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JAMES L. NICHOLS, APPELLANT,
DENIS MCDONOUGH,
Before PIETSCH, Judge.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Note: Pursuant to U.S. Vet. App. R. 30(a),
this action may not be cited as precedent.
PIETSCH, Judge: The appellant, James L. Nichols, through counsel, appeals a July 21,
2020, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision that denied an effective date earlier than
September 29, 2014, for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).1
Record (R.) at 5-25. Mr. Nichols does not challenge the Board's denials of (1) service connection
for a wrist disability; (2) disability ratings higher than 10% each for left and right knee instability;
(3) disability ratings higher than 40% each for left and right knee limitation of extension; and (4)
disability ratings higher than 10% before February 7, 2020, for left and right knee degenerative
joint disease (DJD) with limitation of flexion. See Appellant's Brief (Br.) at 1-25. Therefore, the
Court deems those issues abandoned and will dismiss the appeal as to those issues. See Pederson
v. McDonald, 27 Vet.App. 276, 285 (2015) (en banc).
This appeal is timely and the Court has jurisdiction over the matter on appeal pursuant to
38 U.S.C. §§ 7252(a) and 7266. Single-judge disposition is appropriate when the issues are of
"relative simplicity" and "the outcome is not reasonably debatable." Frankel v. Derwinski,
1 The Board also granted TDIU effective from September 29, 2014, and granted 30% disability ratings for
the appellant's left and right knee DJD from February 7, 2020. The Board's determinations are favorable to the
appellant and the Court will not disturb them. See Medrano v. Nicholson, 21 Vet.App. 165, 170 (2007).
1 Vet.App. 23, 25-26 (1990). For the reasons that follow, the Court will vacate the part of the
Board's July 21, 2020, decision that denied an effective date earlier than September 29, 2014, for
TDIU, and remand the matter for further proceedings consistent with this decision.
I. BACKGROUND
Mr. Nichols served on active duty in the U.S. Army from May 1973 to February 1980. R.
at 2337, 2510. In June 2009, he filed claims for compensation and pension for bilateral shoulder
and knee disabilities and coronary artery disease. R. at 2655-70. In March 2010, a VA regional
office (RO) granted non-service-connected pension, finding that Mr. Nichols was unable to secure
and follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of coronary artery disease, hypertension,
diabetes, bilateral shoulder DJD, and bilateral knee arthralgia. R. at 2237-41. The RO denied
service connection for bilateral shoulder and knee disabilities and coronary artery disease. Id. Mr.
Nichols filed a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) with the denials of service connection in October
R. at 2315. In a December 2010 Statement of the Case (SOC), the RO continued the denials.
R. at 2272-96. In February 2011, Mr. Nichols appealed to the Board, requesting a hearing at a local
VA office. R. at 2267. In a July 2011 Supplemental SOC, the RO continued to deny the claims. R.
at 2210-20. In a November 2012 rating decision, the RO granted service connection for bilateral
shoulder DJD with a 20% disability rating for each shoulder, effective from August 3, 2009, and
granted service connection for bilateral knee DJD with a 10% disability rating for each knee
effective from August 3, 2009. R. at 1965-73. In an October 2013 rating decision, the RO granted
service connection for bilateral knee instability, with a 10% disability rating for each knee effective
from August 3, 2009. R. at 1852-54.
In September 2014, Mr. Nichols submitted a VA Form 21-4138, stating that "I am applying
for an increase in my current ratings for: 1. Bilateral shoulder [condition] and 2. Bilateral knees. I
am also applying for compensation for service-connected left wrist condition. Please review my
records from the Dallas VAMC." R. at 1808. In a December 2014 rating decision, the RO granted
service connection for a right knee surgical scar with a 0% evaluation effective from September
29, 2014, and the RO denied service connection for a left wrist condition. R. at 1702-07. The RO
also continued 20% disability ratings for Mr. Nichols's bilateral shoulder DJD, 10% disability
ratings for bilateral knee DJD, and 10% ratings for bilateral knee instability. Id. In March 2015,
Mr. Nichols disagreed with the ratings assigned for his knee conditions. R. at 1680-81. In a
December 2017 SOC, the RO continued the ratings for Mr. Nichols's knee conditions. R. at 1568-
Mr. Nichols appealed to the Board. R. at 1566. In August 2018, the RO again continued the
ratings for Mr. Nichols's knee conditions. R. at 1331-40.
In an April 2019 order, the Board remanded Mr. Nichols's claims to obtain new
examinations. R. at 1104-08. In May 2019, Mr. Nichols submitted a TDIU application based on
his shoulder and knee conditions. R. at 1079-81. His attorney attached a cover letter noting that
his request for TDIU "is included as part of the pending increased rating claims." R. at 1087. In an
August 2019 rating decision, the RO granted 40% disability ratings for limitation of extension of
the left knee and right knee, continued 10% ratings for DJD for each knee and 10% ratings for
instability for each knee, and denied TDIU. R. at 378-82.
In October 2019, Mr. Nichols requested higher-level review of the TDIU denial, opting in
to VA's modernized appeals system. R. at 314-15. In a January 2020 rating decision, the RO
granted TDIU based on Mr. Nichols's bilateral shoulder DJD and bilateral knee DJD with
instability, effective from August 9, 2017, the date the Agency received his intent to file an
increased-rating claim for his bilateral shoulder DJD. R. at 269. In February 2020, Mr. Nichols
acknowledged that the RO had granted TDIU effective from August 2017, but he requested that
the Board adjudicate his eligibility for TDIU as part of his appeals for increased ratings for bilateral
knee disabilities, bilateral shoulder disabilities, and service connection for a left wrist disability
and thoracolumbar spine condition that he asserted had been pending "since at least September
2014." R. at 140-41.
In the July 2020 decision on appeal, the Board, citing Rice v. Shinseki, 22 Vet.App. 447
(2009), took jurisdiction of a claim for TDIU before August 9, 2017. R. at 9. The Board noted that
before August 9, 2017, Mr. Nichols was service connected for bilateral shoulder DJD and bilateral
knee disabilities, and that his combined disability rating for those conditions was 60%. R. at 22.
The Board found that August 2012 examinations showed that Mr. Nichols's bilateral knee
disabilities and bilateral shoulder disabilities affected his ability to work, noting that Mr. Nichols
had been unemployed since 2008 and previously worked as a shop manager. R. at 23. The Board
also noted that in a November 2014 examination, Mr. Nichols's shoulder disabilities affected his
ability to perform any occupational task, and that he had been awarded Social Security disability
benefits as a result of his bilateral knee and shoulder disabilities. Id. The Board discussed Mr.
Nichols's report that he was laid off in 2008 and tried to return to work later that year, but his
shoulder and knee disabilities made it difficult to perform manual work, and shoulder and knee
pain and pain medications diminished his concentration in sedentary work. R. at 24. The Board
granted TDIU effective from September 29, 2014, the date VA received his increased-rating claims
for his bilateral knee and shoulder disabilities. R. at 25.
On appeal, Mr. Nichols argues that the Board should have construed his September 2014
increased-rating claim also as an NOD with the RO's October 2013 rating decision for his knee
instability. Appellant's Br. at 14-18. Therefore, Mr. Nichols argues that he contested his initial
disability ratings and the Board should have considered whether he was entitled to TDIU from his
original 2009 compensation claim. Id. at 21-23. He also argues that the Board erred in failing to
discuss his 2009 award of non-service-connected pension benefits, which was based in part on his
shoulder and knee disabilities, for which, he asserts, he continually pursued benefits since 2009.
Id. at 18-20. Finally, he argues that the Board inadequately explained how it applied Rice to his
increased-rating claims for bilateral knee and shoulder disabilities but did not address the RO's
failure in November 2012 and October 2013 rating decisions to grant TDIU in its initial grant of
service connection for those disabilities. Id. at 24.
The Secretary argues that the Board properly based the effective date for TDIU on the
September 2014 increased-rating claims, and the Secretary urges the Court to decline to consider
Mr. Nichols's argument that his September 2014 submission was also an NOD contesting the RO's
October 2013 rating decision because Mr. Nichols did not make this argument before the Board.
Secretary's Br. at 8-12. Alternatively, the Secretary argues that Mr. Nichols's September 2014
increased-rating claims could not have been an NOD with the October 2013 rating decision, and
there is no other way that TDIU could have been pending earlier than September 2014, and
therefore any Board error is not prejudicial. Id. at 12-15. The Secretary asserts that because Mr.
Nichols did not file an NOD with the RO's November 2012 or October 2013 decisions, Mr.
Nichols's remaining arguments are moot because the Board did not have jurisdiction to consider
whether the RO failed in adjudicating TDIU in the November 2012 or October 2013
determinations. Id. at 15-17.
II. ANALYSIS
TDIU will be awarded when a veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful
occupation as a result of service-connected disabilities. 38 C.F.R. § 4.16 (2021); see Hatlestad v.
Brown, 5 Vet.App. 524, 529 (1993) ("[T]he central inquiry in determining whether a veteran is
entitled to a TDIU rating is whether the veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are of
sufficient severity to produce unemployability."). When such unemployability is shown and the
veteran meets certain numeric evaluation requirements, the Board may award TDIU in the first
instance. 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
Where a claimant seeks a higher disability rating and evidence of unemployability is of
record, VA must consider entitlement to a TDIU. Comer v. Peake, 552 F.3d 1362, 1366 (Fed. Cir.
2009) (holding that VA must consider TDIU as part of the issue of the proper disability rating
whenever there is "cogent evidence of unemployability, regardless of whether [the claimant] states
specifically that he is seeking TDIU benefits"). TDIU may also arise in the adjudication of an
initial disability rating. Rice v. Shinseki, 22 Vet.App. 447, 453 (2009) (holding that "a request for
TDIU, whether expressly raised by a veteran or reasonably raised by the record, is not a separate
claim for benefits, but rather involves an attempt to obtain an appropriate rating for a disability or
disabilities"). In Harper v. Wilkie, the Court held that, if a claimant files an NOD seeking a higher
evaluation for a service-connected disability and, during the processing of that appeal, files a
request for TDIU based on the same disability, the request for TDIU becomes part and parcel of
the appeal that was the subject of the NOD unless and until the claimant is either granted TDIU
for the entire period on appeal or the claimant withdraws the appeal. 30 Vet.App. 356, 361 (2018).
The Court made clear that, in those circumstances, an award of TDIU does not bifurcate the appeal
or create a jurisdictionally separate matter for which a separate NOD must be filed. Id. at 361-62.
The Board's determination of the proper effective date for disability compensation,
including TDIU, is a finding of fact that the Court reviews under the "clearly erroneous" standard
of review. See Evans v. West, 12 Vet.App. 396, 401 (1999); Hanson v. Brown, 9 Vet.App. 29, 32
(1996); see also 38 U.S.C. § 7261(a)(4). "'A factual finding is 'clearly erroneous' when although
there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite
and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.'" Hersey v. Derwinski, 2 Vet.App. 91, 94
(1992) (quoting United States v. U.S. Gypsum Co., 333 U.S. 364, 395 (1948)).
The Board must provide a statement of the reasons or bases for its determination, adequate
to enable an appellant to understand the precise basis for the Board's decision as well as to facilitate
review in this Court. 38 U.S.C. § 7104(d)(1); Allday v. Brown, 7 Vet.App. 517, 527 (1995); Gilbert
v. Derwinski, 1 Vet.App. 49, 52 (1990). To comply with this requirement, the Board must analyze
the credibility and probative value of the evidence, account for the evidence it finds persuasive or
unpersuasive, and provide the reasons for rejecting any material evidence favorable to the
claimant. Caluza v. Brown, 7 Vet.App. 498, 506 (1995), aff'd per curiam, 78 F.3d 604 (Fed. Cir.
1996) (table).
Though the Secretary urges the Court not to consider Mr. Nichols's arguments about his
September 2014 submission because he did not raise them before the Agency, the Court need only
consider them to the extent they are entwined with his other reasons-or-bases arguments. Mr.
Nichols argues that the Board inadequately explained how it found that a TDIU claim "attached to
the underlying disability claim streams" for his bilateral knee and shoulder disabilities. Appellant's
Br. at 24. He argues that if his September 2014 submission was an NOD or if the RO failed to
adjudicate TDIU with its initial adjudication of his claims in November 2012 and October 2013,
the issue of entitlement to TDIU as early as August 2009 remained open. Id. at 15, 21.
The Court agrees that the Board's failure to explain how Rice applied in the context of an
effective date earlier than August 9, 2017, for TDIU prevents effective judicial review of Mr.
Nichols's arguments. At first reading, it appears the Board may have intended to find that Mr.
Nichols's September 29, 2014, submission raised entitlement to TDIU under Rice. R. at 25. Yet
the Board never stated that TDIU was part and parcel of Mr. Nichols's September 29, 2014, claims.
The RO had already granted TDIU as part of Mr. Nichols's increased-rating claims for shoulder
and knee disabilities, finding that they had been pending since August 9, 2017. R. at 269. And the
Board explained that it was taking jurisdiction over the issue of an earlier effective date for TDIU,
thereby possibly subsuming any RO decision that failed to adjudicate TDIU. See Manning v. Principi, 16 Vet.App. 534, 541 (2002) (explaining that "a later [Board] decision's delayed subsuming of an RO decision occurs only where the Board decided the same issue that the RO decided and where the RO decision and [Board] review were based on the same factual basis"(citing Brown v. West, 203 F.3d 1378, 1381-82 (Fed. Cir. 2000)). The Board's lack of explanation
of which claims encompassed TDIU frustrates the Court's review of Mr. Nichols's argument that
a TDIU request remained open from August 2009. See Allday, 7 Vet.App. at 527; see also Gilbert,
1 Vet.App. at 56-57.
The Court must consider whether the Board's error was prejudicial. 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(2);
see also Shinseki v. Sanders, 556 U.S. 396, 407-10 (2009). The Secretary argues that even if the
RO erred in failing to adjudicate TDIU as part of Mr. Nichols's initial compensation claims, the
Board did not have jurisdiction to address that error because Mr. Nichols did not file an NOD with
the November 2012 or October 2013 rating decisions. Secretary's Br. at 16-17. The Court disagrees
and finds the error prejudicial. First, the Secretary's argument is premised on a finding that Mr.
Nichols's September 2014 submission was not an NOD, a finding based on an analysis the Board
did not perform, and an issue that, if it was reasonably raised, is an open issue. See Tadlock v.
McDonough, 5 F.4th 1327, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2021) (holding that the Court's statutory duty to
consider prejudicial error "does not give it the right to make de novo findings of fact or otherwise
resolve matters that are open to debate"). Second, even if Mr. Nichols had not filed an NOD with
the November 2012 or October 2013 rating decisions, that would not prevent the Board from
referring an unadjudicated claim to the RO if the Board found it was warranted. See Godfrey v.
Brown, 7 Vet.App. 398, 419 (1995).
Accordingly, the Court will remand the matter for the Board to explain how it took
jurisdiction over a claim for TDIU before August 9, 2017, including which claim TDIU was "part
and parcel" of, and to address whether a TDIU request remained pending earlier than
September 29, 2014. See Tucker v. West, 11 Vet.App. 369, 374 (1998) (remand is appropriate
"where the Board has incorrectly applied the law, failed to provide an adequate statement of
reasons or bases for its determinations, or where the record is otherwise inadequate").
Because the claim is being remanded, the Court need not, at this time, address Mr. Nichols's
other arguments. See Best v. Principi, 15 Vet.App. 18, 20 (2001) (per curiam order) (holding that
"[a] narrow decision preserves for the appellant an opportunity to argue those claimed errors before
the Board at the readjudication, and, of course, before this Court in an appeal, should the Board
rule against him"). On remand, the Board must proceed expeditiously, in accordance with
38 U.S.C. § 7112 (requiring the Secretary to provide for "expeditious treatment" of claims
remanded by the Court).
III. CONCLUSION
After considering the foregoing analysis and the parties' briefs, and after reviewing the
record, the Court VACATES the part of the Board's July 21, 2020, decision denying an effective
date earlier than September 29, 2014, for TDIU and REMANDS the matter for further proceedings
consistent with this decision. The Court DISMISSES the appeal of the part of the Board's July 21,
2020, decision that denied service connection for a wrist disability, disability ratings higher than
10% for left and right knee instability, disability ratings higher than 40% for left and right knee
limitation of extension, and disability ratings higher than 10% before February 7, 2020, for left
and right knee DJD with limitation of flexion.
DATED: January 11, 2022
Copies to:
Jonathan W. Greene, Esq.
VA General Counsel (027)


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Rioting Disappears from Drive-By Media Because It Hurts Democrats
RUSH: When was the last time you saw any video on the news of rioting, looting, firebombing, cars burning, people beating up cops? You might see in New York, you know, a couple seconds of a mob attacking a cop. But when is the last time you saw any rioting? You might think that they have stopped because you don't see it, but it isn't true.
There was another massive protest last night in downtown Portland, the 45th consecutive day of rioting and looting but Portland, and no news. No video. Not on the Drive-By, not on MSNBC, CNN, not even Fox. Now, normally we would get breathless, almost orgasmic coverage of these riots and anything anti-America, Black Lives Matter, Antifa. The Drive-Bys would zoom in on it, and they would just amplify it, they would endorse it, they would talk about what heroes these people are.
And now zip, zero, nada.
Certainly I can't be the only one noticing this. Maybe I am because that's how observant I am. (interruption) No, no, no, no. I think that the Drive-Bys, the Democrats in the media have moved on because I think, like so much of this crap going on on the left, I think they now have evidence that it is hurting their cause, it is hurting the Democrats, it's hurting Biden.
And it's ending up being good for Trump. People don't want to see this stuff happening in their country, and they certainly don't endorse it and support it. That the media thought that it would in the first place is an indication of how out of touch they've always been and at present are.
RUSH: Did you hear that Trump has denied the request by the Minnesota governor for $500 million to repair damage from the riots? Don't you just love this? I'm gonna tell you, there are more people out there that the polling people will never find who are gonna support Donald Trump.
Scott Adams, who is the cartoon guy, Dilbert, whatever. He did his own Twitter poll, 36,000 people responded to it. An incredible number of people responded. They are scared to death to tell anybody they're gonna vote for Trump, including pollsters. They will not do it. And he thinks that it could account for two to three percent if not more of the skewed data that are published in modern-day presidential polls.
Along those lines, how many of you have run across anybody in the course of your day that says, "Man. I cannot wait. I'm so excited. I want to vote for Joe Biden"? How many people like that have you run into? Jason Chaffetz made that point last night on Fox. That's a great point. There isn't any enthusiasm for Biden.
I'll tell you who's co-opted it. The Joe Biden agenda is actually the Bernie Sanders agenda, it's almost to a T, and it's what they had to do to keep the Bernie voters from defecting our sitting out. But there isn't an energy for Biden. And they want you to believe that there is. But there is zip, zero, nada. What there is is energy for anti-Trump. And there are people that are gonna vote Democrat no matter who the Democrat on the ballot is.
But in terms of personal enthusiasm or a bond, Biden has no bond with any voters. He doesn't have a connection. Not at all. Certainly nothing approaching the bond or connection that Trump has. And yet we're told that the desire and the energy and the support is all for Biden and massive numbers. The fact is Biden's numbers are starting to come down even in the fraudulent Drive-By Media polls. I will explain this as the program unfolds.
Yep. "President Trump has denied a request from Minnesota's governor for money to rebuild parts of Minneapolis that were destroyed during the riots following the death of George Floyd. 'The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support,' Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office said in a statement. 'As we navigate one of the most difficult periods in our state's history, we look for support from our federal government to help us through.'"
Well, exactly what are you guys doing to help Trump? You guys allow your own city to be torn apart and you support the people tearing it apart, you put in jail anybody who might be trying to stop it, and you expect to be bailed out for this? I think we need to make all of these Democrat-run hellholes clean up their own mess. We know they don't know how. That's why they are messes now and have been for a while and will remain so as long as they remain in charge.
RUSH: I mentioned earlier today that — and please don't anybody misunderstand me here. I was telling Kathryn last night, we were watching — not gonna even tell you which one — we were watching a program on Fox, and somebody's talking about things, and I hit the pause button, I looked at Kathryn, said, "Isn't it great to hear what I think out of the mouths of others?"
And she looked at me and said, "Will you grow up?" I just smiled at her. She was saying, "Rush, everybody gets everything they say stolen. Doesn't matter." I know. It's good, though. I do enjoy it because, look, I don't want to be only guy saying what I'm saying. We need to get the word out. So, you know, I have this phrase that I use all the time. "It is what it is." I'm the mayor of Realville. I am Mr. Literal, and that is the way I philosophically express it. Whatever it is, it is what it is. It's not what you wish it was. It's not anything else. It is what it is.
It's another way of saying, you've got to face the truth. You have to face reality. Well, a good friend of the program — we've cited his work constantly on this program — Roger Kimball writing at American Greatness had a piece out over the weekend called, "It's All About November 3rd."
And I want to share some pull quotes from the piece because, like the Conrad Black piece from last week that I shared, it's confidence inspiring. And it's also great to know that there are other people who think and see things this way. I'm sure many of you the same thing could be said. Here's how his piece begins.
"The Democrats thought they could ride the tiger to victory. Instead, they will be consumed by the monster they created but could not control." That's the subheadline to the headline, "It's All About November 3rd."
Here's how the column from Mr. Kimball begins. "'Everything is what it is, and not another thing.' That lapidary observation from the Sermons (1726) of Joseph, Bishop Butler, is one of the most profound philosophical observations I have ever encountered. One of the simplest, too. In nine short words, it introduces a principle of mental hygiene that Marxists, Freudians, Hegelians, astrologers, sociobiologists, and other lovers of mystification ignore at their–or, more to the point, at our–peril."
Everything is what it is, and not another thing.
"Butler's chief target was what we now call the selfish theory of human nature–the 'strange affection in many people of explaining away all particular affections, and representing the whole of life as nothing but one continued exercise in self-love.' Butler zeros in on the fundamental confusion that nurtures this unflattering view of humanity. It is this: a (deliberate?) confusion between the proposition that we cannot knowingly act except from a desire or interest which is our own, and the proposition that all of our actions are self-interested," and of course that that's bad.
"I begin with Bishop Butler's incandescent observation because I am going to say a few words that might seem–but only seem–to contradict them. As we look around at American society today, what do we see? A confusing m?lange that seems partly mindless, partly vicious. Our response to the latest Chinese import, the novel coronavirus–what was that? How long will we be in sorting out the petty and sometimes murderous tyrannies enacted by various state governors and other officials?"
Let me translate. How long is it gonna be before some of these governors in these blue states are called to account for what they did? I.e., Cuomo. How long will we be in sorting out the murderous tyrannies enacted by various state governors? And it's not just Cuomo, and it's not just the coronavirus. It's the allowing of the destruction of private property and these riots and lootings. It's Democrat governors that permitted that. For how long are they gonna get away with it?
"And what about the malignant nonsense that is Black Lives Matter? How did that happen? How is it that celebrities, major corporations, and tony schools and colleges experienced simultaneous multiple paroxysms of woke self-abasement because a lowlife career criminal with serious cardiac problems died in police custody?"
So he's asking, okay, George Floyd was horribly treated, but why in the world does that lead to celebrities, major corporations, their CEOs, and all these best-and-brightest schools experiencing at the same time the woke self-abuse and self-abasement? When did this all happen? Why?
"How do you go from an arrest in Minneapolis to the desecration of the Lincoln Memorial, the looting and burning of businesses across the country, and a regime of racially based (and racially biased) communal penance?"
How does this happen?
"I do not believe I am violating the principle of Bishop Butler's argument when I say that almost everything happening in our society–all the craziness, all the posturing, all the distracting noise, exaggeration, and downright mendacity–all of it is not about itself but about something else, and that something else is Donald Trump."
Exactly right, Mr. Kimball. You know, that's why there are conspiracy theories out there. I encounter this in the comments section of sports websites that I occasionally read. It goes something like, after the election the virus is gonna cease to exist if the Democrats win. Meaning, if the Democrats unseat Trump and win the presidency, the virus will still be out there, but you won't hear about it.
There won't be demands from Dr. Fauci every day. There won't be demands for lockdowns. There won't be demands for shutdowns. There won't be demands for anything like what we're having now because the objective of all this is to get rid of Donald Trump, and if this stuff works and we get rid of Donald Trump using all this stuff, this stuff will cease to exist as big-time news stories.
"The unremitting, monolithic wall of noise that has been crashing against Donald Trump since election day 2016 has gotten louder and louder, more cacophonous, more furious, more irrational. … It is all of that which Donald Trump came to office to sweep clean, like Hercules confronting the Augean stables. The first time around the reaction was a compact of contempt and ridicule, but that was only because Trump could not win. The smartest people in the world–Bill Kristol, Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Maddow–they all knew he couldn't win. So they didn't come together in a single caterwauling primal scream to stop him.
"This time they have. And since they control almost all the major megaphones, it can sometimes seem that everyone is against Donald Trump and no one is for him. It can seem that way, but of course it is not. And that is chiefly for two reasons. First, there are those 63 million voters–perhaps it will be 66 or 68 million this time. Voters whose voices you don't hear in the pages of the New York Times and whose rigged Google searches and Facebook hot spots somehow leave out of account. They're sitting at home watching their cities burn, watching monuments to Columbus, to Washington and Thomas Jefferson be defaced or toppled. They see that, and they hear a nonstop litany telling them how racist they are and how evil America is.
"And just about now, a great chasm is opening up. The choice, they see, is not so much between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. It is between the America they love–that Donald Trump celebrates–and the out-of-control forces of anti-American hatred that, though he does not understand them, Joe Biden manages to blink and nod and gibber around.
"Everything that is happening between now and November 3 is about November 3. But the fundamental choice is not really Donald Trump or Joe Biden. It is civilization and America on one side, anarchy and woke tyranny on the other. The Democrats thought they could ride the tiger to victory. Instead, they will be consumed by the monster they created but could not control."
The point being, all of this anti-Americanism as illustrated by the destruction of America's greatness, the monuments, the history, his belief is the vast majority of the American people want no part of this. They don't celebrate this. They don't hate their country. They don't hate, period. And they are sick and tired of having to have this stuff force-fed to them on the news.
And it's going to backfire, is the theory. The Democrats are slowly but surely going to become aware of this, and it will be seen in declining poll numbers for Plugs. But it's gonna be instinctively deduced as well, and it already has been. It's why I'm making the point here that you no longer see video news coverage of rioting. You couldn't escape it just weeks ago.
Now you can't find it because they know it isn't helpful. That, try as hard as they did, they have failed to convince a majority of Americans that their country sucks and needs to be turned over to people like Black Lives Matter. There just isn't the sentiment for that among the American population.
RUSH: King County, Washington — this is Seattle – "A King County Superior Court judge has approved a petition for an election to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan." Seattle Times reports the ruling last Friday on charges filed by a group of five people last month. They want to get rid of her. They want to recall her. The thing is, who they gonna replace her with? I mean, all they have is people like that in Seattle, isn't it? What are you gonna do, go get Bill Gates to fill the job? Some malaria expert?
Seriously, Mr. Snerdley. Who they gonna get? (interruption) Well, we know there's not a Democrat alive who can solve a problem. So if they recall her, fine and dandy, they recall her, but I don't know what advantage it's gonna give them, other than making them feel good. It is fascinating they want to. There's at least a hopeful sign there.
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When I remove extension: "doc|csv|pdf|docx", it works perfectly fine , with extension check its giving error  Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'call' of undefined

A: This is your best clue and explains it perfectly:

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Following is a reproduction of a press release from the Queensland Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading, the Honourable Peter Lawlor.
A Mackay woman who made misleading and deceptive claims about a mineral supplement has been ordered by the Brisbane Supreme Court to discontinue providing intravenous treatment to cancer patients. Minister for Fair Trading Peter Lawlor said unregistered health provider Jillian Margaret Newlands was caught administering a concoction made from a mixture of citric acid and sodium chlorite to cancer sufferers and claiming the product cured cancer.
"The Office of Fair Trading was alerted to Ms Newland's activities following a Health Quality Complaints Commission investigation. The Office of Fair Trading sought an injunction under the Fair Trading Act 1989 to prevent her from misleading and deceiving consumers," Mr Lawlor said.
"Ms Newlands has no formal qualifications as a nurse or naturopath," Mr Lawlor said. "Ms Newlands went so far as to inject her 'patients' with a 'miracle mineral supplement' while dishonestly promoting its benefits with no scientific basis for her claims.
"Ms Newlands was ordered to pay court costs of more than $12,000 and has also been restrained from making any claims she is able to treat, cure, or benefit any person suffering from cancer" he said. "She charged cancer sufferers up to $2000 for treatment services she administered in her home garage and went so far as to advise one cancer patient not to pursue chemotherapy treatment".
"There was no evidence of any sterile handling techniques or any proper storage of medical utensils and equipment used by Ms Newlands at her home. "This sort of deceptive conduct is completely unacceptable.
If consumers have concerns in regards to their dealings with Jillian Newlands, they should visit their nearest healthcare professional immediately.
This story begins with an investigation by A Current Affair earlier this year, with the help of our very own Loretta Marron, where she went undercover with a hidden camera. You can watch the video below.
News articles of the story today cite evidence from a cancer patient who was told not to seek chemotherapy treatment. This cancer patient is our very own Loretta. In fact, it was her who contacted the QLD Health Complaints Commission and told them to get in touch with A Current Affair for the footage.
Readers of my Zone blog would also be aware that it is illegal in NSW to claim to cure incurable illnesses including cancer, in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Unregistered Practitioners. Perhaps QLD will one day get a similar code, but in the meantime I applaud the hard work and tenacity of Loretta Marron and congratulate her on her continued efforts to protect the vulnerable and sick from opportunistic quacks.
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ETSU vs USC Upstate (Mar 06, 2019)
ETSU at USC Upstate (Game 2)
Mar 06, 2019 at Spartanburg, S.C. (Cyrill Stadium)
ETSU 0 (10-7-2)
Lauren Lee ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jordan Durbin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
Malloree Schurr cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nikki Grupp 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1
Kylie Toler c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Robinson c 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Tiffany Laughren dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanessa Elliott lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0
Julia Fritz 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0
Demi Coleman rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Kelly Schmidt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
USC Upstate 3 (15-3)
PRICE, S. ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 1
WRIGHT, K. rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
CASE, B. lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
LANOUX, M. dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
SHEEHY, R. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAKES, A. c 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 1
DORGAN, A. 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1
GRIGSBY, S. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OBIER, M. 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
HUSSEY, K. 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
MILLER, R. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HELTON, M. cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
HILL, E. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 8 3 2 0 21 12 8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
ETSU................ 000 000 0 -  0  2  1
USC Upstate......... 030 000 X -  3  8  0
E - Durbin(2). LOB - ETSU 2; USC Upstate 8. HR - OAKES, A.(7); OBIER, M.(2). HBP - PRICE, S.. SB - PRICE, S. 2(13); SHEEHY, R.(3); MILLER, R.(2); HELTON, M.(11). CS - CASE, B.(1).
ETSU ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Kelly Schmidt L,4-4 6.0 8 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 29 13 4
USC Upstate ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
HILL, E. W,5-3 7.0 2 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 23 23 2 12
Win - HILL, E. (5-3). Loss - Schmidt (4-4). Save - None. WP - HILL, E.(3). HBP - by Schmidt (PRICE, S.).
Start: 4:03 pm Time: 1:29 Attendance: 79
Weather: 47 degrees, sunny
ETSU at USC Upstate (Game 2) - Composite Box Score
ETSU ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
Lee ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Durbin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1
Schurr cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grupp 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
Toler c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robinson c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Laughren dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elliott lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
Fritz 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
Coleman rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
USC Upstate ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
PRICE, S. ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
WRIGHT, K. rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CASE, B. lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
LANOUX, M. dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHEEHY, R. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAKES, A. c 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
DORGAN, A. 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
GRIGSBY, S. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OBIER, M. 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
HUSSEY, K. 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MILLER, R. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HELTON, M. cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HILL, E. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 8 3 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 12 0
ETSU starters: 4/ss Lee; 22/2b Durbin; 88/cf Schurr; 7/3b Grupp; 18/c Toler; 19/dh Laughren; 5/lf Elliott; 10/1b Fritz; 13/rf Coleman; 12/p Schmidt;
USC Upstate starters: 7/ss PRICE, S.; 19/rf WRIGHT, K.; 32/lf CASE, B.; 4/dh LANOUX, M.; 28/c OAKES, A.; 17/1b DORGAN, A.; 12/2b OBIER, M.; 2/3b HUSSEY, K.; 21/cf HELTON, M.; 1/p HILL, E.;
ETSU 1st - Lee singled to center field. Lee advanced to second on a wild pitch. Durbin struck out swinging. Schurr grounded out to 3b; Lee advanced to third. Grupp struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USC Upstate 1st - PRICE, S. walked. PRICE, S. stole second. WRIGHT, K. grounded out to 2b; PRICE, S. advanced to third. CASE, B. lined out to 2b. LANOUX, M. popped up to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
ETSU 2nd - Toler flied out to lf. Laughren grounded out to ss. Elliott struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
USC Upstate 2nd - Robinson to c for Toler. OAKES, A. homered to center field, RBI. DORGAN, A. flied out to lf. OBIER, M. homered to center field, RBI. HUSSEY, K. fouled out to ss. HELTON, M. singled to left center. HELTON, M. stole second. PRICE, S. singled to left field, RBI; HELTON, M. scored. PRICE, S. stole second. WRIGHT, K. lined out to lf. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
ETSU 3rd - Fritz struck out swinging. Coleman struck out swinging. Lee grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
USC Upstate 3rd - CASE, B. singled to shortstop. LANOUX, M. singled to center field; CASE, B. advanced to second. SHEEHY, R. pinch ran for LANOUX, M.. CASE, B. out at second 2b to 1b to 3b to ss, caught stealing. OAKES, A. fouled out to ss. SHEEHY, R. stole second. DORGAN, A. popped up to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
ETSU 4th - Durbin struck out swinging. Schurr grounded out to 3b. Grupp grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
USC Upstate 4th - OBIER, M. grounded out to 3b. HUSSEY, K. walked. MILLER, R. pinch ran for HUSSEY, K.. HELTON, M. flied out to rf. MILLER, R. stole second. PRICE, S. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
ETSU 5th - HUSSEY, K. to 3b for MILLER, R.. Robinson grounded out to 3b. Laughren grounded out to 3b. Elliott grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
USC Upstate 5th - WRIGHT, K. popped up to 3b. CASE, B. fouled out to lf. LANOUX, M. to dh for SHEEHY, R.. LANOUX, M. reached on an error by 2b. OAKES, A. fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
ETSU 6th - Fritz grounded out to 2b. Coleman lined out to 1b. Lee singled up the middle. Durbin reached on a fielder's choice; Lee out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USC Upstate 6th - DORGAN, A. singled to shortstop. GRIGSBY, S. pinch ran for DORGAN, A.. OBIER, M. flied out to rf. HUSSEY, K. singled through the right side; GRIGSBY, S. advanced to second. HELTON, M. flied out to lf. PRICE, S. hit by pitch; HUSSEY, K. advanced to second; GRIGSBY, S. advanced to third. WRIGHT, K. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
ETSU 7th - DORGAN, A. to 1b for GRIGSBY, S.. Schurr grounded out to ss. Grupp grounded out to 2b. Robinson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
ETSU at USC Upstate (Game 2) - Plate Appearance Breakdown
ETSU tpa ab h bb hp sh sf ci left right ops rnrs ops 2outs off% full on3rd adv lob rbi out out
Lee ss 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Durbin 2b 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Schurr cf 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 0
Grupp 3b 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Toler c 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Robinson c 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Laughren dh 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Elliott lf 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Fritz 1b 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Coleman rf 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 23 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-23 0-0 0-3 0-4 1-4 1-8 1-7 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 12 2
ETSU bf ab h bb hp sh sf ci 2b 3b hr wp bk kl left right rnrs 2out off% out out np
Schmidt 29 26 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2-10 6-16 3-15 2-9 4-6 4 13 108
USC Upstate tpa ab h bb hp sh sf ci left right ops rnrs ops 2outs off% full on3rd adv lob rbi out out
PRICE, S. ss 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
WRIGHT, K. rf 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-4 0-3 0-3 1-3 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 2 2
CASE, B. lf 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2
LANOUX, M. dh 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-3 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1
SHEEHY, R. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
OAKES, A. c 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
DORGAN, A. 1b 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
GRIGSBY, S. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
OBIER, M. 2b 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1
HUSSEY, K. 3b 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
MILLER, R. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
HELTON, M. cf 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
HILL, E. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 29 26 8 2 1 0 0 0 0-0 8-26 1-9 3-15 5-16 2-9 4-6 0-1 0-1 1 8 1 4 13
USC Upstate bf ab h bb hp sh sf ci 2b 3b hr wp bk kl left right rnrs 2out off% out out np
HILL, E. 23 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-7 0-16 0-4 1-8 1-7 12 2 76
USC Upstate 3, ETSU 0 (Mar 06, 2019 at Spartanburg, S.C.) (Game 2)
ETSU................ 000 000 0 -  0  2  1      (10-7-2)
USC Upstate......... 030 000 X -  3  8  0      (15-3)
Pitchers: ETSU - Kelly Schmidt and Kylie Toler; Taylor Robinson. USC Upstate - HILL, E. and
OAKES, A..
Win-HILL, E.(5-3)  Loss-Kelly Schmidt(4-4)  T-1:29  A-79
HR UPST - OAKES, A. (7); OBIER, M. (2).


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Movie Review: Black Panther
We have some friends who are expecting a baby in the next few months and they generously offered to babysit for us while husby and I had a date night last night. So, we went to sushi and then saw Black Panther over at the fancy movie theater with the leather seats.
It's a really fun superhero movie!
Stop reading now if you don't like spoilers because I'm going in with zero regard.
Are you still reading?
Are you sure you're ready for the spoilers?
You'd better be ready because I'm only going to warn you one more time.
SPOILER WARNING!!
That was it. That was your last warning, so here goes.
The movie starts up right after the Wakandan king, T'Chaka, was killed in that explosion in Captain America: Civil War. T'Challa has returned and he's being crowned king. His first major decision is to avenge his farther and track down this guy named Klaue who was behind that deadline explosion.
This mission goes sideways because T'Challa's long-lost cousin is a guy named Erik, AKA Killmonger, wants to take the throne to avenge the murder of his father by T'Chaka. So, the movie is spent with T'Challa re-claiming his throne and reaching the decision that Wakanda should not remain secret from the world forever.
The structure of the movie is a very, very standard three-act story. Perhaps this is because I've been spending so much time thinking about story structure, but I found it pretty predictable. Like, "Oh, they look like they're going to win, but they won't because they aren't the hero of this story." or "Oh, we want him to win, but he can't. This is where our hero needs to hit rock bottom, so his defeat here needs to be really devastating." or "This character is on a redemption arc, so even though he was being mean, he's probably a good guy now." or "They need one more try-fail cycle before wrapping this up."
I don't regard this sort of predictability as a bad thing. Genre fiction operates on lots of tropes and the use of tropes is not inherently bad. This movie is well-paced and the tight structure actually ensures that it remains exciting and hits all the right notes at the right time. It's WHY the movie is so fun to watch as a story.
The characters in the movie are wonderful. Shuri is my favorite. She has a youthful energy and humor that I enjoyed quite a lot. Also, she's the geek in the royal family, so she has the best toys. I also like Ayo a lot because she's just a pure badass.
I also really love the styling in the movie. From the clothing to the architecture to the music to the way they use technology, the filmmakers drew heavily on African design motifs. It's gorgeous and different from almost everything else out there. Wakanda, as a city of the future, isn't composed of buildings that look like crystals. Their vehicles don't resemble tanks or suppositories — at least not very much. Instead, they use patterns from African textiles both in the clothing and the decor. And most things incorporate elements that seem to be drawn from nature. So, they have flying vehicles that look like bees and the buildings all incorporate trees and natural elements.
I will say: I did NOT like how some of the buildings were simply made to look like futuristic huts. For instance, there's a skyscraper with an awning on it that looks like someone made it from metal palm fronds. It felt like whoever was behind those items was drawing too literally on the historical African housing rather than extrapolating the aesthetic and positing what it would be in the future.
But overall the styling is gorgeous and it has me looking more into Afrofuturism.
The movie also touches on ideas around colonialism, race, welfare, and identity. Unfortunately, I think it touches too lightly on these elements. The motivations of the bad guy on a personal level are perfectly intelligible, but at the political level are unjustified and to the extent that one can understand exactly what he wants to accomplish are preposterous. It seems like he wants to overthrow all governments and create a global culture in which black people rule supreme. He doesn't SAY that, but it seems like that's where he's going.
All the characters are each so unique and individualized, that I was disappointed that T'Challa and the heroes never stop the bad guys to point out that Killmonger is treating black people like racist white people treat them. He's just doing it because he thinks he knows what's best for them rather than how he could exploit them. Instead, it seems like T'Challa accepts some of the bad guy's ethical premises.
Anyway. The film really does not give much detail on these arguments. The format and pacing really prevent deep philosophical debates around what Wakanda should do with its immense wealth and futuristic technology. But it is part of the story.
So, overall, it's a really fun, exciting movie. You should definitely go see it.
OH. If you're hoping that Chadwick Boseman and Michael B Jordan will make out, I'm sorry to report that it does not happen.
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Having a Redmond vehicle insurance plan is the ideal way to both meet Washington insurance requirements for car coverage, and make sure that your own needs to feel safe on the road are met. With a high quality plan from a reliable company, no matter what happens on the road, you may feel certain that you will be taken care of. Redmond car insurance plans are available that are able to be customized to your specific needs.
You may choose to go with minimum coverage requirements, or you can choose to have full coverage. The decision to have full coverage may be made for you by the bank if your car was purchased by means of a loan or a temporary lease. You may be eligible for discounts depending on what your driving record is and which company you choose to purchase your plan through. Ultimately, whichever Redmond auto insurance plan you choose will allow you to feel safe from the legal repercussions of not having the right coverage and from other drivers.
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Q: Supply different families of priors as a parameter in the bugs/stan model This is the classic eight school example in Bayesian data analysis by Andrew Gelman. Please see the stan file and R code below. I use a cauchy prior with paratmer A for the hyperparamter tau in the stan file. I am trying to supply the R function "school" with different priors not within cauchy family, for example, uniform(0,1000) prior, so that I do not have to create different stans file for the new priors. Is this possible within stan or bugs?
schools.stan:
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data {
  int<lower=0> J;         // number of schools
  real y[J];              // estimated treatment effects
  real<lower=0> sigma[J]; // standard error of effect estimates
  real<lower=0> A;
}
parameters {
  real mu;                // population treatment effect
  real<lower=0> tau;      // standard deviation in treatment effects
  vector[J] eta;          // unscaled deviation from mu by school
}
transformed parameters {
  vector[J] theta = mu + tau * eta;        // school treatment effects
}
model {
 eta ~ normal(0, 1);
y ~ normal(theta, sigma);
tau ~ cauchy(0,A);
}

`
`
school <- function(A=100){
 schools_dat <- list(J = 8,
                    y = c(28,  8, -3,  7, -1,  1, 18, 12),
                    sigma = c(15, 10, 16, 11,  9, 11, 10, 18),
                    A=A)

fit <- stan(file = "schools.stan", data = schools_dat,iter = 20)
print(fit)
}
school()

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I tried the following but have no idea how to change the stan file correspondingly.
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school <- function(prior="dunif(0,1000"){
 schools_dat <- list(J = 8,
                    y = c(28,  8, -3,  7, -1,  1, 18, 12),
                    sigma = c(15, 10, 16, 11,  9, 11, 10, 18),
                    prior=prior)

fit <- stan(file = "schools.stan", data = schools_dat,iter = 20)
print(fit)
}
school()

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A: It's possible to pre-specify more than one distribution in the Stan code, and then specify which distribution you want in the input data.  Stan isn't really intended to be used this way, but it can be done!
Here's an example.  I've added a new data variable, tau_prior; it's an integer that specifies which prior you want to use for tau.  1 = Cauchy, 2 = uniform, 3 = exponential.  In addition, for each type of prior, there's a data variable that sets a hyperparameter.  (Hyperparameters for the distributions that aren't chosen have no effect.)
data {
  int<lower=0> J;         // number of schools
  real y[J];              // estimated treatment effects
  real<lower=0> sigma[J]; // standard error of effect estimates
  int<lower=1,upper=3> tau_prior;
  real<lower=0> cauchy_sigma;
  real<lower=0> uniform_beta;
  real<lower=0> exponential_beta;
}

parameters {
  real mu;                // population treatment effect
  real<lower=0> tau;      // standard deviation in treatment effects
  vector[J] eta;          // unscaled deviation from mu by school
}

transformed parameters {
  vector[J] theta = mu + tau * eta;        // school treatment effects
}

model {
 eta ~ normal(0, 1);
  y ~ normal(theta, sigma);
  if(tau_prior == 1) {
    tau ~ cauchy(0, cauchy_sigma);
  } else if(tau_prior == 2) {
    tau ~ uniform(0, uniform_beta);
  } else if(tau_prior == 3) {
    tau ~ exponential(exponential_beta);
  }
}

I've also modified the R function so that it provides default values for each hyperparameter, on a scale similar to the one you've used already.
school <- function(tau_prior = 1,
                   cauchy_sigma = 100,
                   uniform_beta = 1000,
                   exponential_beta = 0.01) {
  schools_dat <- list(J = 8,
                      y = c(28, 8, -3, 7, -1, 1, 18, 12),
                      sigma = c(15, 10, 16, 11, 9, 11, 10, 18),
                      tau_prior = tau_prior,
                      cauchy_sigma = cauchy_sigma,
                      uniform_beta = uniform_beta,
                      exponential_beta = exponential_beta)
  fit <- stan(file = "schools.stan", data = schools_dat, iter = 20)
  print(fit)
}

# The default: use a Cauchy prior with scale 100.
school()

# Use a uniform prior with the default upper limit (1000).
school(tau_prior = 2)

# Use an exponential prior with a non-default rate (1).
school(tau_prior = 3, exponential_beta = 1)


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«Restless» es el primer sencillo de la banda neerlandesa de metal sinfónico "Within Temptation" y primero y único de su primer álbum "Enter".

Canciones
 "Restless (Single Version)" 4:41
 "Restless (Classical Version)" 5:35
 "Pearls Of Light" 5:14

Sencillos de Within Temptation

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rock paper scissor game written in js (node.js backend and React.js frontend, with websockets)

play at now at: http://rock-paper-scissor-battle.com/

## Rules
Each player has 5 types of tokens, which are:
* Rock
* Paper
* Scissor
* Bomb
* Flag

The purpose of the game is to capture the other player's flag, or make sure the other player has no more movable tokens.

You can only move tokens of type Rock, Paper or Scissor.

You can only move up, down, left or right, into either an empty space or a space occupied by the other player.

If you move to a space occupied by the other player, it is considered an attack.  The rules for an attack are as follows:
* If you attack the Flag, you win
* If you attack a Bomb, both tokens lose
* If you attack the same token type as yourself, both tokens lose (ex: Rock attacks Rock)
* Otherwise:
  * Rock beats Scissor
  * Scissor beats Paper
  * Paper beats Rock


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Home / Calendar / #USI25 - Chatting with a Nobel Laureate
#USI25 - Chatting with a Nobel Laureate
L'ideatorio
Aula magna, West Campus Lugano, Via Buffi 13
Access to the event only with a valid Covid certificate and photo ID (for attendees age 16 and older). These documents will be verified at the entrance to the conference.
A talk with Swiss Nobel Prize Laureate Jacques Dubochet will be held on Monday, 27 September at 8:30 pm in the Aula magna of Lugano West Campus. The event is jointly organised by USI L'ideatorio, Società ticinese di scienze naturali (STSN) (Swiss Society of Natural Sciences), Liceo cantonale di Lugano (Lugano High School 1) and with the support of the Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT).
Conceived in October 1941 by optimistic parents, since 1946, he was no longer afraid of the dark because, as Copernicus explained, the Sun comes back. In 1955 he was the first official dyslexic in Canton Vaud, and this allowed him to fail pretty much everything but also to understand those who struggle. As a child in the Valais mountains, he used ropes, telescopes, pocket knives and matches to explore the world, so much so that his mother jokingly told him, "You will win the Nobel Prize one day." After his thesis in biophysics in Geneva and Basel, his research focused on electron microscopy (EM) applied to DNA that led him in the 70s to discover a fundamental phenomenon: the vitrification of water, or rather, as he says, the discovery of cold water. Very cold. Passionate about the relationship between science and society, he has always engaged in social issues. In 2017 he received a phone call from Stockholm to inform him that he has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He worried because he would have to dress smartly. Too bad his mom could never know.
During the talk, Swiss Nobel Prize winner Jacques Dubochet, interviewed by Giovanni Pellegri, will tell his story, research and the role that science and scientists should have in our society.
The encounter will be held in French.
Entrance to the event is free, first-come, first-served. Doors open at 7:30 pm.
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AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways and Siemens Mobility have signed a five-year framework agreement for the supply of up to 700 coaches with a potential total value of €1·5bn, with an option to extend the agreement beyond 2023.
ÖBB has placed an initial firm order for eight nine-car rakes to replace EuroCity stock which cannot be used on routes to Italy from 2021 because of changes to fire regulations. The order also includes 13 seven-car rakes to replace or augment vehicles currently uses on Nightjet overnight services. The coaches from Siemens' Viaggio family will be produced at the manufacturer's Wien plant for entry into service from 2022.
Tendering for the contract was interrupted last year after a legal challenge to specification changes made at a late stage. Siemens was named preferred bidder on July 20 this year, and the signing of the contract was announced on August 17.
The framework covers first and second class coaches, driving cars, multipurpose cars and sleeping and couchette cars. Siemens said the basic variant for daytime use would be a low-floor coach with 'extra-wide' doors to facilitate rapid boarding and alighting. The daytime rakes would have 520 seats, while the night trains would offer 100 seats and 160 couchette berths. The coaches will have LED interior lighting, air-conditioning and a fresh air supply regulated by the CO2 content in the interior air.
The vehicles are intended to operate in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, and there are options to add Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.


2012bedroom furniture design trends what? New modern bedroom furniture attention, you know exactly how much?
bedroom furniture design has come a long way from the classic big wooden bed and a typical 1990s intricate decorative patterns. Now, the designer's inspiration from exotic cultures and the natural world. What comes out of it? You will find a house of this room is very elegant, mature and functional furniture.
bedroom furniture design, which is a big trend. It is characterized by a sharp, smooth lines and geometric shapes. Elegant from simple.
Low platform bed in the room to create a natural harmony. Mode, the legs, but these are "hidden" lopsided edge, this bed seems to float in the room. In fact, the bed simple design does not mean they are not functional. Contrary, there are very many models, the following storage drawer.
Design bedroom furniture bedside cabinet, bedside table drawer and wardrobe is minimalist philosophy, rules-based. You will find pieces of elegant lines, no decorations. Designer decorative accent from the actual design and shape. For example, you may find the nightstand, has the same design as a traditional picnic table. Bedroom, a smaller, low, of course.
Modern bedroom furniture design is based on natural forms, materials and colors. Many lamps, vases and decorative items, such as the natural form. For example, you can find the form of a stylized palm tree trunk with a separate bedside table lamp.
Natural materials by the designer. Wood is the first choice of bed and storage furniture. Leather is another material more widely used. Natural leather unparalleled softness, comfort and elegance. Mainly used for the different parts of the shiny metal accents. These materials are typically used for the legs, handle and lamp holder and stand.
Natural color in the bedroom. Earth colors such as beige, brown, pistachio and Emerald is the favorite option. The complexity of the various combinations of black, white and gray to any bedroom. More cheerful pastel colors, plus small accessories, such as cushions, vases.
Bedroom furniture design, this is a significant trend. Member is never heavy and bulky. They are elegant. Maintain spacious idea in the heart of the room of the house.
You can choose from a wide range of functional and mature designer furniture, provide exclusive prices. Creative designer furniture Auckland local and international designers. Provide your entire house designs.


Room 12: Creation Station takes off!
As part of our daily programme we have had a making table or 'Creation Station' set up in the classroom. Here the children are given the opportunity to work independently on a task of their choosing. Provided at the station is paper, card, string, cellotape, staples, scissors, rulers, pencils, glue, ice block sticks, match sticks etc- along with some instructions for things they could make. The children have to read and follow the instructions, measure, problem solve, modify, and in many cases work alongside someone else to achieve their goal. It has proved to be a wonderful opportunity for them to work on fine motor skills as well with all the cutting and drawing involved.
Alongside our class shop and kitchen, our Creation Station has proved to be a very popular space for lots of learning. Here's just a few of the things that have been made.


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DIAMOND HEAD "THE COFFIN TRAIN" NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER
Pre-order here!
"The Coffin Train" is set for release via Silver Lining Music on May 24, 2019. The band has just released the video for the furious, ripping and relentless first single, "Belly of the Beast"
Formed in 1976 under the riff-rolling leadership of guitarist Brian Tatler, Diamond Head would quickly establish themselves as a vanguard of the exploding New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene. With their genre-defining debut album Lightning to The Nations, Diamond Head became the band who influenced and opened gates for many metal bands.
The Coffin Train, Diamond Head's eighth studio album, was written on the road and recorded in several different places. Guitars, bass and vocals at Vigo Studios in Walsall, drums at Circle Studios in Birmingham, and the album was produced and mixed at vocalist Rasmus Bom Andersen's Raw Sound Studio in London.
1. Belly of the Beast
2. The Messenger
3. The Coffin Train
4. Shades of Black
5. The Sleeper (Prelude)
6. The Sleeper
7. Death by Design
8. Serrated Love
9. *The Phoenix
10. Until We Burn
[*CD/digital only. Vinyl includes Download Card including redemption code for "The Phoenix"]
Excited to bring The Coffin Train to the world, Diamond Head will be touring Europe for most of 2019 and are confirmed on the line-up of two very special UK shows with NWOBHM giants, SAXON, which will take place on October 19th at London's iconic Hammersmith and October 20th at the O2 Apollo in Manchester.
21st June – Hellfest, France
25 –28th July – Camp Bestival, UK
25 –27th July – Rock & Blues Festival, UK
24th August – Stonedeaf Festival, UK
19th October – Hammersmith Apollo, UK*
20th October – O2 Apollo Manchester, UK*
7-10th November – Hard Rock Hell Festival, Great Yarmouth, UK
29th November – Winter Storm, Scotland, UK
*Supporting Saxon
More dates to be announced.
Diamond Head are:
Brian Tatler – lead & rhythm guitars
Rasmus Bom Andersen – vocals
Karl Wilcox – drums
Andy "Abbz" Abberley – rhythm & lead guitars
Dean Ashton – bass guitar, backing vocals
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Squeeze the beetroot in a juicer. Cook the quinoa in boiling water for 12 minutes. Simmer the Brussels sprouts in a pan in oil, garlic and a ladle of water until al dente. Pit the dates and blend with the water to create a cream. Serve the quinoa with the Brussels sprouts and date cream.


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Why Are Celebrities Smoking Toad Venom?
The trendy and potent psychedelic drug actually has some pretty impressive mental health benefits.
By Chelsea Greenwood Aug 12, 2021 @ 9:45 am
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Why Are People Smoking Toad Venom?
Credit: Photo Illustration: Getty Images/InStyle
Move over, ayahuasca. Even though celebs like Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox have experienced mind-altering trips on the psychoactive Amazonian tea, there's another, more potent psychedelic that counts Mike Tyson, HGTV's Christina Haack, and Hunter Biden among its fans. (Quite the trio, we know.) Tyson said it urged him to return to boxing, Haack called it "life-changing," and Biden claimed it helped keep him sober for a year.
It's 5-MeO-DMT, a chemical found within the venom of Bufo alvarius, commonly called the Sonoran Desert toad or Colorado River toad. (And as the name suggests, this big toad can be found in and around the Sonoran Desert in California and in Arizona south to Mexico.) But this isn't the backyard toad that you've been warned can poison your dog (that's the cane toad, formerly part of the Bufo genus of toad). Nope, the venom of Bufo alvarius will simply catapult your mind into a heightened level of consciousness like a rocket blasting into outer space at the speed of light.
With many people today already familiar with psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, ketamine, and DMT — used for both recreational and medical purposes — we decided to take a look at 5-MeO-DMT, also referred to as 5MeO, five-methoxy, "the power," and, simply, toad venom. Keep reading to find out how it works, whether it's legal and safe, and its therapeutic potential for those with mental illness.
How does smoking toad venom work?
The venom contains 5-MeO-DMT, a molecule that, like most classical psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin, binds to your serotonin receptors (remember, serotonin is the "happiness chemical" that sends messages between brain cells and helps stabilize your mood). This is how it creates a psychedelic journey when smoked or vaporized, says Mike Dow, Ph.D., Psy.D., who practices psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy at Field Trip Health. Traditionally, the drug was made by dehydrating the venom of the Sonoran Desert toad, but it's primarily manufactured in a synthetic form these days.
"There's still more research to be done to truly understand how 5-MeO-DMT works, but as a tryptamine (like psilocybin and LSD) it can create a sense of unity, euphoria, and ego dissolution," he says. "However, it tends to be far more intense and far shorter — about 20 minutes vs. four hours for psilocybin — than other psychedelics."
What is the trip like?
David E. Carpenter, a journalist who covers trends and breakthroughs in psychoactive substances for Forbes, has been interviewing users of toad venom for his upcoming book 5 & I: A Journey Into The Mysterious World Of 5-MeO-DMT, The Most Powerful Psychoactive Drug On The Planet, due out this year.
"The power it has to shift a person's perspective is remarkable," he says. "People I've talked with who were skeptical of spirituality and religious faith prior to use have described the effects of 5-MeO-DMT as a window into the sacred and a means to connect with unitary consciousness. This sometimes leads to a better understanding of one's place in the universe."
Carpenter, who also wrote Your Neighbors Are Doing Psychedelics: MDMA, notes that Haack's claim that toad venom "kicked out years of anxiety in 15 mins" is not uncommon for 5-MeO-DMT users. However, he warns that the drug isn't a cure-all for such mental health problems.
"It can be terrifying to experience a total loss of self, which is what many people experience," he said, noting that the other core characteristics of the 5-MeO-DMT trip are oneness and unitary consciousness. "Author Michael Pollan wrote about his horrifying experience of ego loss on 5-MeO-DMT, saying it felt like being strapped to the outside of a rocket."
As for how it compares to other psychoactive substances, toad venom is in a class all its own, he says, and is widely agreed to be "the most powerful psychoactive drug on Earth."
Is toad venom safe?
Use of all drugs carries certain risks, Dow explains, and toad venom is no different. However, overall, the risk profile for most psychedelics is quite low — at least in terms of risk of death, overdose, or addiction. "But, because of the intensity of the experience, 5-MEO is generally seen as higher risk than, say, psilocybin in those respects," he says.
Although people most often smoke or vape toad venom, 5-MeO-DMT can be injected, taken orally, or taken sublingually (under the tongue). While you'll get the strongest effect by smoking, vaping, or injecting synthetic 5-MeO-DMT, toad venom should only be vaped or smoked, Dow says.
Some individuals, desperate for a high, have licked toads to try to induce a psychedelic experience — needless to say, Dow strongly advises against this for "countless reasons, including the unpredictability of dosing, hygiene, and the fact that there are cases of people licking toads and dying."
While toad venom has been classified as a Schedule I controlled substance in the United States since 2011, it is legal in Canada and Mexico, according to Dow. Many go to the latter country to experience it.
When did smoking toad venom become popular?
Modern use of the drug dates back to 1984, with the publication of a pamphlet, Bufo Alvarius: The Psychedelic Toad Of The Sonoran Desert, although it was first synthesized by scientists in 1936, according to Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an expert in psychedelics. "The current wave of popularity is really just building on the increased awareness of this compound over the last few decades," he says. "The internet has obviously played a huge role."
Carpenter agrees that toad venom has seen a massive surge of interest lately, in part because it has a short duration and a fast onset for people seeking "a 15-minute session where you experience yourself dissolving into unitary consciousness ... rather than a five-to-eight-hour rollercoaster ride on something like psilocybin-containing mushrooms."
However, it's also in the spotlight because of its therapeutic potential.
How can toad venom help people with mental health issues?
Research by Johns Hopkins, Maastricht University in The Netherlands, and other institutions has shown that 5-MeO-DMT, like other psychedelics, can be used to treat various mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, PTSD, and end-of-life fear.
"These psychoactive drugs can be effective mental health tools used alongside psychotherapy," Carpenter says. He notes that European companies GH Research and Beckley Psytech are currently involved in separate clinical trials using 5-MeO-DMT for treatment-resistant depression. "Both are putting loads of money and time into their research," he says.
Johnson notes that there's a lot more research needed on the topic. "There isn't much formal research, and the surveys of human use are typically not of high quality to date," he says. However, considering that psilocybin mushrooms have been shown to help psychiatric disorders by creating a mystical experience of universal oneness, it's likely that the 5-MeO-DMT experience works similarly.
Should we be worried about the toads?
Wondering what the popularity of toad venom doing to the toad population? Well, it's not great. Conservationists worry that the Bufo alvarius is being "harassed and harmed nearly to extinction" thanks to the increasing popularity of toad venom, Carpenter says. He recommends that people seek out synthesized versions of 5-MeO-DMT instead as there seems to be no discernible difference between the two. He adds: "Sonoran toads would be eternally grateful."
By Chelsea Greenwood


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namespace IECore
{

IE_CORE_FORWARDDECLARE( ObjectParameter )

/// The RandomRotationOp calculates a set of random vectors which rotate
/// coherently over time.
class IECORE_API RandomRotationOp : public Op
{
	public :

		IE_CORE_DECLARERUNTIMETYPED( RandomRotationOp, Op );

		RandomRotationOp();
		~RandomRotationOp() override;

		ObjectParameter * seedParameter();
		const ObjectParameter * seedParameter() const;

		FloatParameter * timeParameter();
		const FloatParameter * timeParameter() const;

		FloatParameter * speedMinParameter();
		const FloatParameter * speedMinParameter() const;

		FloatParameter * speedMaxParameter();
		const FloatParameter * speedMaxParameter() const;

		/// The core algorithm, for those who want direct access from C++ without
		/// all the Op wrapping.
		template<typename SeedIt, typename OutputIt>
		static void generate(
			SeedIt seedBegin,
			SeedIt seedEnd,
			typename std::iterator_traits<OutputIt>::value_type::BaseType time,
			typename std::iterator_traits<OutputIt>::value_type::BaseType speedMin,
			typename std::iterator_traits<OutputIt>::value_type::BaseType speedMax,
			OutputIt result
		);

	protected :

		ObjectPtr doOperation( const CompoundObject * operands ) override;

	private :

		ObjectParameterPtr m_seedParameter;
		FloatParameterPtr m_timeParameter;
		FloatParameterPtr m_speedMinParameter;
		FloatParameterPtr m_speedMaxParameter;

};

IE_CORE_DECLAREPTR( RandomRotationOp );

} // namespace IECore

#include "IECore/RandomRotationOp.inl"

#endif // IE_CORE_RANDOMROTATIONOP_H


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Q: Test unitário orientado a objeto Estou tentando realizar um teste unitário orientado a objeto, e o mesmo esta falando que o objeto não foi instanciado.
Segue o código:
[DataSource("Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.DataSource.XML",
           "|DataDirectory|\\MassaDados\\MassaDados.xml",
           "GruposSubgrupos", DataAccessMethod.Sequential)]
[Timeout(TestTimeout.Infinite)]
[TestMethod]
[DeploymentItem(@"MassaDados")]
[DeploymentItem(@"ChefWeb\Data")]
public void TestMethod0250_GruposSubgrupos()
{
#if RELEASE
    try
    {
#endif
    browser = Util.Inicializa();
    Menu.NavegarAdmFranquia_GrupoSubgrupo(browser);
    Util.AguardarWaitPanel(browser);

    var searchTimeout = Playback.PlaybackSettings.SearchTimeout;
    Playback.PlaybackSettings.SearchTimeout = 4000;

    while (!BrowserWindow.Locate("Grupos e Subgrupo").Exists) ;
    {
        Playback.Wait(2000);
    }
    Playback.PlaybackSettings.SearchTimeout = searchTimeout;
    browser = BrowserWindow.Locate("Grupos e Subgrupo");
    Util.AguardarWaitPanel(browser);

    var loja = Util.RetornarLoja();
    var objTeste = new CadastroGrupoSubgrupo();
    var objTesteDados = objTeste.PreencherClasseGrupoSubGrupo(TestContext, loja);

    Validacao val = new Validacao();
    objTeste.GerenciarGrupoSubgrupo(browser, objTesteDados);
    if (!objTesteDados.VinculadoAProduto)
    {
        var DtConfigInicial = new DataTable();
        DtConfigInicial = Util.CarregarConfigInicial();
        if (DtConfigInicial.Rows[0]["Validar_BancoDados"] != DBNull.Value)
        {
            if (DtConfigInicial.Rows[0]["Validar_BancoDadoos"].ToString().ToUpper() == "SIM")
                val.ValidarBD(TestContext.DataRow, TestContext.DataRow.Table.TableName, objTesteDados.Operacao, false);
        }
    }
    Util.AtualizarStatusTFS(TestContext, "Sucesso");
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Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2021) comes to an end today at CSIR_IMMT Bhubaneswar
By Odisha News Today On Dec 31, 2021
The four days long Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2021) and the 74th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) comes to an end today at CSIR- Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar. This year IIChE-Bhubaneswar Regional Centre and CSIR- IMMT Bhubaneswar organised this event in association with the Institute of Chemical Technology-Indian Oil Odisha Campus, Bhubaneswar.
Honourable Governor of Odisha, Prof. Ganeshi Lal graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The valedictory event started with the welcome address by Prof. Suddhasatwa Basu, Director, CSIR-IMMT and also the Chairman of Local Organising Committee followed by the introduction of the guests by Prof. M. K. Jha, President, IIChE.
The theme of the Conference was "Sustainable Utilisation of Resources for Chemical & Mineral Sectors" that focused on providing a forum for substantial discussion on the availability and utilization of mineral resources using the existing and emerging technologies. CHEMCON-2021 featured a host of events, which included 5 plenary lectures, 15 lectures from the CHEMCON DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. Two International Symposiums such as the Indo-Canada Symposium on "Clean Energy" and the Indo-South Africa Symposium on "Clean Coal Technology" were conducted where 20 speakers of international repute from India, Canada and South Africa delivered talks. Around 280 oral presentations and 105 poster presentations, concerning to various aspects of chemicals, petrochemicals, environment, polymer, bioengineering and mineral processing took place. More than 900 delegates participated in hybrid mode.
Addressing the event, Prof. Ganeshi Lal, honourable governor of Odisha said that, "To escape the challenges and the problems which the world is facing today phenomenally, the togetherness of Man and the nature is highly important. Hopefully, with the standard of living we don't lose standard of life." He further went on to add that, "We have dumped crores and crores of garbage and poison into the chest of the mother earth, being a child of the mother earth. That's what we have done. That may not happen in Odisha as all care is being taken". He also mentioned that, "I'm very happy that IMMT had organised such international level event in Odisha which is known for its rich mineral resources".
On this occasion, Mr. Hemant Sharma, IAS, Principal Secretary of Industries department Odisha addressed the event and thanked Mr. C.P. Gurnani for his contributions to CHEMCON 2021 and Honourable Governor of Odisha, Prof. Ganeshi Lal for gracing the event with his presence. He said, " CHEMCON is an event which is not only important for the industry, for academia but it is extremely important and extremely implement for a state like Odisha. Odisha is the largest producer of iron ore and steel and we are pro-actively working on industrialisation". He mentioned that, an event like CHEMCON was highly important for a state like Odisha.
After the governor addressed the event, Dr. C. Eswaraiah, Organising secretary, declared prizes for best presentations and posters.
This was followed by a presidential address by Prof. M. K. Jha, President, IIChE.Post the valedictory session, Dr. C. Eswaraiah, Organising secretary, proposed the vote of thanks.
Companies like Reliance India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Tech Mahindra, NALCO, Excel Industries, UPL Limited, Deepak Nitrite Limited, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited, Paradeep Phosphates Limited, IFFCO, Aarti Industries limited, The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Co.Ltd., Transpek Silos Industry Pvt Ltd had sponsored the event.
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The Willowick site is located at 3017 W. 5th Street in the City of Santa Ana adjacent to the Santa Ana River. Owned by the City of Garden Grove, the site is comprised of 16 separate parcels totaling approximately 100 acres. The property is currently developed as an 18-hole golf course which has been in operation since 1928. The site is adjacent to the Santa Ana River on the east, and the Pacific Electric (PE) Right-of-Way on the north, and abuts Garden Grove's Buena Clinton neighborhood, a multi-family residential neighborhood with multiple two-story apartment buildings and the Willowick Royal Mobile Home Park. To the east across the Santa Ana River, is Spurgeon Intermediate School and Spurgeon Park. Directly to the south, is Cesar Chavez Campesino Park.
The site was acquired by the City of Garden Grove in 1955. Since then, the City has leased the site to a private company to run the 18-hole golf course. The current lease term commenced in 2001, with an expected ending date December 2020. With the end of the lease approaching, the Cities of Garden Grove and Santa Ana have expressed the desire to discuss disposition and/or development possibilities of the site.
The site has an O (Open Space Land) zoning designation, which allows open air recreational uses, government buildings, quasi-public and service facilities, and other uses whose purpose is to provide open space. The property also has an O-S (Open Space) General Plan Land Use designation, which allows compatible uses, such as park land, golf courses, and other similar opportunities for active and passive open space. The site is surrounded by R1 (Single-Family Residence), R2 (Two-Family Residential), and P (Professional) zoned properties to the south across West 5th Street. The City of Santa Ana is currently updating their General Plan.
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A LOOK AT PROPOSITIONS 2, 3 AND 6
This week marks the conclusion to my 3-part series breaking down the 6 statewide propositions that New Yorkers will have a chance to vote on this November.
Proposition 2 concerns civil service credits for veterans who became disabled during the course of their war-time duties for the Armed Forces. Current state law gives veterans additional credit on civil service exams (5 points for original appointment and 2 ½ points for a promotion). Disabled veterans are entitled to additional credits (10 points for original appointment and 5 for promotion).
Under the state constitution, veterans are eligible for only one grant of credits. So, if a vet returned to active duty while being employed by the government and became disabled in war, he could not receive the additional credits were he to apply for an appointment or promotion. He would forever be locked in at the 5 and 2 ½ levels and could not achieve the 10 and 5 credit levels.
The proposition would fix that by granting the newly-disabled veteran an exclusion to the one-time-only clause. He would receive the difference between the 2 standings and be fully credited to the 10 and 5 marks.
I'll be casting a "yes" vote for this measure because we can't reward disabled veterans enough for their calling to true civil service that they took to a level that most Americans cannot comprehend. They risked life and limb to make a difference (and suffered a loss of the latter). It's only fitting they be given the full 10 points. I'd go so far to say they deserve many more.
Proposition 3 would allow a 10-year extension (to 2024) of the current exemption to the constitutional debt limits that municipalities enjoy for the construction or reconstruction of sewage facilities. This exemption has been renewed in 10 year increments dating back to 1963.
I will be voting "no" for Prop 3. Constitutional debt limits were set for a reason -- to ensure towns, villages, cities, and counties don't spend like mad and put undue burden on taxpayers (and future generations) who have to shoulder the debt payments. Even though the Great Recession has allegedly gone, the upstate economy is still in crisis mode, with weakened and dead employers, and families trying to overcome their own financial struggles. We don't need to add more debt payments to the high taxes faced by all. If you want to add nice things to a community or fix old infrastructure, you must work within your limits and find cuts elsewhere – just as the affected businesses and residents do in their day-to-day lives.
Proposition 6 would increase the maximum age until which state judges may serve as follows: a Justice of the Supreme Court would be eligible for 5 additional 2-year terms after the present retirement age of 70 (3 such terms are currently authorized) and a Judge of the Court of Appeals who reaches the age of 70 while in office would be permitted to remain in service on the Court for up to 10 years beyond the present retirement age of 70.
Proponents of Prop 6 say that it makes no sense to force physically and mentally capable seniors out of a job as is done now, the proposition ensures that the most seasoned and experienced judges remain at the bench, and people live far longer than they did in 1869 when this was last amended.
Opponents of Prop 6 (like me) dislike it for a variety of reasons. It would create a two-tiered system in which state judges can retire later than local judges (whose retirement age of 70 would remain). The proposition would ultimately add more Supreme Court judges to bloated employment rolls (while having the lightest workload of New York judges). Proposition 6 also seems like it was selfishly conceived: The person behind its development and push through the Legislature is Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman ---if the proposition fails, he has to retire in 2015; if it passes, he can sit for another 4 years.
Gasport resident Bob Confer also writes for the New American at TheNewAmerican.com. Follow him on Twitter @bobconfer.
This column originally appeared in the 28 October 2013 Greater Niagara Newspapers
THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT
A LOOK AT PROPOSITIONS 4 AND 5
A LOOK AT PROPOSITION ONE
NON-ESSENTIAL PARTS OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT