutely insane, and yet again shows students they won't be held accountable for their actions. The school is teaching these children there are no consequences. I and other teachers know this is merely creating a pipeline to prison for many of these students. or at best creating dysfunctional adults incapable of functioning in a free society.
Schools give a false sense of security. Everyone wants to believe that schools are a safe place because there is a resource officer, a gun free zone sign, and you supposedly have to be buzzed in to enter. The reality is, students let people into my school building all the time. Teachers let in delivery people who they don't know. My keys cannot open most doors in the building, but there has long been a lax, unenforced policy about restricting access to the building from the outside. Teachers and school resource officers are forbidden to inspect bags and or search a student for suspected weapons. Better yet, our student to security personnel ratio is a thousand to one.
Our plan for a school shooter is to hide in a corner of the classroom and wait to die. The only "weapon" I have is a pair of safety scissors. During the handful of safety meetings my school has had in the last year, the only response teachers have gotten to safety concerns is, "We are looking into it." The cruel reality is that, in my opinion, it will take an attack approaching 9/11 in scale on a school for anyone to take this seriously, stop focusing on faking test scores and graduation rates, and start focusing on the violent and unsafe atmosphere many school administrations, parents and students have created. America, get used to school shootings and seeing crying parents on TV. This is our reality and it's not going to change any time soon.


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Plus: Closures of top S.F. bars, wine's lexicon problem and more, in this week's Drinking with Esther newsletter
Esther Mobley Sep. 10, 2020 Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 9:54 a.m.
Large plumes of smoke from the Walbridge Fire in Sonoma County waft over grapevines from the ridge along Wallace Creek Road west of Healdsburg, Calif. seen from Eastside Road Thursday, August 20, 2020. The Walbridge Fire stands at 14,000 acres and is 0% contained as of Thursday.
Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
I don't know what the sky looks like where you are right now, but here in the Bay Area it's dark, hazy and downright eerie. (My colleague Michael Cabanatuan can explain why.) This fire season feels scary for everyone who lives on the West Coast, but there's a unique type of anxiety for those whose livelihoods depend on crops that are ripening under these smoke-choked skies.
By now, it's clear that smoke and its possible effects on wine grapes will be the question of the California wine industry's 2020 harvest. It's a question that we can't yet answer. Yes, it seems inevitable at this point that some of this year's wine grapes will be irreparably tainted by smoke. But how widespread that damage is, and the degree of harm to individual vineyards, are still unknown quantities.
In the meantime, though, I think it's important to get one message across: Smoke taint is a concern for winemakers and farmers. It should not, however, be a concern for wine drinkers.
Farmers are at risk of losing their paycheck for the entire year. If their fruit is damaged by smoke, the wineries who buy the fruit might reject it. Some farmers have crop insurance that would compensate for these losses; many don't.
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Winemakers, on the other hand, have to contend with the possibility of investing in wine that could turn out undrinkable. They might buy the fruit and go to the trouble of fermenting it and put it into expensive oak barrels, only to find the finished wine unpleasantly smoky. That's a big financial hit. Smoke compounds are notoriously sneaky; they can hide in grape juice or wine in a nonvolatile state, only to reveal themselves later, so a winemaker might not even know what they're dealing with initially.
These are awful prospects with dangerous consequences for a $40 billion statewide industry.
But for you, a drinker of California wine, there are no risks.
First of all, consuming smoke-tainted wine is not known to be harmful to health in any way. Drinking a smoky Pinot Noir is not like standing outdoors in smoky air.
More to the point, you are highly unlikely to ever taste a smoke-tainted wine, because wineries are bending over backwards right now to ensure that no compromised liquid enters a bottle. They are spending thousands of dollars on lab testing, considering cutting back on their production and investigating ways to mitigate any smoke exposure that does manifest itself in a wine. Many wineries would sooner dump out millions of dollars' worth of product than put a damaged one on the shelf.
Finally, even if the smoke damage to California's 2020 grape harvest is widespread — and we don't know whether it will be — the chances are quite slim that your particular favorite wine will be ruined. Consider the case of Australia. Its catastrophic 2019-2020 fire season played out during its wine grape harvest, too. The blazes burned more than 46 million acres of land; compare that to 2.3 million in California so far this year. Given the scope of those fires, one might expect a lot of Australia's wines to be damaged. But according to Wine Australia CEO Andreas Clark, only about 3% of the wine grape tonnage is estimated to have been lost to smoke.
This is an ongoing story. I'll continue to cover it. Winemakers and grape growers have reason to be scared, and they also have reason for hope. But one way or another, no matter what it takes, when you're drinking a 2020 California Cabernet Sauvignon a couple of years from now, I'm willing to bet it will taste just fine.
Bar owner Thad Vogler makes a Mojito at Obispo, a rum bar in the Mission, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif. Behind him is art seen from Bill Traylor on the walls.
Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2018
• Here's a casualty of the COVID-19 shutdown that really hurts. Thad Vogler, one of San Francisco's leading barmen, has permanently closed three of his four bars in the city: Obispo, Trou Normand and Nommo. I'll miss them.
• I wrote about the fight to save Volker Eisele Family Estate, a hidden gem of a winery that narrowly escaped destruction in the recent Hennessey Fire. Its late founder was one of Napa Valley's leading environmentalists; his son, who runs the family business now, wonders what his father would have thought if he'd lived to see these wrenching effects of climate change.
• It's obvious by now that wine has diversity problems. In order to change that, there needs to be a reconsideration of the language that's used to describe how wine tastes. In my column this week, I argue in favor of a more culturally inclusive wine lexicon.
• In the Intercept, Alleen Brown writes about the undocumented farmworkers who are harvesting grapes in smoky conditions and in fire evacuation zones, and argues that the current protections for these workers are insufficient.
Lucia–o Cornejo uses his grape hook tool to pick off the Zinfandel grapes at the Limerick Lane Vineyard in Healdsburg, Calif. Tuesday, August 30, 2017.
Photo: Mason Trinca / Special to The Chronicle 2017
• My colleagues Matthias Gafni and Lizzie Johnson have a gripping, deep look at the Hennessey Fire, one of the first fires to ignite out of the August lightning storms. "In a state becoming more and more accustomed to such climate change-stoked disasters, the breadth of these blazes further illustrated what the future could look like as the planet warms," they write.
• I'd never heard of Nascetta, a forgotten white wine grape from the village of Novello in Italy's Barolo appellation. But Robert Camuto's account of a Nascetta renaissance made me want to try it! He describes the grape as semi-aromatic "with a lightly perfumed nose, good minerality and a saline quality."
• Last week we said goodbye to Alyssa Pereira, a writer at our sister publication, SFGATE, and a star contributor to The Chronicle's beer coverage over the last several years. (Remember the time when she broke the news that Anchor had sold to Sapporo?) I'm wishing her the best of luck on a new chapter. Find her farewell column here.
• Dining out can be scary right now, which is why The Chronicle's Food & Wine team put together a comprehensive guide on how to eat safely and ethically (and deliciously) amid the pandemic. Here's the table of contents to the full guide, which includes crucial wisdom such as which Bay Area restaurants are offering the best picnic baskets.
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Current Army standards for training and education are group instruction and classroom training also known as one-to-many instruction. Recently, the Army has placed significant emphasis on self-regulated learning (SRL) methods to augment institutional training. Per the Army Learning Model (ALM), Soldiers will be largely responsible for their own learning. One-to-one human tutoring has been shown to be significantly more effective than one-to-many instruction, but is not practical. An alternative to one-to-one human tutoring is one-to-one computer-based tutoring using Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs), which have been shown to be effective in promoting individual learning in static, simple, well-defined domains (e.g., mathematics). To be practical, high authoring costs and limited adaptiveness barriers must be addressed. This outline describes a strategy to address key ITS design challenges and expand the horizons of SRL. Research is needed to: reduce cost/skill to author ITSs; enhance the adaptiveness of ITSs; and expand ITSs domains to support more dynamic, complex, and ill-defined domains to match the Armys operational mission. The interdependent nature of Army tasks also requires tutoring of squads and other teams. The intent of this report is to inform and educate stakeholders, and focus potential collaborators on relevant issues within the adaptive tutoring research space.


Lok Sabha elections 2019: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy of the JDS and Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late superstar Ambareesh, will fight it out in Karnataka's Mandya.Mandya in Karnataka is turning out to be one of the most heated contests in the second phase of polling to be held on April 18. On one side, there is the candidate for the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition, Nikhil Kumaraswamy. He is the son of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, making this a prestige seat for the JDS.Taking him on is Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late superstar Ambareesh. She is officially supported by the BJP. And unofficially by several Congress leaders and party workers who were upset that the Congress allowed the JDS to contest the seat. There are chances that she will win the big fight.


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TAJ is possibly the most complicated and intricate game of the first series of pack of games. Note that I didn't say it was one of the best games or the deepest game.
A Rug of War, TAJ is about moving oriental rugs about in order to manipulate their prices. Everyone has a secret goal card, letting them know which colors on the rugs will earn them points.
Like every game in the Pack O Game series, Taj consists of thirty skinny little cards. The whole game looks like a pack of gum, hence the sales pitch. In TAJ's case, the cards come in a bunch of varieties.
There are two voting cards for every player, a regular yea/nay card and a special, one-time override card. There are ten rug cards. Each one shows three colors with a value of one to three for each color. The rugs also have eyes on one end, to mark that they've been appraised. There are ten secret goal cards, showing three colors. One color will be worth x2, one x1, and one x-1. Finally, there is the Taj Mahal card. It is an image of the Taj Mahal long ways on each side with a plus one on different ends.
All 10 of the rug cards are placed in the eyes facing down. The Taj Mahal card is placed above the row, which means it will be above three rugs. When the game ends, only the rugs below the Taj Majal will score points.
On a player's turn, they will propose to switch two rugs. Everyone then vote on whether or not to swap those two rugs. If the yea's win, the rugs swap. If the nays win the vote, there is no swap and the rug farthest from the Taj Mahal is removed from the game. Yes, even if it wasn't one of the two rugs proposed for swapping. No matter what, the rugs that were proposed get rotated so the eyes are on top.
If the vote is unanimous either way, the active player must either move the Taj Mahal one space or flip it over so the plus one is on the other end. As I've already mentioned, every player gets a one time use override card which forces the vote to be unanimous.
When there are either only five rugs left or every rug has been turned so the eye is on top, the game ends. Only the rugs under the Taj Mahal count for scoring and the value for each color is added up with a plus one for whichever rug is under the plus one and of the Taj Mahal. And the high score wins.
With an estimated playing time of ten minutes.
Honestly, TAJ has a number of strikes against it. For one thing, my primary gaming group is my wife and two is clearly TAJ's weakest number of players. For another thing, teaching it could take as long as playing it, which is not desirable in what is intrinsically a travel game.
However, the biggest problem with TAJ is that it is too intricate for its playing time and for what you get out of it. The rules aren't intuitive and the decisions are opaque, particularly in the early game. Which wouldn't be so bad in a longer game where elements have time to develop but it's frustrating in a game this short. Too much of the game is spent taking care of the moving parts.
You know, I'm someone who is always on the lookout for micro games that offer some real depth and legitimate tough decisions. So it feels weird knocking TAJ for being too complex. However, complex doesn't necessarily translate to depth. I feel that both GEM and BUS, also in Pack of Game, offer some real depth to their play time and they are much easier to teach.
I don't dislike TAJ, although it probably sounds like I do. It's just that it hasn't delivered the way that the other games that I've played in the series have. I do hope to keep on playing it and seeing if it has hidden virtues. It is staying in my travel library.
TAJ is a legitimately ambitious and unusual game. It has some interesting ideas. However, I think the sheer number of moving parts overcomes the gameplay. At the same time, I have seen a lot of micro games that try and get away with being so simple they offer no actual choices. TAJ is brave to err on the other side of that equation.


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In this day and age, the importance of ecommerce can never be understated. Not only has ecommerce made transactions significantly faster, but people also need not bother themselves with dangerous elements like getting mugged on their way to an important business transaction. As ecommerce has made transactions faster, safer, and more reliable, there's been a meteoric rise in the popularity of merchant accounts. Companies without merchant accounts run the risk of being put out of business merely because they cannot access the funds that their clients send them.
A merchant account is essentially an account that allows traders to accept payments made via payment cards such as debit and credit cards. As most financial transactions are now facilitated by credit or debit cards, all businesses have been forced to adapt to this change in the market. As a result, there has been an increase in the demand for merchant accounts.
This meteoric rise in the popularity of payment cards and merchant accounts has had a significant impact on the collection industry as well. Nowadays, all collection agencies are expected to have merchant accounts. However, this is easier said than done as a recent study of the market showed that getting a merchant account for a high-risk collection agency is tough to pull off. This complicates things for collection agencies because if they are not able to accept payments made via credit and debit cards, they run the risk of being put out of business. This is where we help our clients. We have vowed to make sure that none of our clients ever have to see their clientele dwindle just because they don't accept popular credit card carriers like Visa or American Express.
Most collection agency startups have found that it is quite difficult to set up a merchant account. Because of the high-risk nature of the collection industry, credit card processors like PayPal reserve the right to deny your startup a merchant account without having to justify their decision. This makes things even harder for collection agencies who are looking to quickly establish themselves in the market, as they stand to lose a ton of money during the time it takes to get a merchant account. We try to smoothen this process for our clients and make sure that your startup doesn't suffer a major setback in its initial stages.
What most traders don't know is that you can boost your collection agency's chances of getting a merchant account by tampering with your risk factor. Strictly speaking, if you could somehow lower the risk associated with your transactions from high risk to a moderate or even a low risk level, you can stand to better your company's foothold in the industry.
There are many regulations that hamper the progression of collection agencies in the market. For example, in the United States of America, collection agencies are regulated under both federal and state regulations. This means that they must obtain an appropriate business license and an appropriate business model.
Before you can start receiving funds into your merchant account, you are also required to set up a payment gateway for your account. This gateway enables you to receive online payments from your clients. An alternate to the payment gateway is a virtual credit card terminal. While they both may seem identical at first, there's a subtle difference here that makes all the difference. The said difference is that your online payment gateway makes it possible for your customer's payment to reach the merchant bank's processor, while a virtual credit card terminal is just another way of accepting credit cards i.e. virtual terminals just permit the merchant to access their accounts. Once they have access, they are required to manually enter every credit card sale. Before you opt for either option, it is important to understand the benefits of each.
If you're a collection agency, there are many great payment gateway options for you to explore. We recommend using High Risk Charge for your collection agency as it not only accepts all major credit cards but also actively welcomes all new startups. Moreover, there are multiple currencies to choose from, and no limit on volume makes it a very lucrative option. For a struggling collection agency, this can make all the difference and propel your business to the upper echelons of the industry.
Another aspect for you to consider is the different types of banking options available for your organization. While most collection agencies flock over to domestic banking options, we are here to tell you not to be so hasty when making such a monumental decision. Most traders use domestic banking options as they have lower rates and better banking security. However, startup businesses cannot forget about offshore accounts completely because they're necessary for specific types of business transactions. Hence, there are pros and cons of each banking option. We instruct our clients to ponder on this decision carefully before making an educated decision on the matter.
It goes without saying that the collection industry has many complications and subtleties that must be understood extensively if your firm stands to firmly establish itself in the ever-changing market. If you're a collection agency that specializes in credit repair services, this applies to your business as well because even the slightest changes in the market can change your annual profit massively. This is why most collection agencies in the world rely on merchant accounts to get them through. Hence, it is a necessity of the industry to use these trading options. What would separate your firm from others in the travel industry (should you opt for our services) is that you will have someone in your corner that is not only rooting for your success but counting on it as well.


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Q: in Express JS , [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client , after adding a middleware This is my Route
router.post("/create", isAdm ,tutorials.create);
This is the conroller.js
exports.create = (req, res, bool) => {
  // Validate request
  if (!req.body) {
    res.status(400).send({
      message: "Content can not be empty!"
    });
  }
  else {
    if (bool) {
      let crypto = require('crypto');
      let hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(req.body.password).digest('hex');
      console.log(req.body)
      // Create a User
      const user = new Users({
        username: req.body.username,
        password: hash,
        fullname: req.body.fullname
      });

      // Save Tutorial in the database
      Users.create(user, (err, data) => {
        if (err) {
          res.status(500).send({
            message:
              err.message || "Some error occurred while creating the User."
          });
        }
        else { res.send(data); }
      });
    }
    else{
      res.send("Unauthorized")
    }
  }
};

this is the model i'm Using
const User = function(user) {
  this.username = user.username;
  this.password = user.password;
  this.fullname = user.fullname;
};

User.create = (newUser, result) => {
  sql.query("INSERT INTO users SET ?", newUser, (err, res) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log("error: ", err);
      result(err, null);
      return;
    }

    console.log("created User: ", { id: res.insertId, ...newUser });
    result(null, { id: res.insertId, ...newUser });
  });
};

This is the isAdm middleware
const sqladminchecker = require("../db/index");
const JWTTOKEN = require('jsonwebtoken')
require('dotenv')
const isAdmin = (req, res, next) => {
    // Getting JWT from Cookies
    let jwtToken: string = ''
    let i: number
    try {

        let cookies = req.headers.cookie.split('; ')
        for (i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
            if (cookies[i].startsWith('jwt') != false) {
                jwtToken = cookies[i].split('=')[1]
            }
        }
        if (jwtToken != '') {
            const jwtData = JWTTOKEN.verify(jwtToken, process.env.JWT_SECRET)
            const { username, id } = jwtData
            // req.id = id
            sqladminchecker.query(
                "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ? AND isAdmin = ?",
                [id, 1],
                (err, reslt) => {
                    try {
                        if (!err) {
                            if (reslt.length == 1) {
                                next(true)
                            }
                            else {
                                console.log('else')
                                next(false)
                            }
                        }

                    }
                    catch {
                        console.log('catch')
                        next(false)

                    }
                }

            );

        }
        next()

    }
    catch {
        next(false)
    }
}
module.exports = isAdmin

this is the console error i'm getting

created User:  {   id: 15,   username: 'dccdcdd',   password:
'0fac4fe563f30f5fa080216251074ad7',   fullname: 'Minhazul Asif' }
Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they are sent
to the client
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:371:5)
at ServerResponse.setHeader (node:_http_outgoing:576:11)
at ServerResponse.header (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:771:10)
at ServerResponse.send (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:170:12)
at ServerResponse.json (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:267:15)
at /home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/controller/user.controller.ts:29:24
at Query. (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/models/user.model.ts:19:5)
at Query. (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:526:10)
at Query._callback (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:488:16)
at Query.Sequence.end (/home/fahimaloy/Desktop/Hospital_Project/backend/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Sequence.js:83:24)
{   code: 'ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT' }

this solves if I don't use the middleware "isAdm"
what do I do?

A: The controller code does not wait for the callback passed in User.create because you don't wait for its result. Use async/await to achieve that:
exports.create = async (req, res, bool) => {
...

     // Save Tutorial in the database
      try {
        // if Users.create supports callbacks only you always can wrap this with Promise
        const createdUser = await Users.create(user);
        res.send(createdUser);
      } catch (err) {
          res.status(500).send({
            message:
              err.message || "Some error occurred while creating the User."
          });
      }

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Rev: ADVENTVSAVG Exe: R S - Probus riding horse left, raising hand and holding scepter; seated captive to left. 279 (Rome).


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We often speak of Theosophy as not in itself a religion, but the truth which lies behind all religions alike. That is so; yet, from another point of view, we may surely say that it is at once a philosophy, a religion and a science. It is a philosophy, because it puts plainly before us an explanation of the scheme of evolution of both the souls and the bodies contained in our solar system. It is a religion in so far as, having shown us the course of ordinary evolution, it also puts before us and advises a method of shortening that course, so that by conscious effort we may progress more directly towards the goal.
Two books already exist which answer that question: Mr. Sinnett's Esoteric Buddhism and Dr. Besant's The Ancient Wisdom. I have no thought of entering into competition with those standard works; what I desire is to present a statement, as clear and simple as I can make it, which may be regarded as introductory to them.
As a philosophy, it explains to us that the solar system is a carefully-ordered mechanism, a manifestation of a magnificent life, of which man is but a small part. Nevertheless, it takes up that small part which immediately concerns us, and treats it exhaustively under three heads—present, past and future.
It deals with the present by describing what man really is, as seen by means of developed faculties. It is customary to speak of man as having a soul. Theosophy, as the result of direct investigation, reverses that dictum, and states that man is a soul, and has a body—in fact several bodies, which are his vehicles and instruments in various worlds. These worlds are not separate in space; they are simultaneously present with us, here and now, and can be examined; they are the divisions of the material side of Nature—different degrees of density in the aggregation of matter, as will presently be explained in detail. Man has an existence in several of these, but is normally conscious only of the lowest, though sometimes in dreams and trances he has glimpses of some of the others. What is called death is the laying aside of the vehicle belonging to this lowest world, but the soul or real man in a higher world is no more changed or affected by this than the physical man is changed or affected when he removes his overcoat. All this is a matter, not of speculation, but of observation and experiment.
Theosophy has much to tell us of the past history of man—of how in the course of evolution he has come to be what he now is. This also is a matter of observation, because of the fact that there exists an indelible record of all that has taken place—a sort of memory of Nature—by examining which the scenes of earlier evolution may be made to pass before the eyes of the investigator as though they were happening at this moment. By thus studying the past we learn that man is divine in origin and that he has a long evolution behind him—a double evolution, that of the life or soul within, and that of the outer form. We learn, too, that the life of man as a soul is of, what to us seems, enormous length, and that what we have been in the habit of calling his life is in reality only one day of his real existence. He has already lived through many such days, and has many more of them yet before him; and if we wish to understand the real life and its object, we must consider it in relation not only to this one day of it, which begins with birth and ends with death, but also to the days which have gone before and those which are yet to come.
Of those that are yet to come there is also much to be said, and on this subject, too, a great deal of definite information is available. Such information is obtainable, first, from men who have already passed much further along the road of evolution than we, and have consequently direct experience of it; and, secondly, from inferences drawn from the obvious direction of the steps which we see to have been previously taken. The goal of this particular cycle is in sight, though still far above us but it would seem that, even when that has been attained, an infinity of progress still lies before everyone who is willing to undertake it.
One of the most striking advantages of Theosophy is that the light which it brings to us at once solves many of our problems, clears away many difficulties, accounts for the apparent injustices of life, and in all directions brings order out of seeming chaos. Thus, while some of its teaching is based upon the observation of forces whose direct working is somewhat beyond the ken of the ordinary man of the world, if the latter will accept it as a hypothesis he will very soon come to see that it must be a correct one, because it, and it alone, furnishes a coherent and reasonable explanation of the drama of life which is being played before him.


text:
""" IMAP proxy designed to limit a green-span APP's view of the users IMAP folders to
show its own virtual INBOX that is actually located at: "/+/APP/INBOX"
"""

from twisted.internet import ssl, reactor
from twisted.internet.protocol import ClientFactory, Factory, Protocol
from twisted.python import log
import string, re
import miscglobals

#Default connection parameters
HOST = 'imap.googlemail.com'
PORT = 993

#Default IMAP folder structure
ROOT = "" #Assumed root of user mailboxes until otherwise discovered
SEP = "/" #Assumed mailbox name seperator until otherwise discovered
APP = "MAIL" #Default App if none specified
GS =  miscglobals.GREEN_MAIL_ROOT

#Hacks that fix problem of client(s) (Thunderbird) assuming knowledge of Gmail imap folders
FROM_CLIENT_REPLACE_SPECIAL = [("[Gmail]^^",""),("[Gmail]^",""),("[Gmail]","")]
FROM_SERVER_REPLACE_SPECIAL = [("NO [ALREADYEXISTS]","OK [ALREADYEXISTS]"),]

#Capabilities not currently supported will be replaced with MASK
MASKED_CAPABILITIES_LIST = ['XLIST','COMPRESS=DEFLATE']
MASK = "NOTHING=TO=SEE=HERE"

#Sensitive data (like user password) will be masked in _VERBOSE printout
PASS_MASK = "XXXXXXXX"

#Client Commands that the proxy needs to know about
CLIENT_COMMANDS = ['APPEND','CAPABILITY','CHECK','COPY','CREATE','DELETE','EXAMINE','FETCH','GETQUOTAROOT','ID','IDLE','LIST','LOGIN','LSUB','NAMESPACE','NOOP','RENAME','SELECT','STATUS','SUBSCRIBE','UID','UNSUBSCRIBE']

#Commands that need their parameters changed in passing through the proxy
CHANGE_FIRST_PARAM = ['APPEND','CREATE','DELETE','EXAMINE','GETQUOTAROOT','RENAME','SELECT','STATUS','SUBSCRIBE','UNSUBSCRIBE']
CHANGE_SECOND_PARAM = ['COPY','RENAME','LIST','LSUB']
#LIST and LSUB also have a first "context" parameter that maybe should be greenwashed
#but it is often blank and seems to have different meanings based on second parameter
#this is something to look at again later...

#Command tag suffix used when slipping in an extra command from client
SNEAK_COMMAND_TAG_SUFFIX = "A"

def trimContainer(a_string):
    """Removes quotes,braces,parens, or brackets from both sides of a string"""
    if (["(","'",'"',"{","["].count(a_string[:1])):
        return a_string[1:-1]
    return a_string

class ImapProxy(Protocol):

    noisy = True
    peer = None

    def setPeer(self, peer):
        self.peer = peer

    def connectionLost(self, reason):
        if self.peer is not None:
            self.peer.transport.loseConnection()
            self.peer = None
        elif self.noisy:
            log.msg("Unable to connect to peer: %s" % (reason,))

    def dataReceived(self, data):
        self.peer.transport.write(data)

    def handleData(self, data):
        """Builds data lines for parsing"""
        altered_data = ""
        #process raw data into lines for processing
        lines = data.split('\n')
        #add any previous line fragment to begining of first line
        lines[0] = self.fragment + lines[0]
        #remove and store any final fragement for use in later complete line
        self.fragment = string.join(lines[-1:])
        lines = lines[:-1]
        #parse/alter each full line
        for line in lines:
            altered_line = self.parseDataLine(line)
            if altered_line:
                altered_data += altered_line  + "\n"
        #send altered data on to Server
        return altered_data

    def parseDataLine(self, line):
        """Override to Parse and sometimes alter each line of data"""
        altered_line = line
        return altered_line

class ImapProxyClient(ImapProxy):
    """This half of the proxy recieves data from an IMAP server and sometimes alters it
    before passing it along to the real connected client."""

    def __init__(self):
        self.fragment = ""
        self.logged_in = False

    def connectionMade(self):
        """Establishes internal proxy connection and start data flow once remote server connects"""
        self.peer.setPeer(self)
        self.peer.transport.resumeProducing()

    def dataReceived(self, data):
        if _VERBOSE: print "C   P < S: %s" % data
        altered_data = self.handleData(data)
        if altered_data:
            if _VERBOSE: print "C < P   S: %s" % altered_data
            ImapProxy.dataReceived(self, altered_data)

    def parseDataLine(self, line):
        """Parse and sometimes alter each line of data"""
        #Check for end of any commands in progress or for an ongoing FETCH to ignore message data
        command = self.peer.command
        if command:
            length = len(self.peer.command[0])
            if line[:length + 3].upper() == (self.peer.command[0] + " OK"):
                #Record successful login state
                if command[1] == "LOGIN" : self.logged_in = True
                command == None
            elif line[:length + 3].upper() == (self.peer.command[0] + " NO"):
                command == None
            elif line[:length + 4].upper() == (self.peer.command[0] + " BAD"):
                command == None
            elif command[1] == "FETCH": return line #skips parsing of FETCH message lines
        #Hide real server return data from inserted commands unknown to real client
        sneak_tag = self.peer.sneak_command_tag
        if sneak_tag:
            length = len(sneak_tag)
            if line[:length + 1] == (sneak_tag + " "):
                return ""
        #Parse commands and greenwash accordingly
        altered_line = self._specialReplace(line)
        prefix = self.peer.root + self.peer.gs + self.peer.sep + self.peer.app + self.peer.sep
        #NAMESPACE - Get ROOT and SEP from return
        if line[:11].lower() == "* namespace":
            self.parseRootAndSep(line)
        #CAPABILITY - Mask capabilities we do not want to support (at least for now)
        elif line[:12].lower() == "* capability":
            for capability in MASKED_CAPABILITIES_LIST:
                altered_line = re.sub("(?i)%s"%capability, MASK, altered_line)
        #LIST and LSUB - change response box name's
        elif ["* lsub", "* list"].count(line[:6].lower()): #if list or lsub return data
            #get box name and sep
            box_name = self.getBoxNameFromList(line)
            if box_name[:len(prefix)] != prefix:
                altered_line = ""
            else:
                new_name = box_name.replace(prefix,"",1)
                altered_line = line.replace(box_name,new_name)
        #QUOTAROOT and STATUS  - change response box name's
        elif ["* quotar", "* status"].count(line[:8].lower()):
            altered_line = line.replace(prefix,"")
        #Return altered data line
        return altered_line

    def getBoxNameFromList(self, line):
        """Parses mailbox name from line returned by LIST or LSUB commands"""
        box_name = None
        #Isolate mail box name part of return line by regular expression pattern match
        match = re.search(r'\* \w\w\w\w \(.*\) "." ',line)
        if match:
            match_string = match.group()
            self.peer.sep = match_string[-3:-2] #Set server box seperator character
            box_name = trimContainer(string.replace(line,match.group(),""))
        return box_name

    def parseRootAndSep(self, line):
        """Gets ROOT level and hierarchy seperator from NAMESPACE command"""
        #S: * NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL
        match = re.search(r'\(\(.*\)\)',line)
        if match:
            namespace = match.group()[2:-2]
            split = string.split(namespace,'" "',1)
            self.peer.root = split[0][1:]
            self.peer.sep = split[1][:-1]
            #add seperator to end if root is not ""
            if self.peer.root: self.peer.root += self.peer.sep
        return

    def _specialReplace(self,line):
        """Rewrite on specific server responses"""
        new_line = line
        for item in FROM_SERVER_REPLACE_SPECIAL: #each item a tupple of form (SEARCH_STRING,REPLACE_STRING)
            new_line = new_line.replace(item[0],item[1])
        return new_line

class ImapProxyClientFactory(ClientFactory):

    protocol = ImapProxyClient

    def setServer(self, server):
        self.server = server

    def buildProtocol(self, *args, **kw):
        new_protocol = ClientFactory.buildProtocol(self, *args, **kw)
        new_protocol.setPeer(self.server)
        return new_protocol

    def clientConnectionFailed(self, connector, reason):
        self.server.transport.loseConnection()

class ImapProxyServer(ImapProxy):
    """This half of the proxy recieves data from an IMAP client and sometimes alters it
        before passing it along to the real connected server."""

    clientFactory = ImapProxyClientFactory

    def __init__(self):
        self.fragment = ""
        self.command = None
        self.authenticated = False
        self.root = ROOT
        self.gs = GS
        self.app = APP
        self.sep = SEP
        self.sneak_command_tag = None
        self.inbox_created = False

    def connectionMade(self):
        """Pauses data flow until remote server connects, sets up for future data flow"""
        self.transport.pauseProducing()
        client = self.clientFactory()
        client.setServer(self)
        reactor.connectSSL(self.factory.host, self.factory.port, client, ssl.ClientContextFactory())

    def dataReceived(self, data):
        """Overide for handling data sent from client"""
        altered_data = self.handleData(data)
        if _VERBOSE: print "C > P   S: %s" % self.hideSensitive(data)
        if altered_data:
            if _VERBOSE: print "C   P > S: %s" %  self.hideSensitive(altered_data)
            ImapProxy.dataReceived(self, altered_data)

    def hideSensitive(self, data):
        """Replaces user password data and such with PASS_MASK"""
        if self.command and self.command[1] == "LOGIN":
            return re.sub('"\S*"','"' + PASS_MASK[::-1] + '"',data[::-1],1)[::-1]
        return data

    def parseDataLine(self, line):
        """Parse and sometimes alter each line of data"""
        #skip parse of message lines durring APPEND command
        if self.command and self.command[1].upper() == "APPEND": return line
        #Parse line and green wash accordingly
        altered_line = self._specialReplace(line)
        line_parts = self._specialSplit(altered_line)
        prefix = self.root +self.gs + self.sep + self.app
        #identify command
        command = None
        if len(line_parts) > 1 and CLIENT_COMMANDS.count(line_parts[1].upper()):
            command = line_parts[1].upper()
            #Swap UID command for sub-command
            if command == "UID": command = line_parts[2].upper()
            self.command = [line_parts[0].upper(), command] #record command number and command
        #Commands needing greenwash of first argument
        if CHANGE_FIRST_PARAM.count(command):
            box_name = trimContainer(line_parts[2])
            altered_line = altered_line.replace(box_name,prefix + self.sep + box_name,1)
        #Commands needing greenwash of second argument (Note "RENAME" does both first and second parameters)
        if CHANGE_SECOND_PARAM.count(command):
            box_name = trimContainer(line_parts[3])
            altered_line = altered_line.replace(box_name,prefix + self.sep + box_name,1)
        #LOGIN get APP info, remove it from login string sent to real server
        if command == "LOGIN":
            match = re.search(r'\+.*@',line)
            if match:
                self.app = match.group()[1:-1].upper()
                altered_line = altered_line.replace(match.group()[:-1],"",1)
        #Sneak in command to try to create INBOX for app once logged in
        if command and self.peer.logged_in and not self.inbox_created:
            self.sneak_command_tag = line_parts[0] + SNEAK_COMMAND_TAG_SUFFIX
            altered_line = self.sneak_command_tag + ' CREATE "' + prefix + self.sep + 'INBOX"' + '\r\n' + altered_line
            self.inbox_created = True
        #Return possibly altered client data line
        return altered_line

    def _specialReplace(self,line):
        """Replaces special info that client may "know" about the server - E.G. Gmail box names"""
        new_line = line
        for item in FROM_CLIENT_REPLACE_SPECIAL: #each item a tupple of form (SEARCH_STRING,REPLACE_STRING)
            new_line = new_line.replace(item[0],item[1])
        return new_line

    def _specialSplit(self,line):
        """Splits string into tuple at spaces, excepting spaces in quoted text"""
        parts = []
        current = ""
        quotes = ""
        for character in line:
            if character == '\r': #carriage retun
                parts.append(current)
                current = ""
            if quotes:
                current += character
                if character == quotes:
                    quotes = ""
                    parts.append(current)
                    current = ""
            else:
                if character != " ":
                    current += character
                elif current:
                    parts.append(current)
                    current = ""
                if ['"',"'"].count(character): quotes = character
        if current: parts.append(current)
        return parts

class ImapProxyServerFactory(Factory):

    protocol = ImapProxyServer

    def __init__(self, host, port):
        self.host = host
        self.port = port

#Execute from shell
import sys, getopt

def main(argv):
    host = HOST
    port = PORT
    global _VERBOSE
    _VERBOSE = False

    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "hvH:P:", ["help", "verbose", "host=", "port="])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        usage(sys.argv[0])
        sys.exit(2)
    for opt, arg in opts:
        if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
            usage(sys.argv[0])
            sys.exit()
        elif opt in ("-v", "--verbose"):
            _VERBOSE = True
        elif opt in ("-H", "--host"):
            host = arg
        elif opt in ("-P", "--port"):
            port = arg

    factory = ImapProxyServerFactory(host,port)
    reactor.listenSSL(port, factory, ssl.DefaultOpenSSLContextFactory('ssl/server.key', 'ssl/server.crt'))
    #SSL key and self signed cert generated following instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/certificates-and-security.html
    if _VERBOSE: print "VERBOSE MODE"
    else: print "QUIET MODE"
    print "Proxy Started"
    reactor.run()
    print "Proxy Stopped"

def usage(command):
    print "usage: %s [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [-H=|--host=<host_name>] [-P=|--port=<port>]" % command

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

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Cotrubas, Ileana (1939–)
Romanian soprano. Born Ileana Galati in Romania, June 9, 1939; studied in Budapest with Elenescu and Stroescu.
Made debut in Bucharest (1964); spent 3 years at Frankfurt Opera (1968–71); sang Second Boy in Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute, 1967) and within 2 years was performing at Glyndebourne (1969); appeared at Covent Garden, Paris Opéra, La Scala, and Metropolitan, often in young heroine roles; sang Tatyana, Violetta, Adina, Norina, Amina, Antonia, and Manon, among others; often recorded, especially Mozart; retired (1989).
See also Women in World History.
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From the opening of my final show at Cooper Union in May, 2000.
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Karen Bartlett is a writer and film maker based in London. After working for the BBC and Channel 4 News she joined The Times, and wrote a series of Times 2 cover stories including an exclusive interview with Nelson Mandela's daughter to mark his 90th birthday, an investigation into Kaballah in UK schools, the phenomenon of girls football in Kenya, and the Homeless World Cup.
Karen has written for The Sunday Times, The Times, Newsweek and WIRED. Prior to that she wrote for the New Statesman and a weekly column for The Newcastle Journal. In 2007 Karen made a short documentary about architect Frank Gehry, and another about the 'Palm Dog' which was screened at the London Film Festival. She presented and produced a BBC World Service documentary about the 'science of thrill'.
Before becoming a journalist Karen's background was in politics. She began her career in the UK and South Africa. After returning to London she worked for The Fabian Society before becoming Director of campaign group Charter88. In 2003 Karen was short-listed for the role of General Secretary of the Labour Party.
She is the author of two non-fiction books and is currently writing a third.