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Tomato Bruschetta With Anchovies, Parmigiano Reggiano & Basil
Like so much Italian food, the success of this is all about the quality of the ingredients. Don’t make this from supermarket tomatoes in June – don’t make this from supermarket tomatoes at all! The tomatoes have to be perfectly ripe and in season, and not the types that have had the character bred out of them – pick old varieties that are full of flavour
Ingredients
6 slices of sourdough bread, sliced 2 cm thick on an angle
2 large garlic cloves peppery extra-virgin olive oil
3 large oxheart tomatoes (or other full-flavoured tomatoes)
salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
6 anchovies
80g parmigiano reggiano, shaved (you might not need all of this, but it is easier to shave from a larger piece)
1 handful of basil leaves
Method
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan-forced. Place the bread on baking trays and bake for about 25 minutes until well toasted.
Rub the toasted bread all over with the garlic and drizzle with oil. Cut the tomatoes in thick slices directly on top of the toast to catch the juices. Mash and press the tomato into the toast and season with salt and pepper, then top with the anchovies, parmigiano reggiano and basil and pour over a good drizzle of oil. Serve immediately. |
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Thursday, March 5, 2015
VW Up facelift - when?
Up seems to be forgotten model in VW structure. Hey VW we want see new facelift at least. It is 4 years from the Up! world premiere. And readers share your expectations in comments and put your guesses when new up's facelift will come. |
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Evolution of Home Sewing: 1958 and Today
Did you know that the Time Magazine online archives go back to 1923? I sure didn't, so I was amazed and delighted to find this very informative article called "Sew & Reap" about home sewing from the November 10, 1958 issue.According to this article, home sewing was a billion dollar industry at the time. This is in 50's money! I would be very interested to compare that to the profits of today's home sewing industry, wouldn't you?
The article really outlines the ways in which home sewing in 1958 was so influenced by Paris fashion:
Every calculated change in Paris means more money spent [on patterns]. So fashion-bent have sewing women become that patternmakers have all but junked the simple housedress designs that used to be their bread and butter. What more and more women want is the kind of high-fashion Vogue patterns long sold by Conde Nast. The originals would cost perhaps $600, but almost any woman can copy them for the cost of a $3 pattern and $50 worth of fine fabric (Vogue patterns even supply a Paris label).
That's interesting to compare to today's Vogue designer lines. I've enjoyed some of their Anna Sui offerings, but the others (Michael Kors, Donna Karan, etc.) have been a little staid for my taste - certainly not the trend-driven machine that it seems to have been in 1958.
What really blew my mind, though, was the fact that 20% of all women's garments in 1958 were made at home. Can you imagine?
And then there was the age of the women who sewed their own clothes:
One return prize for the industry is more and more younger sewers: the average home sewer's age has dropped from 45 in 1928 to 27 now, and by 1960 millions of teenagers will be sewing. A common but fashionable wedding present for suburban brides: a sewing machine.
These 27-year-old women of 1958 would be 78 today. Are they still sewing, do you think?
I tried in vain to find the average age of the home sewer today to compare to the stats of 1958. Though there has been an indisputable rise in young women sewing today, I would guess that the average person purchasing sewing supplies is of the boomer generation (the teenagers that the article predicted would be sewing in the 60's, I suppose!).
But there was such an incredible drop in average age from 1928 to 1958 - do you think it's possible we could see the same thing happen in the coming years?
One parallel I can see between the young women sewing in 1958 and young women sewing today is that is was viewed not as necessity, but as a creative outlet:
Millions of women now rank sewing as their No. 1—and often only—hobby. "There's a whole new climate," says Simplicity's [director] Shapiro. "They do it as an art form."
Anyway, I would love to hear your thoughts on all this. From your age perspective (whatever it may be) how do you see the future of the home sewing industry?
Let's see, my mom would have been in her 20s in 1958 and was definitely sewing at least 20 percent of her clothing, if not more like 50 percent. Had she not had a stroke in recent years, she most definitely would still be sewing. I was a boomer, a preteen who learned to sew in the 60s. Still sewing, but not so much clothing these days. I do view it more as an art form now, not necessity, a hobby. My young adult daughter has little interest in sewing, unfortunately, but she likes seeing what I can make--maybe some day!
I'm not sure what a boomer is, but my mum grew up in a little village in the north of Sweden in the 60's and she had to sew her own clothes if she wanted something cool. There just wasn't any retail to speak of in that part of the country back then. Not for fashionable teenagers anyways. When I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, my mum sewed for me, too. I was never interested in learning for myself. Until a couple of years ago when a friend taught me how to sew. Now it's a hobby I share with my mum. :-)
I ran the numbers through an inflation calculator, the first one a google search turns up, converting from 1958 dollars to 2008 dollars, cited in round numbers cause I already closed that browser page.
The Vogue pattern: 1958, $3; 2008, $22
The fabric: 1958, $50; 2008, $350+
The designer comparison price: 1958, $600; 2008, $4000+
The pattern price is in line with the printed price for Vogue patterns today, though I can't imagine anyone paying full price for a Vogue pattern.
What I find interesting about this little exercise is that a reason I usually hear cited for the decline in home sewing is the cost of fabric. But even the women I see who buy expensive fabric don't spend this much, as far as I can see.
Let's say the average fancy dress requires five yard of fabric for a full skirt and a yard of fabric for a bodice. That's 6 yards of fashion fabric. Double it for lining to get twelve yards. That would be nearly $30 a yard, on average, for that fabric.
While I have seen sewing bloggers who do spend that kind of money per yard, my sense is that is limited to clothing that requires much less total yardage to constuct.
How many yards of fabric did your red sheath dress take, Gertie? Five total, with lining?. If you spent $30 a yard average on that fabric it would have cost you $150.
I don't know about most of you, but I would find material that cost me half of that or less.
I'm currently making a Victorian ball gown that I will wear at least four times a year for a few years. I will have spent just over $75 when I'm finished. That's for more than 10 yards of fabric.
No, I don't think women quit sewing due to the oft-cited notion that fabric got expensive.
I'm 25 and have been sewing for about 3 years. I have several friends who do so as well, but the "hobby" really came out of a desire to make cute things for our baby girls.
I am however the only one I know of that is pursuing sewing as a professional career. I am a dressmaker's apprentice currently with some of my own work (which seems to be quickly building). It seems a not so lost art anymore though.
Just wanted to throw in a comment on the "fabric got expensive" argument aurelia.donka mentioned...
Fabric may not be any more expensive than in the 50s, but clothes can be bought REALLY cheap these days. Fast fashion is the thing now, and women are used to inexpensive, almost disposable clothing. You could probably buy multiple dresses from H&M for the cost of making a nice one yourself. I doubt that was true in 1958, no?
My great grandmother and grandmother used to sew and knit. They used to make all their own clothes and the clothes for their husbands and kids. My mother was not interested in sewing. She was more interested in pottery and painting. So my great grandmother and grandmother passed the craft on to me. For the longest time I wanted to become a fashion designer. Due to family pressure, that flew out the window and in turn I stopped sewing.
I started sewing again 5 years ago and I kick myself for ever stopping. I had forgotten how much fun it is.
Being of the boomer age group (and still in my 50's) I might be able to offer some insight. I have recently gotten back into sewing quite a bit. I never didn't sew, but sometimes it was only two or three things a year.
However in my teen years (late 60's/early 70's), I was the only one of my group of friends who did sew. And still am, except for those friends I've specifically met through sewing.
As to those of the next generation, I haven't met any who sew. I work with a variety of 20s/30s year olds, and they can't even imagine doing this. My nieces and daughter-in-law express interest very occassionally, but have not taken action.
I think sewing is a great creative outlet. I'm not sure anyone is sewing from economic necessity these days - so you are sewing because:
- you don't fit into the norm as to size (height, weight, etc.)- your taste is different than the garments the racks in the store hold;- you are looking to sewing as a creative outlet (OR SOME COMBO of all three).
to aurelia.donka and the fabric at $30/yard. I think that while that number is a little high, to buy the quality of fabric that could be found in the 50s you will definitely spend more (maybe not $30/yard but I've seen good quality everyday wools and silks for close to that) than they did in the 50s per yard. At least it seems that when I get vintage fabric from my Gran, the similar ones today are outrageous prices.
This is a very interesting point, Gertie (beware, long, clumsy English discourse to follow...).
I have no clue wether the situation has been the same in France at the time, because at this very moment, the clothing industry was very different in USA and in France (which took the ready-to-wear turn much later than USA, where big stores bought licences from Paris designers). No idea if it helps on the price question.
For what I see now, there are much more young women sewing in USA than there are in France, but I really think US is faaaar more crafty than France. I (a student) personnally began to sew two years ago, my grans learned to sew at school (one didn't sew anything but cushions and curtains since, the two others don't sew at all), but my mother, who began school in 1968, did not. If it's sometimes an economical option, I learned to sew because I considered it the best way to get clothes the way I liked (no relation to the vintage question, since I heard of vintage patterns less than a year ago and also sew neon madras minikilts), and also because I liked the feeling of a slightly more ethical, durable wardrobe.
So to me you're right: it has a lot more to do with creativity, but I'm also wondering if it is not, as Sarai pointed it, an reaction to consumerism; I'm far from a sewing expert but I hope I'll improve enough to move to slow fashion.
As for the future of home sewing, I sincerely think it has to do with how people will react to fast fashion and related issues such as ecology and human rights but maybe that will go with a renewal of custom-made and the raise of quality second-hand or micro-enterprise, or the pleasure you may have to buy something from someone you 'know'(Colette patterns as an example are not absolutely my style, but since I read Sarai's blog, I'd love to purchase one of the next seasons); I really think it has to be seen within a larger perspective, it's not home sewing alone.
Home Economics. Required girl course in junior high. I loved it, but I can imagine other people resented it.And of course we should include a discussion of minimum wage. And the near death of fabric-for-clothes stores once quilting took over. (I live in the far reaches, and the only fabric stores within 50 miles are Big Box and quilt stores. And no, I won't spend my not-enough money on something I can't touch first.)
My Mum is 78, loved sewing , made all her clothes and those for my sister and me, not because she had to but because she loved it, my auntie was the same. Mum has done little sewing since the late 1970s when her daughters left home and she started working and had more fun buying clothes, she has continued to knit though,that is her other passion. My auntie, however, is in her early 80s and has continued sewing and I don't think she will stop until she becomes incapable or dies.
I enjoy reading your interesting blog very much. The sheath dress looks very similar to one my mom wore in a photo dated 1960. She received a Singer sewing machine as a wedding gift from my father in 1959.
I have many wonderful memories associated with that sewing machine and of my mom sewing in the 1960s when she was in her 20s and a homemaker. She quit sewing when she went to work.
I am born in 1961 and have been sewing since a kid. I sew both crafts and garments. Some homedec. I sew less when I was younger because of time and money. Now that I have more of both, I sew more. I view sewing as a luxury hobby. I think it is less expensive to buy clothes than to sew them especially if you take time and effort into consideration.
I have 2 teen daughters who took some sewing classes at JoAnn. The youngest show interest in elementary school but she is now "too busy" to sew. The eldest dislike sewing but love fashion design. They both love that I can shorten hems, mend tears and fix zippers for their favorite ready to wear which seems to fall apart easily.
I think for teens it is more practical to buy than to sew since their size and fashion tastes change pretty fast. With the exception of special occasion eg prom gowns. No matter how much you pay for a dress, you always risk showing up at the event and finding someone in the same ready to wear dress which happened to both my daughters before.
Fashion-conscious career women who wants more quality and better fit and whose clothing can be worn longer may have more reason to sew. Also people with time and money to spare eg. retirees and empty nesters in their late 40s and older which make up most of my classmates at sewing classes.
I think the internet and shows like Project Runway have help alot in bringing excitement to sewing and to connect people who sews. Personally I think home sewing is here to stay, maybe not for necessity but for fun.
I hope that people continue to learn to sew and pick it up like I have, but I don't know how it will synthesize with the culture of today, with people who rely on their microwave and Hamburger Helper for a 'meal'.
I think the majority of people of my generation are obsessed with moving and doing things fast, so I don't know how sewing for pleasure could flourish.
As Sarai mentioned - clothing can be bought so cheaply. It's crap quality, but is cheap, and it means that people can buy 'new' things more often even if they aren't getting a deal. Taking the time to make something themselves, or PAYING someone else to do it, would probably not be seen as an option. And poor poor seamstresses, people so undervalue their work and the effort it takes to make something.
I think a LOT of people today probably don't sew because (as previously mentioned) clothing is so cheap. But, most cheap clothing (here in the UK, obviously I can't speak for elsewhere) is so poorly made, that I find it can actually work out cheaper to make yourself something, even if the fabric 'seems' pricey. The garment you make is likely to be twice as durable and probably better constructed.I'm a 70s baby so obviously can't comment with any degree of accuracy about 60s sewing trends but, I know my Mum (and her sister) did make their own clothes, both sewn and crocheted or knitted. My Nan sewed for a living, making men's trousers in a small factory but she still made most of her own clothes right up til she passed away. I always got the impression from my Mum that sewing amongst her generation was popular, if you wanted something nice, you made it. I do think, that it's no coincidence that a lot of the sewing community appears to be fairly eco-conscious. I myself, find it quite distateful that shops can sell a skirt for as little as £5, the economics just don't add up.
Yet another engaging and thought-provoking post from you Gertie. Thank you!
Like you, I would be interested in knowing what the statistics are for our time: what's the average age of sewists, what percentage are women (I would guess 99.99%, but I've been wrong before), how many sew as an art form (again, probably 99.99%, but...), etc.
My mom, one of those teenagers in the 60s, has sewed since she was 8. She entered doll clothes she sewed into the local state fair, and won a prize and the age of ten. Art form for sure. But when she was older, mother of five children on a Navy income, she sewed clothes for herself, the kids, even my father. That was more out of necessity. Now she sews as a way to unwind, keep herself busy, help other people (she often donates the things she makes), and so on. I suppose that for some people their reason for sewing changes depending on their stage in life.
When I was in middle school, then 'junior high' we still had Home Ec. I sort of learned to sew. We made a very unbecoming skirt that we had to wear to school. it scarred me and I didn't start sewing until a few years later when I was about 16. I am not only still sewing but making more and better clothing than ever before. I am now 59. I am thrilled to see so many young women sewing and using it as a creative outlet. Now young women can buy fashionable clothing at any price point so their reason for sewing is not going to be necessity, but enjoyment. Sewing is a deep pleasure for me as I am sure it is for most of the women sewing today.
I think the critical issue is that young women from my generation on (I was born in 1959) were encouraged to liberate themselves from the domestic arts. I went to a school that taught typing, cooking and sewing and not a lot else. By contrast my own daughters attend a school where they were not taught cooking and had on semester of sewing - taught by a woman who couldn't sew properly herself. Sewing has moved from domestic necessity (my family didn't have much money and the only store bought clothes were my father's business suits and shirts) to creative outlet. I really believe in the transmission of skills from generation to generation - and the blog is now making it cool to sew again.
I believe that the decline in home fashion sewing is due to the fact that sewing is not taught in school anymore. I learned to sew in school even though I had a mother and two sisters who could sew. My junior high school threw me in a sewing class(kicking and screaming by the way). I can remember Mccalls and Simiplicity patterns costing 25 - 50 cents and having a heart attach over the cost of Vogue patterns - 1.00 to 1.50. Of course it was Vogue you wanted. I remember this from the mid 60's. And of course it was always cheaper to sew then to buy ready to wear.
In 1958 my mother was 5, and she knitter her first jumper when she was 7 (Her mother knitted all the decreases around the shoulders and stuff) but she sewed most of her clothes as a teenager. She told me this horrible story of embroidering a wonderful hippy patch on the back or some store bought jeans that had worn a little thin. Her coal mining father got so angry at the thought of HIS daughter wearing a PATCH on her clothes that he threw the jeans into the fire. He associated patches on clothes as being really poor.
Also as a 23 year old I try to sew and knit as many of my clothes as possible.
In Serbia, clothing is really, really expensive. It is cheaper to buy the material and pattern and pay someone to make you a custom made piece, since the cost of labor here is negligible.
I would guess that while it's true that sewing in the US is becoming more "cool," the hobby will never come close to approaching the popularity levels of the '50s and '60s. Factors that limit its growth include: high cost of materials; lack of access to quality materials; decline in sewing literacy; lack of patience in a culture driven by instant gratification; needlessly large wardrobes (back in the day when a girl only hoped to have 5 dresses, taking the time to make one right made more sense); opportunity cost of labor (women's time in general is "worth more" than 50 years ago, when one considers that today's woman is (in economic terms) overqualified for traditional homemaking tasks; the prevalence of cheap, high quality ready made clothing (you might gripe about quality control issues, but in other parts of the world the quality of ready made is much, much lower); the growing sentiment among women over 30 that ill-fitting ready made clothing is normal and acceptable; and last but not least, the myriad socially-acceptable (and less demanding) creative outlets for women that were not available 50 years ago.
I'm one of those "boomer" girls - the one that learned to sew in the 60's and at age 50 - I'm still sewing! However, there is a difference now. I remember that I could purchase fabric and patterns anywhere...Woolworths, Macys, Kmarts as well as the local fabric store which there was one in every town.
I also remember that I could take a sewing class from 6th grade on. That every home had a sewing machine and some sewing supplies. That is not the case today.
I have two thoughts on this...one that as we became a more consumer driven society, more women who sewed only because it was "cheaper" to do so became purchasers of cheap goods from discount chains. And two as more women gained access to more "professional" jobs some of the more "womenly" pursuits fell by the wayside. Seriously, how many women do you know that sew, cook well, garden, and/or can their food? These were all normal pursuits of the 50s woman!
And sewing has become an artform - because the people left pursuing it have turned it into a love, a craft, a way of expressing themselves the same way that a painter or a sculptor does.
As with all things, sewing has evolved...very few things in our society are the same as they were in the 50s!
My grandmother (born in 1920) used to sew everything when she was a young woman. Back then it was a necessity, since she didn't have the money to buy clothing for her large family. Right now she is 89 and hasn't sewn in a long time.
My mother (born in 1949) used to sew a lot when we were little. For herself, for us, for my father. But she doesn't anymore. She found a job when we were getting a little older and says she doesn't have the patience anymore to sew difficult garments. She does knit a bit sometimes for my daughter's dolls, or my little ones, but that is rare.
I am 33 years old now. I learned how to sew when I was little, then forgot about it for years and picked it up again when I was pregnant of my first born. I love it and can't imagine that I'll ever stop loving being creative. But ofcourse, you never know.
I don't sew because I have to, like my grandmother. I don't sew, because it's cheaper than buying, like my mother. I sew, because I want to. Because I like the sewing itself, because of how I feel when I sew, or knit for that matter, because it relaxes me and makes me feel grounded. And because I am starting to feel more and more that I want to surround myself with things that mean something. That were made with love, instead of in factories, without a thought.
And because of that last factor I think sewing could become more popular in the future. I hear more and more people around me getting tired of all the materialism. I hear them grow tired of all the 'stuff', the 'clutter' that surrounds them. I hear people say that they, like myself, want to go back to a more 'basic' lifestyle. A slower lifestyle, a simpler lifestyle. And making your own clothing, baking your own bread, it all seems to fit in the trend I think I see.
Ofcourse trends go by and are followed by other trends. And I can imagine that I come in contact mostly with people who think like I think. So maybe my idea can't be projected on a large scale. But still... I wouldn't be surprised when sewing would win in popularity the following years. I certainly do hope it will..
My goodness, I enjoyed each comment! It is like a breath of fresh air to read about people who know how to sew and love it. I was born in 1947 to parents who grew up during the depression, and who learned that saving money was a necessity. They passed it on, and I sewed a lot in high school, then majored in clothing and textiles at Texas Tech during the '60s. I learned how to sew at Tech--tailoring, flat pattern design, draping (still have the dress form from the draping class), and I wouldn't take for what I learned. I still teach some Family and Consumer Science classes at high school, and believe me I teach how to cook and sew. I believe that kids have an inner desire to create something with their own hands, and if they never pick up a needle or sauce pan again, at least they will know how. Besides, who know which kid will become a designer or interior decorator, and they will need to have the skill of sewing. I really liked what Sarai said about the "disposable wardrobe." Clothing is so cheap, and women are so busy there is no need to sew, but we all have a need to relax, and create. Pass on the skill girls, and have fun doing it.
I just spent a few days in North Dakota helping my mom go through her storage room. I was horrified and amused that, while wedding dresses and a couple wool suits and amazing formals my grandma (b. 1911) sewed for my mom (b. 1945) had survived, nothing that my grandma sewed for herself had been saved! Only the scraps of some tantalizing, to-die-for fabrics had been preserved in some quilts. I thought we'd hit pay dirt when we found a zipper hanging bag that was Grandma's. Inside, lovingly preserved, alongside her treasured mink stole, were three scratchy polyester gowns. Not my taste but I figured still interesting to see her construction- but no! Turned out all three were store bought! I turned to my mom aghast, she laughed and said that I didn't understand how rare and exciting store-bought clothes were to them in "those days". Grandma didn't find any reason to save the things she made for herself, but was so proud of these dresses from a store!
As others have said, a lot of their sewing was more out of need and budget than preference, although my grandmother did enjoy the creative side of it. But my mom particularly was too tall for off-the-rack, especially where they lived, an 8 hour drive from the nearest big department store.
As for the next generation, my half-sister, who grew up without any sewing in the home at all, asked that my mom and I teach her kids as much as they'd sit still for, so they could at least have a little of that demystifying exposure at a young (preteen) age. We ran out of time this trip, but we'll see how it goes at Thanksgiving. I like that my sister had the idea, though. I'm more of a sporadically-enthusiastic than an accomplished sewer, but I've always known I can go back to it and have the confidence that I can learn because of the constant exposure when I was growing up-- it's just something I take for granted that I can do, even if never to the level my grandmother did. But it's just the reverse for my sister; she's always been kind of off-put and intimidated by sewing because of her lack of exposure or instruction. It feels more like a club she's excluded from. Of course she could learn if she wanted to and I'd love to teach her, but to her it feels like too big an undertaking, more like belatedly taking up a new language from scratch. But she wants her kids to have that initiation, so they know they can do it later if they ever want to.
Talking to my sister made me think about how it really does make all the difference to pass on by example through generations-- pass on that initiation. I don't know about others' Home Ec clases, but the uninspiring duffel bag I made in mine would never have made me want to touch a sewing machine ever again! Also, as many things as I've learned from books, the web, and trial & error, nothing beats taking home a frustrating project to my mom and getting that hands-on help. She gets a kick out of my renewed interest in something she pretty much packed in for lack of need anymore in the 80s. |
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“When we were a smaller organization, I had a lot more influence on the culture than I do now,” says Sean Kelly, CEO of SnackNation, a company that delivers healthy snacks to offices and homes across America. SnackNation currently has about 150 employees headquartered in Culver City, California.
Sean says as the company roster has expanded, he’s had to be more intentional about scaling the culture, and that includes being more proactive about collecting team members’ feedback.
“There were multiple phases where the influence of culture changed as our company grew. But we certainly felt it when we got to around 90 to 100 team members. I'd even say around the 30- or 40-person mark, our mid-level leadership influenced culture more than top leadership,” shares Sean.
“As a leader, I could still help guide and shape our culture—but it was really no longer primarily under my influence.”
“I’ve become more accepting of poll assessments and various surveys as the organization has grown larger; I'm not shaping the culture as much as I used to, and so it's very good for me to continually ensure that I understand what's going on, what's being said, and what's being felt.”
1. Use feedback to measure progress
“Everything's relative, but as long as you're getting better, and as long as people have a reason to believe that—or that there is the chance for things to get better—the team members are going to be excited, and they are going to be engaged.”
Don’t focus too much on where you are at now; instead, consider culture assessments as a barometer to examine over time. Another tip from Sean: Start by seeking to understand what motivates people and what people need to do their best work. If you don’t know the answer to those questions, then the information you’re gathering may not be as useful as it could be.
2. Use feedback to promote accountability
Getting feedback from employees or using engagement surveys is also a way to ensure and promote shared accountability. “It helps to build a culture of ownership. If we ask somebody, ‘What is your plan to achieve success?’ Or, ‘What support are you seeking from us to help you achieve success?’ We are able to get answers to those questions, and then hold people accountable for growth,” explains Sean.
“Often times, there are a lot of answers to these questions that indicate how someone is feeling about the organization or what they need. If we give them what they need to be successful, then we have a plan together, where as long as we're both improving, we're going to get there and we can hold all parties accountable.”
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One of the best ways SnackNation is able to check the pulse of their company culture is through monthly, open Q&A sessions.
These are anonymous, question-and-answer format sessions where anyone within the company can ask top leadership any question they want. In turn, leaders get vulnerable and honest in front of the entire group.
“We don't know who wrote any of the questions. We also don't allow anyone else to see the questions that other people are asking beforehand. They just enter it into a shared Google Document and we answer it in front of the team,” he says.
The open-ended questions uncover deep, meaningful insights around what people are thinking and feeling—and better yet, why they are feeling that way. “You can spot trends. You can also see if it's one person who's just frustrated and having a bad day, or maybe it's a disgruntled employee versus actually recognizing themes that multiple people feel,” explains Sean.
While they also use regular surveys, this is just one more way leaders at SnackNation embrace transparency while equipping team members to share what’s on their mind.
4. Use feedback to celebrate shared values
In this video, Mari Wenrick, Chief Champion of Culture at Value Added Packaging (VAP) explains how the company conducted a culture survey to gauge attitudes and perceptions within the company. “There were certain questions that I asked, such as, ‘What do you think about the company?’, ‘What do you think about the owners?’” Employees had the opportunity for the feedback to be anonymous.
It might have taken vulnerability on leadership’s behalf to ask such questions, but the feedback resulted in a major milestone for the company in terms of its culture journey.
The employee feedback was consistently articulated using the VAP language; it focused on the company values of love, family, care, and respect. “[This feedback] showed that they…really understood what we were doing and believed, and they had ownership in it, which was fantastic,” says Mari.
What employees wrote in their feedback was so moving that they put the messages on display on campus, which was another way they were able to celebrate the company’s culture.
The behavior of employees shifted from conscious actions to unconscious, cultural norms in alignment with the company values, says Mari. The unconscious was, “This is now what I'm a part of, and this is what I believe in,” she explains.
“And that, to me, was an amazing turning point because it showed that they bought into what we were doing and really had ownership in it.”
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PaperThin, a mid-market Web Content Management (CMS) vendor, recently announced that they have been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England.
The Fast 50 is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms. Program winners are ranked based on their percentage growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999 – 2003.
PaperThin recently released CommonSpot 4.0, their flagship Web CMS product.
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Trieste Science+Fiction 2016
Edizione 16 | 1 – 6 novembre 2016
In 1926 Hugo Gernsback founded in the United States the first magazine completely dedicated to science fiction literature, “Amazing Stories”, thus establishing the existence of a genre which the authors already knew very well but which still didn’t have a name.
In 1976 the International Science Fiction Film Festival in Trieste remembered the 50th anniversary of this event with an exhibition dedicated to pulp magazines at the Castle of San Giusto.
In that same year, the retrospective Fant’Italia, organized by La Cappella Underground, ventured – for the first time in a systematic manner – into the research of the Italian fantastic, among lost celluloids and repertoire films, widely anticipating the more recent secret stories of our cinema, which have caused its rediscovery and revaluation on a global scale.
This is where the 16th edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival starts from. In the DNA of the event there is always the good old Science Fiction Festival, but in the algorithm that animates us in the cockpit there is above all the spirit of research at 360 degrees, to bring on stage the best and the most recent independent sci-fi productions coming from all the corners of planet Earth. This is also the reason why in this 16th edition the cinéphiles will benefit of one extra day of program.
But the Festival broadens its range of action especially in a multidisciplinary direction, if in the age of crossover this term can still be used. More music, with the ultra sounds “made in FVG” of the opening concert of TARM and of those by DJ Yoda during the Invasion of the Body Snatchers Night.
More comics, with the o cial image signed by Davide Toffolo and the exhibition of Nathan Never in the 25th anniversary of the most popular science fiction series in Italy. More video games, with the vintage video game space Play It Again. More animation and stop motion, with two dedicated labs. More attention to the industry dimension and to training, with the first Fantastic Film Forum open to the professionals of the sector. More science, with the Futurology Meetings in collaboration with the most prestigious scientific institutions of our territory and Future Environment screenings. More attention to the younger audience, with a greater number of initiatives dedicated to schools and teenagers. More of Trieste, with Esterno/Giorno walks through the movie scene locations in town. More dramatics, with an exceptional guest star and Urania Life Achievement award who has seen things you people wouldn’t believe…
It is no chance that in our vision between science and fiction there is a plus!
And so, quoting a song particularly in tune with the image of this edition of the Festival: “Come one, come all. The incredible spetaculo de la vida, the incredible spetaculo de la muerte!”. And we’d like to add: “the incredible show of scientia, the incredible show of fantasia!” |
opinion The Newlyweds. Katy Perry. The Cousins. This is how my family characterized several different people we recently crossed paths with while on vacation. Here’s a brief description of each. The Newlyweds: Without going into too much graphic detail, this young couple basically couldn’t keep their hands...
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2013-03-20 11:25:42
The Newlyweds.
Katy Perry.
The Cousins.
This is how my family characterized several different people we recently crossed paths with while on vacation. Here’s a brief description of each.
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The Newlyweds: Without going into too much graphic detail, this young couple basically couldn’t keep their hands off each other or their faces far apart. They gave the impression they were on their honeymoon.
Our first impression of the Newlyweds was that they had no time for anyone but each other.
Katy Perry: This beautiful young woman looks like a less voluptuous Katy Perry, the “California Gurls” and “Firework” pop singer. She’s tall, confident and willowy, with jet black hair and big, round eyes — just like Katy Perry.
We noticed that Katy Perry was traveling with an older man and wondered if they were a couple (surely she was in it for the money, our devious minds figured) or a father and daughter.
The Cousins: These five little boys are ages 4 and 5 with lots of energy.
The Cousins appeared to be traveling with their grandparents.
On the second day of our vacation, I found myself next to the Newlyweds. So I asked if that, indeed, is what they were.
Turns out they are not married and were not on their honeymoon. But the man, Adam, had recently proposed to the woman, Jennifer. (She said yes!)
It also turns out they were quite nice and friendly, and they did have time for and enjoyed talking to others. They even offered to lend my husband a pair of Adam’s pants for a fancy dinner if need be since my husband hadn’t packed nice pants.
We crossed paths with the Newlyweds several times and always had pleasant conversations and enjoyed learning about their backgrounds.
While I was trading introductions with the Newlyweds that first time, I was pleasantly surprised to look up at one point and see that Katy Perry had engaged my shy, younger daughter in conversation.
Turns out she wasn’t a pop singer, but rather a Mankato State University student who was vacationing with her dad. She was fun and energetic and often took my daughters under her wing and encouraged them to participate in different activities. We learned this wasn’t the first time someone told her she looked like Katy Perry.
We even had a bit of interaction with the Cousins. When asked, Grandma confirmed that the young boys were, indeed, cousins and not quintuplets. A few of them came up to me one day, somewhat shyly, and said “hi.” They actually said quite a bit more, but in a language I didn’t understand.
They entertained us as they darted about and sneakily crept up to me to try to converse, and we admired the grandparents for taking the five boys on vacation.
One of the most fun aspects of this vacation was the people watching we did. Even better were the people we met who became friends for the week, including the Newlyweds, Katy Perry and many others.
These were people we attached a label and story to based on their looks. We were lucky enough to get to know them a bit to go beyond the label.
First impressions — we learned it’s worth looking deeper and is worth the time and effort to go beyond the first impression. |
"...the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology. ... The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated. ... As yet there is only one country which has succeeded in creating this politician’s paradise.” - Bertrand Russell, The Impact of Science on Society, 1960.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Miami: FBI's John J. Connolly Arrives in Court
... Prosecutors contend that Callahan planned to expose the orchestration of a Tulsa businessman's murder by James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. The body of the 45-year-old Boston business consultant was found riddled with bullets and stuffed in the trunk of his Cadillac on Aug. 3, 1982, in a parking lot at Miami International Airport. |
“Jargon is part of office life and while it can often be regarded as baffling and frustrating, there are advantages to speaking the office lingo, the Telegraph quoted David Clubb, the managing director of Office Angels, as saying.
“These can range from bonding with a team to understanding mind-boggling conference calls, he added. (ANI) |
package org.jetbrains.dokka.base.transformers.documentables
import org.jetbrains.dokka.model.*
import org.jetbrains.dokka.plugability.DokkaContext
import org.jetbrains.dokka.transformers.documentation.PreMergeDocumentableTransformer
import org.jetbrains.dokka.transformers.documentation.perPackageOptions
import org.jetbrains.dokka.transformers.documentation.source
import org.jetbrains.dokka.transformers.documentation.sourceSet
import java.io.File
class SuppressedDocumentableFilterTransformer(val context: DokkaContext) : PreMergeDocumentableTransformer {
override fun invoke(modules: List<DModule>): List<DModule> {
return modules.mapNotNull(::filterModule)
}
private fun filterModule(module: DModule): DModule? {
val packages = module.packages.mapNotNull { pkg -> filterPackage(pkg) }
return when {
packages == module.packages -> module
packages.isEmpty() -> null
else -> module.copy(packages = packages)
}
}
private fun filterPackage(pkg: DPackage): DPackage? {
val options = perPackageOptions(pkg)
if (options?.suppress == true) {
return null
}
val filteredChildren = pkg.children.filterNot(::isSuppressed)
return when {
filteredChildren == pkg.children -> pkg
filteredChildren.isEmpty() -> null
else -> pkg.copy(
functions = filteredChildren.filterIsInstance<DFunction>(),
classlikes = filteredChildren.filterIsInstance<DClasslike>(),
typealiases = filteredChildren.filterIsInstance<DTypeAlias>(),
properties = filteredChildren.filterIsInstance<DProperty>()
)
}
}
private fun isSuppressed(documentable: Documentable): Boolean {
if (documentable !is WithSources) return false
val sourceFile = File(source(documentable).path).absoluteFile
return sourceSet(documentable).suppressedFiles.any { suppressedFile ->
sourceFile.startsWith(suppressedFile.absoluteFile)
}
}
}
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I just took a pie out of the oven. A pie and two custards, actually, as I had too much pumpkin filling for the crust. The pie turned out wonderfully--the custards a winning experiment. Best of all, though, was what happened while they were baking.
The house was quiet and I was alone in the kitchen.
After stirring up the pie filling, I tucked into the corner chair/step-stool, a treasured perch of several in the house, leaned back against the wall, and napped gently to the smell of cinnamon, cloves, and ginger while next to a warm oven with a window open to the cool behind me.
It was a most welcome and needed embrace. School is out until next week but the freedom is filled with a significant writing project that I need to begin these days. I wonder if the naps are my body and mind's way of helping me make the transition to writing mode-- a way to put the kids and the chaos of school aside and turn my face again toward the muse, toward the spirit, adopting anew the feeling of being loved like no other, the feeling of being a delight and beholding a delight. The feeling of living inside the Word and trying to write an opening for others as well as marking my own journey for myself.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
"9:51 AM. Tucked into the stairwell above the entrance to the main church level, waiting for the 9:00 Mass to let out but not in any hurry. I am quite comfortable, actually...warm, pleasantly secure, and in a position to hear and see much. Listening to the cantor sing during communion-- "Soon and Very Soon" which blended into the Taize "Jesus Remember Me." So lovely and so smooth the pieces fitting into one another. It occurs to me as I sit here, listenign to bits of the Family Faith program going on in the Mary Chapel, watching people begin to gather in the foyer, and hearing the movement that indicates the close of Mass, that a stairwell might not be where most would choose to perch while picking up a pen and paper. What is it about this place that speaks to me of being at home? Hmm.
I think some is that it is a bit worn and rubbed down at the edges from years of use and prayer. The whole building. The steps are scooped out in the middle from a hundred plus years of ascent and descent, the pews are darkened and worn to a shine. Yes, I find God in the broken-in-ness. That, actually, is where I most readily find God. There is a depth, a longevity, a history, to what is broken-in. A comfort in one's own being. Perhaps it is me who is becoming broken-in and more comfortable...
Funny, this makes me think of one of my favorite words...glory. There is a depth there for me too. A history, a richness that comes with living, with seeing, tasting, knowing, feeling. The glory of God made known in me? Deeper and deeper it reaches to draw out the story, the richness, the full-being-ness. Instead of dust to dust, perhaps instead glory unto glory--from the creative, story-filled, loving, depths of God to broken-in and flexible, stretchable, open humanity and then back again to the heart of all that is most wondrous, most just, most compassionate, most glorious..."
1) Do you have a food processor? Can you recommend it? Which is to say, do you actually use it?
Have access to one--but prefer chopping by hand. There is something satisfying about wielding a knife and watching the pile of ingredients mound.... there's also the sensory experience--the feel of the knife slicing, the sound, the juices, scents, and textures all immediately at hand.
2) And if so, do you use the fancy things on it? (Mine came with a mini-blender (used a lot and long ago broken) and these scary disks you used to julienne things (used once).)
Nope.
3) Do you use a standing mixer? Or one of the hand-held varieties?
Hand mixer when necessary--stiff arm and a good spoon otherwise. I do admit to coveting my Grandmother's vintage KitchenAide, though.
4) How about a blender? Do you have one? Use it much?
Now we're talking! Love the blender--especially when it comes to soup. Nothing better for mixing-ing/smoothing into creamy goodness. The first time I used our new one, though, whoa! Everything and every one within a block's radius (give or take) was baptized. Tomato soup every which way. Let's just say a new motor is far, far more potent than one, say, twenty years old.
5) Finally, what old-fashioned, non-electric kitchen tool do you enjoy using the most?
We have a fabulous wooden... implement. I think it must have been a spoon at one point, but the round edges have flattened some and it is now more of a gentle triangle on a handle. Terribly practical for picking things up and flipping, scooping and scraping. And, nothing, nothing, nothing, beats a good sharp chef knife, a heavy bottom dutch oven, and a cast iron skillet.
Monday, November 17, 2008
A homily for the Feast of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Religious of the Sacred Heart who brought the Society to the United States in 1818.
Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10 ; Psalm 63; Lk 12:22-34
"Do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear…can any of you by worrying add a moment to your lifespan? If even the smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest?"
A good question.
Go ahead, Philippine Duchesne! Get on the ship! Sail across a tempestuous ocean, to an unknown land, to uncertain work, in an unnerving language, with unfamiliar people…
And by the way, don't you worry about a thing… Ummm Hmmm…. How much easier for us to hear this in our time—because we know it all came out! Philippine became a saint, the network of Sacred Heart schools exists, and there are over 300 Religious of the Sacred Heart in the United States.
We know how it all came out… or, do we? I wonder if this story might have sounded familiar to some of you…perhaps if I put it this way—
Go ahead, new fifth graders! Climb those stairs! Go to the new land known as the Middle School! Don't worry about your uniform, where you are supposed to be going, or when lunch will be. Sixth graders—learning the names of new students, new teachers, all that new English vocabulary?? No problem. Seventh graders, that new language of Upper School—peer group, life skills, X-period, Advisory, Visual Foundations… I'm sure it will work out just fine. And teachers, go ahead, teach the subject you've never taught! Be a homeroom teacher for the first time! And, by the way, don't worry. Yep. Right.
What was Philippine's response to the multitude of unknowns? She prayed…always, according to her beloved Potawatomie. She turned to her God who she believed would not abandon her to her worries, she turned to her God that would not cast her hope back into the sea but rather would lead her feet through the prairie grass…all the way until today when with the eyes of faith, we look to the mountain of those who have made a difference in our world and are able to say "How beautiful upon the mountain are the feet of the one announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation."
But, today, in this time and place, I'd like us to think bigger than feet. How beautiful upon the mountain are the heart, the hands, the mind, the feet…of those who work to bring about a world where we help one another, where we treat everyone with dignity, and where all are loved…that is God's vision… this is what Philippine now sees from that mountain. This is what we will see when we join her and walk our own journey with our heart and hands and mind and feet… without worry about the small matters, but by prayer and trust in God and the multitude around us. Our hands, mine, yours, yours., yours… our hearts, minds, …these are the hands and hearts and minds of God. The only ones God has. God's people, God's beloved children who are called to put aside concerns for ourselves and prepare the way for the coming of Love.
As you now know, lunch is at 11:45, the uniform guidelines are in the handbook, and most specialized vocabulary is explained in orientation. What's left is only for us to seek God, bring forth the vision in own time and space and way. May Philippine's pioneer spirit be with us all. God already is. Always is. No worries. But not easy.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
"Sitting in a pew, watching the choir arrange themselves in the section where I usually tuck in...now listening to them practice the Gloria and finding it a much more pleasant alternative to the woman who is speaking even louder now to be heard by the tour group members moving through the main part of the church. The choir has moved on now to the psalm and the aleluia...and just as I began to float on the acoustics, someone carried by a a box labeled "angel wings." For some reason, I find that rather endearing...and comforting on some level...spare wings...that there would be angel wings available to use when the proof was needed. And, all the better that it was a simple cardboard box, written on in marker. A simple container that lets glory be glory. I can't help but think that the angels would be perfectly okay with that. I can't help imagining the conversation--"Okay, folks, they're not buying it. Got to break out the wings." "Aw geez, the wings??" "Yep, no choice on this one. Formal occassion and all..." Someone gets sent to the closet to sift and sort through boxes until finding the one wrapped with a bit of twine and labeled in permanent marker, "Angel Wings." Then there's the trying on...sort of like choir robes, I imagine. Somewhat cumbersome, perhaps, but tradition. Big wings, small wings, fluttery wings and flappy wings... and you know when you found the right pair because your cheeks get warm and you find yourself wondering about the stars."
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I am planning a Mass with 45 kids and two other teachers. To get the maximum input, several different groups were created and pieces assigned. One homeroom, write the petitions and pick the kids to read; one homeroom, the offertory-pick the symbol to be carried forward in addition to the candles, flowers, bread and wine and who would carry each. My religion class, a mix of the homerooms, would pick the music and fill out the rest of the roles.
In religion, the kids split into two groups--one starting with song selection--taking into consideration the readings which we read outloud together, the other with assigning roles. When done, the group switched to the other topic. The only input I had was that the selections for both had to give evidence of reasonable thought and ultimately, I was the one who ratified their selelctions.
They chose fantastic music! Perfectly suited to the celebration and the readings and indicative of the preferred liturgical style of the kids-- songs with zip, songs with harmonies, songs with life and connection for the students. I took their papers, went to the music teacher, suggested a plan using a mix of the suggestions from the two groups, and she easily agreed.
I told the kids the next day which songs we were doing and they were SO thrilled. We suggested those!! We can do these?? Really?? Awesome!! You listened!!
Well, yes... you made wonderful suggestions, clearly connected to the reason for the celebration and the readings...why wouldn't I listen to you-- you are planning the Mass!
They had such smiles on their faces.
Makes me glad to be an adult at moments like that... an adult who has the chance to help a kid see their own worth, their own value, that what they have to say is important, that reasonable thought and passion behind something helps it to fly.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
I was having tea while visting a friend this afternoon when conversation turned to music and whether someone who knows music parses sound into notes instinctively the same way my friend, an artist, can parse shades and colors into component pieces that add up to the whole. She sees the whole and can see inside enough to see the pieces that come together to create it. We mulled this for a while, the similarities between music and visual art--for the one who knows how, the vision is through the whole to the inside structure that created it.
This got me thinking about writing and reading poetry and other forms of written expression. I realized that for me, the process with this format is reversed. I hear the pieces, I hear the structure, and a whole is created. By the rubbing of syllables, by the procession of patterns, images juxtaposed, and rhythmic rituals, something Other is created--a larger whole. I start, though, with the pieces...the words themselves. How they encounter one another in my mouth or ears when read aloud by me or someone esle, or how they interact when read silently in my mind, builds the larger picture.
This moved our conversation into the role voice plays in helping the words find one another and welcome each other's company...or not. I was struggling to explain my meaning and ended up referencing pasta.
Sometimes, when I hear things read aloud, the words are cut off from one another, not in relationship yet, simply occupying space next to each other. Crunchy raw pasta in the box.
Sometimes, the voice overpowers the words, running them into one another, coming on too strong. The mushy, sticky with gluten, uni-pasta of overboiling.
Then you have al dente when each piece is still itself, each word its own syllables, but flexible, chewy almost. It can bump into other pieces of pasta and you can feel the give and take, it neither falls to pieces nor adheres inextricably. It is filling and substantive... its best pasta-ness being drawn forth.
I think the voice/outside the mind delivery of Word or poetry can achieve the same thing...Expression that satisfies by honoring the fullness of language's capacities...
I'm making home-made mac and cheese for dinner, by the way. Tomatoes and sauteed onions are mixed in for a kick. A limerick, I think, would be the equivilent. Predictable...but often with a twist. |
Careers in Shipping, Marine & Energy Sectors
Making waves in the offshore industry
Thursday, February 21 - 2013
V.Ships Turkey is delighted to announce it has successfully
concluded an offshore crewing contract with Dubai-based seismic
research vessel operator Polarcus DMCC.
The agreement follows the news of the sale of Polarcus Samur -
an eight-streamer 3D world class seismic vessel - to the Turkish
owners TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corp.) on February 11, 2013.
Polarcus will continue to provide support services to TPAO,
including technical and crew management as part of a three year
contract.
The vessel will be renamed Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa after the
legendary Ottoman Admiral and will carry the Turkish flag under
Turkish International Ship Registry (TUGS).
Harun Duzgoren, Managing Director of V.Ships Turkey (pictured),
said: "We are very excited to be part of this important initiative,
which confirms Turkey's position as a new and emerging player in
the oil and gas world.
"As V.Ships' regional office, we possess the necessary skillset
and experience to deliver on quality for our offshore clients like
Polarcus. As a direct result of this dedication to quality and cost
optimisation, this is our fourth back to back offshore marine
services contract in the last three years.
"The vast majority of our crew have been with us in other similar
projects in the Black Sea and other parts of the world, so we are
confident that they will integrate quickly with Polarcus crew
on-board."
As per the legislation, 51 per cent of her crew - as well as the
Master - will need to be Turkish nationals. V.Ships Turkey will
support Polarcus in complying with this requirement by providing 13
Turkish crew members. A seismic vessel uses seismic waves to
pinpoint and locate the best possible area for oil drilling in the
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Q:
How do you call a javascript method on a htmlwidget (jsoneditor) in shiny?
I'm trying to use jsonedit from the listviewer package in a shiny app and want to display the tree fully expanded by default. There isn't an option to do this in the jsonedit() function, but the underlying javascript object has an .expandAll() method which should do it. How do I call this method from R shiny? My attempt below doesn't work either in a shiny app or directly in R.
library(shiny)
library(listviewer)
library(magrittr)
library(htmlwidgets)
x <- list(a=1,b=2,c=list(d=4,e='penguin'))
jsonedit(x, mode = 'view') %>% onRender("function(el,x,data) {this.expandAll();}")
shinyApp(
ui = shinyUI(
fluidPage(
jsoneditOutput( "jsed" )
)
),
server = function(input, output){
output$jsed <- renderJsonedit({
jsonedit(x, mode = 'view') %>% onRender("function(el,x,data) {this.expandAll();}")
})
}
)
A:
jsonedit(x, mode = 'view') %>%
onRender("function(el,x,data) {this.editor.expandAll();}")
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Applying for Passport and Visa? Here’s what you need to know about Police Clearance Certificate
Applying for Passport and Visa? Here’s what you need to know about Police Clearance Certificate
For the beginners, applying for a new identification or making a trip abroad offer ascend to many inquiries. One among the regular is presumably what does PCC demonstrate? Well, this post is an endeavour to highlight some of the important pointers on PCC.
The Police Clearance Certificate, in short PCC, is issued to every single imminent candidate from India looking for an outing to a different country for business, long stay or for residential purpose. Be that as it may, individuals from India flying out to an alternate nation on Tourist Visa are not qualified to apply for PCC. This authentication assumes a crucial part while applying for an identification and visa; and relying upon the nation and reason for visit, candidates might be solicited to give different sorts documents while applying for the same.
By and large, a PCC is given by the Regional Passport Office of the candidate’s area where he/she has been staying for most recent a half year or progressively and the same gets issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Henceforth, the area of the candidate is of the quintessence while issuing a PCC. Individuals applying for a PCC having no satisfactory address verification, may confront challenge while arranging their abroad excursions. A portion of the archives that a candidate can give to help his/her address verification may incorporate a bank explanation. To get this announcement as your current address evidence, you can ask for the bank expert for the same to change your address and issue a bank articulation for most recent one year. When you get this report, sign it and get it stamped. It would be ideal if you be educated that downloading the announcement won’t get the job done the reason, as it needs to get stamped authoritatively.
While applying for a PCC, a candidate may experience two stages wherein, he/she may require either physical police check or PCC stamp. In the event that a candidate is requested physical police check then he/she will be given a receipt number alongside an archive that he/she needs to convey home. In like manner, the candidate is additionally imparted by the important specialist saying the name and contact number of the cop will’s identity going to the candidate’s home for verification.
Once physical police confirmation is done, the following concern is acquiring the PCC. Accumulating a PCC after check relies upon two situations. To begin with; if a candidate is dwelling in his/her nation for not as much as a year then it might require half a month. Second; if the candidate is dwelling in his/her nation for over one year time then the check happens in next 2-3 days. After that a candidate is prepared to gather his/her visa from the passport center and get a PCC letter issued.
Then again, the necessity of a PCC stamp appears when physical police confirmation isn’t required. To complete it, an applicant has to go to the counter where PCC letter is taken and stamped by the authorised individuals. There are three stamps that are put crosswise over including:
An underwriting alongside the application number of the candidate saying the name of the visting nation
A stamp of MEA
An authorisation stamp giving the leeway
From there on, the assigned individual from the counter stamp on applicant’s passport. Having done, the approved individual further signs the letter and the passport page.
So this is what a PCC is all about. To know other information on visa, passport and documentation prerequisites for overseas trip keep following Visas of the World. |
Gun Control Lawmaker Facing Recall
The organizers of an effort to recall Colorado Senate President John Morse turned in Monday more than twice the number of signatures required to force a special election, possibly setting the stage for an expensive, national battle over gun control.
If the signatures are determined to be valid and survive a court challenge, it’s likely voters in Morse’s Senate district will decide at a special election in September whether to oust the Colorado Springs Democrat.
Morse’s support of gun-control legislation in the 2013 session as well as his leadership style sparked the recall effort. |
“Spike! No, Spike!” Too late, my mutt Spike was busily sniffing up the butt of another dog, one that didn’t seem to mind really, but the gaze from the stud that held the other end of that dog’s leash made me embarrassed anyway. I tugged on the leash and finally Spike minded me, coming over with a hurt look on his face as if to say that he was just being a good neighbor. I fished around for something to say to the well built guy whose dog just got nose raped by mine when he smiled and reached out a hand.
“No harm done as I can see and anyway, dogs will be dogs. My name’s Rick and Henry’s my dog.” I introduced myself and Spike, who decided since I was talking nicely with the fine fellow that it would be ok to start sniffing HIM. He’d just began at the man’s shoe and I hastily tugged on the leash again in fear that he’d complete the “trick” that I’d taught him.
“No, Spike, no!” Again, he gave me that hurt look and came back to ‘hmpf’ at my feet, watching both Henry and Rick carefully just in case I changed my mind. Indeed, I would have been quite pleased to have Spike perform his “trick” with this young man, for he was tall, muscular in all the right places and had that smile that made me just melt when one was directed at me. His hair was dark blond, close cropped military style and his eyes were a deep blue that sparkled as he watched Spike and I. Clean shaven and wearing tight ‘mufti’ type t-shirt and shorts, I’d pegged him as one of the countless marines living off base as they had for many years. His body was in fine US Government shape, evident from the tight clothing as was the fact that he was well endowed at the crotch area. Later on I was to find that he was in the Reserves and actually it was that membership that brought us together through our dogs.
As we talked we had headed to the apartment complex’s newly created dog park, a fenced area of well maintained grass and benches where dogs could run off leash and play in a secure area. I found it amusing that in the year before this same area was a children’s ‘tot lot’ but as it was never used by the few families with kids it was converted to what was really needed. We entered the dog park and secured the gate behind us, got ourselves a set of plastic poop gloves and released our dogs!
Off they tore, like two school kids let loose after chores, romping and peeing on everything, sniffing everywhere and, of course, each other. Both dogs were ‘fixed’ males, but it was funny to see them still highly interested in each other’s butts. Rick and I settled on a bench and chatted about various things, until he got quiet as he watched our dogs play.
“What is it, Rick? You seem distracted.” I said as I broke from watching HIM to see what was up.
He shrugged and turned towards me. “Well, I got to leave here in a few weeks for my Reserve shift and I have nowhere for Henry to stay while I’m gone.” Rick sighed and I sighed as I watched his muscles flex under the tight clothing. “He’s a good dog, but most of my friends just don’t want the burden of taking care of a dog, even if it is only a few weeks out of the year.”
I thought about it some and murmured that things would work out somehow. I had the same problem when I went on vacation, but made enough money to board Spike with the vet if I had to. Seeing this guy all concerned about his dog tugged at my heart (as well as his body did my cock) so I offered to take care of Henry as it was obvious to both of us that our dogs got along quite well.
“Two dogs for a short time can’t be that much of a bother,” I said, basking in the growing smile on Rick’s face, “and I’m sure that they don’t eat so much that I’ll go broke. I figure I can take them for walks together and if Henry doesn’t mind going out to do his business when Spike goes, I think we can do this with no problem.” Rick looked like somebody just handed him a million dollars and to my delight, hugged me hard before I realized what he’d done.
“Oh man, you just relieved me of my worst worry!” His hug had, of course, brought our lower bodies close enough to touch and our hairy lower legs pressed together briefly until he released me and sat back, grinning broader than any time earlier that day. “I know Henry and Spike will get along great and of course I’ll leave money for Henry’s food. I don’t think having a brother will bother Henry at all, in fact he’ll be almost on vacation himself!”
We laughed and then it was time to head back to our respective apartments after policing the park as good citizens should after their dogs. Disposing of the used gloves in the special trash cans, we put the leashes back on our dogs and headed out through the gate. Rick stopped and grabbed my arm before I turned off towards my apartment. “Here’s my phone number and address. Feel free to drop by. I’m home most evenings and always keep a six pack and steaks in the fridge for my buddies.” He handed me a card from his back pocket with this information on it.
“That sounds great, Rick,” I said as I pocketed the card and shook hands with him. “I’ll give you a call when I get back to my place and pass my info to you as well.” He grinned and we headed our two ways with our dogs, who looked a bit disappointed they couldn’t play more with each other. I called Rick a few minutes later and gave him my address and phone number and we also exchanged cell phone numbers just in case. After I’d hung up I was rather horny and had Spike perform his ‘trick’ before showering and setting up for my own dinner.
A few days later Rick called and invited Spike and I to dinner. “Like I said, I got beer and steaks, but if you want to bring something that would be ok.” I volunteered to bring what I called a ‘man’s salad’ which made him laugh and later that day arrived with Spike and my salad. Rick whistled at the hearty salad I’d made and I explained that the idea of a ‘man’s salad’ was to make it chunkier and put more stuff in it than most women did. We shared the salad and steaks while our dogs had a little bit of steak as well and then took our beers out to Rick’s balcony to relax.
I complemented Rick on his steaks and he made a comment that meat was his specialty, something that was loaded with innuendo and after a few more comments like that I turned and, emboldened, asked Rick if he was bisexual.
“No, are you?” When I told him I was gay, he smiled. “Me too, cool how that worked out.” We laughed and now we openly cruised each other, checking out each other’s hard bodies and especially each other’s thickening crotches. Spike noticed us and happily went to Rick, first sniffing his bare leg and slowly sniffing and licking upwards until he got to where Rick’s shorts began.
“Spike, No!” I wasn’t sure if Rick was ready for Spike’s ‘trick.’
“What’s wrong, Mike, he’s just interested in me, that’s all.”
I shook my head, watching Spike as he ‘hmpft’ again and lay at Rick’s feet. “I taught Spike a special trick that you might find embarrassing, Rick, and unfortunately Spike likes the reward so much he tries his trick with every guy I meet.”
Rick’s eyebrows went up and he said, “I’d like to see this trick if I can. Do I need to do anything special?”
“The trick works best if you’re naked, at least that’s how I taught Spike,” I said, reddening a bit in embarrassment. My embarrassment changed to lust as Rick just nodded and stood up, peeling off his tight t-shirt and pulling off his shorts to reveal that he was going commando. He settled back in his chair, spread his legs and nodded to me. “OK, Spike, ‘Trick!’”
Spike happily got up and started sniffing and licking up Rick’s leg again, moving up past his knee to where his thickly muscled thigh began. He paused a second to check to make sure I hadn’t changed my mind and then moved up Rick’s meaty thigh to where a nicely engorged cock was growing. Rick was uncut, and Spike got confused for a bit as he watched a different type of cock, but understood what to do after Rick’s head appeared from its skin covering. With a happy grunt Spike zeroed in on Rick’s balls and began licking them with long, slow strokes.
“Umm… oh…” moaned Rick as Spike worked his heavy balls, licking up from the bottom of the ball sack and catching one ball lightly in the cup of his tongue before completing the stroke and going for the other one. The signal to move to the cock was always the presence of precum, and as the first pearly drop appeared at Rick’s cockhead, Spike move forward and began licking the underside of Rick’s hard cock. Of course, Spike had no way of knowing as I did that uncut cocks are very sensitive right there and, like a switch being turned on, my doggie was getting well rewarded in precum as Rick moaned louder and deeper as his cock sent pleasure signals all across his nerves.
Rick moaned louder when Spike’s tongue would scrape lightly against his frenum, the most sensitive spot on men and, for uncut guys, where the biggest trigger was located. That and having a more sensitive head that would receive licks from Spike as he got his precum treat were enough to set off the orgasm and Rick was no exception to the rule. “Oh fuck!” yelled Rick as he began shooting thick cream from his cock, Spike yelping again happily as the man milk began coating Rick’s lap and chest. Spike kept up the work until Rick stopped shooting, and then helpfully licked up every drop of cum that had gone on Rick’s body. Weakly, Rick looked over at me and whispered hoarsely, “Some trick…”
I grinned and motioned to Spike who headed over to where I sat, now naked and throbbing with my own need. “Spike, Trick!” Soon I was moaning and shooting my own load while my doggie lapped up the goods. Seeing neither man with a hard cock, Spike gave one last lick to my crotch and sat at my feet, watching the both of us just in case we were ready for a second round.
Rick got up and came around to my chair, bent close to me and planted a big kiss on my lips. “Ok I think it’s time Master got a chance to have fun with me as well…” I grinned and told Spike to stay, which he did, content (and full of man spunk) to wait until I called again. The two of us headed into Rick’s bedroom and, after collecting a rubber and some lube from a handy side table drawer, Rick was on his back, his ankles resting on my shoulders and my rubberized cock ready to enter his pulsating hole!
I slowly entered him, his moans deepening to groans as I spread his legs wider to get better depth and, when I hit his joy button, his cock leapt up like a startled fish. Long deep strokes slowly moved to the short ‘almost ready to cum’ ones and, with a yelp from Rick, his orgasm began pulsing around my cock, his cock coating his ripped abs and thick pecs with creamy goodness. I was in hog heaven with the feeling on my rod and it didn’t long before I was filling the tip of my rubber to bursting. When I was done I carefully pulled out of Rick’s fine asshole and rolled over onto my back beside my raggedly breathing fuck buddy and then carefully removed the rubber to empty the spunk inside it onto my belly. “Spike, Trick!” With a galloping sound my dog hustled into the bedroom and, nose aquiver, began vacuuming up the spooge on our bodies.
Rick began laughing as Spike happily licked off his cum from his belly, saying that it tickled a bit and, with a little woof Spike continued cleaning of my buddy’s upper torso until he couldn’t find any more. Turning towards me, he cleaned off my belly, carefully licking out the depression where my belly button lay as well as a nice deposit of cum. I agreed with Rick, Spike’s tongue on the belly was rather tickling to the sensitive area right after cumming, and we giggled like two school girls as Spike completed his trick.
We rested, side by side with our hands idly stroking each other as we waited for the post-orgasmic buzz to fade away and when we felt like moving again we got up and showered together, itself creating another post-orgasmic buzz, although this time it was my butthole that was stretched. Poor Spike didn’t get to do his trick this time as the shower cleared off all the spooge before I had a chance to call him into the bathroom. Towels around our waists, we headed to the living room and, with a couple more beers, chatted about not much of anything until Rick suggested I spend the night…
…the next morning, after rounds of heavy sex that left my dog so full of spunk, the last time I called out “Trick” he just hmpfed at me and went back to sleep. Rick and I laughed at that and cleaned ourselves up, had breakfast that morning and then Spike and I went home to prepare for Henry’s stay. A few days later Rick and Henry came over, Henry all excited and sniffing everything in the apartment before we headed to the dog park together. Rick was getting Henry used to my place and that evening he and Henry stayed overnight, Henry confused by Spike performing his trick three times that evening and finally deciding that it was interesting enough to try for himself. I thought Rick’s smile couldn’t get much wider when he realized that his dog had found his crotch and was happily licking up his master’s cum. “Guess I don’t have to do cum rag laundry anymore,” he said, giggling as Henry’s tongue lapped at his belly button, “now I have my own personal spooge vacuum.”
I nodded, Spike cleaning my belly off as well. “Saves a lot of energy and water too.” We both laughed and let the dogs finish before we settled into each other’s arms, slowly falling asleep…
…unfortunately, the next morning Rick had to report for duty and we got up early, Rick taking a quick shower and getting dressed in his reservist’s uniform before eating what he called his last home cooked meal for awhile. Before grabbing his duffel and walking out the door, he stopped and pulled me into a huge bear hug. Kissing me, he whispered, “Thanks, Mike, for not only taking care of Henry for me but also taking care of me. When I get back, I’ll show you how appreciative I am!”
I grinned and rubbed my ass. “Can hardly wait, Rick! Henry, Spike and I will get along fine. You go off and do your duty and when you get back in a few weeks, we’ll have a celebration all ready for you!” Another hug and kiss later, Rick had driven away and the dogs were now resting at my feet while I sat on the couch still tingling from that last kiss.
The weeks rolled by and indeed, the two dogs were good friends and not any problem at all to manage. I developed a bit more muscle in my arms from having to restrain two dogs rather than one, but overall it worked out fine. I reinforced Henry’s newly trained ‘trick’ and Spike had to share the wealth, so to speak, but I knew Henry had received all the training he needed and now was in practice mode, the dogs again got along as long as they shared my cock, balls and spooge.
There were three happy mutts when I heard the knock at the door and Rick stood there, Henry because master was home, Spike because Henry was excited and myself because I had really missed Rick! He laughed as we all tried to hug, lick and rub against him and finally we got ourselves organized on the couch, the two dogs at our feet and the two humans in each other’s arms.
“I’m so glad to be home!” Rick said, smiling into my eyes as we embraced. “It was sheer torture to be without you guys, even for two weeks! I haven’t jacked off or anything as I shared bunk space with five other guys, none of them gay and too ‘uber-straight’ for me.” He grinned and continued, “Besides, my buddy at home and my dog will help me take care of that problem!” We laughed and then we got a bit more purposeful with our hands, finally stripping each other and kissing until we were so horny it was time.
“Spike! Henry! ‘Trick…’!”
The model used to illustrate this story is Alexander Keus. If you'd like to see more photos of him, click here. |
Q:
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method '<>f__AnonymousType4`1[System.String] get_Item(Int32)'
please I'm working on a ASP.NET MVC project with Entity Framework, I try to use this Query but I got an error .
Query :
var R = (from A in SCHOOL_DB_Context.Con.ABS where A.STG_ABS == STG && (A.DT_ABS.Month + "/" + A.DT_ABS.Year) == MONTHS[i].MONTH && A.DT_ABS.Hour == Hour select A).ToList();
Error :
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method
'<>f__AnonymousType4`1[System.String] get_Item(Int32)' method, and
this method cannot be translated into a store expression.
The full code is :
var MONTHS = (from A in SCHOOL_DB_Context.Con.ABS where A.STG_ABS == STG && A.DT_ABS.Hour == Hour group A by A.DT_ABS.Month + "/" + A.DT_ABS.Year into G select new { MONTH = G.Key }).ToList();
List<DataPoint> DATA = new List<DataPoint>();
List<DataPoint> DTP = new List<DataPoint>();
if (MONTHS.Count == 0)
{
DTP.Add(new DataPoint(null, null));
}
else
{
for (int i = 0; i < MONTHS.Count; i++)
{
var R = (from A in SCHOOL_DB_Context.Con.ABS where A.STG_ABS == STG && (A.DT_ABS.Month + "/" + A.DT_ABS.Year) == MONTHS[i].MONTH && A.DT_ABS.Hour == Hour select A).ToList();
int Count = 0;
Count = R.Count;
//DATA.Add(new DataPoint(MONTHS[i].MONTH, Count));
DTP.Add(new DataPoint(MONTHS[i].MONTH, Count));
}
}
Please any help to fix this issue?
A:
Try pulling the indexer out of the secondary query:
var month = MONTHS[i].MONTH;
var R = (from A in SCHOOL_DB_Context.Con.ABS
where A.STG_ABS == STG
&& (A.DT_ABS.Month + "/" + A.DT_ABS.Year) == month
&& A.DT_ABS.Hour == Hour
select A).ToList();
You might still get an error concatenating the month and year as a string - if you do my next suggestion would be to pull the month and year separately in the MONTHS query and compare the two values independently.
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DJs brings in help to review Myer merger
Retailer David Jones will undertake a thorough assessment of a merger proposal put by rival Myer.
David Jones has appointed consultants to help it review the proposal, and identify any benefits for the two retailers.
The review will also assess the benefits of David Jones proceeding on a stand-alone basis.
Nonetheless, the latest statement from David Jones represents a significant shift for the company after it stated last year there would be no fair value to its shareholders in merging with Myer.
David Jones said that, given the Myer proposal was based on a share swap, and if talks between the two companies proceeded, an assessment would be made of Myer's business, requiring Myer's co-operation.
David Jones chairman Gordon Cairns said it was imperative that his company undertook this initial strategic work prior to talks with Myer.
"It will enable us to have a full understanding of the value that can be delivered to our shareholders if David Jones were to merge with Myer, versus the value that can reasonably be expected to be delivered to our shareholders if the company continues with its Future Strategic Direction Plan on a stand-alone basis," Mr Cairns said.
"Once this work is completed, we will be in a position to engage in a meaningful way with Myer."
The latest developments in the proposed merger follow David Jones chief executive Paul Zahra reversing his decision to quit the company, and Myer chief executive Bernie Brookes' re-appointment to his job.
David Jones director Leigh Clapham also ended his role with the company on Tuesday.
He and fellow director Steve Vamos, plus chairman Peter Mason, announced in February they would step down after controversial share purchases by Mr Clapham and Mr Vamos.
Mr Mason and Mr Vamos have already left the company.
Mr Clapham said it had been a privilege to work with David Jones.
"I believe that I have acted in the best interests of the company at all times and it is clearly the right time for me to step down and wish the company well in the implementation of its Future Strategic Direction Plan," he said.
David Jones shares gained four cents to $3.33 while Myer shares dropped one cent to $2.65. |
I'm definitely going to look into this a bit more. Where can I find more information about how synchronization works? Having trouble locating this. Can it get through firewalls? Is the entire tree always synchronized? |
Meet Dr. Carol Ford
Dr. Carol Ford has been working in dentistry for the past 30 years. Her unique ability to connect with her patients on a personal level allows her to develop strong relationships and create long-range strategic plans for optimal oral health. Dr. Ford began her career as a dental assistant, during which time she developed a passion for helping people improve their health and quality of life. In 1983, she graduated from the University of Washington Dental School with honors, including Excellence in Pediatric, Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry.
Dr. Ford is excited to welcome Dr. Roya N. Asin to the practice!
Dr. Asin was born and raised in Arizona, and attended high school in Scottsdale. After earning her Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, she came back to the valley of the sun to receive her dental degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ. During her time in dental school, she took a special interest in leadership positions and led her peers as the class president.
Dr. Asin’s main goal as a practitioner is to treat each of your dental needs as comfortably and painlessly as possible. Because dentists primarily work with their hands, she believes that dentistry is also a unique form of artistry.
When she’s not spending time practicing dentistry, Dr. Asin likes to remain active, especially outdoors). From scuba diving to skiing, she particularly enjoys hiking and backpack/camping trips. As AZ temperatures soar in the summer, she travels to beat the heat or partakes in indoor activities such as yoga or cycling classes. Dr. Asin’s #1 pastime is spending time with her family. |
Hyundai Motor Co. officially launched Santa Fe in New York Auto Show 2012 some time ago. Santa Fe planned to be marketed in Europe starting in June followed by America and China.
Santa Fe is a premium car with a more daring design that is 'Fluidic Sclupture' with trapezoid shape grille. Side mirror-like leaves that provide a very sporty impression.
Santa Fe will be available in two variants with specifications of different machines and haulage. First, Sporty with Theta II engine 264 PS with a capacity of 2.4-liter and 2.0-liter 6-speed automatic transmission. This variant has dimension length of4689mm,width1880mm, height1679mm.
Second, Long Wheel Base with a Lambda II engine, V6, 3.3-liter, GDI is capable produce of power 290 PS. This variant has dimension length of4905mm,width1885mm, height1689mm
Santa Fe also features an 8-inch LCD touch screen that displays menu navigation system, audio system, USB and iPod connectors, rear camera, as well as the latest technological Blue Link.
Other features on Santa Fe is a sunroof, heated rear seats and steering wheel, remote engine start and speed warnings. |
iCADE 8-Bitty to debut at Toy Fair 2012
You know that with the advent of tablets and smartphones, we are now very used to touchscreen displays – something which used to be in the domain of science fiction is now widespread reality. Even our ATMs these days tend to have a touchscreen display in order to keep up with the times. Well, having said that, touchscreen displays do do their part in making sure new genres of games are churned out in order to take advantage of this new interactive format, but what happens when you port over old school games onto a touchscreen display equipped device?
Sure, the memories of yore might roll back the years as you indulge in a little blast from the past on your iPad or smartphone, and I am quite sure that deep down inside, you would probably feel that your gaming experience would have been far better with physical controls instead of just tapping on a glass display. Enter the iCADE 8-Bitty then, which is set to debut at the 2012 Toy Fair in New York City.
Just in case the iCADE 8-Bitty seems familiar to you, it is actually the smaller sibling of the iCADE gaming cabinet, where that itself started off as an April Fool’s joke which ended up as one of the most anticipated ThinkGeek products ever. The iCADE 8-Bitty certainly lives up to that, bringing the magic of the iCADE to the pockets of smartphone and tablet users.
According to Ty Liotta, head of ThinkGeek’s GeekLabs, “We’re excited to extend on the success of the original iCADE. And with millions of iOS and Android devices in circulation it only makes sense to widen the field and bring the fun of iCADE to every possible device.”
The iCADE 8-Bitty functions as a wireless game controller which comes with the classic D-Pad and button layout that will remind you of retro 8-bit game consoles back from the 1980s and 1990s. It is battery powered, and will hook up to your device wirelessly, letting your fingers run all over the fully-functional directional game pad and eight buttons. A $24.99 asking price is not too much to fork out, is it? |
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Using a ferocious pass rush that never stopped harassing Rodgers, the Giants pummeled the Green Bay Packers, 38-10, in a Sunday night mauling that was settled by halftime. The Giants showed America why they are still a threat to repeat as Super Bowl champs. They have a great quarterback in Eli Manning, a pressure-tested coach in Tom Coughlin and a knack for playing their best when the lights are the brightest.
The Giants (7-4) will get another chance to shine in prime time next Monday night, when they visit RG3 and the Washington Redskins (5-6). Should they win that game, the Giants will take a major step toward winning the NFC East. Giants outside linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka was already thinking about RG3, who played well in a 27-23 loss to the Giants in October.
“We understand what we have to do in terms of rushing and collapsing the pocket,” Kiwanuka said. “We have to be disciplined. It’s a tough matchup.”
The Packers, who had won five straight, could have been a tough matchup. But the Giants dominated. That’s what happens when the Giants’ pass rush takes over. They sacked Rodgers five times, including a strip-sack by Osi Umenyiora that led to a Giants touchdown.
A relentless pass rush is the best way to slow down a high-octane NFL offense. The San Francisco 49ers did it to Drew Brees on Sunday afternoon. The Giants did it to Rodgers (14-of-25, 219 yards, 1 TD, 1 interception) on Sunday night.
No quarterback enjoys being battered like a pinata, even quarterbacks as good as Rodgers and Brees. Rodgers never found a consistent rhythm because he constantly had Giants like Umenyiora, Kiwanuka (two sacks), Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck buzzing around him.
“That was something we felt we absolutely had to do with someone with the talent of Aaron Rodgers and having the type of year that he’s having,” Coughlin said. “Have him throw the ball on our timing rather than his.”
Packers coach Mike McCarthy admitted that he changed his play calling in the second half to keep Rodgers from taking more punishment.
“The New York Giants have an outstanding defensive line,” McCarthy said. “We had a plan, and we didn’t execute it very well. They did a hell of a job tonight. They were dynamic, very talented, very productive.
“When your quarterback is under pressure like that, it affected me. I probably didn’t call the best game. You have to protect your quarterback. It’s the No. 1 responsibility of our offense.”
The NFC playoff picture is hard to predict, but the Giants can’t be overlooked. They dominated the 49ers in San Francisco earlier this season. They have beaten the Packers two straight times—Sunday night and in last year’s playoffs. The Giants have proved what they can do when the stakes are high.
For now, they will focus on their next challenge—the Redskins and Griffin. The Giants were impressed with his ability to improvise when they saw him last month. Mobile quarterbacks like Griffin have a better chance to escape the pass rush and make a play when protection breaks down. Rodgers did it a few times Sunday night, but Griffin is even more willing to run and to use his legs to make plays.
Before the bye, the Giants looked lethargic. Perhaps they were tired—a veteran team hitting the dog days of the season and dealing with outside distractions like Hurricane Sandy that affected every player on the team.
Against the Packers, the Giants looked a step faster and focused from the opening kickoff. Manning was sharp, the running game clicked, and it did not take long for the Giants to take control.
Once the Packers fell behind, the Giants ignored Green Bay’s running game and the pass rush took over.
It was a familiar formula for the Giants, but it still works. In today’s pass-happy NFL, getting to the quarterback has never been more important. The Giants can still get to the QB. Which makes them a threat to reach another Super Bowl. |
The problem.
The four keys at the bottom of the phone are monitored by a melfas touchkey chip (http://www.melfas.com/english/touch/sensor.asp) that connects to the main processor via an I2C bus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/i2c). The melfas chip generates an interrupt whenever one of the keys is touched or released. The processor then reads the key value from this chip over the i2c bus. The problem is that the touchkey chip is located right next to the 3G antenna. When the phone is accessing the 3G network the RF energy gets transferred to the interrupt and i2c clock and data lines causing false interrupts to occur. The processor responds to the interrupt by reading the key value from the cypress chip. The symptoms occur more frequently in low signal areas because the phone outputs a higher RF level in those situations which causes more RF interference on the interrupt line.
Most of the time when a false interrupt has occurred the touchkey chip will return a value of zero for the key and the driver will recognize this as a bad key press and ignore it. Sometimes the RF interference on the i2c clock and/or data line causes a valid value to be returned and the driver reports a key press value to the application. In the case where the driver reports a Ďbackí key down, the software sees this as holding the back key down so when you press the power button you get a screen shot. The easiest way to cure this is to always press and release the back key before pushing the power button. This causes the software to see both a key down and key up event which cancels the screenshot mode.
This RFI induced touchkey interrupt happens hundreds of times per second when the phone is using 3G. It produces lots of different symptoms including applications that always seem to shut down. A wide variety of problems can be attributed to this failure. In addition, the processor spends a lot of time servicing these bogus interrupts, which take cpu time away from the other applications. This can make the phone appear to be slow or even freeze up for short periods of time. Thereís a good chance that most people have experience this to some degree without realizing the root cause.
Solution one. Fix the driver.
Since this is a true hardware failure, a software solution is going to be less than perfect. After dozens of experiments rewriting the interrupt service routines in the driver Iíve settled on a combination of fixes. The first is to re-test the interrupt input line several times. In normal operation when you touch or release a button, the touchkey chip drives the interrupt line low and keeps it low until the driver reads data over the i2c interface. Since the RF interference is a sine wave and is being sampled it causes the interrupt line to go high and low at a fast rate. Sampling the line multiple times in software increases the chance of finding it in the high state. This is done both in the interrupt handler and then again in the interrupt thread. About 90% of the false interrupts are filtered out by testing the line in the handler. If the interrupt handler doesnít find the line high after 10 samples, it masks the interrupt so that another falling edge doesnít produce another interrupt. In testing Iíve noticed that the interrupt handler would run multiple times before the interrupt thread was even called. Once in a while, so many interrupts would get stacked up that the phone would just reboot. It was probably a stack or buffer overflow that wasnít being handled. Remember, this interrupt would happen many hundreds of times a second. About 90% of the remaining false interrupts are filtered out by sampling this line in the thread. That leaves about 1% of the interrupts that need to be further tested. The second test is to read the data from the chip and discard anything that isnít a valid key press value. This is easily done with a case statement. Finally, since occasionally a bogus valid value will get through, I set up a timer so that any key down event that doesnít have a corresponding key up event within 3 seconds is canceled by calling the all_keys_up routine.
This combination all but eliminates the symptoms produced by this failure. The only draw back is that the processor still spends a considerable amount of time servicing the false interrupts. And rarely a phantom keypress does get through. In all, itís a fairly good piece of duct tape and JB Weld.
During my experiments I used a copy of the kgb kernel. My version with the modified driver is in github at https://github.com/dmriley/kgb. If you want to try this yourself, be sure to use the Ďdeví branch.
Solution two. Fix the hardware.
There are three signals that connect from the melfas touchkey chip to the processor. They are the two i2c lines: sdc which is the clock and sda which is the data. The third line is the interrupt. In troubleshooting this problem, I took my phone apart and put oscilloscope probes on the three lines. This allowed me to see the real cause of the problem. Since the interference is RFI (or EMI) the only real way to fix the problem is to either remove the RF or make the impedance of the signals much lower. Removing the RF is easy if you donít need to use 3G. When the phone is using wifi (or no network connectivity at all) the problem does not exist. Also, when you are very close to a cell tower, the phone transmits at a much lower level. This lower level greatly reduces the RFI. Lowering the impedance is a little harder. I2C uses active pull down and passive pull up for the logic levels for both sda and sdc. This means that the impendence is mostly governed by the pull up resistor. This resistor value is typically upwards of 1kohm and probably as high as 3kohms (I didnít measure it in this phone). Since the impedance only needs to be lowered for the 3G frequencies of around 800MHz, a capacitor can be added from the signal source to signal ground. At 800MHZ a 100 pf cap is about 2 ohms (1/ 2*pi*f*c). Thatís a couple of orders of magnitude lower than the pull up resistor alone, and much too low for the RF signal to induce any significant voltage on the line. This value is also low enough not to interfere with the signal rise and fall times for the interrupt line. In the case of the interrupt line, the melfas chip drives the signal low and keeps it low until the interrupt is serviced. Discharging a 100pf cap with a 2mA driver takes only microseconds. This much delay is not noticeable when touching the key and is much less than the amount of time that the processor takes to service the interrupt.
Adding the cap to the interrupt line eliminates false interrupts. A chance does exist that a valid key event during 3G access could cause an incorrect key value to be returned due to RFI on the clock and data lines. The i2c protocol is designed to compensate for capacitive loading on the lines. Although it would cause the clock period to be stretched out significantly it would still only take milliseconds to read the key data from the chip. The difference would be imperceptible. To date I have only added the cap to the interrupt line and have yet to experience an invalid key press.
Iíll post pictures of cap mod.
Summary.
Most people will be satisfied using the software fix. I think that a couple of the kernel devs are incorporating some or most of the driver mods outlined in this document. Both comradesven (kgb dev) and ssewk2x aka Efpophis (glitch dev) were involved in the test and debug process. Much appreciation is given to both of them for the help that they gave me and for allowing me to use and hack up their code on github. Efpophis saved me hours of searching through code. Without their help, Iíd still be unable to build a kernel.
UPDATE:30 Mar 2012
The phone had been working fine since the mod. I hadn't seen a screen capture or any of the other symptoms. Then, a couple of nights ago, while I running maps on 3G (a data intensive app) the touchkey backlights started flashing rapidly like the phone was having a little seizure. And then it happened, the voice search popped up. A couple of debug kernels later I've come to the conclusion (and I'm never wrong) that the clock line (SCL) going to the melfas chip was being toggled by the same RF interference that was causing the false interrupts. A random clock along with random data was causing the chip to turn the backlights on and off as well as generate a false interrupt. I was able to reliably duplicate the problem in a couple of really low signal level areas (not hard to find when you live out in the boonies).
I tore the phone apart (again) today and added a 100pf cap to the scl line right next to the chip. I also added another cap in parallel with the 100pf on the interrupt line. I spent about 1/2 hour tonight running 3G data apps in the same location where the problem first appeared. So far, no problems and none of the debug messages have shown up on dmesg.
Wow, we're lucky to have someone as capable as yourself figure out this annoying issue! I've kinda kept up on your work, but seeing this breakdown and the photos is helpful in understanding the root cause of the problem. I do wonder sometimes how Samsung missed this issue in their testing, but at least we have custom kernels that implement your fixes and dramatically reduce the phantom presses!
wasn't just me. had help from other members here. I didn't even know where to start looking when I first started. It's so cool that people are willing to do the level of work that the devs here do without expecting anything back.
wasn't just me. had help from other members here. I didn't even know where to start looking when I first started. It's so cool that people are willing to do the level of work that the devs here do without expecting anything back.
Thanks so much for all the work, and the detail in your post. It is amazing the work everybody does here and the knowledge you pass on to us.
I do have a few questions
Would you mind sharing what kind off iron you used? is that the most bottom line on the board you soldered to? If so, did you have to scratch it or something first? Is it the farthest left line on the chip that was used? Do they make caps that size with leads coming of the 2 sides, and if so would that be a easier mod? Is there a positive and negative side to that capacitor?
I'm really thinking about doing this, if i decide to would you mind sending me 5 of your extra caps for a $10 donation?
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It is currently a place for educational technology reflections and features a few interesting assignments during my masters degree program.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Job Fair – Round One
So today I ventured out to a new experience, one that I had heard a lot about but not experienced – the job fair. So this morning I got up and put on my Sunday best and headed out to a school and into the dog pen. I got here, along with a lot of other people, a little early and got registered. Then I stood in line and waited, and waited, and waited some more for the doors to open. Then finally they did and all of us, I would have to guess somewhere around 550 teachers, educators, and support staff all searching for a job.
So there I was, a student teacher thrown into a huge gym full of people. Armed with my resume and a smile I approached my first school district to talk to them. Of course there were lines, but some places were worse than others. Last night I made my short list of schools that I was interested in, so I started off there. The format is that prospective educators have about two minutes to impress the representatives of the district with the few words and ideas that you have. So that’s what I did, I said a few things about student teaching, technology, finishing my degree program, and then trying to ask a question to keep the conversation going. From there they would probably tell me, at least at most places, that they do not have any openings right now. So I would hand them my resume, tell them thank you, and then move on.
That’s what I found in a lot of districts, but in just a few I had a little more luck. If you make it past the first round of interrogation and approval, then they grant you a thirty minute interview later in the day. At first I started to wonder if I would even get any interviews. I kept getting turned down by school district after school district, because of a lack of openings. As I was waiting in line I met a friend who chatted with me for a while and then she encouraged me to throw my plan out the window. My short list, what did it really matter? Of course, make sure that I hit those schools, but other than that I have nothing holding me to Denver. Why not go around to every table and get my information out. So that’s what I did, I hit them all up. Mostly I got turned down, time and time again. One school district in particular would not even look at student teachers. Which, I think is good for the students and parents in their district, but some student teachers are fantastic and I think worth looking at – I am included. However, I guess I somewhat understand the policy. That was frustrating; however this market is hard. The jobs are few and far between, so I kept trying. Then I finally got a huge break with a large district outside of Denver and that made me really excited. From there I tried a few other places and then started getting the line, “We would love to interview you today, but our sheet is already filled up.” They only have so much time to interview so many candidates, it makes sense, but I feel like they fill them on a first come, first serve basis, which I believe they are leaving out some quality candidates. I was excited, though, because even one school district told me, “We’re really interested and if anything opens up today, like someone does not show up for an interview, I will call you.” That was really nice to hear. In addition, I also got an interview at a smaller district that will serve as a preparation for the larger school district. I was able to schedule it right before too, so that was a good thing.
All in all, there were a lot of people, a lot of standing in line, and very little progress. A few interviews, that was good, but overall I’m still not ready for school on Monday and this ate up my day. I understand that finding a job is really important, but I want to make sure that it is worth my time. Many of these districts were like, did you apply online? To which I thought; No, if I had time I might take you up on that. Which leads me to the kicker – It will be this week when I carve out time for me to actually get on the computer and actually get things situated. I am watching a few other school districts and a few other jobs around the state and this week I have to make time to start applying.
So my first interview was with the really small school district. It was good to go in there, see what questions they had, and then move from there. They strongly encouraged me to apply to their open position.
My second interview was with an interviewee that was really excited to meet me and interview me. My interviewer was really impressed with my resume and “everything I had done in my short life.” She said, “It was one of the best resumes I have seen in a while,” which made me feel good about my accomplishments and that my resume was attracting attention. From there she asked me a few standard questions about education, teaching, and then she asked me about publishing relevant material. I took that and ran with it. I showed her how my students were publishing to Wiki spaces, blogging, Fishbowling in class, and really publishing to the world. I also told her about how we are using cell phones in the classroom and really trying to make the content that the students write worth while to the students and publishable to the world. From question three on, I do not think she went back to the “prepared questions.” Instead, we just had a chat about engagement, technology, teaching, and middle school students. At the end of the interview, my interviewer strongly encouraged me to apply for a recent posting of an opening at 7th and 8th grade. I was a little hesitant at first to even think about and acknowledge teaching middle school students, but then my interviewer told me a little bit more about the school district and how it is growing and how it passed a very large bond last year. To that end, they will be hiring many teachers and spending a lot of money on technology and a brand new P-20 school that will open in 2011 I believe. So it was a great interview that actually went over time, but made me excited for teaching and the prospect of a job in the near future.
This whole career fair thing is very daunting at first and even seemed like part of it was not worth it, but I really felt that at the end of the day I had two good jobs to look into and start applying to. I had built up confidence in my skills, resume, and presentation, which all was very helpful, and I had even had some interview experience. Now off to the search for the online applications and the time to fill them out. The search continues, but all in all it was a good day.
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When your done with the game for Nba 2k9 for the Ps2 what else can you do?
1. Can you unlock new shoes, hair styles, Etc.
2.can you have a slam-dunk contest?
all I do is create a new team and go to game modes and go to street if you got
any new and cool stuff please let me know Answers: 1
Hi,
I've just bought the game and playing season mode. When I save my season, turn ps2 off and next wanna play it. I cant load it. I just have to play a new season mode. And, how do you buy/trade players? Answers: 5
Can you hav a 3 point shoot out or slam dunk contest for nba2k9 cuz dats one of my favorite things to do and I cant find them Answers: 2
Ask a question about PS2 2K9's player trade
Every time I made a trade(ex:Kobe for Roy)
then I played with that team(POR)
i found that Kobe just played for 3~4 mins
and he would be substitute with bench player(like Webster)
then didn't back to lineup again by coach's decision
A starter just played for 3~4 mins per game?
i check of other traded team, but the condition is the same!
Please tell me how to prohibit CPU's coach from these ridiculous substitutions
or prevent this conditons?
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Very well, this is not the first story that I write in English, but is the first that is going to be published and NOT removed
Very well, this is not the first story that I
write in English, but is the first that is going to be published
and WONT be removed. So I'll be so honored if you read it even if
it's not perfect, and what's more: you can even personal message
me if you want to correct it, then, you can put your mail and be sure
that no one but me is going to see it. Then I can send you the
chapters or the story, 'because I actually don't know if it's
going to be a long one shot or a novel. I guess that's something
I'll have to see as I write the story.
Not an
orphan.
Chapter
1
I'm not an orphan; I think you already got that
right? I have a Mum and had a Dad. Though I have no idea were exactly
my mum is, I know that wherever she is she
is working for our goodness (yes our: my sister Lucy and me, Sara)
and that she is deeply in love with us.
Or at
least, that's what Grandma' tells us every day. She is very poor
and bit old, but again, she works hard for our goodness and she loves
us deeply, as does her friend Mónica.
Well, as
I said, I'm Sara, I'm 17 and there's nothing more you would
actually like to know apart of the fact that my father died the day
before yesterday.
He, a man
of hard working fell ill the past month and it was that strange
illness what actually finished him.
He didn't own much money, and all he had was
left for education and food mainly, so that's why he was so full of
debts when he died. And as it's easy to figure out, my family is
now in complete ruin, more than it was before, and yes, I had the
opportunity to study in a quite good school, but now things have
changed and the only way out of this is for my Grandma' to do as my
mother and try to make it better somewhere out the country, maybe in
USA, where I was born. That's why I speak in English, even if it's
hard for me to do it, 'cause I've lived almost my whole life here
in Colombia.
Unfortunately,
we can't go with her, 'cause as I say before, there's no money
and she can't stay, 'cause she may be picked by the police
because of my father's debts. But she may travel to USA searching
for some help 'cause, again, my family is American.
As we
haven't got any more family in the entire world, there's nothing
left but go to an orphanage, to a good one we've been told. In
there, we'll have food, a roof, and (as my father would have liked)
a good education.
We're
on our way right now, but you shouldn't feel sad for us, because is
better than going to a bad school and living in the streets.
It would
be so dangerous for us to sleep in the streets, I know! For everyone
is dangerous, but more for kids in Colombia, and what's more: if
they have USA blood (for this effects, like it or not, capitalist
blood).
Back to
us, we're on our way, in a bus, and can't help myself but spend
my time watching the awesome landscape. It's full of hills and
mountains nicely decorated by trees and bushes.
The bus
zigzags its way through the road. Lucy is sleeping next to me. I'm
thinking about my friends back at my other school that had to leave
in mid term.
I also think about the boy I like, he's called
Sebastian, but I guess he doesn't sees me as more than friends. And
very apart friends I have to say! He is one of those people I didn't
tell I was leaving. I guess I won't care. Any ways, it's
something I'll have to forget because there's no go back at least
for a while.
I'm
suppose to leave the orphanage next year, but I don't reckon I'll
do, 'cause I just can't leave Lucy alone. She is only 5 and I
don't want her to forget me, or our family, or worst: forget she
HAS a family.
I still
have my MP3 (I know, I know it's something old, but remember I'm
not a powerful money owner) and my cell phone, but can't know if
they're going to take it off from me. I'll do my best so that it
doesn't happen, really, I'm so a no one without my music or my
cell phone.
I stand up a bit to get a bit more comfortable.
The bus is passing beneath some tall trees and its shadow feels fine
in my skin.
Lucy
wakes up and sits straight.
"Were
are we going Sara?"
I have told her a thousand times we're going to
a new home. But I guess she doesn't get the idea of what a new home
is. 'Cause I guess you know, but a
different home is not the same as a different house. At least, not
this case.
This time, we're going to have a new house, it's
true, but more important is the fact that
we're going to have a new 'family' if that's how you can call
an orphan.
"We're
going to a new home?"
"A new
house?"
I nodded;
I guess that's just too hard for a small kid to understand the
difference between those two concepts.
"And"
she proceeded "Is it to far?"
"I
don't know Lucy" I look through the window "I don't know"
The bus
keeps going in its way, the humming noise doesn't stop. And things
in my head began to change. I guess is because things are really
going to change from no on. How can I possibly know how the future is
going to be like?
--
And there
it is! My very first chapter of my very first English fiction press.
I know! It's short, but is just the beginning.
Anyways. Remember I said I didn't know if it was
going to be a story or a novel? Well, it's going to be a novel
(here again, I think that you may already noticed that ¬¬), but a
short novel I guess, no more than six chapters. Anyways: Who knows?
If it really gets good, things can possibly change.
I'd like to know how you feel about it: If you
liked it, if you didn't, If you think I'd better continue writing
some pokemon fanfiction, or whatever you'd like to say, it can even
not be related to the story at all, just REVIEW!
But try
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Q:
Captioning two side by side figures outside float environment
I want to put two figures in the footnote of my document. I need to write a caption without a label for each figure. The problem is that the figures are located vertically when I add the \captionof*{} command. Does anybody have any idea to put the figures side by side?
I am using the following code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
\footnote{text text text text text text text
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{Fig.png}
\captionof*{figure}{first figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{Fig.png}
\captionof*{figure}{second figure}
\end{center}
}
\end{document}
and the result is as the following
A:
As @leandriis said in the comments, I put each figure in a minipage environment. In this way, the figures are located side by side.
The modified code with minipage environment is as
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
\footnote{text text text text text text text
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}\vspace{15pt}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{Fig.png}
\captionof*{figure}{first figure}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}\vspace{15pt}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{Fig.png}
\captionof*{figure}{second figure}
\end{minipage}
}
\end{document}
and the result of the above code is as
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(Bloomberg) — Facebook is launching a new group video chat product meant to capitalize on a world now stuck indoors and offer an alternative to services that have exploded in popularity in recent months, like Zoom.
Messenger Rooms, a feature that will be available on Facebook’s core social network and its Messenger app, will allow video chats among as many as 50 people, and won’t require participants to have a Facebook account, the company said Friday in a blog post. Chats will be free with no time limit, and eventually users will be able to create a “room” from any of Facebook’s products, including WhatsApp and Instagram.
The goal is a group video product that feels more social, and less corporate than what’s currently available, said Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. People in Messenger Rooms will be able to use Facebook’s augmented reality filters, or jump between chats to visit different groups of friends, an effort to create “spontaneity and serendipity,” Zuckerberg added.
“All the products [out] there were primarily focused on enterprises and we thought that there was an ability to do something in the consumer space,” the Facebook CEO said this week via video chat from his home. “It’s meant to be more casual. Not everything has to be planned out in advance.”
Video chats have become a staple given the billions of people around the world staying indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic. Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s app, aimed at companies for business meetings before the outbreak, has jumped from about 10 million users to more than 300 million in a matter of months. Zoom’s shares declined 2% after Facebook’s announcement, reversing a gain of as much as 7.3% earlier Friday.
Houseparty, owned by Epic Games Inc., which also lets users bounce between group chats, said it added 50 million new sign-ups in a 30-day stretch, as much as 70 times its normal amount in some markets.
Facebook, too, has a number of video chat products already in high demand. More than 700 million people make voice or video calls every day on Messenger or WhatsApp, Zuckerberg said, a number that has increased since the emergence of Covid-19.
The Menlo Park, California-based company started shifting product priorities last month after seeing those spikes in usage from people using its live video and calling features. The demand prompted Facebook to announce other video features this week, including the ability to save Instagram Live videos after they’re over, and start a video chat inside Facebook’s dating feature. Video chats on WhatsApp can now host eight people, twice the previous amount.
Related Stories Australia Wants Make Google and Facebook Pay for News While Zoom has surged, it has struggled with a series of security mishaps that put users’ privacy at risk. It also suffered from “Zoombombing,” where internet trolls took over chats and posted pornography or racist content to unsuspecting participants.
Zuckerberg said he has learned from Zoom’s early mistakes. Facebook users who create a chat can also select participants, eject people if needed or lock the room. The company won’t watch or listen to calls, and there is no ability for users to record video chats, a spokesperson said.
The social network’s algorithms will help determine which available rooms to show users, Zuckerberg said, recognizing that not all Facebook friends are created equal.
“We all have the random uncle or someone that you added a few years ago,” he said. “Not every one of your Facebook friends is someone you want to hang out with.”
Zuckerberg said Facebook’s long-term priorities haven’t changed much. The company still is moving forward with plans to encrypt all its messaging services, and make them interoperable — meaning you’ll eventually be able to send a message from WhatsApp to a user on Instagram, for example.
The Rooms video chat feature, he said, “is probably one of the first very clear consumer services that has integration and works across each of the apps. That’s an important piece – maybe an initial milestone on the path to broader interoperability.”
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Is SXC Health Overtaking RIM as Canada’s Biggest Tech Success Story?
SXC Health CEO Mark Thierer on CNBC's Powerlunch. Under Thierer, SXC revenue has grown from under $100 million to $5 billion.
We’ll forgive you if haven’t yet heard their name. After all, as late as 2004 this Milton, Ontario company was plodding along more than a decade after it was founded with just $33 million in revenue. There was no big, splashy Bay Street IPO; the company went public in a reverse takeover of a publicly listed shell, allowing it to raise a relatively meager $10 million in 1997.
In February, however, SXC Health (TSX:SXC) reported its fiscal 2011 results and the numbers surprised even its most ardent supporters. SXC’s revenue grew a whopping 155% to $5 billion, from $1.9 billion in 2010. Earnings were up too, increasing 45% to $166.4 million.
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SXC Health, alongside US-based companies such as Medco and Caremark, is a leader in the Pharmacy Benefit Management space. PBM’s process and pay prescription drug claims and act as an intermediary between the health care system and the claimant. The space has grown rapidly; today more than more than 210 million Americans receive drug benefits administered by PBMs. With today’s $4.4-billion acquisition of Catalyst Health, SXC has vaulted itself into the arena of the big boys. On BNN today, Versant analyst Tom Liston said, with SXC acquiring $299-million in EBITDA next year, the Catalyst Health deal is “transformational”.
For many observers of Canadian tech, the timing of SXC’s rise couldn’t be better. 2011 was, without doubt, Research in Motion’s worst year. The company’s entry into the tablet space, The BlackBerry PlayBook, was widely regarded as a flop, and RIM continued to lose market share in the mobile device sector.
RIM’s current problems are well documented. But between 2008 and fiscal 2011 the company’s revenue more than tripled; from $6 billion to $19.9 billion. In 2012, however, RIM’s revenue growth has completely stalled; nine months revenue was down to $14.24 billion from $14.35 billion a year prior. Even more concerning is the fact that gross margins are eroding, from 44.4% in 2011 to 36.3%.
The space between SXC’s $5 billion in revenue and RIM’s near $20 billion is a wide chasm. But with RIM’s future looking uncertain in a increasingly competitive space, the gap may tighten quickly. Before today’s deal, Versant analyst Tom Liston thought SXC’s revenue will grow to $8.2 billion in fiscal 2013. SXC is the Versant analyst’s top pick, and the stock he says is simply a “must own”.
But is there there room in the Pharmacy Benefit Management space for SXC to continue its torrid growth? In 2010, CEO Mark Thierer told Cantech Letter’s Nick Waddell that he believes there are still “great growth opportunities within the U.S. market for SXC…” and that the company would not have necessarily have to look outside the US anytime soon because “…approximately 40 percent of the worldwide pharmaceutical sales, the EU 35 percent and the rest of the world is the remainder.”
And although SXC most direct competitors are not as vertically aligned as SXC, their numbers dwarf even RIM’s topline. Medco’s fiscal 2011 revenues increased 6.2% to a record $70.1 billion. With 2011 revenues of $107 billion, CVS Caremark is even bigger.
While the slide of RIM’s share price has perhaps been disproportionate to the slide in its business fortunes, shareholders are continuing to gain confidence in SXC Health’s stunning rise, which began through the recession of 2008 and hasn’t stopped. On March 14, 2008 shares of SXC on the NASDAQ could be had for $5.22. At press time, SXC was trading, on the TSX, at $85.58.
About Nick Waddell
Cantech Letter founder and editor Nick Waddell has lived in five Canadian provinces and is proud of his country's often overlooked contributions to the world of science and technology. Waddell takes a regular shift on the Canadian media circuit, making appearances on CTV, CBC and BNN, and contributing to publications such as Canadian Business and Business Insider. |
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Our primary field is set, now that the filing deadline has passed. Two other candidates have also filed to run for the Democratic nomination in Michigan’s 14th District. They’re already actively pursuing a negative campaign against me.
This is my first re-election campaign for Congress. I’ve worked hard — really hard — to do the people’s work, but I need your help. We can’t take this election for granted and I’m working hard to earn every vote. I need you. Together, we can be victorious in 2016.
Support is Building
I’m honored to have recently earned the endorsements of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, United Auto Workers Region 1, Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, American Federation of Teachers-Michigan, Sheet Metal Workers Local 80, Pipefitters Local 636, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, The Sierra Club and dozens of other community leaders and organizations.
Please let me know if we can add your name to our list of endorsers. To see the current roster, visit www.brendalawrence.com
Opening our Detroit Campaign Office
We’re already out in the community, continuing to build grassroots support.
This Saturday, April 23rd we’re officially opening our Detroit Campaign Office. Please join us for this free event from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Its located at 18409 Livernois Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48221.
Building the party organization in preparation for a strong general election effort is very important to me. This office is a joint effort with our 14th District Democratic Organization. At the office opening, we’ll be collecting donations of office supplies to help get it started. Come out and enjoy the food and fellowship!
Cecile Richards is Coming to Michigan
I’m excited to share that on Friday, May 6th Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards will be in town. She’s an amazing progressive leader, fighting every day for women’s health care on the national level.
She’ll be here as a special guest for a reception in support of my campaign. It’ll be a private gathering, but if you’re in the Detroit area that day I’d be honored if you could join us. Are you interested in attending?
Again, I can’t do this alone. I need your help. Together, let’s win this nomination!
If you’re able to donate to my re-election campaign, but unable to give online, please make checks payable to ‘Brenda Lawrence for Congress’ and mail to Post Office Box 3060, Southfield, Michigan 48037. For any questions, you can contact our campaign at info@brendalawrence.com or (248) 410-0702. |
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# 2019-ncov-frontend
> Coronavirus (COVID-19) Frontend
Backend setup can be found here [2019-ncov-api](https://github.com/sorxrob/2019-ncov-api).
## Project setup
```
npm install
```
### Compiles and hot-reloads for development
```
npm run serve
```
### Compiles and minifies for production
```
npm run build
```
### Lints and fixes files
```
npm run lint
```
## License & copyright
© Robert C Soriano
Licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
## Acknowledgments
- Hat tip to anyone who's module was used
- Richard Matsen for radius scale calculation
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Fort Bragg soldier dies in Afghanistan
The military said Thursday that a Fort Bragg Soldier with the 44th Medical Command died in Afghanistan Dec. 29.
Staff Sgt. Ronald Jay Spino, 45, from Waterbury, Connecticut was assigned to the 274th Forward Surgical Team (Airborne) as a licensed practical nurse.
Officials said Spino was shot while unloading medical supplies in Bala Morghab, village in Badghis Province in northwestern Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation.
"Staff Sergeant Spino was a hardworking, diligent airborne combat medic,” said Col. Scott Putzier, chief of staff, 44th Medical Command. “For those who knew and worked with him, we will remember him as a dedication non-commissioned officer. He was quiet, so when he spoke, everyone listened and were often caught off guard by his sense of humor … he was really funny.”
Spino deployed with his unit to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in February, and was re-missioned to Afghanistan in November. |
I have configured my PayPal account in my Magento website. But even after I publish my website, there were no orders placed. Now I recieved an order from the website, but there is no money transfer to my PayPal account.
I am not sure how to check if PayPal is working correctly or not. Any suggestions or references for me to check?
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In your Magento admin, go to System -> Paypal. Check to see if "Sandbox mode" is activated in the Payment System you are using.
You can set up Magento and Paypal to work fairly seamlessly together. The easiest is probably to use the Paypal API. Log into your Paypal account and obtain the API username, password and signature, then just copy & paste those into the corresponding fields in the Magento admin.
You can test this by setting up a developer account in Paypal Sandbox. It is a bit difficult to get used to at first, but basically the steps are as follows:
Create a Seller test account. This is a simulated merchant account that will act as the payment receiver.
Create a Buyer test account. This is the simulated customer account that you will use to make test purchases in your store.
Note that you have to create email addresses for each of these accounts. They do not correspond to any real email accounts, and the mail you receive in these is always checked from within the Paypal Sandbox.
Once you have these test accounts, you sign into them from within the Paypal Sandbox. So you would sign into your test Seller account, get the API data mentioned above, and paste it into your Magento admin. (Be sure to set Sandbox mode to "true" in Magento when you are trying this).
In order to be able to make test purchases, you have to be signed into the Paypal Sandbox and have it open in the browser. Note that nobody else will be able to make actual orders through Paypal while you are in Sandbox mode.
You can then go to the public area of your store and purchases using the test Buyer account. If everything goes well, you will be able to see your fake orders placed and registred in the Magento admin area.
As a final note, I recommend having a preproduction version of your store for doing this kind of testing. This means setting up an exact copy of your Magento store (with a recent copy of the database) on another domain and activating it when you are doing testing. |
RENDERED: FEBRUARY 18, 2016
TO BE PUBLISHED
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2015-SC-000086-CL
IN RE: F
ROBERT A. WINTER, JR., PLAINTIFF
AND
CAMERON BLAU AND
HONORABLE ALLISON JONES,
INTERVENING PLAINTIFFS
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY, NORTHERN DIVISION
COVINGTON, CIVIL NO. 14-119-ART
HONORABLE STEPHEN D. WOLNITZEK,
IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIR,
JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION, ET AL.
OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE VENTERS
CERTIFYING THE LAW
Pursuant to CR 76.37(1), we granted the certification request of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (District
Court), to provide the answer under Kentucky law to the following three
questions and the associated sub-questions:
Question 1:
Canon 5A(1)(a) states that a judge or judicial candidate shall not
"campaign as a member of a political organization." What
constitutes "campaign[ing] as a member of a political
organization"? As applied to this case, would it include a
candidate's statements in mailers identifying his political party,
such as "I am the only Republican candidate for Judge" or "I am
the Conservative Republican candidate for Judge"? Would a
candidate's statement that his opponent was "the Democrat
candidate for Judge" or the "Liberal Democrat for Judge" violate
the Canon?
Question 2:
Canon 5A(1)(b) states that a judge or judicial candidate shall not
"act as a leader or hold any office in a political organization." What
constitutes "act[ing] as a leader or hold[ing] any office"? As applied
to this case, would hosting events for a political party violate the
Canon?
Question 3:
Canon 5B(1)(c) states that a judge or judicial candidate "shall not
knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the truth, misrepresent
any candidate's identity, qualifications, present position, or make
any other false or misleading statements." What constitutes a false
statement? As applied to this case, would it include a candidate
who asks voters to "re-elect" her to a second term even though she
was appointed to her first term?
These canons were promulgated by this Court with the objective of
complying with Section 117 of our Constitution requiring that "Justices of the
Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals, Circuit and District Court
shall be elected from their respective districts or circuits on a nonpartisan basis
as provided by law." (Emphasis added.) We interpret this provision of the
Kentucky Constitution as directing that Kentucky's judicial elections be
nonpartisan in truth and substance, and not merely in process and procedure
by the superficial omission of a political party designation on the voting ballot.
Accordingly, we provide the following certification of Kentucky law in response
to the District Court's questions.
2
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Robert A. Winter, Jr., filed to run in the May 2014 primary election as a
candidate for circuit court judge in the 16th Judicial Circuit (Campbell
County). As part of his campaign strategy, Winter mailed brochures to
registered Republican voters identifying himself as a registered Republican
and, conversely, identifying his opponents as registered Democrats. After the
brochures were sent out, the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission (JCC)
notified Winter that it had received complaints that his brochures violated the
Kentucky Code of Judicial Conduct. Winter responded in June 2014 by filing
suit in the District Court against the JCC challenging the constitutionality of
Canons 5A(1)(a) (prohibiting judges and judicial candidates from campaigning
as a member of a political organization) and 5B(1)(c) (prohibiting judges or
judicial candidates from making "false" or "misleading" statements).
During the same election cycle, Cameron Blau entered the race as a
candidate for district court judge in the 17th Judicial District (Campbell
County). Because Blau likewise intended to openly campaign as a Republican
and send brochures likewise identifying himself as a Republican, in October
2014, Blau filed an intervening complaint to join Winter's challenge to Canons
5A(1)(a) and 5B(1)(c). As relevant here, Blau also challenged the
constitutionality of Canon 5A(1)(b) (a judicial candidate shall not "act as a
leader or hold any office in a political organization"). In his complaint, Blau
stated that he wanted to send out brochures to potential voters identifying
himself as "the only Republican candidate for Judge," or "the Conservative
3
Republican candidate for Judge" and identifying his opponent as "the
Democrat candidate" or the "Liberal Democrat for Judge." Blau also indicated
in his complaint that he wanted to seek the endorsement of the local
Republican Party, host events for the local Republican Party, and make
political donations to members of the Republican Party.' In a lengthy order
preliminarily addressing the constitutionality of the canons under review (the
Injunction Order), the District Court concluded that there was a likelihood that
each of the canons at issue was unconstitutional, and granted Blau's motion to
prevent the JCC from enforcing the canons against him in the November 2014
election.
Allison Jones was appointed by Governor Steve Beshear to the Kentucky
Court of Appeals in July 2013. To retain the office to which she was appointed,
Jones became a candidate in the November 2014 General Election. In October
2014, the JCC received a complaint alleging that Judge Jones had made false
and misleading statements in speeches and campaign materials. The "false
and misleading statements" referred to Jones' use of the word "re-elect" to
describe her effort to retain the judicial position to which she had been
appointed rather than "elected." Jones then intervened in Winter's District
Court action, contending that Canon 5B(1)(c) (prohibiting false statements) was
unconstitutional. The only issue presented in Jones' portion of the case is
whether an incumbent judge who was appointed to office may properly use the
1 Blau also raised constitutional challenges to other judicial canons not at issue
in the questions of law presently before us.
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word "re-elect" to describe her effort to retain the office to which she was
appointed but not elected.
It is within the context of this litigation that the District Court requested
that we certify the law on the questions addressed herein.
II. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
We begin with a few general considerations that guide our examination of
the questions presented by the District Court. First, pursuant to the Kentucky
Constitution, all judges and justices at every level of the state judiciary are
selected by ballots cast by the people of Kentucky. Ky. Const. § 117. Thus, we
recognize that the judicial canons we address in this decision were designed to
serve the state's compelling interest of encouraging an unbiased and impartial
judiciary for the Commonwealth, and that the Commonwealth's interest is
offset by restricting the political speech of only the few who volunteer to be a
candidate for office, not their supporters, advocates, and non-candidate
adversaries.
The ultimate objective of our system of judicial selection is to achieve a
delicate balance. On one side of the scales, we must foster and protect the
people's prerogative to choose by direct vote the judges that preside locally and
statewide. On the other side of the scales, we must create a political
environment in which judges selected by the citizens are not tethered, or
beholden to partisan political factions and their associated creeds. And, we
must do so in a way that preserves the judiciary as an institution that is not
partial to or biased against any political faction.
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The federal judicial system achieves this balance by an effective but
different approach. Rather than selecting judges by popular election, the
federal system selects judges by the collaborative effort of the political
branches, the executive and the legislative, based upon any and all factors
including the nominee's political ties, beliefs, and political ideologies. The
federal system achieves its assurance that judges are not beholden to political
interests and factions by appointing them for life. With the lifetime tenure,
federal judges are liberated from any ties or allegiance to the political factions
that supported their ascension, and that might otherwise seek to influence
them.
The federal system secures the government's vital interest in an
independent judiciary at the expense of the people's ability to choose and
replace their judges. Kentuckians, like the citizens of most states, chose to
achieve the same balance by alternate means. We have judges who must earn
the public's respect and maintain the public's confidence by periodically
entering and re-entering the arena of elective politics. Kentucky, like most
states, assures the impartiality and integrity of the judiciary, not with a lifetime
appointment, but through moderate restrictions on partisan activities set out
in canons of conduct. The judicial canons at issue in this case perform the
same function of keeping judges free from the potentially corruptive influences
and appearances of partisan politics accomplished in the federal system by the
lifetime tenure of judges. As such, the canons that make up our Code Judicial
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Conduct advance a laudable and necessary goal that serves a vital interest of
this Commonwealth.
In the discussions of the judicial canons at hand, we are mindful that the
public's trust in, and respect for, its judiciary is at stake. We accordingly are
constrained to undertake a narrow view of those canons as we answer the
questions posed by the District Court. At the same time we provide an
interpretation that complies with controlling First Amendment case authorities,
strict scrutiny, and other relevant, constitutional principles relating to
vagueness, overinclusiveness, and underinclusiveness.
III. STANDARDS OF REVIEW
Our canons of judicial conduct are set forth in Supreme Court Rule
(SCR) 4.300. The preamble to the canons states in part:
The Code of Judicial Conduct is intended to establish standards
for ethical conduct of judges. It [of necessity] consists of broad
statements . . . .
The Canons and Sections are rules of reason. They should be
applied consistent with constitutional requirements, statutes,
other court rules and decisional law and in the context of all
relevant circumstances . . . .
This litigation concerns the restrictions on the speech of judicial
candidates in judicial elections. Because the First Amendment 2 reviles
2 The First Amendment provides that Congress "shall make no law . . .
abridging the freedom of speech." The Fourteenth Amendment makes that prohibition
applicable to the States. Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359, 368 (1931).
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restrictions on core political speech, 3 such restrictions are subject to the strict
scrutiny standard. Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, 135 S. Ct. 1656, 1665
(2015). 4 Under the strict scrutiny standard, "[a] State may restrict the speech
of a judicial candidate only if the restriction is narrowly tailored to serve a
compelling interest." Id. Prior authorities have identified and held that there is
a compelling governmental interest in encouraging an unbiased and impartial
judiciary and in maintaining the integrity of the judiciary. See id. at 1666
(States have a compelling interest in preserving public confidence in the
integrity of the judiciary). Those are precisely the interests addressed in the
canons under review.
We interpret the law, including the judicial canons now under review, by
applying the plain and ordinary meaning of relevant text. Pearce v. University
of Louisville, by & through its Board of Trustees, 448 S.W.3d 746, 749 (Ky.
2014). 5 We fundamentally undertake to construe the law so as to avoid an
unconstitutional result. Caneyville Volunteer Fire Department v. Green's
Motorcycle Salvage, Inc., 286 S.W.3d 790, 806 (Ky. 2009); Ballinger v.
3 Speech concerning public issues and the qualifications of candidates for
elective office commands the highest level of First Amendment protection. See Eu v.
San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee., 489 U.S. 214, 223 (1989).
4 This holding appears in Section II of Williams-Yulee, which was joined by only
four Justices. However, the four dissenters likewise agree that strict scrutiny is the
proper standard of review of laws constraining judicial campaign speech. Accordingly,
it is now definitively established that strict scrutiny is the proper standard of review in
judicial electioneering cases.
5 Of course, there is an obvious difference between our interpretation of
legislative acts, in which our principal objective is to determine the intent of another
body; here, the judicial canons we interpret were promulgated by this Court, and thus
in this sense we are interpreting our own work.
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Commonwealth, 459 S.W.3d 349, 354 (Ky. 2015) (citations omitted). Of course
this fundamental rule of construction also applies to the interpretation of the
rules we promulgate. Summe v. Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission,
947(S.W.2d 42, 47 (Ky. 1997). Moreover, we accede to the decisions of the
federal courts addressing important First Amendment issues relating to judicial
candidate electioneering. Because recent federal decisions guide our
interpretation of the canons at issue, we begin with a brief overview of their
central holdings.
In Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002), the
Supreme Court struck down a Minnesota judicial canon which prohibited
candidates for judicial election from announcing their views on disputed legal
or political issues. Proponents of the canon argued that it survived the strict
scrutiny test because it served the compelling governmental interest of
preserving the appearance of an impartial judiciary. The Court, however,
concluded that the canon failed the strict scrutiny test because it did not
advance the proffered interest. The Court held that the canon did not preserve
the appearance of an impartial judiciary because it did not restrict speech
advocating for or against particular parties or political factions; rather, it
restricted candidates from expressing their own personal opinions on popular
issues. The Court found no compelling state interest in suppressing judicial
candidates' views on such issues. 6
6 See also J.C.J.D. v. R.J.C.R., 803 S.W.2d 953 (Ky. 1991) (Panel of Special
Justices) (Code of Judicial Conduct provision prohibiting all discussion of judicial
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In Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky v. Wolnitzek, 345 F. Supp. 2d 672
(E.D. Ky. 2004), the District Court considered Kentucky's Judicial Canon
5B(1)(c), which provided, in relevant part, that a judge or candidate to judicial
office "shall not make pledges or promises of conduct in office other than the
faithful and impartial performance of the duties of the office; [and] shall not
make statements that commit or appear to commit the candidate with respect
to cases, controversies or issues that are likely to come before the court[.]" In
striking down the canon, the District Court held that the canon was
unconstitutionally overbroad in that it was not limited to a ban on promises or
commitments by candidates to rule a certain way on cases likely to come before
them (which would be sustainable as furthering a compelling government
interest in securing judicial open mindedness), and it consequently stifled the
right of judges and candidates to speak out on issues and the corresponding
right of voters to hear their views. Consistent with that determination the
decision further held that judicial candidates cannot be prohibited from
responding to election issue questionnaires inquiring into their positions on
public issues.
In Carey v. Wolnitzek, 614 F.3d 189 (6th Cir. 2010), the Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals held that a former version of Kentucky Judicial Canon 5A(2),
which prohibited judges and judicial candidates from disclosing their party
candidate's views on disputed legal or political issues unnecessarily violated
constitutional free speech rights of judicial candidates).
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affiliation in any form of advertising, or when speaking to a gathering, except in
answer to a direct question by a voter in one-on-one or very small private
informal settings, was unconstitutional because it was not narrowly tailored to
advance the Commonwealth's interest in preventing a biased judiciary, or
diminishing the role of political parties in judicial selection, and thus the canon
facially violated free speech and associational rights. The Sixth Circuit
reasoned that by prohibiting candidates from disclosing their party affiliations,
the clause effectively prevented candidates from announcing their individual
views on many issues to the extent that a party identification signals the
judicial candidate's alignment with the views incorporated into a political
party's platform. The decision further held that the canon was underinclusive
for these additional reasons: the identification of the candidate's party
affiliation was forbidden only when the candidate raised the point and could
otherwise be disclosed by the candidate's supporters; judicial candidates were
not restrained from disclosing their memberships or affiliations with other
types of organizations that advocated political opinions, such as the Federalist
Society or the ACLU, which may be more telling than one's actual party
identification itself; and the canon did not prohibit judicial candidates from
being members of a political party. Rather, it only prohibited them from
announcing their particular party membership.?
7 Carey also held that our canon prohibiting a judicial candidate from
personally soliciting funds was unconstitutional; however, that holding has been
superseded by Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, 135 S. Ct. 1656 (2015) (upholding
restrictions on a judicial candidate's personal solicitation of campaign funds).
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Most recently, and perhaps most importantly, the Supreme Court
decided in Williams-Yulee that a Florida judicial canon restricting a judicial
candidate's personal solicitation of campaign funds was constitutional because
it was narrowly tailored to serve the compelling governmental interest in
obviating the indecorous practice of an attorney who regularly practiced before
a judge, or a litigant with a case pending before a judge, personally handing
cash to the judge or being placed in the untenable position of rebuffing the
judge's personal solicitation. See also Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc.,
556 U.S. 868, 889 (2009) (holding that there is serious risk of actual bias,
based on objective and reasonable perceptions, when a person with a personal
stake in a particular case has significant and disproportionate influence in
placing a judge on the case by raising funds, or by directing a judge's election
campaign, when the case was pending or imminent).
With the above standards and constitutional limitations in mind, we now
turn to the particular questions posed by the District Court in its certification
of law request.
IV. QUESTION I - CANON 5A(1)(A)
The District Court's first question seeks certification of a broadly-stated
question along with two more specific subparts. Canon 5A(1)(a) states as
follows:
Canon 5. A judge or judicial candidate shall refrain from
inappropriate political activity.
A. Political Conduct in General.
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(1) Except as permitted by law, a judge or a candidate for election
to judicial office shall not:
(a) campaign as a member of a political organization[.]
(Emphasis added.) The section is further clarified by the following official
commentary:
A judge or a candidate for election to judicial office retains the right
to participate in the political process as a voter. A judge or a
candidate for election to judicial office may publicly affiliate with a
political organization but may not campaign as a member of a
political organization.
Because the specific prohibition contained in Canon 5A(1)(a) (shall not . .
. campaign as a member of a political organization) is limited by the
introductory clause "except as permitted by law," our interpretation of the
section is guided by the various First Amendment court decisions addressing
judicial campaign issues as referenced above.
A. Answer to Question 1: What constitutes "campaign[ing] as a
member of a political organization"?
The Terminology Section of SCR 4.300 defines a "political organization"
as "denot[ing] a political party or other group, the principal purpose of which is
to further the election or appointment of candidates to political office." The
Democrat and Republican parties clearly fall within this definition. Carey held
that a judicial candidate cannot be restrained from identifying himself as a
member of a political party, and our current version of Canon 5 was
promulgated in response to that decision. It follows that the canon does not,
and indeed could not, reach that activity. In summary, a judicial candidate
may identify himself to the public as a member of a political party. Carey v.
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Wolnitzek, 614 F.3d 189; Commentary to Canon 5 ("a candidate for election to
judicial office may publicly affiliate with a political organization").
Nevertheless, there is a vast difference between the permissible speech of
a judicial candidate identifying herself as a member of a political party and the
impermissibly deceptive conduct of representing herself as the nominee of a
political party. The former statement would be true; the latter is by any
standard, blatantly false. Canon 5A(1)(a) draws that distinction.
The Canon 5 provision proscribing "campaigning as a member of a
political organization" prohibits the dissemination of campaign materials and
other public representations suggesting to the voters that the candidate is the
endorsed judicial nominee of a political party. For example, a campaign
representation such as "I am the Republican candidate for the 16th Judicial
Circuit Court" is impermissible. There is no "Republican candidate" for that
office; the assertion is materially false and misleading. See Canon 5B(1)(c)
(prohibiting materially false statements). Political parties and factions do not
select or nominate candidates for judicial office in Kentucky. Canon 5A(1)(a)
merely recognizes and faithfully codifies this Constitutional reality.
B. Answer to Question 1A: As applied to this case, would it include a
candidate's statements in mailers identifying his political party,
such as "I am the only Republican candidate for Judge" or "I am the
Conservative Republican candidate for Judge"?
As noted above, pursuant to Carey, prohibiting a judicial candidate from
identifying himself as a member of a political party is unconstitutional and the
present version of Canon 5A(1)(a) was drawn to comply with Carey. Therefore,
the statement "I am the only Republican candidate for Judge" is permissible, as
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long as it is true, because the message merely identifies the candidate as a
Republican who is a candidate for judge, albeit the only one. It does not imply
that the candidate is the nominee of the Republican Party, which would be
prohibited.
In contrast, the statement "I am the Conservative Republican candidate
for Judge," transmits the message that the candidate is the formal nominee for
the Republican Party. As discussed above, this is an impermissible depiction
by the candidate of his status in the judicial race; the insertion of the modifier
"Conservative" into the statement does not, in our view, dispel the
disingenuousness of the statement. Under the current state of affairs of
modern American politics, the Republican Party is commonly regarded as
occupying the conservative side of the political spectrum, and so the addition of
the modifier "Conservative" is surplusage, doing nothing to dispel the implied
falsehood that the candidate is running for Kentucky judicial office as the
formal candidate of the Republican Party.
C. Answer to Question 1B: Would a candidate's statement that his
opponent was "the Democrat candidate for Judge" or the "Liberal
Democrat for Judge" violate the Canon?
The statement by a candidate that his opponent is "the Democrat
candidate for Judge" is an impermissible message to the voters. His opponent
is not, in fact, the Democrat candidate for Judge. As previously explained,
such candidates do not exist in Kentucky, and such a campaign message
would therefore amount to a blatant falsehood. See Canon 5B(1)(c) (prohibiting
materially false statements).
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Similarly, a statement by a candidate that his opponent is "the Liberal
Democrat for Judge" is likewise impermissible. For the identical reasons
discussed above, the modern Democratic Party is widely acknowledged as
falling within the liberal segment of the political spectrum. There is no
meaningful difference between stating that someone is "the Liberal Democrat
for Judge" as opposed to "the Democrat for Judge." Both phrasings imply the
false and misleading message that the opponent is the Democratic Party
nominee for judge.
D. Summary
In summary, judicial candidates may "affiliate," 8 that is "portray"
themselves as members of a political party without restriction; what they may
not do under Canon 5A(1)(b), in tandem with Canon 5B(1)(c), is portray
themselves, either directly or by implication, as the official nominee of a
political party.
V. QUESTION 2 - CANON 5A(1)(B)
The second question concerns Canon 5A(1)(b). This Canon states as
follows:
Canon 5. A judge or judicial candidate shall refrain from
inappropriate political activity.
A. Political Conduct in General
(1) Except as permitted by law, a judge or a candidate for election
to judicial office shall not:
8 Merriam Webster defines "affiliate" as "to closely connect (something or
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yourself) with or to something (such as a program or organization) as a member or
partner[.1" http://www.merriam-webster.corn/dictionary/affiliate (January 2016).
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(b) act as a leader or hold any office in a political organization.
A. Answer to Question 2: Canon 5A(1)(b) states that a judge or judicial
candidate shall not "act as a leader or hold any office in a political
organization." What constitutes "act[ing] as a leader or hold[ing]
any office"?
"Holding any office" in a political organization means occupying a formal
position with a recognized title or performing a function within the established
organizational structure of an association whose principal purpose is to further
the election or appointment of candidates to political office. An "office" in such
an organization includes recognized titles such as chairman, director,
secretary, treasurer, press secretary, precinct leader, membership recruiter,
youth coordinator, and the like.
"Acting as a leader" encompasses a less formal but broader range of
participation. Matter of Disciplinary Proceeding Against Blauvelt, 801 P.2d 235,
238 (1990), 9 notes that Webster's Third New International Dictionary 1283
(1986), defines leader, among other ways, as "a person who by force of
example, talents, or qualities of leadership plays a directing role, wields
commanding influence, or has a following in any sphere of activity or thought."
"Acting as a leader," therefore, captures efforts to advance the political agenda
of the party in a less formal way through proactive planning, organizing,
9 Blauvelt addressed a judicial canon substantially identical to Canon 5A(1)(b)
and held that a judge serving as a delegate to political party's county convention was a
"leader" within meaning of the canon's prohibition against a judge acting as a "leader"
in a political organization.
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directing, and controlling of party functions with the goal of achieving success
for the political party. These less formalized, leader-without-title, positions
would include, for example, acting formally or informally as a party
spokesperson; organizing, managing, or recruiting new members; organizing or
managing campaigns; fundraising; and performing other roles exerting
influence or authority over the rank and file membership albeit without a
formal title, including as further discussed below, hosting political events.
B. Answer to Question 2A: As applied to this case, would hosting
events for a political party violate the Canon?
Consistent with the definition of "acting as a leader," as just discussed,
one who hosts an event for a political party is "acting as a leader" for the party.
Merriam-Webster defines "host" as: "1 a: one that receives or entertains guests
socially, commercially, or officially; b: one that provides facilities for an event or
function . . . ." 1-0 Therefore, someone who provides the facilities for an event of
a political party or officially receives the political party attendees is, indeed,
acting as a "leader" of a political party. The "host" of an event, political or
otherwise, uses the prestige of his or her name to promote the event and exerts
a significant measure of control and authority over the event, more so, in our
view, than the more passive political delegate function in Blauvelt. Perforce, a
judicial candidate hosting a political event acts as a leader of that event and is,
in turn, acting as a leader of the political party on whose behalf the political
event is being held. Under Canon 5A(1)(b) that is prohibited conduct.
10 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/host (January 2016).
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VI. QUESTION III - CANON 5B(1)(C)
The final questions posed by the District Court concern the misleading
speech prohibition by a judicial candidate contained in Canon 5B(1)(c). Canon
5B(1)(c) provides, in relevant part, as follows:
B. Campaign Conduct.
(1) A judge or candidate for election to judicial office:
(c) shall not . . . with reckless disregard for the truth, misrepresent
any candidate's identity, qualifications, present position, or make
any other false or misleading statements.
A. Answer to Question 3: Canon 5B(1)(c) states that a judge or judicial
candidate "shall not knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the
truth, misrepresent any candidate's identity, qualifications, present
position, or make any other false or misleading statements." What
constitutes a false statement?
A falser statement is a statement that is not factually true in the normal
sense; that is, an untrue utterance. For example, it would include such
statements as: "I graduated first in my class" when the candidate did not; "I
have won all of my cases as an attorney" when the candidate had not; "I was an
officer in the military" when the candidate was not; or "my opponent was
convicted of a drug offense" when the opponent was not. 12
11 Merriam-Webster defines false as "not real or genuine: not true or accurate;
especially: deliberately untrue: done or said to fool or deceive someone."
http:/ / www.merriam-web sten com/ +dictionary/ false (January 2016) .
12 In United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2537 (2012), the Supreme Court held
that false statements generally are not a category of unprotected speech exempt from
the normal prohibition on content-based restrictions. Id. at 2547 (striking down a
federal statute which prohibited lying about military awards). (Per opinion of Justice
Kennedy, with three Justices concurring and two Justices concurring in the
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The provision does not, however, cover expressions of opinion because
expressions of an opinion do not implicate a statement that is not factually
true. For example such statements as "Justice Stevens was the best Justice
ever"; "Citizens United was the best decision ever"; or "my opponent is too
liberal" are all expressions of opinion and not subject to Canon 5B(1)(c).
In summary, Canon 5B(1)(c) extends only to statements made during a
campaign which are objectively factually untrue and do not extend to
expressions of subjective opinions or innocuous campaign-trail "puffing" ("I am
the most qualified candidate in the state.").
B. Answer to Question 3A: As applied to this case, would it include a
candidate who asks voters to "re-elect" her to a second term even
though she was appointed to her first term?
The prefix "re" affixed to a verb implies that the action described in the
verb has occurred on a previous occasion. 13 For example, if a television
network announces that it will rerun a particular program, it has implicitly but
definitively asserted that the program had been run on a prior occasion; it is
implied that a soldier who re-enlists in the army had enlisted in the military on
a prior occasion; and something can be reasserted only if it has previously
been asserted.
judgment). However, the Court pointedly exempted from the scope of the decision
laws aimed at "maintain[ing] the general good repute and dignity of . . . government . .
. service itself." Id. at 2546 (citing United States v. Lepowitch, 318 U.S. 702, 704, 63 S.
Ct. 914, 87 L.Ed. 1091 (1943)). Because the canons we address fall squarely within
this exception, we are persuaded that Alvarez does not apply here.
13 See generally http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/re (January
2016).
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Given this universally accepted convention of the English language, a
candidate's request for voters to re elect her to a judicial office is an affirmative
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assertion that she had been elected by voters to the same office on a prior
occasion. A judge who holds her office by way of a gubernatorial appointment
cannot honestly claim that she was elected to the office, and if she seeks to
retain the office at the next election, she cannot honestly assert that she seeks
to be re elected. Such an assertion would be a materially false statement,
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deceptive to the public, and would run afoul of Canon 5B(1)(c).
The opponents of the canon cite to various court decisions and news
articles where the term "re-elect" was used to describe a judge who was seeking
to retain an office attained by appointment rather than election. Using the
term in news articles and other narratives to chronicle historic events is an
informal and idiomatic phrasing, but it is nonetheless inaccurate.
In contrast, when an incumbent judge uses the word "re-elect" as
campaign stratagem to persuade the public that she acquired the office by the
popular vote of the people rather than as the appointee of a governor, its use is
calculated to mislead and deceive the voters. Accordingly, we distinguish these
informal, idiomatic usages and regard these journalistic references as
irrelevant to our review.
VII. CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
The closing step to interpreting a statute or other legal authority, such as
the canons interpreted herein, is undertaking a final examination to ascertain
that our interpretation complies with any existing constitutional mandates. We
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have undertaken that review and are satisfied that our interpretations as
expressed above fall well within the requirements of White, Carey, Williams-
Yulee, and other applicable First Amendment authorities.
Nevertheless, we are attentive that in its Injunction Order, the District
Court expressed its skepticism regarding the constitutionality of each of the
canons under review. In response to that skepticism, we emphasize that we
are persuaded that Williams-Yulee resolves the District Court's criticism in
favor of the interpretations expressed herein. For example, the District Court
criticizes our campaign limitation, expressed in Canon 5A(1)(a), as being
underinclusive 14 because it fails to address the practical reality that, in lieu of
the candidate directly portraying himself as the favored candidate of a political
party, his supporters and surrogates may undertake that same function. The
District Court is correct; we do not purport to limit the campaign conduct of
supporters and surrogates. But the Court's criticism ignores the fact that the
compelling interest served by our canon is to insulate the judge personally from
behaviors that directly undermine the impartiality and objectivity of the
Kentucky Court of Justice. That others outside the judiciary may pursue these
political objectives on behalf of the judge or judicial candidate does not in any
way diminish our objective. If anything, it is a factor that favors the
constitutionality of our canon by emphasizing its limited impact on political
14"[U]nderindusiveness can raise 'doubts about whether the government is in
fact pursuing the interest it invokes, rather than disfavoring a particular speaker or
viewpoint.' Williams Yulee, 135 S. Ct. at 1668.
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discourse. The objective is not to keep information hidden from the public; the
objective is to keep the judge from compromising his or her integrity and
impartiality by engaging in deceptive and misleading conduct.
Williams-Yulee presented a very similar situation. While the Florida rules
prohibited a judge from personally soliciting funds, responsible representatives
were permitted to do so on her behalf. Against the underinclusiveness
argument, the United States Supreme Court noted: "A State need not address
all aspects of a problem in one fell swoop; policymakers may focus on their
most pressing concerns. We have accordingly upheld laws—even under strict
scrutiny—that conceivably could have restricted even greater amounts of
speech in service of their stated interests." 135 S. Ct. at 1668. By the same
force of reasoning, our Canon 5A(1)(a) is not underinclusive; 15 nor are the other
judicial canons we have discussed.
The District Court likewise criticizes our canons as overbroad in that
they may be construed to extend beyond the range of prohibitable speech and
reach non-prohibitable speech. 16 In drafting our canons, we strived to avoid
overbreadth and the clarifications expressed herein should obviate that
concern. In any event, Williams-Yulee addressed the same point and the same
15 And further, of course we have no jurisdiction over the judicial candidate's
supporters and surrogates; however that does not mean we are powerless over those
whom we do have jurisdiction from misleading the public into believing that they are
the officially sanctioned nominee of a political party.
16 The overbreadth doctrine "is predicated on the danger that an overly broad
statute, if left in place, may cause persons whose expression is constitutionally
protected to refrain from exercising their rights for fear of criminal sanctions."
Massachusetts v. Oakes, 491 U.S. 576, 581 (1989).
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compelling interests were at stake. There, the Supreme Court observed that
"The First Amendment requires that [the personal solicitation canon] be
narrowly tailored, not that it be 'perfectly tailored.' The impossibility of perfect
tailoring is especially apparent when the State's compelling interest is as
intangible as public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary." 135 S. Ct. at
1671 (citation omitted). The same principle applies in this situation as we
strive to protect the democratic ideal of citizens choosing their judges and, at
the same time, preserve the neutrality of the judicial branch by insulating
judges from detrimental influences of partisan politics. Perhaps we have not
achieved the ideal-but-elusive "perfect tailoring," but nevertheless our tailoring
comports with the standard prescribed in Williams-Yulee.
The District Court also suggests in its Injunction Order that the canons
at issue are unconstitutionally vague; 17 however, as we discuss herein, a plain,
ordinary, and common sense application of the language of the canons gives
accurate guidance to a judicial candidate of what he may or may not do in a
political campaign: he may not campaign as the nominee of a political party; he
may not act as an office holder or leader, in the traditional sense of those
terms, of a political party and he may not lie to the public on the campaign
trail, although he is free to otherwise express his opinion on matters relating to
himself, his opponent, and matters of public interest. It bears emphasis as
17 "[The void-for-vagueness doctrine requires that a penal statute define the
criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what
conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and
discriminatory enforcement." Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352, 357 (1983).
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well that Kentucky's Judicial Conduct Commission maintains an ethics
advisory structure which is available to judicial candidates seeking specific
advice or guidance on campaign matters.
VIII. CONCLUSION
The law as set forth above is hereby certified to the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
All sitting. Minton, C.J.; Cunningham, Hughes, Keller, and Venters, JJ.,
concur. Noble, J., concurs in part and dissents in part by separate opinion in
which Wright, J., joins.
NOBLE, J., CONCURRING IN PART AND DISSENTING IN PART: I concur
with Justice Venters' excellent analysis on all the issues in this case except for
his answer to question IA, as to whether the statement "I am the only
Republican candidate for judge" is permissible. I do not think it is. In the same
discussion, he concludes that it is NOT permissible to say, "I am the
conservative Republican candidate for judge." Both the term "only" and the
term "conservative" are modifiers and immediately precede the phrase
"Republican candidate." Thus, whatever the modifier may be, both sentences
are discussing "the...Republican candidate." As the majority explains,
Republicans (Democrats) do not have a party candidate in non-partisan judicial
elections, and saying that one is "the Republican candidate" is inappropriate
and misleading. I can make no distinction between the two sentences at issue,
and thus would find that neither is permissible. Our Constitution requires that
judicial candidates be non-partisan candidates, and declaring oneself to be any
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kind of Republican (or Democratic) candidate adds partisanship to the actual
candidacy, rather than stating in which political party one has membership.
Wright, J., joins.
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COUNSEL FOR CAMERON BLAU:
Jack Scott Gatlin
Freund, Freeze, and Arnold
Christopher D. Wiest
Chris Wiest, Attorney at Law, PLLC
COUNSEL FOR ALLISON JONES:
Lucinda C. Shirooni
Thomas B Bruns
Jack Scott Gatlin
Freund, Freeze & Arnold
COUNSEL FOR HON. STEVEN D. WOLNITZEK, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS
CHAIR, JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION:
Jeffrey C. Mando
Louis Kelly
Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, PLLC
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Thursday, 30 April 2015
Swaziland police have
said they will decide who can and who cannot take part in May Day
celebrations on Friday.
According to them only ‘recognised’ workers
unions will be allowed to take part.
This is seen as a deliberate snub to the
Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), the labour federation that has organized
a rally in Manzini, the major commercial city in the kingdom, for Friday (1 May
2015).
After a long and continuing dispute with
the Swaziland state, TUCOSWA is not registered as a recognised federation in
the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute
monarch.
In Swaziland all political parties are
banned from taking part in elections and organisations that advocate for
democracy have been outlawed as ‘terrorist’ organisations under the Suppression
of Terrorism Act.
In a statement
to media, Police Information and Communications Officer Assistant
Superintendent Khulani Mamba said only recognised unions would be allowed to
celebrate the Workers Day.
He added, ‘Having said this, as a police
service, we wish to point out as previously stated, that we will be present at
the celebrations for the purpose of making sure that law and order is
maintained. However, this is on the premise and understanding that the Labour
Day is to be commemorated by recognised workers’ unions in the country,’ Mamba
said.
Previously, Mamba had told media since May
Day was an internationally recognised day police would not hinder the
celebrations by workers but they would arrest people who uttered ‘defamatory
statements about authorities’.
As workers and pro-democracy activists prepare to
mark Workers’ Day on Friday (1 May 2015) many will remember Sipho Jele who was
killed by Swaziland state forces five years ago.
The 35-year-old Jele was arrested and charged under
the Suppression of Terrorism Act on 1 May 2010 for wearing a T-shirt supporting
the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO),
an organisation banned in the kingdom, ruled by King Mswati, sub-Saharan
Africa’s last absolute monarch.
He was taken to Manzini Police Station and then to Sidwashini
Remand Correctional Institution. He was found hanging from a beam in a shower
block on 3 May.
The inquest
verdict delivered in March 2011 said in effect that Jele levitated
to the ceiling unaided, tied an old piece of blanket around a beam and then
around his own neck and then allowed himself to fall to the ground, thereby
killing himself by hanging.
Coroner Nondumiso Simelane reported, ‘Further,
although there was nothing found at the scene which the deceased could have
used as a platform on which to stand to commit the suicide; upon closer examination
of the scene and the photos of the deceased captured at the scene, and the
pathologists concluding that “it is possible for the deceased to have mounted
himself upwards from the floor and then suspended himself without the use of a
platform,” and that “after the ligature was applied to the beam and neck he
could have lowered himself and the feet would still be above the floor.”
According to
a report in the Swazi
News, an independent newspaper in Swaziland, Perumal said, ‘In this case
there is no evidence of being hung. The perplexing thing is how he got
suspended as there was no object on which he stood. In most cases the object is
kicked away for the body to remain suspended. There was no such object that was
found. That is the only feature that doesn’t confirm suicide. It is an enigma
how he hung without standing on an object.’
Questioned by attorney Leo Gama on whether it was
possible that Jele had tied the rope around his neck while seated on the beam
he was found hanging from, and then threw himself down for the rope to tighten
around his neck, Dr Perumal entirely ruled out this possibility.
‘In that case there would be stretching of the skin
and moreover there would be problem with the spine. Looking at the findings, we
can exclude that scenario. There are no features to suggest that,’ he said.
It emerged at the inquest that Swazi police and
prison warders lied
a number of times about the circumstances up to the time
of the death. They had claimed that they interviewed people who were in the
same cell as Jele about the circumstances of his death; Perumal told the
inquest that the cell mates denied being interviewed.
Perumal said, ‘I asked if any of the inmates had
been interviewed to see if they had seen him and if any fight had ensued during
the night of his death but none had been interviewed.’
This was not the first time that the police had been
found out lying to the inquest. Previously,
it was discovered that police had recorded in an official journal that Jele was
in good health when he arrived at Manzini police station.
The official record – called the RSP 3 book – said
the entry was made by Constable David Tsabedze, but he told the inquest that he
never made the entry.
This led to Attorney Leo Gama concluding that
Tsabedze never
made such entries and left the space vacant, but when the
police heard that there was to be an inquest into the matter, someone filled up
those spaces without telling Tsabedze. This was so they could show Jele was in
good health when he left the police station.
Another anomaly was that although Jele was brought
to the police station at 5.30pm on 1 May, he was only placed in a police cell
at 11pm and no one could come forward to state what happened in the meantime.
In a bizarre twist the inquest heard that Jele asked
to be sent to Sidwashini because he feared being ‘tubed’ (tortured and
suffocated) if he was sent back to police custody. The Swaziland Director of
Public Prosecutions Mumcy
Dlamini said she was pleased to hear this because
it meant Jele had not yet been tortured while at the police station. Dlamini
told the inquest as far as she knew the only reason why Jele wanted to go to
Sidvwashini was his fear of torture by police.
The
inquest was told Jele was taken out of the Manzini Police Station’s cell for
interrogation purposes for hours on different occasions, but one officer said
it was unclear whether they also took him out of the building.
A
jailor, Assistant Superintendent Richard Mthukutheli Fakudze,told the inquest he found Jele hanging
from a concrete bar in the bathroom of his prison cell at about 5am on 3 May
and he just knew Jele had killed himself. While he gave his testimony, he was
interrupted by Prosecutor Phila Dlamini who warned him to only say what he
observed and desist from giving an opinion. Fakudze had conclusively said Jele
hanged himself yet he found him hanging. Said Dlamini, ‘If you insist that he
hanged himself, you are actually saying that you saw him tying the blanket
around his neck and hanging himself.’
Jele
was charged under S19 (1) (a) of the Suppression of terrorism Act for wearing a
T-shirt with PUDEMO written on it.
S19
(1) (a) of the STA states, ‘A person who is a member of a terrorist group
commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding ten (10) years.’
Wearing
a PUDEMO T-Shirt does not make you a member of PUDEMO and therefore the police
had no reason to arrest Jele. But after police arrested him they then took him
to his home
and searched it and later alleged they had found
materials linking him to the banned political organisation.
Amnesty International suspected that Jele might have
been targeted for arrest at the May Day rally. Jele was one of 16 prodemocracy
activists awaiting trial after they were charged with treason in 2005.
In
a public statement, Amnesty said, ‘Mr Jele had been subjected to torture and
other ill-treatment in police custody in the past. He was detained by police in
December 2005 and subsequently charged with treason along with 15 others. Mr
Jele alleged that while in custody he was beaten around the head causing
long-term damage to his hearing, for which Amnesty International was able to
obtain independent medical corroboration. He also alleged that he was subjected
to suffocation torture while forcibly held down on a bench by six police
officers at Sigodvweni police station. Some of his co-defendants made similar
allegations of torture by the police.
‘The
presiding High Court judge hearing their bail application in March 2006 was
sufficiently concerned to call on the government to establish an independent
inquiry into their claims. An inquiry was established under a single
commissioner who subsequently reported his findings to the then Prime Minister.
To Amnesty International’s knowledge this inquiry report was never made public.
Mr Jele and his co-defendants had still not been brought to trial on the
treason charge by the time of his death.’
At
the time of Jele’s death, PUDEMO
said in a statement, ‘The Swaziland royal regime has always
been giving the international community the wrong information that political
dissenters are not imprisoned, harassed and killed. And that Swaziland is a
peaceful country. But here is a political activist getting killed for attending
Workers Day and wearing a PUDEMO T-shirt.’
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
It is hard to believe the police in Swaziland are serious
in their intent to get the kingdom’s Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi to leave
the house he has been holed up in for 11 days after a
warrant was issued for his arrest.
Ramodibedi who is in his luxury mansion in Mbabane
with his wife and two adult children was allowed to send one of his sons out
for food last Friday (24 April 2015) and it was reported that on Wednesday
(28 April 2015) his
maid delivered food to the family.
Ramodibedi, a native of Lesotho, reportedly faces
23 charges, including abuse of power.
Two High Court Judges, Mpendulo Simelane and Jacobus
Annandale, and the High Court Registrar, Fikile Nhlabatsi, have
also been charged in connection with Ramodibedi’s case. They have appeared
in court and been bailed.
The Times
of Swaziland, the only independent daily newspaper in the kingdom ruled
by King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, reported on
Wednesday, ‘The movement, with ease, of some members of the CJ’s family in and
out of his residence has left journalists wondering why the police were not
using such opportunities to enter the house and arrest the CJ.’
Police Information and Communications Officer
Assistant Superintendent Khulani Mamba told the newspaper they were still
waiting for negotiations between, Lesotho and Swaziland, to be concluded.
It is not known who is negotiating and about what.
Police officers have been camping outside the CJ’s
house since Friday 17 April 2015. They said they would arrest Ramodibedi as
soon as he came out of the house. There has been no attempt to enter the house
forcibly, despite the comings-and-goings of people from the house.
The lack of action by the police is unusual. They
have a deserved reputation for smashing their way into the homes of pro-democracy
activists, often without warrants.
There is speculation within Swaziland and on social
media about the reasoning for the delay in effecting the arrest warrant. On
Sunday (26 April 2015), the Times
Sunday, an independent newspaper in the kingdom, speculated that Ramodibedi
was waiting until King Mswati returned to Swaziland from a trip to the Bandung
Conference for Asian and African countries.
The newspaper
reported, ‘The chief justice is said to have stated that the only person he
trusts was His Majesty the King.’
The newspaper did not say so but it is assumed that Ramodibedi
thinks King Mswati will cancel the arrest warrant.
It is true that King Mswati personally appointed and
re-appointed Ramodibedi to the post of Chief Justice and that Ramodibedi has
been a loyal and vocal supporter of the King. But, it is not so clear that Ramodibedi
still enjoys the King’s favour. The King rules over the judiciary and the Swazi
Government which he hand-picks and it is inconceivable that the arrest warrant
would have been issued without his permission.
One speculation is that the Chief Justice will be
allowed to leave his house at the dead of night and escape into neighbouring
South Africa.
Many observers find it hard to imagine that Ramodibedi,
a personal appointee of the King, will be allowed to be tried in a court of law.
The main charges against him are of abuse of power, but international observers
will note that the (for now) alleged abuses were made on behalf of and for the
benefit of the King.
If the spotlight is allowed to shine on Ramodibedi,
it will shine also on the King.
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Police in
Swaziland said they would arrest anyone at this week’s May Day celebrations who
‘utter defamatory statements about authorities’.
But, they
said they would to allow people to mark the day on 1 May.
The Swazi Observer, a newspaper in effect owned by King
Mswati III, who rules Swaziland as an absolute monarch, reported on Tuesday (28
April 2015) , ‘Police Information and Communications Officer Assistant
Superintendent Khulani Mamba said since this was an internationally recognised
day, they would not hinder the celebrations by workers but would deal with
those that would utter statements against authority.’
He added,
‘However, those that will utter defamatory statements about authorities will be
arrested.’
This warning
was aimed at people who advocate for democracy in Swaziland where no political
parties are allowed to contest elections and opposition groups are banned as
‘terrorists’ under the controversial Suppression of Terrorism Act 2008.
At the
May Day celebrations in 2014, People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO)
President Mario Masuku and the party’s youth congress leader Maxwell Dlamini
were arrested and charged with uttering seditious statements. They have been in
jail for a year awaiting trial.
Monday, 27 April 2015
The Swaziland Tourist Authority (STA) falsified
statistics on the number of passengers using the new King Msawati III Airport (KMIII)
to make it look a success when it was not.
And, the deception is part of an ongoing mission of
misinformation about the success of the airport that has spanned several year.
Figures for January 2015 were used by Swaziland
Civil Aviation Authority (SWACAA), aided by the Swazi Observer, a newspaper in effect owned by King Mswati, to
state that the airport had defied its critics and was a success.
The STA reported that there were 10,138 passengers
departing the airport in January 2015 and 6,592 passengers arriving, making a
total of 16,730 passengers.
But these figures were entirely bogus. There are
only three flights per day departing the airport and another three arriving.
The airport serves only one route – to OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, South
Africa. Swaziland Airlink is the only passenger airline that uses the airport.
Airlink uses the Embraer J135 aircraft which has a maximum seating capacity of
50.
If every flight was full a maximum of 150 people per
day could depart the airport, which would make a maximum of 4,500 per month.
The 4,500 is only 44 per cent of the numbers of passengers claimed by STA. The
total possible number of passengers either departing or arriving at the airport
could not be more than 9,000 in a month: 53 per cent of the figure claimed.
No true figure for the actual number of people
travelling by plane is available publically but anecdotal evidence suggests
that the planes are rarely much more than two-thirds full, and often a lot
less.
King Mswati III Airport was built in a wilderness in
Swaziland on the whim of King Mswati, who rules as sub-Saharan Africa’s last
absolute monarch. No research was undertaken to determine the need for the
airport.
Critics of the airport argued for years that there
was no
potential for the airport. Major airports already existed less than an
hour’s flying time away in South Africa with connecting routes to Swaziland and
there was no reason to suspect passengers would want to use KMIII airport as an
alternative.
During the 11 years it took to build, the airport
was called Sikhuphe, but the name was changed in honour of the King when it
officially opened in March 2014.
The airport cost an estimated E2.5 billion (US$250
million) to build.
The Observer
on Saturdayreported
at the time of the opening, ‘The King stated unflinchingly that the airport
was not a joke as some pessimists had already hinted that the country does not
need such extravagance. He said the completion and commissioning of the airport
had proved all doubting Thomases wrong.’
The newspaper added, ‘One thing was clear throughout
the King’s address that he was extremely passionate about the project and that
it was very close to his heart.’
When it was opened the international
media derided the airport as a ‘white elephant’, meaning it was of little
use.
Since it opened only one commercial passenger airline,
Swaziland Airlink, which is part-owned by the Swazi Government, has used the
Airport. The airline was forced
to move from the Matsapha Airport, even though an independent
business analysis predicted the airline would go out of business as a
result.
No other airline has publically said it wanted to
use the airport.
Matsapha airport which handled about 70,000
passengers a year is close to Manzini and Mbabane, the two main cities in
Swaziland. The new airport was built in a wilderness about 70km from Mbabane.
Once it opened to traffic in September 2014, Matsapha was closed for commercial
business. It is now mainly used by King Mswati when he travels in his private
luxury jet.
SWACAA
had said the KMIII airport would attract 300,000 passengers per year (820
per day on average), raising E7 million (US$700,000) per year in service
charges. In the present situation where only a maximum 300 people could travel
per day, the total it could ever hope to achieve would be 109,500; only 36
percent of the numbers needed for the airport to reach its target.
The Swazi Observer,
which was described as a
‘pure propaganda machine for the royal family’ by the Media Institute of
Southern Africa in a report on media freedom in the kingdom, used the bogus
figure to talk up the airport’s supposed success.
The newspaper was determined to mislead its readers
about the success of the airport. The Sunday Observer, for example, in a
report headlined ‘KMIII Airport surpasses expectations’ said, ‘When it started
operating, sceptics were of the view that people would opt to travel by road
because of, among other reasons, the distant location of the airport, which is
situated about 70 kilometres from Mbabane.
‘However, passengers going through KMIII
International Airport have surpassed the numbers that were recorded at the
Matsapha Airport.’
The newspaper quoted SWACAA Marketing and Corporate
Affairs Director Sabelo Dlamini saying, ‘We are noting that the figures are
rising and for us, it points to a brighter future in aviation. It is also an
affirmation of the massive work the government of Swaziland has done over the
past five years to do right in the civil aviation industry, in particular the
construction of an airport facility travellers are happy with.’
The newspaper reported, ‘Dlamini further noted that
the drop in numbers that had been projected by critics had not happened at
all.’
There has been a long history of misinformation
about the potential for success of the airport. It was controversial from the
moment the construction was announced in 2003. The International Monetary
Fund said the airport should not be built because it would divert funds
away from much needed projects to fight poverty in Swaziland.
Today, about seven in ten of King Mswati’s 1.3
million subjects live in abject poverty, with incomes less than US$2 per day, three
in ten are so hungry they are medically diagnosed as malnourished and the
kingdom has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world.
The false promises made about the airport are
legion. In November
2013, SWACAA said that the Swazi Government was ready to recreate the
defunct Royal Swazi National Airways Corporation (RSNAC0) and would set about
purchasing a 100-seater jet, at a cost estimated by the Times of Swaziland of
E700 million (US$70 million). This compared to the E125 million budgeted
for free primary school education in Swaziland that year. It was never
explained where the money to buy the aircraft would come from.
SWACAA said RSNAC would fly to 10 destinations in
Africa and Asia. Observers estimated RSNAC would probably need a minimum of 10
aircraft to service the routes. For that to happen, Swaziland would have to
spend about E7 billion on aircraft. Such a sum of money would bankrupt the
kingdom. To put the cost in context the Central Bank of Swaziland has estimated
the kingdom’s gross
official reserves were E8.24 billion at the month ended November 2013.
The people were regularly misled about the opening
date of the airport. At one time the King confidently
announced it would be open in March 2010. Then his Prime Minister Barnabas
Dlamini said it would be ready for the FIFA World Cup in neighbouring South
Africa in June 2010, but this deadline came and went. SWACAA continued to issue
fresh completion dates but these were never met.
Bertram Stewart, Principal Secretary in the Ministry
of Economic Planning and Development also misled about the readiness of the
airport to open.
In October 2010, Stewart
said the airport would be open by the end of that year, but it was not. He
misled again in
February 2011 when he confidently told media the airport would be completed
by June 2011. It was not. He also said a number of top world airlines (that he
declined to name) were negotiating to use the airport, but nothing happened.
There has also been constant misinformation about
the prospect of airlines choosing to use the airport.
In October 2009, King Mswati claimed Etihad Airways
from the Gulf
State of Abu Dhabi was showing ‘deep interest’ in using the airport.
Nothing has been heard since.
In May 2011, the Swazi Observer reported Sabelo Dlamini
saying, ‘We have established possible routes which we want to market to the
operators. Some of the proposed routes from Sikhuphe are Durban, Cape Town,
Lanseria Airport in Sandton, Harare and Mozambique.’
In June 2012, he told
Swazi media that at least three airlines from different countries had
‘shown interest’ in using the airport, but he declined to name them. He remained
optimistic about the prospects for the future and said SWACAA was talking
to airlines in other countries as well.
Then in February 2013 SWACAA Director Solomon Dube told
media in Swaziland, ‘We are talking to some including Kenya Airways,
Ethiopian Airline and various Gulf airlines.’
In March 2013 SWACAA
claimed five airlines had signed deals to use the airport when it
eventually opened, but an investigation by Swazi media Commentary revealed that
two of the airlines named did not exist. It also said Botswana Airways would
use the airport, but it has not.
In October 2013 SWACAA claimed it had targeted
small and medium business travellers to use the airport. It said low-cost
airlines were interested in using Sikhuphe for business travellers who might
want to fly to nearby countries ‘on a daily basis’.
Now, in April 2015, there are still no prospects of
airlines other than Swazi Airlink using the airport.
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Trade unionists and democracy campaigners in
Swaziland are on a collision course with the police and state security after
they refused to seek formal permission to hold a May Day rally.
The Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) has
confirmed that commemorations of the workers’ day will take place at the Salesian
Sports Ground in Manzini, the commercial capital of Swaziland, on 1 May 2015.
Vincent Ncongwane, TUCOSWA Secretary General, said
his federation had informed the police of its decision to host the event.
The Times of Swaziland, the only independent daily newspaper
in the kingdom ruled by King Mswati III, the last absolute monarch in
sub-Saharan Africa, reported him saying, ‘We will not be seeking permission
from the police to host the event, it is unlawful to be forced to seek
permission and there is no statute in the labour laws that allows the police to
demand us to seek permission from them to host Workers Day.’
He added the fact that they had informed the police
was sufficient and that they would not be seeking permission as police had
instructed them to do in past years.
The decision not to seek permission will almost
certainly put TUCOSWA on a collision course with the police and the state
security apparatus.
Public gatherings are routinely disrupted by police
unless they are sanctioned by the state. On Thursday (23 April 2015), for
example, a newly-formed group called Swaziland Anti-Xenophobia Movement had a gathering
broken up by police because they did not have permission from the Municipal
Council of Mbabane to meet.
They were trying to show their support for victims
of Xenophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa and tried to march to the
South African High Commission in the Swazi capital, Mbabane.
At May Day celebrations last year (2014), Mario
Masuku, President of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), and
Maxwell Dlamini, Secretary-General of the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO),
were charged with ‘uttering seditious statements’. One year later they are
still in prison awaiting trial.
The two were arrested following a pro-democracy rally at the Salesian
Sports Ground, the proposed venue for this year’s rally.
PUDEMO has been banned in Swaziland as a ‘terrorist’ organisation since
2008, under the controversial Suppression of Terrorism Act.
In May 2013, Muzi Mhlanga, the secretary general of
the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), was illegally placed
under house arrest by police who wanted to prevent him attending a May Day
rally. They had neither a court order nor warrant to place him under house
arrest.
Arrests
were reported across the kingdom as democracy leaders refused police
instructions to say at home and not attend May Day events. |
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Seems like Jim Cantore would be one of the last people you would want to try and tackle. He’s fought hurricanes, fires, floods, tornadoes, and on live TV a guy decided to try and tackle him and ruin a live report… NEVER under estimate a good knee to the crotch!
Seriously, Cantore is like a Weather Channel Ninja. He’s reported in Floods, Wild Fires, Hurricanes, Tornadoes and more. Sometimes he appears to be fearless (or maybe crazy). Jim was doing a live piece from Charleston College to cover the winter weather, when a guy, thought to be a student, comes running at him screaming, Jim keeps talking, sees the guy, then knees the guy in the junk, and keeps on talking like it’s no big deal. Watch this…
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NUMBER 13-00-389-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI
__________________________________________________________________
DAVID B. MOORE , Appellant,
v.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN, L.L.P. AND LAURA MAWHINNEY , Appellees.
__________________________________________________________________
On appeal from the 44th District Court
of Dallas County, Texas.
__________________________________________________________________
O P I N I O N
Before Justices Hinojosa, Rodriguez, and Hill (1)
Opinion by Justice Hill
David Moore appeals from a summary judgment that he take nothing in his claims of sex discrimination and harassment,
wrongful discharge, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Arthur Andersen, L.L.P., and Laura
Mawhinney. He contends in four points that the trial court erred by granting summary judgment as to each of those four
claims. We affirm because the trial court did not err by granting summary judgment as to Moore's claims.
Moore sued appellees after he was fired by Andersen. His claims for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional
distress were made against both appellees, while his claims for sex discrimination and harassment and wrongful discharge
were directed solely against Andersen. In response to his claims as they are outlined above, Appellees filed a motion for
summary judgment, a motion to which Moore responded. As previously noted, the trial court granted summary judgment
that Moore take nothing as to all of his claims.
Appellees' motion for summary judgment reflects that it is brought both as a traditional and as a no-evidence motion for
summary judgment because it states that it is brought under Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 166a(b) and 166a(i). Further,
as to each cause of action brought by Moore, it alleges that there is no evidence as to an essential element of each claim, as
required by Rule 166a(i). See Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a(i). Rule 166a(i) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure provides that:
After adequate time for discovery, a party without presenting summary judgment evidence may move for summary
judgment on the ground that there is no evidence of one or more essential elements of a claim or defense on which an
adverse party would have the burden of proof at trial. The motion must state the elements as to which there is no evidence.
The court must grant the motion unless the respondent produces summary judgment evidence raising a genuine issue of
material fact.
Id.
When such a motion is presented, the movant does not bear the burden of establishing each element of its own claim or
defense. See Ford v. City State Bank of Palacios, 44 S.W.3d 121, 128 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 2001, no pet.). The
burden then shifts to the nonmovant to present enough evidence to be entitled to a trial: evidence that raises a genuine fact
issue on the challenged elements. Id. If the nonmovant is unable to present enough evidence, the trial judge must grant the
motion. Id.
A no-evidence motion for summary judgment is improperly granted if the nonmovant presents more than a scintilla of
probative evidence to raise a genuine issue of material fact. Id. Less than a scintilla of evidence exists when the evidence
is so weak as to do no more than create a mere surmise or suspicion of a fact. Id. More than a scintilla of evidence exists
when the evidence rises to a level that would enable reasonable and fair-minded people to differ in their conclusions. Id.
We first consider whether Appellees were entitled to a no-evidence motion for summary judgment.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
With respect to Moore's claim of sexual harassment and sex discrimination, Andersen maintains in its motion for summary
judgment that Moore can produce no evidence that Mawhinney created a sexually hostile work environment or
discriminated against him because of his sex. Moore's claim is a statutory claim based upon the Texas Human Rights Act,
Texas Labor Code section 21.001, et seq., which provides in section 21.051 as follows:
An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin,
or age the employer:
1. fails or refuses to hire an individual, discharges an individual, or discriminates in any other manner against an individual
in connection with compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or
2. limits, segregates, or classifies an employee or applicant for employment in a manner that would deprive or tend to
deprive an individual of any employment opportunity or adversely affect in any other manner the status of an employee.
Tex. Lab. Code ANN.§ 21.051 (Vernon 1996).
We will first consider Moore's contentions as they relate to his claim against Andersen for sex discrimination and
harassment. According to Moore's affidavit, attached to his response, Mawhinney, his project manager at Andersen, gave
him a memorandum that she had prepared for the file. In that memorandum, Mawhinney discussed observations of
Moore's work and behavior. She observed that Moore spent "too much time 'chatting' with multiple female client personnel
at the client site. This was perceived as flirtatious behavior by both the client and Barry's project team member and was
brought to the attention of the project manager at a client dinner meeting." In addition to her observation, Mawhinney's
memo contained the following under the heading "Action" with respect to that observation:
On Wednesday, July 1st, 1998, Laura discussed this issue with Barry at the New Orleans airport. I emphasized the
importance of Barry maintaining professional relationships with client personnel and focusing on project tasks, (which is
what the client is paying AA to do). Additionally, I told Barry, that while developing client relationships are important, that
he should be focusing mainly on tasks at his level, and when working on relationship-building, that it should occur more
often with the client's managers, rather than the accounting clerks. It was reported to me that Barry's behavior changed in
the right direction after our discussion.
Mawhinney further stated in the memo that:
Throughout the week, I observed Barry engaged in multiple conversations with multiple female employees, sometimes
lasting 20-30 minutes at a time. In the course of one day, I would suspect that he worked six of eight hours. Barry should
have had a full week's worth of work to do, but if for some reason he did not, he never bothered to offer assistance to his
project team member with demo scripts, or ask for additional work.
The bulk of the memo was directed to other types of examples of poor job performance on Moore's part. As can be seen,
Mawhinney referred to Moore as Barry in the memorandum.
Moore states in his affidavit that on the next working day, Monday, July 27, 1998, he went to Andersen's office of human
resources and talked to Linda Ferguson. He indicates that after telling her he wanted to talk to her about sexual harassment,
he complained that Mawhinney was directing agitated and antagonistic behavior toward him and was creating a hostile
work environment. Moore says that he prepared a detailed rebuttal of the charges in Mawhinney's memo and followed the
instructions given him by Ferguson. The affidavit reflects that on the following Friday, July 31, 1998, Moore was called to
the office of Andersen's Director of Human Resources, Scott Wilson, who advised him that it "appears you are a flirt."
According to Moore, Wilson then summarily fired him for sexual harassment. Moore observed in his deposition that
several employees at Andersen declined to read his response to Mawhinney's memo, including Jeff Valentine and Paul
Shultz.
Andersen, in a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, stated that Moore was fired for sexual harassment and
forwarded its sexual harassment policy to the commission, but Wilson, Andersen's Director of Human Resources, indicated
he had told the person who wrote the letter that it was incorrect and should have read that he was terminated for
unprofessional conduct. Wilson stated that the person who wrote the information got it from the file by looking at the notes
he prepared, but that he did not know how she concluded that Moore was terminated for sexual harassment. Wilson
acknowledged that Andersen has no code number for termination for sexual harassment. Wilson indicated that the
employee who made the error is a competent employee and that he was not aware of it ever happening before.
In a telephone conversation between Wilson and Moore after Moore's termination, Wilson related to Moore that he had
interviewed seven women. He told Moore that they had indicated that Moore asked them about whom they were dating
and whether they were dating anyone. Wilson told Moore that all of them felt very uncomfortable in that situation. Moore
denied the accusations, but Wilson told him that he knew of at least two instances in which there were others who
overheard the conversation. Although Wilson did not, in his notes, put the word "uncomfortable" in quotes, he indicated
that one or more of the women used that term, that it was not just his term. Wilson also indicated in his deposition that he,
Schultz, and Ja Chriesman, another Andersen employee, would have read Mawhinney's memo. He stated that he had read
Moore's response, that he thought Shultz read it, and that he would have thought that Chriesman and Mawhinney read it.
However, he acknowledged that he did not know for sure that they had read it.
In her deposition, Mawhinney testified that, prior to working on the Friede Goldman project with Moore, she had never
observed him engaging in flirtatious behavior and no one had told her that he had. As to her observations on the project,
Mawhinney indicated that she would not say whether she had or had not observed flirtatious behavior. She stated that she
suspected that flirtatious behavior was occurring. Mawhinney testified concerning a meeting she had with Wilson and
Chriesman on Thursday prior to Moore's termination. She had learned of the meeting while out of town through an urgent
voice mail from Wilson's office assistant wanting to know when she and Chriesman would be returning to the office. When
they returned to town, she and Chriesman went directly to Wilson's office. She indicated that she did not, after the meeting,
give any names of complaining females to Nancy Werner, the Andersen employee who investigated the matters involved
here, because she thought that "[T]hey already had most of all the evidence they apparently needed." Mawhinney stated in
the deposition that she played no role whatsoever in Moore being fired.
Werner investigated the complaints concerning Moore prior to his termination and verified that Moore made inappropriate
comments to female employees that made them feel uncomfortable and that at least one employee indicated that she would
never staff her projects with a female who was subordinate to him. At Moore's request, Wilson personally investigated the
allegations after he terminated Moore.
Moore contends that a memo from Werner "states unequivocally" that she got the names of complaining women from
Mawhinney, but our review of that memo shows that it does not reflect that Mawhinney gave her the names, only that she
began her investigation after meeting with Mawhinney, Chriesman, and Wilson.
In support of his conclusion that he filed a sexual harassment complaint, Moore refers us to his deposition testimony that he
went to talk to Linda Ferguson about sexual harassment, then told her that Mawhinney was acting very antagonistically
toward him. Moore could not recall if he had given Ferguson any examples.
Moore stated in his deposition that he was replaced by a female whose qualifications were not as good as his for the job.
He did not elaborate as to how she was less qualified nor give any source of his knowledge as to her qualifications.
Under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual
with respect to compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of race, color, disability,
religion, sex, or national origin. Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.051 (Vernon 1996) (formerly Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art.
5221k, § 5.01(1)); Garcia v. Schwab, 967 S.W.2d 883, 885 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 1998, no pet.). The Human Rights
Act is modeled after federal law for the purpose of executing the policies embodied in Title VII of the federal Civil Rights
Act of 1964. See Tex. Labor Code Ann. § 21.001 (Vernon 1996); Garcia, 967 S.W.2d at 885. One form of employment
discrimination is sexual harassment. Garcia, 967 S.W.2d at 885.
Moore's sexual harassment claim is a hostile work environment form of sexual harassment. Such a claim includes the
following elements: (1) the plaintiff belongs to a protected group; (2) the plaintiff was subject to unwelcome sexual
harassment; (3) the harassment complained of was based upon sex; (4) the harassment complained of affected a "term,
condition, or privilege" of employment; and (5) the employer knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to
take remedial action. Id. Title VII is violated when the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule,
and insult that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a discriminatorily hostile or abusive working environment.
Meritor Sav. Bank FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57, 64, 67 (1986). Conduct that is not severe enough to create a work
environment that a reasonable person would find hostile or abusive will not trigger Title VII or its Texas equivalent.
Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc., 510 U.S. 17, 21 (1993); Garcia, 967 S.W.2d at 885. Whether an environment is "hostile" or
"abusive" can be determined only by reviewing all the circumstances, which may include the frequency of the conduct; its
severity; whether it is physically threatening or humiliating, or a mere offensive utterance; and whether it unreasonably
interferes with an employee's work performance. Harris, 510 U.S. at 23; Garcia, 967 S.W.2d at 885-86. Considering all
of the summary judgment evidence, including that we have outlined above, we hold that Moore has failed to present
evidence showing that he was subjected to a hostile work environment of the severity required to maintain his claim for
sexual harassment.
We now turn to Moore's claim of sexual discrimination. The plaintiff in a Title VII trial must carry the initial burden of
establishing a prima facie case of discrimination. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 803 (1973). Such a
prima facie case requires a showing that (1) he is a member of a protected class; (2) he was otherwise qualified for his
position; (3) he was discharged by the defendant; and (4) the respondent replaced him with someone outside his protected
class. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 142 (2000). We hold that Moore presented a prima facie
case.
Once Moore presented a prima facie case, it was appellees' burden to produce evidence that the plaintiff was rejected, or
someone else was preferred, for a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason. Id. Andersen and Mawhinney presented evidence
that Moore was terminated because of speaking with women in an inappropriate way that made them feel uncomfortable.
Once the appellees met that burden, the presumptions and burdens discussed in McDonnell Douglas disappeared. Id. at
142-43. The ultimate burden of persuading the trier of fact that the defendant intentionally discriminated against the
plaintiff remains at all times with the plaintiff. Id. at 143. Whether judgment as a matter of law is appropriate depends on
a number of factors, including the strength of the plaintiff's prima facie case, the probative value of the proof that the
employer's explanation is false, and any other evidence that supports the employer's case that might properly be considered
on a motion for judgment as a matter of law. Id. at 148-49. In making that determination we are to review the record as a
whole. Id. at 150.
In this case there is nothing particularly remarkable about Moore's prima facie case. He merely established that he was a
male, was otherwise qualified for his job, was terminated, and was replaced by a female. He was terminated following an
investigation showing that he engaged in conversations with specified individuals in which he made statements and asked
questions that were inappropriate in a business setting and that made women uncomfortable. Moore never presented
evidence showing that these specific accusations were untrue or that such information was not in fact presented to
Andersen. Therefore, he presented no evidence showing that the nondiscriminatory reason for firing him was pretextual.
In urging that he presented evidence showing that Andersen's reason was pretextual, Moore refers to evidence showing that
Andersen initially reported he was fired for sexual harassment, then changed the reason to unprofessional conduct,
asserting that the original report was a mistake. Regardless of whether Andersen chose to call it sexual harassment or
unprofessional conduct, evidence showed Andersen terminated Moore based on certain conduct on his part that Moore
never denied. Inasmuch as Moore never denied that conduct, he presented no evidence that the reason for his firing was
pretextual.
Moore cites several examples of discrimination on the part of Andersen. We will consider all of these individually. First,
Moore argues that Andersen fired him for sexual harassment, without a shred of evidence to support the firing. During his
discussion, he refers to the investigation by Werner, but does not mention that her investigation substantiated the
observations made by Mawhinney in her memo. He indicates that there never was a proper investigation, but does not
explain why Werner's investigation was improper.
Moore complains that Andersen immediately acted upon Mawhinney's memo to discharge him. He does not mention that
he was not fired until Werner's investigation confirmed the observations in Mawhinney's memo. He also suggests that his
claim of sexual harassment against Mawhinney was ignored. While an investigation showed the justification for his being
fired for a nondiscriminatory reason, Moore has not shown that he ever indicated to Andersen in what way, if any,
Mawhinney was supposed to have been guilty of sexual harassment or discrimination against him. Further, there is no
evidence in the record indicating that she discriminated against Moore in any way on the basis of his gender or committed
any other act that was improper under the Texas Labor Code or Title VII.
Moore states that he was replaced by a female, a female who he says is not as qualified as he for the position. As
previously noted, he never says in what way she was less qualified or what the source of his knowledge as to her
qualifications might be.
Moore relates that Andersen retaliated against him by firing him only four days after he filed sexual harassment charges
against Mawhinney, in violation of Andersen's own policy. Other than Moore's conclusory statement that he filed a sexual
harassment complaint, Moore's own affidavit indicates that he talked to Linda Ferguson in Andersen's human resources
department about sexual harassment, then proceeded to tell her that Mawhinney was directing agitated and antagonistic
behavior toward him and was creating a hostile work environment. Even if Moore did file a claim of sexual harassment
against Mawhinney, there is nothing to suggest that he ever indicated to Ferguson or anyone else any facts that would serve
as a basis for believing that any antagonistic or hostile behavior on Mawhinney's part was directed at him because of his
gender.
Finally, Moore urges that Andersen discriminated against him by contesting his application with the Texas Workforce
Commission for employment benefits with a letter falsely charging him with sexual harassment. Although Andersen chose
to characterize the reason for Moore's termination as unprofessional conduct rather than sexual harassment, the nature of
conduct for which it terminated Moore would, if sufficiently severe, constitute sexual harassment. Even if it were not so
severe, and even if the letter was not sent in error, as urged by Andersen, there is nothing in the record indicating that the
sending of this letter constituted discrimination against Moore based upon his gender. We find that there is no more than a
scintilla of evidence that Moore ever actually filed a sexual harassment complaint against Mawhinney, and, even if he did,
no more than a scintilla of evidence that Andersen or Mawhinney discriminated against Moore on the basis of gender. We
overrule point one.
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
Moore urges in point two that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on his claim for wrongful discharge. The
appellees urge that he has failed to show a binding contract of employment that would modify Moore's status as an
employee at will. The general rule in Texas is that, absent a specific agreement to the contrary, employment may be
terminated by the employer or the employee at will, for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all. Montgomery County
Hosp. Dist. v. Brown, 965 S.W.2d 501, 502 (Tex. 1998). For such an employment contract to exist, the employer must
unequivocally indicate a definite intent to be bound not to terminate the employee except under clearly specified
circumstances. Id. In support of his argument that there was such an employment contract, Moore refers to that portion of
Andersen's anti-harassment policy that states, "We will support any employee who believes he or she has been unlawfully
harassed by his or her supervisor, coworker or third party in a work-related situation." We do not view this as an
unequivocal statement by Andersen that it was bound not to terminate an employee except under clearly specified
circumstances. Consequently, the trial court did not err in granting summary judgment on this issue.
Moore relies upon the cases of Morgan v. Jack Brown Cleaners, Inc., 764 S.W.2d 825 (Tex. App.-Austin 1989, writ
denied) and Goodyear Tire and Rubber v. Portilla, 879 S.W.2d 47, 52 (Tex. 1994). We first note that in Morgan the court
did not consider whether the employer's promise that if a certain department ever closed, it would find a job for her within
the company, was definite enough to constitute an enforceable contract. Brown, 965 S.W.2d at 503. The Supreme Court
disapproved of the holding inMorgan to the extent that it was inconsistent with Brown. Id. In Goodyear, which was also
decided before Brown, the court relied on Morgan as probably "[The] Texas case closest in point." Goodyear, 879 S.W.2d
at 51. In any event, we find both cases distinguishable because in each of those cases there was a specific agreement not to
terminate the employee under a specific circumstance, whereas in the case at bar there is no specific agreement not to
terminate the employee. We overrule point two.
DEFAMATION
Moore contends in point three that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on his claim for defamation. He
insists that Mawhinney accused him of flirtatious behavior in her memo. In their motion for summary judgment, appellees
contend that there is no evidence that they published a defamatory statement about Moore because the term "flirtatious" is a
nonactionable opinion that is not capable of a defamatory meaning. As previously noted, the memo states that too much
time spent chatting with female personnel was perceived by the client and Moore's team member as flirtatious behavior.
Later in the memo, Mawhinney states that Moore needed to improve his professionalism. She said, "Whether his behavior
has been flirtatious or not, if someone perceives that it is, then there is a problem." When one reads the memo as a whole,
one sees that the memo does not state that Moore is flirtatious, only that he is perceived to be by some, and that such a
perception constitutes a problem. We conclude, therefore, that Mawhinney did not publish a defamatory statement against
Moore.
Even if Mawhinney did publish a statement that Moore was flirtatious, it has been held that such a statement is too
imprecise in nature to be an actionable defamatory statement. Lee v. Metro. Airport Comm., 428 N.W.2d 815, 821 (Minn.
App. 1988).
In support of his argument that a publication that he was flirtatious would be an actionable defamatory statement, Moore
relies upon the case of Scribner v. Waffle House, Inc., 14 F. Supp.2d 873, 915 (ND 1998), vacated at 62 F. Supp.2d 1186
(1999). Under the heading "Defamatory Meaning" Moore states that "A charge that the Plaintiff was "vulgar and
flirtatious" was found to be untrue, and supported (together with other facts) a judgment in excess of $6 million for the
Plaintiff for sexual harassment, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress." Unlike Moore, Therese
Scribner, the plaintiff in that case, was a victim of pervasive sexual harassment by a number of individuals over an
extended period of time. Scribner, 14 F.Supp.2d at 891. Although the trial court found that witnesses in the trial lied when
they accused Scribner of being vulgar and flirtatious, Scribner's claim of defamation did not involve any statements
accusing her of being a flirt or being flirtatious. Id. at 935. Furthermore, as noted in the citation, the opinion in Scribner
has been vacated. Scribner v. Waffle House, Inc., 62 F.Supp.2d 1186 (N.D. 1999). We overrule point three.
INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
Moore argues in point four that the trial court erred by granting summary judgment on his claim for intentional infliction of
emotional distress. In response to Moore's claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, the appellees contend in
their motion for summary judgment that there was no evidence that they engaged in any conduct that constitutes intentional
infliction of emotional distress.
To recover damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress, a plaintiff must prove that: (1) the defendant acted
intentionally or recklessly; (2) the conduct was extreme and outrageous; (3) the actions of the defendant caused the plaintiff
emotional distress; and (4) the resulting emotional distress was severe. GTE Southwest, Inc. v. Bruce, 998 S.W.2d 605, 611
(Tex. 1999)
To be extreme and outrageous, conduct must be "so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree as to go beyond all
possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community. Id.
Generally, insensitive or even rude behavior does not constitute extreme and outrageous conduct. Id. at 612. Mere insults,
indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities do not rise to the level of extreme and outrageous
conduct. Id.
Texas courts have adopted a strict approach to intentional infliction of emotional distress claims arising in the workplace,
relying on the fact that, to properly manage its business, an employer must be able to supervise, review, criticize, demote,
transfer, and discipline employees. Id. Although many of these acts are necessarily unpleasant for the employee, an
employer must have latitude to exercise these rights in a permissible way, even though emotional distress results. Id.
Consequently, in Texas, a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress does not lie for ordinary employment
disputes. Id. The extreme and outrageous conduct required in such a cause of action in the workplace exists only in the
most unusual of circumstances. Id. at 613. The evidence Moore has presented in response to the appellees' motion for
summary judgment is evidence of an ordinary employment dispute, not of extreme and outrageous conduct of such a nature
as is required to maintain a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Moore claims that the facts in this case are similar to those in GTE Southwest. To the contrary, the facts in GTE Southwest
show a much more extreme situation. The supervisor in GTE Southwest was a former U. S. Army supply sergeant who
committed ongoing acts of harassment, intimidation and humiliation and who engaged in daily obscene and vulgar
behavior. Id. at 608, 617. The supervisor created a workplace that was a "den of terror" for the employees, purposefully
humiliating and intimidating the employees, repeatedly putting them in fear of their physical well-being. Id. His abusive
conduct was common, not rare. Id. Our opinion does not conflict with GTE Southwest.
Moore also relies upon the case of Bushell v. Dean, 781 S.W.2d 652 (Tex. App.--Austin 1989), rev'd in part on other
grounds, 803 S.W.2d 711 (Tex. 1991). In that case Dean's supervisor, Bushell, over a four-month period brought her
things for breakfast, called her "My Sweet Mary," and told off-color jokes and talked about his marital sex problems with
her and other employees. Id. at 657-58. He told Dean that he liked her split skirt and remarked about the shape of her
body. Id. at 658. Bushell touched her several times. Id. Dean claimed that once, when Dean hugged him to thank him for
a favor, Bushell tried to kiss her. Id. The next month, Bushell rubbed her neck although she did not ask him to and he had
made no offer to do so. Id. He stopped when she asked him to. Id. During the next two months Bushell poked Dean in
the ribs two or three times. Id. Bushell told Dean he loved her and desired a sexual encounter. Id. Subsequently, on two
separate occasions, Bushell told her of his love and desire for sexual relations. Id. When Dean publicly rejected his
advances, Bushell became very formal toward Dean, referring to her as "Mrs. Dean" and speaking to her only of business
matters. Id. Later, when Bushell shouted at Dean during a dispute regarding a trucker's strike, she resigned. Id. at 654.
The court held that it was for the jury to determine whether Bushell's conduct was extreme and outrageous. Even ifBushell
was correctly decided, it is distinguishable because it involved overt sexual harassment over an extended period of time,
whereas the evidence presented by Moore does not.
Moore states that Bushell was cited with approval by the Texas Supreme Court in Wornick Co. v. Casas, 856 S.W.2d 732
(Tex. 1993). In Wornick, Casas's employer, Right Away Foods Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wornick
Company, terminated her and had her escorted off the premises by a security guard. Id. at 734. This was not standard
company policy for salaried employees such as Casas. Id. Casas spoke to the president of Right Away on her way out. Id.
When Casas told him she disputed the allegations against her, he promised her a later meeting to discuss the matter, but he
never set up the meeting. Id. He led her to believe that she would be on leave of absence rather than terminated. Id.
An amicus curiae, the National Employment Lawyers Association, cited Bushell as a case where courts had found
outrageous conduct in the employment setting. Id. at 735-36. Holding that the evidence was insufficient to show that
Right Away's conduct was extreme or outrageous, the court distinguishedBushell, just as we have done, on the basis that it
involved repeated or ongoing harassment of an employee. Id. at 736. We disagree with Moore that this constitutes citing
Bushell with approval. We overrule point four. In view of our determination that Appellees were entitled to a no-evidence
summary judgment, we need not consider whether they were entitled to a traditional motion for summary judgment.
The judgment is affirmed.
______________________________
JOHN HILL,
Senior Justice
Do not publish .
Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).
Opinion delivered and filed
this 23rd day of August, 2001.
1. Senior Justice John Hill assigned to this court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to Tex. Gov't
Code Ann. § 74.003 (Vernon 1998).
|
Cheater Payback-Chapter Seven
Cathy told Bill to get her another towel, there was no need to say why because the old one was getting pretty soggy, to say the least. She folded it once and then got back into position. With open legs she reached over and grabbed hold of Rick’s pecker and pulled him with it, placing it at her cunt’s entrance. When Bill plunged into the very wet, well-lubricated, private place, her vaginal walls fluttered around it as he slid in, balls deep. It felt wonderful, and he could feel Cathy’s flesh spread while at the same time she was squeezing him with it. Cathy gave out a little laugh and asked, “Do you like that?” He answered her with a slap, slap, slap, slap noise of a dick and a wet pussy banging together. After a good long minute or so he was still going at her with his body. Cathy said “Rick, honey, take it easy, you aren’t going to wear my pussy out, you are just wearing yourself out. But, oh God your cock feels so good in there.” Bill was watching everything and did exactly what Cathy was hoping he would do, that being taking one of her legs and holding it up, pointing towards the ceiling. This allowed Rick better access and provided Bill a better scene for his perverted eyes. Cathy opened her legs wider and did what she had just been taught, that being pulling Rick into him hard and allowing his cock more penetration to squirt her deep inside her eggbox. She was also going to do this with her husband next chance he got. Anyway, Cathy was squirming and bouncing around, her tits jammed into his chest and her nails digging into his back like some sort of wildcat in heat. She was also cussing worse than a sailor with a lot of F, C, S, and P words. The nasty woman was an exciting and talented fuck. She had years of experience screwing and making babies in the marriage bed. As well as a few other places. She was nearing climax so she told Rick, “Don’t stop fucking me you S.O.B., faster, faster, fuck me hard, honey!” Slamming her naked body at him violently working on her orgasm. Bill was also helping her by pulling on her leg to meet their crotch slamming lewdness. Poor Rick was just along for the ride as he tried to keep his cum inside his balls for her. Cathy became limp as her body shivered and shuttered in pleasure as her jets inside released a load of girl cum soaking Rick’s already wet dick. With a smile of a satisfied woman on Cathy’s beautiful face she gave Rick a sexy kiss on the lips, and like a high school kid also gave him a hickey on his neck as her whole body continued to rock with sexual satisfaction. She said weakly, Go ahead Rick shoot your load in me now.” Rick went stiff as he shot off, he felt his cock going fwt fwt fwt fwt fwt, as five bolts of sperm went into her. He lied atop her as the two sweaty bodies hugged each other, exhausted and spent. Bill slowly eased Cathy’s leg down onto Rick and she rested it on his bottom. Bill had to wait patiently for Cathy to regurgitate so he could fuck her again. End of chapter seven. |
import sqlite3
import time
import datetime
conn = sqlite3.connect('master.db')
c = conn.cursor()
def create_table():
c.execute('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tennis(player TEXT, Pinnacle REAL, WillHill REAL, betThreeSixFive REAL, Bookmaker REAL, BetOnline REAL, TheGreekSportsbook REAL, JustBet REAL, SportsInteraction REAL, WagerWeb REAL, FiveDimes REAL)')
"""
Columns are:
player
betfairBack
betfairLay
williamhill
ladbrokes
"""
def dynamic_data_entry(column,entry):
c.execute("INSERT INTO tennis(" + column + ") VALUES(?)",
(str(entry),))
conn.commit()
#The real function will have to be "updating"
def update(player,column,entry):
c.execute('SELECT * FROM tennis')
c.execute("UPDATE tennis SET " + column + " = " + str(entry) + " WHERE player = '" + player + "'")
conn.commit()
def read_from_db(player):
c.execute("SELECT * FROM tennis WHERE player = '" + player + "'")
# data = c.fetchone()
# print data
#for row in c.fetchall():
# print row[1:]
return list(c.fetchall())
create_table()
#c.close()
#conn.close()
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TY - RPRT
T1 - Weak looking-ahead and its application in computer-integrated process planning
T3 - Kaiserslautern ; Saarbrücken : DFKI, 1993
A1 - Meyer,Manfred A.
A1 - Müller,Jörg P.
Y1 - 2011/06/27
N2 - Constraint logic programming has been shown to be a very useful tool for knowledge representation and problem-solving in different areas. Finite Domain extensions of PROLOG together with efficient consistency techniques such as forward-checking and looking-ahead make it possible to solve many discrete combinatorial problems within a short development time. In this paper we present the weak looking-ahead strategy (WLA), a new consistency technique on finite domains combining the computational efficiency of forward-checking with the pruning power of looking-ahead. Moreover, incorporating weak looking-ahead into PROLOG's SLD resolution gives a sound and complete inference rule whereas standard looking-ahead itself has been shown to be incomplete. Finally, we will show how to use weak looking-ahead in a real-world application to obtain an early search-space pruning while avoiding the control overhead involved by standard looking-ahead.
KW - Künstliche Intelligenz
CY - Saarbrücken
PB - Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
AD - Postfach 151141, 66041 Saarbrücken
UR - http://scidok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2011/3654
ER - |
2 Comments:
Men with high mate quality (e.g. handsome, rich, etc.) tend to do less parental investment (because they have greater mating opportunity costs). Their mates put up with it, as it were, because of the trade-off for high mate quality. These men tend to have greater facial symmetry and testosterone, and women are more likely to have sex with them. The men themselves, might provide positive feedback here as well (e.g. greater testosterone leads to greater sex drive).
Its based on principles for Parentla Investment and Sexual Selection theory.
Seems like they could easily be confusing cause and correlation. Seems entirely possible to me that men that are more prone to do "womens's chores" could easily be men with lesser sexual drives--or they simply have less direct and forward mentalities so they're less likely to initiate...activities...to begin with. |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="Dapper" version="1.50.4-alpha1-00070" targetFramework="net452" />
<package id="Dapper.Contrib" version="1.50.0" targetFramework="net452" />
<package id="Dapper.Extension" version="1.0.0.1" targetFramework="net452" />
<package id="EntityFramework" version="6.1.3" targetFramework="net452" />
<package id="SyntacticSugar" version="2.4.1" targetFramework="net452" />
</packages> |
Q:
how to throttle file copy
I need to duplicate a 3TB disk by copying from one to another. They're housed in separate docks (no fan). It will take at least 8hrs to copy this much data through USB 2.0 and im concerned about disks overheating.
Is there any utils to throttle the rate of files or MB/second copied?
A:
Software called UltraCopier allows you to limit the speed of the copy.
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KINGSTON, N.Y. — The St. Patrick's Day Parade and Shamrock Run foot race won't be held Sunday because of concerns about the spread of the coro… |
package com.tencent.mm.ui.chatting;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewStub;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.ListView;
import com.tencent.mm.e.a.nq;
import com.tencent.mm.plugin.sight.encode.ui.ChattingSightContainerView.a;
import com.tencent.mm.sdk.c.a;
import com.tencent.mm.sdk.platformtools.ac;
import com.tencent.mm.ui.j;
import com.tencent.mm.ui.o;
final class ChattingUI$a$84$2
implements ChattingSightContainerView.a
{
View lBB = null;
ChattingUI$a$84$2(ChattingUI.a.84 param84) {}
public final void azd()
{
nq localnq = new nq();
avS.type = 6;
a.kug.y(localnq);
lBA.lAY.setRequestedOrientation(1);
lBA.lAY.Xk();
lBA.lAY.bkT();
lBA.lAY.blj();
if (lBB == null) {
lBB = ((ViewStub)lBA.lAY.findViewById(2131755932)).inflate();
}
lBB.setVisibility(0);
lBB.startAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(lBA.lAY.kNN.kOg, 2130968612));
}
public final void onHide()
{
lBA.lAY.setRequestedOrientation(-1);
lBA.lAY.bkT();
if ((lBB != null) && (lBB.getVisibility() == 0))
{
lBB.setVisibility(8);
lBB.startAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(lBA.lAY.kNN.kOg, 2130968613));
}
new ac().post(new Runnable()
{
public final void run()
{
nq localnq = new nq();
avS.type = 7;
avS.avT = ChattingUI.a.e(lBA.lAY).getFirstVisiblePosition();
avS.avU = ChattingUI.a.e(lBA.lAY).getLastVisiblePosition();
avS.avV = ChattingUI.a.e(lBA.lAY).getHeaderViewsCount();
a.kug.y(localnq);
}
});
}
}
/* Location:
* Qualified Name: com.tencent.mm.ui.chatting.ChattingUI.a.84.2
* Java Class Version: 6 (50.0)
* JD-Core Version: 0.7.1
*/ |
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At Sunday night’s (August 7) Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles, it was the battle of the bespectacled boy wizard vs. the vampire, and to our enjoyment, it was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that came out on top over Twilight: Eclipse. Part One picked up the Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy gong, while its finale was crowned Choice Summer Movie. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson picked up a couple of awards, including one for Choice Movie Liplock, while handsome Tom Felton was hailed Choice Movie Villian. (via The Guardian)
• John Barrowman recently revealed to The Daily Mirror that legions of female admirers go to great lengths when professing their fan devotion. “Sometimes I get sent knickers and occasionally I get requests to send some of my own underwear back,” the Torchwood: Miracle Day star said. “I always politely decline. It’s not going to happen. I get sent some seriously raunchy photographs too. They really don’t hold back, some of these women. The photographs are filthy but they’re not really my thing to be honest. All I’ll say is I appreciate the loyalty. So thank you.”
• Boy George has been describing his reception when he arrived in prison in 2009, ready to start a four month sentence. It seems (and this may shock some of you) that the introduction of a gay pop star to a tense environment did not bring out the best in some of his fellow inmates. (via Pink News)
• This probably won’t come as a surprise, but when Dionne Bromfield, Amy Winehouse‘s goddaughter, attempted to pay tribute by singing the most devastating song in her godmum’s catalogue – “Love Is a Losing Game” – at The Big Chill on Saturday (August 6), well, she could barely sing for crying. And you can imagine what kind of effect that had on her audience… (via Marie Claire UK)
• Ever the gentleman, Simon Cowell is now attempting to fall on his sword, saying he probably shouldn’t have sacked Cheryl Cole, or try to move her back across to the UK version of The X Factor, but he’s sure their friendship will survive. (via Evening Echo)
• But should he even be talking about Cheryl at all? I mean, we’ve all experienced a few pangs of outright disinterest since this story first started to play out, and now even Hollywood’s paparazzi, a gang who surely must be able to swallow down their boredom with whomsoever in the public eye they’ve got their lenses pointed at, have decided Cheryl’s too boring to bother with. She’s in L.A. right now, and apparently all she does is eat oatmeal and go to the gym. (via Heat)
• Come hell or high water, Cowell was going to have Adele involved with the UK X Factor this season. And after trying to get the best-selling songstress to appear as a guest judge, he’s apparently landed her for the show’s finale at Wembley. It’ll be epic, no doubt. (via Daily Star)
• Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) and her boyfriend of two and a half years, Henry Beckwith, have called it quits. (via The Sun)
• In better Spice Girls news, Melanie Brown a.k.a. Sporty Spice is prepping for the arrival of her first child with Stephen Belafonte. But coaching her at her beside may be her two daughters, Phoenix and Angel, as her hubby might be passed out on the floor from all the excitement. (via Hello!)
• Suede‘s Brett Anderson has fourth solo LP coming this fall. Black Rainbows, which he says is “restless, noisy and dynamic,” will be released September 26 in the UK. Fingers crossed that the U.S. gets it the very next day! (via Digital Spy)
• Pirates of the Caribbean star Naomie Harris — who is thought to be bringing M’s secretary, Miss Moneypenny, to life in Bond 23 — has some friendly words of advice for aspiring actors: a “steely determination” is a definite must and expect to deal with “plenty of knocks along the way.” Oh and one more thing: “never take no for an answer.” (via The Daily Telegraph) |
Well, I'm Tony. I live in Taichung, Taiwan, but I come from Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most expatriates here, I teach English to pay the bills. I'm married to a Taiwanese woman and plan on staying here.
I started gaming around the time the Wilderness Survival Guide was released. As a player, my most fondly remembered game is a very competitive Dark Sun one shot throne war. As a GM, I ran what still looks to me like a very narrativist Vampire game for two years. I still haven't had a chance to play any of the games from this circle, although I've read a few.
My current gaming group is also doing a rotating GMing thing with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. I've been trying to do it thematically and with real player control and despite some system troubles it's working quite well.
I stumbled on the Indie RPG movement after a very frustrating experience with another group here - the theory really helped me understand what was going wrong and what I needed to do about it. It's still an ongoing process.
Beyond that, I'm very interested in the application of RPGs and game mechanics to other fields such as ESL and business consulting. |
/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
* vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et tw=99:
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*
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* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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*
* The Original Code is Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScript 1.9 code, released
* May 28, 2008.
*
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* Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org>
*
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*
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#if !defined jsjaeger_methodjit_inl_h__ && defined JS_METHODJIT
#define jsjaeger_methodjit_inl_h__
namespace js {
namespace mjit {
enum CompileRequest
{
CompileRequest_Interpreter,
CompileRequest_JIT
};
/* Number of times a script must be called before we run it in the methodjit. */
static const size_t CALLS_BEFORE_COMPILE = 16;
/* Number of loop back-edges we execute in the interpreter before methodjitting. */
static const size_t BACKEDGES_BEFORE_COMPILE = 16;
static inline CompileStatus
CanMethodJIT(JSContext *cx, JSScript *script, JSStackFrame *fp, CompileRequest request)
{
if (!cx->methodJitEnabled)
return Compile_Abort;
JITScriptStatus status = script->getJITStatus(fp->isConstructing());
if (status == JITScript_Invalid)
return Compile_Abort;
if (request == CompileRequest_Interpreter &&
status == JITScript_None &&
!cx->hasRunOption(JSOPTION_METHODJIT_ALWAYS) &&
script->incCallCount() <= CALLS_BEFORE_COMPILE)
{
return Compile_Skipped;
}
if (status == JITScript_None)
return TryCompile(cx, fp);
return Compile_Okay;
}
/*
* Called from a backedge in the interpreter to decide if we should transition to the
* methodjit. If so, we compile the given function.
*/
static inline CompileStatus
CanMethodJITAtBranch(JSContext *cx, JSScript *script, JSStackFrame *fp, jsbytecode *pc)
{
if (!cx->methodJitEnabled)
return Compile_Abort;
JITScriptStatus status = script->getJITStatus(fp->isConstructing());
if (status == JITScript_Invalid)
return Compile_Abort;
if (status == JITScript_None &&
!cx->hasRunOption(JSOPTION_METHODJIT_ALWAYS) &&
cx->compartment->incBackEdgeCount(pc) <= BACKEDGES_BEFORE_COMPILE)
{
return Compile_Skipped;
}
if (status == JITScript_None)
return TryCompile(cx, fp);
return Compile_Okay;
}
}
}
#endif
|
Q:
Extremely slow model load with keras
I have a set of Keras models (30) that I trained and saved using:
model.save('model{0}.h5'.format(n_model))
When I try to load them, using load_model, the time required for each model is quite large and incremental. The loading is done as:
models = {}
for i in range(30):
start = time.time()
models[i] = load_model('model{0}.h5'.format(ix))
end = time.time()
print "Model {0}: seconds {1}".format(ix, end - start)
And the output is:
...
Model 9: seconds 7.38966012001
Model 10: seconds 9.99283003807
Model 11: seconds 9.7262301445
Model 12: seconds 9.17000102997
Model 13: seconds 10.1657290459
Model 14: seconds 12.5914049149
Model 15: seconds 11.652477026
Model 16: seconds 12.0126030445
Model 17: seconds 14.3402299881
Model 18: seconds 14.3761711121
...
Each model is really simple: 2 hidden layers with 10 neurons each (size ~50Kb). Why is the loading taking so much and why is the time increasing? Am I missing something (e.g. close function for the model?)
SOLUTION
I found out that to speed up the loading of the model is better to store the structure of the networks and the weights into two distinct files:
The saving part:
model.save_weights('model.h5')
model_json = model.to_json()
with open('model.json', "w") as json_file:
json_file.write(model_json)
json_file.close()
The loading part:
from keras.models import model_from_json
json_file = open("model.json", 'r')
loaded_model_json = json_file.read()
json_file.close()
model = model_from_json(loaded_model_json)
model.load_weights("model.h5")
A:
I solved the problem by clearing the keras session before each load
from keras import backend as K
for i in range(...):
K.clear_session()
model = load_model(...)
A:
I tried with K.clear_session(), and it does boost the loading time each time.
However, my models loaded in this way are not able to use model.predict function due to the following error:
ValueError: Tensor Tensor("Sigmoid_2:0", shape=(?, 17), dtype=float32) is not an element of this graph.
Github #2397 provide a detailed discussion for this. The best solution for now is to predict the data right after loading the model, instead of loading a dozens of models at the same time. After predicting each time you can use K.clear_session() to release the GPU, so that next loading won't take more time.
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FILE PHOTO. President Donald Trump's tweets calling for a probe of widespread voter fraud but providing no evidence that it actually took place have rankled California elections officials.
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In the wake of President Donald Trump's call Wednesday for an investigation into widespread voter fraud, a claim widely seen as without merit, California's Secretary of State Alex Padilla pushed back sharply, calling the contention "a flat-out lie."
Trump repeated his previous criticism of the voting process on Twitter saying he may move to strengthen voting procedures depending on the investigation's results.
I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....
Padilla said officials have been hearing for several months about Trump's allegations of rampant voter fraud across the country, especially in California, which voted overwhelmingly for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.
"But despite our request for any information he may have, they have yet to provide any evidence, any proof to back up their claims," Padilla said. "It's frankly dangerous to people's faith in our democratic system."
Trump's insistence that there was massive voter fraud has confounded political observers who say he may be undermining his own election and that of other Republicans on 2016 voter ballots.
Trump's yet unsubstantiated claim was also dismissed by Democrats and some Republicans.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday that he has “seen no evidence to that effect.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at a news conference Wednesday that she cannot understand why the newly installed president is “so insecure.”
“To suggest and to undermine the integrity of our voter system is really strange,” Pelosi said. “... On top of it, he wants to investigate something that can clearly be proven to be false, but he resists investigations of a Russian disruption of our election and any connection to his campaign. All we want is the truth for the American people.”
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer fielded questions during a press briefing about President Trump's views on voter fraud. Spicer did not provide specifics on what evidence the president based his statements on.
"I think he stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign and he continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence that people have presented to him," Spicer said.
Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan said he is concerned about the impression that Trump's tweets are sending to voters.
"What I think is important is that we don't send a message to our electorate that their vote is in question or that their vote doesn't have value," he said.
Logan acknowledged that in Los Angeles County duplicate registrations do occur, usually when voters move addresses. Logan also said sometimes people who have died are still on the voter rolls after their death. But he said there's no evidence that those situations have led to incorrect votes.
"The voter registration list is a fluid list," he said. "There is going to be a timing issue."
Logan said voters should be confident in the system.
"I believe that there are safeguards in place to ensure the integrity of the election," Logan said. |
// Code generated by go-swagger; DO NOT EDIT.
package models
// This file was generated by the swagger tool.
// Editing this file might prove futile when you re-run the swagger generate command
import (
"github.com/go-openapi/errors"
"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
"github.com/go-openapi/swag"
"github.com/go-openapi/validate"
)
// RegistrationViaAPIResponse The Response for Registration Flows via API
//
// swagger:model registrationViaApiResponse
type RegistrationViaAPIResponse struct {
// identity
// Required: true
Identity *Identity `json:"identity"`
// session
Session *Session `json:"session,omitempty"`
// The Session Token
//
// This field is only set when the session hook is configured as a post-registration hook.
//
// A session token is equivalent to a session cookie, but it can be sent in the HTTP Authorization
// Header:
//
// Authorization: bearer ${session-token}
//
// The session token is only issued for API flows, not for Browser flows!
// Required: true
SessionToken *string `json:"session_token"`
}
// Validate validates this registration via Api response
func (m *RegistrationViaAPIResponse) Validate(formats strfmt.Registry) error {
var res []error
if err := m.validateIdentity(formats); err != nil {
res = append(res, err)
}
if err := m.validateSession(formats); err != nil {
res = append(res, err)
}
if err := m.validateSessionToken(formats); err != nil {
res = append(res, err)
}
if len(res) > 0 {
return errors.CompositeValidationError(res...)
}
return nil
}
func (m *RegistrationViaAPIResponse) validateIdentity(formats strfmt.Registry) error {
if err := validate.Required("identity", "body", m.Identity); err != nil {
return err
}
if m.Identity != nil {
if err := m.Identity.Validate(formats); err != nil {
if ve, ok := err.(*errors.Validation); ok {
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}
return err
}
}
return nil
}
func (m *RegistrationViaAPIResponse) validateSession(formats strfmt.Registry) error {
if swag.IsZero(m.Session) { // not required
return nil
}
if m.Session != nil {
if err := m.Session.Validate(formats); err != nil {
if ve, ok := err.(*errors.Validation); ok {
return ve.ValidateName("session")
}
return err
}
}
return nil
}
func (m *RegistrationViaAPIResponse) validateSessionToken(formats strfmt.Registry) error {
if err := validate.Required("session_token", "body", m.SessionToken); err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
}
// MarshalBinary interface implementation
func (m *RegistrationViaAPIResponse) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
if m == nil {
return nil, nil
}
return swag.WriteJSON(m)
}
// UnmarshalBinary interface implementation
func (m *RegistrationViaAPIResponse) UnmarshalBinary(b []byte) error {
var res RegistrationViaAPIResponse
if err := swag.ReadJSON(b, &res); err != nil {
return err
}
*m = res
return nil
}
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SELECT HowTo FROM WriteSQLSyntax Part 1 : DML
In my years working in BPM, SQL syntax has played a part in almost every peice of work. The ‘long running’ characteristic of BPM requires that process and state data be persisted to a long term data store because this will ultimatley outlast the hosting server in terms of lenth of operation (some processes could go on for years). As well as using databases for peristing BPM state, almost every application that exists these days, including applications or systems that utilise BPM have a data store of some kind that will need to be queried for user or process data. It’s a given that you know SQL in this day and age.
For the experienced developer, this article is not for you.
SQL is a standard that allows for the general interaction with database data. We have the commands that manipulation existing data and the commands that build the structure of the data (tables, schemas etc). Microsoft have a flavour of standard SQL-92 that they name Transact-SQL and split this language into 2 main categories. DML (data manipulation language) are the statements used to manipulate your data using common statements such as SELECT and UPDATE. DDL (Data Definition Language) represents the TSQL statements that assist the management and maintenance of your database objects (ALTER PROCEDURE, DROP TABLE etc).
SQL skills are seen as a basic essential requirement these days in the fields of software development, BPM, EAI, web site design and even scripting and so having a this under your belt is a must. I’ve tried to create a ‘cheat sheet’ of sorts for the DML side of the TSQL language which can be used as a quick reference, starting with the basics :
SELECT (* means ALL columns)
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DISTINCT(Unique values, non duplicates returned)
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Dog the Bounty Hunter is back for 2012! Find out what sort of shenanigans brought in millions of viewers during its Wednesday night debut.
Duane "Dog" Chapman and his family of bounty hunters snagged nearly 2.9 million viewers for the first episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter for the new season, according to the network.
"The eighth season premiere was cable's most-watched entertainment show in the 10 p.m. hour last night and A&E became the number one entertainment cable network in primetime among adults 25-54 and 18-49 for the night," the network said in a statement.
This season is poised to explore some family problems within the large Chapman family — daughter "Baby" Lyssa Chapman's March arrest will air on an episode, as will tensions between Chapman and his oldest son, Duane Lee.
"I love you, dad. This is Travis. I want to go home. I don't like it here," the boy told his father also named Travis. They gained custody after an audio recording surfaced that allegedly showed the father beating the child with a belt.
"I've told (my grandson) that daddy is not gone forever. Daddy has to go to school and you know what he told me, 'will they really tell him not to hit me anymore?' I said yes they won't just tell him they'll make sure, and he goes (big sigh) 'good,'" Dog said.
It sounds like they'll be dealing more with family drama than criminal drama this season.
Image courtesy Michael Wright/WENN.com
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Goldcorp says protest could halt production at Mexico gold mine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Canada’s Goldcorp said on Monday an ongoing protest blocking entry to its Penasquito mine, one of Mexico’s biggest gold producers, could force the company to halt output.
The mine, in northern Zacatecas state, produced 476,000 ounces of gold last year, comprising 18 percent of Goldcorp’s total production and generating more than 33 percent of its revenue.
The demonstration began on June 1, led by local truck-drivers who say the company reneged on promises to hire locally.
Local residents also blocked access at the mine last year, protesting for more than a week over a water dispute. The company later said it was able to resume normal operations without a hit to production.
Michael Harvey, Goldcorp’s director of corporate affairs, said the current blockade was illegal and had prevented the flow of workers and supplies.
“We are still working, but if we can’t let supplies in, at some point we will stop producing,” he said.
Ascension Carrillo, one of the protest leaders, said the goal was to get Goldcorp to fulfill its hiring promises.
“The only thing we want is the work that was promised to us ... we’re fighting to feed our families,” Carrillo said.
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Same-sex marriage legalized in Australia by overwhelmingly public vote
Australians at home and abroad are rejoicing because their fellow countrymen & women have made sure their voices are heard regarding same-sex marriage — and they are all unanimously in favor of it!
According to the results of a groundbreaking national postal survey that was carried out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), close to 62 percent of Australians who voted said YES to legalize same-sex marriage with a clear majority in every single state and territory demanding they get marriage equality. The overall turnout of eligible voters nationwide was close to 76 percent.
The government, which chose to survey the people instead of conventional methods, will present the results before the parliament to pass the verdict on the issue.
Its expected that a bill for the same will pass, with many opponents of same-sex marriage in their parliament surprisingly promising to respect the result and provisions for amendments. Labor MPs are unanimously in favor of the bill along with a large section of cross-benchers expected to support the bill.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (who voted yes), has already pledged to follow through with the popular vote. “We must respect the voice of our people. We asked them for their opinion and they have clearly given it to us. It is overwhelming,” he said at a press conference. The Prime Minister said a decision vote will come sometime before Christmas.
The Opposition Labor Party’s leader, Bill Shorten, at a rally in Melbourne, said: “What a fabulous time to be an Australian – because in this survey the Australian population has stated that Australia is absolutely ready for wholesome marriage equality.
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Liestal, Switzerland, September 28, 2016 - Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announces that the first patient has been enrolled at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Department of Neurology, Kansas (USA) in Santhera's randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III (SIDEROS) trial. The trial will assess the efficacy of Raxone in slowing the rate of respiratory function decline in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients receiving concomitant glucocorticoids.
"We first observed the efficacy of Raxone in slowing the rate of respiratory function decline in DMD patients in both glucocorticoid-using and non-using patients in the phase II DELPHI study," commented
Thomas Meier
, PhD, CEO of Santhera. "The successful Phase III DELOS trial which enrolled glucocorticoid non-using patients then confirmed a clinically relevant and statistically significant benefit of Raxone treatment on pulmonary function. The now initiated Phase III SIDEROS trial is designed to confirm the efficacy of Raxone in patients experiencing respiratory function decline that are currently taking glucocorticoids. If successful, this study will provide data that support use of Raxone in all DMD patients experiencing respiratory decline irrespective of their glucocorticoid use. The high level of interest from investigators and the patient community should allow us to recruit this study quickly."
"We are hopeful that this phase III trial is the final step in the development program with Raxone in DMD," said
Gunnar Buyse
, MD, PhD, Professor of Child Neurology at the University Hospitals Leuven (Belgium) and SIDEROS PI and Lead Investigator for Europe. "Following the exploratory phase II program and the successful phase III DELOS trial, I am grateful that Santhera is committed in exploring the full therapeutic potential of Raxone for patients with DMD."
"Maintaining pulmonary function in patients with DMD has only recently become a prominent therapeutic objective in DMD, particularly in non-ambulatory patients," added
Oscar Henry Mayer
, MD, Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Lead Investigator for US. "A patient and caregiver survey conducted by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy clearly demonstrated that the DMD community highly values treatment options for pulmonary complications."
About the SIDEROS Trial
SIDEROS is a phase III, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with Raxone in approximately 260 DMD patients receiving concomitant glucocorticoids. Patients with declining respiratory function on any stable glucocorticoid treatment scheme and irrespective of the underlying dystrophin mutation or ambulatory status will be eligible. Study participants will receive either Raxone (900 mg/day; given as 2 tablets 3 times a day with meals) or placebo for 78 weeks (18 months). The primary endpoint of the trial is change from baseline to week 78 in forced vital capacity % predicted (FVC%p). Secondary endpoints include changes from baseline in % predicted peak expiratory flow (PEF%p), time to first 10% decline in FVC and change from baseline in inspiratory flow reserve. Patients completing the trial will be offered the opportunity to enroll in an open label extension study where all patients receive Raxone. The study will be conducted at about 50 centers in the United States and Europe. Patients wishing to enroll in the study should contact their neuromuscular clinic physician. Further information about the study is available under
www.clinicaltrials.gov
.
About Raxone
®
(Idebenone) in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Regulatory Status
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most common and devastating types of muscle degeneration and results in rapidly progressive muscle weakness. DMD is characterized by a loss of the protein dystrophin, leading to cell damage, impaired calcium homeostasis, elevated oxidative stress and reduced energy production in muscle cells. This results in progressive muscle weakness and wasting and early morbidity and mortality due to respiratory failure.
Idebenone is a synthetic short-chain benzoquinone and a cofactor for the enzyme NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) capable of stimulating mitochondrial electron transport, reducing and scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS) and supplementing cellular energy levels.
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) is currently assessing a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Raxone in DMD patients with respiratory function decline who are not taking concomitant glucocorticoids. The indication would include patients who previously were treated with glucocorticoids or in whom glucocorticoid treatment is not desired, not tolerated or is contraindicated. The MAA was submitted as a Type II variation of the company's existing marketing authorization for Raxone for the treatment of visual impairment in patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON).
About Santhera
Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) is a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of orphan mitochondrial and neuromuscular diseases. Santhera's lead product Raxone is authorized in the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein for the treatment of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). For Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the second indication for Raxone, Santhera has filed a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) in the European Union. In collaboration with the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Santhera is developing Raxone in a third indication, primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS), and omigapil for congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), all areas of high unmet medical need. For further information, please visit the Company's website
www.santhera.com
.
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The new documentary Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas proves that democracy can and should be more than casting a ballot every four years. This empowering film gives hopeful and concrete examples from around the Americas of people taking back the reigns of power and governing their own communities. Beyond Elections is a road map for social change, drawing from communal councils in Venezuela and social movements in Bolivia to participatory budgeting in Brazil and worker cooperatives in Argentina. The film gracefully succeeds in demonstrating that these grassroots examples of people’s power can be applied anywhere. Particularly as activists in the US face the challenges of an Obama administration and an economic crisis, this timely documentary shows that the revolution can start today right in your own living room or neighborhood.
In this interview, Michael Fox, Co-Producer of Beyond Elections, talks about how the film was created, what its aims were, and what impact the film has had among viewers in the US.
Benjamin Dangl: How did you decide on the focus and message of Beyond Elections?
Michael Fox: I’ve been living and working in Latin America for many years, studying and reporting on, above all else, the experiences in participatory democracy — cooperatives, communal councils, participatory budgeting, social movements, community radio, etc. . . . Sílvia (my wife, who grew up in Southern Brazil, and who is also Co-director of the film) and I were living in Venezuela in 2006 when the communal councils law was passed, and local communities all across the country began to come together and take on this new form of organizing. You could see how it was empowering people on an individual and local level.
In March of 2007, Sílvia and I found ourselves in Porto Alegre, Brazil — where we now live — at the same time that the 2007 Participatory Budgeting cycle was about to begin. We realized that although there have been many local videos on the experiences of participatory budgeting, cooperatives, social movements and even some on the recently-formed communal councils, there was no documentary film that tried to give both the big and local picture of these new participatory concepts of democracy across the hemisphere.
This concept is almost completely absent in the United States, and yet, it is absolutely necessarily for people to understand what is going on across Latin America, and also extremely important for activists and people in the United States to understand the failures of our own system and the lack of participation and input from everyday citizens.
We originally planned the film to focus only on participatory democracy, but quickly realized that the only people who would want to see it would be activists that are already doing this type of work. We needed to open it up to the very concept of democracy itself.
This was important to us, because time and again in the United States, pundits, elected officials, everyday folks, and even journalists use the word “democracy” as an excuse to de-legitimize extremely democratic groups and governments. They say, “Venezuela is threatening democracy in the region,” and yet depending on your definition, Venezuela is perhaps the most democratic country in the region — much more so than the United States. But these realities are very subtle, and if you have never been to Venezuela, or Brazil, or Bolivia, or Ecuador (or if you go and only stay at the resorts and the upper-class part of town), then you’re never going to know what to believe because the mainstream media is quick to repeat the manipulations.
There are some mainstream media that actually call Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a dictator, despite the fact that during his ten years in office there have been more than a dozen free and fair elections in Venezuela legitimately recognized by international observers from around the world, and that he has always respected the Venezuelan Constitution and the laws. He may be a very charismatic, domineering, and powerful figure, but he’s not a dictator.
Then the real question is, “What is democracy?” And that’s where we wanted to focus our attention — giving people the space to tell their stories across the Hemisphere.
As the Portuguese Sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos says, (and you can find the link to more of his work on our website, www.beyondelections.com), the United States has created a monopoly on the definition of democracy — U.S. style hegemonic representative politics.
But Sousa Santos points out that, in reality, democracy is a work in progress. As he says, “democracy without end.”
His colleague, Leonardo Avritzer, professor from Brazilian Federal University of Minas Gerais, points out in our film, “What we’ve tried to stress is the idea that democracy is an open concept and the frontiers of democracy are always imprecise. For instance, in the 19th century you could say that it’s democratic to expand suffrage. And that’s true. It was democratic at the end of the 19th century to expand suffrage to women. Or at the beginning of the 20th century it could appear democratic to expand democracy to the countries of the global South. So the question today in the Southern countries is how to think about the democratization of things like the budget, health policies, education policies, urban policies, the democratization of life where you live.”
Of course, it’s not always easy. Especially when you are trying to make a film for not one audience, but audiences in various languages all across the Hemisphere. But that’s what we set out to do, and I think we succeeded.
BD: Could you talk a bit about the process of making your documentary?
MF: This is very important, because we wanted the making of the film to reflect as much as possible the “democracy” that we are trying to portray. We used very little narration — only about two and a half minutes worth — because we wanted people to tell the stories in their own words. We tried not to change the scenery where we were filming. We only used music from local musicians, and tried to only use it when it was part of the scene. It is also a testament to what two people can do without any external resources or really expensive equipment.
The entire budget came out of our own pockets and Silvia and I filmed nearly the entire film with our Panasonic 3CCD handycam, and edited it all on our aging G4 Powerbook.
Of course, we had more than a half a dozen individuals and groups that supported with b-roll, and either shot for us, or allowed us to use footage they had already filmed in areas that we couldn’t make it to like Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Bay Area.
The SF-based musician and sound editor, Ben Bernstein, donated his time to post-produce our audio, which came out great. The Venezuela-based film group, Panafilms was a huge support, as were hundreds of folks all across the region.
BD: What was the response among viewers during your tour in the US?
MF: We did our tour last fall from mid September straight through till two days before the 2008 Presidential elections. We drove from the East Coast to the West Coast and back, covering our costs with donations from the nearly two-dozen showings all across the U.S. It was an amazing experience. Of course, we were organizing the tour ourselves, so our audiences varied from a couple hundred people at some Universities all the way down to a living room showing with a few people in Oklahoma City. But really, the response was the best we could have hoped for, and both Silvia and I were impressed with the diversity of opinions. Some viewers were struck by the amount of local democracy and participation in Venezuela specifically, especially with the negative press that it gets in the United States. Many viewers were impressed with the democratic experiences, and the fact that people all across the region are all participating in similar ways. Others were shocked because so little of this is happening in the U.S. Others felt the movie really put things into a perspective that they had rarely seen or heard of before. This was the case of one gentleman in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans where we showed Beyond Elections with a projector on the side of a building. He said, “Wow, I’ve always known all of this, but I had never understood that everything was connected. I feel like I have a new perspective on things.”
Without a doubt, the biggest and only major critique was that it was, and remains, a long documentary — just under two hours, which we’ll keep in mind for our next documentary. The DVD version of the movie is divided into chapters, which can each stand alone, so it can easily be used in university and high school classrooms according to theme. The right hand side of the website www.beyondelections.com has dozens of links to additional information, all also sorted according to the chapter and the theme.
We tried to build the film in order to give people an understanding of the realities, and also leave them with a sense of hope. Because these experiences anywhere, be it in Latin America or the United States, in the local government, the community, the office, the school, or the home can only happen if we take the steps to open the democratic spaces of participation. This is the exciting thing about the film and I believe that people could feel it. The film gave people an idea about some of the things that are being done, and some of the things that they can also do. As Sílvia often said in our after-film discussions, “The best thing you can do to support these democratic experiences abroad is to make change in your own communities, attempt to open democracy in your own community.” As a Brazilian, she knows the effect that this can have.
In our discussions after nearly all of our showings, we tried to stress this point: how we can open up these democratic experiences in our own lives. After numerous requests, we actually developed a “Beyond Elections Democracy Discussion Guide,” which attempts to help people to do just that, Bring Democracy Home. It is also available to download halfway down the right-hand side of our website, under “Beyond Elections Materials.”
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Marie phoned me to request that I send to Lindsay Hamilton, St.Johnstone, 1 pair 036 size 9 and they were sent (No.97).
28th November 1991 10.20
Marie also asked me to send to Nicky Hammond, Swindon, 1 pair 036 size 7.5, and they were sent (No.98).
28th November 1991 11.45
Marie phoned to say that she had forgotten to ask if the 2 pairs of gloves ordered earlier today could be sent today. I told her that they had already been packed.
28th November 1991 2.50
John Burridge, Hibernian, phoned to order some goods and 2 pairs 036 size 9.5 were sent to him (No.99) along with an uhlsport catalogue. He wanted the phone number in Germany which I gave him and he also asked what was new. I told him that Line 7 had seen the new range but that I had not yet seen any of it. I asked him what had happened about the signed gloves and newspaper competitions to win them, and he told me that he had sent off the gloves but had not seen or heard anymore about the competitions. I said that I would try to find out more information.
2nd December 1991 10.25
Marie phoned and asked me to send to Gerry Gallagher of Eurone Management 1 pair 036 size 8.5, 1 pair 040 size 8.5 for Paul Mathers, Dundee, and 1 pair 036 size 8.5, 1 pair 040 size 8.5 for Andy Murdoch. Partick, and they were sent (No.1). I asked Marie if David Spensley was yet available as I had left a message on Thursday, again on Friday, for him to phone me, but had not yet heard from him. She said he was on the phone but would ask him to phone me.
2nd December 1991 4.45
David Spensley called and I asked him about the competitions with John Burridge gloves. He said that he did not think anything had happened yet but Chris Jones was dealing with it. He suggested that if John Burridge really wanted to know he should contact Chris Jones. I asked if he was ready yet to take over promotion goods and he said no, although goods had been ordered from Germany. We then discussed matters in general.
3rd December 1991
Having received a delivery I sent to Theo Snelders, Aberdeen, 1 pair 566 XL (No.2).
3rd December 1991
Having received a delivery I sent to Ludek Miklosko, West Ham, 2 pairs 636 elbow pads Large, 2 pairs 638 knee pads Large (No.3).
3rd December 1991 11.35
John Lukic, Leeds, phoned to see if I could do him a favour. Theo Foley, the manager at Northampton, had asked John for some gloves as Northampton have no money and cannot afford to buy them. I said that this time I would send 2 pairs 073 size 9.5, 1 pair 040 size 9.5 to Theo Foley (No.4) along with details of the special prices scheme. John Lukic was grateful as it enabled him to help his old Arsenal coach Theo Foley.
I saw Phil Parkes, coach at QPR, and asked him why Tony Roberts, who had been given uhlsport gloves, wore Reusch in the Zenith Cup match v Crystal Palace. He told me that it was because he had had the uhlsport gloves stolen from the kit room at the ground and only had old Reusch gloves. I said that if he wanted more gloves I needed back the signed 2 year goods only contract, and Phil told me that he would pass it on to Tony Roberts.
10th December 1991 10.15
Pat Jennings, ex Northern Ireland goalkeeper, who still wears uhlsport in the charity matches he plays arouind the world, phoned to ask about gloves for his son. He said that he would pay but I said that I would send them free of charge, and 1 pair 019 size 8, 1 only 010 glove bag were sent to him (No.6).
11th December 1991 4.00
Jochen phoned to ask me what "SHUT OUTS" mean as he had rceived a contract offer from Line 7 regarding Andy Goram, Rangers. I said that it was when he did not concede a goal in a game. He then asked me in general about Andy Goram and I said that he was very much the first choice for Scotland and he had played in every qualifying game for the European Championships in Sweden, and seemed likely to be first choice for Scotland in Sweden. However, I pointed out that he had previously been under contract with uhlsport, arranged by Readers, and there was a problem about the length of his contract. The contract he signed was dated 5th November 1986 and valid for 3 years meaning that it expired in November 1989, was later claimed by Goram to have been signed over a year earlier than it was dated, and in 1988 he changed to Sondico although the written evidence showed he was still under contract to uhlsport. The contract was for £xx , paid in full when the contract was dated and signed. Jochen said that the contract offer was complicated and I warned him to be very careful as playing for Glasgow Rangers, Scotland's most successfull club, they were likely to win most competitions they entered, meaning that uhlsport may have to pay out a lot in bonus's the way the contract is set out. I said that I would do some research and let him know the details.
12th December 1991 9.00-9.05
I phoned Jochen to give him details on Andy Goram including that at the half way stage of this season, 22 League games, he had conceeded 18 goals and had kept 11 "SHUT OUTS". I said that I would put down the information in writing and send it to him with the magazines.
12th December 1991
I bought and sent to Jochen this weeks issues of "Shoot" and "Match".
12th December 1991 1.00
Alan Knight, Portsmouth, phoned for some goods and 2 pairs 036 size 9.5, 2 pairs 040 size 9.5 were sent to him (No.7) |
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Get out of the Office and Into the Street
When Multicultural is the Culture
June 23, 2011
The 2010 Census confirmed something Nielsen has been noting for some time: multicultural consumers are rapidly becoming the majority in the United States and their buying power is significant. Understanding their purchasing and media habits is the next big challenge/opportunity facing marketers and brands today. Taking a deep dive into data and trends within the African American, Asian American and Hispanic communities, Nielsen’s Claudia Pardo laid out compelling statistics and a demographic framework shaping the future. It’s clear that marketers and brands will be forced to rethink their perspective — and their share of spend — when it comes to multicultural groups.
“Can anyone in the room honestly say they’re doing everything they can to satisfy the consumption needs of this population?” Pardo asked attendees. “The demographic growth of these groups is simply becoming too great to ignore.” The good news, noted Pardo, is that multicultural groups are actually more loyal to brands and there’s an opportunity to win a consumer for life.
In the past multiculturalism was talked about as a melting pot, but it’s really more like a salad bowl where each group stands out and is different in the way they value their culture and traditions. Pardo offered examples of notable distinctions in the way these diverse groups shop and consume media.
BUYINGHispanics
Spend the most per trip and annually
Shop less often, usually with family
Blacks/African Americans
Shop more frequently than any other ethnicity
The most brand loyal; fewer purchases of private label
Asian Americans
Most likely group to compare prices and shop online
Frequent fewer super centers, dollar stores or convenience stores
WATCHING
Daily Total household TV usage by Race and Origin
Hispanics: 4hrs 35min
Blacks/African Americans: 7hrs 12min
Asian Americans: 3hrs 14min
National Average: 5hrs 11min
Pardo noted that understanding these and other details (such as understanding that multicultural consumers are actually ahead of the curve when it comes to mobile phone adoption, understanding their different TV viewing and online browsing habits, or ensuring that ethnicities are portrayed more often and more appropriately in ads) is key to seizing the massive market opportunity ahead.
“The story here is that within the next five years, multicultural clients will drive 86 percent of the total growth on spending in retail,” Pardo highlighted. “If you look at growth without these groups, you are only addressing 10 percent of the growth.”
Pardo suggested a number of key questions organizations should ask before embarking on an effective multi-cultural strategy:
What is your share of the multi-cultural market?
Do you know this consumer better than your peers?
Are you fishing where the fish are?
Do you have the depth of consumer insight to ensure you deploy the most effective marketing mix?
Is your advertising culturally relevant?
Is your organization ready?
Are you investing in the right structures and incentives to ensure multi-culturalism remains top of mind?
A panel discussion with Roberto Ruiz of Univision, Idaliz Chacon of Procter & Gamble, Angela Joyner of ConAgra Foods and Bill Imada of IW Group followed the presentation and generated the following guidance for organizations looking to engage in effective multicultural strategies:
Create Internal Champions: From creating a Center of Excellence for multicultural marketing, through tracking success via executive scorecards, all panelists agreed that a multi-cultural approach must be a top-down business imperative to avoid a transient, “flavor of the month” approach to engagement.
Scale Your Investment: Bill Imada advised participants to “start small, get some wings, build confidence and go from there.” He maintained that many companies do not exploit what they already know and have in their historic “corporate inventory.” He advised participants to find which current product lines make the most sense in multi-cultural markets, to pick just one of the population segments with the biggest opportunity and build as much cultural learning and competency as possible before roll-out to other populations as part of an organic growth strategy. Idaliz Chacon said it was important to understand the “size of the prize” to build product category and right-size the investment. To close share gaps faster, she indicated that companies should “invest to win,” even disproportionately if necessary. This view was shared by Angela Joyner who stated that trying to drive brand penetration into new markets would potentially require substantial investment as part of a five year strategy to build brand presence and advocacy.
Don’t over-segment: For an effective segmentation strategy, all panelists agreed that it was more important to look for similarities than differences among the focus population and that over-segmentation would decrease the opportunity. Roberto Ruiz stated that the key to effective segmentation is “actionability” and that the nuance of “bi-culturalism” of individuals, for instance being “dominant Hispanic,” while “fascinating,” was completely “worthless” as a segmentation consideration on the basis that people tend to be entirely immersed in both aspects of their culture.
Get out of the Office and Into the Street: “Consumer immersion” was considered the most powerful way to energize a company’s multi-cultural strategy and summarized as “the power of being there and seeing what’s going on.” Leveraging employee ethnic groups within organizations was viewed as a unique asset companies could deploy to generate proprietary insight and delight and win with diverse consumers. |
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Yet another poor "reaching" post. I'm beginning to thing you guys can't actually understand what you read taking quotes and ideas out of context like that. No wonder you think Osama pulled this thing off. You're brain has been turd to mush by the Zionist propaganda mainstream mechanism.
Beleiving in Israel is like beleiving in a chair. It's there, it exists, what more is there to say? Why exactly do you feel a need to assign them a name? What's next, calling people who beleive in America "Americanists"? What would you call people who beleive in Palestine? Palestinianists? It wouldn't surprise me at all if there were more christian "zionists" than jewish "zionists". there's certainly more christians in the world than there are jews, and the majority of those christians are reasonable people. They're not going to deny the existance of a country which has been around since the 1940's.
That you are a Zionist or have been conned to accept that satanic movement.
Satanic? Are we getting religious now?
ISRAEL EXISTS AS A COUNTRY. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Jews bought the land, and eventually a narrow strip was given to them by the UN. The land had been abandoned and nobody wanted it till those damn JOOOS came.
Last Saturday morning there was a C-span call-in with an Israeli journalist and a Palestinian journalist. The Palestinian journalist stated this and the Israeli journalist made no attempt to object or correct:
When the UN partitioned Palestine in 1948, it gave 55% of the land to the Jewish state and 45% of the land to the Arabs, even though, at the time, Jews owned only 10% of the land.
So he didn't object, so what? It certainly doesn't make it true. When Israel was created, there was no such thing as Palestine. In addition to that, something like 90% of the land falling under the Brittish mandate went into creating trans-Jordan, which was specificaly intended as an Arab homeland. I don't see you complaining about all the Jews who were displaced from that area. Finaly, the question of land ownership is irrelevant. The UN mandate was passed by some 33 nations. It became binding at that point. Even if it didn't not have the authority of the UN behind it, the Arabs gave up whatever claims they may have made when they attempted to anhilliate Israel militarily. If they had continued to neogtiate diplomaticaly, perhaps they could claim the moral high ground. As it is, they tried to kill off the Jews, they got their asses kicked, and they lost whatever moral superiority they may have had.
If the UN came in here and partitioned off 55% (or even 5%) of our country to give it to some ethnic group, I would hope there'd be some Americans who'd stand up and fight.
The British were a colonial power ruling over land they had no right to. The proof is in the pudding and the indigenous people have suffered greatly from the League of Nations giving a "mandate" over Palestine to the British.
They scrambled planes over New York too. They just got there about 10 minutes too late to do anything.
Even if they did get there before impact, what could they have done? Does ANYONE really think that even after the first impact, the Air Force would shoot down commercial airlners over populated areas? Seriously?
Could you imagine what the CTers would be doing with that if say after the first hit, the remaining 3 planes were shot down? They'd be screaming that the planes weren't even hijacked and the government shot down planes that posed no threat... Oh, wait, nevermind.
If the UN came in here and partitioned off 55% (or even 5%) of our country to give it to some ethnic group, I would hope there'd be some Americans who'd stand up and fight.
That's not exactly how it happened little girl...
You see, before we even had that tragedy called the Holocaust, Jewish folks had been buying up land in a pretty much useless, abadoned strip of land. When the UN created Israel it didn't suddenly take away Palestinian land (as there were no "Palestinians" at the time), it just gave sovereignty to the area that had been bought up and no one wanted but the Jews. Arabs started moving back after infrastructure had been built up.
The British were a colonial power ruling over land they had no right to.
The Ottomans lost a war and European powers took control of the area.
The proof is in the pudding and the indigenous people have suffered greatly from the League of Nations giving a "mandate" over Palestine to the British.
The indigenous people were called Jews (but I digress). I assume you mean the occupants just before Israel was created. Well, as I stated before, the "Palestinians" kept their land (Egypt gobbled up a bit, Jordan some, and Syria the rest). Technically speaking, the creation of Jordan was the creation of the Arab Palestinian nation. |
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Although Millsap is a restricted free agent, meaning the Jazz can match any offer, the Blazers are preparing what one source called a "toxic" offer designed to exterminate interest from other teams.
Millsap, 24, is a bruising and active player who excels at rebounding. Despite being only 6-foot-8, Millsap last season used his 250-pound frame to average 13.5 points and 8.6 rebounds in 30.1 minutes per game. His 3.3 offensive rebounds per game ranked fourth in the NBA and his 251 offensive rebounds ranked sixth.
If Millsap signs an offer sheet accepting the Blazers’ deal, Utah will have seven days to match the offer. The Jazz is already facing the luxury tax next season with a team salary of more than $73 million. Their finances, and prospects of competing with a lucrative offer to Millsap, took a hit last week when Carlos Boozer ($12.6 million), Mehmet Okur ($9 million) and Kyle Korver ($5.1 million) all exercised options to stay in Utah.
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Meade incinerator plan criticized
Officials decry environmental impact of sewage-burning plant
February 07, 2007|By Phillip McGowan | Phillip McGowan,sun reporter
Fort Meade is proposing to build a sewage sludge incinerator, a prospect that has drawn outrage among western Anne Arundel County civic leaders and criticism from the county's top health official about the potential environmental and health impacts.
The Maryland Department of the Environment is holding a public hearing tonight in Odenton to discuss plans by a Tennessee contractor, Ameresco Federal Solutions, to build the incinerator near the Army post's sewage plant adjacent to the intersection of Routes 32 and 198.
The incinerator would run 24 hours a day on weekdays, disposing of hundreds of tons of sewage a year more cheaply than by trucking the waste away, county and Fort Meade officials said.
MDE spokesman Robert Ballinger declined to disclose details about the incinerator and did not return a phone call yesterday seeking comment. Ameresco Federal Solutions did not reply to an e-mail request for information.
County health officials said that MDE has issued a tentative approval for the incinerator, but a Fort Meade spokeswoman, Summer Barkley, said yesterday in an e-mail that the post will not make a decision about the project for at least six months. She said a series of improvements being made at the post's sewage treatment plant might reduce the volume of sludge.
Civic leaders from Russett, Maryland City and Odenton said they learned of the scheduled public hearing Monday. Members of the Restoration Advisory Board, a group of residents and regulators overseeing Fort Meade's Superfund environmental cleanup, learned of the proposal when contacted yesterday by The Sun.
"I thought we were past the point of the base trying to sneak things through," said Zoe B. Draughon, co-chairwoman of the Restoration Advisory Board. "I am obviously mistaken."
Barkley referred questions about the timing of the public hearing to MDE.
There are about 170 sewage sludge incinerators in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The facilities heat the waste to more than 1,500 degrees, turning solid waste into ash, and producing electricity.
The Sun reported last summer that the demand for electricity to operate expanding intelligence systems at the National Security Agency, which has its headquarters at Fort Meade, has left the high-tech eavesdropping agency on the verge of exceeding its power supply.
Activists questioned the placement of an incinerator at the nexus of impending growth expected to sweep over western Anne Arundel. An estimated 20,000 defense workers are expected to settle at Fort Meade over the next four years, a movement that will spawn billions of dollars of residential and office development from Hanover to Laurel and Odenton.
"This is ridiculous," said Ray Smallwood, president of the Maryland City Civic Association. "This is something that needs a lot of study. Haven't they thought about the environmental impact?" Smallwood added: "I can't believe they had the audacity to do this."
Several activists called on MDE to schedule a second hearing to allow for broader public comment. According to an advance copy of county Health Officer Frances B. Phillips's testimony to be read tonight, she criticizes MDE for not adequately advertising the hearing on the proposed incinerator.
Phillips also raises concerns that an incinerator -- which would emit mercury sulfur, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and lead -- could lead to declining air quality and pollute groundwater.
She also points out that there are six public schools on the base, with a combined enrollment of more than 2,000. At least 169 students are known to have asthma, she says.
County Councilman G. James "Jamie" Benoit, a Piney Orchard Democrat, decried the incinerator's potential health effect on those children. He is delivering a letter to MDE to voice his displeasure with the project.
David A. Tibbetts, vice president of the Greater Odenton Improvement Association and the organization's environmental chairman, said the county has one of the highest ozone levels in the country. "And now we are going to add another source of ozone" Tibbetts said. "It just doesn't make any sense."
Phillips in her testimony questions assertions by MDE that incinerator emissions would not exceed air-quality standards set by the EPA. County officials note that MDE does not monitor air quality at Fort Meade.
She also noted that at a meeting at MDE headquarters Jan. 31, state officials said that "the combustion process itself generally does not produce odors, but that stored sludge awaiting burning is often a source of noxious odor."
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The hearing is to begin at 7 p.m. at the West County Area Library, 1325 Annapolis Road. |
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package com.apple.foundationdb.record.metadata;
import com.apple.foundationdb.record.provider.foundationdb.FDBRecordVersion;
import com.apple.foundationdb.tuple.Tuple;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors;
import com.google.protobuf.ProtocolMessageEnum;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Utility class for dealing with {@link Tuple} types. In theory, these methods should live in
* {@link com.apple.foundationdb.tuple.TupleHelpers TupleHelpers} except that they use some Protobuf specific things
* like the {@link ByteString} class, and {@code TupleHelpers} is defined in the
* <a href="https://javadoc.io/doc/org.foundationdb/fdb-extensions/">fdb-extensions</a> sub-project
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class TupleTypeUtil {
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@Nonnull
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/**
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}
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* Normalize a value so that it compares equal to anything with the same {@link Tuple} representation.
* The value that is returned cannot necessarily be packed by a {@code Tuple} (for example,
* a <code>byte[]</code> is returned as a {@link ByteString}), but it does implement {@link Object#equals(Object)}
* and {@link Object#hashCode()}, so the value can be used in hash-based data structures like
* {@link java.util.HashSet HashSet}s and {@link java.util.HashMap HashMap}s. In other words, it should
* bethe case that:
*
* <pre> {@code
* Objects.equals(toTupleEquivalentValue(value1), toTupleEquivalentValue(value2))
* == Arrays.equals(Tuple.from(value1).pack(), Tuple.from(value2).pack())
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*
* <p>
* for any two values {@code value1} and {@code value2}.
* </p>
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* This will only return {@code null} if {@link #toTupleAppropriateValue(Object)} would return {@code null}
* on the same input. If the object is already in
* </p>
*
* @param obj the value to normalize
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if (obj == null || obj instanceof Key.Evaluated.NullStandin) {
return null;
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return toTupleEquivalentList(list);
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BigInteger bigInt = (BigInteger)obj;
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return bigInt.longValue();
} else {
return bigInt;
}
} else if (obj instanceof ProtocolMessageEnum) {
return (long)((ProtocolMessageEnum)obj).getNumber();
} else if (obj instanceof Descriptors.EnumValueDescriptor) {
return (long)((Descriptors.EnumValueDescriptor)obj).getNumber();
} else if (obj instanceof FDBRecordVersion) {
return ((FDBRecordVersion)obj).toVersionstamp(false);
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}
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*
* @param values a list of values
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*/
@Nonnull
static List<Object> toTupleAppropriateList(@Nonnull List<?> values) {
List<Object> tupleAppropriateList = new ArrayList<>(values.size());
for (Object o : values) {
tupleAppropriateList.add(toTupleAppropriateValue(o));
}
return tupleAppropriateList;
}
/**
* Convert a value into a type that can be stored within a {@link Tuple}.
*
* @param obj the value to convert
* @return the value converted to some {@link Tuple}-encodable type
*/
@Nullable
static Object toTupleAppropriateValue(@Nullable Object obj) {
if (obj instanceof Key.Evaluated.NullStandin) {
return null;
} else if (obj instanceof ByteString) {
return ((ByteString) obj).toByteArray();
} else if (obj instanceof List) {
return toTupleAppropriateList((List<?>) obj);
// Following two are both Internal.EnumLite, so could use that, too.
} else if (obj instanceof ProtocolMessageEnum) {
return ((ProtocolMessageEnum) obj).getNumber();
} else if (obj instanceof Descriptors.EnumValueDescriptor) {
return ((Descriptors.EnumValueDescriptor) obj).getNumber();
} else if (obj instanceof FDBRecordVersion) {
return ((FDBRecordVersion) obj).toVersionstamp(false);
} else {
return obj;
}
}
private TupleTypeUtil() {
}
}
|
If, like many of the Badger team, you first discovered F1 during the nineties, the entry list for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours makes rather nostalgic reading. Consider names like Jean Christophe Bullion, who enjoyed a brief and unspectacular 11 race stint at Sauber in 1995; the entirely forgetable Shinji Nakano; and Christophe Bouchet, a man confirmed as an F1 driver who never got the chance to start a grand prix. They’re names you’d forgotten, careers you thought had ended but continue in the sportscar world.
Add to that list a pair of grand prix winners, a Champ Car title-winner turned F1 flop and BBC Radio 5Live’s diminutive driver-cum-commentator and you’ve got a pretty interesting list of former F1 men on the entry list for this year’s enduro classic, and here we’re naming the whole bunch.
The #7 Peugeot – probably the favourite to claim outright victory – is made up entirely of former F1 drivers, so what better place to start than with the French marque’s entry. Alright, they’re weren’t particularly successful F1 drivers, but they were grand prix driver none the less.
Two-time F1 podium finisher Alex Wurz is effectively leader of the three man squad, the cheery Austrian combining his sportscar commitments with an increasingly prominent role at the FIA (he’ll be president one day and you heard it on Badger first). Alex is joined by former Minardi and Williams man Marc Gene and one-time Super Aguri racer Anthony Davidson in the #7 machine. Nothing less than the win will do for these boys.
In the #8 Peugeot we have another ex-grand prix driver Stephane Sarazzin. Don’t remember the lad? We wouldn’t blame you: he started just one race, in a Minardi, at the Brazilian Grand Prix of 1999. Then seen as an F1 racer of the future, Sarazzin was subbing for the injured Luca Badoer at Interlagos, and actually qualified rather well, taking 17th on the grid and thus out-doing his team-mate – which, funnily enough, was the aforementioned Gene. However Sarazzin would exit his one and only race in spectacular fashion – see the video below for proof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKkwT_4TMVg
Spinning Steph is joined by Franck Montagny, who ran seven races for Super Aguri in 2006 after they’d fired the slow-and-dangerous Yuji Ide but before they’d hired the just-plain-slow Sakon Yamamoto. Franck was better than both but, unfortunately, he isn’t Japanese. A talented all-rounder, he has raced Champ Cars, Indycar, Superleague and sportscars since his brief F1 stint. Former F3000 front-runner Nicolas Minassian completes the line-up
There are two more ex-F1 drivers in the #9 Peugeot, with Le Mans native Sebastien Bourdais and Pedro Lamy – who had stints with Team Lotus and Minardi in the mid-nineties – completing the French marque’s factory effort.
On to the Audi team, who have just one former F1 man in their ranks: Scotsman Allan McNish. Nishy is a two-time Le Mans winner, having triumphed aboard a Porsche in 1998 and then in an Audi ten years later, and will likely be in the running again this year. The fact he shares his #3 machine with eight-time Le Mans winner and all-round endurance racing god Tom Kristensen should help.
We’ve a pair of Frenchmen to tell you about now. First up is Olivier Panis, who (effectively) leads the #10 Oreca car’s line-up. The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner making his fourth appearance at Le Circuit de Sarthe in 2011 and will look to better his best finish of fifth, achieved in 2009. Jean-Christophe Bullion meanwhile will drive the #13 Rebellion Racing entry. The Frenchman drove the majority of the 1995 season for Sauber, scoring a best finish of fifth in Germany, before handing his seat back to Karl Wendlinger, whose place he had taken following the Austrian’s severe injuries at the previous year’s Monaco Grand Prix. Bullion never returned to F1.
He’s not quite French, but Olivier Beretta is near enough that we’ve lumped him in with Panis and Bullion. In fact Olivier was the third (and to date last) Monaco-born F1 driver, contesting the first ten races of the 1994 campaign for French squad Larrousse before getting le boot. Veteran Jan Lammers meanwhile will participate in the #5 Hope Racing entry. Competing in F1 mainly between 1979 and 1982, the Dutchman holds the record for the longest gap between starting two grand prix, having been absent from the sport for a full decade before contesting the final two races of the 1992 campaign for the ailing March team. Ultimately he never scored a point and failed to qualify on 18 occasions. Still, there’s always Hope (get it?)
Christian Klien is the most recent F1 departee contesting Le Mans this year, having raced sporadically for Hispania last season and now competing for Aston Martin at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The 28-year-old Austrian will be behind the wheel of the British marque’s #007 machine, teamed with Brit Darren Turner and Germany’s Stefan Mucke.
Thiago Monteiro is one of the men set to pilot the #15 OAK LMP1 machine. Monteiro drove for Jordan in 2005, landing a podium at the infamous U.S Grand Prix that year, and stayed on as the team became Midland in ’06. He has since raced in the World Touring Car Championship, part-owns the Ocean GP2 team and oversees the career of young countryman Antonio Felix ad Costa. The #49 OAK LMP2 entry meanwhile counts former Prost and Minardi rent-a-driver Shinji Nakano among its pilots.
And here’s one for you geeks: Christophe Bouchet, one of the drivers set to run in the #33 Level Five Motorsport entry, never started a grand prix, But, he was named at French minnows Larrouse for the ’95 campaign, only for the team to fold before he’d had a chance to even qualify. You have been hit with the stick of knowledge.
The most successful F1 driver in the field is Giancarlo Fisichella, three times a race winner for Jordan and Renault. The Italian will compete in the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, the favourite to win the GT class. Victory at last month’s 1000km of Spa cemented that tag, and Fisi’s pursuit of victory is aided no end by another F1 driver – and GT specialist – in the shape of Gianmaria Bruni. The Italian drove for Minardi during the 2004 campaign, taking a best result of 14th at the Malaysian, European and Hungarian Grand Prix. His post-F1 record is far better: three times a GP2 race winner between 2005 and 2006, he has since finished as runner-up in the 2007 FIA World GT championship and won the GT class at Le Mans in 2008.
Finally we’ve got Jan Magnussen, who also competes in the GT class. The Dane ran one race for McLaren in 1995 before landing a full-time ride with Stewart Grand Prix in 1997. His time there was no happy however, and he was given the boot mid-way through 1998 – the same weekend he scored his maiden F1 points. Jan will drive the #74 Corvette at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
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How to Reapply
For Faculty Fellows considering a second year Fellowship, a short [2-3 page] description of a specific project idea that would both deepen the value of the experience to the Fellow and address an institutional issue identified during the first Fellowship year should be submitted by the same deadline date for first-year Fellowship applicants. Project ideas can be developed in cooperation with relevant administrative units. This application should be accompanied by a letter of support from the relevant Chair or School Dean. Second year Fellowships will be awarded based on the availability of funds and the project idea submitted.
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Auburn Public Theater will welcome a pair of high-profile musicians within a week of each other.
Performing first at the downtown theater will be John Waite at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. On his 40th anniversary tour, the Lancaster, England-born rocker reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart with “Missing You” in 1984, and revisited the spot with supergroup Bad English in 1989 with the song “When I See You Smile.” Waite resumed his solo career in 1995, adding six albums since then to his millions-selling, Grammy-nominated catalogue.
Singer-songwriter Jason Sinay will open the show. Tickets are $45-$50. |
(SportsNetwork.com) - Bruce Arians was a candidate for the vacant Philadelphia
Eagles job, but the powers that be decided Chip Kelly, with no professional
experience, was better equipped.
It didn't take long for Arians to find a job, however, and he will lead the
Arizona Cardinals into the Philadelphia Sunday to battle the Eagles.
Arians, who gained notoriety by filling in for an ill Chuck Pagano with the
Indianapolis Colts last season, has guided the Cardinals to a surprising 7-4
start and has them on the brink of ending a three-year postseason layoff. The
Cardinals are currently in the hunt for a wild card spot since it appears the
Seattle Seahawks will take home the NFC West title.
The Eagles are also flirting with the idea of making a playoff run in Kelly's
first season at the helm and are even with the Dallas Cowboys for first place
in the NFC East. The Cowboys own the tiebreaker after beating the Eagles a few
weeks back at Lincoln Financial Field, where the Cardinals hope to find
similar success.
Arizona has won four in a row, including three straight after the bye, and
hammered the Colts, 40-11, on Sunday in the desert. A 26-yard touchdown
reception by Larry Fitzgerald and a 22-yard interception return for a score by
Karlos Dansby highlighted a 20-point second quarter for the Cardinals, who
racked up 410 yards of offense and hope to gain some more attention in the
competitive NFC.
"I think this was a respect game," said Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer,
who threw for 314 yards with a pair of TD passes to Fitzgerald. "I don't think
we are well respected throughout the league, and that's not anybody's fault
but our own. But I think we are better than people think."
The Cardinals deserve a lot of credit with wins over Detroit, Carolina and
Indianapolis. Still, veteran defensive lineman Darnell Dockett feels Arizona
is slighted each week.
"You know what's funny?" Dockett said. "Whenever the Cardinals win it's always
what the other team didn't do. It's never what we forced other teams to do. We
understand that. Everyone says, 'They didn't beat nobody, they didn't beat
nobody."
Well, the Colts aren't nobodies. They, too, are in the mix for a playoff spot
and just got waxed by their former assistant coach in Arians, whose squad last
won four in a row to start the 2012 season and hasn't prevailed in five
straight games since the St. Louis Cardinals won six in a row during the 1977
campaign under head coach Don Coryell.
The Cardinals hope to keep the momentum going and keep pressing for a chance
at reaching the playoffs.
"We are in the hunt," Arizona cornerback Jerraud Powers said. "That's all you
can ask for. It seems like everyone is believing in one another."
Meanwhile, the Eagles are feeling just as confident with three straight wins
and last won four in a row to close out the 2011 campaign at 8-8. Eagles
quarterback Nick Foles was still slinging the ball for the University of
Arizona and completed 387-of-560 passes for 4,334 yards and 28 touchdowns for
the Wildcats.
The second-year pro, who was recently crowned the starter, is now lighting up
opposing defenses at a rapid rate and is building confidence in himself, with
the coaches and his teammates.
"He has the utmost confidence in himself," said Eagles wide receiver Riley
Cooper. "He is a great quarterback and he should. He is the general out there.
We are all listening to him. He does a great job."
Cooper has been the beneficiary of Foles' resurgence and is second on the
Eagles with 592 yards on 31 catches. His seven touchdown receptions is tied
with DeSean Jackson. Foles, though, is the reason for the success and has
1,554 yards with 16 TD passes and no interceptions for a 128.0 rating. His
rating ranks first in the NFL and has six games this season with a rating of
100 or better.
During the Eagles' winning streak, Foles' QB rating is 152.8. He has thrown
199 consecutive passes without an interception and his 9.6 yards per attempt
is first in the league. Foles has the Eagles flying high and helped them halt
a 10-game home losing streak with last week's 24-16 win over the Washington
Redskins. He threw for 298 yards and did not have a touchdown pass. He didn't
need to because LeSean McCoy ran for 77 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
"I feel like we've put ourselves in a good position," Foles said. "That's all
you can ask for, especially heading into the bye week. Especially with winning
our last game at home, (we're) moving in the right direction and just
continuing to change the atmosphere here. The coaches here are doing a great
job and the players are doing a great job of buying in, so I think that we
have to keep going in that direction and keep leaning on each other, and we'll
see what happens."
The New York Giants did no favors by losing to the Cowboys on Sunday, so it's
a tight rope to walk in the division.
Speaking of walking the line, Michael Vick said Foles deserves to remain the
start for how well he's played. Vick is no fool and believes in the idiom if
it's not broke, don't fix it.
"In all honesty, in all fairness, how can you take a guy out of the game who's
been playing so well?" Vick said. "I've been in this stage before, and I know
what it's like. I understand the position that this team is in, and the one
thing I never want to do is be a distraction or put our team or our coaches in
a position where they feel like they're not doing the right thing or I feel
like they're not doing the right thing."
Philadelphia has been doing the right thing offensively and is averaging 33.3
points and 453 yards during the winning streak.
Jackson, Cooper and McCoy have been Philly's big three in recent weeks, while
Jackson is 15 yards shy of the third 1,000-yard season of his career. AFter
three straight weeks of rushing for no more than 55 yards, McCoy had 155 yards
on 25 carries at Green Bay, then ran for 77 yards on 20 carries versus the
Redskins to surpass running backs coach Duce Staley for third on the team's
all-time rushing list with 4,875 yards.
McCoy also reached the 1,000-mark for the third time in his career and didn't
know it until it was brought up to him.
"I did know this though, I had 10 yards to pass Duce," McCoy said. "So I knew
that was going to happen."
The shifty back averages about half of 10 yards (4.7 ypg) for an Eagles squad
looking for revenge versus the Cardinals after last season's 27-6 loss on
Sept. 23 at University of Phoenix Stadium. Philadelphia's most recent victory
in the series was a 48-20 home rout on Thanksgiving Night of 2008, and the
Eagles have taken five of the last nine regular-season bouts since 2000 with
their former division rivals.
Including the 2008 NFC Championship, which the Cardinals won by a 32-25 count
to advance to their only Super Bowl, Arizona has won three in a row against
the Eagles.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
The Eagles give up a league-worst 300.1 passing yards per game and are 31st in
total yards allowed (417.9). So what can they expect from Fitzgerald, one of
the top wide receivers in the game?
Fitzgerald caught nine passes for 114 yards and a touchdown in the last
meeting with the Eagles and has played them four times in his career, posting
26 catches for 418 yards and six TDs. No matter who is covering Fitzgerald,
whether it's Cary Williams, Brandon Boykin or Bradley Fletcher, who is
bothered by a pectoral muscle and is questionable Sunday, the Eagles will
experience some trouble.
Palmer gave some insight on what it's like to cover Fitzgerald, who eclipsed
the 11,000-yard mark in his career. He is the youngest to reach that mark.
"Any time you have Larry 1-on-1 down in the red zone, it's not a good matchup
for the other team," Palmer said.
Floyd can be an issue, too, so it's important for an improved Eagles defense
to force Palmer into making mistakes. Palmer's known for erratic play at
times, but the former Heisman Trophy winner can also shred defenses. Just ask
the Colts, who failed to pick off a pass.
Williams, though, is impressed with how well the unit is playing.
"We're getting there and I also think we all understand that a lot of work is
ahead to get to where we need to be," said Williams. "The play up front has
improved, which impacts everyone. I think that confidence is the big reason.
Everybody understands what the coaches are looking for and we've all worked
hard studying that. You see the results. We all feel like it's improving."
Speaking of play up front, give credit to big men Vinny Curry, Fletcher Cox
and Cedric Thornton. They have combined for eight sacks, while Curry and
linebacker Connor Barwin have four apiece. LB Trent Cole and Cox each have
posted three sacks.
The Cardinals have some muscle of their own on defense and sack master John
Abraham has seven so far. Defensive end Calais Campbell has 5 1/2 sacks and
Dockett owns 4 1/2, while veteran linebacker Karlos Dansby leads the Cardinals
with 88 tackles.
Dansby registered five stops against Indianapolis and an interception. Look
for him to disrupt Philadelphia's run game by shooting the gaps. Colts
quarterback Andrew Luck was rattled often in Sunday's game.
"They created a bit of a hornet's nest," Luck said of the defensive pressure.
Don't sleep on Arizona's secondary either with rookie Tyrann Mathieu, stud
Patrick Peterson, Powers and Yeremiah Bell. They, too, will have their hands
full with Jackson, Cooper and tight end Brent Celek. Celek hasn't been much of
a factor lately, which is why he could be a pest Sunday.
OVERALL ANALYSIS
The Cardinals seem to give the Eagles fits lately and will do so again at the
Linc. The Nick Foles show has to have some sort of commercial break and it
will be good to get that out of the way now instead of later. A loss won't
impact much in the NFC East because it's still wide open.
Arizona is fighting with the Eagles and many other teams in a push toward the
postseason and it will be up to Palmer and the defense to make that happen.
The Eagles do have some nice weapons, but the Cardinals can counter that with
their impressive defense.
Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles performed the same role in a
limited capacity for Philadelphia last season, so expect his familiarity with
the opponent to come in handy. |
Club night 7:30pm Prevention Of Obesity Club. Every Wednesday Onwards and then 8:00pm Back to School. Drag out you plimmos, school tie and shorts, for a trip back in time to your school days and dancing until 11:00pm. |
# coding=utf-8
import typing
from pyramid.config import Configurator
import transaction
from tracim_backend.app_models.contents import FOLDER_TYPE
from tracim_backend.app_models.contents import content_type_list
from tracim_backend.config import CFG
from tracim_backend.exceptions import ContentFilenameAlreadyUsedInFolder
from tracim_backend.exceptions import EmptyLabelNotAllowed
from tracim_backend.extensions import hapic
from tracim_backend.lib.core.content import ContentApi
from tracim_backend.lib.utils.authorization import ContentTypeChecker
from tracim_backend.lib.utils.authorization import check_right
from tracim_backend.lib.utils.authorization import is_contributor
from tracim_backend.lib.utils.authorization import is_reader
from tracim_backend.lib.utils.request import TracimRequest
from tracim_backend.lib.utils.utils import generate_documentation_swagger_tag
from tracim_backend.models.context_models import ContentInContext
from tracim_backend.models.context_models import RevisionInContext
from tracim_backend.models.revision_protection import new_revision
from tracim_backend.views.controllers import Controller
from tracim_backend.views.core_api.schemas import FolderContentModifySchema
from tracim_backend.views.core_api.schemas import NoContentSchema
from tracim_backend.views.core_api.schemas import SetContentStatusSchema
from tracim_backend.views.core_api.schemas import TextBasedContentSchema
from tracim_backend.views.core_api.schemas import TextBasedRevisionSchema
from tracim_backend.views.core_api.schemas import WorkspaceAndContentIdPathSchema
from tracim_backend.views.swagger_generic_section import SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_ENDPOINTS
try: # Python 3.5+
from http import HTTPStatus
except ImportError:
from http import client as HTTPStatus
SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_SECTION = "Folders"
SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_ENDPOINTS = generate_documentation_swagger_tag(
SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_ENDPOINTS, SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_SECTION
)
is_folder_content = ContentTypeChecker([FOLDER_TYPE])
class FolderController(Controller):
@hapic.with_api_doc(tags=[SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_ENDPOINTS])
@check_right(is_reader)
@check_right(is_folder_content)
@hapic.input_path(WorkspaceAndContentIdPathSchema())
@hapic.output_body(TextBasedContentSchema())
def get_folder(self, context, request: TracimRequest, hapic_data=None) -> ContentInContext:
"""
Get folder info
"""
app_config = request.registry.settings["CFG"] # type: CFG
api = ContentApi(
show_archived=True,
show_deleted=True,
current_user=request.current_user,
session=request.dbsession,
config=app_config,
)
content = api.get_one(hapic_data.path.content_id, content_type=content_type_list.Any_SLUG)
return api.get_content_in_context(content)
@hapic.with_api_doc(tags=[SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_ENDPOINTS])
@hapic.handle_exception(EmptyLabelNotAllowed, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
@hapic.handle_exception(ContentFilenameAlreadyUsedInFolder, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
@check_right(is_contributor)
@check_right(is_folder_content)
@hapic.input_path(WorkspaceAndContentIdPathSchema())
@hapic.input_body(FolderContentModifySchema())
@hapic.output_body(TextBasedContentSchema())
def update_folder(self, context, request: TracimRequest, hapic_data=None) -> ContentInContext:
"""
update folder
"""
app_config = request.registry.settings["CFG"] # type: CFG
api = ContentApi(
show_archived=True,
show_deleted=True,
current_user=request.current_user,
session=request.dbsession,
config=app_config,
)
content = api.get_one(hapic_data.path.content_id, content_type=content_type_list.Any_SLUG)
with new_revision(session=request.dbsession, tm=transaction.manager, content=content):
api.update_container_content(
item=content,
new_label=hapic_data.body.label,
new_content=hapic_data.body.raw_content,
allowed_content_type_slug_list=hapic_data.body.sub_content_types,
)
api.save(content)
api.execute_update_content_actions(content)
return api.get_content_in_context(content)
@hapic.with_api_doc(tags=[SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_ENDPOINTS])
@check_right(is_reader)
@check_right(is_folder_content)
@hapic.input_path(WorkspaceAndContentIdPathSchema())
@hapic.output_body(TextBasedRevisionSchema(many=True))
def get_folder_revisions(
self, context, request: TracimRequest, hapic_data=None
) -> typing.List[RevisionInContext]:
"""
get folder revisions
"""
app_config = request.registry.settings["CFG"] # type: CFG
api = ContentApi(
show_archived=True,
show_deleted=True,
current_user=request.current_user,
session=request.dbsession,
config=app_config,
)
content = api.get_one(hapic_data.path.content_id, content_type=content_type_list.Any_SLUG)
revisions = content.revisions
return [api.get_revision_in_context(revision) for revision in revisions]
@hapic.with_api_doc(tags=[SWAGGER_TAG__CONTENT_FOLDER_ENDPOINTS])
@check_right(is_contributor)
@check_right(is_folder_content)
@hapic.input_path(WorkspaceAndContentIdPathSchema())
@hapic.input_body(SetContentStatusSchema())
@hapic.output_body(NoContentSchema(), default_http_code=HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT)
def set_folder_status(self, context, request: TracimRequest, hapic_data=None) -> None:
"""
set folder status
"""
app_config = request.registry.settings["CFG"] # type: CFG
api = ContentApi(
show_archived=True,
show_deleted=True,
current_user=request.current_user,
session=request.dbsession,
config=app_config,
)
content = api.get_one(hapic_data.path.content_id, content_type=content_type_list.Any_SLUG)
with new_revision(session=request.dbsession, tm=transaction.manager, content=content):
api.set_status(content, hapic_data.body.status)
api.save(content)
api.execute_update_content_actions(content)
return
def bind(self, configurator: Configurator) -> None:
# Get folder
configurator.add_route(
"folder", "/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{content_id}", request_method="GET"
)
configurator.add_view(self.get_folder, route_name="folder")
# update folder
configurator.add_route(
"update_folder", "/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{content_id}", request_method="PUT"
)
configurator.add_view(self.update_folder, route_name="update_folder")
# get folder revisions
configurator.add_route(
"folder_revisions",
"/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{content_id}/revisions",
request_method="GET",
)
configurator.add_view(self.get_folder_revisions, route_name="folder_revisions")
# get folder revisions
configurator.add_route(
"set_folder_status",
"/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{content_id}/status",
request_method="PUT",
)
configurator.add_view(self.set_folder_status, route_name="set_folder_status")
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MachineFlow straighteners for shower heads are produced from PBT and LSR on an electric two-component ALLROUNDER 570 A, which is equipped with two size 170 injection units. Two pre-moulded parts and two finished components are produced in a cycle time of 40 s in a consistently high part quality.to electric machines
Robotic systemTransfer technology is the ideal answer for hard/soft combinations such as the flow straightener. The vertical MULTILIFT V robotic system turns the pre-moulded parts over in the mould. In addition, it removes the finished parts and transfers them first to a cooling station with integrated visual inspection, then on to a packaging system.to linear robotic systems
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Multi-component injection mouldingFor the combined processing of thermoplastics and liquid silicone in a single mould, the necessary thermal separation presents a challenge: while the PBT needs to be cooled, the LSR cross-links at high temperatures. For a fully automated process, transfer technology offers the ideal solution.to the process
Liquid silicone injection moulding (LSR)For sprueless part production, both the PBT main body and the LSR nozzles of the flow straightener are directly injected using hot and cold-runner technology. As a result, no non-recyclable waste is generated. Efficient use of materials is also ensured by an optimised emptying system for the LSR dosing unit.to the process
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Technical injection mouldingIn technical injection moulding, high-precision components can be produced for a wide variety of applications. The production of flow straighteners is an example of how sophisticated mould technology and complex workflows can be comprehensively automated.to the industry |
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Micronutrient Deficiencies Throughout the World
April 24, 2017
Julia Bird
The discovery of vitamins a little over one century ago was incredibly important for the field of nutrition (1). At last, we had found the key to preventing vitamin deficiencies! Knowing about the vitamins meant that medical questions that had puzzled humans for centuries – why does fresh citrus fruit cure scurvy, but a syrup made from the juice does not? – could be reliably answered (2). Despite this grand leap in the understanding of nutrition, however, vitamin and mineral deficiencies still plague us around the globe. While we know in general which micronutrients and how much most people need to stay healthy, making sure that everyone has access to micronutrients is more problematic. Each region in the world has its own nutrition concerns. The problem of “hidden hunger,” when people may get enough calories but the micronutrient content of their diet is lacking, is improving but there is still a long way to go (3). Which micronutrient deficiencies are found throughout the world?
South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific
South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, comprising countries such as China, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia, have mostly showed a large improvement in micronutrient status in their population over the past decades (3). General programs to support economic growth have raised the standard of living for many people living in developing Asian countries, and staple food fortification has been able to reduce specific micronutrient deficiencies such as iodine and iron. Despite these gains, deficiencies in iron and vitamin A are still prevalent in some risk groups: 27 million school age children, 7.5 million pregnant women and 96 million non-pregnant women in the region are affected by anemia, while 13 percent of pre-school children and 21 percent of pregnant women are affected by vitamin A deficiency (4).
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Low- and middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia have shown a modest improvement in reducing micronutrient deficiencies (3). In this region, however vitamins A and D, iodine, iron, zinc, folate and thiamine are marked as micronutrients of special concern (5). The rates of deficiencies vary depending on the country, as local laws, the economic situation, cultural trends and the environment can affect supply of vitamins and minerals. In particular, iodine deficiency in central Europe is common, and is very much impacted by national policies regarding iodine fortification (6). Seasonable variations in the availability of different foods can affect dietary intakes and nutrient status in Europe. For example, more fruits and vegetables are eaten in the summer and autumn months, leading to a better folate status in the general population in Slovakia (7). Certain vulnerable populations are at greater risk of micronutrient deficiency. These groups include pregnant women and young children, the elderly, people with a low socioeconomic status, and those affected by chronic disease (8-10).
Latin America and the Caribbean
Micronutrient nutrition in Latin American and the Caribbean has improved in the past few years, and rates of deficiency tend to be the lowest of the low- and middle-income countries (3). In fact, all countries in this area of the world reduced their prevalence of hidden hunger in the period 1995-2011 (3). Despite these relative improvements, micronutrient deficiencies have an impact on health for a significant proportion of people in this area of the world. Iron deficiency anemia and zinc deficiency remain a problem for women of childbearing age and children aged under 6 years (11, 12). While vitamin B12 deficiency is not monitored as well as other micronutrients, an incidence greater than 10 percent is reported for vulnerable groups in some countries, such as women aged 13 to 49 in Colombia, and children aged 6 months to 5 years in Guatemala. Rates of vitamin and mineral deficiencies can vary greatly between countries. For example, vitamin A deficiency in young children has been virtually eradicated in Guatemala and Nicaragua, yet is a severe public health problem in Colombia, Mexico, and Haiti (13).
One micronutrient success story has been the use of folic acid fortification to improve folate status and reduce the occurrence of neural tube defects in Latin American and the Caribbean. The introduction of mandatory folic acid fortification for almost all countries has led to a dramatic reduction in the percentage of the population with folate deficiency (14). In turn, surveillance of neural tube defects shows a decrease of one- to two-thirds compared to the pre-fortification period (15). Carefully designed interventions such as staple food fortification, and that focus on vulnerable groups, are needed to further improve micronutrient nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean (12).
Middle East and North Africa
The nutrition situation in the Middle East and North Africa has improved substantially in the last decades. Many countries are undergoing an advanced nutrition transition, whereby there is a modest reduction in micronutrient malnutrition, while rates of overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing (16). Unfortunately, the complex security situation in several countries (Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria) has further increased food insecurity, leading to widespread acute and chronic under nutrition, especially in young children and pregnant women (16).
The vitamins and minerals most often found to be deficient in nutritional surveys in the region include calcium, iodine, iron, vitamin A, vitamin D, and folate (16). Food fortification programs in the area are patchy, and while many countries have dietary guidelines for individuals that promote a healthful diet, their uptake has been limited (16). Anemia is the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency in the Middle East, and can affect more than half of some countries. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported for many countries despite plentiful sunshine; this relates to few dietary sources and wearing traditional clothing that blocks sunlight from reaching the skin.
Several countries including Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait have mandatory wheat flour fortification policies in place. All these countries fortify with folic acid and iron, and some include zinc and other vitamins as well. However, rice and maize are also staple foods in these countries and are not fortified, hence micronutrient deficiencies remain widespread despite the existence of fortification.
West, Central and Sub-Saharan Africa
The majority of countries showing an increase in hidden hunger over the past years were located in West, Central and Southern Africa. These results do not bode well for the social and economic development in countries affected by a high prevalence of under nutrition (3). The causes of micronutrient deficiencies in Africa are multi-factorial and relate to poor economic development, unstable governments that neglect critical investments into education, health and infrastructure, and food insecurity related to harsh agricultural environments (17). The high prevalence of vitamin and mineral deficits, such as iron deficiency anemia, zinc deficiency and vitamin A deficiency will only be reduced when the underlying causes of poverty are alleviated.
In some countries in southern Africa, commitment to improving the nutritional status of the population has shown positive results. For example, a mandatory fortification program for maize and wheat flour in South Africa has been effective in improving vitamin and mineral intakes (18, 19). There is still room for improvement in South Africa, however; it is one of 48 countries worldwide prioritized as having an “unfinished fortification” program (20).
High-Income Countries
While developing countries bear the greatest burden of micronutrient deficiencies around the world, they still exist in high-income countries. The considerable resources of high-income countries mean that the micronutrient status of their populations is studied in greater detail than the rest of the world and give a better estimate of the true rate. Comprehensive a representative analyses of U.S. populations find that 5 percent or more is affected by deficiencies in vitamins B6, C and D, and almost 10 percent of women of child-bearing age are affected by low body iron (21). In Europe, international comparisons find that at least half of certain population groups do not meet recommendations. Intakes of thiamine in Italian women, B6 in women from many countries, and vitamin C in Scandinavian men and male smokers are clearly too low (22, 23). Also, intakes of both vitamin D and E are low for most people living in Northern, Western and Southern Europe (22, 23). A lack of education about nutrient-dense diets and poor food choices are a major contributor to micronutrient deficiencies in high-income countries.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Addressing social and economic burden of malnutrition through nutrition-sensitive agricultural and food policies in the region of Europe and Central Asia. 2015.
Papathakis PC, Pearson KE. Food fortification improves the intake of all fortified nutrients, but fails to meet the estimated dietary requirements for vitamins A and B6, riboflavin and zinc, in lactating South African women. Public Health Nutr 2012;15(10):1810-7. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012003072 |
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Maizey Coming In
Maizey hasn’t ever been inside this house.
Dropped off here at the farm long ago,
she has always been a farm dog,
making her rounds,
keeping a keen nose to the slightest
change in the air
and barking at whatever she felt needed
fending off.
In winter, she and her son Joe,
kept each other company,
curling up in the hay in the barn.
But Joe died in the fall
and Maizey, a good 15 years old,
shivers now
alone.
It has taken gentle pushing
to get her to cross over the doorstep
and come inside.
Temperature tonight is predicted to be 3 degrees F,
with a windchill of -9. It is imperative
that Maizey come in.
Her first evening indoors,
night before last,
there was much pacing,
tentative sniffing
and more gentle pushing
to get her to step across the threshold
to go out
and come back in again.
She now goes in and out without hesitation—
well, when she sniffed the snow out the backdoor
early this morning,
she turned around and came back in. Later,
she stepped out onto the porch—
and came back after one trot round
around the yard.
She likes sleeping on the rug in the bedroom,
the mat in front of the wood-burning stove.
I like her inside
wherever she wants to be.
The warmth is critical for her,
as is the warmth of her company
for me. |
The quantum computing apocalypse is imminent
Shlomi Dolev is the Chair Professor and founder of the Computer Science department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the author of Self-Stabilization. Shlomi also is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief scientist of Secret Double Octopus.
In the ancient world, they used cubits as an important data unit, but the new data unit of the future is the qubit — the quantum bits that will change the face of computing.
Quantum bits are the basic units of information in quantum computing, a new type of computer in which particles like electrons or photons can be utilized to process information, with both “sides” (polarizations) acting as a positive or negative (i.e. the zeros and ones of traditional computer processing) alternatively or at the same time.
According to experts, quantum computers will be able to create breakthroughs in many of the most complicated data processing problems, leading to the development of new medicines, building molecular structures and doing analysis going far beyond the capabilities of today’s binary computers.
The elements of quantum computing have been around for decades, but it’s only in the past few years that a commercial computer that could be called “quantum” has been built by a company called D-Wave. Announced in January, the D-Wave 2000Q can “solve larger problems than was previously possible, with faster performance, providing a big step toward production applications in optimization, cybersecurity, machine learning and sampling.”
IBM recently announced that it had gone even further — and that it expected that by the end of 2017 it would be able to commercialize quantum computing with a 50-qubit processor prototype, as well as provide online access to 20-qubit processors. IBM’s announcement followed the September Microsoft announcement of a new quantum computing programming language and stable topological qubit technology that can be used to scale up the number of qubits.
Taking advantage of the physical “spin” of quantum elements, a quantum computer will be able to process simultaneously the same data in different ways, enabling it to make projections and analyses much more quickly and efficiently than is now possible.
There are significant physical issues that must be worked out, such as the fact that quantum computers can only operate at cryogenic temperatures (at 250 times colder than deep space) — but Intel, working with Netherlands firm QuTech, is convinced that it is just a matter of time before the full power of quantum computing is unleashed.
“Our quantum research has progressed to the point where our partner QuTech is simulating quantum algorithm workloads, and Intel is fabricating new qubit test chips on a regular basis in our leading-edge manufacturing facilities,” said Dr. Michael Mayberry, corporate vice president and managing director of Intel Labs. “Intel’s expertise in fabrication, control electronics and architecture sets us apart and will serve us well as we venture into new computing paradigms, from neuromorphic to quantum computing.”
The difficulty in achieving a cold enough environment for a quantum computer to operate is the main reason they are still experimental, and can only process a few qubits at a time — but the system is so powerful that even these early quantum computers are shaking up the world of data processing. On the one hand, quantum computers are going to be a boon for cybersecurity, capable of processing algorithms at a speed unapproachable by any other system.
By looking at problems from all directions — simultaneously — a quantum computer could discover anomalies that no other system would notice, and project to thousands of scenarios where an anomaly could turn into a security risk. Like with a top-performing supercomputer programmed to play chess, a quantum-based cybersecurity system could see the “moves” an anomaly could make later on — and quash it on the spot.
The National Security Agency, too, has sounded the alarm on the risks to cybersecurity in the quantum computing age.
“Quantum computing will definitely be applied anywhere where we’re using machine learning, cloud computing, data analysis. In security that [means] intrusion detection, looking for patterns in the data, and more sophisticated forms of parallel computing,” according to Kevin Curran, a cybersecurity researcher at Ulster University and IEEE senior member.
But the computing power that gives cyber-defenders super-tools to detect attacks can be misused, as well. Last year, scientists at MIT and the University of Innsbruck were able to build a quantum computer with just five qubits, conceptually demonstrating the ability of future quantum computers to break the RSA encryption scheme.
That ability to process the zeros and ones at the same time means that no formula based on a mathematical scheme is safe. The MIT/Innsbruck team is not the only one to have developed cybersecurity-breaking schemes, even on these early machines; the problem is significant enough that representatives of NIST, Toshiba, Amazon, Cisco, Microsoft, Intel and some of the top academics in the cybersecurity and mathematics worlds met in Toronto for the yearly Workshop on Quantum-Safe Cryptography last year.
The National Security Agency, too, has sounded the alarm on the risks to cybersecurity in the quantum computing age. The NSA’s “Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite and Quantum Computing FAQ” says that “many experts predict a quantum computer capable of effectively breaking public key cryptography” within “a few decades,” and that the time to come up with solutions is now.
According to many experts, the NSA is far too conservative in its prediction; many experts believe that the timeline is more like a decade to a decade and a half, while others believe that it could happen even sooner.
And given the leaps in progress that are being made on almost a daily process, a commercially viable quantum computer offering cloud services could happen even more quickly; the D-Wave 2000Q is called that because it can process 2,000 qubits. That kind of power in the hands of hackers makes possible all sorts of scams that don’t even exist yet.
For example, forward-looking hackers could begin storing encrypted information now, awaiting the day that fast, cryptography-breaking quantum computing-based algorithms are developed. While there’s a possibility that the data in those encrypted files might be outdated, there is likely to be more than enough data for hackers to use in various identity theft schemes, among other things.
It’s certain that the threats to privacy and information security will only multiply in the coming decades.
In fact, why wait? Hackers are very well-funded today, and it certainly wouldn’t be beyond their financial abilities to buy a quantum computer and begin selling encryption-busting services right now. It’s likely that not all the cryptography-breaking algorithms will work on all data, at least for now — this is a threat-in-formation — but chances are that at least some of them will, meaning that even now, cyber-criminals could utilize the cryptography-breaking capabilities of quantum computers, and perhaps sell those services to hackers via the Dark Web.
That NSA document that predicted “decades” before quantum computers become a reality was written at the beginning of 2016, which shows how much progress has been made in barely a year and a half. The solution lies in the development of quantum-safe cryptography, consisting of information theoretically secure schemes, hash-based cryptography, code-based cryptography and exotic-sounding technologies like lattice-based cryptography, multivariate cryptography (like the “Unbalanced Oil and Vinegar scheme”), and even supersingular elliptic curve isogeny cryptography.
These, and other post-quantum cryptography schemes, will have to involve “algorithms that are resistant to cryptographic attacks from both classical and quantum computers,” according to the NSA. Whatever the case, it’s certain that the threats to privacy and information security will only multiply in the coming decades, and that data encryption will proceed in lockstep with new technological advances. |
/** @file
Intel Processor Power Management ACPI Code.
Copyright (c) 2018 - 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
**/
#include "CpuPowerMgmt.h"
DefinitionBlock (
"CPU0PSD.aml",
"SSDT",
0x02,
"PmRef",
"Cpu0Psd",
0x3000
)
{
External(\PC00, IntObj)
External(\TCNT, FieldUnitObj)
External(\_SB.CFGD, FieldUnitObj)
External(\_SB.PR00, DeviceObj)
Scope(\_SB.PR00)
{
Name(HPSD,Package() // HW_ALL
{
Package() {5, // NumEntries. Current Value is 5.
0, // Revision. Current Value is 0.
0, // Domain.
0xFE, // Coordination type 0xFE = HW_ALL
0x80 // Number of processors.
}
})
Name(SPSD,Package() // SW_ALL
{
Package() {5, // NumEntries. Current Value is 5.
0, // Revision. Current Value is 0.
0, // Domain.
0xFC, // Coordination type 0xFC = SW_ALL
0x80 // Number of processors.
}
})
//
// The _PSD object provides information to the OSPM related
// to P-State coordination between processors in a multi-processor
// configurations.
//
Method(_PSD,0)
{
If (And(\_SB.CFGD, PPM_TURBO_BOOST_MAX)) // Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0
{
Store (0, Index(DerefOf(Index(HPSD, 0)),2)) // Domain
Store (1, Index(DerefOf(Index(HPSD, 0)),4)) // Number of processors belonging to the domain.
} Else {
Store (TCNT, Index(DerefOf(Index(HPSD, 0)),4))
Store (TCNT, Index(DerefOf(Index(SPSD, 0)),4))
}
If(And(PC00,0x0800)) // If Hardware co-ordination of P states
{
Return(HPSD)
}
Return(SPSD)
}
} // End of Scope(\_SB.PR00)
} // End of Definition Block
|
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Indian surgeons, Oz aid give Iraqi boy new life
Undertaking a rare and complicated brain surgery, doctors at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi have saved the life of a 14-year-old Iraqi student. The expensive surgery was funded by Iraqi Christians in Australia, doctors said here Tuesday.
"It was a very complicated operation. The planning and execution of the surgery was very, very complex and we had not handled such a case till this boy came in," Pranav Kumar, a leading neurosurgeon at the hospital, told.
Ahmed Hashmi from Iraq was brought to Apollo hospital with a large aneurysm in one of four main arteries in the brain. He had already suffered a stroke, resulting in slurred speech and weakness of right side of his body.
"To stop any further risk, the diseased artery had to be blocked immediately. However, the preliminary tests revealed that the brain could not have tolerated closure of this abnormal artery," Pranav Kumar added.
Shahin Nooreyezdan, a member of the team of doctors who treated Ahmed, said: "Though brain is a very small part of the body, it needs at least 20 percent of the total blood supply. But this problem was obstructing blood flow to his brain. The aneurysm was like a ticking time-bomb, capable of bursting anytime and causing massive brain haemorrhage."
"Had it been left untreated, Ahmed's life span would have been very short," added Hash Rastogi, another senior doctor at Apollo.
The surgery was carried out in two steps - on Dec 4 and Dec 11. The entire expenses of the surgery -Rs.1.4 million - were met by Iraqi Christians based in Australia.
"In stage one of the treatment, a delicate bypass surgery was carried out on his brain successfully. In this operation, a small artery from his face was connected to one of the fine arteries in the brain. This resumed blood supply to brain," Nooreyezdan said.
"A week later, we successfully blocked the abnormal artery. "The treatment has defused the time bomb, which Ahmed was carrying in his brain," Rastogi added.
Wearing a green hospital dress, holding a gift pack and a chocolate, Ahmed was happy. "I have suffered a lot and thank God I am out of it now. I thank all my doctors for giving me a new"He is out of danger. But, he needs to take care against any head injury in future," he said.
Ahmed, whose father is dead, belongs to a poor family. After he was diagnosed with the disease and Iraqi doctors were not in a condition to cure him, his sister contacted a foundation in Australia on the internet and requested help.
"This is how Ahmed got the funding and now you can see him smiling," said Walid M. Albakili, another doctor and research fellow in charge of Gulf and Arab region. life."
"I have already missed my school for six months and am eager to get back soon," said the 14-year-old who wishes to see Taj Mahal before leaving Delhi for his homeland.
Pranav Kumar said that the boy is now almost fit and in two weeks he will be ready to leave for Iraq. |
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Penzcraft
Hello! Welcome to the PenzCraft server!
We are a very small community of people who enjoy playing minecraft and like to aspect of vanilla SMP.
We are looking for mature players to help build this small community.
Rules:
-No griefing or x-ray mods(there are protection and residence plugins to protect your stuff)
-Only PVP in the pvp area( PVP area is anywhere north from Spawn((You cant kill in the south, if you do, please return their items) You also cannot kill in your house in the south.
-Add jpen somewhere in your app to show that you read the rules
-Be respectful. We have /ignore if someone is being rude. This is not a ban-able offense! Were all mature enough to take the highroad.
-Do not harrass people!
-Please try not to build so close to spawn, the world is very big, and you dont need to be right up against it.
-Must be atleast 16+ No exceptions!!
-You must submit and application to build!
Application:
IGN
Name
Age
Why I should add you to the server
Classes:
Guest(yellow): Cant do anything until approved
Member(Blue): After approved, can do most things with limitation
Supporter(Red): Once donated, receive perks
Mods(Blue): Help admin with things
Op(Green): JRPenza620
Admin(Purple): AdminJRP620
Anyone can come on the server, but you can not break blocks until added to the whitelist! |
Q:
Redefine obeyspaces to newline
I want to typeset code snippets from different programming languages. I couldn't get listings to do what I want (one complete height of an empty line takes up too much space for my liking) and neither did I manage to define everything I want myself.
I'd like to define a new environment where return calls \newline, and where an empty line calls \par (this one is already present in normal text mode) so that I can differentiate between them. In addition, every space inserted should be printed, but that is taken care of by \obeyspaces.
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{code}{
\ttfamily
\parindent=0pt\parskip=5pt
\obeyspaces\obeylines
}{}
\begin{document}
\begin{code}
text 1space 2spaces
new line
empty line before this line
\end{code}
\end{document}
I found
\def\obeypar{\catcode`\^^M\active \let ^^M\par }`
and tried to define \obeylines (LaTeX tells me it's undefined) but since these are TeX primitives (?) they give an error.
Can I tell LaTeX that this part should be treated as TeX?
What am I missing or where I can read about these things?
A:
If I understand the question, you need to distinguish the empty and non-empty lines in code environment. You can try the following:
\def\emptyline{\hbox to\hsize{\dotfill empty line\dotfill}}
%\def\emptyline{\vskip.7\baselineskip} % ... another alternative ...
\def\printemptyline#1{\def\par{\ifvmode\emptyline\fi\endgraf}\obeylines}
\begin{code}\printemptyline
text 1space 2spaces
new line
empty line before this line
\end{code}
This gives the result:
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