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I'm a big fan of the Virgin airlines ads. They remind me of the fun and glamour that used to be airline travel… a long time ago.
Now it is a tedious contest of you against the strip searching, liquid seeking, fruit snatching airport agents.
So, international regulations have to be met, but does it all have to be so earnest? Here are 3 irreverent videos that definitely put the fun back in flying and one isn't even for an airline.
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Many modern programming tasks involve the integration of things that happen [asynchronous]ly; they do not happen at precisely controlled times and the computer has to be prepared to deal with whatever happens in the order that it happens.For example, in a GUI you don't want to force a user to press a button between each move of the mouse, and in a network server with two clients connected you definitely do not want to force one client to wait for the other to do something (unless you're doing something collaborative of course! :^)The most commonly used technique for doing this is called event-based programming, and it is such a good coding idiom that it is used in nearly every practical programming language in use today. Of course, some languages offer better support for it than others...The basic idea is that you have a queue of possible events, and as the environment (i.e. the world outside the program) does things, so events are generated and added to the queue. Meanwhile, the program sits there, grabbing events off the queue and doing whatever it takes to deal with them, usually by way of a gigantic [switch] statement (or whatever that language's equivalent is.)Luckily, Tcl comes with all this support built in already. All it takes to turn it on is to set up some event handlers and to start accepting events using the [vwait] command. In Tk, things are even easier as the library sets up a load of handlers anyway, and also starts up the event loop once it has evaluated your startup script.People who aren't used to event-driven programming often have a hard time getting started. See Countdown program for a simple example of converting a loop-based program to an event-driven one.
Major classes of events in Tcl/Tk
- GUI events - Tk's raison d'etre. Note that this includes send and various wm subcommands as well as bind and the -command options to various widgets...
- File events - These occur when it becomes possible to either read from or write to a channel (especially to a pipe, socket or serial port.)
- Timer events - Great for scheduling things for happening later, and brilliant for use with periodic activity.
- Idle events - Useful for when you wish to put something off until there is nothing to do except wait for events (mainly used in the management of display updates...)
- Virtual events - Comes in handy when a certain program state which is reached should call a proc at a higher abstraction level of the application program. It is not good practice to call a high level proc from a lower level. event generate is helpful because (a) the programmer specifies a name for the virtual event (hence a low level software module is consistent in having defined names for ALL internal resources which can be used by apps) and (b) the event can simply be ignored when not needed.
- Variable accesses — see Traces
- Background error handling (Lars H, 2008-09-15: AFAICT this really goes through the event loop nowadays.) — see bgerror and interp bgerror.
- Unrecognized command handling — see unknown and namespace unknown.
An even easier realization of asynchronous processing for programmers is BLT's bgexec.
What would it take for Tcl's event handling to support user defined events? Perhaps I want to generate events based on encounters of particular tokens during input file parsing, etc. Does this kind of thing currently event? Can one bind to these events so that code gets called automatically upon the raising of a user event?KBK (9 August 2001) - User defined events exist in Tk, but they're limited to UI components; see the event manual page, with particular attention to [event generate]. It would be nice to have event bindings on other sorts of things. Michael McLennan's keynote speech at the 2001 Tcl conference put forward a proposal for non-GUI event definitions. Is that on the Web anywhere?Yes. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/10/tcl_presentations.html (That appears to have his paper - but not any of the material from his keynote speech, Dealing with my Tcl addiction, which is where he brought up the notification system with which he and George Howlett had been experimenting.)trigger is mentioned in one paper - see that page for the PDF of the paper. However, I've not seen where the code itself is available.2010-12-14 A TIP to address this issue is under discussion: TIP #379
User defined events for Tcl can be had in the uevent package from tcllib. It provides support similar to the Tk event command.

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Fueled by goals from Angela Cutaia (20:44, 72:23) and Bri Thomas (3:31) and a total team effort on defense, UTEP cruised past Old Dominion, 3–0, at University field Sunday afternoon.
The Miners (11-6-2, 4-3-2 Conference USA) scored twice in the first half while adding a third tally after the break for good measure, with the Lady Monarchs (7-10, 5-3 Conference USA) never able to sustain play to get back into the match.
Alyssa Palacios was credited with seven saves in the contest, none more important than her athletic stop on a penalty kick by ODU's Kathryn Hill with 43 seconds to play in the opening frame. That stop allowed the Orange and Blue to head into halftime armed with a commanding 2-0 lead.
Smart positioning and hustle by the defense, which included Nicole Lindsay clearing the ball off the line for an official team save at 57:34 buoyed the play of Palacios. UTEP controlled tempo in the game, with advantages in both shots (25-19) and corner kicks (10-4). Each squad recorded eight shots on goal.
The high-intensity contest featured 19 fouls (13 on UTEP and six on ODU) and five cards. With the win the Miners keep themselves in the hunt for one of the eight coveted spots for the C-USA Championships (Nov. 4-8).
"We've been waiting all season long for a game like this when we put it all together," UTEP head coach Kevin Cross said. "The key to success was playing a full 90 minutes."
UTEP was all business from the onset of the match. At 3:27 of the opening period, junior Bri Barreiro laced a shot that sailed over the outstretched arms of ODU GK Erin Kinz. It clanked off the crossbar and bounced into the area, where Thomas was there to hammer home the loose change. It was Thomas's fourth goal of the year while Barreiro was awarded an assist on the play.
The Miners continued to pressure following the early goal, securing a corner kick just five minutes later. The service by Carleigh Simmons was sent perfectly into the box, and a mad scramble ensued. Junior Aleah Davis laced a point-blank shot that was blocked. The ball bounced to Cutaia, who drilled the shot that was blocked over the line to set up another Miner corner kick. Simmons played another brilliant ball into the area, but a foul on the Orange and Blue wiped out the chance.
A foul on UTEP from just outside the box afforded the Lady Monarchs a golden opportunity to pull even in the 20th minute. Palacios had other ideas, though, denying the try by ODU's Grace Haverly. UTEP countered immediately, using some long passes to set up shop deep in Lady Monarch territory. The visitors tried to clear the ball away but instead ended up dragging down Cutaia in the box, to set up a Miner penalty kick. The senior calmly stood over the ball and blasted home the shot past Kinz.
The Miners continued to control possession as the half wore on, but a foul in the box with just 43 seconds left in the half gave ODU a penalty kick. Hill struck the ball toward the lower left corner of the frame but Palacios reacted with cat-like reflexes to rob her.
ODU had another outstanding chance 12 minutes into the second half, but the team defense by the Miners proved to be too much. Madison Hogan's shot looked like it was going to best Palacios, but Linsday's outstanding positioning allowed her to clear the ball off the line.
UTEP put the game away for good thanks to Cutaia. Off a free kick, she skillfully curved the ball over the wall. Kinz dove but she had no chance as it deflected off her hand and ended up in the back of the net.
The Miners will wrap up the regular season when they play host to Middle Tennessee on "Senior Night" at 7 p.m. MT Friday. As a sign of appreciation to the support all year by the Orange and Blue faithful, there will be free admission to the match.
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The development INFINITY SAMUI is conceived as an enclosed private domain, with round the clock surveillance to maintain the utmost privacy and security. Resort services are offered with facilities such as massage, spa, fitness, sauna, hammam, squash courts, baby sitting, car wash, room service, housekeeping, and for those who play golf the Santiburi golf course is only a short distance away. The estate offers private underground parking lots and the use of golf carts to guests.
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Affiliation networks can provide useful insights for strategic positioning of an organization, whether it is a university, an NGO or a corporate body. In this case, we have analysed the WHO affiliation network for MDR-TB research as an example to demonstrate the potential of affiliation analysis.
Using the same set of data originally used for topic modelling, an affiliation network of all institutions in the downloaded database was constructed. We then focused the analysis on the network connected to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Initial observations
Looking at the WHO network, there appeared to be two overlapping but distinct networks associated with the organization. One network is centred around the node called 'WHO', which we will call WHO1 for this analysis (Figure 1), while the other network is centred around the node called 'World Hlth Org', (WHO2 for this writing) (Figure 2). These organizational names are provided by authors during publication. Both these nodes contain metadata with location determined to be Geneva, Switzerland, so it was confirmed that these two nodes are involving the same organization.
At first glance it was assumed that there was simply an error in standardizing organizational nomenclature when publishing articles. We have noticed similar issues with MSF/Medecins Sans Frontiers, FIND/Found Innovat New Diagnost and Int Union/Int Union TB and Lung Dis. One option would be to merge these nodes belonging to the same organization together. However, it is also possible that within large organizations, there are distinct groups that work on different topics or with a different focus, and these groups may subsequently create separate collaboration networks. Thus, we decided to maintain the separation between the two different WHO nodes.
The first main difference that was noted was that the two different WHO groups seem to be focused on slightly different topics, as determined via topic modelling. In the visual below, the nodes are split into two halves to depict two properties (Figure 3). The left colour describes the main topic associated with the node, and the right colour describes the topic most active since 2015. The larger node, 'WHO' (WHO1) appears blue in colour throughout, which suggests that it has consistently been focused on the blue topic, which in this case is Operational research/Public health. The smaller node 'World Hlth Org' (WHO2) is split. This group was predominantly focused on the red topic over the years, which happens to be the topic of Treatment optimization. However, since 2015 up to the end of 2017 when the database was assembled, this group has been more active in the blue topic, Operational/Public health research, suggesting a change in emphasis.
To really find out if these two WHO groups are really different, additional investigations were made. The first question one could ask is whether these two groups have significant overlaps in terms of collaborations?
Out of 140 nodes in total for the two WHO groups, they overlap over 23 nodes. The institutions they both collaborate with can be seen in the visualization below. In this case the nodes are coloured for the main topic they have been focused on over the years. We can see that there are overlaps with major organizations such as Center for Disease Control and Prevention as well as Harvard University.
Besides these overlaps, have these two WHO groups developed their own distinct collaboration networks? To view this, the overlapping nodes are removed from the network, and all that remains are the exclusive nodes for either WHO1 (Figure 5) or WHO2 (Figure 6).
We can now observe that in the WHO1 network, connections to other smaller WHO nodes can be seen. A closer look at these other WHO nodes show that they are based around the world such as Cairo and Copenhagen. Interestingly these other nodes also call themselves 'WHO' and not 'World Hlth Organisation' as WHO2.
The visuals show that clearly WHO1 and WHO2 have formed distinctly different collaborations. This can be also visualized in a map view below (note that the overlapping institutions described earlier such as Harvard, CDC etc. have been removed) (Figures 7 & 8).
Deeper analysis
There are potentially 2 main groups within the WHO that work on MDR-TB with emphasis on different topics. WHO1 has been consistently focused on publications relating to Public Health whereas WHO2 has been mainly focused on Treatment Optimization, although since 2015, they have also published articles relating to Public health.
The algorithms also identified that both these WHO groups have slightly different publication histories. The larger group, WHO1, has published a total of 109 articles with the first in the database appearing in the year 2007 and the last in 2017 (note that 2007 is the earliest date available from Web of Science, and therefore does not signify the first article ever published in this field by the WHO). The group WHO2 has published 43 articles, with the first in 2008 and the last in 2017.
Both these groups are actively collaborating in common with some main players in the field, such as Harvard University, the CDC, Imperial College, Chinese CDC, McGill University, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the International Union against TB and Lung Disease.
Additionally, WHO1 and WHO2 have formed distinct networks that cover different geographical regions. For example, WHO1 collaborates with groups in different parts of South Africa such as in Cape Town and Kwazulu-Natal, whereas WHO2 collaborates with a group in Johannesburg. WHO1's reach goes all the way to Australia, whereas WHO2 forms collaborations in Peru instead.
Together, these two WHO groups form a central focus within the MDR-TB research network as can be seen in the merged network of the two groups below. Just by looking at the colours, we can see that much of the WHO collaboration network is red (topic Treatment optimization), with the remaining nodes spread between blue (Public health/Operational research), green (Drug-related research) and yellow (Diagnostics).
In the algorithm used for this analysis, the nodes are sized according to the PageRank algorithm, where the size of the nodes depend on the number of links that are incoming as well as the importance of these links. Therefore, we can see that Harvard and the CDC have the highest PageRank values (in the whole MDR-TB network), suggesting that this part of the network is highly influential (Figure 9). If we look through a list of institutions with the highest PageRank value in the whole network, we will find that WHO is connected to most of these institutions, suggesting that the connections the WHO make are important centres for MDR-TB research, even if WHO itself may not be the most influential in terms of research output.
As WHO is an institution involved mainly in policy-making, it will not do as well as other institutions, based on the PageRank algorithm, which will favour institutions that produce research work.
Another algorithm, based on a different set of weighted measurements can be subsequently used to determine the influence of a node over a network. This algorithm measures Betweenness centrality, which determines if a node connects diverse parts of a network by measuring the number of times it lies along the shortest path between two other nodes. Nodes with high Betweenness value are therefore influential in terms of their role in connecting different players in the network.
Using this algorithm, we see a slightly different picture emerging. We can observe that the International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases is now the most prominent node (Figure 10). WHO1 also appear to be a central player together with UCL and the CDC. However, Harvard University is no longer as prominent as before suggesting that the university is not central in connecting institutions together within the network.
Identifying other influential nodes in the WHO network is not the only way to analyse this data. Another question one may ask may be where does the WHO network not reach to?
If we look at the network above in Figure 10, we can see that there are many nodes in grey that are not covered by the WHO network. In fact, the WHO1 and WHO2 networks combined form only 140 nodes in the network, out of a total of 1305 nodes. To visualize the remaining network, we can create an inverse visualization, where we now see the remaining 1165 nodes (Figure 11).
Of these, the top institutions based on PageRank are Stellenbosch University, Johns Hopkins University, Fudan University, Karolinska Institute and Capital Medical University. All four of these institutions are coloured green, and are mainly focused on the topic Drug-related research, with the exception of Karolinska Institute which is coloured yellow (Diagnostics). If we include the whole network of 1305 nodes, we find that Stellenbosch University and Johns Hopkins University are ranked 3rd and 4th after CDC and Harvard University. This means that these two universities are key players in the field but are not connected directly to the WHO network.
Perhaps it is not too surprising that there is a lack of collaboration between WHO and these universities, given the focus on WHO on the topics of Public health and Treatment optimization, rather than on Drug-related research.
Nonetheless, these visualizations permit us to clearly see and analyse how organizations like WHO collaborate on a given subject such as MDR-TB and identify the gaps that may exist signifying potential areas for improvement, depending on the strategic needs of the organization.


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David Owen, a reporter for The New Yorker, spent time at Mass. Eye and Ear in 2018 interviewing hearing scientists, clinicians and patients for his new book, Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World.
An estimated 37 million Americans have a form of hearing loss, and as author David Owen notes in his new book, Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World, many don't seek the treatment they need due to the costs of hearing aids and the stigma associated with wearing them.
"Hearing problems are often aggravated by the human tendency to do nothing and hope for the best, usually while pretending that everything is fine," he wrote.
In an effort to demystify the issues affecting hearing and inform people with hearing loss about the latest science and treatments, Owen, a writer at The New Yorker who suffers from ringing in the ears known as tinnitus, visited Mass. Eye and Ear in 2018 and spent time with faculty from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and its Eaton-Peabody Laboratories (EPL).
Here, he sought to learn everything about hearing from the basic biology of the human ear to the hidden sound damage caused to Americans both in the workforce and at home.
The book features interviews with experts and patients from Mass. Eye and Ear, including Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery D. Bradley Welling, MD, PhD, FACS, EPL researchers M. Charles Liberman, PhD, Sharon G. Kujawa, PhD, Albert Edge, PhD, David H. Jung MD, PhD, FACS, and Stéphane F. Maison, PhD. Members of the Mass. Eye and Ear Audiology Department who were interviewed include Director Kevin H. Franck, PhD, MBA, CCC-A, and Associate Director Meaghan P. Reed, AuD, CCC-A.
Hearing discoveries spur more research
While available therapies such as hearing aids and cochlear implants help those with hearing loss, many scientists, including those at Mass. Eye and Ear, share the goal of restoring one's natural ability to hear. Promising research, including some seminal discoveries that were found by Mass. Eye and Ear hearing scientists, may go a long way toward reaching this objective.
Owen described meeting with Dr. Liberman and Dr. Kujawa, and learning about their discovery that hearing damage caused by noise occurs initially in the synaptic connections between them. Called cochlear synaptopathy or, "hidden hearing loss," this condition has been linked to difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments and could be prevented or reversed with an improved diagnosis.
Owen writes that this research suggests, "among many other things, that American noise-related workplace protections are wholly inadequate."
Owen's reporting also notes that scientists in the EPL were the first to discover that stem cells found in the inner ear could be converted into sensory cells needed for hearing. They were able to restore hearing in mammals using this technique. Such promising research may lead to better diagnostic measures and treatments for hearing problems.
Prevention and getting help early
Many people are not getting the hearing help they need, according to Owen, due to hearing aids being considered a sign of aging and people's propensity to ignore problems that they hope will improve. However, he writes, there are now more options than ever.
"Our hearing problems have multiplied as we've gotten older—but solutions and remedies and protections and palliatives have multiplied, too," he said.
For some people who refuse to accept the conventional hearing aid, there are newer technologies that may be of interest. Owen writes about meeting with Dr. Franck and looking at some of the latest classes of earphones and hearing technology developed by major companies. Smartphone applications used for measuring sound and hearing help are also becoming increasingly more available.
Dr. Franck often points out to people considering these devices that, "hearing aids don't mean that you're old, and wearing headphones designed to help you hear does not make you rude". Hearing devices, including hearing aids, cochlear implants, hearables and others are remarkable technologies to help keep you hearing well into the future, he said.
Prevention is crucial, first and foremost, and as Owen writes, he now wears earplugs frequently, including when he sees loud movies. Several experts interviewed note that earplugs are helpful for people who work in industries with loud noise exposure as well.
"When we talk about age-related hearing loss, the assumption is that this is something that happens to old people," Owen recently told NPR. "It is something that happens to old people — but it's something that's caused by things that we do when we're young."
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I suffer from hearing related problems and have been going to MEE for several years. most of the doctors recommend hearing aids as a solution. I even tried them, unfortunately they didn't work well. I was evaluated for CI and was rejected. I have pulsatile tinnitus and the noises I hear from my own body are louder than the amplified sound from hearing aids. I am surprised that no one has found the cause of my pulsatile tinnitus which is a symptom of a larger problem. Maybe someday I will find someone who can help me. Brian Fiske
while i agree that more people need hearing help, the reluctance to wear hearing aids is not simply appearance. cost, comfort, lack of significant hearing improvement, cleaning, tune ups, repair, inconvenience, lack of water resistance, lack of transparency in the purchase process and other factors make up a large part of the problem.
these are significant barriers to broader acceptance, and need a whole new approach to solving the problem. if you go on any hearing aid manufacturers website, all you see is a lot of marketing nonsense and very little fact and data.


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The Business Aligned IT Auditor will be responsible for working on audit engagements that focus on business risk and related application technology. Team members work to understand business risks and related application controls such as interface controls, logical access controls, and input/processing/output controls. The main objective of an audit is to provide management with independent, objective assurance regarding the design and operating effectiveness of the system of internal controls to mitigate both business and IT-related risks. The audit follows a collaborative approach, with business and IT audit team members jointly conducting the majority of internal and client-facing planning, control assessment, testing, and reporting activities.
The Business Aligned IT Auditor will help shape the audit scope for IT coverage, assess procedures and test application controls for audits utilizing a risk-based audit approach. The application controls subject to testing will be determined during the risk and controls assessment phase of the audit and will most likely include: electronic authorizations; application parameters, settings, edit checks, scripts, and mappings; application access to sensitive application transactions and shared directories; system interfaces; and management, edit, and exception reports.
The Business Aligned IT Auditor ensures their work is completed in compliance with the Corporate Audit Department and Institute of Internal Auditor standards. The candidate requires good analytical, interpersonal, time management, project management, research and communications skills. She /he must be able to effectively work with new and changing situations, including new industry regulations, where there may not always be a readily apparent solution.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, Civil Engineering, Accounting, Management Science or a related field, or its equivalent;
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We hope that everyone is feeling settled into their new classrooms and new routines here at Timberline. We wanted to update you on three important policies that will be upheld beginning in October 2016.
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We require that tuition is paid within the month that it is due. You are sent an invoice on September 1st for childcare provided in the month of September. Payment is due by September 30th or it is considered late. Within the 12 month cycle, beginning October 1st, the following guideline is now in effect:
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Process for simultaneous recovery of precious metals and tertiary phosphine from spent catalysts using tellurium
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The org. or inorg. wastes are contacted with a solvent >120.degree., distd. to remove the lower-b.p. solvents and water, and then are contacted with Te (or a reducing Te compd.) with heating an refluxing to react with the precious metal for recovery. The high-b.p. solvent is preferably DMF suitable for fractional distn. at .ltoreq.150.degree.. After the sepn. of metal-Te complexes, the residual soln. is heated to recover the high-b.p. solvent, followed by sepn. of the tertiary phosphine as oxide by pptn. with water. The process is suitable for recovery of catalyst metals from spent hydrogenation catalyst typically contg. tris(triphenylphosphine)chlorerhodium or similar Rh compds.
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Wojciech Gilewski had a letter published in a Polish newspaper April 19.
His letter was modest, but significant. The fact that the government allowed its publication in one of Warsaw's largest newspapers could signal a move to open debate about the future of the Solidarity trade union.
For Mr. Gilewski has been a Solidarity activist since the union's formation in August 1980. He has become the first Solidarity activist to be given a public hearing since martial law was imposed Dec. 13.
Some indication of what that means may emerge when the Communist Party Central Committee holds its next meeting, reportedly scheduled for April 22.
Since martial law was imposed, the military leadership has urged a ''national discussion'' on revival of the suspended trade union movement.
But the ''discussion'' has been one-sided. The public has heard only the government's view, because most Solidarity leaders are silenced by internment. Those at large have had no access to the official news media, the only ones publishing under martial law.
Early last month this writer asked a senior member of the government how it could be called discussion under such conditions.
The answer was that Solidarity had shown no readiness to reject former attitudes inimical to state interests; thus there was no basis on which open exchanges might begin.
In his letter Mr. Gilewski made no concessions to the government viewpoint. He rebuked the one-sided approach whereby the so-called branch unions--remnants of the pre-1980, government-controlled movement--were praised and Solidarity's ''entire activity besmirched.'' There could be no debate along those lines, he said.
He challenged specific points in the government's draft legislation on trade unions--such as the limits on foreign (i.e., Western) affiliations, and the prohibition of ''political strikes.''
''Who,'' his letter asked, ''is to decide what makes a political strike? The authorities who are a party to a given dispute?''
Recent talks with a cross-section of workers in the Gdansk shipyard confirmed to this writer that the bulk of Solidarity's members remain loyal to the union. They consider its restoration essential before they will rally to the Polish leaders' appeals for a nationwide effort to salvage the economy.
A hard-line faction in the party (with supporters in the military leadership) wants no new unions unless they conform to the rubber-stamp image of the pre- 1980 unions.
But the centrist and reform-minded group headed by Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski knows there can be no new union movement without Solidarity--however modified--and no discussion about a future movement without it.
Party and government moderates say debate could still proceed based on the draft bill that roused ''extreme'' Solidarity opposition in the weeks before martial law.
The government insists on ''absolute'' observance of Poland's communist Constitution by the unions and of the union's nonpolitical character. It will insist the ''right to strike'' remains the legal ''last resort.''
But the bill commits the regime to recognize ''independent, self-governed'' unions free of ''supervision or control'' by employer, government, or ministerial bodies, with guarantees of extensive union rights in all socioeconomic decisionmaking.
(Reuters reports from Warsaw that an underground leaflet claims there were strikes or demonstrations ''all over the country'' on the four-month anniversary of martial law and that dissenters plan to expand a clandestine ''Radio Solidarity'' network.)
It will take hard work to allay suspicions, within Solidarity per se and among the workers at large. But--given a free and full debate--moderates on both sides might still come up with an agreement, short of 1980's dream but better by far than if the field is left to the hard-liners.


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Honestly, if I want to keep up with laundry I do at least a load a day. It piles up quick! Between different outfit changes for the kids and adults, the towels, and blankets constantly used. Oh & bedding. Wait I forgot the couch cushion covers, those get dirty often too. It just won't stay under control. Needless to say, we go through A LOT of detergent. So when I was given the opportunity to review Soap Nuts Liquid Laundry Detergent , I was thrilled.
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Georgetown's 5th grade artists are working on a stunning project that I just can't wait to display in the hallways! We've been learning about the art of Georgia O'Keeffe and examining her beautiful large flower paintings. We learned that O'Keeffe wanted people to really, really stop and look at her flower paintings, so she made the paintings large to draw their eyes in to the piece. The zentangle flower in our 5th grade project does the same – we can't stop looking at these beautiful flowers! A lesson in mixing tints and creating value completed these zentangle flower pieces.
Big thanks to Arteoscuola for this FABULOUS project – we loved it!


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Neddy Merrill lounges with his wife and friends beside a swimming pool, a golden creature, no longer young but slender and handsome. "He might have been compared to a summer's day, particularly the last hours of one." In a fit of whimsy, Neddy decides that he will make his way home by swimming through all the pools in the county. His journey begins in a spirit of delight. People welcome him. But gradually the tone grows more sombre. The Welchers' house is for sale and the pool is empty. The Sachses say they have given up drinking since Eric's operation. When Neddy gets to the Hallorans they say that they're sorry for all his "misfortunes". The Biswangers are having a party but they snub him and the bartender is rude. Neddy starts to feel cold. There are autumn leaves on the ground. When at last he gets to his own house it's dark and locked and the rooms are empty. He has swum to the end of the river of life. Cheever planned this as a novel and had carrier bags full of notes on each of the households but in the end he boiled it down to this single glorious sweep of a short story.
First published in the New Yorker, July 18, 1964. Print version here. Collected in The Stories of John Cheever, Knopf 1978, various UK editions including Vintage 1990. Listen to Cheever himself read (rather haltingly) here or Anne Enright here


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"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
-Philippians 4:13
Hello friends, I hope you have made time to write down your vision, goals, power word and why for this new year! But if you haven't yet, it is all good – today is a great day to begin!
Now onto today's topic- I want to share with you about our "inner critic" and "inner cheerleader" and the role they play in our growth. You may be surprised to know this, but YOU are the biggest obstacle in building YOUR dream life. But there is HOPE- because you can LEARN how to be your biggest promoter and advocate in manifesting your desires – Let me further explain, so we can get you headed in the direction of your destiny! As a recovering "perfectionist" I can say that I am very familiar with the sound of my inner critics voice – she is sharp, cunning, and doesn't think anything I do is good enough. For many year, that was the dominate voice I heard in my thoughts – a voice focused on critique, judgment, shame, guilt and my inadequacies. It should come with no surprise that during those years I struggled with anxiety, depression and disappointment – I become good at manifesting what I "didn't want". For many of us, the critic sounds the same, always finding a way to convince us we are "not enough". Her goal is too keep you small, keep you from you dreams and to keep you feeling paralyzed by fear.
After giving the inner-critic my personal power for long enough, I made a decision! I said- enough is enough! I begin to have hope that my life could be different and that I didn't have to live in fear or constant anxiety of what could go wrong. I started to seek a teacher to help me heal my inner thought patterns so that I could quiet that inner dialogue of negativity – they say, when the student is ready the teacher will arrive – for me Louise Hay showed up. It was this quote (from her book, You Can Heal Your Life) that helped me begin the process of Becoming My Own Cheerleader –
"You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens."
-Louise Hay
GAME CHANGER!!! Louise Hay, taught me a lot about how to Love myself – how to use my thoughts to create a life I loved, a body I loved and a mind I loved. She has been a beautiful teacher in my life (via books and YouTube, obviously!) She has helped me develop a positive inner dialogue, (which is still in progress and will be till the day I die) and she helped me discover my inner cheerleader. So without further ado Let me introduce you to my INNER CHEERLEADER!
My inner cheerleader is the BEST – I am getting excited just thinking about her now. She encourages me when I am down, she tells me I am capable, I am strong and that I can do whatever I put my mind to. She reminds me that some goals require patience and it takes time to develop new skills- but I am doing great with the knowledge and skills I currently have. She sees me for who I am – a child of God, destined to fulfill a beautiful and purposeful destiny! She loves me for where I am and knows there is so much more for me to see, do and BE. She reminds me to live each day present and purposeful and that I am worthy of peace, joy and love. Doesn't she just sound like the sweetest and coolest BFF ever!? She can be you your Cheerleader too, if you want!
So let's talk TIPS now!! I want to give you some direction on how to identify your inner critic, so you can become tone deaf to her voice ;)- and I want to help you TUNE in loud and clear to your inner cheerleader!
Step 1: Identify the voice of your critic: Without judgment, begin to notice your thoughts and the "voices" in your thoughts. We all have inner dialogue with ourself and these thought patterns reveal a lot. Notice how your thoughts leave you feeling – do you feel exhausted? angry? sad? happy? Motivated? discouraged? Just take notice and see if you can identify a pattern or common theme. Meditation is useful for this process.
Step 2: Call a Liar by its name: The inner critic is a liar and it is important for you to know that. The words she speaks to you, are not real, they are not true, they do not define you or determine your worth. The way she gets power over you is by making you believe she is right. BUT, now that you know she is liar – you can take your power back and KICK HER OUT OF YOUR THOUGHTS. No need to get in a inner battle with your thoughts, simply just begin to delete the LIES. The less energy you give to the lies, the better – liars are not worth your time or energy!
Step 3: Make your inner cheerleader your new bestie: So we know enough about the dark side, the critic and our insecurities – NOW, let's talk about your light and the TRUTH. Your inner cheerleader believes in ALL the good that you are and all the good you desire! Make her one of the first voices you hear in the am and the last voice you hear before you count your sheep. She is there to cheer you on and encourage you to keep going. The more energy and time you focus on building yourself up the faster you will begin to see your new and desired reality.
Step 4: Renew your mind daily. Philippians 4:8 Talks about the importance about focusing our thoughts on that which is good and lovely. There is no magic pill that instantly make your thoughts positive for the rest of your life, keep dreaming! But, there is and old saying – " a proverbs a day, keeps the devil away". Everyday of our life we need a daily dose of encouragement, positivity, motivation and TRUTH. So that when the critic shows up – you have the strength and power to tuner her out. For me, the truth is found in the Bible, but I also read books and articles that aim to encourage me and keep me inspired.
I hope these tips encourage you and inspire you to start overcoming self-destructive thought patterns. Remember, we all have them, but we have the power to delete the lies and listen to the truth! Renewing our mind is a life process, not a 21 day fix – make time DAILY to focus on filling your thoughts with positivity and truth. You deserve to feel happy, full of life and be following your purpose – Your Inner- cheerleader wants to get you there! Tune in to her voice, Turn her UP and keep believing in your dreams.
You are becoming so beautifully 🙂 ❤


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12 DAYS / 11 NIGHTS Tour
DAY 1: Arrival in Damascus
- Welcome by your local guide at the airport.
- Assistance in obtaining the entry visa.
- Transfer to the hotel.
DAY 2: Damascus
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for the guided tour of the capital of Syria, Damascus . Lunch during the visit.
The National Museum : Its visit provides an overview of the civilizations that have succeeded in Syrian soil. It contains statues, seals, jewelry, masks, mosaics, tablets and weavings from the most important sites in the country.
The Umayyad Mosque : Located in the heart of the Medina, the mosque is distinguished by its prayer room, its courtyard and its walls covered with mosaics.
El-Azem Palace : Not far from the Great Mosque, in the labyrinth of the souk is the palace El-Azem. It is considered as the sumptuous model of the Damascene house whose exterior simplicity and sobriety do not suggest anything about a beautiful and rich interior, with many varieties of flowers, fruit trees and water jets.
Saint Ananian Church : It is of particular importance because it is attached to the memory of Saint Paul. Before his conversion to Christianity he had a vision here that blinded him for several days and gave him an unshakeable faith.
Dinner and overnight in Damascus.
DAY 3: Damascus – Maaloula – Crac of the Knights
- Breakfast at the hotel. Departure towards Maaloula . Visit the monastery of Saint Serge de Maaloula. This monastery, whose Syriac name means "the entrance", seems to be hanging on the rocks. Here the Aramaic language, the language of Christ, is always spoken.
- Hike : Walk from Saint Sergius Monastery to St. Thècle Convent via the Maaloula pass.
- Continue to Al-Hosn. Afternoon, visit the Crac des Chevaliers . Lunch during the visit.
- Crac of the Knights : The crusaders made it the basic element of their system of strongholds on the coast. This citadel is so vast and so impregnable that it has become the symbol of a whole era of bloody struggles between Muslims and Crusaders … It covers three hectares and has thirteen great towers. It is a sublime example of the architecture of the Crusader era. It is the French architect Paul Deschamps who restored the Crac in 1936.
- Hike : Walk in the Moushtayé region from the Crac des Chevaliers to the Saint Georges Monastery.
Dinner and overnight at Crac des Chevaliers.
DAY 4: Crac of the Knights – Ugarit – Chateau de Saladin
- Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Ugarit , coastal town north of Latakia.
- Ugarit : It became famous thanks to the discovery of tablets of the oldest consonantal alphabet known to date. The first habitat, a large fortified village, dates back to the 8th millennium BC. The two immense palaces, later constructions, yielded archives and literary archives, attesting to an astonishing diversity of languages and five writing systems, including the consonantal alphabetical or Ugaritic script which dates from the 14th century BC AD
- Lunch and visit the Castle of Saladin , located in the Jebel Ansariyé.
- Castle Saladin : Beautiful citadel built by the Franks in the middle of the forest, on a rocky peak. It allowed to control the roads coming from and going towards Latakia. The history of this stronghold is long: the Phoenicians had already fortified the place, Alexander the Great seized it, as well as the Byzantines a few centuries later. It is the Crusaders who, in the twelfth century, will give the castle its current appearance. At the time, it was called "Château de Saône" (named after a crusader). Its current name was only awarded in 1957, commemorating Saladin's seizure of the place in 1188.
- Hiking : Hiking in the surrounding nature of the castle. You will walk in the woods, along a river … in the footsteps of Saladin.
Dinner and overnight at the Château de Saladin.
DAY 5: Saladin Castle – Slenfeh – Apamee – Sergilla – Aleppo
- Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Slenfeh , Syrian resort located a few kilometers from the Castle of Saladin.
- Hiking : Hiking in Slenfeh, in the forest.
- Lunch and resumption of the road to Apamea .
- Apamea : The city was founded around 300 BC and became a flourishing city. Great figures of history stayed there: Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Septimius Severus and Emperor Caracalla. The city is distinguished by its long ramparts and its main artery lined with twisted columns, as well as its Roman theater, one of the largest known ancient theaters, whose scene is more than 145 meters.
- Before arriving in Aleppo, stop in Sergilla : one of the best preserved among the dead cities.
- Continue to Aleppo.
- Dinner and overnight in Aleppo.
DAY 6: Aleppo – Saint Simeon – Aleppo
- Breakfast at the hotel . Excursion to Saint Simeon.
- Saint Simeon : This is a place dedicated to the hermit at the column. Simeon will give up his activity as a shepherd at the age of 13 to consecrate himself to God. He lived all his life austere, performing many fasts and spending long and recurrent periods without contact with the world. It was at the top of a column whose deck surface did not allow him to lie down or sit down that he spent the last 40 years of his life. Hence its name Simeon the Stylite. The basilica built in his memory is considered one of the most beautiful of the East.
- Picnic at Saint Simeon.
- Hiking : You will walk in the surroundings of Saint Simeon, in the limestone massif … in search of churches and abandoned villages.
- Back to Aleppo.
- Possibility of relaxing in a hammam.
- Dinner and overnight in Aleppo.
DAY 7: Aleppo
- Breakfast at the hotel . Visit of the second largest city of Syria.
- A flourishing metropolis since the 3rd millennium BC, Aleppo has been fighting with Damascus for the title of the world's oldest continuously inhabited city. The old city has undoubtedly the most beautiful souks of the Middle East.
- The citadel : It stands in the middle of the city and dominates it from the height of its fifty meters. It has admirably designed towers and stands out with its perfectly finished entrances and iron gates.
- At lunch, Syrian specialties in a typical restaurant.
- Caravanserais : They were intended for the accommodation of traders on the move and their goods. They are famous for their decorated facades, high arched entrances and huge wooden doors that closed at nightfall …
- The ancient souks covered with Aleppo : They are distinguished by their coffered vaults and their enormous cupolas. Most date back to the 15th and 16th centuries. These are real living museums that offer us a true image of what were the commercial districts and the animation that reigned in the Middle Ages. Each souk specializes in selling a type of product. In the charming souks you can also find authentic Bedouin handicrafts, as well as rugs, fabrics and many varieties of delicacies to enjoy, such as the famous Aleppo pistachios, honey-based pastries, almonds and fruits. dry that will make happy the most greedy. You will do the best shopping in the Orient …
- Dinner and overnight in Aleppo.
DAY 8: Aleppo – Lake Assasd – Rassafah – Halabieh – Deir Ez-Zor
- Breakfast at the hotel. Departure towards Rassafah and stop at Assad Lake .
- We are moving away from the Euphrates for a visit to the site of Rassafah , the city of Sergius, Syrian soldier converted to Christianity who, according to legend, was beheaded for refusing to make a sacrifice in honor of Jupiter becoming a martyr and a saint.
- Lunch along the way.
- Resume the road to Halabieh , from where you will enjoy a superb view of the Euphrates. The site contains beautiful remains and ramparts dating from the Byzantine era.
- Hiking : Hike to Halabieh along the Euphrates.
- Arrival at Deir Ez-Zor at the end of the afternoon. Deir Ez-Zor, a small agricultural town nicknamed "Pearl of the Euphrates, fiancée of the desert".
- Dinner and overnight at Deir Ez-Zor .
DAY 9: Deir Ez-Zor – Palmyra
- Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Deir Ez-Zor museum and discover the Bedouin market. Departure for Palmyra. Lunch along the way.
- Hiking : Near Palmyra, hiking in the nature reserve of Al-Talile. This reserve surrounded by a wall of sand is used for scientific purposes; we study the capacity of certain plants to adapt to a desert climate and we find among others two kinds of gazelles. There is also a sulfur source.
- Arrival in Palmyra before sunset. In the afternoon, the sun begins to descend, giving the site a last brushstroke before disappearing behind the mountains and the Arab castle. Finally begins the reign of the night that envelops Palmyra in an atmosphere of magic and mystery. Some monuments are illuminated, others not, we guess them in the dark, under the starry sky and in the cold.
- Dinner and overnight in Palmyra .
DAY 10: Palmyra
- Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the site of Palmyra. Lunch during the visit.
- The one that the Romans baptized Palmyra (the city of palms) and that the Syrians call Tadmor (miracle in Aramaic) is the most important oasis of the Syrian desert. Located 240 km from Damascus, Palmyra is the city of all superlatives. It arises in the midst of golden sands that extend to infinity. An oasis of columns, remains and palm trees that testifies to the splendor of this city that made, one day, tremble Rome …
- The temple of Bel : It was for the Palmyrenes what Zeus was for the Greeks. Its temple is the largest and most majestic building in Palmyra, a unique example of fusion between Greco-Roman and oriental-inspired architecture.
- The theater and the large colonnade crossing the city for more than a kilometer through which caravans arriving from the desert passed.
- Tombs including tombs towers, tombs dug, tombs temples or individual tombs.
- Hike : Hike in the desert to arrive at Sad Abyiad. Dam that aims to harvest rainwater from the desert. Unique water point surrounded by a tiny green belt in the middle of the sands.
- Typical dinner, mensaf, under a Bedouin tent and overnight in Palmyra.
DAY 11: Palmyra – Mar Moussa – Palmyra
Breakfast at the hotel . Departure to Mar Moussa, monastery located in the mountains. The chapel contains murals that are worth seeing.
- Hiking : Hike to Mar Moussa.
- Lunch and return to Damascus for a last stroll in the old city and an unforgettable shopping in the souks.
- Dinner and overnight in Damascus.
DAY 12: Departure from Damascus
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to the airport according to the time of your convocation, flight on regular flight.


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$100 iPhone, today we get a new HTC tablet concept. This model is called the HTC One T12 and we've seen it before. Now let's analyze this model in depth.Hasan Kaymak is on a roll, so after yesterday's
We're dealing with a 12 inch metallic tablet with an unibody design and the HTC One T12 takes strong cues from the HTC One series obviously. There's HTC Sense 6.0 on board, with BlinkFeed included and rounded corners and edges. We've also got huge speakers on the side of the tablet and virtual Android buttons at the bottom. Many modern companies try to stay away from metal when designing tablets with bigger diagonals.
Apple will probably not hesitate and use metal for their iPad Pro, so I guess HTC could go the same way. HTC One T12 tablet features a special multitasking window, that allows you to split the screen into various segments for various apps. This 12 inch slate probably features a resolution higher than Full HD, maybe 2K or 4K even.
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We purchased full rights to a live chat script on Scriptlance from another programmer only to find out later that we were scammed out of our money as the script was an exact clone (pirated) copy of PhpLive.
We had our site completely finished, promoted, and already receiving traffic before we receive the complaint about it being a pirated script. We are now left with nothing (money was sent via Western Union), and without a script for our site.
This project is for a HONEST programmer, who has a REAL and NOT pirated live chat support script, that they can offer us. You need to provide proof that you did develop this script and that it is your own! We would also be willing to have someone custom develop the script for us as well. Similar features like PhpLive but *NOT* and I repeat *NOT* the actual PHP Live Script!
Please post any demos in PMB, or post in PMB if you can develop the script from scratch.
Requirement: Please note whomever is chosen will have to prove they can get the job done. I cannot take the risk again of choosing someone, sending payment in advance and then get a pirated script or not being able to get the job done. If you are confident you can get the job done, you should have no problem presenting a demo of some sort on your server. Once you have a demo setup of what you have done on your server, then we can arrange payment release and proceed from there.
Note: We will be marketing this script, we already have icons created and logo created and a name for the script from our previous transaction, but since we came to find out the script was copied source code from another script, we now need a new live support script to market under the name we have chosen.
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Friday, July 05, 2013
Baked Oatmeal
I'll be the first to admit I'm not a fan of oatmeal. I never ate it growing up, maybe when I was a baby (Mom, can you weigh in on that?) but as far back as I can remember it wasn't a breakfast choice for me. SP happens to love it and my friend Melissa has raved and raved about this Baked Oatmeal forever so I finally decided I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
The verdict - I'm still not a fan of oatmeal. This makes me really sad, actually. I wanted to like this. I even tried it a few different ways, discussing the options with Melissa before finally deciding that maybe oatmeal isn't my thing. I've run into this a few other times in my life with thing such as hot dogs and pineapple. I desperately wanted to like hot dogs but every time I'd try them my taste buds said no thanks. Same deal with pineapple. Then I got pregnant and couldn't get enough of pineapple - it was, and still is, so darn good - and after having Baby Girl I finally started liking hot dogs. Oatmeal, though, is going to be a work in progress.
SP, on the other hand, declared this the best oatmeal he's ever eaten. His actual words were "out of this [bleeping] world." So I know it's me and not the recipe, which is apparently amazing and should be made and enjoyed by any oatmeal lover out there. I'll be making this once a week for the foreseeable future so he can enjoy it for breakfast during the week. He's already asked me about adding raisins or dried fruit. At least it's an incredibly simple dish to put together and easy for him to heat and eat at work.
Baked Oatmeal
As seen on Alosha's Kitchen, originally from Foodie with Family
2 tablespoons butter
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (do not substitute quick or instant or steel cut oats)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup slivered almonds (optional)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the 2 tablespoons butter in an 8-inch x 8-inch or 9-inch x 9-inch baking pan. Place the pan on the center rack of the oven and let the butter melt as the oven heats. (Don't forget it's in there. As soon as the butter is melted, remove the pan from the oven or the butter may scorch.)
Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Whisk together the milk, eggs, maple syrup and vanilla extract in a separate bowl, pour over the dry ingredients and mix together with a sturdy spoon or spatula until everything is evenly combined and wet. Scrape into the pan with the melted butter and stir until most of the butter is incorporated.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Cool and package in air-tight containers stored in the fridge.
To serve - combine oatmeal with 1/3-1/2 cup of water or milk, heat in the microwave for 1 minute. You can drop in some dried blueberries, dried cranberries or sliced banana and put the lid back on for a few minutes to soften the fruit. I've also served it with vanilla yogurt, sliced banana and a few chocolate chips.
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I am not a fan of oatmeal and I did a baked oatmeal that I ate like a cookie or brownie and it was much better because my issue is a texture issue. I hope that you don't give up on oatmeal :) At least you could try a cookie :)ReplyDelete
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I'm an oatmeal fan but have been avoiding it lately because i'm trying to get in shape by eating the Paleo way. But have you tried overnight oatmeal? you mix the oats in a jar with yogurt/milk at night, refrigerate it and eat it cool for breakfast. you can top it with all kinds of fruit too. I haven' t gotten around to trying it yet, but it's high on my list. All the recipes and pics I've seen make it look creamy and yummy!
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LONDON — Boris Johnson cannot be accused of missing an opportunity.
"If we vote leave and take back control," he bellowed, closing Tuesday night's final TV debate of the campaign, "this Thursday can be our country's independence day."
Expect the phrase to be plastered all over the papers Wednesday, the final day of campaigning before the country goes to the polls.
Johnson's appeal certainly got at least half the crowd out of their seats at Wembley Arena, the venue for the two hour "Great Debate" which just about managed to rise to the occasion.
Brexit supporters packed into the hall could be seen punching the air in delight as the cameras panned over the audience.
But was it too much? Johnson's closing remarks may have appealed to the Brexit base, but those worrying about the economic hit of leaving are unlikely to have been moved by the call to "believe in Britain." That, at least, is Downing Street's great hope.
Throughout the night, the Remain campaign did an effective, and at times passionate, job taking on the Outers by exposing the risks of voting to leave the European Union.
Ruth Davidson, the Tories' bright hope who leads the party in Scotland, was front of the charge, taking on her colleagues Johnson and Andrea Leadsom. Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, was given the task of convincing working class voters to back the EU, despite their concerns over immigration.
Yet Remain's choices to front their campaign Tuesday belied a weakness. It was, at its heart, a core vote strategy. They now desperately need London and Scotland to vote to stay — and heavily. Frances O'Grady, the leader of the Trades Union Congress, made up the panel in a bid to reach out to ordinary workers.
After two hours of back and forth over well-trodden ground, Britain's army of undecided voters could be forgiven for emerging none the wiser.
In truth, that may not be a bad result for David Cameron. If in doubt, the status quo may prevail. But no one in Number 10 would bet on it at the moment.
Here are five takeaways from a night which may have swung Britain's future — and that of the EU:
1. Sadiq versus Boris: A vision of the future?
It was the battle of the London mayors, past and present, who both have an eye on greater things.
Sadiq Khan, the pocket rocket Londoner with the keys to City Hall, used the occasion to relentlessly target his predecessor.
Again and again, Khan went after Johnson for his alleged EU flip-flopping.
Jumping in early on, the former Tooting MP brought up his predecessor's ex-economic adviser Patrick Minford, who has warned against leaving the EU. Why didn't he listen to the experts, Khan demanded?
He wasn't done targeting Johnson. Later, he quoted him directly telling a radio station there was no chance of Turkey joining the EU. "Boris, why have you suddenly changed your mind?"
"Let's deal with this big fat lie once and for all," Khan said. "You are using the prospect of Turkey joining as a ruse to scare people."
Later, the London mayor attacked Johnson for the Brexit campaign's focus on immigration and accused him of taking down the country."You should know better," he said.
It was a robust performance on a national stage for Khan that will do nothing to dampen talk of a future leadership bid. But Johnson held his own throughout the exchanges, at one point shouting back:"Oh rubbish Sadiq."
It could've been Prime Minister's Questions. One day it might be.
2. Labour voters hold the key
With 24 hours to go, the key battleground is clear: wavering Labour voters.
When each side was given the chance to put forward an opening speaker, both chose Labour. First up was Gisela Stuart, the Bavarian-born MP who has become a star of the Brexit campaign.
She paid tribute to the EU's initial dreams, but said it had "turned into a nightmare," attacking the unemployment crisis in Greece and Spain.
Take back control, she said, in a taste of things to come. "You will decide who makes decisions about the future of this country."
Khan was next up, for Remain. It is the "most important decision of a generation," he said, echoing David Cameron earlier in the day. "If we're out, we're out," he added, just as the prime minister had warned.
Labour members may scratch their heads over why Jeremy Corbyn refuses to share a platform with the PM, but their London mayor is happy to quote him directly.
Remain's decision to field the TUC leader Frances O'Grady was also clearly aimed at wavering working class workers. Brits would be £38 a week worse off outside the EU, she claimed. Rights were under threat, the Tories couldn't be trusted. She looked emotional throughout, but may prove an effective campaigner for voters looking for voices outside Westminster party politics.
She also managed to land a major blow on immigration, demanding to know if the promised numbers would fall outside the EU. "It's a con," she shouted. "We don't want a slogan, it's a con." It was effective hit.
3. Raise the Ruth
Ruth Davidson, a 37-year-old former BBC journalist and soldier, was a rising star in the Conservative party after a better-than-expected result in the recent Scottish elections — and her stock will soar after Tuesday's performance.
Undaunted at the prospect of arguing opposite the potential next Conservative leader (Johnson), she was lively, forceful, and sharp-witted. She didn't swing as ferociously at Johnson as Khan did, but Davidson's best attack lines may win over more floating voters. "You don't fund schools and hospitals, and you don't control immigration, by crashing the economy, and that's what leaving the EU would do," she argued. And later: "They've got a poster in this campaign, got a slogan in this campaign, but they don't have a plan."
Delivering the closing statement, she said: I know the EU isn't perfect, but the benefits far outweigh any costs. And the Britain that I know, the Britain that I love, works with its friends and neighbors, it doesn't walk away from them."
After the debate, some Tories jokingly wondered whether Davidson could become their next leader. Not yet, but don't count it out some day.
4. Project Hate
Throughout the campaign, the Leave camp has undermined the Remain side's strongest arguments, on the economy, by dismissing the warnings as "scaremongering" — as "Project Fear" — while at the same time making their own dark warnings about the risks of free movement of people.
With a long section of Tuesday's debate allocated to arguing about immigration, the Remainers belatedly tried to turn their weakest argument around, casting Leave's preoccupation with immigration as narrow and isolationist.
Khan went even further, firing one of the night's most quotable zingers at Johnson: "You might start off with platitudes about how wonderful immigration is, but your campaign has been not been project fear, it has been project hate as far as immigration is concerned."
5. Spare us the soundbites
By now, the slogans and talking points on both sides are tediously familiar. Project Fear. Stronger, safer, better in. A leap in the dark. The Leave side's "take back control" had been one of the most effective, but was trotted out so many times on Tuesday night that it started to seem glib and robotic. At one point, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom was booed after using it one too many times.


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This episode of Reign begins the way I want all episodes to begin, with Bash leaping and vaulting through the castle like he just escaped the Matrix. In reality, he's practicing his sword fighting with his new body guard, Alec, who foreshadows the politics of the castle "learn to expect the blade you cannot see." In terms of sword fighting mentors, he's no Syrio Forel but he'll make do. Mary grabs Bash and reminds him that he's the King Regent and needs to practice being kingly in front of the court so that they'll accept him. This introduces the theme of choice and sacrifice. Bash has been raised as a bastard, with the expectation that he'll never get to rule. Bash has accepted that fate and seems to enjoy the freedom associated with being famous and rich but not having to actually do anything about it. He's the antithesis of Francis whose head of golden locks was groomed since birth to hold the crown. Oh, what are these French royals to do?
Bash spends him time sitting on the French throne, yawning like a Stark child at the petty grievances of the towns people. That is until a homely pregnant girl named Isabel arrives and is accused of robbery. Bash's cold blue eyes flash with recognition and the audience starts thinking "uh oh" this has got to be a mistress of Bash. And while we're on the subject, wasn't Bash supposed to be a lothario in the first few episodes? So far Reign has only shown evidence that Francis is stashing women all over France. But of course, this isn't Bash's lover, it's his cousin with ties to a pagan traitor uncle. And since this paganism plot has been dangled around the series like ornamental Christmas lights, it was nice to see that this is finally heading somewhere in this episode.
The next subject that Bash encounters tries to take his life through a failed stabbing attempt, sounding the alarm bells that something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Mary quickly deduces that Queen Catherine may be up to her old assassination plot tricks and finally starts behaving like Mary Queen of Scots. She storms into Catherine's prison where she discovers her tapestries and fine foods and demands that everything is stripped down and taken. Catherine, inconsolable cries out "WAIT, NOT MY EYE CREAM." Side note: never take a woman's eye cream away.
So Mary sends her handmaidens in to yell at Catherine, giving Catherine the perfect opportunity to dress everyone down. Catherine reminds Kenna that she's useless "I guess you're a bit starved for entertainment Kenna, now that the kings rejected you." Everyone's feeling a bit sad about this until Lola steps up to the plate and figures the best way to frame Catherine is to have Greer forge her signature. Lola, we've finally found your skill!
But just when you thought Mary was a political liability, she finds a solution for the pregnant Isabel problem by suggesting Bash take Isabel through the castle passageways and help her run away. Good thing Mary had all that practice helping almost everyone escape through the tunnel in her bedroom. Mary decides to join Bash in the escape plot for good measure. On Reign, the couple that mischievously plots together.
So Mary and Bash caulk the river and float to safety with Alec and Isabel. Isabel is disguised as a true lady, using what appears to be the Scarlet O'Hara trick of sewing a fancy curtain together to make a dress. They take a pit stop in the middle of the woods for shelter and are interrupted in the night by pagan Dothraki horselords swarming the tent and chanting. And while blood spatters on the tent and animals cry Mary gets to witness Bash doing what he does best, reciting a pagan chant and holding a dead look in his eyes. Mary Queen of Kilts, you're not in Kansas anymore.
Also at some point Isabel conveniently pops out a baby which she gives to Bash and dies. But not before begging Bash to take care of her child, instantly giving the audience an image of Bash holding a new born baby shirtless (or is that just me). Mary also shows her ignorance when she has a complete and total melt down over Bash's paganism because in case we're all forgetting, she's straight up Catholic. Bash launches into a speech about religious tolerance because Bash has been reading up on his Dalai Llama. Bash forces Mary to consider that her stubbornness on this issue is something she needs to work on. She's befuddled. She was raised by nuns.
This makes Mary feel bad and she later finds Bash standing over Isabel's grave and lets him know that she was cruel. Then they passionately kiss. Thank you Reign, for finally answering my prayers.
Bulleted observations:
-Francis doesn't make an appearance in this episode and I'm not quite sure if he's missed.
-But seriously people, Bash holding a newborn baby shirtless? Who is against this concept?
-Mary and Bash cut their hands and then use those hands to hold each other's faces while they make out. Yay?
-If one has an affinity for Bash, is that person called a Bashionista?
-Nostradamus is still somewhere in the castle, being stabbed.
-When Mary said "you lied to me, you hid this horrible shame" to Bash, did she momentarily forget that she's not quite a virgin anymore?
-Never bring a bouquet of flowers to a Pagan funeral.
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