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Court denies bail for 20 activists
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Submitted on Thu, 15 Oct 2020 - 09:57 PM
20 activists who were arrested on Tuesday afternoon (13 October) after they tried to set up camp at the Democracy Monument have been denied bail, while 1 activist who is a minor has been granted bail by the Juvenile Court.
A placard seen at the protest in front of the police headquarters on Tuesday night (13 October), which demanded the activists' release.
After spending the night at the Border Patrol Police Region 1 headquarters in Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, the activists were taken to court for a temporary detention request. Jatupat "Pai Dao Din" Boonpattararaksa was taken to the Bangkok Criminal Court, while the 19 other adults were taken to Dusit Municipal Court.
One of the activists who is 17 years old was taken to the Central Juvenile and Family Court and was granted bail at 17.30 under the condition that he does not repeat the offense.
The activist said that he was choked and forced into a car, and that his wrists were tied. However, the court ruled that the arrest was lawful, as it was a flagrant offense.
At 18.00, the Bangkok Criminal Court ruled to temporarily detain Jatupat, and subsequently denied bail on the grounds that his actions were seditious and may cause unrest, and that he may repeat the same offense if released. The inquiry officers also objected to his bail request.
Dusit Municipal Court also ruled, after three hours of waiting, to detain the other 19 activists for six days, and at 21.20 denied their bail request, ruling that their actions while resisting arrest were violent and that they might cause unrest if released.
Jatupat and 16 other male activists have been taken to the Bangkok Remand Prison, while the 3 women activists have been taken to the Central Women Correctional Institution.
People gathering in front of the police headquarters on Tuesday night (13 October) in the rain to demand the activists' release.
The group was arrested on Tuesday afternoon (13 October) after they tried to set up camp at the Democracy Monument ahead of Wednesday's mass protest, and were charged with causing traffic jams, committing public untidiness and harassing police authorities, among other charges. A protest took place following their arrest on the Pathumwan Skywalk next to the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), before moving to the police headquarters to demand the activists' release.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement following the activists' arrest calling for the authorities to immediately drop all charges and unconditionally release them.
"The Democracy Monument arrests raise serious concerns that the government will impose even harsher repression of people's fundamental freedoms in Thailand," said Brad Adams, Asia Director at Human Rights Watch. "Thailand's international friends should call on the government to stop arresting peaceful protesters, listen to their views, and allow them to freely and safely express their visions for the future."
HRW's statement also noted that the police "kicked, punched, and threw some protesters to the ground" and prevented lawyers from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) from seeing the activists.
Protesters splashed paint onto the police headquarters sign at the protest on Tuesday night (13 October).
A team from TLHR went to visit the activists at the Bangkok Remand Prison and the Central Women Correctional Institution on Thursday afternoon (15 October). They reported that the group will be requesting bail again tomorrow (16 October).
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Who doesn't watch Grey's Anatomy these days? I'm sure everyone and their mother does, but you know who doesn't? Real doctors. Grey's Anatomy is a fictional show about the drama that goes on in the hospital, while taking care of patients and the relationships in between. We can all probably say we know how unrealistic it is, but it's still a great show.
I'm sure you're all familiar with Doctor Mike. He's the "hot doctor" that everyone discovered on Instagram, aka the real McDreamy, and the name really doesn't lie. His real name is Mike Varshavski and he's a physician in New York City. If you've watched his videos for a while, he debunks a ton of doctor myths like doctors are so rich, doctors sleep with every other doctor in the hospital, etc. But in a recent video, he reacts to Grey's Anatomy and it's priceless.
At the start of the video, he can be seen watching the first ever episode of Grey's Anatomy where Dr. Webber is giving them a speech. He laughs and says he's never heard a speech given that dramatically on an interns first day, which I'm sure we could all guess. He also mentioned that the doctors do get ready together in the mornings, there are locker rooms like the ones shown in Grey's Anatomy, but he also says that it's true that doctors are awkward. He credits being awkward to hitting the books so much in medical school, so when doctors actually have to interact with people, they don't have the best social skills. He's actually referring to George O'Malley while talking about this!
He also talks about the fact that in Grey's Anatomy, Miranda Bailey says this is hour 1 of their 48 hour shift. He gives a brief explanation that doctors are legally not allowed to work more than 80 hours a week because the Libby Zion Law, which was named after a girl who died after doctors were so overworked that they missed a diagnoses. He also says that the on-call rooms look exactly like they do in Grey's, saying they have to change their own sheets and the mattresses are like plastic.
A clip of Meredith Grey is shown pushing a patient around, and Dr. Mike says, "This is where medical shows get me". He further explains that medical shows make it seem like the doctors do everything, saying how these shows make it seem like they draw the blood, run the tests, even push patients around. But he debunks that quickly by saying they have nurses, MAs, transport staff, etc., who do all of that stuff. He also says doctors were not as mean as they come off in medical shows, as they want you to learn.
He makes a great point that hospital food is gross, and it kind of contradicts the fact they doctors tell and make it a note that patients should eat healthy but the only options to eat that the cafeteria are fast food options. Dr. Mike does admit that he lived at the vending machines and Snickers were his favourite!
He watches a scene with Dr. Alex Karev who is super confident in his diagnoses, and says in the hospital, they would call him a "cowboy intern". A cowboy intern is someone who is super confident in their diagnoses, won't explore other options, and nurses have to catch their mistakes most of the time.
By the middle of the video, he seems to get mad when one patients heart has stopped and no one is doing chest compressions, as thats what he says ultimately saves peoples lives. He also says he's never seen a doctor throw up from nerves while watching Meredith do so, but it is normal to get nauseous when things go wrong.
Towards the end of the video, he watches a scene where Dr. Shepherd has a conversation with a patients parents where they ask him for a new doctor who "knows what they're doing", and Dr. Mike explains that these conversations happen quite often. However, at one point he points out that they're using something called HIPPA which is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which ultimately means they're talking about a patients case using her name in front of others and that's illegal. Uh oh!
After he finishes the episode, he said he was pleasantly surprised even though he said it was super dramatic. Dr. Mike said it took a deep dive into residency, and not so much the lovey-dovey stuff he expected. He's only on the first episode though, so he has a rude awakening! He did mention that the medical accuracy was weak, but he wasn't surprised about that. You can watch the whole hilarious, but educational video below. Dr. Mike has also done this kind of video with The Good Doctor and House if you're super into medical shows! | {
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Though Silverado's compassion is most often talked about in relation to our homecare, memory care and hospice services, it is actually a vital part of company culture that extends to others in a state of need.
A wonderful example of this is a recent effort by our North Houston and South Houston hospice branches to help local veterans.
In a combined effort, the North and South Houston teams collected donations of "interview appropriate" clothing, accessories and cash donations to give to the National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP) – American GI Forum. The business clothing and accessories will be given to Houston-area veterans to assist with their job searches. With the help of Silverado's Houston-region communities, enough donations were collected to fill an entire Jeep. Cash donations received in addition to clothing and accessories were enough to donate seven haircuts to the Houston-area veterans.
Retired Naval Commander and Silverado Sugar Land resident, Andrea J. (pictured left), helped Silverado associates deliver the donations to the NVOP. As a highly-respected former nurse and commander, Andrea was honored to help her fellow veterans while reminiscing about her own service.
To learn more about how Silverado Hospice helps veterans please visit silveradocare.com/wehonorveterans or call a hospice office near you. | {
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Q: Not able to find mongoose models after creation I have created one express app and the database connection .
var app = express();
app.db = mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/forcast-db");
var accountSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
accountId:{
type:String,
required:true
}
});
app.db.model('Account', accountSchema);
console.log(app.db.models);
But it is printing a empty object.
used library
"express": "^4.13.4",
"mongoose": "^4.4.7",
Any kind of help will be highly appreciated.
A: to get all models created with your mongoose connection use app.db.connection.models so your code should be like this:
var app = express();
app.db = mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/forcast-db");
var accountSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
accountId:{
type:String,
required:true
}
});
var accountModel= app.db.model('Account', accountSchema);
console.log(app.db.connection.models);
//to create a document from this Account model and save it
var newAccount= new accountModel({accountId:'1111'});
newAccount.save();
A: For list of models use console.log(mongoose.models); instead of console.log(app.db.models);. console.log(app.db.models); will not give you list of model created.
Durga
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Ducks allow Lightning to strike early in 5-3 loss
Published: Sun, February 8, 2015 10:09 PM Updated: Sun, February 8, 2015 10:12 PM
TAMPA, Fla. — When Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen was conked on the back of the head by the crossbar of a tipped-over goal Sunday, it left him feeling the way his team played.
Dazed, slow, out of sorts.
The Ducks' 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning was packed with key miscues, an inability to meet the physicality underlined by the hosts' 25-14 hits advantage and perhaps some time-change loopiness.
Andersen was forced from the game in the third period when a Tampa Bay player fell forward against a Ducks stick wedged inside the goal's right post. The goalie conversed clearly afterward and is expected to be fine, Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.
Defenseman Hampus Lindholm also left the game in the third with what a team official described as a lower-body injury, since the NHL doesn't demand that teams specify the exact nature of injuries.
The Ducks (34-13-7) struggled to explain how a clear game plan went unexecuted.
Despite knowledge that Tampa Bay intended to mount a strong early push after losing in regulation at home for the first time since Dec. 9 on Saturday because the Kings scored three goals on their first nine shots, the Ducks trailed, 3-0, in a first period that will go down as one of their most sluggish 20-minute sessions this season.
"Obviously, we all had our eyes on the game last night. We knew what we needed to do and we just didn't do it," Ducks forward Kyle Palmieri said of the four-shot period. "Matter of having our legs under us when the puck dropped. We didn't have that."
Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf, who returned from a Thursday lower-body injury to contribute his 200th career goal and an assist, bluntly said it wasn't just muted hustle and intensity against the fast-skating Atlantic Division leaders.
"I don't know if the mind was going, either," Getzlaf said.
Tampa Bay's blocked-shots advantage was 21-9.
Getzlaf refused to blame the difficulty of an uneven schedule that caused Boudreau to scrap Saturday practice after back-to-back games in Nashville and Washington, but schedule a Sunday morning skate at the equivalent of 5:30 a.m. Pacific time.
"We weren't ready. We've got to have that mind-set every single night that we've got to be ready to play," Getzlaf said.
The fact they weren't showed quickly, when Ducks forwards Tim Jackman and Patrick Maroon let Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman skate between them and deliver a pass that forward Brian Boyle converted into a 1-0 lead just 2:55 into the game.
Tampa Bay's Ryan Callahan twirled a backhanded pass from the boards that was off course until it deflected off Steven Stamkos to the front of the net, where Valtteri Filppula made it 2-0.
With 1:08 left in the period, Tampa Bay's Tyler Johnson sent a puck toward the post to Andersen's left and Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov outraced Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler to it and scored his 20th goal.
"It's not energy or lack thereof. It was that we made a lot of individual mistakes, and against the highest-scoring team in the league, you cannot make individual mistakes," Boudreau said.
Getzlaf was credited with a second-period goal after a video review that showed the puck bounced off Boyle's skate across the goal line.
But the Lightning (34-16-5) bullied their way back to a three-goal lead by swarming the Ducks' goal, Boyle stabbing the puck past Andersen 14:27 into the second.
"They skate, move the puck well, attack … we weren't on the same pages," Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano said.
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Q: Swift 4 : >> operator is unavailable Swift 4 : >> operator is unavailable
Looking for replacement operator for converting HexColor to UIColor in Swift 4.0 :
Here is sample code for earlier code version in Swift 3.0.
public extension UIColor {
convenience init(hex: String) {
var red: CGFloat = 0.0
var green: CGFloat = 0.0
var blue: CGFloat = 0.0
var alpha: CGFloat = 1.0
if hex.hasPrefix("#") {
let index = hex.characters.index(hex.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)
let hex = hex.substring(from: index)
let scanner = Scanner(string: hex)
var hexValue: CUnsignedLongLong = 0
if scanner.scanHexInt64(&hexValue) {
switch (hex.characters.count) {
case 3:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xF00) >> 8) / 15.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x0F0) >> 4) / 15.0
blue = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x00F) / 15.0
case 4:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xF000) >> 12) / 15.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x0F00) >> 8) / 15.0
blue = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x00F0) >> 4) / 15.0
alpha = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x000F) / 15.0
case 6:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xFF0000) >> 16) / 255.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x00FF00) >> 8) / 255.0
blue = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x0000FF) / 255.0
case 8:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xFF000000) >> 24) / 255.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x00FF0000) >> 16) / 255.0
blue = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x0000FF00) >> 8) / 255.0
alpha = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x000000FF) / 255.0
default:
print("Invalid RGB string, number of characters after '#' should be either 3, 4, 6 or 8", terminator: "")
}
} else {
// print("Scan hex error")
}
} else {
// print("Invalid RGB string, missing '#' as prefix", terminator: "")
}
self.init(red:red, green:green, blue:blue, alpha:alpha)
}
}
Thanks in advance.
A: This code has no problems with >> operator in Swift 4. The only issue is the string handling. I might replace
let index = hex.characters.index(hex.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)
let hex = hex.substring(from: index)
with
let index = hex.index(hex.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)
let hex = String(hex[index...])
Personally, I'd make a few other changes to that routine:
*
*I'd make it failable initializer (e.g. init?(...) returning an optional). Right now the calling code has no way of knowing if the conversion to UIColor failed.
*I'd simplify the above string handling, reducing it to:
let hex = hex.replacingOccurrences(of: "^#", with: "", options: .regularExpression)
Not only does that reduce it to a single line which removes any leading # present, but it also means that this code will now also work if you pass it a hex string that doesn't have the leading #.
*I'd use UInt64(_:radix:) instead of the scanner. It's just a little simpler.
Thus:
public extension UIColor {
convenience init?(hex: String) {
var red: CGFloat = 0.0
var green: CGFloat = 0.0
var blue: CGFloat = 0.0
var alpha: CGFloat = 1.0
let hex = hex.replacingOccurrences(of: "^#", with: "", options: .regularExpression)
guard let hexValue = UInt64(hex, radix: 16) else {
print("invalid hex string")
return nil
}
switch (hex.count) {
case 3:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xF00) >> 8) / 15.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x0F0) >> 4) / 15.0
blue = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x00F) / 15.0
case 4:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xF000) >> 12) / 15.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x0F00) >> 8) / 15.0
blue = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x00F0) >> 4) / 15.0
alpha = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x000F) / 15.0
case 6:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xFF0000) >> 16) / 255.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x00FF00) >> 8) / 255.0
blue = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x0000FF) / 255.0
case 8:
red = CGFloat((hexValue & 0xFF000000) >> 24) / 255.0
green = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x00FF0000) >> 16) / 255.0
blue = CGFloat((hexValue & 0x0000FF00) >> 8) / 255.0
alpha = CGFloat(hexValue & 0x000000FF) / 255.0
default:
print("Invalid RGB string, number of characters after '#' should be either 3, 4, 6 or 8", terminator: "")
return nil
}
self.init(red: red, green: green, blue: blue, alpha: alpha)
}
}
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Why I'm Working On Drift
David Cancel
Why am I working on Drift?
Unfinished business.
There's been a common thread through all of the companies I've started, and it's one of those things that's taken a long time and lots of hindsight to understand.
That common thread is the connection between businesses and customers.
It goes back to how I started this journey in the first place, back when I was in college and I was bored. Extremely bored. So I'd skip all my classes and hang out in the library.
The reason I'd hang out in the library is because at that point they had internet access, which we didn't have in our computer lab (we just had network access in the lab). The library computers had early versions of, at first, the Mosaic browser and later, the Netscape browser.
So I started to use the early internet through those browsers and I became obsessed. And what really got me was that I had been coding software up until this point, desktop software and boring software, but I wasn't really feeling it. I didn't love it.
But then I discovered the early web, and this ability to have access to all of this information across the world, and I was able to build some early web apps and websites just messing around on the side. And I was able to have this first-hand connection with the people I was building these for.
So, for example, I built a website. And back in the day, you would put your email address at the bottom of the website because there were no spambots, and hardly anyone was on the internet.
So I put my email address on there and a guy in Russia sent me an email (I still remember it, because you didn't get many emails back then) and the email said, "Hey man, I really like your website. It's really cool."
That's all he said.
End of story.
But I could see he was from Russia from the ISP that he had sent the message in, and that to me was the lightbulb moment.
That was the first time that I actually had what is known as the customer feedback loop. I created something, someone that I didn't know used it (and I don't know how they even found it in the first place), then they reacted, and they liked it, and they sent me a message.
And that has been the thing I've been chasing ever since.
That kind of experience — and I can see this in hindsight– led to this obsession that I've had for five companies now of wanting to help businesses communicate.
It's all about this 1:1 communication, with customers, and I've been chasing that in different forms for five companies now. I didn't realize it at the time, but now I can look back clearly and understand I've been chasing that same pattern since college.
So I took this obsession and started to build companies around this idea. But up until Performable, which was my fourth company, I was following the same playbook internally as everyone else was following. It was a very non-customer-driven approach. And it's like how most companies have historically been run internally and how a lot are still run today.
It's an approach that's largely driven by the ideas of the people within the company. It could be a product team or an engineering team using Waterfall, or it could be Agile, or it could be a number of different development methodologies. What's missing from all of these methodologies is the customer.
The customer is missing from Agile. The customer is missing from Waterfall. The customer is missing from this idea that all ideas come from the founders and from internal idea-generation.
At Performable I shifted the model to build not only software to communicate with customers, but to also turn the model internally to be focused around that customer communication.
I discovered this customer-driven approach to building a company, and we did it within the Product team, within Marketing, within the entire company.
We were a small company at the time when we were acquired by HubSpot. At HubSpot, I got to validate this approach within Product, Engineering, Design, basically everything that has to do with the creation of product. I got to validate this at scale. I got to see did this work for 200 people, did it work for one thousand people, did it work for 2,000 customers, did it work for 15,000 customers?
We got to validate the customer-driven approach and see that it did work and it did produce the results that we thought it would produce. And now at Drift what we're building is a way that every company in the world can operate this way.
So it's not only the product itself, but it's the way that we work and our philosophy behind building companies and building products.
One of the things that I've learned throughout my career is to really focus on the customer, the market, and the team.
Those are the three legs of the stool: the customer, the market, and the team.
But competitors are missing from that stool.
I have this unorthodox view where I like markets that have a fair number of competitors in them. Because that means there really is a market.
There are competitors in our world now, but I expect that every major software company that sort of touches our world, whether it's sales, marketing, customers success, if they make software for that audience — and that's everyone form Salesforce to Oracle to SAP to everyone you can think of — they will get into this market.
What we're trying to do is be in this market and be the leader in this market by the time that those players come in.
The very reason that we created Drift, beyond our mission, is that we think the market is changing. We feel that market changing. We saw first-hand the market starting to shift more and more toward messaging and more and more toward this connection with the customer.
On one end, we're seeing new-wave messaging apps starting to emerge on the consumer side, whether that's Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, or Telegram. All of these different things are new ways of communication that we see not millions of people, not tens of millions, but now billions of people adopting at lightning speed.
What that means for us is that billions of people are being taught these new patterns and these new expectations for messaging — and they'll have to make their way back to every piece of software that we touch as businesses.
So we saw that shift happening. Then we saw the shift that is continuing to happen with companies like Kickstarter and Indiegogo where all of a sudden we have hardware companies starting to create products out in the open with the customer as part of that process.
The customer is paying for that product long before the product ever existed, and being part of that community and part of that journey of creating the product. This is the customer-driven way that we always talk about.
Take Tesla for example. This year, Tesla launched the Tesla 3, selling billions of dollars in cars… and the Tesla 3 doesn't exist yet.
People have paid for that car, and are now part of that community. They've committed to buy that car because they want to be part of the process of building the company — and it doesn't exist yet.
Those are examples of what we've been talking about — that every company needs to shift to be able to have the customer at the center, and be able to build products and services that serve those customers.
No longer is the customer an afterthought. No more "Oh, OK, how do we sell this thing now that we've built it?"
Look at all the examples that we've been living through in the last three to five years of the customer being part of the process. In our case it's easier to imagine because we're in software and we can build software pretty quickly. But this is happening not only for software — it's happening for hardware, it's happening for physical products, it's happening for something as complex as a car.
This has never happened before.
This is why we think every company needs to have the customer at the center. And the common thing with all those customers that we see is that they expect to be able to communciate with those companies through some form of messaging.
We want to be the company that powers that messaging.
Whatever tools you use, you see and feel the shift. We all know this is happening. We want to be there for that. And that's what we think about in terms of building a company. That's the big market shift. That's the big market opportunity.
The competition today doesn't matter. We're not fighting for the small market that some number of competitors might have today. What we're trying to do is fight for that big, billions-of-users type of market.
When we started Drift, long before we even had the first version of the product, long before we even had a beta out there, we had an internal goal.
We said that we will know when we're onto something when a billion people have communicated to businesses using Drift.
That's the magnitude of what we're after.
And this is why I wake up every day fired up.
I don't think about competitors. I think about the customer, I think about our team, and I think about the market opportunity.
I've never been this excited about a company because of this shift that is happening. We feel it everyday. I see it everyday. Not only within the team, but I see it happening for my daughter. I see it with my son. I see the way that they're interacting with brands, businesses, people, and groups.
They're indifferent — they don't make a distinction between, "Oh, that's a brand, or "Oh, that one's a company. Oh, that's a person. Oh, this one's a group."
They just think about communicating with people.
That's why I'm so fired up.
And that's why I'm working on Drift.
This post was based on a recent episode of the Seeking Wisdom podcast. You can listen here:
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Will recent tax code changes have an impact on high-end real estate investment in 2018? We're taking a closer look at these changes today, in order to better understand how the market may be affected long-term. Investors and luxury developers have sky-high gains in mind, but a few specific changes may bring potential buyers back down to earth.
Mortgage interest deductions are now capped at $750K of debt. You can only deduct the interest on up to $750K of debt on a primary or secondary residence, applicable to all new loans taken out after 12/14/17. Current loans of up to $1 million are grandfathered in and are not subject to the new $750K cap. Homeowners may refinance mortgage debts existing on 12/14/17 up to $1 million and still deduct interest, but the new loan cannot exceed the amount of the refinance. All home equity line of credit interest deductions are capped at $100K, but must show evidence of funds being used to substantially improve the property.
State and local tax deductions take the biggest hit. Before 2018, you could itemize all of your state property, income, and sales tax. Today, this amount is capped at $10,000 per household, even for married couples.
Moving expense deductions now apply only to active duty military with orders to move. Looks like it's bring-your-own-boxes from here on out for the rest of us.
What does this mean? What we're actually seeing right now is noticeable sales growth without any immediate change in buyer sentiment. Luxury developments across the western region have been reporting strong sales—and show little sign of slowing down anytime soon.
The market could ultimately see less demand for properties close to the $1 million range, with buyers instead opting to purchase at or around $900K due to the recent change in mortgage interest deduction caps.
As homeowners become increasingly reluctant to give up the existing mortgage deduction cap that they currently enjoy, we may see more renovation and less resale activity. Good news for DIY-ers, bad news for first-time buyers. With fewer properties re-entering the market, new construction will likely experience a major boost.
Buyers looking to take advantage of moving expense credits may be slightly disappointed… but picking up the tab for some packing tape and patch kits isn't too bad.
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The powers that be are in the process of seeing how they can burnish their "tough on bank crime" credentials while not ruffling anyone really important. And the case featured in the Wall Street Journal, "U.S. Plans Charges on Bond Fraud," illustrates the sort of enforcement theater we are likely to see over the coming months.
Wow! Charges! Better yet, criminal charges! Finally the Administration is getting tough on crime.
Right. It's tough on crime against banks. This is shades of the Taylor Bean, the only case of a criminal prosecution of financial firm executives…who were ripping off even bigger financial firms, Deutsche Bank and Paribas.
The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office is planning to allege in a criminal complaint that several former traders at Credit Suisse Group AG, a major global investment bank, misled the bank's investors by booking inflated prices of mortgage bonds to boost their bonuses, despite knowing the values of those securities had dropped, according to the people familiar with the matter.
Final valuation reduction of CHF 2.86 billion is CHF 200 million less than previously estimated….
Following its revaluation review, Credit Suisse has determined that the pricing errors were, in part, the result of intentional misconduct by a small number of traders. These employees have been terminated or have been suspended and are in the process of being disciplined under local employment law. The review also found that the controls put in place to prevent or detect this activity were not effective.
So…nearly four years later, this incident is suddenly worth prosecuting? Past rogue traders, such as Nick Leeson and Jerome Kerviel were arrested and put to trial on a fast pace. For instance, UBS's Kweku Adoboli, who was discovered to have lost over $2 billion at UBS, was arrested September 15 of last year and is scheduled to go to trial in September of this year.
So here we have an almost four year lapse in filing charges against (per the Financial Times) two low level employee-miscreants that allegedly produced $2.8 billion in losses. And the clever bit here is that even though no one now expects the employees to be able to shift blame to management, as in prove that their conduct was sanctioned, or at least not hidden, it will be a foreign bank and not an American one that would be embarrassed by the revelations.
The article then goes on at some length to discuss how misvaluations of "mortgage securities" played a role in the crisis. Now perhaps I am being a bit of a finance pedant, but nowhere in this article do you see mention of the fact that these mis-marks took place in a CDO group, and may well have involved CDOs, and not the simpler MBS used as a major constituent in CDOs. In fact, I read the emphasis on "mortgage securities" as an effort to make this prosecution sound more relevant to issues at hand, since CDOs are clearly so 2008.
Federal prosecutors have begun to get more active in the area of asset valuations.
In December, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office criminally charged a London asset manager with overstating the value of sovereign debt held by his hedge fund during the financial crisis. A complaint filed by the SEC at the same time accused Michael Balboa, a former managing director at London's Millennium Global Investments Ltd., of overstating the value of securities issued by the Nigerian government, boosting his bonus by millions of dollars. A lawyer for Mr. Balboa declined to comment.
The SEC has filed several cases in the past 18 months, and more are in the pipeline, according to people familiar with the matter.
In September, the SEC filed civil charges alleging that hedge-fund manager Corey Ribotsky misled investors about the value of the fund's investments in certain non-exchange-traded securities. A lawyer for Mr. Ribotsky, manager of Long Island-based NIR Group, declined to comment.
In October 2010, the SEC charged two hedge-fund portfolio managers and their investment advisory firms with defrauding investors in the Palisades Master Fund LP by overvaluing illiquid fund assets they placed in a "side pocket." The fund managers have denied wrongdoing and are fighting the charges.
The SEC filed civil fraud charges in June 2010 against a New York-based investment adviser ICP Asset Management LLC, and its president, Thomas Priore. The agency alleged that ICP had intentionally inflated the value of trades to collect millions of dollars in advisory fees. ICP and Mr. Priore have denied wrongdoing and are fighting the charges.
There is plenty of incentive to inflate the values of portfolios because employees' bonuses are tied to the value of their holdings.
This effort is terrific, right? After all, the integrity of pricing is crucial to investors.
Yes and no. The problem is that the focus is on lower level employees and relatively small firms. Yet Sarbanes Oxley made (at a minimum) CEOs and CFOs certify the adequacy of internal controls, and asset and liability pricing is a strong focus. If the controls are bad enough that traders can play games that result in $2.8 billion loss bombs, that would suggest they'd have a wee Sarbox problem. Note Credit Suisse has US ADRs, and a quick Google search suggests that does require issuers to comply with Sarbox. If the traders really were playing valuation games with MBS, which are not at all hard to value, rather than CDOs, that would make it pretty hard to believe than management was not either grossly incompetent or aware of the mis-marks (as in not wanting to show losses immediately in the hope that the market might come at least partway back).
And more generally, we've read and heard about SO many stories of valuation abuses that it seems hard to believe that a serious investigation would not implicate most of Wall Street. For instance, in 2007, it was reported repeatedly that big firm dealers were doing small trades of CLOs in very small sizes with cooperative hedge funds so they could use inflated marks to avoid showing the full extent of losses. Readers have reported on end of year pressure from the top to either dress up balance sheets or create a bit more profit by engaging in creative valuation of positions. There were also repeated reports during the crisis of firms using different valuations of mortgage securities for internal purposes than the prices they were giving to customers. Yet we have the authorities going after only one case that a foreign bank has already investigated years after the fact.
This is justice Obama style: theater for the masses, free passes for the people at the top.
This entry was posted in Banana republic, Banking industry, Credit markets, Derivatives, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Real estate on February 1, 2012 by Yves Smith.
Pathetic. Of course the usual suspects will trumpet the bold and decisive prosecutors leaving no stone unturned.
This reminds me of the other bold prosecutors who managed to go after a dude who apparently lied on his loan application. Never mind the thousands of mortgage brokers, mortgage originators and bank purchasers lying and obfuscating the lies in millions of mortgages. But they really got that guy good!
The IRS originally targeted Mr. Engle because he was a serious jogger (the theory being, joggers don't have time to make money), but they got Charles on chargers of lying on Lairs Loan.
The only person that has been arrested & convicted for their role in the building of a fraudulent, world-wide, 20 trillion dollar housing bubble. Doing 21 months in Federal prison.
And in that case the mortgage broker that assisted Mr. Engle in lying on that liars loan* is serving a slightly less severe sentence than Mr. Engle.
Countrywide and Mr. Mozilla, who were responsible for creating tens of thousands of these liar loans, paid a pittance of a fine and did not have to face criminal charges. The government had a hunch and wiretapped and surveilled Mr. Engels and built a case. The government had the case against Mr. Mozilla drop in its lap but instead of surveilling or doing any wiretaps the government decided to collude with Countrywide and Mozilla and make the problem go away.
*The NYTimes story raises doubt about the strength of the case against Mr. Engele and I wonder if he accepted a plea bargain because the prosecution was threatening to send him to prison for much longer.
Speaking of unprosecuted crimes, has IPO underwriting been cleaned up in the last 15 years? Anything we should be noting on the Facebook IPO? Or is it in every day-traders interest to ride that wave?
Its a numbers game – having a high number of prosecutions is seen as better than having a low number of prosecutions.
Not too dissimilar to promoting a boxer for the championship by quoting his impressive wins and knock-outs stats. It doesn't matter much to the promoter if the matches has all been against no-hopers as long as the stats builds up and his boxer is seen as a genuine tough contender.
Federal prosecutors generally focus on the less well to do, the prosecutors routinely threaten defendants with draconian punishment to force a plea deal thus polishing their conviction rate.
For those that are connected through congressional bribes (contributions), through the revolving door, or through political office the federal prosecutors give a free pass.
Equal justice for all except that some are more equal than others.
With a 2 syllable finish, girl, you be rappin'.
Terrific. Worth a mini-pulitzer! Thanks a lot.
Wouldn't it be stupefying if the financial class actually told the truth. If they stood up and took the blame for the real estate bubble and crash. They might even confess that they did it with all good intention so that an inflated market could "reprice" (Hank Paulson estimated it would only take a few months) and all the hot money could come swooping in and gobble up the good deals. I mean – since we all know markets no longer function by themselves anymore, why continue to pretend?
Yeah, that's what really burns. It takes two to tango, so why is only one of the tango partners in jail?
Good question. I read several articles about Mr. Engle at the time, but I don't remember any mention of a plea bargain.
21 months seems like a fairly penal sentence to me, given the offense, so my guess is he wasn't offered one.
Rare. As in "endangered specie." BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!! Stop it, you're killing me!
Phony stuff just like Chief Phony obummer!
6 yrs (at a club fed).
I have been able to effectivley fight the fraud of the banksters in Court up to this point from what I learned in Barry Howard Lanreth class about securitization the spring of 2005.
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16 Famous Writers And Their Cats
What do Charles Bukowski, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edgar Allan Poe have in common? They love cats. Writers and cats go together like salt and pepper, and here are 16 of our favorite pairs.
1. Ernest Hemingway
"A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not."
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Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
"One cat just leads to another."
2. Charles Bukowski
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"when I am feeling
all I have to do is
watch my cats
and my
returns.
I study these
creatures.
they are my
teachers."
—Charles Bukowski, "My Cats"
Via yourcatwasdelicious.tumblr.com
"Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviors. The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous."
3. Joyce Carol Oates
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"I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming than my husband."
4. Neil Gaiman
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"'No,' said the cat. 'Now, you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.'"
—Neil Gaiman, Coraline
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"'Name the different kinds of people,' said Miss Lupescu. 'Now.' Bod thought for a moment. 'The living,' he said. 'Er. The dead.' He stopped. Then, '... Cats?' he offered, uncertainly."
—Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
5. Allen Ginsberg
"I learned a world from each
one whom I loved;"
—Allen Ginsberg, "I learned a world from each"
6. Ray Bradbury
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"That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you."
—Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
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7. Doris Lessing
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"If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air."
—Doris Lessing, On Cats
8. Mark Twain
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"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
—Mark Twain, Who Is Mark Twain?
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"I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course."
9. Sylvia Plath
Via weimarart.blogspot.com
"And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die."
—Sylvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus"
10. Aldous Huxley
"'My young friend,' I said, 'if you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is to keep a pair of cats.'"
—Aldous Huxley, Collected Essays
11. William S. Burroughs
Via lawrence.com
"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself."
—William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
"My relationship with cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance."
Via culturalcat.com
12. Edgar Allan Poe
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Poe at work under Catalina's eye (litho), Sheldon, Charles Mills (1866-1928) / Private Collection / © Look and Learn / The Bridgeman Art Library
"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat."
13. Hermann Hesse
"How absurd these words are, such as beast and beast of prey. One should not speak of animals in that way."
—Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf
14. T. S. Eliot
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"When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it and wait until the wind changes."
15. Philip K. Dick
"Willis, my tomcat, strides silently over the pages of that book, being important as he is, with his long golden twitching tail. Make them understand, he says to me, that animals are really that important right now. He says this, and then eats up all the food we had been warming for our baby. Some cats are far too pushy. The next thing he'll want to do is write SF novels. I hope he does. None of them will sell."
Via american-buddha.com
16. Jorge Luis Borges
Via imgur.com
"You belong to another time. You are lord
of a place bounded like a dream."
—Jorge Luis Borges, "To a Cat"
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WILDHUNT "Descending" album details and pre-order.
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The third CD release to be out at the Keep It True festival on April 29th is WILDHUNT "Descending". The debut full-length of these young technical thrashers from Austria sounds like a "lost" album from the late '80s/early '90s,...
WILDHUNT signs with MOMR.
March 10, 2016 By Jowita
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Home International News British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jeremy Hunt as foreign secretary
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jeremy Hunt as foreign secretary
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jeremy Hunt as foreign secretary, after predecessor Boris Johnson resigned in protest at the government's plans for a close trading relationship with the European Union.
The appointment of hunt, the long-serving health minister, sees a close may ally replacing the maverick Johnson, and could alter the Brexit balance of May's top ministerial team.
While Johnson was one of the most high-profile Brexit campaigners, hunt backed "remain" during the 2016 referendum campaign.
However, hunt told LBC radio in October 2017 he had changed his mind on the issue, in part due to what he said was disappointing "arrogance" in the EU's behaviour during negotiations.
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Metrópolis é um programa da TV Cultura, sendo o único da televisão aberta que cobre diariamente assuntos relacionados à arte e à cultura em geral. Entre os assuntos tratados estão música, cinema, teatro, artes plásticas, moda, games e comportamento. Atualmente o programa é apresentado por Cunha Jr. e Adriana Couto. Vai ao ar de terça à sexta às 22:15, após o Jornal da Cultura e aos domingos às 19:30.
Histórico
A primeira edição foi ao ar em 4 de abril de 1988. Na equipe de criação, o diretor Ninho Moraes e Delta de Negreiros, a editora-chefe. Os apresentadores eram: Lúcia Soares, Ricardo Soares e Maria Amélia Rocha Lopes.
O programa revela a diversidade dessa produção e reunindo elementos da cultura erudita, popular, urbana e todas as formas de manifestação artística. Nesses 30 anos, o Metrópolis ajudou a iluminar a cena cultural e colaborou para a formação das novas gerações de artistas e consumidores de cultura do país.
Já teve vários formatos e diversos apresentadores, sempre fiéis ao seu objetivo: mostrar a riqueza da produção cultural brasileira, não apenas na maior metrópole do país, mas também em outras cidades do mundo.
Em 2006, pela primeira vez na história da TV aberta no Brasil, uma emissora transmitiu simultaneamente um programa ao vivo utilizando sinais analógico e digital que também foram captados por telefones celulares habilitados a essa recepção. Numa parceria com três universidades brasileiras (USP, Mackenzie e Universidade Federal da Paraíba), o programa foi transmitido experimentalmente em TV digital. Essa transmissão teve duas camadas específicas. Uma camada foi a HD (alta definição), usada para recepção fixa. Na outra camada, simultaneamente, o sinal do programa Metrópolis foi transmitido para aparelhos de telefonia celular, habilitados para receber o sinal digital.
Em 15 de fevereiro de 2016, a TV Nova Nordeste estreia a versão regional, o Metrópolis Pernambuco, com a apresentação da jornalista Walesca Andrade.[4] Em março de 2017, o programa passou a ter edição dominical com 60 minutos.[1]
Equipe de Produção
A curadoria e direção do programa é de Hélio Goldsztejn
Os apresentadores revezam-se também na reportagem com Christine Maksud e o video repórter Rodrigo Leitão.
A pauta é feita por Marcos Maciel e Sula Vlachos.
Entre os antigos apresentadores e repórteres que fizeram parte da história do Metrópolis estão, por exemplo: Manu Ebert, Herbert Henning, Patrícia Travassos, Tuca Paoli, Cuca Lazzarotto, Lorena Calabria, Laura Wie, Lala Dehenzelin, Cadão Volpato, Marina Person, entre outros.
O programa conta como Editor-Chefe Carlos Mateus e sua equipe de editores hoje composta por: Andrea Goulart, Luciana Gouveia e Paula Montoro. Dentre os editores que já estiveram por lá estão: Anderson Lima, Andrea Kurachi, Ricardo Mattos, Sônia Guimarães, Luciana Martins, Ramiro Zwestch, Cláudia Erthal, etc. Além do programa foi criada uma curadoria de arte:a Coleção Metrópolis, composta por cerca de 200 obras, de artistas como Leda Catunda, Beatriz Milhazes, Tomie Ohtake e Rodolpho Parigi, que, quando não estão na sede da TV Cultura, ficam em exposição em museus e galerias.[3]
Ligações externas
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Stevie G's Biggest Cock-Ups!
Alan Gernon
on March 23, 2015 at 11:30 am
Added to betslip Liverpool To Finish In Top 4
There was a certain inevitability yesterday about Steven Gerrard dominating the headlines after his final clash with bitter rivals Manchester United.
Unfortunately for the LA-bound midfielder it was, as is often the case, for all the wrong reasons. We take a look at some of the former England captain's costliest blunders.
Gerrard's disimissal yesterday after 40 seconds may just have cost his team a place in the top four, with United moving five points clear in fourth place.
The irony of Gerrard's slip against Chelsea last season trumps anything Alanis Morissette could dream of. Sadly for the 34-year-old, his blunder to allow Demba Ba score will probably be the defining moment of a successful career.
Gerrard's infamous quote of "This does not f**king slip now" following victory over Manchester City could only have one outcome.
The Suarez Assist
Having taken the flak for costing Liverpool the title, Gerrard's mistimed header in England's World Cup clash with Uruguay compounded what he later called "the worst three months" of his life.
The fact his error was capitalised on by Luis Suarez, so often the recipient of his assists at Liverpool made it even more poignant.
Gerrard has often been king of the assists in the Premier League, including last season. However, he also has previous for laying on costly goals for opponents with Thierry Henry a grateful beneficiary on two occasions.
Gerrard's dreadful pass back against France in Euro 2004 was pounced on by Henry, who won a penalty converted by Zinedine Zidane.
Just two years later Henry was at the receiving end of another Gerrard boo-boo, this time helping Arsenal to a 2-1 victory.
Feeling The Blues
Gerrard almost joined Chelsea in 2004 and has certainly helped them out on several occasions since his decision to remain at Liverpool.
His own goal against Jose Mourinho's side in the 2005 league cup final left him feeling "suicidal" and sparked a Chelsea comeback to claim the trophy.
Gerrard can at least console himself that his blunder in 2010 against the Blues helped cost Manchester United the title.
Another pass back by Stevie G, oblivious of the lurking Didier Drogba, was immediately punished by the Ivorian striker. Chelsea went on to win 2-0 and beat United to the title by a solitary point.
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Alan Gernon is an Irish writer, whose first book 'Retired: What Happens to Footballers When the Game's Up' was nominated for the 2016 eir Sports Book of the Year and was called 'the most important football book in a long time' by Niall Quinn, 'a fine book' by talkSPORT and 'a very interesting read' by John Terry. He's written about football for publications such as The Telegraph, The Irish Post, iNews and Emirates Airlines' Portfolio magazine, along with appearing on the likes of The Keys & Gray Show, The Anfield Wrap & RTE's Monday Night Soccer. His second book, 'The Transfer Market', will be published in December 2018.
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Pedal Gives Back
Pedal Back Cycling has always believed in making cycling as accessible as possible by being open, honest, approachable and fun. The global Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated needs for bikes, with many worried they are unable to safely or affordably reach places of employment or interviews, or finding it hard to motivate themselves to access outside spaces and in need of a bike to help their mental health and boost their wellbeing. It has shown us that enabling people and communities to cycle is more important than ever, and the benefits are not just physical; cycling and access to bikes is mentally, emotionally and socially transformative.
We partnered with South West Railways to access abandoned bikes, and H&F Giving to spearhead this project by working with local community groups to reach those most in need. We are thrilled to receive a London Walking and Cycling grant to enable us to turn our dream of upcycling abandoned bikes into reality.
Over the next two years, we expect to have saved 100 bikes from landfill, brought a sustainable and effective transport option to homes which were otherwise disconnected from affordable travel, alleviated worries around transport safety and cost of transport for an estimated 100 in-need local people, encouraged a significant number of sign-ups to the council's Bikeworks programme, boosted health and wellbeing for participants and those near and dear to them, and built an improved sense of neighbourhood. | {
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During your next turn, this Pokémon's Overdrive Smash attack does 60 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Your Team Plasma Pokémon's attacks (excluding Deoxys-EX) do 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
If this Pokémon has any Plasma Energy attached to it, this attack does 30 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Put this card from your hand onto your Bench only with the other half of Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND.
If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from an attack of Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND, take 1 more Prize card.
Discard all [R] Energy attached to Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND.
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for any Deoxys and switch it with Deoxys Speed Forme. (Any cards attached to Deoxys Speed Forme, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) If you do, put Deoxys Speed Forme on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 Form Change Poké-Power each turn.
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for any Deoxys and switch it with Deoxys Defense Forme. (Any cards attached to Deoxys Defense Forme, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) If you do, put Deoxys Defense Forme on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 Form Change Poké-Power each turn.
During your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of an attack, and any damage done to Deoxys by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for any Deoxys and switch it with Deoxys Attack Forme. (Any cards attached to Deoxys Attack Forme, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) If you do, put Deoxys Attack Forme on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 Form Change Poké-Power each turn.
During your next turn, Deoxys's Psychic Boost attack's base damage is 20.
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for any Deoxys and switch it with Deoxys Normal Forme. (Any cards attached to Deoxys Normal Forme, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) If you do, put Deoxys Normal Forme on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 Form Change Poké-Power each turn.
Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokémon.
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for another Deoxys and switch it with Deoxys. (Any cards attached to Deoxys, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) If you do, put Deoxys on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 Form Change Poké-Power each turn.
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Robert Louis Stevenson: To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.
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Q: Why this invert conditional animation does not work? This piece of code is supposed to expand the #bottombar when #topbar is clicked and hide it while the #bottombar height is 200px, but acts strangely. Why is that?
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height: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: rgba(210,210,210,1);
}
</style>
<body>
<div id = "wire">
<div id = "topbar" onClick = "expand()">Stuff</div>
<div id = "bottombar">Other stuff</div>
</div>
</body>
<script>
function expand() {
var timing = {
duration: 400,
fill: "forwards",
easing: "ease-out"
}
var bottombar = document.getElementById('bottombar')
if (bottombar.style.height == 0) {
bottombar.animate([{height: "0px"},{height: "200px"}], timing);
} else if (bottombar.style.height !== 0) {
bottombar.animate([{height: "200px"},{height: "0px"}], timing);
}
}
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A: I think I see your problem here. There's a distinction between element.style and its current style. This answer addresses that distinction a bit.
Here is the Mozilla Developer's Network Article on getComputedStyle
Here is your code looking at the current style, which I am pretty sure is what you want.
function expand() {
var timing = {
duration: 400,
fill: "forwards",
easing: "ease-out"
}
var bottombar = document.getElementById('bottombar')
var bottombarComputedStyles = window.getComputedStyle(bottombar);
var bottombarHeight = bottombarComputedStyles.getPropertyValue('height');
if (bottombarHeight == "0px" || bottombarHeight == "0") {
console.log(`height is 0 or 0px`);
bottombar.animate([{height: "0"},{height: "200px"}], timing);
} else {
console.log(`height is neither 0 nor 0px. It is ${bottombarHeight}`);
bottombar.animate([{height: "200px"},{height: "0"}], timing);
}
}
#wire {
display: block;
}
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background-color: rgba(240,240,240,1);
cursor: pointer;
}
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height: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: rgba(210,210,210,1);
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<div id = "topbar" onClick = "expand()">Stuff</div>
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Dorothy Campbell, Jerome Travers, Walter Travis
Dorothy Campbell
Dorothy Campbell was born March 20, 1883, in North Berwick, Scotland, and raised near the town's famous links course, circumstances that set her on a path to golfing dominance at home as well as in the United States and Canada.
Between 1905 and 1912, Campbell won 10 national championships in the United Kingdom, Canada and the U.S., including the 1909 U.S. Women's Amateur in her first attempt and the '09 Ladies British Amateur, making her the first player to win both championships in the same year. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur again in 1910 and a third time in 1924 at age 41, still a record as the oldest champion.
Campbell, who also competed under her married names, Howe and Hurd, was struck by a train and died in Yemassee, S.C., December 20, 1945. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.
Jerome Travers
Known as a fierce match play competitor and one of the game's finest putters, Jerome Travers enjoyed a brief burst of success that puts him alongside some of America's best all-time amateur players.
Born May 19, 1887, in New York, Travers was introduced to golf at an early age. In a nine-year stretch starting in 1906, Travers won four U.S. Amateurs, five Metropolitan Amateurs and the 1915 U.S. Open - the second of five amateurs ever to win that championship. His national amateur crowns, second only to Bob Jones, came in 1907, '08, '12 and '13. Inexplicably, Travers never entered another U.S. Open after his one-stroke victory over Tom McNamara at Baltusrol Golf Club.
Like Jones, he ceased competing at age 28, though he later became a teaching pro. Travers died in Connecticut March 29, 1951. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976.
Walter Travis
Although he didn't pick up the game until age 34, Walter Travis became one of the most influential figures in the early years of American golf as a champion golfer, course architect, instructor and writer.
Born January 10, 1862, in Maldon, Australia, Travis, a successful hardware businessman, had little interest in golf until a visit to England in 1896 but quickly became one of America's finest players. Nicknamed "The Old Man" because of his late start, Travis won three U.S. Amateurs, in 1900, '01 and '03. In 1904 at Royal St. George's, he became the first player from America to win the British Amateur.
In addition to his playing skills, Travis wrote about the game and founded The American Golfer magazine. He was an innovator as a course designer and instructor, and he was a pioneer in using new playing equipment.
Travis died July 31, 1927, in Denver. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1979. | {
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Leonard Nicodemus
William Nicodemus (1834-1879)
By Mark C. Hageman
William Nicodemus
William Joseph Leonard Nicodemus was born August 1st, 1834, in Clear Spring Dist., near Hagerstown, Maryland. His father Frederick Nicodemus (March 20, 1806 to April 20, 1858) and mother Mary Ann Kessler (Feb 4, 1805 to Aug 17, 1849) were married April 18, 1833 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, Virginia. William was the eldist of two children, his sister Anne was born in 1840. On February 21, 1850 William's father Frederick, was re-married to Mary Ann Medcalf in Washington County, Maryland. From this marriage, two half brothers Alfred M. born September 1854 and Edward M. born August 1858, and a half sister Laura born in 1851 were brought into the family.
William first applied to West Point in January of 1852 at seventeen years of age. His actual appointment, two years later was made as a result of a letter from Maryland Representative William Hamilton in April 1854. Representative Hamilton's letter to then U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, (who later became President of the Confederate States of America) recommended appointing William "in place of" another applicant. He entered West Point July 1, 1854, just one month shy of his 20th birthday.
On July 1, 1858, William J. L. Nicodemus graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 23rd out of 27 in his senior class, just three months after his fathers death and was promoted in the Army to brevet Second Lieutenant of Infantry. His first assignment was with the 5th Infantry at the garrison at Newport Barracks, Kentucky. On January 19, 1859 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. During 1859 and into 1860, he participated in the Utah Expedition.
In 1860, William and his unit found themselves in New Mexico where he served at various posts. Fort Fauntleroy, New Mexico, Fort Defiance, New Mexico, and Fort Union, New Mexico, in 1861.
Manual of Arms called by flag~ Feb. 7, 1861
During this time William first served with Albert J. Myer, a "civilian in uniform" and Army Surgeon, developing aerial telegraphy communications, and was instructed in his signal methods. On February 7th, 1861, while on duty at Fort Fauntleroy, New Mexico, Lieut. Nicodemus was stationed upon a prominent point on the lookout for a wagon train, at this time a feat was performed which deserves mention. An order was given by signal for the detachment to "fall in," and then they were practised in the manual of arms, each movement being called by the flag. The succeeding day they were employed in observation of the Albuquerque road, orders having been issued to look for the appearance of any parties in that direction. Communications were then established over a line thirty miles in extent. This duty occupied the command until Feb. 10th, when the party was recalled by signal headquarters.
As hostilities broke out in 1861, William was promoted to First Lieutenant, 11th Infantry and later, Captain, 12th Infantry, acting also as Assistant Adjutant General of the Department of New Mexico from October 1861 to June 1862. For gallant and meritorious services at the Battle of Valverde, New Mexico in February 1862, he was given a brevet promotion to Major. The Battle of Valverde was fought on February 21, 1862 and was the first major conflict in the Intermountain West. The battle was filled with intensive combat and full of valiant individual acts and tragedies. The South claimed it as a victory, but the losses were high on both sides. Each army spent the next two days under flags of truce to "care for their wounded and burying their dead on the battlefield near the Rio Grande".
In September 1862, William was ordered transferred to Cincinnati because word of an impending attack upon the city. Shortly thereafter, he was made Regimental Commander of the 4th Maryland Volunteers. With that position came the rank of full Colonel. This was certainly a big step, but it was not at all unknown during the Civil War, especially for a graduate of West Point.
William was a regimental commander for only six weeks when he wrote a letter in his own hand to the Commanding General of the 8th Army Corps resigning his command. The letter states:
Sir, I have the honor to tender my resignation as Colonel of the 4 Md Vols to take effect from this date. My reasons for taking this step are strictly private and have no reference to the Administration of the Government.
Very respectfully Sir
Your obedient servant
Signed Wm. J. L. Nicodemus
Col 4 Md Vols
It is unsure what the reason for this resignation was, but is spectulated to be related to the removal of McClellan as commander after the tragedy at Antietam. A roster of the 4th Maryland Volunteer Regiment shows that other officers in the regiment also resigned shortly after McClellan's removal. First Lieutenant John A. Thompson, Jr. resigned on November 12th and Major Henry P. Brooks, resigned in early December. Whether or not McClellan's removal was the reason for any of these resignations, after resigning his command, William reverted to his permanent rank of Captain.
Albert J. Myer, the Signal Officer to which William had been detailed in New Mexico, continued with his signal duties. It appeared that the 37th Congress would soon pass a bill, officially establishing the Signal Corps as its own branch of the Army. On January 15, 1863 Major Myer wrote to Captain Nicodemus who was then on recruiting duty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania informing him that a Signal Corps "Camp of Instruction" was to be established near Georgetown. Myer wrote:
Capt. W. J. L. Nicodemus,
Recruiting Service, U.S.A.
CAPTIAN: I think of forming a Camp of Instruction near Georgetown, at which there will be, say, fifteen or twenty officers, and, say sixty privates. It will be a permanent camp, and will bear relation to the Signal Corps that West Point bears to the army.
I need a thorough disciplinarian in charge of it, to have an absolute command and to be responsible for the soldierly discipline and education of the officers and men to afterward serve in the Corps.
I have thought of your thoroughness, known to me in New Mexico. Would you like such a command, and would you be willing to take it as a duty, say for a year, taking your chances with the Corps in this war?
Very Respectfully, etc.
Albert J. Myer.
Signal Camp ~ Georgetown, D.C., 1864
William could not at once accede to the request, but on January 27th an application for the detail of Capt. Nicodemus was forwarded to the Secretary of War. One month later, February 27th, 1863, Captain William J. L. Nicodemus assumed command of the Signal Corps Camp of Instruction on Red Hill, Georgetown, D.C. This camp was the forerunner of the U.S. Army Signal School established at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and later moved to its present location, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
In summer of 1863, with the Southern forces making ever-bolder encroachments into the North, William was given command of a Signal detachment that operated in West Virginia and Maryland in support of the Army of the Potomac. Later, he supported General Meade whose victory at Gettysburg was less than a month old. During this period, he was in charge of communications between Harper's Ferry, Virginia and Washington, D.C., participating in several skirmishes while pursuing the enemy through Maryland.
Boonsboro, Md and South Mountian
On July 6th, 1863, under the command of Capt. W. J. L. Nicodemus, a signal detachment, consisting of twelve officers and twenty-seven enlisted men, arriving from Washington, and was immediately united with a signal party then in service of reconnoissance of the southern retreat from Gettysburg. Gen. Meade ordered Capt. Nicodemus to the front, which was then the South Mountian Pass, to the field, with the following instructions: "You will open communications between Frederick City and South Mountian Pass, and establish observation stations to command the Boonsboro Valley." The next day, July 8th, 1863, Capt. Nicodemus broke up the stations along the route as fast as the telegraphic communication was established. On September 18, 1863 William was promoted to Major, Signal Corps.
On November 10, 1863 Albert Myer was relieved of the command of the Signal Corps by the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Brigadier General Edward Canby was directed by Stanton to audit the accounts of the Signal Corps. General Canby three years earlier in the campaign against the Navajo had been the first commander in the U.S. Army to witness the use of "signals" in combat. His audit results showed that the receipts and expenditures of the Signal Corps balanced perfectly.
On November 15, 1863, Major Nicodemus was appointed in Myer's place and assumed command of the Corps. For the first and only time during the war, the US had a West Point graduate at the helm, whereas, the CSA started with a West Pointer. In May, he moved his office to a larger building and installed the Signal Corps' first printing press. The next summer, on August 10, 1864, William was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps. (some sources put his date of promotion as June 30 [31] and July 3, 1864). Lieutenant Colonel Myer was also reappointed as Colonel, Signal Corps at this time, and continued to serve as "Signal Officer of the Army".
William kept very busy in his new job. He was active in recruiting and staffing the Signal Corps. He was continuously fighting for recognition for the Corps' capabilities. He fought a constant battle with the Secretary of War to get his troops properly promoted and otherwise rewarded for their service. On more than one occasion he wrote Secretary Stanton about the "great injustice" done by promotion boards.
The Signal Corps' new printing press was used to publish the required hundreds of copies of orders, circulars, and letters addressed to signal officers in the field. In December 1864, William, in his annual report, criticized the West Point authorities for their attitude toward military signaling and "boldly" recommended that the field telegraph trains be returned to the Signal Corps. He had the report printed and then distributed copies throughout the Signal Corps without the prior approval of the Secretary of War. "This, though innocently done brought the thunder and lightning down upon his head".
Secretary Stanton was well known for his powerful temper. When he learned of the distribution of a report which he had not yet seen, his reaction was instant and typical. Stanton sent a detachment of troops to take over the Signal Office, seize the printing press, the original manuscript, and all printed copies. By order of the Secretary of War, General Order 304 dismissed Lieutenant Colonel William J. L. Nicodemus from the service on December 26, 1864. Another key aspect, which very well may have led to his dismissal, was the fact that William had referred, in a half dozen places, the fact that the US was reading CSA signal messages. William published this sensitive information in "unclassified" documents. He probably knew, or at least assumed, that the CSA already knew the fact, but this gave Stanton grounds for "aid and confort to the enemy" in an area in which the Chief of the Signal Corps should have been hypersensitive to.
William & "Fannie" Nicodemus
On December 27, 1864, just one day after his dismissal from the Army, at the Trinity Church in Georgetown, D.C., William took Frances "Fannie" E. Pettit as his wife.
On March 31, 1865, William J. L. Nicodemus was reappointed as Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps by order of the President of the United States in General Order No. 53, War Department Adjutant General's Office, and was honorably mustered out of the service Aug. 23rd 1865. He was then restored to his regiment, the 12th Infantry, as Captain, the rank he had last held with his regiment before being detailed to signal duties in February, 1863.
After the War, William J. L. served at Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, Richmond, Petersburg, and Fredricksburg, Virginia, and again in Washington, D.C. In 1869, he was detailed from the Regular Army as military instructor at Western University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On December 29, 1870, he was honorably discharged from the United States Army at his own request.
Directly upon his discharge, William worked as a professor of civil and mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. C.W. Butterfield, in his History of the University of Wisconsin, writes of William Nicodemus:
Ambitious and energetic, he soon gave life to the department to which he had been called. He thoroughly remodeled the course in civil engineering, and soon drew around him a number of students of that specialty, winning from them by his thorough but kindly manliness, by his enthusiastic devotion to their want, and by his efforts for their subsequent welfare, a warm and lasting regard. Equal success crowned his efforts in the department of military science, where he succeeded in making both popular and useful the drill, which before had always been extremely irksome to the students. His genial manner and varied experience made him a very pleasant companion, and he soon won the regard of his fellow workers at the University.
Reportedly, William had more than one offer to leave his professorship at the university. One offer he received was from General William Tecumseh Sherman, with whom he was well acquainted. General Sherman asked William to accept a position as professor at a college just being started by the "Khedive of Egypt". The pay was reportedly twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, in gold.
Post war, Professor Nicodemus rarely spoke of himself or of his many experiences. Possessed of a large store of nervous force, he rapidly and efficiently accomplished whatever he took in hand. Ambitious to provide for the wants of his family, should they ever be left without his care, he felt pressed to engage in business enterprises outside the duties of his professorship. As he was never slack in his duty to the University, he must have drawn very largely on his vitality, to accomplish the work he undertook. This is more especially true of the past university year, when burdened more than usually with the needs for instruction in his growing department, and with his work for geological survey, he shared largely in the risks, and anxieties consequent on publishing, along with A. D. Conover, a large and very accurate map of Wisconsin. The draft on his nervous system proved great, and brought on insomnia, which finally developed alarmingly.
William Joseph Leonard Nicodemus died January 6, 1879 near Madison, Wisconsin, at just 45 years old. He was buried near Madison in the Catholic cemetery of Forrest Hill. He left his wife of 15 years and four children, R. Canby (perhaps named after General E. R. S. Canby with whom William had served out west and in Washington) born 1866, Lillian M. born 1871, Grace A. born 1874, and Bertha J. born 1875.
In Memoriam ~ William J. L. Nicodemus
Nicodemus Genealogy and Additional Information
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The Resource Receivership and conservatorship authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Federal Home Loan Bank Board Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FHLBB/FSLIC), M. Maureen Murphy
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The item Receivership and conservatorship authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Federal Home Loan Bank Board Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FHLBB/FSLIC), M. Maureen Murphy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library.
Murphy, M. Maureen
Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service
Washington, D.C., Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1986
"December 9, 1986."
"American Law Division."
"87-121 A."
Receivership and conservatorship authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Federal Home Loan Bank Board Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FHLBB/FSLIC)
M. Maureen Murphy
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United States, Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Bank failures -- Law and legislation -- United States
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Receivers -- United States
Savings and loan associations -- Law and legislation -- United States
Savings and loan association failures -- United States
Conservatorships -- United States
Banking law -- United States
Major studies and issue briefs of the Congressional Research Service, Supplement, 1987-88, reel 2, fr. 00514
Report (Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service), no. 87-121 A
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United are expected to seek defensive reinforcements this summer.
They have faced a nightmare at the back all season after ex-boss Jose Mourinho was refused the money to bring in new blood last summer.
The Portuguese was chashing a world-class centre-back, and names linked with a move to Old Trafford included Toby Alderweireld, Jerome Boateng and Diego Godin.
But with a new permanent manager in charge come the end of the season, United's transfer chief Ed Woodward is prepared to pump big money into the transfer market this time around.
Liverpool currently hold the record fee for a defender after they handed Southampton £75m for Virgil van Dijk last January.
But that record could be blown out of the water this summer.
United are understood to have been keeping tabs on Napoli centre-half Kalidou Koulibaly over the past few months.
And the Serie A side have slapped a whopping £150m price tag on the Senegalese's head, according to the Daily Express.
Chelsea were chasing the 27-year-old last summer.
But after another impressive season at the San Paolo Stadium, the Azzurri have more than doubled his price tag.
Barcelona and Real Madrid are also believed to have Koulibaly in mind for their transfer plans this summer.
But unlike United, they appear to have been put off by Napoli's sky high valuation.
Starsport exclusively revealed earlier this week that United caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had given the green light to splash £65m on Leicester man Harry Maguire.
The Norwegian is yet to officially be given the Old Trafford hot seat permanently.
But Solskjaer is keen to get the player in so he can potentially remodel his defence around the World Cup hero should he be given the job. | {
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A direct contact with students at Ritsumeikan Moriyama Junior High School, Moriyama, Japan was successful Sun 2013-12-29. Nineteen students were able to ask questions and receive answers from astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA during the contact.
To a view a recording of the conversation conducted in Japanese, click here.
Direct contact with Scouting Burgemeester Welschen Meerhove, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, via OR4ISS
was successful on Sat 2013-12-28 13:08:43 UTC 83 deg.
Scouting Meerhoven has been set up in 2003. Our first official turnout was 10 years ago during the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI). During the last 10 years we have had several activities which were connected with transmitting (each year during the JOTA JOTI) and also with technology, air and space travel, as our scouts cabin is near Eindhoven airport.
Now, 10 years on, we celebrate our Jubilee. One of our Lustrum activities is the JOTA JOTI, by which we use FM frequency. For a whole weekend the scouting room has been transformed to a real radio station. The broadcasts are made by our youth and staff members.
In the framework of the Jubilee we have made a request to NASA, because as a scouting group, we really like to have radio contact with one of the astronauts from the ISS. We are very supportive of space travel and during the coming period we have a couple of activities to prepare us for a possible contact with ISS.
The Friday evening group (cubs and scouts) will visit a observatory, they will make rockets from lemonade bottles and fire them off. The room of the beavers will be transformed to a cosmos with rockets and planets. The kids will make these themselves. The Saturday group (cubs and scouts) will rebuild a ISS station. During the coming weeks our activities will all be in the light of space travel. Our aim is that the children will make their acquaintance with the JOTA JOTI (transmission) as well as space travel.
For a local news story and video about the event: http://jeugdjournaal.nl/item/591441-bellen-met-ruimtestation-iss.html
Contact with Istituto Tecnico Industriale "Galileo Ferraris", San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy, scheduled for Mon 2013-12-16 16:28:20 UTC 39 deg was cancelled due to EVA repair mission.
Direct contact with Tochigi Science Lion Project, Utsunomiya, Japan, via 8N1ISS was successful: Sat 2013-12-14 07:00:34 UTC 72 deg.
Read an advance news story about student amateur radio activities at Dorothy Grant Elementary School in Fontana, CA, USA.
Students will be participating in a scheduled contact with the ISS in 2014.
Direct contact with Rakuyo Technical High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3LR was successful: Thu 2013-12-12 08:36:53 UTC 37 deg. | {
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Q: How to allow horizontal scrolling in a web page I'm planning to display a table with a large width, so I havent' founded a CSS o HTML code to display this table and can move in a horizontally way
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PLN mentioned in article re jail postcard-only mail policies in Oregon
Inlander, Jan. 1, 2010. http://npaper-wehaa.com/inlander/2010/09/23/?g=...
PLN mentioned in article re jail postcard-only mail policies in Oregon - Inlander 2010
A new mail policy at the county jail has inmates fuming
By NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Much of what Rich Sullivan has to say gets lost in the hiss and crack of the Spokane County Jail's intercom system. Trying to read his lips — obscured by a beard and a thick, scratched window — is nearly impossible.
Another form of communication the soft-spoken Sullivan relied upon during his first month of incarceration is also being obscured, this one by a newly implemented jail policy.
On Sept. 1, the jail instituted new rules disallowing anything to be mailed into or out of the jail except postcards measuring 5.5-by-8.5 inches or smaller.
"He needs that connection," says Connie Sullivan, who exchanged letters, documents and clipped magazine articles with her son in a near-constant stream of correspondence. "He doesn't need to sit there and fester and listen to everybody else. He needs somebody that's outside that realm right now."
Connie Sullivan says she relied on that connection — which allowed her to do legal research for her 34-year-old son — since her full-time job doesn't allow her to visit during the jail's recently restricted visiting hours. "I just think it's an effort to silence the inmates," she says. "How much can you write on a 5-by-5 postcard?" It's a question the American Civil Liberties Union has as well.
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Drugs have come in, bodily fluids have gone out, says Lynette Brown, the jail's office manager.
"All kinds of sundry things," she says. "We had a staff member assigned to scrutinize mail and they'd go through all the mail and inspect it for contraband."
According to Brown, the time — and money — needed to ensure jail mail isn't tainted by such unseemly smuggled goods is something the county can no longer afford. As jail officials looked into ways to stem the flow of contraband coming into their facilities, the latest round of layoffs took out the mail inspector at Geiger Corrections Facility.
The issue of how to beef up mail security while saving money suddenly became pressing. Lt. Joanne Lake, along with Brown, was tasked with finding a solution.
In her research late last year, Lake came across an article about the Marion County Jail in Oregon, which adopted the postcard policy less than a year ago. "We're not trying to be mean or make people upset," Marion County Sheriff Jason Myers told the Salem, Ore., newspaper Statesman Journal. "It's about efficiency and safety in the workplace."
"I thought, 'This looks like it makes sense,'" Lake says. After more investigation, she realized the postcard policy was catching on. "It looked like a new trend. … I noticed it was coming out of the Arizona area. A lot of these types of policies come out of Arizona."
The first jail to adopt such a policy was in Maricopa, which is run by the infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has named himself "America's Toughest Sheriff." He is currently under investigation by the FBI and U.S.
Department of Justice for civil rights abuses and abuse of power. Arpaio allows inmates to wear only pink underwear, something else the Spokane County Jail imitates.
Maricopa County was sued over the postcard program, which began in May 2007. A federal district court cleared the jail, saying inmates' privacy rights were not being infringed.
"As far as privacy, their privacy rights are abridged," Lake says. "There's no real expectation of privacy."
The ACLU's not so sure. "It's clear that jail administrators have the right to open mail ... and to exclude things that are dangerous to jail security," says the ACLU's Fathi. "But they need to recognize how much these policies restrict communication. ... This is a very significant burden not only on the incarcerated, but also on those they're writing."
Fathi points to a few examples of correspondence that would no longer be allowed into the jail: a child's drawing, medical records, perhaps a letter detailing wrongful treatment to a member of the media.
Nancy Talner, staff attorney for the ACLU of Washington, says her organization has just become aware of the Spokane County Jail's new postcard policy, the first of its kind in the state.
"We are looking into it," she says. "But you can't just immediately react. You have to investigate and find out what's going on."
Still, the ACLU is worried the jail is taking it too far. Talner points to the jail's "Authorized Magazines" list, which includes just 15 publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, Foreign Policy and Wired.
"Prison Legal News. That's left off," she says. "There's all kinds of media that aren't on there. Why are they excluding them?"
"This is a very significant burden not only on the incarcerated, but also on those they're writing."
Free speech and rights of association are also jeopardized under the new policy, Talner says. Doctor-patient confidentiality and correspondence with a religious leader are just two of the examples she cited as being threatened by this policy.
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Sullivan's about 70 days into a 150-day stint at the jail stemming from his failure to pay court fines. Before he was booked into the jail in late July, he was taking classes at Spokane Community College for more than a year, planning to major in business administration. To aid in his schoolwork, he had signed up for cable Internet and split the $58 monthly bill with his roommate.
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Prayer VigilThis is the principal rite celebrated between death and the funeral itself. It is the first stage of the farewell journey; its mood is one of quiet support which helps to prepare the bereaved for the final leave-taking.
a funeral liturgy outside Mass.
CommittalThe rite of committal usually follows on immediately from the funeral liturgy. This final act of leave-taking is celebrated at the graveside or at the crematorium. When a body is cremated the funeral liturgy is concluded with the interring of ashes sometime afterwards.
How do I plan a funeral?Planning Guides are available which contain the choice of readings and prayers. Into Your Hands, prepared for the Bishops' Conference, also contains helpful advice on the form of the funeral service.
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Stone Academy-West Haven is a higher education institution located in New Haven County, CT. In N/A, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Stone Academy-West Haven were N/A.
In 2020, 210 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Stone Academy-West Haven. 93.3% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 6.67% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was black or african american (129 degrees), 3.79 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, white (34 degrees).
The median undergraduate tuition at Stone Academy-West Haven is $0, which is $−11,562 less than the national average for ($11,563).
In 2020, 66% of undergraduate students attending Stone Academy-West Haven received financial aid through grants. Comparatively, 67% of undergraduate students received financial aid through loans.
In 2020 Stone Academy-West Haven had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $15,904. Between 2019 and 2020, the average net price of Stone Academy-West Haven grew by 34.4%.
This chart compares the average net price of Stone Academy-West Haven (in red) with that of other similar universities.
66% of undergraduate students at Stone Academy-West Haven received financial aid through grants or loans in 2020. This represents a growth of 3.13% with respect to 2019, when 64% of undergraduate students received financial aid.
This chart compares the average award discount at Stone Academy-West Haven (in red) with that of other similar universities.
In 2018 the default rate for borrower's at Stone Academy-West Haven was 9.43%, which represents 65 out of the 689 total borrowers.
Stone Academy-West Haven has a total enrollment of 557 students. The full-time enrollment at Stone Academy-West Haven is 256 students and the part-time enrollment is 301. This means that 46% of students enrolled at Stone Academy-West Haven are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at Stone Academy-West Haven, both undergraduate and graduate, is 67.3% Black or African American, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.69% White, 0.718% Asian, 0.539% Two or More Races, 0.359% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and 0% American Indian or Alaska Native.
Students enrolled at Stone Academy-West Haven in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly Black or African American Female (59.8%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Female (14.8%) and White Female (10.2%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.
The total enrollment at Stone Academy-West Haven, both undergraduate and graduate, is 557 students. The full-time enrollment at Stone Academy-West Haven is 256 and the part-time enrollment is 301. This means that 46% of students enrolled at Stone Academy-West Haven are enrolled full-time compared with 66.2% at similar .
This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Stone Academy-West Haven (in red) compares to similar universities.
Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Stone Academy-West Haven was 69%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar (78%), Stone Academy-West Haven had a retention rate lower than its peers.
This chart shows the retention rate over time at Stone Academy-West Haven (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.
The enrolled student population at Stone Academy-West Haven is 67.3% Black or African American, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.69% White, 0.718% Asian, 0.539% Two or More Races, 0.359% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and 0% American Indian or Alaska Native. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all is 37.7% White, 24.8% Hispanic or Latino, and 18.6% Black or African American.
In 2020, 182 more women than men received degrees from Stone Academy-West Haven. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Stone Academy-West Haven is black or african american (129 degrees awarded). There were 3.79 times more black or african american graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white (34 degrees).
The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Stone Academy-West Haven is N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.
The most specialized majors across all degree types at Stone Academy-West Haven, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Health (210 degrees awarded).
The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Stone Academy-West Haven are Registered nurses (1,293,143 people), Medical & health services managers (143,575 people), Pharmacists (130,778 people), Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (118,390 people), and Physicians (103,837 people).
The most specialized majors at Stone Academy-West Haven are Health (210 degrees awarded).
The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Stone Academy-West Haven are Surgeons, Physicians, Podiatrists, Chief executives & legislators, and Nurse anesthetists
The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Stone Academy-West Haven are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (1,414,995 people), Outpatient care centers (200,992 people), Elementary & secondary schools (194,713 people), Offices of physicians (180,542 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (117,887 people).
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In 2020, 14 degrees were awarded to men at Stone Academy-West Haven, which is 0.0714 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (196).
This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Stone Academy-West Haven by degrees awarded.
In false, 9 degrees were awarded to men at Stone Academy-West Haven in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training, which is 0.06 times less than the 150 female recipients with that same degree.
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In 2020, 40% of students graduating from Stone Academy-West Haven completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 53% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 53% within 200%.
The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Carnegie Classification group.
Highest Graduation Rate (100%)
The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at Stone Academy-West Haven is Male and White (100% graduation rate). Across all , Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.4%).
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 2.5% of graduates (1 students) did not report their race.
The most common race/ethnicity at Stone Academy-West Haven is black or african american (129 degrees awarded). There were 3.79 times more black or african american recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white (34 degrees).
The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Stone Academy-West Haven is black or african american female (122 degrees awarded). There were 3.94 times more black or african american female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white female (31 degrees).
Stone Academy-West Haven has an endowment valued at nearly $N/A, as of the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $38 (NaNN%), compared to the 0.165% average return ($13.7k on $8.3M) across all .
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This line chart shows how the endowment at Stone Academy-West Haven (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.
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As of 2020, Stone Academy-West Haven received $0 in grants and contracts from the federal government, $0 from state grants and contracts, and $0 from local grants and contracts.
In 2020, Stone Academy-West Haven paid a median of $7.99M in salaries, which represents NaNM% of their overall expenditure ($N/A) and a 6.96% decline from the previous year. This is compared to a 1.59% growth from 2018 and a 13.2% growth from 2017.
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Malta FA recognises officially Malta Premier League
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The Malta Football Association has officially recognised the Malta Premier League (MPL) at a meeting of the Executive Board, held on Tuesday afternoon at the Centenary Hall.
The statute of the MPL has been duly filed with the Association. The Board of Directors of the MPL will be composed of a chairman and a representative of every club competing in the top division of Maltese football.
Today's milestone paves the way for discussions within the MPL on the professionalization of the BOV Premier League. In line with the Malta FA strategy, the Association's objective is that the Premier League becomes a stand-alone competition.
Women's Football Strategy
Meanwhile a new committee for women's football was set up in September with the aim of drawing up a new strategy for Women's football.
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Wireless public address systems in schools are a long-standing fixture, however they have not found their means right into other type of organisations up until lately. Public address () systems are wireless (typically) now, both in institutions and also elsewhere, though there is some argument concerning whether this is an enhancement over a wired network. There stand factors behind both sides of the issue.
In institutions, wireless public address systems are typically integrated with the timing network that synchronizes all the clocks and also bells. (Outside of education and learning, a synchronized clock system is widespread and also key to efficient procedure of the business.) Among the primary factors for such synchronization is making certain a synchronised broadcast of messages to all loudspeakers.
First, there is commonly some kind of sound announcing the imminent program. This could be a tone (or tone pattern), whistle, or bell. The source of the preparatory sound is systematized as well as sent to every area at the same time.
Additionally, the noise of the broadcast itself has to remain in full synchrony. Otherwise, slight timing offsets cause mirrors as speakers in bordering rooms interfere with one another. This sensation can be so turbulent as to prevent the target market from understanding the program whatsoever.
The content of some public addresses in colleges is more or less fixed from day to day, as there could not be a great deal of adjustments necessitating notification. Some educational institutions could attempt prerecording messages in such circumstances to conserve management time. The clock system could also be configured to mark time alerting noises prior to playing the message instantly.
In other cases addresses have dynamically transforming material or are even summoned on the spur of the moment. A hand-operated discussion is the only functional way to execute this type of message.
The manager that supplies the address preps the system by turning a button, hence establishing the link for the program and sounding the alert. With the prep work complete, the manager wages her delivery by speaking right into the designated microphone.
This central (and also reasonably secure) control is the method operandi for all college PA systems. However, system performance happens remotely in all of the distributed speakers. This plan necessitates the broadcasting of the control signals over some type of transmission network.
For some installations, the control signals could operate a neighborhood tone generator and/or connect power to the speakers. (Powering speakers all the time would certainly be wasteful as well as may result in radio frequency interference being grabbed by the stereo.) After the control signals have accomplished their objective, the public address audio is transmitted to the audio speakers via whatever electronic tool has been developed.
Transmission channels could either be hardwired connections or wireless connections utilizing radio waves. The choice which mode to use relies on a number of aspects.
Wired networks offer exceptional signal stability even if the transmission is sent out a significant range. But mounting as well as maintaining the cords has a price. Hardwired networks also do not allow a lot of modularity.
On the other hand, cordless modern technology supplies some cost savings and more versatility. The possible downside, nevertheless, is that the signal may degrade (specifically if it needs to take a trip a considerable distance) and/or be vulnerable to cross-channel interference. The greatest plus of cordless modern technology is its flexibility.
As institutions go through construction or the size of their student bodies go up and down, classrooms often have to be repurposed, trailers have to be installed, or scaling down happens. Such characteristics are dealt with much more efficiently when wireless audio speakers are used, given that moving them from one location to another is essentially simple and easy. Therefore one sees a growing number of that cordless public address systems are being set up in institutions. | {
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Singapore Economy
According to cheeroutdoor.com, Singapore is the region's most advanced (and stable) economy. In the pandemic year 2020, draconian covid measures resulted in the historically highest deficit of 14% of GDP, so in 2021 and 2022 the government had to correct the deficit to 1.6% of GDP, or CZK 90 billion, or 0.5% of GDP and CZK 47 billion. Anyway, this is not a big problem for Singapore even though its debt to GDP reaches 135% – these are "operating loans" in SGD that are used for investments through the sovereign wealth fund GIC (one of the largest in the world) or the investment company Temasek Holdings. A growing (worldwide) problem is higher inflation – it shot up to 4% in 2021 and is expected to be only slightly lower in 2022. Price increases are fueled mainly by food prices (including high inflation in Malaysia, where a lot of food is imported from), housing (rents and apartment prices increased by more than 20% year-on-year in 2021) and energy (the price of oil and gas, which produces about 90% of Singapore's energy). In addition to problems with regional and global transport, extremely generous government support programs (and with it increasing salaries) and the increase in the VAT rate from 7 to 9% are also to blame. On the other hand, revived domestic demand as well as the easing of covid measures helped Singapore to grow its GDP by 7.6% in 2021. The manufacturing sector (chips and electronics) was particularly notable, registering 14% year-on-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2021. In 2022, growth is estimated to be roughly halved.
Singapore is one of the most advanced economies in the world, it is a financial, trade and transport center of world importance. Singapore's largest trading partner is Malaysia. The limited area of the country combined with one of the highest GDP per capita in the world and high purchasing power means that the country is heavily dependent on imports and the state of international transport (in the case of food, approx. 90% of consumption is imported, a similar situation is in the case of primary materials or simpler products and semi-finished products). Mainly electronics, chemical products and services are exported.
GDP growth (%) 1.4 -5.4 7.6 3.8 3.2
GDP/population (USD/PPP) 102,281.00 100,057.80 115,854.00 121,190.00 125,610.0
Inflation (%) 0.8% 0% 4% 3.1% 1.5%
Unemployment (%) 2.2 3 2.7 2.3 2.2
Export of goods (billion USD) 390.5 374.6 456.4 506.6 511.5
Import of goods (billion USD) 359.1 329.6 405.8 466.1 460.9
Trade Balance (Billion USD) 96.8 103.6 118.2 116.4 126.7
Industrial production (% change) -1.5 7.3 13.2 5 3.3
Competitiveness I.63 I.63 V.64 ON ON
OECD export risk 0/7 0/7 0/7 ON ON
Public debt (% of GDP) 145.9
AFTER 15-19.5%
F.O 15%
VAT 8%
In the pandemic year 2020, draconian covid measures resulted in the historically highest deficit of public finances in the amount of 14% of GDP, so in 2021 and 2022 the government had to correct the deficit to 1.6% of GDP, or CZK 90 billion, respectively. 0.5% of GDP and CZK 47 billion. However, Singapore needs to increase tax revenue in the long term in order to invest in increasingly expensive infrastructure, healthcare for an aging population, and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. The planned increase in VAT from the current 7% to 9% by 2024 will help in particular, while it is assumed that this will only have a slight effect on private consumption, but an additional 70 billion CZK should flow into the budget. Providing a government support package will help offset the negative impact on low- and middle-income households. A new property tax will also be introduced – this will take the form of an additional tax on real estate and a tax on luxury vehicles; but it will not touch the taxation of wealth or capital gains, which would antagonize the wealthy inhabitants and disturb the companies settled in the country. It is therefore unlikely to threaten Singapore's position as a wealth management hub.
Even though Singapore's debt to GDP is 145.9%, it is not a big problem for Singapore. These are "operating loans" that are used for investments through the sovereign wealth fund GIC (one of the largest in the world) or the investment company Temasek Holdings, so overall Singapore is a heavily creditor state. The current account surplus is projected to remain substantial in 2022-26 and the country's pro-trade policies will further strengthen its position as a global trade hub. This is also why the MAS, the central bank of Singapore, is trying to maintain the SGD exchange rate against the USD in the long term, which is also helped by unusually high foreign exchange reserves (fed, among other things, by income from significant investments by GIC and Temasek Holdings). Although supplies of manufactured goods, including electronics and chemicals, will cool from the rapid growth rate achieved in 2021, it is expected that that they will remain stable in 2022, thanks to strong demand from China and advanced economies. Import growth is certain to outpace exports in 2022 due to rising domestic demand and increased energy costs, which will slightly reduce the merchandise trade surplus.
Supervision and control over the banking system is carried out by the central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which guarantees the stability and openness of the system, which is necessary to maintain the country's position as a world trade hub. Interest rates are low, at the beginning of 2022 it was 0.5% with the assumption of moderate growth.
More than 200 banks are registered in the country, they are of two types:
1) The most common are the so-called " commercial banks ", which are further divided according to the type of license received from MAS.
2) The so-called " Merchant banks " are banks whose content mainly includes trading on the stock exchange, with currencies and commodities, and services to businesses and assistance in international transactions.
Overview of major Singapore banks:
The Development Bank of Singapore LTD (DBS): The bank was established by the Singapore government in 1968. Today, DBS is the largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets and is among the largest banks in Asia, with assets of approximately 10 billion in 2019. CZK.
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp LTD (OCBC): OCBC Bank was formed by the consolidation of three banks in 1932. OCBC Bank has assets of more than 8 billion. CZK, making it the second largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the largest banks in the Asia-Pacific region.
United Overseas Bank LTD (UOB): The bank was founded in 1935 as United Chinese Bank by local businessman Wee Kheng Chiang together with a group of businessmen of Chinese origin. The bank is the third largest bank in Southeast Asia by total assets.
Standard Chartered: The bank opened its first branch in 1859, making it one of the oldest continuously operating banks in Singapore. It manages assets worth over CZK 550 billion.
Citibank: Citibank began operations in Singapore on July 1, 1902. Back then it was called the International Banking Corporation (IBC) and was the first American bank to set up a branch in Singapore.
The banking market is competitive and provides all standard and advanced products and services, including a wide range of companies developing and providing fintech services.
Singapore's tax system is very advanced, transparent and predictable. The main pillars of Singapore's tax system are (i) Corporate Income Tax, (ii) Personal Income Tax and (iii) Goods & Services Tax (GST). Details can be found on the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore website.
The tax system recognizes two basic groups of taxes:
A) Direct taxes:
– legal entities (corporate tax): 17%
– resident natural persons 0 – 22%, this is a progressive tax, the plan is to increase it to 24%
– non-resident natural persons – rates of 15% and 22% depending on the type of income, the plan is to increase it to 24%
– for industrial and commercial buildings, it is 10%
– for real estate intended for housing (residential), the tax is set at 4% of the value of the real estate
Tax on bets and lotteries
– 30% of the winning amount
B) Indirect taxes
– GST (Goods, and Services Tax) – 7% in 2022 will gradually rise to 9% in 2024
Consumption tax
– the rate varies according to the type of goods (alcohol, tobacco products, motor vehicles, petrochemical products – gasoline and diesel fuel).
Singapore's tax system is stable and predictable, but the COVID19 pandemic and infrastructure investment and green transformation are forcing more revenue into the state budget. That's why the government is increasing VAT to 9% in 2024, personal income tax rates up to 24%, and some changes to property and luxury car taxation.
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Published On: Mon, Sep 5th, 2016
Movies | By Stephen Nevets
Daniel Craig rumored to be offered $150 million to return for two more Bond films
Many sources on confirming the news originally posted by Radar Online: Daniel Craig has been offered $150 million to reprise his role as 007 for two more of the popular franchise's films.
"The studio is desperate to secure the actor's services while they phase in a younger long-term successor," a source told Radar.
Craig, 48, "has played a genius hand," said the source. "Everyone knows how much executives adore him, and the idea of losing him at such a crucial time in the franchise isn't an option as far as all the studio honchos are concerned."
Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall'
"Daniel's the key for a seamless, safe transition as far as Sony and Bond bosses are concerned, and they're prepared to pay a king's ransom to make it happen."
According to the source, Sony will announce any day that the studio is re-upping the distribution rights for the Bond series, meaning billions of dollars in revenue.
"Then they will shoot two more films, which will be made virtually back-to-back, preferably featuring Daniel as 007 before he passes the figurative baton to someone else for a third movie that will mark the start of the new era," said the source.
Craig admitted that a return would be just for the money during a Time Out magazine interview where he was asked if he had more movies left for Bond.
"No, not at the moment. Not at all. That's fine. I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on."
He also detailed that he and director Sam Mendes butted heads, but have moved passed that stage and have become close, clarifying the comments were because he just finished filming and said at another time that he would be Bond as long as he's "physically able."
Check out more over at Radar as fans will wait to see what becomes official.
Skyfall poster, Daniel Craig as James Bond MGM
Stephen Nevets - Stephen is a contributor and writer on The Dispatch. Stephen is the founder and editor for the Steven Spielberg Fan Club website and contributes to pop culture stories on The Dispatch, especially upcoming movie news. Beginning in 2016, Stephen took the role of Managing Editor for the Tampa Dispatch.
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The Loop Corridor Plan is a new vision for the future of the Business Loop, a street which serves as the entrance to Columbia yet has been neglected for decades. The Business Loop Community Improvement District saw the need to improve The Loop's identity and position within the broader community. After years of public surveys, town halls, and lots of brainstorming, the board approved a concept plan for the street. The Loop Corridor Plan is a 10-year vision to create a welcoming, attractive, and economically vital street which can compete in the marketplace for investment and long-term viability.
The Central Bank of Boone County Lobby Gallery, located inside the Downtown Bank at 8th and Broadway, features the works of Grant Elementary students through May 23, 2018. The Lobby Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. Central Bank of Boone County is Grant Elementary's Partner in Education. Featured in the gallery are two pieces of art from each grade, kindergarten through fifth grade. Teachers at Grant Elementary had the difficult task of selecting the art hanging in the gallery.
For the second consecutive year, KOMU 8 won regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Best Website and Excellence in Social Media, the Radio Television Digital News Association. KOMU 8's submission for Best Website included a compilation of innovative, interactive storytelling on KOMU.com throughout 2017. The submission for Excellence in Social Media included a variety of social media content created for the August total solar eclipse.
For the second year in a row, University of Missouri Health Care has been named one of the "150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare" by the health news publication Becker's Hospital Review. MU Health Care is one of only three organizations in the state named to the list. The 2018 list recognizes health care organizations throughout the United States that promote diversity within the workforce, employee engagement and professional growth.
Boone County Government, in collaboration with the Cradle to Career Alliance (C2CA), is one of only eight counties selected by the National Association of Counties to receive a $25,000 planning grant focusing on kindergarten readiness through prenatal to age three interventions. Boone County/C2CA was chosen by NACo as a community partner due to its commitment to ensuring children have a strong start in life.A kickoff reception will be held in the Commission Chambers immediately following the 1:30 p.m. Commission meeting on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
Old Kinderhook would like to announce a special Mother's Day brunch on Sunday, May 13 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. For more information or to make reservations call (573) 317-3560.
Socket is proud to announce the expansion of its fiber-optic broadband network to Mexico, which brings ultra-fast internet and reliable telephone service to nearly 150 area businesses. Construction on the expansion project is underway. Socket chose to expand to Mexico due to a need for more high-speed internet options in the area, as well as to provide enhanced services to its existing customers.
The University of Missouri announced the results from a comprehensive economic impact study conducted by Tripp Umbach, a nationally recognized firm, in front of our elected officials in Jefferson City. Key highlights from the report include: $5.4 billion economic impact, 61,105 jobs supported and $244.4 million generated in the state because of the UM System. You can read the full report here and for more information, visit: https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/about/economic_impact_report_2017 You can download the full print report here: http://umurl.us/EcoImpact.
The University of Missouri Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to announce a great deal on tickets for the May 18th game at 6:30 p.m. vs. Tennessee. There will also be fireworks to enjoy after the game. Columbia will be recognized at the game and residents will be offered a discounted price of $4 per ticket if there is a minimum of 10 tickets purchased. Tickets will be held at the box office and available for pickup before the start of the game. To purchase your tickets please contact Austin Tinnes.
Susan Even, MD, graduate of the 1980 class, who serves as executive director of the MU Student Health Center.
Russell Hall, MD, graduate of the 1975 class, who serves as the J. Lamar Callaway Professor of Dermatology and chair of the Department of Dermatology at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.
Neal Gray, MD, graduate of the 1966 class, who is a founding member of Tejas Anesthesia in San Antonio.
Central Bank of Boone County promoted two market vice presidents in the first quarter. Donna Zumwalt is now market vice president of the South County Bank and Janet Wirths, market vice president of the Boonville Banks.
Central Bank of Boone County has promoted Brian Dial to vice president of commercial banking. As vice presidents of commercial banking, he develops and manages business relationships, helping businesses grow with commercial, real estate and construction loans, and other financial products that positively impact their bottom lines.
Central Bank of Boone County announced six employee promotions made in March. Brianne Blythe and Michael Hawke of the Village Bank, Olivia Eastman of the Keene Bank and Kadarius Burgess of the Woodrail Bank have all been promoted to teller II. Megan O'Neill of the Smiley Bank has been promoted to Financial Associate. Jeremy Trotter of the Downtown Bank has been promoted to assistant manager of commercial services.
Central Bank of Boone County promoted three officers in the first quarter. Carmen Randall is now professional development officer, Wendy Moore, relationship officer of business banking and Jesse Walters, relationship officer business banking.
Central Bank of Boone County promoted three officers in the first quarter. Sam Giroux is now market vice president of the Boonville Banks, Christ Palmer, market vice president of the South County Bank and Hanna Rustemeyer, market vice president of the Hallsville Bank.
Central Bank of Boone County promoted three officers in the first quarter. Melissa Hecht is now consumer banking officer at the Customer Service Center, Maggie LaNeave, consumer banking officer of the Lake of the Woods Bank and Jeff DeBourge, consumer banking officer at the Customer Service Center.
Central Bank of Boone County promoted two assistant vice presidents in the first quarter. Theresa Swisher is now vice president of consumer banking and Brad Roling, assistant vice president of commercial banking.
Boone County Government would like to announce that Elizabeth "Liz" Palazzolo, CPPO, CPM., Senior Buyer for Boone County, received the Buyer of the Year, Small Entity award by the Missouri Association of Public Purchasing, Inc. (MAPP), Chapter #3 of NIGP – The Institute for Public Procurement. This award recognizes her outstanding contributions to the public purchasing profession and the MAPP chapter.
The Friends of the Historic Columbia Cemetary would like to promote its 2nd annual "History Comes Alive" event at the Columbia Cemetery. The event will feature short monologues by talented actors portraying seven prominent individuals from Columbia's past. The event is free and open to the public. The opening presentation by Richard Mendenhall will begin at 1:00 pm. Offsite parking available nearby, food truck, and golf cart transportation inside the cemetery grounds. | {
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The Faculty of History at Oxford is one of the world's largest centres for graduate study in History.
Working as an Oxford graduate student is an exhilarating experience. History at Oxford stretches from circa 300 A.D. to the present and embraces, in addition to its British and European heritage, an exceptionally broad range of World history. It comprises an active research community of up to 800 senior academics and graduate students, all contributing to a varied menu of research seminars, lectures, academic societies, and personal contacts. Our research is organised around historical periods and research centres, or in collaborative and individual research projects, and as a graduate student, you will always be welcome at seminars, workshops and conferences whatever the subject. Graduates are encouraged to make use of these opportunities as widely as possible. Striking the right balance between intellectual curiosity and discipline, and remaining focused without becoming blinkered, is an integral part of a successful graduate career. The Oxford environment provides all the ingredients for you to develop these skills while engaging fruitfully with others in the field.
All postgraduate students are assigned a supervisor (or in some cases two co-supervisors). The supervisor's primary responsibility is to advise the student on the programme of work necessary to complete a dissertation or thesis. To this end, the supervisor should maintain a general overview over the student's studies and academic development. Supervisors should help their students to identify and acquire the knowledge and skills needed to complete the dissertation or thesis, and to further their aims for study or employment, insofar as these build upon the programme of graduate study.
Oxford students have the additional advantage that they are also members of the academic community of their respective colleges. Colleges will usually appoint one of their History fellows or lecturers to provide pastoral oversight and general academic advice to their junior members in History. There is no presumption, however, that graduate students should be at the same college as their expert supervisors; in fact, it often enhances the opportunities for academic contact if the supervisor can provide a link into a different academic community.
All graduates are encouraged to identify and prioritise their own training needs, and to consider how and on what timetable these might best be met. The checklist below has been devised to assist students in this process. You should aim to discuss your training plan with your supervisors regularly, especially at the start of the academic year (with an emphasis on work to be done or classes to attend during the year) and during Trinity Term (with an emphasis on work to be done over the summer). Copies of this form will be sent out to new students before their arrival, so that the Graduate Office and supervisors have advance notice of students' training needs.
If you have training needs not covered by the checklist, or not well provided by the means indicated, please discuss with your supervisor and alert the Graduate Office. The checklist may help students not only to identify and find ways of addressing training needs, but also to report on both needs and achievements.
Research students are also asked to summarise training needs and training taken in their transfer and confirmation applications (relevant questions are set out on the standard university forms). Increasingly British funding bodies also ask for such reports.
Research students completing their probationary period who wish to be inducted into teaching on the faculty plan will need to discuss this with their supervisors and return the appropriate form early in the summer vacation.
Each year the Faculty provides, in conjunction with the University's Language Centre, a range of language classes in major European languages. In addition, students, with the support of their supervisor(s) may apply for funds to support language teaching outside these provisions, e.g., for tuition in an unusual language. But we ask supervisors and students to communicate with the Graduate Office before making any such arrangements, since it may be possible to organize provisions for several students who, unknown to each other, have common needs.
seminars – groups of students and academics meeting on a regular basis to hear and discuss research presentations by members of the group or visitors. These allow graduates to develop links with the university's larger research community.
Students' work which is submitted and formally assessed for a master's degree programme, or for research student progression, will be reviewed under the Faculty's approved and published marking criteria.
Graduate students are expected to apply themselves to academic work on a full-time basis throughout the duration of their course, both during university terms and vacations, except during public holidays and when they take time off for personal holidays (perhaps to a total of six weeks during the year). This also applies (pro rata) to part-time doctoral students: they are expected to set aside on average some 20 hours per week for their individual research and regular, at least fortnightly, attendance at relevant Oxford research seminars.
Unless they have completed their residence requirements, full-time students are expected to be resident in Oxford during term time. Tutorials, classes and seminars, and formal assessment interviews (for Transfer or Confirmation of Status) will normally be scheduled only during full term or in weeks 0 and 9. During university vacations students are expected to pursue independent study and research. Neither supervisors nor students will necessarily be in Oxford during vacations, but supervision meetings may be arranged if it is mutually convenient.
Research students are required, in addition to working on their dissertations or theses, to attend a 'core research seminar' in their area of specialisation; all research students are also strongly encouraged regularly to attend one or more additional research seminars, and to make occasional presentations based on their research.
students (including research students) may choose to audit course-specific classes (implying regular attendance and completion of all work assigned for class meetings). The Faculty Lecture list, published each term will assist you to find a course that is relevant. | {
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Loss of lipin 1-mediated phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity in muscle leads to skeletal myopathy in mice
George G. Schweitzer, Sara L. Collier, Zhouji Chen, Kyle S. McCommis, Sara K. Pittman, Jun Yoshino, Scot J. Matkovich, Fong Fu Hsu, Roman Chrast, James M. Eaton, Thurl E. Harris, Conrad C. Weihl, Brian N. Finck
Center of Regenerative Medicine
Bursky Center for Human Immunology & Immunotherapy Programs (CHiiPs)
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Division of Neuromuscular Medicine
Division of Geriatrics & Nutritional Science
DBBS - Molecular Cell Biology
DBBS - Neurosciences
Lipin 1 regulates glycerolipid homeostasis by acting as a phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase (PAP) enzyme in the triglyceride-synthesis pathway and by regulating transcription factor activity. Mutations in human lipin 1 are a common cause of recurrent rhabdomyolysis in children. Mice with constitutive whole-body lipin 1 deficiency have been used to examine mechanisms connecting lipin 1 deficiency to myocyte injury. However, that mouse model is confounded by lipodystrophy not phenocopied in people. Herein, 2 muscle-specific mouse models were studied: 1) Lpin1 exon 3 and 4 deletion, resulting in a hypomorphic protein without PAP activity, but which preserved transcriptional coregulatory function; and 2) Lpin1 exon 7 deletion, resulting in total protein loss. In both models, skeletal muscles exhibited a chronic myopathy with ongoing muscle fiber necrosis and regeneration and accumulation of phosphatidic acid and, paradoxically, diacylglycerol. Additionally, lipin 1-deficient mice had abundant, but abnormal, mitochondria likely because of impaired autophagy. Finally, these mice exhibited increased plasma creatine kinase following exhaustive exercise when unfed. These data suggest that mice lacking lipin 1-mediated PAP activity in skeletal muscle may serve as a model for determining the mechanisms by which lipin 1 deficiency leads to myocyte injury and for testing potential therapeutic approaches.
https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800361R
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Schweitzer, G. G., Collier, S. L., Chen, Z., McCommis, K. S., Pittman, S. K., Yoshino, J., Matkovich, S. J., Hsu, F. F., Chrast, R., Eaton, J. M., Harris, T. E., Weihl, C. C., & Finck, B. N. (2019). Loss of lipin 1-mediated phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity in muscle leads to skeletal myopathy in mice. FASEB Journal, 33(1), 652-667. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800361R
Schweitzer, George G. ; Collier, Sara L. ; Chen, Zhouji et al. / Loss of lipin 1-mediated phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity in muscle leads to skeletal myopathy in mice. In: FASEB Journal. 2019 ; Vol. 33, No. 1. pp. 652-667.
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Loss of lipin 1-mediated phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity in muscle leads to skeletal myopathy in mice. / Schweitzer, George G.; Collier, Sara L.; Chen, Zhouji et al.
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T1 - Loss of lipin 1-mediated phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity in muscle leads to skeletal myopathy in mice
AU - Schweitzer, George G.
AU - Collier, Sara L.
AU - Chen, Zhouji
AU - McCommis, Kyle S.
AU - Pittman, Sara K.
AU - Yoshino, Jun
AU - Matkovich, Scot J.
AU - Hsu, Fong Fu
AU - Chrast, Roman
AU - Eaton, James M.
AU - Harris, Thurl E.
AU - Weihl, Conrad C.
AU - Finck, Brian N.
N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank Dr. Alan Pestronk and Dr. Abhinav Diwan for technical assistance in interpreting histology, and Dennis J. Dietzen for determining plasma creatine kinase (all from Washington University). This work was supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant R01 DK078187 and NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grant R01 HL119225 (to B.N.F.). G.G.S. was supported by NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grants T32 HL007275, T32 HL007081, and the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences NIH Grant UL1 TR000448, Subaward KL2 TR000450, from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). K.S.M. was supported by NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant T32-DK007120. J.Y. was supported by Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences NIH Grant UL1 TR000448, Subaward KL2 TR000450. T.E.H. and J.M.E. were supported by NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant R01 DK101946. C.C.W. and S.K.P were supported by NIH National Institute on Aging Grant R01 AG031867. This work was also supported by the cores of the Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research Center (Grant P30 DK56341), Diabetes Research Center (DRC) (Grant P30 DK020579), the Metabolomics Facility at Washington University (Grant P30 DK056341), and the Washington University NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource (Grant P41 GM103422) to F.-F.H.; the Washington University Genome Technology Access Center in the Department of Genetics (Grant P30 CA91842); and the Department of Pathology DRC Electron Microscopy Facility (Grant P60 DK020579). The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Publisher Copyright: © FASEB.
N2 - Lipin 1 regulates glycerolipid homeostasis by acting as a phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase (PAP) enzyme in the triglyceride-synthesis pathway and by regulating transcription factor activity. Mutations in human lipin 1 are a common cause of recurrent rhabdomyolysis in children. Mice with constitutive whole-body lipin 1 deficiency have been used to examine mechanisms connecting lipin 1 deficiency to myocyte injury. However, that mouse model is confounded by lipodystrophy not phenocopied in people. Herein, 2 muscle-specific mouse models were studied: 1) Lpin1 exon 3 and 4 deletion, resulting in a hypomorphic protein without PAP activity, but which preserved transcriptional coregulatory function; and 2) Lpin1 exon 7 deletion, resulting in total protein loss. In both models, skeletal muscles exhibited a chronic myopathy with ongoing muscle fiber necrosis and regeneration and accumulation of phosphatidic acid and, paradoxically, diacylglycerol. Additionally, lipin 1-deficient mice had abundant, but abnormal, mitochondria likely because of impaired autophagy. Finally, these mice exhibited increased plasma creatine kinase following exhaustive exercise when unfed. These data suggest that mice lacking lipin 1-mediated PAP activity in skeletal muscle may serve as a model for determining the mechanisms by which lipin 1 deficiency leads to myocyte injury and for testing potential therapeutic approaches.
AB - Lipin 1 regulates glycerolipid homeostasis by acting as a phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase (PAP) enzyme in the triglyceride-synthesis pathway and by regulating transcription factor activity. Mutations in human lipin 1 are a common cause of recurrent rhabdomyolysis in children. Mice with constitutive whole-body lipin 1 deficiency have been used to examine mechanisms connecting lipin 1 deficiency to myocyte injury. However, that mouse model is confounded by lipodystrophy not phenocopied in people. Herein, 2 muscle-specific mouse models were studied: 1) Lpin1 exon 3 and 4 deletion, resulting in a hypomorphic protein without PAP activity, but which preserved transcriptional coregulatory function; and 2) Lpin1 exon 7 deletion, resulting in total protein loss. In both models, skeletal muscles exhibited a chronic myopathy with ongoing muscle fiber necrosis and regeneration and accumulation of phosphatidic acid and, paradoxically, diacylglycerol. Additionally, lipin 1-deficient mice had abundant, but abnormal, mitochondria likely because of impaired autophagy. Finally, these mice exhibited increased plasma creatine kinase following exhaustive exercise when unfed. These data suggest that mice lacking lipin 1-mediated PAP activity in skeletal muscle may serve as a model for determining the mechanisms by which lipin 1 deficiency leads to myocyte injury and for testing potential therapeutic approaches.
KW - Autophagy
KW - Diacylglycerol
KW - LPIN1
KW - Rhabdomyolysis
KW - Triacylglycerol
U2 - 10.1096/fj.201800361R
DO - 10.1096/fj.201800361R
Schweitzer GG, Collier SL, Chen Z, McCommis KS, Pittman SK, Yoshino J et al. Loss of lipin 1-mediated phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase activity in muscle leads to skeletal myopathy in mice. FASEB Journal. 2019 Jan;33(1):652-667. doi: 10.1096/fj.201800361R | {
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Agatha Christie triumphs over Snow-Eater, Mario and Final Fantasy
I was clearing a part of a cupboard so my brother could store his collection of Agatha Christie books. I thought I might as well let you see what kind of junk I had… Among the contents were my university prospectus, game cartridges (from Sega and Super Famicon), comic book sword collectibles and tons of game guides and manuals.
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Emotions, storytelling and Heavy Rain
I wept. A few times in fact. Before I get there, let me bring you to the beginning. No, not so far as the Big Bang…
[Note: Strictly speaking, this is not a game review. Go somewhere else if you are looking for that. And there are spoilers ahead…]
Curiosity brought me to YouTube
I was browsing the racks in a game store. Even though I'm not a game fanatic anymore, I like browsing to see what kind of games there are. I believe game development (and the demoscene) pushes software development to the extreme.
So. I saw this game called Heavy Rain. Hmm… multiple endings, multiple story branching. Interesting. But it wasn't "I must buy this game and run home so I can play this game for the next 72 hours!" interesting.
I was sort of in the middle of playing another game (Bayonetta if you must know…), and I kind of suck at it. I mean I completed the game on easy mode, but really wanted to do more in it. Then I remembered YouTube might have, uh, playthrough videos of the game. So I surfed YouTube.
Anyway, I found someone who totally pwned that game, and finished watching the stuff I had missed out in the game. Then I looked at what else he created. There it was, a Heavy Rain playthrough. But it wasn't complete. So I looked and found another YouTuber who did complete the game and uploaded the entire video series.
Where the horror and sadness started
It was a Saturday early afternoon. I sat down comfortably in front of my computer, and proceeded to watch the game playthrough. And the story unfolded…
About 95% of the game occurred in the rain. And the rendering was exceptional. You could see the spattering of rain drops on top of the car, on rain puddles on the road, on the human characters in the game. There's a sinister link of the wet weather to the story (hence the title).
What I was also amazed with, was the human facial expression. During loading screens, the face of the character you're about to play was on screen. I mean the head fills up the entire screen. You could see the pores on the face. What's more awesome than the realistic facial texture, was the realistic facial animation. There was cheek twitching. The head turned left and right seemingly spontaneously. The eyes wiggled this way and that.
How far had game development gone in terms of motion capture?
So with realistic human body movement and facial expressions, the game creators went on to create the most compelling game story I had ever experienced. There were no stats such as your strength, your health points and so on. You had no inventory. You had no need of skills such as climbing, swinging, jumping and other acrobatic manoeuvres.
The game started out slow, with simple tutorials to teach you how to play the game. You perform actions such as brushing your teeth, showering, turning on radios. It was your main character's older son's birthday, and you played with your two children, and helped your wife in setting the table. It was like a crash course in family bonding.
And I had no idea how insidiously deep I was in the clutches of the game creators and storytellers…
there are some things which just have to happen even if you don't want them to… – Ethan Mars
That quote by your main character was like a foreshadowing of how the entire game was like. *sniff* I'm, I'm sorry.
In the video above, the sequence on the playing with your son also trains you when future quick time events, in particular fights, occur. In the later part of the video, your son got separated from you. The music turns sinister. The crowd keeps bumping into you, keeping you away. It's like the worst thing ever. Note the frantic search for the red balloon.
And at the end of that video, a most tragic thing happened.
I wept.
A game that made me cry. Because I identified with the character, and his loss somehow transferred to me.
Now I have to say, I'm already susceptible. I'm enamoured with Caucasians, have a predilection for the Western culture, and have dreams of building a family. If I didn't know any better, I would say the game creators were out to get me. Making me feel for the character and then take away something so important to him (and thus me).
One cannot underestimate the amount of support and encouragement an entrepreneur needs.
Then there was my current situation. I had a lot of conflicting constraints. Emotions run high. Doubts surround me. My mind was in turmoil.
I mean, I'm working out to gain the physique of a Calvin Klein underwear model, then I have to eat more to gain muscle mass, but I have to be careful of my food and other expenses, which is hard because sometimes I need to invest in business education, which means I have less time to do the things I enjoy, but I freaking quit my job so I can enjoy them…
Uh, what was I talking about again?
So, I want you to take note of how differently the game creators wrap you into their story. Broad generalisation, typically games allow you to control something or someone. They give you a rich environment to explore, hoping to cloud you from realising the illusion that there are limits to the game world, terrain wise or action options wise.
They feed you nuggets of information such as the type of guns available, types of magic, any special items to boost your abilities, the little pieces of conversation from non-player characters (NPCs), the realistic rendering of foliage, the uncannily true physics of a car crashing. All to take you away from the "real" world and into their world. That's what games are supposed to do, right?
Heavy Rain makes you perform activities that you normally do in your life. There are no immense environments to explore, because you're exploring the character you're roleplaying. You're immersed in the game, you're invested in the game, you're totally and completely and absolutely dying to know what's going to happen next because
The prison of the mind is the strongest prison of all
The game creators made you feel for the character, and thus captured your mind.
And you know what else? There's no inventory, no stats to optimise for, no weapons, no armour, and minimal world exploration. What's left? Choices. Your choices. You are keenly aware of your choices because they are about the only thing you can do in the game. And your choices sometimes affect the story so much that consequences are huge. Characters can die. That's what your choices can do.
To quickly run through the story to my next point, the main character Ethan's other son was kidnapped by the Origami killer. The Origami killer only kills boys, and there's always an origami figure and an orchid on or beside the body of the boy. And the killer only kills in the fall, when the rain is falling *cue sinister music*
During story splitting to cut into another character's event, there would be some text such as "Tuesday, 9:52 PM, 1.394 inches". I could understand the purpose of the date and time. But the length escaped me. Until an in-game character, an agent from one of those American agencies (I can't state the 3 letter acronym of the agency because apparently there was some law about the use of the 3 letter acronym. I'll give you a hint: Mulder and Scully used to work there.) figured out that the victim died when the rainfall was about 6 inches. As the story progressed, that length (or more correctly, the height) kept increasing. And my sense of urgency kept rising.
"Please, please, please let them be in time!"
I mean, of course you'll be in time. All the feel-good movies end so. But this is a story branching game. There is most probably an ending where Ethan's son was never saved. *sniff*
So the Origami killer gave Ethan 5 tasks. If he could complete them, Ethan would know the location where his son was kept. I'll show you the video for the 3rd task, because… I'll just let you judge for yourself.
[Warning: the event in the video might be upsetting to you. You've been warned.]
After I saw that happen, I had this intense urge to find the Origami killer, jam my hand into his throat and rip his heart out. While he's alive. That scene tore me up at a fundamental level.
I know it's a game. I know it's fake. But the game creators really messed me up badly with that. And thank goodness I'm not playing the game, because I might be torn up by the choices I had to make. Yes, I know it's a game. Yes, I know it's fake. *deep breath* I'm fine. Really.
The moral of the story
What have we been talking about? A game. Fundamentally a program with text, graphics, music, and a whole bunch of polygons moving around.
People crave stories. Whether it's real or imagined, it doesn't matter. Sometimes they want an improved version of whatever life they're leading. Sometimes they want to be in a world where it's nothing like their life. Books, movies, and games allow people to escape. Exchanging stories with friends and family allow people to step into other people's lives.
Programming a game has gone up many levels. You need the art of storytelling.
And the theme music haunted me for days after…
Obsessive character sheeting
So I was alone and bored of creating perfect characters. Tired of flipping through the rule books, I returned to my other hobby: playing video games.
At this point in my young life, I was also mildly fascinated with notepads. Small booklets, large A4 sized pads, lined pages, blank pages, thick pages, recycled paper. I was itching to write something on a piece of paper.
And I started "documenting" my games.
[Warning: What follows are some drawn out descriptions of games long past. You may or may not be interested in the relevance. Read on at your own risk.]
There was this platform game called Mappy Kids. You took the form of a mouse travelling through the levels, acquiring cash. Your goal was to acquire enough cash to buy stuff, to build a house, so you could win the heart of the female rodent of your dreams.
Your main form of attack was the kick. The power ups altered your kick. The normal kick sent an enemy straight horizontally away from you. A lightning kick sent an enemy flying away in a zig zag manner, bouncing from the bottom to the top of the screen. The loop-de-loop kick sent the enemy rolling in a wide circle.
Well, the kicks were fascinating, but they really came into play when you're in 2 player mode. In 2 player mode, both of you compete to build that dream house. When you kicked an enemy into the other player, the other player would lose a stash of cash. If you're quick, you could grab that stash. The various power kicks made it hard to avoid the enemy, who's flying in a certain pattern. The fun multiplied when the other player, when timed correctly, kicked the kicked enemy again, sending the enemy flying back towards you.
What's this got to do with character sheets? And programming? Well, I started jotting down notes on the power ups. And health bars. And the cash value. And items bought. To do this, I needed to understand the game play, not just as a gamer, but as a programmer. The programmer in me started translating game elements of that mouse I was controlling into representable code elements, namely variables. Not so much on game/code logic. I didn't know about programming or even have a computer back then.
And I started on a rampage to turn every game into representable character sheets, even action games. Do you remember Super Mario Brothers 3 (which incidentally started me on the path of self-learning Japanese)? The game had the novel concept of storing power ups. Stars (for invincibility), feathers (for that tail for whacking), flowers (for that fireball throwing ability) and others. There wasn't much to document, just power ups and the level you were at and stuff.
Then there was "Hitler's Revenge", based on the Chinese game book manual I have (yes, I still have some of those game manuals). It's titled "Bionic Commando" in America due to it's controversial name.
I played the version in the earlier parts of the above video (click through to the post if you can't view it in your feed reader). The main mechanism of play is the hook. You use it to hook onto something, usually as a means of moving from one place to another. I'll let the video show you what I mean.
There were others. I managed to distill the game elements onto paper. I learnt to store game statistics. How do I store this item? How do I know if the character has that power in the game?
As I tried my hand at game development, I asked myself questions such as, "Do I use words, or numbers to represent them?" or "Should I use int or byte?"
With a little more data (such as game progress), a character sheet is basically the game data. What do you need to keep track of when the player saves? The character sheet. When the player wants to resume game play, just load the character sheet. Because it contains everything you need to continue the game.
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The DMT R1's full-carbon fibre sole and soft upper make for an excellent mix of stiffness and comfort, ideal for the racer or those who just like to really smash the power through the pedals on long rides. They can get a little warm in the summer, though.
For shoes with a £220 price tag, the R1s include all the features you'd expect them to: full-carbon sole, top notch build quality, Boa fastening system, and classy looks. Yeah, this all-black version may look a little stealth-like, but if you want to go really snazzy they are available in two-tone yellow/black, orange/black and white/black.
The manmade upper is very soft, probably one of the most supple I have ever worn, which makes for a comfortable fit all-round. The shoes are actually quite wide compared with a lot of others on the market and I did have to tighten them up quite a bit, but the upper just moulds around your feet without any pressure points.
With regards to sizing, I found these 45s spot-on in length, and the width was never an issue – my feet didn't move around inside them – though it might be something to bear in mind if you have very narrow feet.
Retention comes in the form of two Boa systems, which are really easy to tweak on-the-fly and you can get the wire tension just right across the top part of your foot. The tongue is quite thin but has a bit of extra padding under the Boa dials, plus one side of it has Velcro to keep it in position when you take the shoes on or off. Thanks to its thinness it doesn't bunch up no matter how tight you do up the Boas.
The heel is reinforced for support, and to stop any lift of your foot as you pedal the R1 comes with a rubber dimpled section that grips your sock just above the heel.
The sole is full uni-directional carbon fibre and there's no noticeable flex at all, even when under full power. The design is slightly tub-like, where the edge of the sole comes up around the base of the foot a little to add a bit of stiffness and support in all directions. The shape certainly suited me, with a supportive arch that wasn't too high.
The sole is drilled for three-bolt cleat fixings to suit Look, SPD-SL and so on, and there is a sandpaper-like texture to prevent the cleats slipping. Once you've got everything in position you can use the numbered lines for subsequent cleat changes.
Ventilation is probably the only downside, as there is barely any. The upper has a few pin-prick holes but that's it. Admittedly a mesh panel would spoil the looks, but on hot summer days your feet do get a bit sweaty.
At the front of the sole is a mesh-covered vent funnelling air up under the feet, through 17 x 5mm holes in the sole above where the cleat attaches, and 17 corresponding holes in the removable insole, but it isn't really that effective because there is nowhere for the air to go once it's inside the shoe.
If hot feet is a real worry, DMT does make a summer version of the R1 – the R1S – so those might be the ones to go for, at a tenner more.
In terms of weight the DMT R1s are pretty average at 630g for this pair of 45s. They can't compete with the recently tested Shimano RC-7 at 604g (size 48) or Giro Factor Techlace at 576g (46), although they don't feel heavy when you're riding.
Value-wise I'd definitely pay the full price for these R1s – they are a brilliant all-round package and are really well put together. They certainly feel and look durable enough to warrant the outlay, and in terms of comfort and performance they are up there with my absolute favourites, the Giro Factors.
Add a few more air holes in the uppers and the R1s would be pretty damn near the perfect shoe.
DMT says: "The R1 is the height of performance, comfort and style in the DMT road shoe range.
"The full carbon sole provides incredible stiffness, whilst the 2 x Boa® closure and anatomic foam padded upper provides ultimate comfort."
With very impressive levels of stiffness, these R1s are aimed squarely at the performance rider.
New Anatomic Quarry Areated Carbon Sole.
They are quite roomy widthways.
The upper comes clean with just a wipe over with a cloth.
Being very stiff and comfortable makes the R1s perfect for long, fast rides.
Needs more ventilation for summer use.
The R1s are very good at what they do and are reasonably priced against their competitors. The only downside for me is the lack of ventilation on the uppers, and if you've got narrow feet they might be a bit on the sloppy side. | {
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The 2015 gold nuggets were originally supposed to be released on the 6th October, 2014, however the Perth Mint brought forward the release date to the 15th September. We received our first delivery soon after.
The 2015 Perth Mint nuggets (or kangaroos) feature the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of the Queen on the obverse. The reverse features a kangaroo.
The coins are referred to as 'nuggets' because from 1986 until 1989, various Australian gold nuggets were pictured on the reverse.
From 1989, the design was changed to feature kangaroos instead of nuggets, possibly because they are though to be more synonymous with Australia.
The reverse shows a kangaroo, bounding across the Australian outback, with the moon in the background.
The one kilo coin has a different design from the rest of the series and features the classic red kangaroo design by Dr Stuart Devlin AO CMG, goldsmith and jeweller to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
There will be no more than 100,000 1/2oz coins, 150,000 1/4oz coins and 200,000 1/10oz coins produced. Mintage on the 1oz and 1 kilo coin is unlimited.
We also have the 2015 Year of the Goat gold coins available to order.
*We do not keep these sizes in stock and will need to order them in. Please phone us for more information -01253 343 081. | {
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Isaac Peters and Dacci Chambers both had three hits as Berea College defeated Guilford College, 7-3, on the final day of the Huntingdon Firehouse Classic Tournament on Sunday afternoon.
The Mountaineers improved to 1-2 on the season after TC Eads (1-0) pitched seven innings and earned the win. He scattered six hits and allowed three runs (two earned).
Quaker starter Zach Dinkins (0-1) took the loss despite allowing just one earned run in six innings. Guilford, however, had five errors in the game and Berea scored five runs off of Dinkins. Fellow junior Brody Holloman surrendered one run in the seventh and freshman Joey Hegeman gave up one run in the eighth inning.
Berea plated a single unearned run in the bottom of the first, but Guilford tied it in the top of the second. Freshman Bryce Vestal reached on an error and was brought home by a single by Ryan Hill. Hill, a junior, went 2-for-4 with one RBI in the game.
The Quakers tied the game at 3-3 after scoring twice in the sixth frame. Senior Brett Shapcott drove in Mitchell Stumpo and Logan King to knot the contest. King doubled to lead off the inning and Stumpo reached on a fielder's choice two batters later.
Berea then tacked on two runs in the bottom of the sixth and scored once in the seventh and eight innings. The Mountaineers out-hit the Quakers, 9-6.
Trailing 6-3 in the eighth Guilford brought the tying run to the plate with one out, but could not score. In the top of ninth, the Quakers stranded two more runners. GC left 11 runners on base in the contest.
The Quakers (0-3) play at William Peace University on Wednesday (2/13). The non-conference game begins at 5 p.m. | {
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Q: Serializing sequelize nested model I'm using feathers + sequlize + postgres after setting everything up I have 2 models category and categories descriptions and trying to create a relationship between them, it looks like this:
Categories model
const categories = sequelizeClient.define('categories', {
id: {
type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true,
}
}, {
hooks: {
beforeCount(options) {
Object.assign(options, { raw: true });
},
},
})
categories.associate = (models) => {
categories.hasOne(models.category_description, {
as: 'description',
foreignKey: 'category_id',
});
};
Category description model
const categoryDescription = sequelizeClient.define('category_description', {
id: {
type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true,
},
category_id: {
type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
allowNull: false,
},
language_id: {
type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
allowNull: false,
},
name: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
allowNull: true,
},
}, {
hooks: {
beforeCount(options) {
Object.assign(options, { raw: true });
},
},
});
categoryDescription.associate = (models) => {
categoryDescription.belongsTo(models.categories, {
foreignKey: 'category_id',
});
In find/get hook I have next code
function (context) {
context.params.sequelize = {
include: [{
model: context.app.service('category-description').Model,
as: 'description',
attributes: ['name'],
where: { language_id: 2 },
}],
};
return Promise.resolve(context);
},
It works perfectly aside from one little issue, when I'm trying to query categories "description" field is populated in "dot notation"
{
description.name : 'Name'
}
and my expectation is to have an object
{
description: {name: 'Name' }
}
It should be one line fix, but unfortunately I'm not able to figure it out
A: Whoever faced same issues, the solution is very easy, you just need to add a boolean flag
raw: false,
in your feather's service
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Fitch Ratings' arguments fail the stress test
When Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's get up and apologise unreservedly to everyone around the world for getting it so wrong for so long on rating debt, then take yesterday's statement that Fitch will "stress test" Australian banks seriously.
When Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's get up and apologise unreservedly to everyone around the world for getting it so wrong for so long on rating debt, especially housing-related debt and derivatives, then I will take Fitch's Australian banks "stress test" release on house price declines seriously.
Until that happens, we can only look askance at Fitch's stunt and the way it was lapped up by the media yesterday afternoon and this morning.
The justification for the stunt was advanced by Ben McCarthy, managing director for Australia and head of Asia Pacific Structured Finance: "Over the last few months, Fitch has received numerous enquiries as to the sustainability of Australian residential property prices and the possible impacts of a correction."
Yet none of the reports carried important background information, or even so much as an accurate figure for the rise in Australian home prices. The Fairfax broadsheets this morning announced: "Australia's capital city home prices have risen 41% since June 2006, on official Australian Bureau of Statistics data. Over the same period, prices plunged in the US, Britain, Ireland and Spain."
Well, yes the prices in the US, Britain, Ireland and Spain have fallen. All four economies have had or are still in recession, all four overbuilt houses and all four compounded the error by allowing derivatives and securitisation of those mortgages to carry dodgy credit ratings from the likes of Fitch and its mates. And their regulators (even the strong Bank of Spain) got it wrong. Governments in all four countries compounded the errors.
That 41% rise referred to is just in the eight capital cities as measured by the ABS. No account is taken of prices in regional areas, which remains the major omission in the ABS Index. For example, in the early naughties home prices on the Gold Coast jumped 35% in a year.
In fact, the more broader and more accurate RPData Rismark group (latest figures out tomorrow), has pointed out that the market is cooling, because its index measures all of the country, capital cities and regional centres. The ABS index has yet to pick up fully on that cooling.
"As a result of the housing market's cooling in the June quarter, the year-on-year capital growth rate has fallen from 13.6% in the 12 months to March 2010 to 10.5% in the year to June 2010 (seasonally-adjusted)," the firm said in its report on the June month, quarter and year data.
And then there's this comment:
"Despite the recent moderation in capital gains, the risk of a dramatic decline in Australian dwelling values remains remote.
"As the RBA has independently confirmed, arguments in favour of house price "bubbles" remain, in my opinion, overstated. Australia's housing market has a structural shortage of roughly 200,000 homes, which has been substantiated by the National Housing Supply Council. While the inventory of unsold homes has risen of late, our Market Activity Index suggests that new listings activity will slow over the coming months. And although average time on market and vendor discounting have also expanded with the weaker conditions, these remain in line with historically reasonable levels…"
All this was ignored in the reporting. And there was no background as to the mortgage holdings of banks. There was this in one report in The Age: "With an estimated 60 per cent of Australian banks' loan books secured by residential property, international investors have questioned the sustainability of house prices." Has that changed over time? What about the level back in the housing slump in the early years of last decade, or the early 1990s crash for comparison?
The breakdown of Australian homes is as follows: around 30% of homes are owned outright, 40% have a mortgage, 30% are rented (and these homes, in many cases, would have been negatively geared and therefore have a mortgage). The level of subprime home loans is now down to around 1% at most. Around 20% of all mortgages were being securitised in 2007 (and most were prime). That has fallen to 10% at best, with government support.
This means the banks have a substantial buffer. And unlike what happened in the US for example, our banks haven't compounded problems like the already-high leverage in their balance sheets. But they're still borrowing more, gearing up further and punting on things like collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) and the various other symptoms of derivative hell.
And the reporting of the Fitch move was light on the differences between Australia and those other countries.
As RP Data pointed out, we have unmet demand for homes. Australia also has a strong economy, rising employment and falling unemployment. Incomes are rising at between 2.5% and 4.5% a year. Our home loan providers are all well capitalised and have low levels of bad debts in the sector, unlike banks in the US, UK, Ireland (the banking system is broke and on government life support) and Spain. We have full recourse loans, meaning you go bankrupt if you can't pay, unlike in the US where people just walk away and challenge their banks to deal with them. We also don't have tax concessions for owner occupiers like America does, nor do we have strange bodies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which added an implied Federal Government guarantee to many of the securitised loans, allowing bigger and bigger risks to be taken.
Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund delivered its annual report on the Australian economy overnight, but it's odd that the only reference made in that report to the housing "bubble" was in the risk section of the final statement: "On the domestic front, a fall in house prices could hit consumer confidence and slow the recovery, or the mining boom may have a larger-than-expected impact on output and inflation."
So the IMF, after talking to the RBA, APRA and the Federal Government (and others) found no fears or concerns from Australian housing, except as potential risk to "consumer confidence" (Which would be a good thing anyway, if the resources boom is really straining the economy and boosting inflation).
But the experts at Fitch are now so concerned they are going to do a stress test, even though their track record on housing is appalling. So will Fitch publish all the details of its tests, their basis, parameters and all the findings? And will they compare them to the stress tests that APRA uses? There is a major Trans Tasman crisis test coming up…
The IMF said this about APRA (and didn't mention housing in its assessment of the financial system either): "In particular, we commend APRA's approach to stress testing as it carefully assesses the vulnerabilities that banks face. The severity of the scenarios provides reassurance about the resilience of the banks to large but plausible shocks."
And, given the appalling track record of Fitch and its peers, if Australian banks pass the test, will any of the bubbleistas here or offshore believe it?
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Another good balanced article.
The long-term trend suggests that Australian house prices have been expensive for much of the last ten years. The last time they were below the long-term trend was around 1995. Today, residential property is between 30% and 40% above the long-term average, indicating that buyers are purchasing in an expensive period. In the recent past, the aggressive relaxation of credit allowed end prices to rise. There is limited room for credit to be further eased.
However, and despite the gloomy nature of the bubbleistas (to borrow your phase) the risk of big price declines in the near term seems low. I think – and this is a good result (believe it or not) – that the real return on residential property over the next three to five years (maybe even a decade) is likely to be negative. And as a result, houses will once again be somewhere to live, not vehicles for speculation.
What may deflate the "housing bubble" faster is broad-based job losses. That doesn't appear likely in the near term at least. In fact, jobs, at present are being created rather than lost. But the more likely and imminent triggers include the tightening of credit – interest rates are predicted to rise, not fall, in coming months – and our middle-aged (and older) loss-making landlords starting to sell. Despite strong price growth over the last ten years, the number of loss-making landlords has risen from 50% to 70%.
It is sad that a more balanced conversation is not taking place re: Aussie house values.
Michael Beggs
I don't disagree with the thrust of this piece, and the reports certainly should have provided historical context here. But it is true that residential lending is historically high as a proportion of bank assets. It was above 40 per cent for the first time in August this year, a record. In the early 1990s it was only around 20 per cent. The real shift came in the mid-1990s, though, not more recently. It rose from 20 to 35 per cent between 1992 and 1995, hovered there for the rest of the decade, then fluctuated between 32 and 40 per cent over the 2000s. Between 2005 and 2008 it looked like it might be heading back down, but it's been rising with dwelling prices since 2008.
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A student was arrested in connection with having a gun on campus at Moorpark College after telling a school employee he was going to kill himself, authorities said Saturday.
The man was in a meeting with the employee about 10 a.m. Friday at the school, 7075 Campus Road, when the conversation occurred, said sheriff's Capt. John Reilly, Moorpark police chief.
Reilly said the student had been failing out of school and told the employee he was going to shoot himself with a gun he had in his backpack. The employee calmed him down and was able to call authorities, Reilly said.
The student was arrested in connection with possession of a weapon on campus and booked into county jail, authorities said. Upon his release, he was to undergo a mental health evaluation, Reilly said.
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The First Arrest, 1975
At about 3 in the morning on Saturday, August 16, 1975, Utah Highway Patrol Sergeant Bob Hayward pulled over a young man in a tan VW after a short but high speed car chase...
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The Utah State Prison: Part II, 1976
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The Utah State Prison: Part I, 1976
This is the first installment of Ted Bundy's Utah State Prison records, released to me after a year of denied appeals to the Utah Dept. of Corrections and a final, successful appeal to the Utah State Records Committee. This is the first time these records have ever been seen outside of the Utah Department of Corrections. These records document Bundy's actions during the six months he spent in the Utah State Prison after his kidnapping conviction and sentencing in July, 1976. Notably, he planned an escape in October after learning that Colorado was planning to extradite him for the January 1975 murder of Caryn Campbell. The plan was thwarted and Bundy was transferred to Aspen in January, 1977.
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The Diagnostic Evaluation, 1976
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Salt Lake City Police Surveillance Logs, 1975
After Ted's arrest on August 16, 1975, Salt Lake area police quickly put two and two together, tying him to the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch from nearly a year earlier. By early September, police from multiple jurisdictions were working together to follow the young law student and watch his campus-area home on the Avenues.
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The Police Interviews, 1975-1978
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The Police Interviews: Liz Kloepfer, 1975
Elizabeth Kloepfer had been Ted Bundy's girlfriend for nearly six years by the time he was arrested in Salt Lake City. After he became a suspect in the DaRonch kidnapping and Kent disappearance, police became especially interested in talking to her. Liz had struggled with her suspicions about Ted since the double murders at Lake Sammamish in Seattle nearly a year earlier. Here a distraught Liz dicusses Ted's strange behaviors, personality, and background, as well as intimate details of their sex life and relationship.
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a second network processor capable of performing said control and management functions associated with said router, wherein said control and management functions are dynamically allocated between said first network processor and said second network processor.
3. The router as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first network processor is controlled by first control software code and said second network processor is controlled by second control software code substantially identical to said first control software code.
4. The router as set forth in claim 3 wherein said first network processor determines a first group of control and management functions allocated to said first network processor by examining a configuration register associated with said first network processor.
5. The router as set forth in claim 4 wherein said second network processor determines a second group of control and management functions allocated to said second network processor by examining a configuration register associated with said second network processor.
6. The router as set forth in claim 5 wherein a first one of said control and management functions may be re-allocated from said first group of control and management functions to said second group of control and management functions by modifying the contents of said first configuration register and said second configuration register.
7. The router as set forth in claim 6 wherein said first network processor is a master device with respect to said first group of control and management functions and said second network processor is a slave device with respect to said first group of control and management functions.
8. The router as set forth in claim 7 wherein said first network processor is a slave device with respect to said second group of control and management functions and said second network processor is a master device with respect to said second group of control and management functions.
9. The router as set forth in claim 8 wherein said first network processor processes data packets being transmitted from said external devices to said switch fabric.
10. The router as set forth in claim 9 wherein said second network processor processes data packets being transmitted from said switch fabric to said external devices.
12. The communication network as set forth in claim 11 wherein said control and management functions are dynamically allocated between said first network processor and said second network processor according to a first level of activity of control and management functions in said first network processor relative to a second level of activity of control and management functions in said second network processor.
13. The communication network as set forth in claim 12 wherein said first network processor is controlled by first control software code and said second network processor is controlled by second control software code substantially identical to said first control software code.
14. The communication network as set forth in claim 13 wherein said first network processor determines a first group of control and management functions allocated to said first network processor by examining a configuration register associated with said first network processor.
15. The communication network as set forth in claim 14 wherein said second network processor determines a second group of control and management functions allocated to said second network processor by examining a configuration register associated with said second network processor.
16. The communication network as set forth in claim 15 wherein a first one of said control and management functions may be re-allocated from said first group of control and management functions to said second group of control and management functions by modifying the contents of said first configuration register and said second configuration register.
17. The communication network as set forth in claim 16 wherein said first network processor is a master device with respect to said first group of control and management functions and said second network processor is a slave device with respect to said first group of control and management functions.
18. The communication network as set forth in claim 17 wherein said first network processor is a slave device with respect to said second group of control and management functions and said second network processor is a master device with respect to said second group of control and management functions.
19. The communication network as set forth in claim 18 wherein said first network processor processes data packets being transmitted from said external devices to said switch fabric.
20. The communication network as set forth in claim 19 wherein said second network processor processes data packets being transmitted from said switch fabric to said external devices.
re-allocating control and management functions between the first network processor and the second network processor according to a first level of activity of control and management functions in the first network processor relative to a second level of activity of control and management functions in the second network processor.
22. The method as set forth in claim 21 wherein the first network processor is controlled by first control software code and the second network processor is controlled by second control software code substantially identical to the first control software code.
23. The method as set forth in claim 21 wherein the step of re-allocating comprises the sub-step of modifying the contents of the first configuration register and the second configuration register. | {
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so beautiful and quaint !! now I want to visit !!! Thanks for sharing!!
I see that you are enjoying yourself. May you have too much fun.
Particularly love the lake photo, and the photo taken with water droplets on the glass. Are you in Salem for Halloween? Say "hi" to my home-witches for me (ha)!
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Stephen King's house was fun to see! Thanks for sharing all your great photos.
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Beautiful photos Tosha. I'm originally from Salem, Ma. A lot of history there. You'll enjoy it.
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An initiative to allow the residents of Aberdeen to use speed cameras guns is to be considered this week.
The police would train locals in the use of the devices as part of a Community Speedwatch (CSW) scheme first proposed back in June.
The council has referred the idea to the operational delivery committee where it's hoped a decision will be made. It's argued that using the community would help free up Police Scotland�s limited resources.
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IIIs Banglore understands one of the ways through which TB accelerates AIDS
Tanushka Singh Send an email 10/10/2020
Researchers of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Banglore had deciphered one of the ways in which Tuberculosis (TB) accelerates Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This group of researchers led by Associate Professor, Amit Singh comprehended the way through which TB accelerates AIDS.
Enhance the multiplication of HIV –
Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) altogether cause over 2.2 million deaths each year worldwide. The two also often occur simultaneously, with people with HIV being more likely to develop TB than people who do not have HIV. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes TB, is known to enhance the multiplication of HIV. This synergy between the two pathogens hampers the treatment of both the conditions.
Virus hijacks different types of immune cells –
HIV is classified into two major types: HIV‑1 and HIV‑2. HIV‑1 is the more infectious and predominant of the two. After entering a human, the virus hijacks different types of immune cells – macrophages, lymphocytes and dendritic cells – and uses them to make copies of itself. It can also remain in an inactive state for many years within some immune cells. Mtb, on the other hand, primarily infects macrophages.
A group of researchers led by Amit Singh, associate professor at @iiscbangalore has deciphered one of the ways in which TB accelerates #AIDS. The study can be targeted for the design of better therapeutic interventions.
Congratulations to the team!https://t.co/3JbV4WwjBO pic.twitter.com/Pt0y4NUUuc
— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) October 9, 2020
International Centre for Genetic Engineering –
"HIV and Mtb can exacerbate each other; however, there are very limited studies that show empirical data for the same," says Dhiraj Kumar, group leader, cellular immunology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), who was not involved in the study. The current study is the first to show that Mtb reactivates HIV‑1.
HIV can be controlled –
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. People with HIV who get effective HIV treatment can live long, healthy lives and protect their partners.
TB germs are spread from person to person –
People living with HIV are more likely than others to become sick with tuberculosis (TB). This is because HIV weakens the immune system, which makes it harder for the body to fight TB germs. TB is a disease that usually affects the lungs. TB sometimes affects other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. TB disease can cause death if it is not treated. TB germs are spread from person to person through the air. TB germs are put into the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, laughs, or sings. People nearby may breathe in the germs and become infected.
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Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad's (IIT-H) incubated Electric Two Wheeler Startup 'PURE-V' is launching 'EPluto7G', an eco-friendly two wheeler in Nepal. This move is part of a larger plan to expand to other international markets next year with a particular focus on South Asia, South-East Asia and East African countries, where 2-wheelers are predominant.
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You made someone who instigated anti-Sikh riots, a Chief Minister: PM Modi exposes Congress, MP CM Kamal Nath in Parliament
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is accused of instigating people during the anti-Sikh genocide in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. According to the witnesses, Kamal Nath was present at the Rakab Ganj Gurudwara inciting the mob in 1984.
PM Modi in Lok Sabha/ Image Source: ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the opposition and its sympathisers during his reply to the motion of thanks to President's address in Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Modi also indirectly attacked the Congress party, especially Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath by reference to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha: You did not send those who are accused in the anti-Sikh riots to jails. Not just that, you also made someone who has allegations of instigating anti-Sikh riots, a Chief Minister. pic.twitter.com/drO4SXJ6ia
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2020
Attacking Congress over its hypocrisy over the Citizenship Amendment Act, PM Modi questioned Congress party's silence over the anti-Sikh genocide and asked why did not they seek justice for the Sikhs then by sending the accused to Jail.
Read: Two witnesses ready to depose against senior Congress leader Kamal Nath's alleged role in 1984 Sikh genocide
He further attacked the party by stating that Congress party not only failed in sending the accused in the anti-Sikh riots to jails but also made an accused the Chief Minister of the state by referring to Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath.
"You did not send those who are accused in the anti-Sikh riots to jails. Not just that, you also made someone who has allegations of instigating anti-Sikh riots, a Chief Minister," said PM Modi as he indirectly attacked Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
Read: How Congress created the 'Hindu terror' theory: A saga that started not with Malegaon blasts, but Sikh massacre of 1984
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Нійло Вільхо Косола (; 22 лютого 1911, Лапуа — 15 березня 1996, Лапуа) — фінський фермер і політик, який представляв Національну коаліцію.
Косола був членом парламенту з 1951 по 1970 рік, міністром сільського господарства з 1958 по 1959 рік і другим заступником спікера парламенту з 1964 по 1965 рік. Косола був членом муніципальної ради свого рідного міста Лапуа в 1953-1959 роках.
Під час політичної кар'єри Косола також був заступником голови коаліції та головою своєї регіональної організації.
Кар'єра і життя
Навчання
Косола отримав атестат у 1930 році. За цивільною діяльністю Косола був фермером у своєму рідному місті Лапуа з 1936 року. У 1937 році отримав спеціальність агронома. Косола також працював секретарем і радником в Асоціації розведення коней Південної Остроботнії з 1930-х до 1950-х років.
Політична кар'єра
Вперше обраний до парламенту на виборах 1951 року від північного виборчого округу Вааса. Обрирався депутатом загалом на п'яти виборах. У 1964–1965 роках перебував на посаді другого заступника спікера парламенту. Був членом парламенту до 1970 року.
Скандал із "сірниковим голосуванням"
Косола разом зі своїм однопартійцем Тууре Юннілою та Лаурі Соллою спричинили т.зв. парламентський скандал 1954 року, який привернув найбільшу увагу, з "сірниковим голосуванням". На пленарному засіданні, яке тривало в ніч з 12 на 13 лютого, під час голосування щодо численних поправок, внесених до бюджету SKDL щодо соціальних видатків, тріо вклинило свої кнопки голосування сірником, щоб показати безперервне голосування проти, щоб вони могли піти з сесійної зали до парламентської їдальні після втоми від «марафону голосування». Голова К.-А. Фагергольм виніс догану та попередження Косолі, Юннілі та Соллі.
Як міністр
Косола перебував міністром сільського господарства від серпня 1958 р. до січня 1959 р., загалом 138 днів.
Як президентський виборник
Косола тричі обіймав посаду виборця президента, у 1956, 1962 та 1968 роках. За власною оцінкою Урго Кекконена, Косола віддав вирішальний голос на президентських виборах 1956 року, на яких Кекконен переміг із 151 проти 149 голосів. За словами Кекконена, Косола показав йому свій виборчий квиток.
Приватне життя і нагороди
Нійло Косола був сином Вигторі Косоли, лідера руху Лапуа. У 1937 році він одружився з Ілмою Інкері Венною.
Звання сільськогосподарського радника Косолі присвоєно в 1977 році.
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Bridgetown, Barbados, November 16 - (www.bcacricket.org) - Following a special request from Barbados Defence Force (BDF) relating to their involvement in the annual Independence Day Parade, the dates and venue for the Final of the BCA Intermediate division Championship between BDF and Police have been revised.
Originally slated for Bayfield on November 17, 18, 24 & 25, the match will now be played at Queen's Park on November 17, 24, December 1 and 2.
Play starts at 12:30 p.m. on the first three days and half-an-hour earlier on the fourth day.
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Protecting Scotland's Wild Salmon
By theorkneynews on August 27, 2022
"The decline in wild salmon is a global issue, but is keenly felt in Scotland, famed for this iconic species. We have a responsibility to mitigate the problems that face our fish populations to improve their chances of survival and reproduction. The measures we put in place in our rivers, lochs and coastal waters to slow the decline, and enable wild salmon to become more resilient to threats like climate change, are vitally important." – Peter Pollard, SEPA Head of Ecology
image credit Noel Donaldson
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has developed a new regulatory framework which it hopes will protect wild salmon. Numbers of this amazing fish have dropped dramatically, declining from 8-10 million in the 1970s, to an estimated 3 million today.
Sea lice from large escapes of fish from salmon farms are a major problem. The new framework is designed to protect wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout during their migration to sea by defining wild salmon protection zones. A sea lice exposure threshold will be applied during smolt migration from rivers. This is designed to reduce the risk of exposure to sea lice among wild salmon and sea trout during their migration to sea.
All proposals for new marine finfish farms or increases in fish numbers at existing finfish farms will be subject to an assessment of the risk posed to wild salmonids. The new controls will come into force in the second half of 2023, which will initially cover the release of lice from new and expanded farms to prevent additional impacts upon the 2024 smolt run.
"We welcome this effort by SEPA to introduce a robust system for the conservation of Atlantic salmon. We hope that a similarly robust framework can be developed soon for sea trout. The current situation regarding sea trout in Orkney is of great concern, with a serious and ongoing salmon lice problem at farms all over the islands."
Orkney Trout Fishing Association
Scottish farmed salmon is a successful industry but has faced growing criticism over the impact chemical use and sea lice has on other marine life. It is also under pressure due to additional challenges exporting to the EU since the UK left the world's largest free market. Threat to Scottish Salmon as Brexit Bites into Trade
The migration of wild salmon is one of Nature's marvels. Atlantic salmon live in freshwater as juveniles, migrate to sea as adults, and return to the river environment to spawn. The dramatic drop in numbers is great cause for concern. The sea lice framework will sit alongside SEPA's other regulatory tools to try and protect this fabulous fish.
Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon said:
"Populations of Atlantic salmon are at a crisis point and we have to act urgently to protect one of our most famous species. The pressures on stocks are truly international, with the impact of climate change being felt across the entire North Atlantic region.
"However, there is much that we can do in our rivers, lochs and coastal waters to help build resilience and protect biodiversity. The measures set out in this consultation will help ensure the protection and recovery of Scotland's wild Atlantic salmon."
Implementation of the sea lice framework will mean that, for the first time, all significant pressures on the water environment from marine finfish farms will be regulated under a single regulatory framework. When a new fish farm is proposed SEPA will in future include the modelled cumulative impact assessments of solid organic waste discharges, bath medicine discharges, nutrient discharges and sea lice releases. The inclusion of sea lice and nutrients (previously managed by local authorities) will simply the regulatory process so that all water pollution issues can be dealt with by SEPA.
Peter Pollard, SEPA's Head of Ecology, explained:
"Our new framework is an important addition to our work, creating a world-leading approach that will allow Scotland to protect the full lifecycle of salmon from breeding grounds to their journey out to sea. SEPA is clear that our job is to make sure environmental standards protect the water environment for the people of Scotland – and we make sure that all industries meet those. That's unequivocally our focus.
"Our ambition is to give operators and communities confidence that environmental considerations are addressed early in the development process of new farms and to drive improvements at existing farms to improve the condition of Scotland's salmon stocks.
"We'll continue to undertake a programme of engagement with operators, communities and other stakeholders as we develop and move towards its implementation."
A document about feedback on SEPA's consultation for the introduction of a regulatory regime to control sea-lice loss from fish farms is available here: consultation hub.
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Aerobic septic systems inject oxygen into sewage waste, stimulating the growth of aerobic bacteria, which break down and filter the wastewater and solids. While conventional gravity-powered septic systems (whose holding tanks depend on anaerobic bacteria) are the most popular systems in use today, there are situations in which aerobic septic systems are a more appropriate alternative.
Aerobic systems can often be paired with a smaller leaching field than a similar conventional septic system. This can substantially reduce the space required, which can be useful in lots where a large drainage field is unacceptable.
Aerobic systems generally produce cleaner effluent (the wastewater that is returned to nature after processing). This is useful in environmentally delicate locations, areas with high water tables and similar sensitive areas.
Aerobic bacteria typically break down household waste faster than anaerobic bacteria.
Their initial cost is often several times that of a conventional septic system.
Since these systems use electric pumps to circulate air through the sewage, the site must have electricity, and the owner must bear the ongoing cost of electric usage.
These are substantially more complicated systems than traditional gravity-powered systems, and as such, their ongoing maintenance costs are higher.
Not all municipalities allow aerobic septic systems, so be sure to check with your town or city before completing a purchase.
While aerobic septic systems are often used as replacements for existing failed gravity-powered septic systems they can be expensive to maintain and install.
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From European castles to abandoned prisons, the ghostly spirits and disembodied voices of these haunted places will chill you to the bone.
Paranormal activity, demonic presences, bone-chilling screams, and so much more are said to permeate the grounds of these 11 haunted places around the world.
Some of these sites have long histories of hauntings and others have shorter ones, but the varied stories behind these ghost-filled halls remain bone-chilling either way. After learning the full tales of these supposedly haunted places, even the biggest non-believers may think twice before daring to enter one of them.
Nestled in the countryside of Norfolk, England, Raynham Hall was built by wealthy politician Sir Roger Townshend and has been in the Townshend family for 300 years.
Much more infamously, the hall is the setting for one of the most famous supposed ghost photos ever taken. In 1936, the photo of a woman called the "Brown Lady" was captured by Country Life magazine, depicting a white figure descending a set of stairs.
The apparition is named for the color of the ghostly woman's dress, which she is said to always be wearing — but no one is exactly sure of the identity of the Brown Lady.
Stories of a ghost haunting Raynham Hall started in 1835 — when guests present at a Christmas party in the house described and sketched an apparition dressed in brown — and ran rampant throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s as the hall gained a reputation as one of the most haunted places in England.
Some legends say that she is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole, the sister of Robert Wapole who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Lady Dorothy was married to Charles Townshend who was a cruel man with a hot temper.
He accused his wife of adultery and promptly locked her away inside the home. He forbid her from having any contact with the outside world and even barred her from seeing their children.
A funeral was thrown for poor Lady Dorothy in 1725, but many believe it was false and that she actually lived for many years as a prisoner of her own husband. And, if the legends are to be believed, she still roams the halls of Raynham to this day. | {
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South Indian Bank gross NPA declines
LN Revathy Coimbatore | Updated on March 12, 2018 Published on June 10, 2014
South Indian Bank Q1 net up 10%
The net Non-Performing Assets (NPA) of Kerala-based South Indian Bank stood at 0.78 per cent at the end of March 2014, unchanged from March 2013, but gross NPA dropped to 1.19 per cent in 2014 from 1.36 per cent at the end of March 2013.
To a query on the bank's strategy in NPA management, the bank's Managing Director VA Joseph said, "We have a good team in the recovery department."
"Last year, we took a conscious decision on credit sanctioning; rather than achieving targets we looked for good proposals. We monitored the accounts consistently; the moment the system indicated some level of stress in an account, we took measures to act immediately," he said.
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Q: How to insert Adsense display ad in flutter web I created a fixed display ad 320px *60px. How do I insert in flutter web where I want?
This is the code I obtained from adsense:
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Or is it possible to make flutter not occupy the bottom 60 pixels of the screen and insert the adsense ad there by manipulating flt-glass-pane somehow?
I'm looking at a way to insert adsense ads to a mobile website built in flutter-web
A: I was able to insert ads into the listview in flutter-web as below:
Created an html file adview.html
<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<ins class="adsbygoogle"
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data-ad-client="ca-pub-xxxxxx"
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<script>
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</script>
And then, an IFrameElement to make use of the html:
// ignore: avoid_web_libraries_in_flutter
import 'dart:html';
import 'dart:ui' as ui;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
Widget adsenseAdsView() {
// ignore: undefined_prefixed_name
ui.platformViewRegistry.registerViewFactory(
'adViewType',
(int viewID) => IFrameElement()
..width = '320'
..height = '100'
..src = 'adview.html'
..style.border = 'none');
return SizedBox(
height: 100.0,
width: 320.0,
child: HtmlElementView(
viewType: 'adViewType',
),
);
}
Then we can add the widget from the function adsenseAdsView() wherever we want. I added it in ListView.
A: There is a new package that can help with this. Hopefully makes the process a little simpler.
https://pub.dev/packages/admanager_web
Example to implement:
AdBlock(
size: AdBlockSize.largeRectangle,
adUnitId: "/6355419/Travel/Europe",)
A: You can add Adsense ad unit In Flutter Web with the help of below widget. It's work perfectly fine.
create widget with any name you like. I'm name BannerAdUnit
only replace div tag ad unit id and script add Url as you can see in the below widget inside html body tag.
import 'dart:html' as html;
import 'dart:ui' as ui;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
String viewID = "your-view-id";
class BannerAdUnit extends StatelessWidget {
const BannerAdUnit({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
ui.platformViewRegistry.registerViewFactory(
viewID,
(int id) => html.IFrameElement()
..style.width = '100%'
..style.height = '100%'
..srcdoc = '''
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <head> </head> <body>
<div data-frill-widget="your ad unit id will come here" style="width: 340px; height: 460px;"></div>
<script async src="url"></script> </body>
</html> '''
..style.border = 'none');
return SizedBox(
height: 460,
width: 340,
child: HtmlElementView(
viewType: viewID,
),
);
}
}
The story is not end here. When you add the above code You will see one beautiful error something like that.
The name 'platformViewRegistry' is being referenced through the prefix
'ui', but it isn't defined in any of the libraries imported using that
prefix. (Documentation)
How to fix this error? Don't worry I'll show you how to fix this error.
Create new file on the root name it analysis_options.yaml
and copy and paste the below code and the error is gone.
analyzer:
errors:
undefined_prefixed_name: ignore
Note: On the debugging mode flutter Web app not show you any ads.
if you want to see ads deploy your Flutter Web App. you will see ads like this.
If you guys don't want to write these spaghetti code try this package flutter_ad_manager_web. I created this helpful package for display Adsense ads on Flutter Web.
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Origine
Secondo la Historia monasterii S. Severi, tome II, era il figlio primogenito del duca di Guascogna Guglielmo I e della moglie, Urraca di Navarra, che, secondo le Europäische Stammtafeln, vol III, pag. 563 (non consultate) era figlia del re di Navarra García I e della seconda moglie Teresa di León, figlia del re di León, Ramiro II e della sua prima moglie Adosinda Gutiérrez.Guglielmo I di Guascogna era il figlio terzogenito del duca di Guascogna Sancho IV e della moglie di cui non si conoscono né il nome né gli ascendenti.
Biografia
Sua madre era al suo secondo matrimonio; in prime nozze aveva sposato il conte di Castiglia, Fernán González (910-970), come ci conferma il documento n° 67 del Cartulario de san Millan de la Cogolla, vol. I, datato novembre 955 (non consultato), che la cita come contessa Urraca (Comite Fredinando Gondessalvez et cometessa domna Urraca), di cui era rimasta vedova.
Alla fine del 996, alla morte del padre, Bernardo, essendo il primogenito, gli subentrò come di duca di Guascogna e conte di Bordeaux.Proseguì nella politica paterna di fondazione e mantenimento di istituti monastici, in particolare il monastero di San Severo: infatti la Historia monasterii S. Severi, tome II parla diffusamente delle attività del conte Bernardo nel capitolo VII.
Secondo la Histoire de Béarn Bernardo era ancora in vita nel 1009, quando redasse l'atto di donazione della chiesa di San Severo, che, con altri, fu controfirmato dalla madre Urraca.
Secondo la Historiarum libri tres del monaco e storico francese, Ademaro di Chabannes, il duca ha tenuto romanzi con donne diverse, motivo per cui finiscono per abdicare in favore di suo fratello. Bernardo morì, sempre nel 1009, dopo l'esilio in Biscaglia e cedere il trono al fratello, in circostanze sospette, forse per avvelenamento (Bernardo, insidiis muliebribus, maleficis artibus corpore fatescente, vitae privato).Secondo la Histoire de Béarn, che riprende la descrizione di Ademaro di Chabannes, Bernardo morì il 24 dicembre, mentre per la Historia monasterii S. Severi, tome II, morì il 25 dicembre. Nonostante muoiono senza figli legittimi, non aveva discendenti che hanno mantenuto il nome di Lekubarri, il soprannome adottata dal duca nel suo esilio. Sempre secondo Ademaro di Chabannes, gli succedette il fratello Sancho VI (Santius, frater eius, Wasconiæ dux Vasconum extitit).
La morte di Bernardo viene confermata da un documento della Ex Historia Abbatiæ Condomensis, del 1012, in cui si prega in suffragio della anime dei defunti della famiglia comitale di Guascogna.
Discendenza
Bernardo, secondo la Histoire de Béarn, aveva una moglie (la contesse Garcia....la femme du duc Bernard), ma, di Bernardo, non si conosce nessuna discendenza legittima..
Note
Bibliografia
Fonti primarie
Rerum Gallicarum et Francicarum Scriptires, tomus XI.
Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores, tomus IV.
Letteratura storiografica
René Poupardin, "Ludovico il Pio", cap. XVIII, vol. II (L'espansione islamica e la nascita dell'Europa feudale) della Storia del Mondo Medievale, pp. 558–582.
Louis Alphen, Francia: Gli ultimi Carolingi e l'ascesa di Ugo Capeto (888-987), in «Storia del mondo medievale», vol. II, 1979, pp. 636–661
.
Historia monasterii S. Severi, tome II.
Histoire de Béarn.
Voci correlate
Storia della Gallia tardo-antica e alto-medioevale
Franchi (storia dei regni Franchi)
Sovrani franchi
Duchi d'Aquitania
Duchi di Guascogna
Conti di Tolosa
Storia della Francia
Altri progetti
Collegamenti esterni
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Duchi di Guascogna - BERNARD Guillaume.
Gascogne Origine - Bernard 1er Guillaume.
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Ode to long days, warm sunshine, thoughts, images
Posted on November 1, 2015 by Agmoos
As I sort photos for a newspaper story… it seems a good time to share the random thoughts and images recorded while driving through America's Heartland from deadline to deadline the last few summers. Much of it, the things I see, but don't have time to stop for picturing, as I'm always running late for the next deadline. Feel the copious doses of Vitamin D, long days, warm sunshine, rural lands…
Birds of flight soar between tufts of congregating clouds. Snowy white egrets glow sunset silver above crystal blue lakes… Appearing out of nowhere, they punctuate the landscape and reflect the vivid sky.
Working metal parked by barns take on the rust red hue.
Birds dance atop fields of corn … a burst of orange Tanager, brilliant Blue Bird, the acrobatic, ever-present Swallows, A woodpecker's crisp white-wing slices the air…
and swallow-like … the sweeps and turns of the yellow crop-duster — left side, right side. Now you see him. Now you don't.
Sunlight plays off green waves of midseason soybean.
Corn, gold-fringe tasseled under the brilliant moon.
Tractors on a mission up and down the road… Everyone waves.
From Wisconsin to the Buffalo Ridge of Minnesota to Sioux Country and the Western Skies Scenic Byway…
Rolling, potholed landscape almost like that of the Dakotas — where wheatgrass shimmers silvery and sage brushes gold the green sheen dotted by low cedars. But in western Iowa, gentler are the dips melding to the flat, allowing crops to be planted in organized rows that curve to the contours of the land.
Proud large Hawk atop a Green Barn. No time to stop.
Cattle graze juxtaposed with large wind turbines of the Buffalo Ridge in Minnesota.
Rising tall and metallic from the carpet of green… grain elevators every 20 or 30 miles.
Lines of tractors and implements in a rainbowed density of reds, orange, greens and golds.
Small towns fringed with angularly parked pickup trucks – clods of dirt between treads as the creases of hard working hands at the wheel.
Flags diffuse light on front porches… proud fabric flies in the midst of cornfields, lining small town streets, atop grain elevators and silos.
Synergy: old barns juxtaposed with new. Wood, weathered by age, what stories have they seen, will they tell?
An old man's grave from the 1800's, buried right where he fell walking home from church… a family farming there now farms around the odd space each season.
From the pushed up earth to the flats where one imagines torrents of water resting to round sharp edges into mounds that become smaller as they come together in a swath that eventually lay across miles so flat as to suggest no horizon.
Radio on. Squawking the town's happenings: a Saturday night fire hall dinner. The local softball standings. A community parade. Radio commentary so thick with farm talk and market reports, suggesting an area, an era, insulated from the coldness of an outside world depending on them for sustenance.
Delicate hues soften weathered wood.
Sandpipers and plover find morsels of grain amid a stiffened manure lagoon.
Two white ducks peer into a farm shop door. Two pigs laying on the concrete stare back… and the chorus that accompanies the leisurely standoff.
A sun-bleached road like ribbon punched through rain-fed emerald green soybeans disappears into another sea foam green of a grassy knoll, meeting the blended hues of the evening's summer sky.
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Moving forward… 'We take care of their families and they take care of ours'
Posted on December 3, 2014 by Agmoos
By Sherry Bunting, reprinted from Farmshine, November 21, 2014
NEW LONDON, Wis. — November is a many-faced month for agriculture. It's the month we recognize women in agriculture. It's the month we bring the se ason's harvest to a close. It's the month we are reminded to be thankful for God's blessings.
In September, I met a truly inspirational dairywoman who is quietly and methodically moving forward in the face of difficult odds. She and her two daughters exemplify a thankful heart as they care for their cows, which in turn care for them.
It was a downright cold, rainy central Wisconsin day as I was visiting farms ahead of the World Dairy Expo at the end of September. My last stop of the day was Milk-Flo Holsteins, New London, where Cathy Tank still does the 3 a.m. milking of her 150-cow dairy herd, and then works off the farm until supper time; so the appointed time to meet was toward evening. Her daughters were home from school and the hired man was busy pushing up feed for the cows.
What started as a typical family farm interview, soon turned into much more. By the time I left a few hours later, it was dark and one of the two ladies employed to milk the other two of the 3x milkings had arrived as Cathy's daughters fed the chickens befo re heading inside to do homework.
A former dairy queen of Wayne County, Wisconsin, Cathy Tank is a woman who not only works hard, she believes in working smart and using the right tool for a job.
She and her daughters Elizabeth, 15, and Rebecca, 11, love the dairy farm they are keeping going — and progressing — after losing husband and father Bob Tank to melanoma in 2009. It has been a journey, to say the least, and Cathy is quick to point out the way communities and extended family work together during harvest and in times of need.
"That's what makes farm folk different," she says. "A farmer can be having the worst day, ever, and would still stop and help pull another out of the ditch."
"I am fortunate to have good help," she adds. Working smart, means picking the jobs she can and can't do. While she harvests her own haylage and works the ground to get it ready for planting, Cathy uses custom manure hauling and custom choppers for the corn silage harvest.
"They can do in a few hours what would take me weeks," she says, adding that her brother helps her do most of the planting. That is something her father, Keith Knapp, helped her with over the past few years, but this spring she lost her Dad, too, in an accident.
Getting on the tractor is therapeutic, she says matter-of-factly. "It is refreshing work, and it reminds me to be thankful. I think about all of the things my Dad taught me how to do."
While fieldwork is refreshing, what Cathy really loves is the cows. The dairy herd was her domain until six years ago. One year before Bob's illness, they decided she would take a job off the farm. Today, she continues onward with both the job and the farm, and she's set some pretty high goals for her cows with the focus on paying down debt. She would like to see her cows get over that 90 lbs/cow/day mark into 100-lb territory. "That's a hard goal," she says. But she's already reached a few toughies.
She started 3x milking in February, and over the past two years, she made a focused effort to reduce somatic cell counts. Today, the herd averages 87 pounds/cow/day with 3.5 fat and 3.9 protein and SCC ranging 100 to 150,000.
The herd cleared $1 million in milk sales last year, which was a goal, reached, and Cathy says she has been able to reduce the farm's debt by almost half. The milk from Milk-Flo goes to a cheese plant, and so the premiums for reducing SCC have really helped the bottom line.
While shifting the farm from pasture-based to more conventional in order to increase production and pay down debt, Cathy muses that maybe one day in the future, it could return to more of a pasture-based system. She has already diversified a bit, adding pastured poultry and home-raised pork, beef and chicken. She and the girls sell their eggs at a local farmers' market. The few steers on the farm are fed refusals from the milking herd and the chickens help keep some of the lawn areas mowed.
"We do what we can to not waste anything here. We are learning how to be more self-sufficient. You learn to be resourceful when you are on your own," she says.
"We also try to do as much as we can without antibiotics," explains Cathy, who grew up milking cows and has an Ag Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. "We don't sell the milk at the farmers' market, but people who buy our eggs know we have cows, and we get those questions. We are trying to pay attention and be more preventive in how we manage the cows, so we don't have as much need for treatments during lactation. This approach has helped us qualify for quality premiums and have a healthier herd."
Cows are milked in a step-up parlor and housed in an open-front barn in freestalls. The farm includes 310 acres of forages for the 150-cow milking herd and young stock. Dry cows and older heifers are on pasture.
"I like color and variety," says Cathy about the composition of the herd today, which is mainly Holstein but includes Brown Swiss crosses, Red & Whites, Linebacks, and Ayrshire crosses. She has hired a breeder but picks the bulls. The two biggest things she looks at are feet-and-legs and protein.
After two years in a row of poor forage in parts of the Upper Midwest, Cathy is thankful for this year's good hay crop and the "jumbo corn" crop yielding over 23 tons of corn silage per acre, much of which was still 'ripening' in the field as the calendar headed into October.
She has put some thought into positioning the farm for alternate plans should the need arise. A few years ago, she installed a scrape alley and simple manure storage for the parlor holding area. This and the open-faced barn make the property suited to substantial heifer-raising if milking cows would ever get to be too much.
Elizabeth and Rebecca are the fourth generation on the farm. Cathy explained that Bob's family has farmed here 100 years as of 2008, which was the year before he died.
"I'm just a steward," she said. "I'm pretty interested in staying in this industry. I can't imagine the farm without the cows."
While she focuses on the areas of the farm where her efforts are most productive, she still enjoys the 3 a.m. milking. "I like getting up when it's calm and you can see the stars," she says as she looks around at the herd, noting her oldest cow is 15 years old. "It's a good feeling to have dams, grand-dams and daughters in the barn here. We take care of their families and they take care of ours."
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Q: Gradle read environment specific values from properties.xml I am trying to manage version number for each environment differently from gradle using productFlavors. I have the following in my properties.xml file
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}
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How can I read environment specific version.code and version.name from build.gradle?
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Taking Flight Kaela Harmon '05 makes the case for airports to by combining data analysis with creativity
By Linda Evans
Kaela Harmon '05 promotes her new book.
"The journalism department was like a family. All the professors and administrators rallied around to help students to be well prepared and have a support system,"
—Kaela Harmon '05
Although she's still new to a job as public information specialist senior for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, she has spent the last five years working with airports and the communities they serve.
In that time, she has learned that airport advocates work to represent their host communities to the airlines. Routes, departure and arrival times, and connections are important to people who rely on airports for business and leisure travel. In Austin, as in her previous job with the Columbia, South Carolina, airport, she enjoys analyzing data and using it to craft creative messages. "We're always working with the community so they understand our role. We're marketing the airport to the community."
She notes that an airplane is "a mobile asset." Airlines can make decisions at any time about where to move and house their planes, what routes to add or drop, and where important connections will be made. That makes it incumbent on communities and airport officials to make a strong case for their air-transportation needs.
In Austin, Harmon is responsible for media and public relations, and she serves as a liaison for the airport and the airlines. On a typical day, she could be writing a press release about a new service, such as a recent announcement of a new nonstop flight between Austin and London, or planning and hosting an event. She also crafts talking points related to the airport's public announcements and serves on a team of five to manage the airport's social media accounts.
"The work is very dynamic. It's a perfect blend of analytics and creativity," she said. She also has enjoyed the relationships with industry colleagues that she has formed.
In her hometown of Columbia, she was public relations and government affairs manager for the Columbia Municipal Airport, before being recruited by Sixel Consulting Group, where she worked for almost a year helping local airports make their cases for increased air services. She then did freelance consulting until taking the job in Austin in June 2017.
While in Columbia, Harmon was recognized for her work by being named to several lists, including 20 Under 40, 40 Under 40, Columbia's 2014 Top Women of Influence and Influential Women in Business.
Harmon did not set out to work in airport public relations. She was working for a small museum in Columbia when she saw an advertisement for the job at the Columbia airport. She applied and accepted the job, which set her on her current career trajectory.
Kaela Harmon '05 at the Columbia, South Carolina, airport.
While helping with one of Columbia's programs — Wings for Autism — Harmon realized she could take her passion for airports to another level. The program is a national effort for individuals with autism spectrum disorders or intellectual or developmental disabilities. Families practice the entire process of moving through the airport and boarding a plane, which helps relieve stress when they make a real trip.
The experience inspired Harmon to write and self-publish "Zoey's First Plane Ride" for children. While other books focus on airplanes, Harmon wanted to "pass along my enthusiasm for airports." She walks the reader through every step — checking in at the kiosk, checking luggage and explaining where it goes on the conveyor belt, walking the concourse, understanding airport signage, boarding the plane — all the way through to baggage claim.
"Airports can be overwhelming to children," Harmon said, noting that the book has been well received. Some airports have picked it up to sell, and the airport in Roanoke, Virginia, purchased 100 copies to give to schoolchildren who toured the airport.
Harmon developed her talent for writing and communications through her major in broadcast journalism and communications. Her high school guidance counselor in Columbia was a W&L graduate — one of the first female, black students on campus — and introduced her to the university. Harmon spent six weeks on campus for a summer-immersion program and after applying, returned for a visit. Walking along the Colonnade, "I felt I really needed to be here," she remembered.
She values the professors in her major who inspired and mentored her. "Bob de Maria was one of those rare people who takes you under his wing and pushes you to be better," she said. Professors Dayo Abah and Claudette Artwick also stand out as important to her professional development.
"The journalism department was like a family. All the professors and administrators rallied around to help students to be well prepared and have a support system," she said. "At W&L, you're not a number but an individual who matters."
While on campus, she was involved with the Minority Student Association and helped charter Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She continues to be involved by serving on an advisory board for the journalism department. As well as participating in quarterly meetings, she and other board members review senior portfolios, looking at them with a professional's eye to provide constructive feedback.
As a young black professional, Harmon never wants to lose sight of the fact that "I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. Many made sacrifices to give me opportunities." She hopes to continue to lay a foundation for those who come after her.
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Jolene's First Cousin: Innovative SROs, one year later
December 16, 2020 /in Stories/by Njeri Parker
ORIGINS of JOLENE'S FIRST COUSIN
Two years ago, JOIN was approached by Guerrilla Development with a bold idea: reimagine affordable housing in a way that supports residents through community. The single greatest obstacle JOIN faces in supporting sustainable transitions off the street is access to housing that is actually affordable for the income our folks are likely to have– not based on a percentage of median statistics, but what we know the reality of the financial situation for many individuals. With this opportunity, we would be able to control the rents to offer truly affordable housing, and put our values into the property management practices. Guerrilla Development built a crowdfunded mixed development named Jolene's First Cousin, which includes businesses, market-rate apartments, and eleven low-cost single room occupancy units (SROs) to help address Portland's homeless crisis.
JOIN's Landlord Recruitment and Retention (LRRP) Team was involved from the design stage of the process, providing input on furnishings, resident selection, and more. The building design intended to allow as many residents as possible to have space inside the building and enjoy the large common areas together. The downstairs is an open concept to build a sense of community. The LRRP team felt an immense amount of pride around JFC's opening, since the team shopped for and chose all of the furnishings (including kitchenware, decorations, etc.) and installed and moved everything in with limited volunteer support. In December 2019, the first residents moved into the building!
Residents have a 150 square foot private room and shared bathrooms, kitchen, and common areas. The rent also includes wi-fi, access to a shared computer station, an outdoor courtyard with bbq, and access to a community library with books, games, and DVDs for everyone's use. The rooms are rented fully furnished, including linens and the kitchen, and common areas are fully stocked. There are also several sets of washers and dryers free for resident's use. Each resident adheres to community guidelines and weekly chores to help keep the common spaces clean and a sense of community intact. LRRP drops off supplies each week, including cleaning products, paper products, and basic hygiene items (including COVID PPE).
JOIN values creativity in responding to challenges, and our work at Jolene's First Cousin is a prime example. We are grateful to Guerrilla Development for partnering with us on this innovative initiative and for the exceptional work of the LRRP team to realize this vision and stay committed to its success.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH JOIN VALUES
Taking on the role of a landlord was a new challenge for JOIN. The responsibilities of property management would fall to JOIN's Landlord Recruitment and Retention (LRRP) Team, bringing skills and experience in private market rental management as well as case management and social services. Kayleigh Thornton, LRRP Program Coordinator, shared some thoughts about how she and her team approach property management at Jolene's First Cousin (JFC):
"Determining who would move-in is an essential part of the success. We created a process to fairly assess each applicant; this included a review with our equity lens and a review with a panel of people who work at JOIN. JOIN performs no background checks to live in these units and requires no security deposits. Our team met with each applicant's case manager to understand the applicant and their housing needs. Our team also explained to each applicant that there are Community Guidelines that all residents must agree to. Besides JOIN-referred residents, we also partnered with Street Roots for access to 2 of the SRO's at JFC. These residents from Street Roots now have a JOIN retention worker.
"Property management for JFC was an extremely intentional process designed to provide resident-centered services that foster community and with the intention of helping residents to be successful in their housing. We created community guidelines and weekly chores with the intention of building an environment where folks felt a part of their community and could build relationships with each other and our team. We offer weekly community meetings where residents can voice their concerns. They all have access to our team's 24/7 hotline where they can contact us. If a resident violates a community guideline, we can mediate the concern directly with the resident(s) involved without necessarily having to resort to a formal notice, or even if a notice is served, have the ability to explain it fully with the resident and their caseworker. Besides these things, we drop off supplies weekly like paper products, cleaning supplies, and laundry soap. The units and common areas were fully furnished. The thought process behind this is if people have a living environment that is comfortable and functional, they will be excited to continue taking care of, including maintaining the space. If people don't have to worry about money for laundry soap or toilet paper, they can focus on other things they need to enrich their lives and happy people create happy communities!
"The community has come together rather organically around food sharing, meal cooking, daily cleaning, and supportive friendship. However, this is not always the case all the time. Residents call our 24-hour hotline to report concerns and issues that arise, both interpersonal and building-related. Our team responds within 24 hours and sooner depending on the issue; this protocol has helped maintain balance in the community. In addition to conflict mediation and community meetings, we offer other fun things like pizza parties and other events to build community and help the residents get to know us better. Since our team is a pretty frequent presence at the building, residents feel comfortable sharing their concerns with us, which helps to maintain open communication. It has been immensely rewarding to watch this group of strangers come together to share holiday meals, laugh and joke around the tv and enjoy the bbq in the courtyard."
LIVING AT JOLENE'S FIRST COUSIN
When Kim became homeless, she didn't know what to do. She slept in bus stops and did anything she could to get by. While visiting JOIN's Dayspace one day, she met Perlia, a JOIN Outreach Worker, who started helping her find a place to live. Perlia put her on the waitlist for JFC, and they took a tour and talked about the unique community-living aspects of the building.
Living on a fixed income, it was a challenge to find a place that she could afford. Based on the 2019 State of Housing report from PHB, there are no neighborhoods considered "affordable" to the thousands of Portland residents living on social security income. Jolene's First Cousin is uniquely positioned to provide an affordable option that doesn't rely on subsidies or vouchers. Kim moved into JFC in early 2020.
JFC offers a lot of benefits to people, but it's not without drawbacks and challenges. Kim likes looking out her window and loves her comfortable bed. The washing machine is free to use, and having access to a nice kitchen is a perk. Like most community living situations, the residents at JFC have conflicts over chores getting done. It's also been a challenge living in a community setting during the pandemic. While she's grateful for her own space and a roof over her head, the added anxiety about her community mates having diligent practices around pandemic safety is a frustration. "At the end of the day, we have to respect each other." JOIN has added twice-a-week disinfecting services to the building, as well as providing PPE for residents.
Kim said she's learned a lot about empathy and asking for help since moving into JFC. When she first moved in, she butted heads with her neighbor frequently– but he's since become one of her closest friends. Recently, this friend disappeared for a few days. "It just reminded me that I can't know what another person is going through, and I have to be empathetic to their situation." Throughout her time living at JFC, she was surprised to find herself more caring for others.
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Welcome to Highlands Ranch & Littleton
Once little more than grazing land for cattle, Highlands Ranch has become an historic example of one of the nation's most successful – and transformational – real estate developments. Now home to tens of thousands of people, Highlands Ranch provides incredible residential communities, idyllic open space, exemplary schools, destination retail centers and thriving businesses. Highlands Ranch is a true representation of the Denver metro area's confident steps into the modern era.
Office Locations in the Community
9088 S Ridgeline Blvd.
Office Site
Highlands Ranch is ranked as one of the most progressive master-planned communities in the country and lies just 12 miles south of the Denver metro area in Douglas County.
The community was completed in 2010, and is home to more 90,000 residents, occupying 36,700 homes.
61 percent of the community is devoted to non-urban uses such as open space and recreation.
The community has constructed seven miles of wildlife-sensitive, natural-surface trails on portions of the 8,200-acre Backcountry Wilderness Area.
Highlands Ranch provides convenient access to all of Denver's major attractions and business centers including Chatfield Recreation Area, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Coors Field, downtown Denver, Denver Tech Center, Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Pepsi Center, and Park Meadows Mall.
Living in Highlands Ranch & Littleton
Like many parts of the Colorado Front Range, the first residents of Highlands Ranch were Native Americans. The area was populated by a number of nomadic tribes, including the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The Stephen Harriman Long Expedition of 1820 entered the Highlands Ranch area at the beginning of July 1820. That was the first documented exploration of the Highlands Ranch area by European or United States explorers.¹
The Colorado Gold Rush brought people to Colorado in droves during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The city of Denver, located approximately 12 miles to the north, grew considerably during this time. However, Highlands Ranch remained a series of farms and ranches, and many residents would visit the town of Littleton, a few miles northward, when they needed to purchase clothing, supplies, or other items.
The Springer land was bought and sold several times throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In 1937 it was bought by Lawrence C. Phipps, Jr., who used it to raise cattle and hunt fox. After Phipps died in 1976, the land was bought by Marvin Davis, the owner of an oil company.
In 1978, Highlands Ranch was purchased by The Mission Viejo Company. As the suburbs of Denver expanded, the company desired to build a new planned suburb in northern Douglas County. Initial plans were drawn up, many of which are still being realized. These plans laid out several major streets and called for several schools and recreation centers, as well as a town center and public library. Large parcels of land were sold to private housing developers, such as Richmond Homes. As these developments appeared, they often carried their own names, creating a series of segmented neighborhoods throughout Highlands Ranch.
Since that time, the population of Highlands Ranch has grown greatly. In addition to residential and retail development, significant businesses such as Lucent Technologies, and Avaya Communication now call the area home.
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CEOs of America's top corporations got their biggest pay raise since 2013
Published time: 23 May, 2017 14:55
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A study by executive data firm Equilar for the Associated Press (AP) found a typical chief executive officer of the largest US companies got an 8.5 percent pay raise last year, raking in $11.5 million in salary, stock, and other compensation.
Fat cats awarded £5.5mn pay rise in 2015… while average UK pay languishes at £26.5k
According to the research, over the last five years, median CEO pay has jumped by 19.6 percent, not accounting for inflation. That's nearly double the 10.9 percent rise in the average weekly paycheck for full-time employees across the country.
It also found compensation dropped for nine of the ten companies scoring the lowest on "Say on Pay" votes, where shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration of executives.
"It's all out of whack right now," Heather Slavkin Corzo, director of the AFL-CIO Office of Investment told AP, adding CEOs for major US companies make 347 times more than the average worker.
Compensation experts say boards of directors know they have to pay CEOs similar to what their rivals are making, if not more.
The highest paid executive, according to the survey, was Thomas Rutledge of Charter Communications whose compensation totaled $98 million. The company absorbed Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year to become the second-largest cable operator in the US.
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Leslie Moonves at television network CBS was the second highest paid CEO. He made $68.6 million, including $63.9 million in bonus and stock awards.
Median US CEO Pay tops $10 Million in 2013 – study
Number three was Walt Disney's Robert Iger who made $41 million. His payment was six percent less than the year before, as slowing growth resulted in a bonus cut.
The fourth highest paid executive was David Zaslav of Discovery Communications, whose networks include TLC and Animal Planet. Zaslav's compensation was $37.2 million while roughly 70 percent of that was from stock and option awards.
The compensation of Robert Kotick from Activision Blizzard surged 358 percent to $33.1 million in 2016. The pay jump came almost entirely due to $24.9 million in stock awards he received as part of a new five-year employment agreement. This year his salary was cut by 26 percent to $1.8 million after many shareholders said they were upset about how much Activision Blizzard executives were making.
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#pragma once
#include <aws/apigatewaymanagementapi/ApiGatewayManagementApi_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/apigatewaymanagementapi/ApiGatewayManagementApiRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/Array.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <utility>
namespace Aws
{
namespace ApiGatewayManagementApi
{
namespace Model
{
/**
*/
class AWS_APIGATEWAYMANAGEMENTAPI_API PostToConnectionRequest : public StreamingApiGatewayManagementApiRequest
{
public:
PostToConnectionRequest();
// Service request name is the Operation name which will send this request out,
// each operation should has unique request name, so that we can get operation's name from this request.
// Note: this is not true for response, multiple operations may have the same response name,
// so we can not get operation's name from response.
inline virtual const char* GetServiceRequestName() const override { return "PostToConnection"; }
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline const Aws::String& GetConnectionId() const{ return m_connectionId; }
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline bool ConnectionIdHasBeenSet() const { return m_connectionIdHasBeenSet; }
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline void SetConnectionId(const Aws::String& value) { m_connectionIdHasBeenSet = true; m_connectionId = value; }
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline void SetConnectionId(Aws::String&& value) { m_connectionIdHasBeenSet = true; m_connectionId = std::move(value); }
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline void SetConnectionId(const char* value) { m_connectionIdHasBeenSet = true; m_connectionId.assign(value); }
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline PostToConnectionRequest& WithConnectionId(const Aws::String& value) { SetConnectionId(value); return *this;}
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline PostToConnectionRequest& WithConnectionId(Aws::String&& value) { SetConnectionId(std::move(value)); return *this;}
/**
* <p>The identifier of the connection that a specific client is using.</p>
*/
inline PostToConnectionRequest& WithConnectionId(const char* value) { SetConnectionId(value); return *this;}
private:
Aws::String m_connectionId;
bool m_connectionIdHasBeenSet = false;
};
} // namespace Model
} // namespace ApiGatewayManagementApi
} // namespace Aws
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Famed astronaut James McDivitt passes away at 93
Astronaut James McDivitt dies at 93 (Image source: Nasa)
Also a general in the U.S. Air Force, McDivitt was part of NASA's moon missions
by Samantha Spencer
October 19, 2022 at 3:31 AM Updated on October 19, 2022 at 4:14 AM
During the 1960s, NASA astronauts were so famous in the United States they could be likened to rock stars. Some names, such as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell, remain common knowledge. But very sadly, many others have become less so with time.
The contributions of astronaut James McDivitt to Space exploration would be immense. McDivitt had a long and distinguished career in the United States Air Force. Before, during, and after his tenure as an astronaut. But his achievements in space would, albeit understandably, become somewhat overshadowed by what followed soon after.
McDivitt has passed away
James McDivitt passed away on October 13, 2022, in Tuscon, Arizona. A specific cause was not immediately announced to the public, but NASA announced it on October 17.
NASA had chosen McDivitt as one of its second group of astronauts in 1962. Two years later, McDivitt was paired with Ed White for a historic space mission. Deke Slayton, chief of the Astronaut Office, teamed them together, given their long history with each other. McDivitt and White went to university and later tested pilot school together.
The following year, the two men were successfully launched into space. The duo performed several experiments and maneuvers during their time off-planet. But the most famous is undoubtedly the first time an American performed a so-called spacewalk.
Clad in a special suit, White exited the spacecraft and floated outside for nearly half an hour. From the inside of the craft, McDivitt photographed the experience.
Upon their arrival home, the two were given a hero's welcome and received a phone call from U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Their mission was later portrayed on a pair of postage stamps.
White later died in a fire during a spaceflight test alongside fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee.
Played a pivotal role in America's moon missions
In 1969, James McDivitt returned to space as commander of a pivotal mission in the United States' path to the moon. Astronauts David Scott and Rusty Schweickart were his crewmates.
The mission's main goals were to perform various tests regarding the Lunar Module.
McDivitt and his crew tested the LM's ability to ascend and descend. They also proved that the LM could fly independently, rendezvous, and dock with the original command and service module. The crew also successfully tested a portable life support system that would become critical to NASA astronauts.
Altogether, the mission was regarded as a rousing success. One more dress rehearsal followed. Then, four months after McDivitt's mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the historic landing on the moon.
McDivitt resigned from NASA in 1972. He was a two-time recipient of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal by that time.
He also retired from the U.S. Air Force and entered the private sector. He took high-level positions with Consumers Power Company, Pullman Incorporated, and Rockwell International.
He was a Korean War veteran
Shortly after completing his Air Force training, James McDivitt was deployed to serve in the Korean War. There, he would serve as a member of the 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron. McDivitt piloted F-80 Shooting Stars along with F-86 Sabres.
His later assignments included serving as a flight commander with the 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. Eventually, McDivitt became a test pilot and participated in the X-15 program. He was slated to head the testing program for the F-4 Phantom II before applying for astronaut training.
McDivitt retired from the Air Force with the rank of brigadier general. Military decorations he received include two Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, four Distinguished Flying Crosses, and five Air Medals.
McDivitt was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan before attending what is now Jackson College in Jackson, Michigan. Eventually, McDivitt received an aeronautic engineering degree from the University of Michigan, where he graduated first in his class.
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The Aurora PD in a separate incident from 2012.
This isn't about "he said she said", but rather "cop said citizen said".
On April 1, near the corner of Colfax and Sable in Aurora, Colorado – a 10-minute drive from where I live – police Sergeant Kevin Barnes shot motorist Michael Torres, seriously injuring him. Barnes will not face charges.
"Officers wanted to arrest Michael Torres, who they said was wanted for aggravated motor vehicle theft. Police said they believed he was armed and dangerous.
Hence, the cops had no reason to pursue Torres.
"The investigation demonstrated that Mr. Michael Torres was aware that the police were following him and made aggressive maneuvers with his vehicle to avoid apprehension," the statement said.
"It was terrifying. I have never felt so scared in my life. I thought I was going to die. I have never been around gun shots or that kind of police brutality," Cervantes-Facio said.
So who's right? The cops or their victims?
We know that a cop shot a man, seriously injuring him, and will not get as much as a slap on the wrist.
Everything else the cops have said here is an accusation. None of it has ever been tested in court. Sergeant Barnes has never had to prove that he was in imminent danger like a non-cop would have to if he claimed self-defense. Michael Torres never got any due process.
The Aurora Police arrested mass murder suspects James Holmes and Nathan Dunlap without incident and gave them their due process before sentencing them to prison. In Dunlap's case, he was given a death sentence. Why did the Aurora Police see the need to shoot Michael Torres on sight, with the potential of killing him?
Just because the cops said Michael Torres stole one vehicle and "made aggressive maneuvers" with another doesn't make either accusation true.
Just because the cops said someone was a serial child molester doesn't automatically make that person a serial child molester.
Just because the FBI or the DHS said someone was a terrorist doesn't automatically make that person a terrorist.
Just because, for example, a business client or a former spouse said you did something horrible doesn't automatically mean you did something horrible.
Just because the cops said something doesn't make it true. It doesn't make it false either. However, you cannot just shoot someone based merely on an accusation.
The presumption of innocence is sacred. If you are a Christian like me it is Literally Sacred. It is the Golden Rule – Matthew 7:12 – in its purest form. Have you ever been falsely accused? If so, my guess is that you didn't enjoy it and you wanted the chance to defend yourself.
Do cops always lie? Certainly not! But do they always tell the truth? Again, certainly not!
You have to be brain dead to believe the cops – or, for that matter, any other group of people – always tell the truth. You have to be brain dead to believe that issuance of a blue uniform, a badge and a perpetually open tab at Dunkin' Donuts elevates one to a higher moral plane upon which one is absolutely incapable of wrongdoing.
Millions of Americans will automatically believe the cops because, well … because cops!
Cop. Him good. Him serve in community. Him keep me safe.
The cops' word is good enough for them. The cops' accusations are always true and anyone who happens to be in their way must be guilty … because cops! And anyone who questions cops hates cops and America and God and, well … everything good!
When cops can shoot people with impunity, people are neither equal nor free.
You are far more likely to meet a police officer than anyone you voted for. These encounters represent the interface between the individual and the state. When you read about an officer-involved shooting, or any other example of police abuse, do you (a) automatically side with the cops or do you (b) start asking serious questions and demanding hard evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the victim? This, and not your party affiliation, determines your true political stance.
July 4 weekend has passed and life is somewhat back to normal. We are sitting in front of our computers and HELLevision sets moaning and groaning about all the tyrants and criminals in Washington and wondering how they ever got there. It's not hard to figure out at all. When you excuse tyranny and criminality by your local government on the streets of your community, you DESERVE tyrants and criminals in your national government.
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Invited Expert Lectures or Panel Discussion
(As on July 2019)
On "Modern Methods in Teaching and Evaluation" Faculty Induction Program under TEQIP-3 program at IIT Indore, Jan 2018.
Panelist in Discussion on "Role of Academic Institutions in Industry 4.0" in Global Manufacturing Summit organized by "The Machinist" magazine from Times of India Group, 16 Nov. 2017
On "Near-net Shape Manufacturing of Miniatures Gears by WEDM Process" at IIT Guwahati on 22 Nov. 2015 in TEQIP course on "Advances in Gear Engineering".
On "High Quality of Finishing of Gears by Electrochemical Honing Process" at IIT Guwahati on 21 Nov. 2015 in TEQIP course on "Advances in Gear Engineering".
Presentation in Manufacturing Today's "Re-inventing the Future: Innovation at Work" on 26 Aug. 2016 orgranized by Adita Birla Group.
On "Micromanufacturing Applications of Micro-Plasma Transferrred Arc Deposition Process" at IIT Kanpur on 1st July 2015 in AICTE sponsored short-term course on "Micro-manufacturing".
On "Advanced Machining Processes" in the MPCST sponsored national workshop on "Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering-Materials and Manufacturing" at IES-IPS Academy Indore on 1st May 2015.
On "Using Advanced Machining and Finishing Processes for Micro-manufacturing Applications" at IIT Kanpur on 2nd April 2014 in AICTE-BARC sponsored course on "Micro-manufacturing".
On "Machining of Metal Matrix Composites" in the Short-Term Training Program on "Recent Advances in Composite Materials" at SVNIT Surat on 27th June 2013.
On "Process Selection Methodology for Rapid Prototyping (RP) Processes" in National Workshop on "Significance of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling in Indian Industry" at MANIT Bhopal on May 11th, 2013.
On "Electrochemical honing of Internal Cylinders and external gears" DST sponsored 3rd SERC school at IIT KANPUR during 20-25th July 2009.
FOUR expert lectures on the topics of Electro Discharge machining (EDM), Wire-EDM, Electro Chemical Machining (ECM), and Electro Chemical Grinding (ECG) in the short-term course on "Non-Conventional Machining" held at Delhradun Institute of Technology, Dehrdun during 2-6th March, 2009.
FIVE Lectures on the topics of CIM, Automation, CAM, and CAPP in a Short-Term Training Program on ACAD/CAM for Polytechnic Teachers of Uttarakhand during 11th to 15th March 2008 organized at STEP IIT Roorkee.
On "Manufacture Process Selection" in AICTE-Sponsored Short-Term Course on "Product Design and Development" on 12th July 2007 held at IIT ROORKEE during 9-13 July, 2007.
On "Electrochemical Honing (ECH) Process" in AICTE-BARC sponsored Short-Term Course on "Micromachining" on 21st June 2007 held at IIT KANPUR during 18-23 June 2007.
On "Automated Manufacturing Process Selection for Advanced Machining Processes and Rapid Prototyping Processes" at SGSITS INDORE, on 29th Jan, 2007.
On "Rapid Prototyping Technology" in QIP-sponsored Short-Term Course on "Advanced Processing of Composite Materials" on 26th July 2006 held at IIT ROORKEE during 24-28th July, 2006.
On "Plant Layout" on 1st Feb. 2005 in the Analytical Skills Development Program for ACC Management Trainees conducted at Continuing Education Center of IIT ROORKEE during Jan-Feb. 2005.
On "Advanced Machining Process Selection" on 20th March 2004 at Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology (SNIST), HYDERABAD.
On "Computer Aided Process Selection and Parametric Optimization of Advanced Machining Processes" in the Contact Program for Young Scientists sponsored by DST, Government of India New Delhi and held at IIT KANPUR during July 2001.
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The latest Consumer Reports has rated Ford as being on par with Japanese car companies when it comes to reliability. This definitely sets Ford apart from the other American car companies.
The great gambit of this decade has failed and the prey has turned into predator. VW is moving to take over Porsche as it slowly keeps increasing its ownership interest.
What to do in the middle of a horrible car market? Launch a new car! This is the plan for Porsche with the new Panamera. We�ve got the 2010 S version specs right here.
I drive and love my 2008 Mini Cooper S. I definitely give it a workout, which means I need maintenance a lot. This makes the Mini Cooper extended maintenance program of interest.
There was a time when you could just buy a Toyota and count on it running for years. Those days are over, which means you need to consider a Toyota extended warranty program.
I never used the extended Honda warranty! This was a comment I recently heard at a party. So, what are we to make of this? Let�s consider the options.
GM entered into a deal to sell the troubled Hummer brand to a Chinese conglomerate. The deal was in trouble, but Hummer has now been sold for a tidy $150 million.
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Category Archives: Supreme Court
Sixth Circuit rejects Creasy line of cases, holding TCPA claims arising between November 2015 and July 2020 are viable
Laura H. Phillips and Renée M. Dudek
Automatic Telephone Dialing System, Creasy, Debt Collection, Exemptions, First Amendment, Government Calls, Supreme Court
The Sixth Circuit recently became the first federal court of appeals to weigh in on whether plaintiffs can bring TCPA claims for conduct occurring between November 2015 and July 2020—the respective dates on which the unconstitutional government debt exception was passed and the Supreme Court's decision in Barr v. AAPC declared it unconstitutional and severed it from the statute. Some district courts, such as the District of Louisiana in Creasy v. Charter Communications, Inc., 2020 WL 5761117 (E.D. La. Sept. 28, 2020), have concluded plaintiffs cannot—reasoning that the TCPA was void while an unconstitutional provision was part of it. As covered in our prior posts, district courts have come down on both sides of the issue—leading to significant confusion.
Enter the Sixth Circuit's decision in Lindenbaum v. Realgy, LLC, No. 20-4252, 2021 WL 4097320 (6th Cir. Sept. 9, 2021), which considered the Chief Judge of the Northern District of Ohio's decision that dismissed a putative class action arising from prerecorded calls.
Facebook Decision Upends TCPA Litigation Landscape
TCPA Blog's Mike Daly co-authored an article for the ABA about the impact of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, which clarifies the TCPA's definition of an ATDS. The article explains that the unanimous decision is a victory for businesses because it limits the scope of the statute's restriction on autodialing and because it should drastically decrease the volume of litigation arising under that part of the statute, which has been one of the most active areas of litigation in recent years. But the article also predicted that the ruling may cause plaintiffs' counsel to focus on other calling restrictions, for example its restrictions on artificial or prerecorded voices, Do-Not-Call restrictions, and even faxes.
Supreme Court Adopts Narrow Autodialer Definition
Marsha J. Indych and Anthony F. Jankoski
In a decision issued this morning, the Supreme Court settled a long-running debate over the scope of the TCPA's "automatic telephone dialing system" definition: "whether that definition encompasses equipment that can 'store' and dial telephone numbers, even if the device does not 'us[e] a random or sequential number generator." Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, 592 U.S. — (2021).
The Court unequivocally held that devices that merely store numbers from a premade list do not qualify as autodialer systems subject to the TCPA. "To qualify as an [ATDS]," explained Justice Sotomayor, writing for Court, "a device must have the capacity either to store a telephone number using a random or sequential generator or to produce a telephone number" using either form of generation. Id. at 1.
Another District Court Joins Creasy Split
Bradley J. Andreozzi and Victoria L. Andrews
Creasy, Supreme Court
Recently, the Eastern District of Missouri added to the split among courts deciding whether they can hear TCPA claims alleging robocall violations that occurred when the now-invalidated government debt exception was part of the statute. As we have previously reported on here, some district courts have joined Creasy v. Charter Communications, Inc., 2020 WL 5761117 (E.D. La. Sept. 28, 2020), in holding that subject matter jurisdiction is lacking in such cases, but a growing number—now including the Eastern District of Missouri—have disagreed. Miles v. Medicredit, Inc., No. 4:20-cv-001186, 2021 WL 872678 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 9, 2021).
The scenario at issue in this case is a familiar one. Defendant Medicredit is a medical debt collector. Plaintiff Miles contended that Medicredit violated the TCPA's prohibition on making calls using an ATDS or an artificial or prerecorded voice by placing six such calls to his cell phone, without his consent, in January and February 2018. Not so, Medicredit responded, for the prohibition at issue, 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii), was unconstitutional at the time Medicredit allegedly made the calls to Miles because the provision contained an exception, for calls to collect government debts, that the Supreme Court later invalidated as a content-based restriction on speech that violated the First Amendment. Thus, Medicredit argued in its motion to dismiss that the court, having no statutory basis to enforce the alleged violations, lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the suit.
Senescence and Sensibility: Will the Supreme Court Mothball the TCPA?
TCPA Blog's Mike Daly authored an article for the American Bar Association's Consumer Litigation Committee titled, "Senescence and Sensibility: Will the Supreme Court Mothball the TCPA?" that discusses developments around TCPA's autodialer restriction.The article addresses the dispute between courts over what qualifies as an ATDS and the impact the dispute has had on businesses trying to comply with the statue when its scope varies between circuit courts.The article also highlights how what constitutes an ATDS may finally be resolved in Facebook v. Duguid and what the case's decision could mean for pending cases.
The full article is available for American Bar Association's Consumer Litigation Committee subscribers.
Two More District Courts Disagree with Creasy
William A. Wright and Ever M. Hess
Creasy, Debt Collection, Exemptions, First Amendment, Supreme Court
Confusion continues amongst federal district courts in the wake of Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. ("AAPC"), 140 S. Ct. 2335 (2020), the Supreme Court decision that held the TCPA's government-debt exception—instituted via a 2015 amendment to the statute—violated the First Amendment. Courts recently have dealt with the issue of whether plaintiffs can bring TCPA claims for conduct occurring between 2015 and July 2020, the date the unconstitutional amendment was passed and the date the Supreme Court declared the amendment unconstitutional and ordered it severed from the TCPA. The Eastern District of Louisiana said the answer to this question is no. Creasy v. Charter Communications, Inc., 2020 WL 5761117 (E.D. La. Sept. 28, 2020). The district courts for the Southern District of California and the Northern District of Ohio disagree, as we discuss below. Our prior posts on this issue, which we have been following closely, can be found here.
In McCurley et al. v. Royal Sea Cruises, Inc., 2021 WL 288164 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2021), and Less v. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, 2021 WL 266548 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 26, 2021), defendants argued that TCPA claims arising during the above-mentioned time period were barred because the TCPA was entirely unconstitutional during that period. Both the McCurley and the Less courts disagreed, though the two courts differed in their rationales.
Northern District of Florida Picks Side in Creasy Split
Bradley J. Andreozzi and Anthony F. Jankoski
In the aftermath of Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc.—the Supreme Court decision from July that held the TCPA's government-debt exception to be an unconstitutional content-based restriction on speech—the country's district courts cannot agree on whether they may adjudicate TCPA claims alleging conduct that transpired during the life of the exception (i.e., during the period from November 2, 2015 to July 6, 2020). Click here to see our collection of posts on this issue, which we have been following closely. Continue reading »
Eastern District of California Adds to Creasy Split
Victoria L. Andrews, Zoe K. Wilhelm and Michael P. Daly
As we have reported on here, here, here, and here, a growing number of district courts are issuing opinions addressing whether they have subject matter jurisdiction over TCPA claims alleging robocall violations that occurred when the government debt exception invalidated by Barr v. APPC, 140 S. Ct. 2335 (2020), was part of the statute. The Eastern District of California recently added to this line of cases, joining courts that have held that "the TCPA remains enforceable, at least against non-government debt collectors, as to calls made between November 2015 and July 6, 2020." See Stoutt v Travis Credit Union, No. 2:20-cv-01280, 2021 WL 99636, at *3 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 12, 2021).
Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Whether Its Bristol-Myers Squibb Decision Applies to Class Actions
The Supreme Court recently declined to review the Seventh Circuit's ruling in Mussat v. IQVIA, Inc., 953 F.3d 441 (7th Cir. 2020), which found that the logic of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 US (2017) did not apply to class actions and therefore that a federal court in Illinois somehow had specific personal jurisdiction over the individual claims of unnamed class members who had no connection whatsoever to that forum state.
California District Court Criticizes Creasy, Concluding Barr Decision does not Deprive it of Jurisdiction
Michael P. Daly and Renée M. Dudek
Creasy, Exemptions, First Amendment, Retroactive Relief, Supreme Court
A district court from the Central District of California cast its lot against the growing argument that federal courts lack jurisdiction over TCPA claims based on conduct that occurred when the government debt exception was part of the statute. See Shen v. Tricolor California Auto Group, LLC, No. 20-7419, 2020 WL 7705888, at *1 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2020).
As our regular readers know, the government debt exception—a relatively new addition to the TCPA—was recently severed from the statute by the Supreme Court's decision in Barr v. AAPC. Since, several federal district courts have questioned whether they may enforce the statute as to claims based on conduct that allegedly occurred while the exception was part of the statute, i.e. from November 2, 2015 through July 6, 2020. Most notably, the Eastern District of Louisiana concluded in Creasy v. Charter Communications that the Barr decision held that the TCPA was unconstitutional in its entirety during the pendency of the exception, that courts lack authority to enforce a constitutional statute, and that courts therefore cannot hear claims based on conduct during that period. | {
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If you missed Ignite Phoenix 11, here is my presentation on stand up paddling (SUP) in Arizona. What SUP at Ignite Phoenix 11. By chrislee Leave a Comment.
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Cycling from London to Amsterdam for PROSTATE CANCER UK because it's time to give something back!
I am donning the Lycra once again, this time for charity!
I will be representing Shrewsbury Town FC this year as part of the annual Men United challenge of cycling 150 miles from London to Amsterdam. Help me raise the £1,000.00 for this fantastic cause!
In the UK Prostrate Cancer is the most common cause of cancer in men, one man dies every hour. This charity is fighting Prostrate Cancer on every front - through research, support, information and campaigning.
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Brandi Glanville Had Secret Lesbian Relationship With Cat Cora
Lesbihonest: "Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills'" Brandy Glanville Chopped Down Chef Cat Cora
Reality Star Brandi Glanville Was Reportedly Hooking Up With Cat Cora
Eat the Cat Anna Mae! Brandi Glanville isn't strickly d***ly apparently, according to a new Page Six item that claims the "Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills" star had a fling with celebrity chef Cat Cora while they both were filming the "My Kitchen Rules" Fox series:
Insiders say that she "had this whole lesbian relationship" with Cora, who recently divorced her wife, Jennifer, after being together 17 years. We're told that the pair were "hooking up" for about two weeks and enjoyed spending time together.
But Glanville cooled things off with the former "Iron Chef" star because she didn't want to be in a serious relationship with another woman. "They're just friends now," said the source.
As Page Six reported, Glanville is now dating a single father whom she met on Tinder.
Cora's reps did not respond to a request for comment by deadline.
Brandi be getting it IN! What do you think about her being open for a same sex "hookup" but not down for a relationship?
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K [] är den elfte bokstaven i det moderna latinska alfabetet.
Betydelser
Versalt K
Blekinge län
grundämnet kalium
en atoms innersta elektronskal
Kelvin, temperaturenhet
K (bok av Mario Puzo), en bok av Mario Puzo
K (bok av Katarina Frostenson), en bok av Katarina Frostenson
Nationalitetsbeteckning för motorfordon från Kambodja
K (SAB), bibliotekssignum för historia
Artistnamn för en medlem i musikgruppen Moi dix Mois
Den statistiska kategorin Strikeout i baseboll.
K; en anime som sändes 2012.
Gement k
Vågtal i ekvationer
Boltzmanns konstant
kilo, en måttprefixenhet som står för 1000
tonlös velar klusil, en typ av konsonantljud
Förkortningen för ok/okej i chattspråk
Historia och användning
Bokstaven "K" härstammar från den grekiska bokstaven kappa, som i sin tur härstammar från den feniciska bokstaven "kap", vilken ursprungligen skulle föreställa en handflata. Bokstaven "K" föll dock snart ur bruk i latinet. K-ljudet skrevs sedan oftast med bokstaven C, och "Karthago" och "Kalendae" är de enda ord, som brukar stavas med K i latinsk text. Senare kom dock bokstaven "K" att återupplivas, så att den kunde beteckna k-ljud i de germanska språken. I bland annat svenska, norska, danska och tyska stavas i regel ord med k-ljud med bokstaven K, till skillnad från andra språk som normalt stavar ord med k-ljud med bokstaven C (i engelskan används dock K i ord med k-ljud framför mjuk vokal).
I svenskan, där bokstaven K i vissa fall används för att beteckna ett tj-ljud, uttalas bokstaven K normalt endast "k" framför hård vokal (a, o, u och å) medan den (med ett fåtal undantag) uttalas "tj" framför mjuk vokal (e, i, y, ä och ö) och bokstaven J (i bokstavskombinationen "kj" som i kjol).
Datateknik
I datorer lagras K samt förkomponerade bokstäver med K som bas och vissa andra varianter av K med följande kodpunkter:
I ASCII-baserade kodningar lagras K med värdet 0x4B (hexadecimalt) och k med värdet 0x6B (hexadecimalt).
I EBCDIC-baserade kodningar lagras K med värdet 0xD2 (hexadecimalt) och k med värdet 0x92 (hexadecimalt).
Övriga varianter av K lagras med olika värden beroende på vilken kodning som används, om de alls kan representeras.
Referenser
Noter
Latinska alfabetet | {
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The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Madrid tracking station on Wednesday, September 17. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on the spacecraft's position and speed can be viewed on the "Present Position" web page.
On-board activities this week included uplink of a Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument flight software mini sequence and flight software checkout, a Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) Ultrastable Oscillator test, RSS Periodic Instrument Maintenance, boresight calibration, pattern calibration, and quiet test, and a probe checkout.
Delivery Coordination Meetings were held for E-Kernel generation software, Mission Sequence Subsystem D9.1.1, and the electronic command request form V1.0.
Official port 2 delivery was completed as part of the Science Operations Plan implementation process for tour sequences S01, S02, S03, and S04.
A kickoff meeting was held for the Science Planning Team process for cruise sequence C43. | {
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Universal Analytics – Should Everyone Upgrade?
Check out this graphic image created by Google to promote the public beta release of Universal Analytics. What does it tell us? It looks like a mobile device, a shopping cart, a tablet, desktop, cash register and game console – all linked in to Google Analytics.
That's because this is what Universal Analytics is here to do – give business owners better and more complete information about how all their touchpoints work together to achieve outcomes (like sales). Universal Analytics has just been rolled out in a public beta, meaning anyone can now start using it. It's free to use, but you should know that it's also quite complicated and not necessarily going to be the magic marketing bullet for your particular business.
Universal Analytics is Google Analytics but with new features which allows businesses to get more understanding about how their customers move from offline to online, from mobile to desktop, between browsers and more. It is basically following your customer through the many touchpoints they use to interact with your business.
In relation to updating your tracking code – you can use Google Tag Manager to do this, and it is also a good idea not to remove your existing analytics tracking.
What New Features Does Universal Analytics Provide?
Custom dimensions and metrics – which means you can add new dimensions like phone calls, point of sales and other offline interactions.
How Will It Track Customers?
To track customer activity from offline to online and across browsers, you will need to assign customers a unique ID and have this associated with all their transactions on and offline. For example, you might use a sign-in form online to track across devices, or you might have a customer membership number to track offline and online(e.g. loyalty card).
If you can assign an ID to an action, you can track it and follow user behaviour. E.g. if you had people swipe a card at your event, at your store, or use the number in your mobile and on your site or on a phone call – you could understand their behaviour across all those touchpoints.
Accordingly, you will need to update your privacy policies and allow people the option of opting out.
How will Google Analytics get all this data? It will use their new Measurement Protocol to allow developers to make http requests to send raw data directly to the Google Analytics servers.
What Should I do with Existing Analytics Profiles and Code?
Because Universal Analytics is in beta, doesn't have a lot of community experience/support yet and is quite complicated – it's best to keep your Google Analytics code running as is for now. You can put the new snippet on your site alongside your old one, and have both running simultaneously.
You will also want to maintain your current profiles in analytics to maintain your history.
Before diving into Universal Analytics it would be a good idea to map out all the data you want to integrate, how you would do it, and what your reports might look like. If this is then considered valuable information to your business, you can go ahead and implement.
(even if only to use the same picture as us).
Some of our clients even show online revenue coming from Google images – although so far, we have only seen significant amounts for client sites based in the US.
The following is one of the reports we use to measure traffic from Google images. This shows the landing page the traffic has gone through to (although this won't be completely helpful if you have many images on the one page, as well as metrics which are important to the particular client (visits, conversions, whatever).
This report was created as a customised report as shown below, but you can also find this traffic by filtering your "referral traffic" for "/imgres".
We have found that for some clients this traffic is highly converting, but for others not so much. What it really depends on is how valuable you make these images for potential customers. For example – if you run a hairdressing salon and you have a gallery of 'wedding hair' pictures – you can help potential searchers turn into customers if on your image landing page you highlight other useful information available on your site – for example – Do's and don'ts for wedding hair, examples of your work, prices or reviews.
To optimise your image, and help it be found by Google – don't forget to add the alt attribute with a helpful name for your image. It also helps if you have a keyword rich file name (though not ridiculous). Specifying a width and height for your image can also make the page load faster, which is better for SEO.
It's useful for both human readers and search engines if you surround your image with relevant text, and finally, for usability and conversion, make the landing page clean and easy to navigate to other relevant information about that topic.
So what are you waiting for – aren't you keen to see what traffic your site is getting from Google Images?
Quick and Dirty explanation of the difference in Google Analytics between results which are labeled 'Not Set' and those labeled 'Not Provided' – and what each of these mean.
This means that the information about that visit, visitor or pageview was 'not set'. That is, it doesn't exist in Google Analytics.
Logical examples of this might be to say the 'mobile device' of visitors from desktop views, or the keyword of a direct visit, was 'not set' – because such information just does not exist. These kind of 'not set's most often occur in reports you build yourself, and not so much in the standard reports.
This term is used in the keywords report and is due to the privacy changes made by Google in recent times – any people who are logged in to Google while searching will have their natural search keywords blocked, and what you will see is 'not provided'. This is likely to be now listed as one of your biggest 'keywords' in your keywords report. This will not happen to Google Adwords clicks – you will still get to find out exactly what they typed in (hypocrisy much?).
While Google said it would be a small amount – for tech websites, and particularly online marketing websites, the percentage of blocked keywords is huge. For moomumedia.com it can be as high as 30%, and for others I'm sure it can be higher. | {
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