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This is going to be more of a disclaimer than anything else. I know sometimes the point of blogging is to create posts in-the-moment whilst at the same time bringing quality. I know that my followers are posting quality stuff regularly and I haven't done the same thing even though reading the posts gives me the boost and encouragement to write. However, I am going to be posting blogs sometimes everyday, one at a time within a day or even after a week. I think we can all agree that we go into periods of blogging or not. I do have a list of titles that are currently in draft mode and I think that is problem one. Having so many ideas to write I forget some I have been working on or have lost the creative and work on it after days starting it. That just happens. Another problems is because I am reading quality posts, that encouragement to do the same means I want to take longer and more time with those ideas, incubate them and try to get the most out of a post until I think personally is it ready to be published and seen by anyone. Even with articles, I want to find relevant research to decide whether it should be included or not.
So in other words, if you don't see a post from me in a while, I might be working on a particular blog or I'm just giving myself time to do other things (as said in my 'About' I am on my way to becoming a debt-ridden University student so there is going to be prep for that and after the summer actual studying that will be in the way, sorry for the long parenthesis, sorry for saying sorry and making the parenthesis longer…oops (Britney: I did it again!)) such as good ol' procrastination, other tasks or just taking a break from everything (I like days doing nothing but film marathons and taking an hour to read a single page in a novel because I can't pick the right song to fit the mood after three/four minutes, sue me (please don't though, as I've said, debt-ridden-uni-student-to-be)).
I will blog, trust me. I'm won't be on hiatus (yet).
(P.S. sorry for the over-use of parenthesis (please note the irony in this, very happy chappy if you did), and sorry for this one too, how many times should I say sorry? Do I sound stereotypically like the British-polite-type yet?)


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Frankenstein is coming to Perth Theatre.
Adapted by Rona Munro, this gothic masterpiece is a Perth Theatre at Horsecross Arts Production - co-production with Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Selladoor Productions and Investor.
An eighteen year-old girl, Mary Shelley, dreams up a monster whose tragic story will capture the imaginations of generations to come.
A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body. Banished into an indifferent world, Frankenstein's creature desperately seeks out his true identity, but the agony of rejection and a broken promise push him into darkness. Dangerous and vengeful, the creature threatens to obliterate Frankenstein and everyone he loves, in a ferocious and bloodthirsty hunt for his maker.
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Preview (Thu 5 + Fri 6 Sep): 7.30pm £15, £13, £11; concessions £12, £11, £10 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket)
Peak (Sat 7, Tue 10 - Sat 15, Tue 17 - Sat 21 Sep: 7.30pm) £25, £21, £11.50; concessions £23, £19, £10; students/Young Scot cardholders/under 26s £10 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket)
Off-Peak (Wed 11 Sep: 1.30pm, Sat 14 + *21 Sep: 2.30pm, Sun 15 Sep: 3pm, Wed 18 Sep: 10.30am) £23, £21, £11.50; concessions £21, £19, £10; students/Young Scot cardholders/under 26s £10 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket)
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Age Guidance 12+
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Horsecross Arts is a creative organisation that runs the fantastic Perth Concert Hall, and the newly refurbished Perth Theatre, Scotland's oldest repertory theatre company.
These two wonderful, contrasting venues - the historic Edwardian theatre with its classic proscenium arch and the state of the art concert hall with some of the finest acoustics in Europe - are at the heart of cultural life in Perthshire and the venues are a destination and a resource base for everyone.
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According to an UNIAN correspondent, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko claimed this in the course of presentation of the draft state buget-209 in Kyiv Tuesday.
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Friday 19 May 2017 was endangered species day, a day aimed at recognising the conservation efforts to protect the wildlife and habitats of the world. What better way to celebrate than with the arrival of an Endangered Rothschild's giraffe calf. The latest addition to Belfast's herd was born to mother, Daisy and father, Finn, on Sunday 7 May 2017 after a 15 month pregnancy.
Zoo curator, Raymond Robinson, said: "Keepers noticed signs of labour and were onsite when Daisy gave birth on Sunday evening. The calf and mum have been spending some time inside together to bond but are now starting to venture outside with the rest of the herd. We are proud to be Northern Ireland's only zoo and it has long been a tradition that giraffe calves born here are named after towns and villages in Northern Ireland and Ireland which begin with 'Bally'. We are delighted to announce that our little calf is a male and has been named Gilbert! Giraffes give birth standing up and the front feet are delivered first, followed by the head, neck and shoulders. The calf falls more than five feet to the ground which doesn't hurt but does cause the calf to take its first big breath. The calf is five to six feet in height at birth, learns to stand within 30 minutes and can run just 10 hours after birth!"
Zoo manager, Alyn Cairns, is delighted with the newest member of the zoo family: "Rothschild's giraffes are one of the most endangered of the giraffe subspecies. While giraffes inhabit savannahs and grasslands across Africa, the Rothschild subspecies only exists in small numbers within protected areas in Kenya and northern Uganda. In fact, some estimates suggest that less than 1600 still remain in the wild due to poaching and habitat loss, factors which are pushing this iconic species ever closer to extinction. We work collaboratively with zoos around the world and take part in a European breeding programme. Since we became home to the species in 1988, we have celebrated the arrival of 34 calves and we are delighted to welcome little Gilbert to the family!"
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Counselling Sunshine Coast - Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Counsellors, Psychologists, Therapists in Sunshine Coast
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Sechelt: Wilson Creek, Davis Bay, Sechelt Inlet, West Porpoise Bay, West Sechelt
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Local Council Plans "MOT" of Driver Health
Taxi drivers working across Aberdeen could soon be made to undergo a "health MOT" in order to make sure they are fit enough to work.
Aberdeenshire council has already set out plans to include medicals as part of the licensing process, and a consultation on how to roll out the scheme has now been launched.
Currently, only drivers over the age of 70 or with a pre-declared medical condition are required to undergo a council medical, and only before being granted a license. However, a council sub-committee has suggested that medicals should be enforced for drivers of all ages when applying for or renewing a license.
Unsurprisingly, the idea has been met with harsh criticism from of the area's 2000 drivers, many of whom work in predominantly rural areas, with one warning that a compulsory medical may deter colleagues from continuing their work.
Stewart Wight of Laurencekirk firm Safe Drive described the proposals as an "utter farce". He said: "The Group 2 medical plan is far too onerous. It will have a huge effect on the trade, as many of the drivers who carry out the school runs are only registered as taxi drivers because they were asked to by the council. Most I have spoken to will probably give up if this goes through."
Aberdeenshire does currently have a similar scheme in place for Bin lorry drivers, who need to pass a regular medical in order to continue working for the council. However, as other in-house drivers are exempt from the test, some have accused the council of double standards.
Operator Amanda Reid understands the reasoning behind the proposals, but thinks that they need further thought, saying: "If some of the drivers who are employed by the council for their own in-house fleet of buses do not hold valid Group 2 PCV driving licences and they still do not have to undergo medicals -then perhaps they should also be considering implementing a medical requirement for them as well. I think a lot of operators and drivers will see this as double standards."
"I can see why they are looking to ensure that all drivers are medically fit but I also think that it could have serious financial and driver shortage consequences for the trade."
In reply to the response from Aberdeenshire's taxi industry, Councillor Fergus Hood of the authority's licensing committee said: "There are more than 2,000 taxi and private hire car operators and drivers in Aberdeenshire and it's important that we hear as many views as possible before deciding on the best way to introduce the medical assessment scheme." A separate spokesperson for the council also did not rule out expanding the scheme to cover all council drivers.
Consultations on the proposal will begin on the 29th November, running through to December 8th. A separation online consultation is also planned before the council makes a final decision.


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When all the high-speed, high-flying car chases were said and done in Furious 7, and Paul Walker drives away for good, that's when most of us met Charlie Puth for the first time: It's been a long day without you my friend...
You know you were bawling your eyes out. Don't lie to us. Don't lie to yourself.
That Paul Walker tribute ballad, called "See You Again" and performed with rapper Wiz Khalifa, became a smash hit and has now been nominated for Song of the Year at the upcoming Grammys. Not a bad way for Charlie Puth to introduce himself. But the talented crooner (who recorded the song in one take) has been known in the music game for awhile, as both a producer and a songwriter; he's compiled an impressive list of collaborations for a 24-year-old, from Lil Wayne to Stevie Wonder. He's has a new album out called "Nine Track Mind." It's catchy and easy to listen to, highlighted by Puth's smooth, serenading voice, which means we'll probably be seeing more of him in the months to come. This time, hopefully, with fewer tears.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
You started your career doing songs on YouTube. I had read that was because you weren't confident performing in front of people. True?
I wasn't. I would always be discouraged from performing by people in my high school because kids were such dicks. I hated them all. I could never go up at a talent show. So I turned to YouTube and kind of let people naturally find out and become cool by having a fan base and making a little bit of money on the side.
Do you remember the first time that you did perform in front of people?
I think it was at 16 when I forced myself because my dad had nagged me for an entire year. Like, "Come on, sing for people. You have a nice voice," and I just wouldn't do it. One evening, I just decided, "Screw it, I'll do it." I remember it was really bad. But I did it. So that was good. And it felt very nice afterwards, like, "It wasn't very good and I don't ever want to listen to it again but I feel good about it."
You wrote "See You Again" for someone else to sing, right?
I wrote it originally to pitch to Sam Smith. And it almost sounds like Sam could sing that. And maybe even Adele. There were a lot of people who tried to sing it. But everybody liked my voice. And what was funny was that my voice was a one-take throwaway. We wrote it and then I was like, oh, okay, we need a reference vocal so when we send it out to people who can sing, they have something to reference. That was the only take that was ever recorded. I did it in one take and I was like, okay, that's good. That's good enough.
When did you first see the film in its entirety?
I first saw the movie in New York City at a private screening with my parents and Wiz Khalifa. Everybody was crying their eyes out. Except my mom. My mom was very proud. She's a Jewish mother. She announces me. "My boy's a genius!" I'm like, "Mom, you can't." She's like putting her arms up. "I told you! I told you this would happen!"
So you made Wiz Khalifa cry then?
He had glasses on, so I'll never know. He may have been very high as well.


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We had an adventure getting to this next campground. It was called Tom and Carol's and it was in a small town off the beaten path. We kept turning on country roads and wondered how much farther can it be? It was right in this small town on one of the city streets and it had a total of 6 sites! They apparently had took their property and created this very small campground. They lived in an RV in one of the sites so that left 5 to rent out. There was a one room laundry/shower room/club house. It was graveled and very well kept. The other...Jump to full entry
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I swear my eyeliner is brown. The colour of the pencil is most certainly and unmistakeably brown.
But both Mayj and Lisa said it was purple.
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Nadja Sayej for The Guardian - 30 May 2018
At the Storm King Art Center in New York, a group of artists has come together to showcase works that cover a growing, and often ignored, issue
The week before the Storm King Art Center opened its public art exhibition on the 500-acre premises in Mountainville, New York, there was a tornado. It was fitting considering the topic of the exhibition, Indicators: Artists on Climate Change, which features over a dozen artists who tap into climate change "and hopefully, take action to help curb its advances", explains the curator, Nora Lawrence. While Storm King started out as an environmental initiative in 1960, this exhibition feels as timely as ever considering the state of the world: temperatures rising, arctic ice melting and polluted air affecting millions around the globe. "I think it's always urgent, but we have been seeing the effects of climate change on our own site for years," says Lawrence. "We've also seen how artists have been dealing with these issues, so it was something we thought made sense for us to address."
Instead of deploying terrifying statistics, protest placards and scientific arguments, this exhibition takes a different approach to activism. "What I've seen is that artists are able to touch people in ways that not everyone can," says Lawrence. "Artists can zero in on a topic that asks people to consider their surroundings anew."
One highlight is the work of the New York artist Justin Brice Guariglia, who shows a solar-powered LED highway message sign that reads "We Are the Asteroid". It's a phrase from eco-philosopher Timothy Morton, who calls out the human effect on the planet. "It's to bring attention to the issue from another angle, to look at what humans are doing to provoke climate change," says Lawrence. "When we think of asteroids, we think of something that will doom the earth, but in this case, it's actually coming from our own human activity."


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Wilson off target lately in Seattle's pass game
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Russell Wilson is doing plenty to help Seattle during its three-game win streak.
Even when the Seahawks' offensive priority has been focused on running the football.
That was evident last week when he ran for 107 yards as part of Seattle's franchise record day running the ball in its 38-17 win over the New York Giants.
But through the air, Wilson has been far from his best of late. And with the Seahawks entering their most difficult stretch of the schedule, it's a concern whether Wilson can rediscover his passing rhythm.
"I think my accuracy has been a little bit off for whatever reason and I keep believing in myself. I'm not going to doubt myself," Wilson said on Thursday.
"I've played a lot of great football at times and I just believe every time I get the ball in my hands something great is going to happen and that is never going to change. My confidence never wavers.
"Sometimes you go through a downward slump but as long as you find ways to win, that's all I care about is finding ways to help our football team win and then once I get back in my groove, which hopefully will happen this week, I think it will be hard to stop us."
In each of his past three games, and in four of the past five, Wilson has failed to have a passer rating higher than 77.5.
While he'll never put up huge passing stats because of the style of Seattle's offense, Wilson has thrown for more than 250 yards only twice all season.
"I think it's important to look at the pass game as a whole. All of it works together," Seattle offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said. "There are things we can do protection-wise to keep him on the spot. There's things we can do better running routes for him to be at the right place at the right time and frankly there are plays that he has to make.
"There are throws that he needs to make and I'm sure there are some in the past that he would like to have back. It's a work in progress each and every week we try and go out there and improve."
Even with his struggles of late, Seattle's three straight wins have included moments where Wilson has proved to be the difference.
In Carolina, he led Seattle on an 85-yard drive in the final minutes, capping it with a pinpoint pass to Luke Willson for a 23-yard touchdown and another fourth-quarter comeback.
Against Oakland, Wilson led Seattle on two key first-half touchdown drives as the Seahawks built a 24-3 lead at the break.
And last week against the Giants, Wilson took advantage of New York's inability to keep contain on the perimeter in the run game.
That's been the good side of Wilson's game lately. But the mistakes have become more profound and more obvious.
"I think some of the times it's been footwork and sometimes maybe rushing a little too fast," Wilson said. "I think one of my strengths is being poised at certain times and I think I have to go back to that, always being calm as possible and being as smooth as possible and making those throws and hitting it when it's there."
Against Oakland, Wilson's accuracy was significantly off. It was the first time this season and fourth time in the past two regular seasons that Wilson completed less than 50 percent of his passes.
A number of times he was inaccurate throwing to open receivers and at least two throws could have been intercepted.
And against the Giants, there was an element of carelessness. Usually cautious with his passes, Wilson threw two interceptions for the first time in more than a calendar year.
But coach Pete Carroll doesn't sound concerned, especially with Seattle's recommitment to the run.
"We have been running the football with more intent and so that which with we've been getting done is good enough to get wins," Carroll said. "We have areas that we can improve, throwing and catching we can always get better. I really think the good thing is that we have won three games and we can do better."
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Advanced Gherkin Techniques
In addition to the basic Gherkin keywords that are required to define a Feature, Eggplant Functional
For basic information about creating a Gherkin Feature in Eggplant Functional, see Creating Tests with Gherkin.
A Background element can be used to define any Given steps that are consistent across every Scenario in a Feature. The Background is placed before the first Scenario in the Feature, and can include any number of Given statements. You can use the And and But keyword aliases as well in place of Given.
An example Background definition might look like the following:
Background: app in focus
Given that the Calculator app is running
And that the app is in focus
When you run a Feature that includes a Background element, the Given steps outlined in the Background are run for each Scenario as it is run so that you don't need to include the steps within each Scenario.
Scenario Outlines
If you have a test case where you want to perform the same action multiple times with variable values, you can use a Scenario Outline instead of repeating a standard Scenario with hard-coded values. The Scenario Outline element lets you parameterize values within steps, and then reads values from a data table in a section titled Examples that follows it.
The steps you include within the Scenario Outline are the same as for a regular Scenario, as outlined in Definition of a Feature: Given, When, Then (including the And/But aliases as necessary). The variables are strings that you enclose in angle brackets, <var1>. You can include a variable on any step.
A Scenario Outline in a Feature might look like the following:
Scenario Outline: check multiplication function on Calculator app
Given that the Calculator app is running and in focus
And there is no current value in the calculator
When I multiply <Number1> by <Number2> in the calculator app
Then the app displays the correct <Answer>
Note: For each step where you include a variable, the associated SenseTalk handler needs to include a params statement to receive the variable value from the data table. If the step includes multiple variables (as in the When statement above), the params statement needs a variable name for each one.
to handle I_multiply_VAR_by_VAR_in_the_calculator_app
params Number1, Number2
You follow the Scenario Outline immediately with the Examples section, which is a data table that includes the values to substitute for your variables. The first line of the data table is the header row. Each item in the header row must match the name of a variable exactly. The rows following the header include the data. Separate items within a row with a vertical bar, or pipe, character (|).
An Examples section for the previous Scenario Outline might look like this:
| Number1 | Number2 | Answer |
| 5 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | 11 | 55 |
| 5 | 12 | 60 |
You can follow this format to build your data tables with as many or few columns and rows as you need.
When you run a Scenario Outline, it iterates over the data table. That is, every step runs once for each row of data in the table, whether or not the step includes variable data. For example, if you have 10 rows of data (after the header), the Scenario Outline runs a full 10 times.
Data Tables on Steps
You might want to pass data to an individual step from a table without assigning specific variables within the step definition. In such cases, you can add a data table directly to the step so that all the data from the table gets passed to the associated handler when it's called.
You format the data table the same as for an Examples section, leaving off the Examples title. Although you don't use variables within the step text, the data table still includes a header row.
When I enter text in the page search field
| searchterm |
| Yellowstone |
| Grand Canyon |
| Disneyland |
| Acadia |
Following this format, you can construct a data table with as many or few columns and rows as you need.
For data tables on steps, the data is sent to the handler all together, so the Scenario or the step doesn't iterate. The SenseTalk handler you write in the associated script should handle iterating the data.
The data table is received as a SenseTalk list of property lists. So, there will be one item in the list for each row of data. Each item in the list is a property list where the key (or keys) corresponds to the header and the value is the passed value for that row.
For more information about SenseTalk lists and property lists, see Lists and Property Lists.
Gherkin Tags
The Gherkin tags functionality lets you filter Gherkin test sections based on keywords, or tags, that you assign. You can assign tags to Scenarios, Scenario Outlines, and to Features globally. Based on tags, you can choose to include or exclude elements when you run your tests.
A tag can be any string, prefixed with @. (Space characters, however, are invalid in tag names.) To add a tag to a Feature, you insert it on the line above the element's name. For example, to apply a tag to a Scenario, you add it to the line above the Scenario: line:
Scenario: Add two numbers on the Calculator app
You can add as many tags to an element as you want. Additional tags are separated by a space:
@regression @important @sanity
Scenario: Add two numbers on the Calculator app
Tag Logic
When you run your tests, you might want to filter with multiple tags. Therefore, it's important to understand how the logic works.
- Join tags with a comma to indicate OR (either one or the other condition must be met).
- Join tags with a space to indicate AND (both conditions must be met).
- When both AND and OR conditions are present, the OR is evaluated first.
Note: The tag logic described here with commas and spaces describes how you enter tags in a run environment, either as part of a command line command or SenseTalk command. This use is different from how you enter tags in the Feature itself, where multiple tags on the same element are always separated by a space.
@a,@b //To run, the element must include either @a or @b.
@a @b //To run, the element must include both @a and @b.
@a,@b @c //To run, the element must include either @a or @b and it must also include @c.
@c @a,@b //Because the OR condition is evaluated first, this expression yields the same result as the one above.
Filtering Elements by Tags at Runtime
The method you use to filter by tags is different depending on which method of test execution you're using. See Running Gherkin Tests for complete information about how you can run your Gherkin tests from Eggplant Functional.
In general, to include elements with a tag, you list the tag (e.g., @tagName). To exclude elements, you list the tag preceded by a tilde symbol (e.g., ~@tagName).
If you are running a Gherkin test from within Eggplant Functional, you can add tags in the Tag field above the editor before pressing the Run Script button:
Tags you have added to the active Feature appear in the drop-down list. To add multiple tags, you need to enter them manually into the field. Multiple tags follow the logic outlined in Tag Logic: use a comma to indicate OR and a blank space to indicate AND.
If you use the RunFeature command to trigger a Gherkin test from a SenseTalk script, you can include tags as parameters to the command. You can place multiple tags inside a pair of quotes, using commas and spaces according to Tag Logic. You can include tags in separate quotes to force an AND condition.
RunFeature "FeatureTest1", "@important,@regression" // Runs FeatureTest1 but only elements within it that include either the @important tag or the @regression tag
RunFeature "FeatureTest1", "@important ~@regression" // Runs FeatureTest1 but only elements within it that include the @important tag and don't include the @regression tag
Finally, if you run your Gherkin tests from the command line, you can include tags as parameters to the runscript command. You can include multiple tags within a single -param statement, enclosed in quotes, in which case the elements follow the logic explained in Tag Logic: a comma to indicate OR, a space to indicate AND. Use a separate -param statement to force an AND condition.
The following command runs any elements tagged with @sanity in the CalcTesting Feature:
runscript CalcTesting.feature -param "@sanity"
You can take advantage of the logic conditions and careful tag placement to provide precise control over which elements you run. In the following example, the elements that run need to have the @billing tag and either the @over tag or the @rcvd tag:
runscript AccountingApp.feature -param "@over,@rcvd" -param "@billing"
Tag Inheritance
Tags are inherited from parent elements. That is, any element contained within another element inherits tags applied to the wrapping element. For example, if you add a tag to a Feature, every Scenario and Scenario Outline within that Feature is also assumed to have that tag.
It's important to keep this inheritance property in mind so that you can use your tags to filter effectively.
Event Hooks
You can define hooks for your Gherkin tests that automatically perform specific actions either before or after an event. Hooks can be associated with the Feature, with Scenarios, and with steps.
Hooks are created as handlers in the associated SenseTalk script. They aren't specifically referenced within the Gherkin Feature itself. If a handler of the appropriate name is in the SenseTalk script, it gets run when required. For example, to have a hook run before every Scenario is run, you would include a handler such as the following:
to handle hook_before_scenario
params ScenarioInfo
<enter your custom code here>
end hook_before_scenario
You can define any actions within the handler that you need, just as you do with other handlers attached to Gherkin steps. What's important for the hook is the name. In this case, hook_before_scenario must be the name of a handler that you want to run before each Scenario.
The available names for hook handlers are:
- hook_before_scenario
- hook_after_scenario
- hook_before_feature
- hook_after_feature
- hook_before_step
- hook_after_step
Each hook receives a parameter in its params statement that is a property list with two properties. For Features and Scenarios, the property list includes the Feature or Scenario name and the description if there is one. For steps, the property list includes the name of the step (e.g., Given, When) as the first property and the text of the line as the second property.
For more information about SenseTalk property lists, see Property Lists.


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27th JAMCO Online International Symposium
December 2018 - March 2019
The Future of Television: Japan and Europe
Public Service Broadcasting in Europe:
Accelerated Funding Reforms and Opaque Future
This paper first compares the changes in the licence fee models in Denmark and Sweden and then examines the challenges facing public service broadcasting.
1. Denmark:scrapping the media licence fee to replace it with a state subsidy to fund public service broadcasting
In Denmark, DR provides television and radio services as public service broadcaster funded by the media licence fee. TV2 was launched 1988 as another public service broadcaster, but TV2 turned to a limited company owned by the government in 2003, on the condition that the broadcaster would be fully privatized in the future. Therefore, although TV2's current status is a public service broadcaster but its operation is financed exclusively by advertising revenue. Danish TV broadcasters' audience shares are 37% for DR and 38% for TV2, which means 75% is occupied by these two companies.
DR negotiates a public service contract with the government in compliance with the comprehensive media policy agreement approved by the government and the Parliament, which determines DR's remit, scope of services, and budget. The roles and responsibilities of DR is the main focus of the media policy agreement, but it also stipulates support for other public service production such as films, cultural TV programs, and local news, and part of the media licence fee is allocated for them. The public service contract has been renewed every four years, and 2018 was the renewal year. In the beginning of 2015, the Ministry of Culture that is responsible for media policies set up the Public Service Committee consisting of experts to draw up the next media policy. The government assigned the Committee to examine what roles the public service media should play amidst the drastically changing media landscape. The Committee published a report "Public Service in the Next 10 Years" in November 2016.1) The Committee argued that even the media landscape is changing, democratic, social, and cultural contributions that had been the norm of the public service media are a universal value, and defined the roles of public service media as to ensure charge-free and equal access to diverse and wide-range of content, rightly give assistance for capacity-building of the citizens in a globalizing world, and enrich the Danish culture, language, and unity. Based on this, the Committee proposed five future scenarios including "Public service left to the market" (abolish), "Public service remains—but institutions perish" (downscale), and "Public service limited" (limit). These scenarios seem to be showing a way to make DR smaller but the Committee articulated that their stance is not to recommend possible choices to the government but to offer decision-makers a foundation for making informed choices, which means Denmark's media policy including DR's future was entrusted to the government.
Nevertheless, prior to the recommendation on the new media policy, the government announced that they had reached an agreement with its non-cabinet ally, the Danish People's Party, on (1) scrapping the media licence fee to replace it with tax and (2) cutting 20% of the budget for DR over the next five years.2) This agreement was made in exchange for the government cooperation for tax reform. On the premise of this political agreement, a cooperative proposal on the new media policy was presented in April, the following month. Then the media policy agreement was officially signed between the government/the ruling party and the Danish People's Party in June.3) The new media policy agreement will be valid for five years from 2019 through 2023, and it was decided that the media licence fee will be phased out over the period between 2019 and 2021 as shown in the table 1 below, and DR shall be operated exclusively by tax money.4)
Table 1. Budget for DR (2019 to 2023)
Unit: 1 million Danish krone
Source: DR's PUBLIC SERVICE-KONTRAKT FOR 2019-2023
The new agreement stipulates that the number of DR channels shall be reduced from six up to four and DR must focus on the areas that can clearly serve a public purpose such as news, culture, content for children and young people, education, learning, and local community so that DR's remit will not competing with that of commercial media. Besides, although the government has been allocating part of the media licence fee to "Public Service-Pulje" (public service fund) that supports public service production outside of DR, it was decided to increase the total amount of the fund by five-fold. Consequently, the government and DR signed the public service contract in September, following which DR shall reduce its TV channels from 6 to 3 and radio from 9 to 5, and DR announced to downsize 400 people including 25 in managerial positions.5)
2. Sweden: shift from the licence Fee to the "public service see"
Public service broadcasting in Sweden is operated by three public service broadcasters, SVT (television), SR (radio), and UR (educational broadcasting), which are funded by the licence fee ("radio and television fee"). The licence fee is collected from each household based on the possession of a conventional television set, a video recorder capable of receiving television programmes, or a fixed type receiver such as a desk top computer, and the definition of television receiver does not include smartphones and other portable digital receivers. The Swedish government reviewed the licence fee system in 2012 on the grounds that television viewing styles were diversifying and that the licence fee was rather expensive and planned to replace the licence fee to the public service fee based on individual taxable income. But the government failed to reach an internal consensus and had to shelve the plan.6) In 2016, The government newly established a cross-party committee consisting of parliament members to embark on a full-scale overhaul of public service broadcasting including the licence fee system. In November 2018, following the committee's proposal, the Swedish government officially decided to abolish the current licence fee collected from all households with a television receiver to replace it with a tax called "public service fee," which shall be paid by individuals regardless of the ownership of a TV set, and announced the new system will be introduced in January 2019.7) While the current licence fee is 2,400 Swedish kronor (SEK) per household annually, the planned public service fee will be 1% of taxable earned income with a ceiling of 1,300SEK and be collected from everyone aged 18 or over with a taxable income. If a person's monthly income is less than 13,600SEK, the fee will be reduced, and students without income will be exempted.
The Swedish government says that there is a broad political consensus that public service broadcasting should be independent of the government and other economic, political spheres of power in society, explaining that these changes are aimed at creating a stable, long-term funding system for public service broadcasting and strengthening its operational independence. To guarantee this principle, the fee will be collected by the Swedish Tax Agency and the money collected will be administered separately from the rest of the central government budget.
3. Difference between Danish and Swedish approaches to the licence fee system
The reviews on licence fee systems in Denmark and Sweden are aimed at securing fairness in the payment of licence fees and reducing their burdens. This objective is also shared by Germany and Finland that have already been reformed their licence fee systems. The licence fee is built on the principle that services offered by public service broadcasters are accessible by anyone, wherever they live in that given country, and therefore the licence fee is mandatory for everyone. In Denmark, however, while the number of those who use YouTube and Facebook keeps increasing among young people who have an obligation to pay the licence fee, the use of DR services are decreasing. Besides, the number of licence fee evasion has been increasing due to the dissatisfaction especially among students and single-person households with the obligation because the licence fee is supposed to be paid per household regardless of the number of family members, but students sharing a flat have to pay it per person. Therefore, a large part of the 20% reduction from the DR budget is to be used for reducing burdens for young people, pensioners, and persons with disabilities. In Sweden, despite the recent increase of the number of households, the number of licence fee payments has not been increased. This is due to a rise in households that do not have television sets and use other platforms such as computers and smartphones for viewing television programmes. This led to the broad agreement that the operation of public service broadcasting will face a crisis unless overhauling the conventional licence fee system. The shift from the licence fee to the public service fee will almost halve the amount to pay, allow students to be exempt from payment, and reduce burden on low-income persons.
Nevertheless, there is a major difference in the reforms of these two that had decided to scrap their licence fees. In the first place, licence fees in Europe are part of their taxes and dues. The licence fee of the BBC of the United Kingdom is defined as a tax.8) Swedish public service fee is a "special tax," which will be administered separately from the rest of the government budget and earmarked for the operation of public service broadcasters in the country, as public service broadcasting is recognized as synonymous with public service. On the contrary, Denmark's reform is to change its funding models to finance public service broadcasting by a government subsidy. In other words, part of the national tax revenue will be used to finance its operation, which will dilute the relationship between public service broadcasters that provide services and their audiences—the people of Denmark. This poses a risk that public service broadcasting will be regarded as part of the political system.
4. Challenges suggested by the Denmark's reform
The greatest challenge suggested by the Denmark's reform is political impacts on public service broadcasting. The current Danish government is a right-wing coalition government of the Denmark's Liberal Party, Conservative People's Party, and the Liberal Alliance, and non-cabinet alliance is necessary for the ruling coalition to realise their policies. Under such political circumstances, public service broadcasters' funding and scope of services will become more likely to be used as a tool for political negotiation. In proposing the new media policy agreement, the government showed how they perceived the present media situations: "new media are constantly emerging, the media are becoming more influential to people, and people are becoming more influential to the media through their consumption and practice" although such media situation is common in many European countries. In addition to this, since DR is the largest media organization in the country, commercial media organizations have been appealing to the government, claiming that "the public service broadcaster DR has become so powerful that it is distorting the free activities of commercial operators." The outcry came especially from the press circle that is facing severe financial difficulties. Such criticism over "public service broadcasters' undermining private sectors" has been seen in other countries. However, in Denmark, although the public had not clearly said "no" to DR, the government showed its stance to narrow DR's scope of service and remit in the new media policy agreement, which suggests the existence of behind-the-scene political negotiations.
These impacts seem to be already occurring. The new public service contract stipulates one of the objectives of DR as "to provide programmes and content that clearly show that Danish society has its roots in Christianity." This objective was inserted during the few months before the signing of the public service contract although it had not been included in the government's media policy agreement. Meanwhile, an objective stated in the public service contract for 2015 to 2018 that DR must contribute to "the promotion of integration in Danish society" was cut from the new contract. In addition to this, in terms of DR's internet services, the agreement requires DR to reduce its output of news by stipulating "DR can provide bulletins with text but must refrain from providing long, in-depth articles."9)
5. Opaque future ahead of public service broadcasting
In the Nordic area, Finland abolished its licence fee and introduced the public service broadcasting tax called the "Yle tax" in 2013, and Denmark and Sweden made a decision to change their funding systems in 2018, with Norway considering to scrap its current licence fee to replace it with the "media fee" which will be charged for everyone regardless of the possession of a television set. Fortunately, for the moment, it seems Norway will not make the same choice as Denmark did. The media market size in the Nordic area is small, and there are not many domestic commercial media companies that can compete with public service broadcasters. Besides, since broadcasts use each country's own language(s), public service broadcasters enjoy relatively large audience shares in the television market. However, there is a large gap between the youth and the elderly regarding how to access news and information, with YouTube and Facebook used as a news and information source among young people. Behind the Danish government's request for DR to focus on providing public services is the fact that DR is expected to play a role to protect young people from fake news on the internet by providing news and documentaries for young viewers on its online platform DRTV. Meanwhile, in the field of entertainment, new media players such as Netflix and Amazon as well as conventional content providers such and HBO and Disney offer paid-for VOD services online for global users, which are growing not only in the Nordic area but also across Europe. Backed by ample funds, these players are increasing the production of their own original content and expanding their scope of activities, ranging from co-productions with production companies around the world to acquisitions of such companies. In Denmark, DR's Head of Drama section left the broadcaster and established a drama and film production company, venturing into co-productions and other businesses with overseas media partners.10) While these developments are underway in the media industry, the Danish government seems to be placing a heavy emphasis on the consideration to the domestic competition between DR and commercial media operators and not discussing the role of DR in the context of how to compete with international media players.
The consumption patterns of news and entertainment programs are assumingly common not only to the countries mentioned in this paper but to a number of countries in the world. A series of licence fee system reforms have been done based on an assumption that public service broadcasters will be maintained, but the funds at their disposition has been reduced, and public service broadcasters themselves have become inclined to downscale their services in pursuit of business efficiency. Along with the digitalization of broadcasting, European public service broadcasters have launched various speciality channels dedicated to certain genres or target viewers, such as news or young generation, but Finland spearheaded to abolish its 24-hour news channel, and Denmark is planning to terminate three channels for young people, culture, and children to cope with the 20% budget cut. The BBC of the UK sustains the current licence fee system, but it has also terminated a television channel for the youth under the pressure of fund reduction. In addition to this, a concern over how to cope with global media players is looming as a major challenge for public service broadcasters.11)
Over the past year, European public service broadcasters have been closely watching the discussion unfolded in Denmark over the reform of public service broadcasting. In January 2018, the Directors-General of the BBC and some other public service broadcasters in Europe including Sweden and the Netherlands issued a joint statement that "the ongoing attempts in Denmark to abolish the licence fee and cut budget will increase the risk of political control and become a setback for democracy".12) And as soon as the new public service contract was announced, Top executives of Nordic public service broadcasters jointly voiced their deep concern,13) and the Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) followed suit、criticizing that "the restriction on the remit narrows not only the diversity of and access to programmes that are relevant to their lives but also the understanding of social cohesion and understanding at a time when this is more important than ever."14) It is unusual for public service broadcasters to officially voice concern over political interference on public service broadcasting of other developed democracy. This simply shows that these broadcasters regard the Danish reform as a serious threat in terms that it quickly went beyond a licence fee reform, which were aimed at ensuring fairness in the payment of licence fees, into fund reduction and even to the extent of the role change of public service broadcasters.
In 2007, the year when the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure started in Europe, the Council of Europe defined the remit of European public service broadcasters as below, acknowledging that the ideal of individual public service broadcasting may vary within each member state according to each social, political, economic, and cultural backgrounds: (1) offer universal access for all members of the public in each country, (2) promote social integration, (3) provide impartial and independent information and comment, (4) provide a forum for pluralistic public discussion, and (5) contribute to audiovisual creation and production and dissemination of diversity of national and European cultural heritage.15) Now, a decade later, is the remit of public service broadcasters still regarded as a common one to all countries involved? If so, are there enough funds guaranteed for public service broadcasters so that they can pursue their roles? As long as looking at the Denmark model, the future of public service broadcasting in Europe that is going through licence fee reforms seems to be unprecedentedly unstable and opaque.
- Five future scenarios from the Danish Public Service Committee (15 November, 2016, Nordicom)
The Public Service Committee's report is available from the following website.
https://kum.dk/fileadmin/KUM/Documents/Temaer/Public_service_udvalget/Rapport_Public_service-udvalget.pdf(Last access date: 5 December, 2018)
- Licensen skal afskaffes og DR slankes (March 16 2018, Finansministreit)
https://www.fm.dk/nyheder/pressemeddelelser/2018/03/licensen-skal-afskaffes-og-dr-slankes(Last access date: 5 December, 2018)
- Medieaftale for 2019–2023
https://kum.dk/fileadmin/KUM/Documents/Nyheder%20og%20Presse/Pressemeddelelser/2018/Medieaftale_2019-2023.pdf (Last access date: 5 December, 2018)
- The figures in Table 1 are from the Public Service Contract signed in September 2018. Minor modifications had been made for the breakdown of the DR budget through the process, from the Media Policy Agreement proposal, to the official Media Policy Agreement, and to the Public Service Contract with DR.
- What next for broadcaster DR after far-reaching cuts? (18 September, 2018, The Local).(Last access date: 5 December, 2018).
- Lars-Åke Engblom (2013), Public Service Financing in the Nordic Countries, pp.95-108, from Public Service Media from Nordic Horizon Politics, Markets, programming and users edited by Ulla Carlsson, Nordicom (Last access date: 6 December, 2018).
- New financing of public service adopted (16 November, 2018, Government Offices of Sweden)
https://www.government.se/articles/2018/11/new-financing-of-public-service-adopted/(Last access date: 5 December, 2018)
- The Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom defined the licence fee as tax in 2006.
- Stipulated in Article 4.4. "Internetbaserede tjenester" (Internet-based services), DR's PUBLIC SERVICE-KONTRAKT FOR 2019-2023.
- Piv Bernth – Confessions of a beautiful TV mind (9 November 2017, Nordisk Film & TV fond). (Last access date: 6 December, 2018).
- Public Service Broadcasters of the World: The 2018 Report on the Systems and Funding from The Annual Bulletin of NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute 2018 (No. 62) (January 2018, NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute).(Last access date: 5 December 2018).
- Public service broadcasting under threat (10 January 10, UR).
- Nordiska public service- chefer om DR: Djupt oroade (20 September 2018, SVT)
https://www.svt.se/omoss/post/nordiska-public-service-chefer-om-dr-djupt-oroade/(Last access date: 5 December, 2018).
- EBU Executive Board speaks out against restriction of public service media remit in Demark (20 September, 2018, EBU).
https://www.ebu.ch/news/2018/09/ebu-executive-board-speaks-out-against-restriction-of-public-service-media-remit-in-denmark(Last access date: 19 December 2018).
- Council of Europe (2007), Recommendation CM/REC(2007)3 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Remit of Public Service Media in the Information Society https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=09000016805d6bc5(Last access date: 6 December, 2018).
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Yoshiko NAKAMURA
Executive Researcher, Media Research & Studies Division,
Broadcasting Culture Research Institute,
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Joined NHK in 1978. After working at Public Relations Division and NHK World Department, she started research activities at the NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute in 1992. Her main research subject is the systems, roles, and operations of public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the world. She is currently responsible for the research on the roles of broadcasting in the Paralympic Games.
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AT LEAST 48 people, the majority of them students, were killed when a suicide blast ripped through a school in a Shiite area of Kabul Wednesday, officials said, the latest assault on Afghanistan's war-weary capital.
Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani denounced the "terrorist bombing" and ordered relevant authorities to investigate how the attack happened.
Mr Ghanis says that in "this terrorist bombing once again, the terrorists martyred and wounded the innocent" — students attending a training class in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul.
He added that "by targeting educational and cultural centres, terrorists have clearly shown they are against all those Islamic principles (that strive) for both men and women to learn and study."
Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry listed the death toll at 48 dead and 67 wounded but
spokesman, Wahid Majroh, said the figures are not final and could rise further.
The bomber targeted a private building in the Shiite neighbourhood of Dasht-i Barcha where a group of young men and women, all high school graduates, were studying for university entrance exams.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, was quick to deny any involvement by the insurgents in the attack.
Both the resurgent Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan have targeted Shiites in the past, considering them to be heretics.


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Monday, December 21, 2009
Simstim Technologies - Neuromance
It's oh-so-apt that I'm posting this after winning a five day battle with the swine flu of computer viruses...
Anyway, I'm really big into cyberpunk. Max Headroom, Shadow Run, Blade Runner, Tron, THX-1138, Akira, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, Cordwainer Smith and, of course, the novels of William Gibson all rank highly on my entertainment scale.
On a cyberpunk kick in 2005, I decided to create music that was truly "cyberpunk." I figured a good way to do this would be to record a digital instrument through an analog recorder, so I overdubbed my digital Korg Prophecy on my cassette-based Fostex XR-7 multitracker. I kept William Gibson's first novel, Neuromancer, in mind as I assembled the tracks to create this bit of lo-fi electronica.
If you're familiar with Neuromancer, the song titles should speak for themselves, so a track-by-track analysis is unnecessary. However, if you're unfamiliar...hell, download this album and listen to it while you go to the bookstore to buy it. Or, in true cyberpunk fashion, shop online for an ebook.
And, no, you can't dance to it.
Sample tracks:
Television Sky
Sleeping Coffin
Labels: cyberpunk, electronic, psychedelic, Simstim Technologies
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And yet, the odor of a hundred peeled garlic cloves haunted me, stuck to me, boarded this Transatlantic flight with me -- Out, out damn garlic! -- along with just the faintest hint of raw onion.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's rewind a bit.
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Justin and Audrey met in a classic film poster and bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard in the spring of 2010; Audrey was visiting Los Angeles at the time with two friends from France. (Pas une coïncidence.) They played pen pals for several months, sending each other gifts and postcards and YouTube links, speaking occasionally by Skype at 2am PST. Shortly after 2Es and I tied the knot on October 2nd, Justin visited and soon after proposed to Audrey in France. And just over nine months later, the two were married (see J's hand-drawn invitation above) in the Moselle province in Saint Hubert -- a village just thirty minutes from Audrey's home in Metz. There is nothing traditional about their road to marriage, and (likewise) there was nothing traditional about their rain-soaked, homemade August wedding.
As I mentioned in my rehearsal dinner toast, I've never known a bride to welcome two complete strangers into her apartment the week of her wedding, let alone allow them to dominate the living room. But because the French don't believe in stress (le stress), Audrey permitted Odin and I, International Co-Best Men, to crash on her spacious sofa and spare the expense of a hotel room. Occupying the modest apartment in the days leading up to her wedding were Justin, Audrey, Audrey's one-of-a-kind roommate Baptiste (who is both appropriately and inappropriately nicknamed "Uncle Boobs"), two Americans with little to no French under their belt, and Django.
Django traded room and board for this photo shoot, which he later described as "suffisant"
I arrived a day later than expected due to an incident with a suspicious odor (no, not garlic -- sulfur) on the first leg of my trip. I met Odin at CDG; together we bused to the Gare de l'Est station and took the hi-speed rail to the northeast corner of France; and when we rendezvoused with the bride and groom on the Gare de Metz train platform, they led us down cobblestone streets between pre-war buildings to Audrey's 4th floor apartment. I unsuccessfully convinced myself that I was both alert and prepared for a tour of the city before passing out on the couch for god knows how long.
Over the course of the next five days, Odin and I would discover the secret to the romanticized French lifestyle: bière et cigarettes at any given pub or restaurant, followed by a leisurely stroll (toujours avec la bière et les cigarettes) down worn and weathered alleys bathed in pools of auburn light, retiring no earlier than 4:30 in the morning and waking up no later than 8. Recovering from a trip to France involves a great deal of sleeping -- and no, it isn't the jet lag.
We spent Thursday afternoon with les Américains -- namely, Justin's family from Maryland -- exploring the city, eating pasta, drinking beer, walking down the fleuve de la Moselle (the Moselle River) and through the Centre Saint-Jacques, and futzing with a life-sized chess board at Metz Plage, the city's "built-in beach" throughout the month of August. Then we scurried to La Brasserie FLO for the dîner de répétition, where the crowd was half American and half French, and where the intermingling of those distinct halves was prompted with flowing beer and wine.
I woke up the next morning at an unfriendly hour to an empty apartment (even Odin had scampered off somewhere), so I shaved and showered and dressed while Django terrorized a plastic hair band. Audrey and Justin returned to the apartment -- appearing somewhat frazzled for the first time that week -- and asked if I wanted to go with them. We were headed to their wedding site, though I didn't know it at the time. We raided a neighbor's refrigerator, packed the trunk and corners of the car and filled our laps with a month's worth of groceries, wine, a keg and a Co2 tank and drove half an hour outside of Metz to a farming village with a population of maybe eight.
Justin and the Roquettes
The groom put us to work immediately and gave us various chores in the kitchen -- including but not limited to peeling, dicing, chopping, washing, cleaning, dressing, food processing and saran wrapping.
Groom Justin getting his hands dirty -- and the remnants of his labor.
We would use a dish; we would wash a dish. Even the industrial-sized kitchen we had been blessed with was struggling to keep up with us.
Odin prepping a monster bowl of hummus
unboxed shit. We put up signs. Audrey pointed, and we worked.
In a matter of hours, we had turned a fridge full of groceries into five shelves of prepared dishes.
At a certain point, Odin turned to me and said, "Dude, it's 9 o'clock." I almost said, "A.M.?" Bride, groom, co-best men and a few friends had worked for nine hours straight. Most of us didn't get out of there until 10:30 in the evening; Uncle Boobs stayed behind to arrange some architectural lighting in the space.
And it was right around then, or maybe on the drive back to the city, that I discovered what the whole Best Man thing (Co- or not) is all about -- realizing that it had so little to do with standing up at the altar, or about handing off the rings at the right moment. It's about rolling up your sleeves in the 48 to 72 hours before the ceremony and doing whatever needs to be done. It's about keeping the groom's head in a good place and keeping the mood light and the music loud. And it's about dragging the groom kicking and screaming out of the reception hall on the eve of his wedding when he says that he wants to stay for like two more hours and get more stuff done.
We went out that night, no surprise, and met Baptiste and Justin's friend Matt at a bustling pub near the town center. We closed the bar and got kabobs and (French) fries and meandered through Metz, which is both eerie and perfect at that hour. We came across a pop-up badminton game in a plaza and shot the shit until (again) 4:30 in the morning and toasted our friend with each round of beer. We sat on the steps of old buildings and discussed politics and economics and peed in the street, and then we put Justin to bed. He was getting married in twelve hours.
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Stay tuned for Part II -- coming Thursday! Revenez jeudi pour la Partie Deux!