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These projects involve the design and construction of electronic and electromechanical instrumentation to be used in neurophysiological, physiological and behavioral research. Projects also include the interfacing of these and other instruments to laboratory and central computer installations. Electronic circuit design, microcomputers, and assembly of machine language programming may be used in these instruments or interfaces.

Apple updates iBooks & iTunes U with fresh, flatter looks for iOS 7 Apple on Thursday issued a major update for its iBooks application, giving it a cleaner and simpler look in line with the company's design for the iOS 7 platform. iBooks version 3.2 for both iPhone and iPad is now available for download from the iOS App Store. The free update ditches the skeuomorphic look of its predecessor in favor of a simplified appearance. While iBooks previously feature a digital wooden bookshelf that would rotate like a hidden entrance to access the iBookstore, the new application features a greyish-white background where titles are displayed. Accessing the store now simply jumps to a new window where titles can be purchased. The iBooks icon for iOS has also been updated with an orange gradient background behind a white illustration of an open book. The same color scheme is also used in the new icon for iTunes U version 1.4, which features a graduate's cap as the centerpiece of its logo. Its new virtual bookshelf is similar in appearance to the redesign of iBooks. The release notes for both updates state that the applications have been given "an all-new look and feel" bringing them in line with iOS 7. With Thursday's updates, almost all of Apple's downloadable applications for iOS 7 have been updated with fresh new looks for iOS 7. The most significant remaining outlier is Find My Friends, which continues to feature skeuomorphic stitched leather textures prominently throughout the application.

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'use strict'; var key = 'YOURAPIKEY' , SparkPost = require('sparkpost') , client = new SparkPost(key); // Promise client.inboundDomains.get('example1.com') .then(data => { console.log('Congrats you can use our client library!'); console.log(data); }) .catch(err => { console.log('Whoops! Something went wrong'); console.log(err); }); // Callback client.inboundDomains.get('example1.com', function(err, data) { if (err) { console.log('Whoops! Something went wrong'); console.log(err); } else { console.log('Congrats you can use our client library!'); console.log(data); } });

Q: Hide "Home" menu wordpress i want hide "home" in my menu when the people visit my page on mobile. When people connect from desktop or laptop i don't want hide "home". I use bridge theme. it's possible do it? thank your for the attention, and excuse for my bad english! A: You could use css media query and hide in mobile by menu item ID Example: @media (max-width: 768px){ #menu-item-98 { display:none; } }

1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor chip package and printed circuit board assembly including the same, and more particularly, to a semiconductor chip package which is flexible in mounting direction and a printed circuit board assembly including the same. 2. Description of the Related Art Semiconductor chip packages are often used in electronic equipment. A semiconductor chip package generally includes a semiconductor chip with an internal circuit and a plurality of connecting leads connected to the internal circuit. The connecting leads are mounted on an external component such as a printed circuit board, for example. The semiconductor chip package transmits predetermined signals to the internal circuit through the connecting leads mounted on the printed circuit board. The semiconductor chip package is mounted in a predetermined direction on the printed circuit board. For example, the connecting leads of the semiconductor chip package may be mounted on the printed circuit board in accordance with a predetermined convention such as a pin-map for the semiconductor chip package, for example. To ensure that the semiconductor chip package is positioned correctly, a specific indicator such as a first connecting lead, for example, is provided. However, the semiconductor chip package may still be positioned incorrectly on the printed circuit board by operator mistake, for example, causing the semiconductor chip package to malfunction and damaging the internal circuit inside the semiconductor chip package.

Sumomomo, Momomo, Volume 11: The Strongest Bride on Earth Review Treachery is afoot in this latest volume of Sumomomo, Momomo. The plot to kill the Dragon and the Dog is in its final stages of preparation, and the young heroes are scrambling to undermine the nefarious plot of the nine rebellious clans. "Shinobu Ohtaka knows how to make tensions run as high as they can go and then push them even further, like a seasoned martial artist always training to push his/her limits." For months, Iroha Miyamoto of the Snake Clan has been working to rebuild her clan, but once again, the conniving Tenten Koganei is still a step ahead of her. Everyone is putting their plans into action to ignite a great war, and there seems little that can be done to prevent it, unless of course Koushi succeeds in his training in the Koganei Village Wall Lap Survival Training Zone. In order to do that, he’ll have to overcome the giant tiger that rules the jungle he has been cast into. Good thing he has the jungle’s ape population to support him. Even after Koushi’s training ends, he needs to learn to harness his Shikago abilities, which can disable a martial artist’s abilities and render them powerless. The only problem is, if he does, then that could leave Tenga completely helpless when Yuusuke Endo of the Monkey Clan is pitted against him in a final showdown. In the final stage of the plan, Yuusuke and Koushi are set to fight in a giant stadium in front of both armies screaming for Koushi’s death. Koushi has grown strong in these past days under Tenga’s tutelage, but will he survive the strongest candidate for leader that the Eastern Army can produce? Shinobu Ohtaka knows how to make tensions run as high as they can go and then push them even further, like a seasoned martial artist always training to push his/her limits. This amazing manga isn’t over yet, but it feels like it could end at any given moment.

Q: What decides which python class' main() is run I'm trying to make a tool that displays parameterized data on a dedicated monitor. Following what I've learned in java, I name the method containing the "calling" code main(). I then call this main() at the end of the file. The problem is, for some reason when I run python file1 in the command prompt, it runs the main from file2. File1 imports file 2, but since avoided the namespace collision over main() by not writing from file2 import*, I'm not sure it's running the other file's main(). I'm running windows 7 Ultimate, python 3.4 A: The main is just a Python variable that points to the function object. If you assign the main a different value, you loose the reference to the original function. If you define the main after the import, then your own main will be used. Update: If both file1.py and file2.py contain the definition of the main() function and if both call it in the file -- say as the last line in its own file, and if the file1.py does import file2--but does not from file2 import * after the main() definition in the file1.py--then both main() functions will be called. The file2.main() is called during the import file2 (the first import in the application only), and the file1.main() is going to be called when the main() call in file1.py is found. Whenever xxx.py is launched as a script, it is processed in the order of the source text. Processing of a definition means compilation of the definition, when a command is found during the first read, it is executed (actually after compilation to xxx.pyc first). The only way to avoid execution of a code in your file is to jump over the code fragment using if with suitable condition. This is why the pattern if __name__ == '__main__': main() is used in the sources. (Which actually is the execution of the code -- only the branch of the if is skipped.) Read it... If the file is launched as a script, then the __name__ variable takes the string value '__main__', the condition holds and the main() from this file is called. If the same pattern is used in the file2.py, and the file is used as a module (that is import file2), then the __name__ variable contains the name of the imported module (here file2), and the condition does not hold. Because of that, the main() from inside file2.py is not called. The pattern is often used even in the files that are expected to be used as modules only. The code is usually used for testing the basic functionality of the module. Think about the situation when the author of the module makes some changes. Then he/she launches it as a script (which is not usually doney), and the body starts testing of the module and reports the result -- say using unittest module or whatever kind of testing. So, the file2.main() would be a good place to activate unit testing, for example. Try to add the following to the end of your file1.py: print(__name__) print(file2.__name__)

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The approach centers on averaging measurements within a 30 miles radius (50 km) of a sulfur dioxide source over several years. "Vitali has developed an extremely powerful technique that makes it possible to detect emissions even when levels of sulfur dioxide are about four times lower than what we could detect previously," said Nickolay Krotkov, a researcher based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and a coauthor of the new paper. The technique allowed Fioletov and his colleagues to pinpoint the sulfur dioxide signals from the 40 largest sulfur dioxide sources in the United States generally coal power plants that emit more than 70 kilotons of sulfur dioxide per year. The scientists observed major declines in sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia by comparing levels of the pollutant for an average of the period 2005 to 2007 with another average from 2008 to 2010. "What we're seeing in these satellite observations represents a major environmental accomplishment," said Bryan Bloomer, an Environmental Protection Agency scientist familiar with the new satellite observations. "This is a huge success story for the EPA and the Clean Air Interstate Rule," he said. The researchers focused their analysis on the United States to take advantage of the presence of a robust network of ground-based instruments that monitor sulfur dioxide emissions inside power plant smokestacks. The ground-based instruments have logged a 46 percent decline in sulfur dioxide levels since 2005 a finding consistent with the 40 percent reduction observed by OMI. "Now that we've confirmed that the technique works, the next step is to use it for other parts of the world that don't have ground-based sensors," said Krotkov. "The real beauty of using satellites is that we can apply the same technique to the entire globe in a consistent way." In addition, the team plans to use a similar technique to monitor other important pollutants that coal power plants release, such as nitrogen dioxide, a precursor to ozone. OMI, a Dutch and Finnish built instrument, was launched in 2004, as one of four instruments on the NASA Aura satellite, and can measure sulfur dioxide more accurately than any satellite instrument flown to date. Though OMI remains in very good condition and scientists expect it to continue producing high-quality data for many years, the researchers also hope to use data from an upcoming Dutch-built OMI follow-on instrument called TROPOMI that is expected to launch on a European Space Agency satellite in 2014. On July 6, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), requiring 27 states to significantly reduce power plant emissions that contribute to ozone and fine particle pollution in other states. 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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to an aerosol container having a discharge nozzle member disposed on a distal end of a container body with a content stored therein and for discharging the content onto the sole of a foot by stepping on the discharge nozzle member. 2. Description of the Related Art When a chemical, such as an insecticide, a refrigerant or the like, is applied to the sole of a foot or between adjacent toes using an aerosol container, the user usually holds the aerosol container with the hand and applies the content directly to the sole, etc. or collects a proper quantity of the content by a hand and then applies it to the sole, etc., while maintaining the attitude of bending the knee or sitting in a chair or sitting on the floor. Also, the conventional aerosol container generates an offensive sound to the ear when the content liquid is applied, and produces high injection sound by which the use is easy to be recognized. Moreover, the aerosol container has a stem disposed at a distal end portion of the container body which stores therein an application liquid (content liquid) air-tight. The application liquid is discharged from the nozzle member by depressing the nozzle member mounted on this stem against a resilient force. In order to prevent the application liquid from being accidentally discharged by inadvertently depressing the nozzle portion when the aerosol container is not in use, a device is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Unexamined Publication (Kokai) No. Sho 55-82428, in which the nozzle member is turned to be locked so that the nozzle member cannot be depressed when not in use. According to this locking mechanism, when the aerosol container is in use, the application liquid can be discharged by turning the nozzle member towards a releasing side and then depressing the same. However, the nozzle member is not automatically resorted to its locked position even if depression against the nozzle member is released. Instead, it is necessary to return the nozzle member to its locked position by turning the nozzle member with a hand or the like. Since the user is likely to forget to perform such a locking operation, there is a possibility that the application liquid is inadvertently discharged by incorrect handling of the device. A nozzle member of an aerosol container described in a Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 11-140094 filed by the present applicant is designed such that a nozzle lower part is engaged in an engagement recess of a lower surface of a nozzle upper part to form a perforated discharge nozzle member in which the nozzle upper part and the nozzle lower part are formed into a unitary member. In order to maintain the air-tightness of a liquid passage interposed between the nozzle upper part and the nozzle lower part, it is desirable that they are engaged together in a hermetically closed condition through an O-ring. However, according to such a seal construction as in the abovementioned nozzle member, in which a lower nozzle part is fixedly attached to a nozzle upper part by bringing the lower nozzle part into engagement with the engagement recess of a nozzle upper part through an O-ring, play tends to occur in the attaching direction after engagement. As a consequence, a sufficiently large compressive force cannot be incurred to the O-ring. Thus, there is a fear that sealability is spoiled. It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an aerosol container and a method of using the same, capable of easily applying a content such as a chemical to the sole or between the adjacent toes of the foot without a need of the abovementioned troublesome operation. It is also another object of the present invention to provide an aerosol container, in which an injection sound generated when the content liquid is applied can easily be reduced to the extent that it is hardly offensive to the ear and that the use cannot be recognized. A further object of the present invention is to provide an aerosol container capable of easily preventing accidental discharge by automatically restoring a nozzle member into a locked position when the depression against the nozzle member is released. A still further object of the present invention is to provide an aerosol container including a discharge nozzle member in which a nozzle upper member and a nozzle lower member are formed into a unitary member and a reliable sealability is retained. The present invention has achieved the above objects by providing an aerosol container having a discharge nozzle member disposed on a distal end of a container body with a content stored therein and for discharging the content onto a sole of a foot by stepping on the discharge nozzle member, wherein projections are provided at a location surrounding nozzle ports formed in the discharge nozzle member and an interval between the sole side of a foot and the nozzle ports is retained by the projections when the discharge nozzle member is stepped on. It is preferred that the discharge nozzle member is a perforated discharge nozzle member provided with a plurality of nozzle ports, and that the projections surround the plurality of nozzle ports. The present invention has achieved the above objects by providing an aerosol container, wherein the discharge nozzle member is provided with sound-reduction means. It is preferred that the sound-reduction means is structured by an annular wall arranged as the projections surrounding the nozzle ports, and an upper end of the annular wall is defined as an opening having a size dimension capable of covering the sole of a foot. Also, the present invention has achieved the above objects by providing an aerosol container, wherein a skirt member is mounted on a peripheral surface of the container body in such a manner as to surround a stem of the container body to which the discharge nozzle member is attached such that, when the discharge nozzle member is rotated with respect to the skirt member, the perforated discharge nozzle member is brought into a depressible position and when the depression is released, the perforated discharge nozzle member is brought into an undepressible position. Also, the present invention has achieved the above objects by providing an aerosol container, wherein the discharge nozzle member comprises a nozzle lower part fixedly engaged in an engagement recess, which is formed in a lower surface of a nozzle upper part, in a hermetically closed condition through an O-ring, and wherein a seal construction for hermetically closing the nozzle upper part and the nozzle lower part comprises a recess annular inclination surface formed by an outwardly or inwardly tapered abutment surface of the O-ring disposed in the engagement recess and a lower part annular inclination surface formed by an inwardly or outwardly tapered abutment surface of the O-ring and disposed in opposite relation to the recess annular inclination surface, the O-ring being inserted and sandwiched between the recess annular inclination surface and the lower part annular inclination surface in its compressed condition. Also, the present invention has achieved the above objects by providing a method of using an aerosol container comprising the step of stepping on a discharge nozzle member disposed at a distal end of an aerosol container with a content stored therein, to thereby discharge the content onto a sole of a foot so that the foot can be treated with the content. According to the aerosol container and the method of using an aerosol container of the present invention, the content is directly discharged to the sole of a foot by the depressing force caused by the stepping operation. Accordingly, the content such as a chemical or the like can easily be applied to the sole of a foot or between the adjacent toes without a need of maintaining the attitude of bending the knee or sitting. If the discharge nozzle member of the aerosol container of the present invention is provided with the sound-reduction means, an injection sound generated when the content liquid is applied can easily be reduced to the extent that it is hardly offensive to the ear and that the use cannot be recognized. Also, if a skirt member is mounted on a peripheral surface of the container body in such a manner as to surround a stem of the container body to which the discharge nozzle member is attached such that, when the discharge nozzle member is rotated with respect to the skirt member, the discharge nozzle member is brought into a depressible position and when the depression is released, the discharge nozzle member is brought into an undepressible position, accidental discharge can easily be prevented by automatically restoring a nozzle member into a locked position when the depression against the nozzle member is released. Also, if the discharge nozzle member comprises a nozzle lower part fixedly engaged in an engagement recess, which is formed in. a lower surface of a nozzle upper part, in a hermetically closed condition through an O-ring, and wherein a seal construction for hermetically closing the nozzle upper part and the nozzle lower part comprises a recess annular inclination surface formed by an outwardly or inwardly tapered abutment surface of the O-ring disposed in the engagement recess and a lower part annular inclination surface formed by an inwardly or outwardly tapered abutment surface of the O-ring and disposed in opposite relation to the recess annular inclination surface, the O-ring being inserted and sandwiched between the recess annular inclination surface and the lower part annular inclination surface in its compressed condition, the aerosol container of the present invention can be provided with a discharge nozzle member in which a nozzle upper member and a nozzle lower member are formed into a unitary member and a reliable sealability is retained.

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Knowledge-Sharing Architects as an Alternative to Coding Architects - signa11 http://ithare.com/knowledge-sharing-architects-as-an-alternative-to-coding-architects/ ====== structorg Let's start by defining architect. Where the business model is charging for hours(consultancy) or bureaucracy is the rule; the architect is like a ming dinasty china jar next in usefulness to the scrum master. He can't really apply the principles of software quality since attributes like conceptual integrity, reusability, modularity, loose coupling and maintainability are not aligned with "picking the fad framework that average joe can be productive with and charge the client for those 20 reports instead of a reporting engine that can be parameterized, lets then use unit tests and code reviews to cheat ourselves into believing we're making quality stuff". Its different when the team is developing a product that is also the business model where resources are never enough and there is no room for bullshit, then the architect is the guy that can sketch that reporting engine that will be nurtured and improved by the team, therefore he both codes and shares knowledge. ~~~ no-bugs To be clear: I was NOT speaking of the first one :-). As for the second one: > the architect is the guy that can sketch that reporting engine that will be > nurtured and improved by the team, Yes (in fact, I LOVE this definition ;-)). > therefore he both codes and shares knowledge. Not necessarily, and that's the whole point. Initial development (as noted in the article) is one of the exceptions - but "sketching a thing that will be improved" (which I agree with) is VERY different from "working day in and day out on improving it" (which I do NOT like). And this difference is the whole point of the article. ------ polskibus Most of the concerns in the article can be alleviated by embracing Domain- Driven Design. Express Domain Model in code, create and share Ubiquitous Language - common for business and development within a single Bounded Context. In such case an architect modeling abstractions does it already in code - less translations, less room for waste. Code is the ultimate representation of Domain, even when diagrams, etc. become out of date. Not to mention that knowledge-sharing through collaboration is a fundamental process in DDD, for which everyone is responsible. ~~~ NhanH Is this comment a sarcastic response ? I really couldn't tell. ~~~ polskibus It wasn't meant to be sarcastic. In my opinion coding vs knowledge architect is false dichotomy if you embrace DDD. ~~~ DanielBMarkham Yes and no. Ubiquitous language depends on agreement between all the major stakeholders -- technology and business alike (That's why it's ubiquitous) I'd shoot for that, and give DDD a pass. It's difficult, nary impossible, to get even medium-sized groups of people in alignment in regards to language. So do the analysis, keep working on that, and leave the code to the coders. That's a win. But it ain't architecture. It's analysis. Sidebar: does anybody _do_ analysis any more? I see either complete neglect of it, it being done as some sort of rote order-taking, or as the full-pass- through OOA/D/P in the GP. ~~~ nickpsecurity In case studies with formal methods, specification languages like Z are used to make the requirements more clear. Such methods have shown to work pretty well with both programmers and laypersons learning it easily. This means a separate methodology or whatever might not be necessary if we just needed a less, ambiguous language. Of which there are many with some having tool support. Example of one methodology that uses Z in safety-critical field with low defect results: [http://www.sis.pitt.edu/jjoshi/Devsec/CorrectnessByConstruct...](http://www.sis.pitt.edu/jjoshi/Devsec/CorrectnessByConstruction.pdf) ~~~ DanielBMarkham I think perhaps you do not understand what I am saying. Yes, there are quite a few such tools which allow laypeople and coders to come to an agreement. My point was about coming to and maintaining that agreement. Not how exactly you would go about doing that. I could think of about half-a-dozen good ways to formalize a domain. But even if your process is nothing more than "come to this room and let's talk"? It's difficult to get many people with many other duties in such a situation as much as it would be required. Don't forget -- and I'm sure you haven't -- that it's not just formalizing a language and grammar. It's the fact that these change over time as participants become more absorbed in the domain and see the same concepts from various viewpoints. ~~~ polskibus Which tools would you recommend for achieving agreement ? Any particular technique or framework ? ------ seriousssam Good read but it seems to me that the author escapes the difficulty of his side of the argument by creating a God-like super-architect. Hiring someone with the level of talent the author is describing would probably lead to great outcomes no matter what. If the team structure is broken that person would fix it. I'm not very familiar with the debate but I'd like to see a structure that works for the "average" architect since most people are probably closer to that. ~~~ no-bugs > by creating a God-like super-architect. Interesting point of view, never thought along these lines. On the other hand, thinking a bit about it - I don't feel that this approach requires a super- architect; what it requires is a DECENT architect (which is a prerequisite for any successful project anyway). In other words - sure, architect should be one of the best coders - but if he isn't, the project is doomed anyway (and having "the best of the bunch" is always possible - by definition). ------ dmgd Reading the code of others is no substitute for writing code yourself. It's very easy when looking at the solution to a problem to say "I would've thought of that" and maybe you're right. But maybe not. Having real experience of the consequences of your decisions, keeping skin in the game, is also important. Maybe not for every single decision, but a representative sample. ------ devonkim Every other time I've seen architects used on the business end, you wind up with huge messes that take a long time to produce anything of business value while developers basically sit idle or flail around trying to build prototypes based upon very vague ideas. This isn't to say it's useless, but YAGNI principle is violated on the business side _very_ frequently and costs themselves significantly. You tend to get messes that define an entire lexicon of thought down to minutiae like DoDaF [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Architec...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Architecture_Framework) ------ jaegerpicker I think this presents a false dilemma, ie it doesn't need to be coding vs non- coding. You can code and knowledge share also. Especially if you pair program or focus on collabitive coding techniques. It doesn't need to be one or the other. ~~~ gedy Yeah exactly - frankly, I think some of it may be that many teams are micromanaged in their day-to-day, hour-to-hour tasks, and it's tough to be a knowledge sharing leader and still code. ------ dasmoth An interesting read, but if you're going this route how do you ensure that there are viable career paths for senior people who prefer to focus on code over "knowledge-sharing" kind of activities? I suspect that part of the answer might lie in recognising that a lot of software projects _don 't_ need a particularly scalable development approach. ~~~ no-bugs > how do you ensure that there are viable career paths for senior people who > prefer to focus on code over "knowledge-sharing" kind of activities? From what I've seen, those Senior and Really Strong people who prefer to code, do NOT even want to become architects (and to move their career beyond Really Really Really Senior Developer - whatever the name this position carries). But this is a different problem (at least in part related to too much responsibility and "comfort zones"), and I don't know of any solution for it... ------ m-i-l I'd have thought that what the article refers to as "coding architect" would be a dev lead in many organisations, and the role of "knowledge-sharing architect" is the traditional software architect role, i.e. someone who comes from a coding background and understands code well but isn't one of the core developers (so doesn't risk getting lost in the details, becoming a bottleneck, etc.). ~~~ _pmf_ > I'd have thought that what the article refers to as "coding architect" would > be a dev lead in many organisations I've seen it called "senior developer", although nowadays this is used a bit inflationary.

Rustenburg - Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) members will go on strike at Choppies supermarkets in five provinces, the union said on Monday. "About 2 000 members of the Fawu working at the Choppies supermarkets in five provinces will embark on a legal national strike action as from 06h00 on Tuesday, 24th April 2018 in pursuit of wage demands for the bargaining period of the 2018/19 financial year," general secretary Katishi Masemola said. "Following two sessions of attempted dispute resolution at the CCMA [Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration], a certificate of non-resolution was issued and Fawu has dispatched a 48-hour notice to the company on Friday, 20 April 2018 notifying management of its intention to engage in industrial action." He said all 33 supermarkets in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Free State and Gauteng would go on strike. The workers demand a R4 000 monthly minimum wage or ten percent increment, whichever is greater, rationalisation of hours of work to 40 a week and 13th cheque.

Brothers Take Deer On the first day of hunting season Tanner Henry shot a beautiful 10-point buck, Bohen Henry shot a nice 8-point and 7-year-old Cadin Henry shot his first buck, a spike with a 6-inch spread. They are the sons of Edde and Melissa Henry of the Hustontown area.

Brief Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald grew up in Minnesota, attended a few private schools (where his performance was mediocre), and went to Princeton University. In 1917, Princeton put Fitzgerald on academic probation. He enlisted in the Army. On base in Alabama in 1918, he met and fell in love with Zelda Sayre, who refused to marry him unless he could support her. He returned to New York to pursue fame and fortune. The publication of his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920, made Fitzgerald a literary star. He married Zelda one week later. In 1924, the couple moved to Paris, where Fitzgerald began work on The Great Gatsby. Though now considered his masterpiece, the novel sold only modestly. The Fitzgeralds returned to the United States in 1927. Fitzgerald published several more novels, including Tender is the Night (1933), but none matched the success of his first. Deep in debt because of their ritzy lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds began to spiral into alcoholism and mental illness. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940. Zelda died eight years later in a fire. Get the entire The Great Gatsby LitChart as a printable PDF. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." -Graham S. Historical Context of The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald coined the term "Jazz Age" to refer to the period more commonly known as the Roaring Twenties. Jazz is an American style of music marked by its complex and exuberant mix of rhythms and tonalities. The Great Gatsby portrays a similarly complex mix of emotions and themes that reflect the turbulence of the times. Fresh off the nightmare of World War I, Americans were enjoying the fruits of an economic boom and a renewed sense of possibility. But in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's stresses the darker side of the Roaring Twenties, its undercurrent of corruption and its desperate, empty decadence. Other Books Related to The Great Gatsby Modernist fiction attempted to represent the sense of emptiness and disillusionment that dominated Europe and the United States after World War I. In this way, Gatsby can be considered as related to such modernist works as James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (1925). But The Great Gatsby and all of Fitzgerald's works are best compared to those written by other Americans such as Ernest Hemingway, members of the "Lost Generation" of American writers who moved to Europe after World War I. All these writers depicted the reality, corruption, and sadness of the human condition, but Fitzgerald most effectively portrayed the American cultural moment he called the "Jazz Age." Key Facts about The Great Gatsby Full Title: The Great Gatsby Where Written: Paris and the US, in 1924 When Published: 1925 Literary Period: Modernism Genre: Novel Setting: Long Island, Queens, and Manhattan, New York in the summer of 1922 Climax: The showdown between Gatsby and Tom over Daisy Point of View: First person Extra Credit for The Great Gatsby Puttin' on the Fitz. Fitzgerald spent most of his adult life in debt, often relying on loans from his publisher, and even his editor, Maxwell Perkins, in order to pay the bills. The money he made from his novels could not support the high-flying cosmopolitan life his wife desired, so Fitzgerald turned to more lucrative short story writing for magazines like Esquire. Fitzgerald spent his final three years writing screenplays in Hollywood. Another Failed Screenwriter. Fitzgerald was an alcoholic and his wife Zelda suffered from serious mental illness. In the final years of their marriage as their debts piled up, Zelda stayed in a series of mental institutions on the East coast while Fitzgerald tried, and largely failed, to make money writing movie scripts in Hollywood.

Glaser floats Clinton-PRC compromise MIL-MIL STAKE China expert Bonnie Glaser said any agreement reached on Taiwan would probably not include something so direct as the cessation of weapons sales By William Lowther / STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON A US expert on China said that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will likely refuse to make a deal on arms sales to Taiwan when she visits Beijing later this month. But a compromise — based on President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) pro-China policies — might be reached. Bonnie Glaser, a specialist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said China would probably ask the US to end arms sales to Taiwan in return for restarting its military-to-military relationship with Washington. Beijing ended the “mil-mil” contacts last year after former president George W. Bush announced a new arms sales package to Taipei. Speaking at a special CSIS briefing on Clinton's upcoming six-day Asia trip, Glaser said: “The Chinese are certainly pleased that she is heading out to the region very early. Human-rights issues will not be a centerpiece of this visit. It is very much a tone-setting visit for what is a complex agenda and relationship.” Glaser said that if the trip were successful it would pave the way for US President Barack Obama's first meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), which will take place on April 2 at an economic summit in London. “As of October last year, when the Bush administration sent some notifications to Congress for arms sales to Taiwan, China suspended not only the mil-mil exchanges but also dialogues with the US on proliferation and security issues,” Glaser said. She added: “So one possible — and I think useful — step would be for the Chinese to agree that resuming these dialogues and these exchanges are in the interests of both of our countries. But if the Chinese expect that they will receive a promise from the administration that it will not sell arms to Taiwan in the future, I don't think they are going to succeed.” Asked what would persuade China to restart mil-mil relations, Glaser answered that “undoubtedly” Hu would raise the Taiwan issue with Clinton. “There will certainly be a desire on the part of Beijing to hear the new administration state its position respecting the one China policy and the three communiques, and perhaps say something in support of the improving relations between the two sides of the Strait,” she said. “I expect that Secretary Clinton would be eager to do that because we do see the process that is taking place as easing tensions. The economic cooperation between the two sides of the Strait is positive.” “I personally hope she will also say something about the need for China to follow up some of President Ma's gestures with some movement on reducing the military buildup opposite Taiwan,” she added. “China wants the United States to stop arms sales to Taiwan. But I don't think that that is really what they expect,” she said. “My speculation is that Beijing is looking for some kind of a face-saving gesture by the United States in order to resume the mil-mil exchanges. I think the Chinese are just looking for something that will enable them to say, okay, we understand; we have a common interest in seeing peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” she said. Asked later what kind of face-saving gesture Clinton might offer, Glaser replied that the secretary of state might say that if China reduced its military threat toward Taiwan, this would have an impact on Taiwan's attitude toward buying new weapons systems from the US, and that this in turn might lead to a reduction in arms sales.

1. Introduction {#sec1} =============== Von Willebrand disease (vWD) is the most common inherited bleeding disorder. Despite advances in the molecular diagnosis and treatment of this disease, the literature remains scarce as to the perioperative management of vWD patients undergoing orthopedic and other types of surgery. In particular, joint replacement surgery is amenable to various regional anesthetic techniques, including neuraxial anesthesia, lumbar plexus blockade, and peripheral nerve blockade (PNB). Evidence has established the superiority of PNB to neuraxial anesthesia and/or opioid therapy in total knee replacement (TKR) patients \[[@B1]--[@B3]\] and in orthopedic surgery patients on thromboprophylaxis (ppx) \[[@B4]\]. While PNB among other modalities has been associated with superior pain scores and a more favorable side effect profile, its use in patients with inherited or acquired coagulopathy may carry potentially catastrophic hemorrhagic complications. Certainly, the available evidence regarding the safety of PNB in coagulopathic patients is insufficient to date. To our knowledge, this case study is the first documented account of a continuous femoral nerve catheter insertion for intra- and postoperative pain control in a patient with Von Willebrand disease. 2. Case Report {#sec2} ============== The patient presented has granted us permission to publish this report. She is a 34-year-old female diagnosed with type 1 vWD associated with a hypercoagulable state, as evidenced by superficial thrombophlebitis and 3 spontaneous abortions in the past. She had a long history of debilitating left knee chondromalacia patellae secondary to a slip and fall injury at age 15; this progressed to advanced patellofemoral arthrosis, resulting in significantly decreased ambulatory capacity and constant knee pain refractory to large doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications and Percocet. The patient had failed physical therapy, multiple intra-articular steroid injections, multiple arthroscopic debridements, and tibial tubercle osteotomy with lateral retinacular release; she was thus scheduled to undergo a left TKR. Her medical history was otherwise significant for mild intermittent asthma, and her surgical history was notable for inferior vena cava filter placement, left wrist ganglion cyst excision, 3 dilatation and curettage procedures, and a Caesarean section complicated by severe intraoperative hemorrhage requiring massive transfusion with packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, and factor VIII concentrate. Her height and weight were 170 cm and 70 kg, respectively. She was treated with Singulair, albuterol, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, and Percocet; she also had an allergy to penicillin. During the preanesthetic evaluation, the patient expressed an interest in a femoral nerve block for postoperative pain control, given her history of opioid tolerance and in light of a self-review of the pertinent literature. The risks and benefits of PNB and general endotracheal anesthesia (GETA) were discussed with the patient, with particular reference to her coagulopathy and the risk of bleeding complications from regional anesthesia. The anesthetic plan consisted of intravenous (IV) infusion of Humate-P in compliance with the hematologist\'s recommendations and it was dosed using body weight and baseline plasma vWF ristocetin cofactor activity. This was to be followed by ultrasound-guided continuous left femoral nerve blockade and GETA. In the operating room, the patient was positioned supinely and standard American Society of Anesthesiologists monitors were applied. The patient was premedicated with midazolam 2 mg IV and fentanyl 50 mcg IV; the block site was prepared with chlorhexidine and draped in a sterile fashion. An IV infusion of 1876 units of Humate-P was initiated prior to the start of the block. With the ultrasound transducer sterilely covered and positioned transversely over the left inguinal crease, the femoral artery and femoral nerve were identified. Using a Contiplex 18 Gauge Tuohy continuous nerve block tray, the site was locally infiltrated with 6 mL of 2% lidocaine with 1 : 100,000 epinephrine. The needle was positioned in plane and advanced medially toward the femoral nerve. Once adequate local anesthetic spread was visualized, the nerve catheter was threaded through the needle and advanced 4 cm past the needle tip. A total of 20 mL of 0.5% levobupivacaine and 10 mL of 2% lidocaine with 1 : 100,000 epinephrine was injected during the procedure. The catheter was secured at the skin with a Tegaderm dressing and reinforced with adhesive tape. There were no signs of vascular trauma, nerve injury, or bleeding throughout the block procedure. This was followed by standard induction of general anesthesia, endotracheal intubation, and maintenance with inhalational anesthetic. Intraoperatively, a left lower extremity tourniquet was applied at a pressure of 250 psi for 76 minutes. Towards the end of the operation, 10 mL of 0.5% levobupivacaine was injected through the femoral catheter. Total surgical time was 79 minutes and blood loss was approximately 50 mL. The patient emerged from anesthesia and was extubated uneventfully. She made no complaints and was transferred to the postanesthesia care unit, where a femoral catheter infusion of 0.2% levobupivacaine at 12 mL per hour was started and maintained for 2 days postoperatively. This was supplemented through postoperative day (POD) 1 with hydromorphone patient-controlled analgesia; the patient required a total of 7.6 mg of hydromorphone during the 24-hour succeeding surgery. As per recommendations from the consulting hematology team, the patient also received 1600 units of Humate-P every 12 hours for 48 hours postoperatively. After the 4th and last dose of Humate-P was administered (i.e., on the night of POD 2), ppx was initiated with enoxaparin 30 mg subcutaneously daily. The femoral nerve catheter was removed intact on POD 2. The patient\'s postoperative course was uncomplicated and she was discharged from the hospital on POD 4. 3. Discussion {#sec3} ============= The need for orthopedic surgery among vWD patients is not uncommon, especially considering the risk of development of disabling arthropathy from repeated bleeding into the involved joints. Our patient was suffering from patellofemoral arthrosis unrelated to her coagulopathy. At any rate, surgical intervention in vWD patients is missing evidence-based standards for safe, quality perioperative management. According to a meta-analysis of 504 TKRs, PNB is associated with equivalent analgesia, significantly lower rates of hypotension and urinary retention, and higher patient satisfaction as compared to neuraxial blocks \[[@B2]\]. Moreover, while epidural and spinal hematomas carry an alarmingly high risk of permanent neurologic disability, hematomas resulting from PNB tend to develop in more compliant spaces and are theoretically less likely to cause catastrophic nerve impingement \[[@B5]\]. This consideration, however, is by no means definitive and certainly cannot be assumed in states of inherited or acquired coagulopathy as in vWD cases. [Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"} summarizes the available literature on the outcomes of femoral nerve blockade in patients on ppx and/or at above-standard bleeding risk \[[@B6]--[@B11]\]. Two case reports \[[@B10], [@B11]\] involved temporary lower extremity motor impairment, and one prospective series \[[@B9]\] detailed a case of retroperitoneal hematoma associated with permanent quadriceps femoris denervation. The concerned patient was reportedly self-administering 1 g of aspirin daily pre- and postoperatively, unbeknownst to her caregivers \[[@B9]\]. Importantly, the signs of PNB-associated bleeding described in the literature ([Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"}) were not apparent until later in the postoperative period, between POD 2 \[[@B9]\] and POD 10 \[[@B11]\]. It also remains unclear whether or not the bleeding was associated with initiation of ppx therapy versus vascular puncture or delayed intravascular migration of femoral nerve catheters. The unheralded, delayed presentation of PNB-related hemorrhage could account for the higher rate of neurologic complications as a result of the insidious accumulation of blood at the blockade site; this is in contrast to such procedures as transfemoral cardiac catheterization, which, although performed on anticoagulated patients by definition, are marked by a higher incidence of acute blood loss and vascular complications. Lower postprocedure vigilance and surveillance for bleeding could also be incriminated in the insidious yet catastrophic neurologic outcomes of PNB-related hemorrhage, which is in stark contrast to the close patient observation and femoral compression performed immediately after cardiac catheterization. Perioperative supplementation of vWD patients with Von Willebrand factor/factor VIII (vWF/FVIII) concentrates is commonly recommended by hematologists to mitigate the risk of massive or uncontrolled bleeding. Humate-P is a human plasma-derived vWF/FVIII concentrate with an extensive, three-decade track record of no thrombosis and no cases of viral transmission \[[@B12], [@B13]\]. It is recommended for surgical prophylaxis and spontaneous bleeding treatment in all types of vWD and in vWD cases that are refractory to desmopressin. As per recommendations from the patient\'s hematologist, she received a Humate-P preoperative dose of 1876 units, followed by postoperative maintenance doses of 1600 units every 12 hours. These correspond to Humate-P surgical prophylaxis doses, which are calculated based on a formula integrating body weight and baseline plasma vWF ristocetin cofactor activity \[[@B14]\]. The 1st dose of prophylactic enoxaparin was administered to our patient after 48 hours of supplementation with Humate-P, at which point it was felt by the hematology team that the combination of postoperative time and loaded Humate-P dose was favorable for adequate hemostasis. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOP) guidelines, ppx after total hip or knee replacement procedures in patients at elevated risk for both pulmonary embolism and major bleeding (as in our case subject) should consist of aspirin 325 mg twice daily, or warfarin (with a goal international normalized ratio (INR) less than or equal to 2.0), or none, in addition to the use of mechanical prophylaxis \[[@B15]\]. The latest ASRA consensus report, however, acknowledges important shortcomings in the current literature on ppx indications. These include failure to ensure adequate case mix balance between patients at risk of thrombosis and patients at risk for major bleeding, the deliberate exclusion of patients with preexisting coagulopathy, and the use of surrogate endpoints instead of the prescribed primary outcomes (i.e., symptomatic deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) \[[@B5]\]. Until authoritative evidence is generated to guide perioperative anesthetic care in patients with bleeding disorders, we recommend that vWD patients engage in an informed and educated decision regarding their plan of analgesia. Regional anesthetic techniques must be considered on a case-by-case basis, with careful weighing of the inherent risks and benefits. Multidisciplinary involvement by experts in hematology, surgery, anesthesiology, and nursing is required as is adherence to timely clotting factor supplementation and appropriate ppx. Standard PNB techniques using advanced technology, such as ultrasound guidance, are likely advantageous. Additionally, PNB sites and catheters must be carefully inspected and symptoms elicited for signs of bleeding throughout the postoperative period extending several days after surgery. Disclosure ========== This work was presented at the 13th Annual ASRA Pain Medicine Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Conflict of Interests ===================== The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. ###### Available literature on outcomes of femoral nerve blockade in patients on thromboprophylaxis and/or at above-standard bleeding risk. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Study type Nb. of blocks Type of block ppx or bleeding risk Complication(s) from femoral block -------------------------------- ---------------------- --------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chelly and Schilling \[[@B6]\] Retrospective cohort 1790 Continuous femoral 10% aspirin ppx\ 0 20% LMWH ppx\ 10% fondaparinux ppx\ 60% warfarin ppx Vanarase et al. \[[@B7]\] Retrospective cohort 21 Single-shot femoral or sciatic or both 2 vWD patients\ 0 13 hemophilia patients Sripada et al. \[[@B8]\] Case report 2 Single-shot femoral and sciatic 2 hemophilia patients 0 Wiegel et al. \[[@B9]\] Retrospective cohort 628 Continuous femoral Not specified 36 vascular punctures\ 1 retroperitoneal hematoma causing permanent nerve injury^*∗*^ Bickler et al. \[[@B10]\] Case report 2 Continuous femoral and sciatic LMWH ppx 1 swelling & discoloration at block site with temporary lower extremity motor impairment\ 1 delayed oozing at catheter site Rodríguez et al. \[[@B11]\] Case report 1 Single-shot femoral and sciatic Factor XI deficiency, LMWH ppx Perineural hematoma with temporary lower extremity paralysis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^*∗*^Nerve injury was evidenced by complete quadriceps femoris denervation. The concerned patient was reportedly self-administering 1 g of aspirin daily pre- and postoperatively, unbeknownst to her caregivers. Nb. indicates number; ppx, thromboprophylaxis; LMWH, low molecular weight heparin. [^1]: Academic Editor: Mario Dauri

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Posts Tagged ‘study tips’ Such phrases that are supposed to encourage hard work sometimes have the opposite effect. For example, being told to ‘put your nose to the grindstone’ could put off anyone for whom self-discipline is elusive, from ever studying again! In the New Scientist this week (Issue 3126, pp. 27-30) is a feature article called ‘Daydream believer’. It looks at what we can do to increase our focus at a long task such as revision, looking particularly at letting the mind wander around a topic. Several studies suggest that letting yourself daydream intentionally about a topic which you are learning is a more effective strategy than forcing yourself to concentrate over a lengthy period. So when you’re studying, don’t put your nose to the grindstone – tend to the thought garden. Consider the makeup of the flowers (the interesting parts), appreciate the insects and worms (the causes and unseen elements), imagine the sunshine and rain that will fall in the future (the bigger context and processes). Build up an intentional daydream about your topic of study. Mull things over not only when you’re at a desk or in the library, but when you’re in the shower, walking up from the station or making a cup of tea. If this doesn’t appeal to you, there are other tried and tested memory techniques that are based on visualisation of the topic matters for instance in rooms of a “house”. Read about that tool in The Memory Book by Buzan and Harrison. We all need tools to help us nurture a state of contentment and help others feel less anxious and stressed. You may have come across the idea of mindfulness, either in the newspapers, books or on television. Mindfulness is associated with Buddhism, yoga, meditation, those who have the money to go on retreats or indulge in fads. For those skeptics, this Scientific American article weighs up mindfulness and meditation from a creativity and calmness viewpoint. This TED talk looks at how regularly employing techniques like meditation shapes our brains. If you are now convinced to find out more about mindfulness, we have many new books and ebooks that present the benefits of taking stock of a situation and appreciating the present rather than worrying for the future. These books are often called ‘Shelf-help’ books in libraries. If you have a login to the Hillcroft VLE, check out the ebooks in the series ‘Can I tell you about…? ‘. They look at common learning difficulties and strategies to manage them, many through the lens of mindfulness’ psychological cousin, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Effects of feeding a high-fiber byproduct feedstuff as a substitute for barley grain on rumen fermentation and productivity of dairy cows in early lactation. The objective of the study was to evaluate effects of partial substitution of dietary grain with wheat dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) on dry matter intake (DMI), sorting behavior, rumen fermentation, apparent total-tract nutrient digestibility, plasma metabolites, and milk production of dairy cows in early lactation. Sixty-one Holstein cows, including 13 ruminally cannulated cows, were blocked by parity and calving date and assigned to 1 of 2 experimental diets immediately after calving until 12 wk in lactation. The control (CON) diet contained 43% barley silage, 17.3% dry-rolled barley grain, and 39.7% concentrate mix on a dry matter basis, and wheat DDGS replaced dry-rolled barley grain in the DDGS diet. Dietary starch content was 29.2 and 19.1% for CON and DDGS diets, respectively. Despite the 10-percentage-unit difference in dietary starch content, cows fed the DDGS diet did not increase ruminal pH. A significant treatment by parity interaction was observed for DMI; feeding the DDGS diet decreased DMI of multiparous cows compared with CON (20.1 vs. 21.3 kg/d) but increased that of primiparous cows (16.2 vs. 14.7 kg/d). Although milk yield was not affected by treatment, cows fed the DDGS diet had lower apparent total-tract digestibility of starch compared with CON (81.9 vs. 91.2%) and tended to have higher plasma concentrations of nonesterified fatty acids (173 vs. 143 mEq/L). High-fiber byproduct feedstuffs such as wheat DDGS can be used as a partial substitute for grains in diets of dairy cows in early lactation but the substitution may not mitigate rumen acidosis problems and may decrease energy intake of multiparous cows in early lactation.

Q: Error creating a Document with openUntitledDocumentOfType I am trying to use the following statement to create a document: id myDocument = [[NSDocumentController sharedDocumentController] openUntitledDocumentOfType:@"MyClass" display:YES]; Nothing is created and myDocument is always nil despite the fact that MyClass is a real class in the project and inherits from NSDocument. What I am doing wrong? A: The type in the openUntitledDocumentOfType:display: method is the document type name as specified in the CFBundleDocumentTypes in your app's Info.plist file, not the name of your document's class. Specifically, you need to enter the value of the CFBundleTypeName key that corresponds to the type of document you want to open. This value is labelled by default in Xcode's property list editor as the Document Type Name: It's also editable in the Document Types editor in the Info tab of your project settings:

Validation of decisional balance and situational temptations measures for dietary fat reduction in a large school-based population of adolescents. Brief, validated, and reliable theory-based measures specifically designed for use in large survey research with adolescent populations are needed to assess attitudes and behaviors about dietary fat consumption. This study validated two transtheoretical model (TTM)-based instruments in 2639 ninth graders from 12 Rhode Island high schools. The Decisional Balance Questionnaire for Adolescent Dietary Fat Reduction (DBQA) measures the importance adolescents assign to the pros and cons of reducing dietary fat consumption, while the Situational Temptations Questionnaire for Adolescents (STQA) measures temptations to eat high-fat foods as both a global construct and across three categories of challenging situations. Four competing models were compared for each instrument. An eight-item, correlated two-factor Pros and Cons model was validated for the decisional balance measure and a nine-item, three-factor hierarchical model was validated for situational temptations. The theoretically predicted relationships between stage of change and the pros and cons, as well as stage and situational temptations were supported. These results demonstrate that both measures have sound psychometric properties and are externally valid.

Swap Your 4S for a 5? Apple Stores Could Launch iPhone Trade-In Program Next Month The iPhone 5 could cease to exist this fall based on Apple’s new program (Getty) As part of Tim Cook‘s new strategy for iPhones this fall, several anonymous sources have divulged that Apple store’s will begin training employees to handle a new iPhone trade-in program that could launch next month. Earlier rumors indicated that the iPhone 5S could permanently replace the iPhone 5, so this may be an effort to get the phone off the shelves. (Getty) While the program was first reported on back in June, the company has sent materials to stores prepping them on how this program will work. Formal training is set to begin this week for store leaders to help bolster direct sales for iPhones from Apple stores. Preparation for the program is supposed to be completed in early September, possibly getting ready for the first reveal of the new iPhone. Share this with someone who needs an upgrade. The program entails customers’ bringing in their older iPhones like the 4S to swap them out for newer models like the iPhone 5. Some items will be repurposed and sold in a lower-cost market. It’s unknown if this program will apply to the rumored iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which are rumored to be announced September 10. This trade-in program is also not directly related to the charger swap Apple implemented a few weeks ago after a mysterious death in China. It’s unknown if this swap will apply to the new iPhones this fall, but a low-cost approach like this could help Apple regain its hold on the smartphone market.

Sarah -- Should we try and lobby any of these witnesses prior to next week? I was thinking about John Meyer and Peter Cramton specifically. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Novosel, Sarah Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:57 PM To: Kean, Steven J.; Shapiro, Richard; Robertson, Linda; Steffes, James D.; Shelk, John; Shortridge, Pat; Landwehr, Susan M.; Nord, Sue; Guerrero, Janel; Hueter, Barbara A. Subject: RE: FERC Notice for RTO Week Panels In case you could not open the notice in Word Perfect, here it is in Word. Sorry for the problems. << File: Notice on Panels.doc >> -----Original Message----- From: Novosel, Sarah Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 5:53 PM To: Kean, Steven J.; Shapiro, Richard; Robertson, Linda; Steffes, James D.; Shelk, John; Shortridge, Pat; Landwehr, Susan M.; Nord, Sue; Guerrero, Janel; Hueter, Barbara A. Subject: FERC Notice for RTO Week Panels << File: Notice on Panels.WPD >>

Related Media TRUCKEE, Calif. - On Saturday, Dec. 15 Rebel Fitness Academy hosted an inaugural Kettlebell Swing-a-Thon. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., the length of a traditional American workday, trained individuals swung kettlebells with common goals - to get a good workout and to raise money for the High Fives Foundation. In the weeks leading up to the Swing-a-Thon, participants collected pledges either on a "per-swing" basis or as a flat donation, and when the bell rang to start the event everyone was eager to test their physical limits. "Used properly, kettlebells are the fastest way to tone, tighten and strengthen, which is why they are a staple in our facility," explains Rebel Fitness Academy owner and trainer Ryan Egan. "Rebel Fitness Academy is excited to use the kettlebell in this marathon-style event, which certainly tested my strength and endurance as well as all of the other participants." The morning of the Kettlebell Swing-a-Thon at Rebel Fitness Academy saw 13 enthusiastic participants smiling, swinging and sweating. Among the participants was Olympic ski racer Daron Rahlves, who, along with Rebel Fitness Academy Owner and Trainer Ryan Egan, seemed to set the pace for other participants. Participants stayed fueled and energized with snacks donated by local merchants, and an eclectic mix of music helped participants make it through the long day. The end of the Kettlebell Swing-a-Thon saw each exhausted participant reaching their respective goal and raising the High Fives Foundation nearly $4,000 to be used toward the development of the CR Johnson Healing Center - a program service of the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation that provides resources for athletes in recovery from sport-related injuries. "Nothing brings me more joy than working with a like-minded organization focused on regaining the passion for individuals who have had it taken away as the cause of a tragic event," says Ryan Egan. "It was an honor raising money for such an organization, and we look forward to working with the High Fives Foundation in the near future."

Q: Create words and its position in Python (Pandas) or Pyspark Hi I am trying to create string which will have words and its position as it appear in the input string. I tried this - def wordPositions(s): aDict = {} words = s.split(' ') for item in words: position = words.index(item) aDict[item] = position return aDict s = 'Create a string with position from a string a' wp = wordPositions(s) print(wp) Its output is {'Create': 0, 'a': 1 'string': 2, 'with': 3, 'position': 4, 'from': 5} But I expect my output to be 'Create': 1, 'a': 2,7,9 'string': 3,8 'with': 4, 'position': 5, 'from': 6 There are three things which needs to be taken care here Index t start from 1 instead of 0 Remove the {} of the dictionary and just have a string If the word is repeating then all positions to me mentioned separated by comas How can I achieve the desired output. Please help A: Using re and defaultdict you might achieve what you're trying to do: from collections import defaultdict import re s = 'Create a string with position from a string a' wp = defaultdict(list) for n, k in enumerate(s.split()): wp[k].append(n+1) raw_output = re.search('{(.*)}', str(wp)).group(1).replace('[','').replace(']','') final_output = re.sub("(\d), '", r"\1 '", raw_output) Output: "'Create': 1 'a': 2, 7, 9 'string': 3, 8 'with': 4 'position': 5 'from': 6"

European stocks finished at their lowest level in three weeks Thursday, hit hard by worries about a global trade war as the U.S. took steps toward slapping tariffs on China, a move that could hurt economic growth worldwide just as business activity in the eurozone is showing signs of slowing. The Bank of England kept its interest-rate policy on hold as expected, and did little to dispel expectations that it could tighten policy at its May meeting. How markets are moving The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.56% fell 1.6% to end at 369.15, notching its lowest close since March 2, according to FactSet data. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 DAX, +0.49% stumbled 1.7% to close at 12,100.08 and in Paris, the CAC 40 index PX1, +0.67% gave up 1.4% to finish at 5,167.21. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.65% dropped 1.2% to end at 6,952.59. The euro EURUSD, +0.2415% fell to $1.2299 from $1.2338 late Wednesday in New York, giving up an intraday high of $1.2389. What’s driving markets A selloff in European equities worsened as U.S. stocks DJIA, +0.37%SPX, +0.14%were mauled, moves that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.37% down by more than 500 points intraday. Stocks suffered ahead of an expected announcement that the Trump administration will put trade restraints against China, the world’s second-largest economy. The measures could be intensifying a long-running dispute in which the U.S. has accused China of engaging in unfair trade practices. European stocks had already been lower during the session after data firm IHS Markit’s closely watched readings on business activity in the eurozone fell short of expectations. Separately, a report showed German business sentiment slightly dampened in March. Think-tank Ifo said its survey indicated the threat of protectionism in global trade is darkening sentiment in Europe’s largest economy. In the U.K., the pound GBPUSD, +0.4266% initially rallied after the BOE kept its key interest rate at 0.5%, but with a 7-2 split of votes on the Monetary Policy Committee. That, along with signs that wages are firming, suggest that the bank is getting ready to hike rates in May. What strategists are saying • “Investors continue to display an anxiety about the path of interest rates against a backdrop of escalating trade conflicts,” said Craig Erlam, Oanda’s senior market analyst, in a note. “On top of that, Donald Trump seems intent on starting trade wars, most notably with China, which could trigger a wave of protectionism and drive up prices in the U.S. and likely weigh on the growth momentum. How the central bank deals with this will be very interesting, given the already fast pace of hikes,” Erlam said. • “The message from the Bank of England to borrowers couldn’t really be clearer: Get ready for higher rates now. Two members voted for a rate rise this month, and the Bank said nothing to dispel expectations that rates will rise in May,” said Ed Monk, associate director for personal investing at Fidelity International, in a note. “The MPC breaks up now for a month and returns in May, with the signs pointing to a rate rise. Despite that, the upward trajectory of interest rates is still expected to be gradual,” he added. Economic data IHS Markit said its flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index — which covers both manufacturing and services — was at 55.3, a 14-month low. That was below the 56.8 consensus estimate from a FactSet survey of analysts. The eurozone’s current-account surplus — which measures the flow of goods, services and investments — rose in January to €37.6 billion, the highest level in four months, according to European Central Bank data. Halma PLC HLMA, +0.72% fell 2% as the safety, health and environmental technology company said its first-half foreign-exchange benefits reversed in the second half. It also forecast adjusted pretax profit for fiscal 2018 to be in line with market expectations. Intraday Data provided by SIX Financial Information and subject to terms of use. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by SIX Financial Information. All quotes are in local exchange time. Real-time last sale data for U.S. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only. Intraday data delayed at least 15 minutes or per exchange requirements.

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Q: To what extent is the taylor polynomial the best polynomial approximation? Given a function $f\in\mathscr C^n([a,b])$ and a point $x_0\in [a,b]$, to what extent is the n-th taylor polynomial $T_n(x,x_0)=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{f^{(k)}(x_0)}{k!}(x-x_0)^k$ the best polynomial approximation of $f$ in $[a,b]$ ? This may seem to be dumb question, but is there a metric $\rho$ on $ C^n([a,b])$ so that $\rho(T_n(x,x_0),f)=\min\{\rho(p,f)\mid \text{p is a polynomial function} \}$ ? Thank you A: Here is a norm on $\mathscr C^n(a,b)$ for which $T_{n}(\cdot,x_0)$ is the best approximation to $f$: $$\|f\|_* = \sum_{k=0}^{n} |f^{(k)}(x_0)|+ \sup_{x\in[a,b]}|f^{(n)}(x)-f^{(n)}(x_0)|$$ This is a reasonable norm, which is equivalent to the more usual norms. For any polynomial $p$ of degree at most $n$ we have $$\|f-p\|_* = \sum_{k=0}^{n} |f^{(k)}(x_0)-p^{(k)}(x_0)|+ \sup_{x\in[a,b]}|f^{(n)}(x)-f^{(n)}(x_0)|$$ which is minimized exactly when $p=T_{n}(\cdot,x_0)$. A: The answer is that the Taylor polynomial is not a very good approximation on the whole of $[a,b]$ in general. Indeed, the rest of the Taylor series converges to 0 on $[a,b]$ if and only if $f$ is analytic, which of course is not always the case. The intuition is that local information near $x_0$ only has no chance of being sufficient for a good approximation on $[a,b]$. We know that a continuous function can be approximated uniformly on a segment by polynomials, but it is a bit tricky to find which polynomials exactly. Another natural candidate would be interpolation polynomials, but it turns out that they are no good as well (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runge%27s_phenomenon). The answer is Bernstein's polynomials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein%27s_polynomial_theorem). A: $T_n(x, x_0)$ is the only polynomial of degree less than or equal to $n$ such that $$ T_n(x, x_0) - f(x) \in o((x - x_0)^n) $$ or in terms of limits, $$ \lim_{x \to x_0} \frac{T_n(x, x_0) - f(x)}{(x - x_0)^n} = 0$$

Enroth, 28 (6/25/88), has gone 12-3-0 with a 1.74 goals-against average (GAA) and .935 SV% in 15 AHL games with the San Diego Gulls and Toronto Marlies this season. Acquired from the Maple Leafs in exchange for a seventh-round selection in the 2018 NHL Draft on Jan. 10, 2017, Enroth has posted a 10-2-0 record with two shutouts, a 1.42 GAA and .944 SV% in 12 games with San Diego. He was named the AHL's Goaltender of the Month for January after posting a 6-0-0 record with a 1.17 GAA and .957 SV% in six appearances. The Stockholm, Sweden native also appeared in three games with the Marlies earlier this season, going 2-1-0 with a .904 SV%. Selected by Buffalo in the second round (46th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft, Enroth is 50-69-16 with seven shutouts, a 2.84 GAA and .909 SV% in 153 career NHL games with Toronto, Los Angeles, Dallas and Buffalo. The 5-10, 175-pound goaltender opened the 2016-17 season with the Maple Leafs, making four starts in six appearances.

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#include "opentimelineio/serializableCollection.h" #include "opentimelineio/vectorIndexing.h" namespace opentimelineio { namespace OPENTIMELINEIO_VERSION { SerializableCollection::SerializableCollection(std::string const& name, std::vector<SerializableObject*> children, AnyDictionary const& metadata) : Parent(name, metadata), _children(children.begin(), children.end()) { } SerializableCollection::~SerializableCollection() { } void SerializableCollection::clear_children() { _children.clear(); } void SerializableCollection::set_children(std::vector<SerializableObject*> const& children) { _children = decltype(_children)(children.begin(), children.end()); } void SerializableCollection::insert_child(int index, SerializableObject* child) { index = adjusted_vector_index(index, _children); if (index >= int(_children.size())) { _children.emplace_back(child); } else { _children.insert(_children.begin() + std::max(index, 0), child); } } bool SerializableCollection::set_child(int index, SerializableObject* child, ErrorStatus* error_status) { index = adjusted_vector_index(index, _children); if (index < 0 || index >= int(_children.size())) { *error_status = ErrorStatus::ILLEGAL_INDEX; return false; } _children[index] = child; return true; } bool SerializableCollection::remove_child(int index, ErrorStatus* error_status) { if (_children.empty()) { *error_status = ErrorStatus::ILLEGAL_INDEX; return false; } index = adjusted_vector_index(index, _children); if (size_t(index) >= _children.size()) { _children.pop_back(); } else { _children.erase(_children.begin() + std::max(index, 0)); } return true; } bool SerializableCollection::read_from(Reader& reader) { return reader.read("children", &_children) && Parent::read_from(reader); } void SerializableCollection::write_to(Writer& writer) const { Parent::write_to(writer); writer.write("children", _children); } } }

Find an HR Job Near You LOCAL CHAPTERS Find chapters in your area Sexual Equity in the Workplace ​Leaders of pioneering companies identify reasons for having a workplace open to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees—and steps to create such environments. When the California Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage last May, some proponents applauded the decision and gave an approving nod to employers. They said the decision simply affirmed the realities of the corporate world, where parity between same-sex and heterosexual couples has been the norm for years. “The employment sector is way ahead of the courts,” says David Buckel, senior counsel with Lambda Legal, a New York-based national advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights. “They already know about attracting and retaining committed employees and making the best face to the public. “Well over half of the Fortune 500 companies already offer domestic partner benefits. The Fortune 500 doesn’t do things for fun—it all relates to the bottom line. As courts start to fulfill the promise of equality, more employers will line up.” Although it may be a challenge for some employers—and for HR professionals who may take the lead—to determine how to begin building GLBT inclusiveness in the workplace, experts recommend concrete steps that can be taken. In addition, support is emerging from developments such as the California decision and from the achievements of individual organizations. Evidence that GLBT employees are finding their workplaces more accommodating can be found in the annual Corporate Equality Index produced by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), one of the largest GLBT civil rights organizations in the nation. This year, the index, a rating of large U.S. employers on their policies and practices toward GLBT employees and customers, showed 195 major U.S. businesses earning the top rating of 100 percent on multiple criteria—a 41 percent increase from the year before. When the HRC first rolled out the index in 2002, only 13 companies received 100 percent. Brian McNaught, a consultant and author on GLBT issues, says the California decision “will encourage employers who hesitated because they didn’t know which way the culture was going. As California goes, so goes the country.” Lisa Wright Borden, a partner with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Birmingham, Ala., says, “For employers, it will come down to economics. As the workforce changes, with younger employees and applicants coming in, even people who aren’t members of such groups care about employer policies. Big law firms competing for top law students are receiving applicants asking about diversity and pro bono work—a firm would lose a lot of ground if it doesn’t have a good environment. “It’s a generational issue—older workers were more focused on what they could do for the company, younger workers on what the company [can] do for them.” Brad Salavich, GLBT diversity manager for IBM in Armonk, N.Y., cites the advantages that positive GLBT policies can have on an organization’s reputation among employees and applicants. “Employers who attract and support GLBT applicants and employees get a leg up in the war for talent,” he says. “They want the best employees, and they want a reputation among applicants as having a culture that supports women, minorities and GLBTs.” Moreover, Salavich continues, “There’s a direct tie between diversity and innovation. Diverse teams create more innovative products and bring lots of ideas and approaches to the table.” John D. Finnegan, president, chairman and chief executive officer of the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.—one of the companies that received a rating of 100 percent on the HRC list—states on its corporate web site that it’s “no coincidence” that Chubb’s financial performance improved as it took steps to make the company “a hospitable and welcoming workplace for all employees, specifically including women, people of color, [and] gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees.” When employees are all alike in background, culture and ways of viewing the world, he continues, a company “is likely to stagnate. On the other hand, a company whose employees bring different perspectives to their jobs is one that will always find more efficient ways to operate and new ways to grow.” Taking Action Identifying the reasons why an employer would want a welcoming workplace comes down to good business—from recruitment advantages to competitiveness. Learning how to create a workplace where GLBT employees will be valued can be harder. Potentially helpful informal guidelines can be drawn from the efforts of organizations and employers. For example, the HRC applies criteria in gauging companies’ policies and practices. Among them: Engagement in appropriate and respectful advertising and marketing or sponsorship of GLBT community events or organizations. Demonstration of responsible behavior toward the GLBT community. In addition, experts recommend some specific approaches: Update policies and training. Update policies on sexual orientation and gender identity, even in states where they’re not yet legally protected, says Shanti Atkins, president and CEO of ELT, an ethics and legal compliance training firm in San Francisco. Training remains critical. “Policies don’t change behavior,” Atkins continues. “No one behaves the way they do because of something written in a company policy. Training is what brings policies to life.” McNaught maintains that “the only way to bridge the gap between corporate policy and corporate culture is via education. Every diversity director in the world would agree that providing training on gay and transgender issues is the only reliable means of helping the corporate culture to catch up with the corporate goal of valuing diversity.” McNaught adds: “In-house, corporations need to effectively communicate their diversity policies, make clear what behaviors are unacceptable, and evaluate managers by their proactive efforts to create a safe and productive workplace. All levels of senior leadership should be involved, from production and research to marketing and the law department. “Many companies’ efforts originate with their HR managers and directors of diversity, but for the process to be successful, the CEO, COO and CFO should also embrace the concept.” Examine benefits offerings. “Employers in California will want to review their benefits plans to see whether they provide benefits for spouses,” says attorney Jamerson Allen, a partner in the San Francisco office of the national employment law firm Jackson Lewis. As a result of the state Supreme Court’s decision in May, “benefits provided under state law or employer policy will have to be provided equally to same-sex spouses as is provided to spouses of the opposite sex.” “Accordingly,” he says, “an employer who purchases an insurance policy issued in California becomes contractually bound to cover same-sex spouses and domestic partners to the same extent it covers opposite-sex spouses.” Companies that do not operate in California–and a handful of states whose laws vary– are not required to offer equal benefits to domestic partners, but they can do so voluntarily. Companies that have employees working in the Golden State may be affected by the decision and should consult with legal counsel. Develop and support GLBT employee resource groups. To the HRC, this is a crucial step toward achieving workplace equality. Companies can provide groups with small budgets and access to meeting rooms and e-mail networks. The groups get involved in policy-making, recruitment and leadership development. They also have the potential to foster a sense of safety and acceptance for GLBT employees. “IBM has had a GLBT diversity task force since 1995,” says Salavich. “It helps the company with empowering, attracting and retaining employees and maximizing the potential of GLBT customers.” An Intersection with Religion One challenge to workplace parity requires recognizing where religious expression ends and tolerance begins, says Atkins, a former employment attorney who now works with workplace law firms in creating training materials. “People whose religions disapprove of homosexuality sometimes think that their statements in the workplace are protected religious speech, and that any sanctions against it are religious harassment,” Atkins says. “That can be hard for HR to figure out. Employers must be able to draw the line between requiring respectful and inclusive behavior toward co-workers of all types, and yet stop short of requiring all employees to agree with one another’s lifestyles or religious beliefs.” Legally, however, “Someone who asserts religious protection for their speech must show that their religion requires the speech,” Atkins explains. She draws a distinction between Muslims, whose religion requires them to pray five times a day, and employees who would criticize homosexuality. “It’s different for employees to say they ‘need’ to engage in hate speech,” Atkins says, pointing to a series of cases where employees’ religious expression conflicted with companies’ diversity statements. As a result of these decisions, Atkins says, employers may lawfully terminate employees for violating company policies. Still, this is a rapidly developing area of the law, and at least one court has held that a company may not terminate a Christian employee for not signing a diversity policy that the employee maintains conflicts with the employee’s religious beliefs (Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 358 F3d 599, 601 (9th Cir. 2004)). HR professionals need “to be prepared to address potentially volatile communications in the workplace about same-sex marriage and send very clear messages about a company’s rules and expectations,” Atkins advises. Dealing with Taxes The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) of 1996 defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman. Because of DOMA, any spousal benefits governed by federal law—Social Security, for example—are provided only to spouses in heterosexual marriages. DOMA also denies to same-sex couples the favorable tax treatment of filing jointly, which is available to heterosexual couples. Many states have enacted similar laws. (In November, California voters will decide whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment stating that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid in the state.) “But those laws are all about what the government can and can’t do,” Buckel says. “Employers make the mistake that anti-gay-relationship laws apply to them.” Companies offering domestic partner benefits do not run afoul of these laws, he says. When giving domestic partner health benefits, Buckel says, keep in mind “the value of the benefits for a same-sex spouse is considered income to the employee. That can be costly—it can bump them into a higher tax bracket.” But employers can reduce the impact of the higher tax through the practice of “grossing up,” whereby the employer pays the employee an additional sum designed to cover the extra tax that the employee has to pay. “Some employers are doing it. Then that payment gets taxed, but it mitigates the burden and brings employees into greater parity,” he says. “That brings extraordinary loyalty to the company.” Responsibility On Both Sides A lot remains to be done before workplaces are routinely regarded as GLBT-friendly, and discussions will continue on the extent of the employer’s responsibility for helping to achieve that result. “Employers don’t have to change societal culture or to challenge fundamental beliefs,” Salavich says. “But they can expect standards of behavior. They can demonstrate the appropriate respect in the workplace.” Liz Winfield, founder and principal of Common Ground, a consulting firm in Denver that focuses on workforce diversity education, says, “The responsibility is partly on the individual to come out of the closet, but partly on the employer to create a workplace that will be receptive.” The author is an attorney and writer based in West Hartford, Conn., and a member of the Human Resource Association of Central Connecticut. It’s worthwhile for employers to take the basic steps, such as worker education and company policy reviews, in trying to make their workplaces more open to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees. But employers can do even more, experts and advocates on GLBT issues note. Among their suggestions: Gender identity is the gender a person identifies with; gender expression is the gender expressed in personal behavior. Transgender people are those whose identity, appearance or behavior falls outside of conventional gender norms. “To be transgender now is what it was to be gay in the ’80s,” says Liz Winfield, founder and principal of Common Ground, a consulting firm that focuses on workforce diversity education. “It’s an area of human diversity manifesting itself. In addition to adding gender identity and expression to their nondiscrimination policies, companies also need to understand the difference between them. “Transitioning at work is one of the most challenging issues,” she adds. “Even those who get it intellectually find it difficult in real life.” Brad Salavich, GLBT diversity manager for IBM, says health insurance is highly important for transgender employees, as are “support during the transition, and training programs for their co-workers.” IBM was among the first companies to develop an accreditation program for GLBT suppliers, validating those suppliers so that GLBT-friendly companies would know similarly accommodating companies with which they could do business. One way to find such suppliers is through the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. It has certified GLBT-owned businesses since 2002. Consider meeting locations. “Organizations want to avoid states where GLBT employees’ relationships won’t be respected and they won’t feel safe,” says David Buckel, senior counsel with Lambda Legal, a national advocacy group for GLBT civil rights. “If one partner gets hurt and has to go to the hospital, the hospital may consider the uninjured partner a legal stranger.”Lambda Legal provides a “safety scale” that ranks states on their legal treatment of same-sex relationships. Communicate publicly in advertising. “Show you welcome GLBT people as employees and customers,” says Brian McNaught, a consultant and author on GLBT issues. “That shows the company understands their issues and supports them,” McNaught says. “I’m much more interested in a company that puts my face on its literature and much more likely to buy a product pictured in a GLBT publication. That says, ‘I know who you are, and I value you.’ ”

Letter From Banjul With Njundu Drammeh: Whither The First Love Which Brought Us Together For Freedom? Comments Off on Letter From Banjul With Njundu Drammeh: Whither The First Love Which Brought Us Together For Freedom? 3201 views Njundu Drammeh (Jollofnews)- Once upon a time a people lived under one of the most brutal, inhuman, exploitative, dictatorial and divisive regime Africa has ever known in its modern history. It killed, raped, tortured, plundered, imprisoned, humiliated, bullied, threatened and massacred opponents, perceived opponents, non-Gambians and die hard supporters. It was a despicable reign of terror, presided over by an enfante terrible who first masqueraded as a Moses but a soi dissant one. Through transactional leadership, divide and rule tactics, carrot and stick methods, sophisticated and unscrupulous spy network, high dose of injected fear and intimitation and ever ready sons of the soil murderers, the regime and the Frankenstein monster survived a harrowing, devastating and monstrous 22 even years. In spite of the fear filled, murderous, choking environment infested by the dreaded and ubiquitous NIA, and all the deadly attendant risks, there were groups of courageous men and women, youth and children, home and abroad, who banded and bonded, actuated by nothing but the desire for freedom and life of dignity and respect, to oppose and fight for democracy. Their differences mattered less. They had their eyes on the common goal. They sacrificed whatever they had; used whatever was in their hands; campaigned together at great personal cost. They endured imprisonment, torture, privation, exile, property confiscations, humiliation, death, dismissals, and every thing ugly and dehumanizing. Some fell or betrayed along the way. Some joined the oppressors and sold their former fellow freedom fighters for positions. But the majority trudged on, never parting company or losing sight of the common good. In partnership with the oppressed masses, traumatised already but highly galvanised and prepared, the Walls of Jericho came tumbling and the Davids, armed with marbles, brought Goliath to his knees in shame. The history of a once feared village warrior and quack herbalist and his maurading henchmen, came to an abrupt end. Unity, solidarity, fellow feeling as oppressed people, shared history and suffering , commonness of purpose, singularity of vision, “same enemy” objective and desire to live dignified, self fulfilling and democratic lives catalysed the people. Who wants live in a golden cage? But the euphoria, to all intents and purposes, was short-lived. The united camp that drove out a Goliath with all the instruments of torture at his disposal and at cost to life and limb, is now various opposing factions, engaged in cut throat hostility. What brought them together is now their own seed of discord. It is a miniature Southern Sudan playing out on Facebook though. On Facebook, the virtual world. Multiple groups of Gladiators, armed to the teeth, ready to gorge out each other’s eyes. Suddenly there is what Paulo Freire calls “fear of freedom”. The once oppressed people are now denying to each other that which they all so gallantly fought to repossess. The oppressed are becoming each other’s oppressors, resorting to the former oppressor’ s tactics and methods. They that hated and fought against violations of human rights, intolerance to dissentingof opinions, lack of transparency and accountability, seem to dislike the same for each other or rather now find these as anathema. Each thinks that the other group is hellbent on destroying its “hard fought ” and “hard won” prize, the repossession of freedom. Shadow boxing which is as drenching as it is dehydrating. The winner will be the old oppressor unless the proxy war stops. Democracy strives in dissent but matures to fruition in toleration or tolerance, that respect for the most repugnant, obnoxious opinion or idea; the acceptance that infallibility is not the preserve of humans; that willingness to subject oneself to scrutiny without flapping or being touchy or irascible. A democratic person must adhere to democratic tenets and values, willy nilly. There cannot be any dissonance between the person and these values. Disagreements we should have for we have different horizons and not just one “truth”. We can avoid being disagreeable. That is a choice we have. As it was at the beginning, so it could be now too: a common objective to expand and enlarge the frontiers of freedoms and rights, to stand up for what is right, to have a responsible government, to ensure all live in dignity and free from fear, to hold each other accountable, to entrench constitutionalism and the rule of law and to always be fighting on the side of the oppressed. Securing rights is an every day struggle, for oneself and others, against the excesses of oneself, others and the State. A luta continua.

Gleaner_19641110 L ,y AZAAETW CDLLECE OF ROCJ.IESTER NAZARETH COLLEGE. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Tues., Nov. 10, 19~ · 3 Honor Students Cited Janice Smith, Forty·three upper classmen were honored at NCR's Kathy Neary nual Honors Convocation at the Students Hour, Oct. 23. part or the program Rev. M. A. Weisheipl, professor Chosen by '68 Patristic and Medjeval Thought at Aquinas Institute, hool of Philosophy, spoke on Golileo and Intellectual Jan!~ Smith and K.1lhle<n rning. Neary have emerged as pnat .. Gleaner wishes to cite those students who have main· dent and student eounell repr~ o . ed a cumulative average of at least 2.5. sentatlve for the class o£ '68, SENIORS as a result of the recent elec­Carol Cleve.la_nd Bernadetle :Malone Joy ~lurphy J oa_n Ma7 Karen Cal11.han Katb.Jttn Monn Sally Beecher Ka thleen Parker Nancy Jo Gtlrer Mary Ann CIIITord Marb Everlll Edna Cbr)'saJidu E..,.,. DiGioia JUNIORS MU7 Ellen Poody Barban Olnutud Susan llelmuth Eileen Smyntek Bernadette Remick Rosemarie Abendroth Mar7 Sc:hwonlte Marcaret McN•urbton Shirley Venette Penelope Zutes Geraldine Zaebaey 2\otary Louise llotrman Mary A.n.n Fackt.lman Mary Eilers SOPDOMOR£S Barbara Gr1ndln Carol Doddllllo Elaine Balr Catherine Dobbertln Mart Joan KOC-h Beverly L1Combe Ruth Robinson Joan LeBel Kuen G laneur Ann Marie Biuonene Susan Cladfelt<r Ka thleen Bender Christine Coleman Catherine Norris Kathleen Fahrer Joanne Dlclu eedom and Education': Hastings Here Nov. 12 'ly Hastlnp, author and book by Hans Kung, The Coun. turer, will speak to NCR stu· ell. Retonn. and Reunion. t.s on "Freedom and Educa· Her lectures o.n Nov. 12 wi ll in- .'' Thursday. Nov. 12. at elude: . This will be the main lee· 10 30-''Etreet of Llturall:al in a ~rt~ or four to ~ Decree on our Penonal Catho-- nted thot day. lie Uves" 11ss Hastlncs wu born in a Lumpur, Malaya in 1927. bas studied al Oxford, been nsul In New York. and lholle Evidence Culld Speak· ' In London. On the staff o! ed · and Ward, Catbolie d and Catholle Worker, Is alto at present a guest f6!4f at Our Lady's Domini. College In New Orl•ans. an author she has pro­such works as Question II :30-"The Problem of Catho· lie Triumpballsm" I :30-"Problems Raised by the Chapt.er on the Jews" 3:aO-"Freedom and Catholic Higher EdueaUon" cox- --- TO SPEAK ON DELINQUENCY tions. Jackie Condon and Su.san Truelove were also candidates for the prctldcney, as were Ann Coeltz and Elizabeth Spillman for student council representa­tive. Th~ el~tlon of minor dau ol!i~rs resulted In Mary Walsh as viee-pruldent; Sue Le.nlde­Wit% as treasurer; Joan Farmer as secretary; Carol Johnson. Kendra L•w. P•t Melntyre, Rosalie Uttaro as rcprcsentn· tlves to the social bo3rd. Tea For Three ~trnest' Set for This Weekend Tickets for students of Nazareth and St. John fisher wiU be on the house when the SRO·Rofl' Guild presents Ernest in Love, Nov. 13-15. For everyone else the price will be $1.50, which may be paid at the door. Mr. Joseph Baranowski, of the Speech Department, will direct. The production staff includes Rosemary Cutri, design co-ordination; Mary Jane Roney, props; Camille Vistocco, costumes; and Jane Garvin and Rick Halstead, sets, all under the supervision or the drama guild 's co· presiden ts, Unda Hallan and Joe Genduso. ~f eet the Cut ------------- Jol\n Grasdorl, who portrayed loolu Ute a mul!in-eatu, too, ruth a ebllllnJ ·~alb' last year but a v<ry naive one. She prays for Everyman, warms up eonsld- AlaY will be "A Very Wicked erably as 'Jade Worthins:: with Man;• and ''kiss b~r without songs like: "liow Do You Find asking." !Be does!) the Words for a Proposal?." 'Miss Prism' !Chris Coleman) "You're Perfection:· and "Eter· and 'Rev. Chasuble' n'om Oau· nol Devotion." ber) provide a third, more ac-. The girl who lBkcs the ehlll date. romance, and the proper oiT Is ·cwendolyn.' better known 'Lady Braeknell.' Cwen't mater as Sh•lla Owy<r !universally !Kathy Myel'$), Is properly known!). who fliu from tanta· shoeked by all tbe love around. Jlzlng temptre"- ehoosina ''Th• ll Is abe who, learning that Jacl< Perfect Hat to Cateh an Arlsto- wu found In a bandbac ond erat." to lltUc girl. warbling to has no parents, rebufl's htm with Jack. who has promised to the hilarious "A Handbag Is Not chnnge his name to E·rnest. ''It a Perfect Mother!' tnkes couro.g~ nnd st rcna,th to be christened. for IL'a cold and damp. so they claim:• 'Aigy' eats. and slnts about. mul!ins. Stu While does, tO<>­he must! Tall and thin, with a very ni~ grln. he looks as if he co e s "Bunburylng" (visiting mndc-up relaUvts as excuse-s to get away) every doy or the week. munching muffins on the way! Carol LanzJone. as ·eecny; Rounding out the east to rol· lleklng perfection are Jane Car· vin. Mary Cassata. Joo Kaest· ntr, Ray Carpent.,r. Bill Catrke, Joe Canley. Joe c.,nduso, Coorae Thorsen, 1nd Tim Cheney. A date. then? Ernest In Love, 8:00 p.m.. any night of the weekend, Friday, Nov. 13, Saturday the 14, and Sunday the 1$. !You could always come to oil three.) S:heUa Dwytr as Gwe.adol~ Joho Grasdorf as J aek (aDd someUmee •• Eroest), and Carol Lam:ione as Ce.clly wlll dell,fht their • udltnees In 'Ernest in LOve•. Nov. 1!·15. Answers • 19~6 1 and Tbo raments 11961 ). Miss Hast· 1s also the translator o( mue.b read and discussed Delinquency ln the American elty will be the topic when Erie Cox addresses NCR &tudents, Nov. 20, at II :30 and 12:30. Mr. Cox. a graduate or Dickenson Cotteee. has spoken extensively on soelologle~l problems dealing with the American city, poilU· eal participation and world Jaw. One of his writings, Ther. monuelear PoUUcs and World Law, ls now beine cxpan 'ed into book form. MASTER PLAN ANNOUNCED PEACE CORPS rary Announces PLACEMENT TEST ening Service vailable now to all NCR dents Is the library's new ening service fn the reserve m. Two record players have n lnstall•d ond the complete u.rces ot th~ musk depart· t are belnl trans:erred to library. Tl\ls eolleetlon Is · ble to any student who rs to use lt. Many have ldy taken advantace or this ice, largely ror assignment ses. Y•t Its cultural oppol" lUes should not be lt nored. collection, which ranges rn saered music to sonts from way shows and jau, is de­to ault anyone's taste. ougb the servl~ Is In its aUve ataa•. It will be ex· ded to Include new equip· 1 and possibly a separate m. The llbrarlanJ a re anxJous ~ Increased use or this .new enlng service. and students eneouraaed to avail them· es . of the opportunity. Aetlve in local and national politics, Mr. Cox has been both chairman and vicc·presldent o! the D.C. Youn11 Demoerats. He has also served on two t ut>eom· mltt«-s or the lnau1utal Com· mlttee. In addition, through the aid of foundation gra_nts. Mr. Cox has organized various volunteer projects to ald underprivileged children. He also ettabllshed, in 19~. the Maple Glen Projeot Involving volunteer work with delinquent boys. In IIH53, Mr. Cox formed the Inter-Collegiate Volunteer Councll, whose pur­pose Is to tel college students to work with needy children. Hav· lnr addressed over $0 civic, ehureh, college and other groups, he Is hoping to promote the much needed volunteer wort with the eity'a eblldren. ''To stand still Is to !all be· hind.'' and just as Nazareth has never rem1lntd aeademlea.lly stationary. so she Is moving with great speed arehiteoturaUy. Within the next teo years, six lnilllon dollars In bricks will be added to the campus In the form of an arts cen ter, o new administration building. a dorml· tory, and the chapel or which we have heard much.. Continual· ly Involved In the spiritual. aea· demic, and cultural proa~ss of the students of Nazareth Col· lege, the administration Is pro­vldlni tacllltles appropriate to the needs or this progress. And so there Is soon to be a real vitalization of the atmosphere of learnlnr for whleh Nazareth bas lona been known. Similarly, the campus Is to underao a visible ebange with th~ larte parking lots, two of them Joraer than the \\Xisttng one. a per·lmcter road and a malt from Kearney to the new ad building. Croundbreoklng plans have be<!o made for Spring, 1965, how­ever Sister Eva Marie said that no definite date has be<!n set. The six million dollal'$ Is to come !rom federal and .state loans. from Nazareth's joint fund drive with SJFC. and. as for the chapel, student contribu· tions. And, gratefully. Nazarenes wait for their new Nazareth. 8:30 a. m., Nov. 14 Rm. I 15, Federal Bldg. CALENDAR November: 11- Nazaretb Academy Future Teachers Club visit NCR 12-Ceelly Hastings, Lecture. Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. Freedom and Catholic !lither Education Lecture on Astronomy, Smyth Lounge, 7 p.m. Trl Bet• and Chemistry Club 13-1$-Erneat l.n Lo .. , SJFC Auditorium, 8 p.m. NCR-SJFC Drama Clubs 16-U. S. Air Force Reerultment- 11 a.m. Sgt. Kllnkbell & Sgt. Arnest 19-Ciub MeeUncs. 3:30 p.m. lllath Club Meetin(, Smyth Lounge, 7:30 p.m. Speakers: NCR Alumnae 20-Erte Cox, Sociologist in Government Projects 11:30 p.m.-J>elinQueue:r and tbe Deea)'inr Amerleaa 12:30 p.m.-Tbermonuelear Polltlea a.ud World Law 21- Biuc Danube Ball, Auditorium, 9 p.m. 26-Thankaglvlna Recess, 11:30 p.m. 26-Th.ankallYlDI Dan~. SJFC City Pogo GLEA N ER T uesdoy, November ~ V I E W p Q I N T S ~ Lttt<ro to tht oditor 1.:.~===_......,...,...,,.... ...= ==============..!1~ ~~H~~S An!~eh!~~•d ~~i~~~resses. the tAovghta of tit• ~endn1 ond pumpkins and Norma Traey for You:r articl~ wa.s a blunt Home From Chicago • • • Last month, your editors participated in the Asso­ciated Collegiate Press conference in Chicago. Approximate­ly 1000 student delegates attended this convention. They came from schools which were state-supported, Church· affiliated, or private, including such institutions as Michigan State University, University of Texas, Gannon College, and Sl John's University, Brooklyn. This diversity was helpful in giving aU or tile delegates a broad picture of the role played by college publications on campuses across the country. Professors of journalism from Columbia University and Syracuse University, as well as professionals from the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Sun Times, and Chicago Tribune conducted workshops during the convention. · Panel discussions, on topics such as "The Campus Right to Know" and "Should College Papers Make Political En· dorsements," enabled delegates to share what seemed to be common problems. While Ustening to convention speakers, it was em· phatically brought to our attention that Gleaner and NCR enjoy a freedom or the press which is often unique among college publications. Many schools are not so fortunate. Paul Tate, a student editor from Troy State College in Alabama, told of his summons to the office or Governor Wallace, where he was required to give a four hour ex· planation or his recent editorial in favor of civil r ights. A delegate from Concordia College, a conservative Min­nesota school or Lutheran affiliation, described the pres­sures applied to the newspaper by administration and alumni forces. This convention was not exclusively for newspaper editors. Various types of college publications were repre­sented. After examining the prize-winning yearbooks and magazines at this conference, the editors of Gleaner would like to ask why Sigillum and Verity Fair do not participate in such national competition. Student publications are an important factor in projecting a school's image, The excel· lence achieved on this campus should not go unnoticed. A Precedent • • Gleaner joins the rest of NCR in congratulating and thanking all those connected witll Stag Weekend, in partic­ular Jeanne Gauer ond Mory Koy S.:hwonke, co-chairmen. Stag Weekend was a success both socially and financially. Intercollegiate relations were strengtllened on ooth tile school and personal levels. And tile Missions are $1100 richer. Stag Weekend was the first of its kind on this campus, and It can be improved. Perhaps a less expensive weekend would have drawn a larger crowd, particularly to the stage show Saturday night. Publicity, which is admittedly a rna· jor ~roblem regarding an event of this sort, could have been earlier and more intensive. The success of last weekend suggests that we continue and improve upon the idea. A precedent has been set. Glaner would like to see another Stag Weekend. Anniversary Thoughts • • • Cot! sees, allows, mu/ lor•t>.< in ways rue tlo not ripely nntlersUzm/. Let mankirul hobble home now o" its knees. John Heureux. "'Death of a Man .. It Is almost one year since John F. Kennedy died. On that Nov. 22, all of us were on our knees. Our spirit was broken; we scarcely knew where to turn. But, in our need, we turned to God. Today we see a world at once botll the same and very different from tile one John Kennedy left. It is a world or different leaders, but with tile same crises. It is a world which looks ahead, but witll a doubtful future. It is a world which must return to its knees. Return to Its knees ... to renew tile pledge made last year in tile memory of President Kennedy, who in life and in deatll, ennobles its best hopes, dreams. and ideals. J-ll~o.er P•'IUW ar.I""N• tT ucepc l•rla.l" nand~ ••U.• .. ,..... ••4 ""-t .. el, o,t•l••• t i P,rft.6td I• ~.. .... U~t, -~ t~utu•r•tt thol-• •I U.t uuq., • •mllll.tln· JHa. tr .._. r•U,.. OLitAN'E:It alatf. £411or: Elaine Tantuto Aast. Editor: Eileen Sm:rnlek Ad Manarer: Pauline Anrtoae Cop;r Editor: Jud:r ConbOY Clreulatlon: Andl WoUensak La7oal Bdllor: Ma17 Elln Food:r Moderator: Slater Roae Allee Bou. Manar er: Joanne Aa.,..llne Photornpher: Dlllr Wnlz Stall': K~ren Moore, Pal Cooper. Nane1 NearJ, MU7 Jo Spen«r, V!rnnla Croal1. Laurie Sehi PP. Kalh:r Burtllal'd, KaiiiJo Parker, Ma17 KeU;r, Ann Slabl, Pal CorUo, Lloda Strohmeyer, MU7 EUeu McCI111n. Linda Lace, DoQDa AYenel, Slula Boblak, Sa:a&D Glad· feller, M11'7 Lou Clark. Co1tnle R:ran, Bonn,. Remlek, M11'7 Ran· daU. Naney LucereUJ, • •TTH•n• ,.,. .... ...,.... RocHesTeR. N. Y. not n.ece,.arilv tho,. of th• euttlns them out. and. Uke thinly veUed diatribe ag GLEANER •taf!. All lttt<ro arc shlnlnr stars, Mlc.key CrUfo and the younr women of Nua ootk<>mtd, bMt ~Ill oigKed lot· Ro Cutrt, who headed the whole College, all o! whom you h t•ro will bo priKted. artistic shebanr. Thank$. too. to seen fit to cateaortu as "N Some Clarifications Dear Eclllor: We would like to clarity some statements made In the Oct 27 Issue or Glta.ntr conetrnlna the Glee Club. Althou(h we ai"' arnnein& Joint eonctru wSt.h Canislus Coller•. Fordh1m Unl· venlty. Untvef'!llt.y of Rochester. a performance at Hancock Air Force Base In Syracuse. no defl· nite dates have bet-n made. We do not want a.n,yone to be dl• IP'Pointcd U our plans do nol materlali~. Another very optl· mistlc statement was made In regard to the ulc of the "Mes· sJah" record at Christmas. rr we cut o record during the Christ· mas concert. It probably will not be ready for sale until sec· ond semester. We also thought U'l(' students would be Interested to hear thl'lt 200 girls compotcd for the 45 seats lett vacanl Jn Juno. We regret that we did not have the room tor aU the truly aood volees that were rejected. Their won· derlu.l interest .;hown In audl~ Uonlng for Clee Club Is an addtd incentive to atrlve tor another successful seaton. Jane Fbnn President NCR Cleo Club Hallowe'en He lpers Dear Nn:art.th. The Creal Pumpkin tells us that the sincerest Hallowe'en this year was eeltbtated here tearty, even!) at the Thursday night skits. Thll cr .. t honor could never have b«n, without the b~Jp ol th~ ~~~~r· ~l nc•,.. people: gtner~t ovcrwen Kartn B<>ale and Mary Beth Cloonan: fOOd commltt~. Francine Bona­donna and Sue Knauf. who wert helped by three marvelous car­donaters.. Pam Tarklngton. Mary Jane Dinan, and Sue K's broth· er: the decorations committe~. Sue Blumendale and Sue Cold tor poste-rs. Elaine Hogan, Elaine Balr. Mary Kay Cham· berlain, and Charlene Lawson tor Invitations. Gerry Cnsc1e­wicz lor cardboard and one Soc. 'Becket' Reviewed Mr. Bleianl and h.b men. to all Apart from this unfort the Midtown Mob. HP«Ially generallz.atlon. your article C.rol Daddulo and Donna presses a shallow. lm~Mhll Kllncler for advertl.sina. to and materiali.stle attitude t Father Lou(hery for hb black We In general and sex In fedora, and to the lndlspensa· tlcular. Is U!e for ACM I" bleo. Dottle Serdenls for lights coUeae male") a series or and Mary Jane Roney for mus:ic. nis rackets. XKE's and Cod bless us, every one! culminating In "the big bon Slncei"'iy, I think not. <Artalnly, this Is Marll1n Sadle.r & true of the men of SL Bonato Susan Gladlt-ltt-r tore or SL John Fisher. a P.S. UNICEF, too, b grateful doubt I! It Is applicable for the patlul of money, Sl.94 Georietown. If, Mr. 5tampnt, In all, and Just a little bit damp! of your values are as su I ----•--- ficial as those you expressed TJ1~ IUllowiftg {ettf'r, writtm t,he Pioneer, thtn I truly bt """c>C"t' to tm artielt 1Jrinted you. Personally. I can think itt tit~ SJFC Pioneer, wu Tt· nothing more dis&ustlng cl'it•rd lrv 01~ ellitor of Gleaner. having to judge as meanln An Ope n Le tter only those relationship• wh To John Stampfli ~::;;:~~::U. tnu ~~~~:~. :-:u Uear ~t r. Stampfli, I hAve read y~ur contribution to I(Natlonal Campus" In the Oct. 21 edition of tho Pioneer, and I reel It requires an answer. Understand. this Is not lntonded as a personal attack. but a de­fense aialnst an attitude which Is all too prevalent Jn our genera .. tlon. Without &peculating on the motives whleh prompted you to write the article, I will tontine my comments to th(' attftudu AROUND THE TOWN Nov. 13-21, Prl . .Sat.: Calco!Jited Rblt; Community Players. Community Playhouse Nov. 13-U. Frl.-Sun.; Ernest In Love: St. John Pb her College: 8:15 Nov. 14. Sa~: Smothers Br<lthers: Eastman Theatre: 8:15 Nov 14, Sat.; Tbe Prince a11d Ute Pauper; Ea.stm.an Theatre. 2:30 Nov. 16, Mon.; Faust; New York City Opera; Ea$lman Theat:re: 8:15 Nov. 20, Fri.; Youncblood llawke: Paramount Thuter Nov. 21 , Sat.; Royal Irish Brl· aade: \Var Memorial: 8:15 Nov. 22. Sun.: Mare and Andre, French folk singers; Stron~ Auditorium. U of R: 8:30 Nov. 23-24, Mon.·Wed.: L•mln­cnd- Kirov Balle t; Eastman Theatre; 8:15 Solid Performances Probe The Enigmatic Man Jl one expects to find In Becket the criteria for sainthood. he mu.st prepare- to be dlnp­polnled. If one hopes to find In Becket remembrances of Bur­ton's Hamlet, moi"' dluppalnt· ment Is In store. The Hal Wallis production of Anoullh'l play Is not St. Thomas Becket: It Is Bec.ket the man. as strons and eone.be and soUd as the sound of his name. It b thb man, B«ket. whose story has faselnated minds from the 12th century through T. S Eliot. Anoullh and Hal Wallis. B«ket's story Is one of rapid ascension from Henry tl't valet to Archbllhop of Canterbury to ma.r(yrdom In 1170. It Is one of ec>nntct between Church and state, earthly and tempera! power, a man and hfJ friend. a man and his honor. a man and his God. And Beeket'a Cod Ia honor for a vast portion of the film. The Catholic viewer especlol· Jy, becomes exasperated with the apparent equation of per. sonal Integrity with aanctlly. Becket's Ute seems to be o stub­oorn and blind cling to principle. Thls feeling Is never totally erased. It Is satisfactorily blur­red, however, wh~n Becket, as Archbishop, finally falls lo his knees and begtna to beg Cod'• h ,.t n wHh .T,..h..lllr• tt'tftm•_, He a.a,ya., "Lord. are you sure you·r~ not temptina me? It aU seems so euy." At this moment. he Iindt something which he has never In his Ute ex·perieneed • •• 1 penonal love tel.atlonship. He loves Cod. much to lhe dl,.. may of hls worshipper, Henry II. Henry II and Be<!ket. brllllant­ly portrayed by Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton respectively, are victims of a fascinating paychologlcal study: The enigma of T~omas Becket 1$ helghuned by the enlrma of Burton himself. Burton's Becket is. at times. an· noylncly stralchtlorward and unembellished. Was Burton relytne on hls name and pene .. tratlng voice to play the role? Or could he not be bothered to otudy well and Interpret Becket? Or did he Interpret Becket and find him a eompleu stole! Or was he merely daring to take the part with less ••crowd" appeal In hopes that the lnulllgentla would appreciate him? What· ever the ease, he succeeded in prod u c t n~: a very definite Image of B~cke t and a very different picture of Burton. These pletures contrasted meaningfully wltlt t)lose of Henry ll and Peter O'Toole. Unbleached and be-moustached. ~:!bfa~a,.11 ~~wrence ...~ .~~~i!~.. ~ s Workin& with exeeUent mate O"Toole shines as tht lmpetu lntelliaent and lnsecun m arch. Henry's need for and Becket~s need tor some or someone else becomes appar-ent as the film prove Their final break by the b dramatle In the era sense of the word. Grandeur of lmpartant of pow~rful lines, of can:t· bury Cathedral. of swee 1\ action. rules the film. In two small scents is the~ broken. Rlch.trd Burton Is IN until be says Mass and the 1 conCJ'Uity beiln• to set ln. • he turns to liVe the ble X< he Is Richard Burton. nol1 ter how line the robes. The aJ is the Pope until he 1s o1 trayed. The shock of his b ~ Entllsh against the BrlUsh 1 cents of Burton and O'T o, makes one wlsh thai they m 1~ have managed to get by wl slightly less authentic and a less dlstractlni dlll since historicity was abando In Becket's ease. !Becket w Norman. nol a Saxon.) T small blots. however. could passlbly mar the abundanot talent. elegant sets, photogra techniques ansi sheer lnteU impact of the motion plct Letters to the Editor as obvlous to Nat as they to the reader. I don't bJame r for acting cool. As tor your impllcation that Naz.areth girls are slovenly, hlng could be farther from e truth. It has been my exper. nee. and that of many other na men. to find the Nazareth l men aJways representatlve ot taste. both in dress and in nduct. I think it Is time. Mr. Stamp· f , for ACM to reconsider his lu... It Is time he stopped king at the world through a tUe or Jag or a Vet window. is time he grew up. 1 sug· st. then. Mr. Stampfli, that you rect your criticism not to az.. but to ACM. For only when at means more to him than his Vesl or his Madras sport at will ACM find the satiO­' tion he seeks. Edward Corrfdori '65 St. Bonaventure Univers-Ity ---- ·--- GOP Speaks Up ar Editor~ Attention: Young Democrats! Just where are the Republl· n.s? We are making phone for .Republican Headquar­rs. We are listening. reading. <atching. and discussing our ndid3tes and the '64 campaign. 1 rthermore. since the primary ject of a coUege student­gardless of political affiliation is to gain an education, we stud..Ying! AJlhougb we are a minority oup, we cherish our opinion d wish that !ellow "poUti· ns" would aUow us this right. We Republicans are a small up at Nazareth. Perhaps we Uld be larger. but many see.m ~ be hesitant to express their e reellngs, maybe fearing bile rebuttal. Nevertheless. tther verbally or privately, publlcans try to know the dldates. know the issues. ow the campaign as complete· , a.s is possible. • And. with regard to the Re­bHean inlorrnation center, tho th. though minus a Republl· n. hevertheless served its pur· se-lnr<)rmatlon. Thank you, Republicans! Martha Ballinr Pea-a Connor ----- lbt £dllor, At a recent lecture. a student a question which, in Its ence. exempliflcd the right· 1 US, self·satisfied. narrow· nded provincialism of a rna· rity of the school population. effect, the question asked if n..CathoHcs are ever moraJ. haps the student didn't real- Jy think her question through. but because of her question's connotation, we must adt.•ess ourselves to the matter: Where Is our spirit of ecumenlc.lsm? Christianity supcrcedes all denominational boundruies and "Catholic" Is supposed to mean universal. Being in a Catholic school. studying religioo_, having a theological library are all ac­eidentaJ to being a Christian: however, the smugness or having aU the truth se-ems to accentuate the acddentals while completely forgetting thC' essential. Not until we practice Christianity (the practice ls the essenc.c-\ will our sehool. librarY and classes be of any more use than to inform ourselves on what we should be doing. Let us not forget that the "non-Catholics" weren't "aU wrong" when they o.rlglnally re­volted: let us not Corget that these .. non·Catholics" have long exceeded us in missionary zeal: let us not forget that "non· Catholtc" exegetes Y:ere far ahead ot u.s in correctly inter· preting Seripture; let us not deny the majority or "non-Cath­olic" people who are livlng good. moral lives. Only by complete unity In Christ can we hope to tnnuen¢e the oon·Christian world. In conclusion. 1 would like to ttuote scattered phrases rrom a symposium of contemporary Christian thought. Th~ speaker ts Dr. Eugene Smith. an or· dalned Methodist minister: "Wherever we are. this is the place or our mission: . . • all who bear the name Christian are called to common witness: . . • the layman ls a missionary Cor Jesus Christ to that circle In the secular world where he lives. works, votes. pl3ys. Witness to the secular world is a vital part ol the personal mission of every Chrislian." 1\tar,.aret O'Leary '66 A P-;oble;7Ti;;,ing n eu Rdltor: I'm upset. I sit here al the end of the week •Oct. 30) ex· hausted. angry, and slightly sick. My problem: why do mid·semes­ter exams have to come Immedi­ately alter Parents' \Veekend. and while we a.re preparing for the Halloween skits? Even if you don't participate in Parents' Weekend. It Is Im­possible to study here - what with meeting parents and the endless stream of visitors In the Ubrary. ' I did part icipate in the Hal­loween skits. 1 enjoyed it and I am glad I did lt. but there was a time last week when I was getting pretty twitchy, Why should those who sacrince <and It Is a voluntary sacrifice) time and energy to entertain others be pengJlzed? CamUie Vlsloeco '66 Spea king 0~ To the Editor: To anyone with her eyes open. poste.rs abound In our halls. locker rooms and smokers: pOS· ters acclaiming candidates !or national, state and school elec· lions. Such partisan support is good; that is undeniable. but equally undeniable, and equally obvious. to all but the blindest eyes. Js the (act of defacement of these posters. In a collegiate atmosphere. which this is. nom­Inally in any case. such ddaee· ment is neither "cute" nor tit­ling, It Is, rather. an odious af. front to the intelligence and maturity of the women of Nazareth. U those ot our "aca· demlc community" who project themselves in this puerile man­ner must continue in their past.lme. It would show at least some consideration iJ they would n) sign their names to their notable accomplishments, and/ or c2• look seriously Into some progressively·orientated kinder­garten where their e!forts will be fully appreciated. Rosemarie Abendroth 'GG l\targ-aret O'Leary '6G Justine Mular1 '~.o·G New OHice Available To Students Anyone rushing madly to find a place to type is apt to be a bit dlsconeerted by the discover;.• that there is no longer a stu~ dent typing room. Since Sis·ler Eva Marie's office ha~ been moved. an eager student'" t)lp· ing fingers have no hQme. To rectiJy this situalio.n. Studcnl CounciJ has acted on ~uggestioo s made by a special commnte~ headed by Judy Otto. The old trunk room in Medallle Hall is going to be converted Into a typing/ study room ror student use. Under~ grad has purchased two tyJ)(o.. writers to put in this room. In addition to this. Student Council has clarHtcd the use or the Undergrad Room. It will no longer be used fo1· meetings but will be supplied with various items such as stamps. envelopes. and thtmk-you notes for club usc. Rooms specified by Student Council for me~ting:-; are thr Day-Hop· Social Room. Poplars and the Brldge. omogyt Adds c Excitement' Philharmonic Season he stag~ door opens and a h settles over the theater. tlo Somogyi walks briskly ross the stage, steps on to his tform, and awaits our un· > ded attention. The baton is > ed and with the first notes our national anthem the 65 Phltharmonlc Concert son has begun. rrbere is something new and lUng about this ~ar•s con-and It ls the person of o Somogyi. For be does just conduct: he dramatltes 1 note. He moved gracefully \b the opening Bach Weiner eata In C major. Being a e more than vague I relied my proirarn for the back- ' und of the piece. "A toccata generally thought of as a e lor displaying the teehni­accompllshments o! the vir­, especially on a keyboard ment . • . Leo We1ner, an , , !.tanding contemporary Hun­n composer and teacher, made orchestral .arrange· nts or several Baeh w'orks. Toccata in c . . . Is prob­Y t}le best kno":n ... This was the Rochester Philharmonic"s first performance of this piece and it was done magnifieenUy. The next piece was Copland•s Lincoln Portrait Cor Speaker and Orchestra. also a first per· formance. The piece truly mir· rors its title with Its strains of frontier music. The speaker's voice r-ang out with each pas· sage. The passage was inlfO-. duced by a descriptive portrait and then the speakc.r became LincoJn. The text was derived from letters and speeches o! Lincoln and Js composed of some of the less publlclted phrases ot Lincoln's philoso­phies. The whole arrangement was excellent and Impressive to those like mysell who are un· famJliar with Copland's work. S infonia Concertante In E-Rat, K. Anh.9, for ObO<!. Clarinet. Bassoon. Horn and Strings by Motarl brought me baek to my program. "Standing halfway be­tween the concerto alld the sym­phony, the Slnfonla Concertante Is in three movements, featu~ lng some dialogue between the solo lnstrumepts a~d the tutti. While the solos remain Import­ant. as in a concerto, the c.ntire ensemble is coordinated as i_n a symphony. The first movement is an Allegro tconlaining the. exposition and development of thematic mate.rJaJl; the second is an Adagio (a gentle, almost melancholy. slow movement): and the ti.nale is a tunelul theme with ten variations and a closing section." The program closed with Ko­daly's Dances of Oalanta. a Hungarian dance song named tor a small·Hunga.rlan market· town's Gipsies of several de~ ades ago. "'!'heir music was said to be the flrst 'orchestral son· ority' which came to the ear of the child. tKodaly)'' The piece l.n· itlates Images of the gipsy dan­cers in the mind of the listener and produces an altogether pleasant ex-perience. The 1964-65 Philharmonle sea­son 1s otT to an exceUeDt start and I carne-sOy recommend at least one Thursday night trip to the Eastman for everyone. .v.G. Guest Editorial OHicers Speak Out On Student lnteCJrity We are adults responsible !or our actions and the prin­ciples which motivate them. It is not important how many people falsify permanent Student Hour excuses. The point is some students do not have the honesty to break a rule and face its consequences. It is not important how many students neglect checking books out of the library or fail to fulfill obligations freely accepted in joining committees. The point is there are students who put their own selfish· ness before consideration and respect for others. A panel from Student Council will discuss student in­tegl'ity and responsibility in class hours. Its purpose is nei· ther accusation or condemnation and it would be a sad misunderstanding to construe it as such. Our hope is rather that we can recognize what is required of us as mature and responsible adults a'nd act accordingly. Likewise, Student Council in its judicial !unction has the responsibility to enforce the rules and regulations it enacts. Every legislative body must provide for this in some way. We have ru les at the college and there is little com­plaint about them. Those that disagree with them simply don't obey them. Fines are levied and summons are sent out for student court. Many times they are ignored. It may be these regulations ar·e unreasonable or unnecessary and should be changed. This is done by presenting the sug­gestion or proposal to Student Council or the class Rep­resentative but until then the rule must in all cases be obeyed until it is changed or repealed. We see no sense in Student Council acting as a legislative body if it cannol enforce its laws. We see no sense in Student Council acting as a judicial board if its action to require compliance are flaunted. We realize words like "must obey'' and "required" irritate our sense of independence and maturity. but there is always someone who, because of his position or authority, has a right to make demands on us. Either student government guides its members in their student life for their own bene­fit (not as a power hungry organization) or it is senseless to waste time with it. It is because of these considerations that Student Coun· c.il has voted that the Student Judicial Board shall have the power to suspend a girl from the Undergraduate Asso­ciation if she ignores its summons or fails to fulfill a pen­alty set by the board. This would deprive her of all par­ticipation in student school and class activities. We re­alize this b; a vel'y serious action but we reel it is necessa•·y. It is not our purpose to work against the members of the Association in any way. Our purpose is rather to work with and for the students, but to do this we have had to come to griJ;>S with our own responsibility. On this we must take a stand. The Officers of the Undergraduate Associaton Blue Danube Ball NOVEMllEH 21, 9-J Formal NoriJt:rL Klem $4.25 ~ p, •'' ...... !. !. ,.......,-=' Wit'' Apologies to By NANCY NllAR~ Methinks it fitting, now that the wear and tear of mid· term testing on this campus have subsided, to analyze the actions, reactions, sighs, comments and gesticulations seen and heard over the course of those two dreadful weeks. Now, I despise the idea of a Roving Reporter. It's value,. I claim, is nil. What can be more absurd than walking up to some unsuspecting being with a casual, "Hi, what, in your opinion, is the key to a happy and successful exam week?" Opposed as I am to this extreme misuse of tact, yet never­theless, did I creep up behind a certain student and wager that very question. Her equally absurd answer went like this: "The key to a success!u I exam week is to stay calm. Study hard, but, above all, don't worry!" Another reply: "A happy exam week can be achieved if one has a good night's sleep before each test." Now really! Any simpleton will acknowledge . that 99 44/ 100% of all exam-takers stay up half the night, and are not calm, cool and collected as the idealists say. Now, the points are: 1} the attitude of the majority of our student body toward midterms is sad, i.e. down w.ith any sort o! test, quiz, or question-answer session which falls at the end of October; 2) most collegiennes are insincere when. it comes to spontaneously stating their feelings for a news­paper; i.e. the Roving Reporter will trap all hypocrites! So the next time a Reporter nonchalantly roves up to you. speak up, ·girl! You. might be asked :to loop a rope around your neck and hang !or your convictions, but haven't you always wanted to die for a cause? Clubs in The News History-IRC, French Club Durlna tho elub ~eting student hour Nov. 19 there wUl be a joint meeUnc of the His­tory- lRC and F~neh clubs. Spealdnc on Charles DeGaulle and his posiUon In I'Tanee and the world will be Mrs. Dona Neu­man of tbe ~GCiolou departmenL An Informal question-answer period wlll follow It Ume per• mils. A Ust of mocazlne articles on DeCaulle will be mode avail­able a week before the meeting tor all those Interested ln at­tending and portlclpatlng In discus-sion. -Every-one -Is Invited. Math Club Tbunday, Nov 19, at 7:15 p.m.. the NCR Math Club will meet In the Smyth Hall Lounge. Kathy Smith, p~sldent. has an­nounced that 1 J)anel of Naz· aretb alumnae wtll speak dis­cussing their earecrs In mathe. matics. Those pnrtlclpatlng are: Ml$$ Mary K. Carpenter from Kodak. Mrs. Mitchell, a mem­ber or the NCR facult.v. Miss Margaret Roh1. an elementary school teacher, and Miss Marlon Baton!. a hlch school math teacher. ---·- --- Literary Club At Its meetlnR on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3:30. the Literary Club plans a discussion of the ''theat-er of the absu rd." Mary Ann Aiello, chairman, and her committee, will lead the dis­cussion, which will Include dra­matists such u Ionesco and CeneL The meetlnc will be iD· formal and non·members are welcome. A list of sucgested ~•dings will be posted. ---- Coffee Hour: Censorship At the Student-Faculty Cof­fee Hour Nov. 17. Mr. Charles Higgins. NCR librarian, will speak on literary censorship. He will attempt to define the evolutJon of toelal attitudes towari.s literary «nson.hip in this country. Mr. Hlcgins con· sid.e.rs this a VN')' pertinent question. To dJscover how the concept of literary censorship has changed through the centuries. he will clte spccltlc works and the influence or acencles and social croups whose Ideas we aceepL The courts and their legislation. for exampl~. have played a larce part In action towards censorship. The modem concept ol liter­ary censorship tnnuences our reading. Censorship Is also one factor o.f primary importance to the graduate library school. ----- SPEECH MAJORS WORK IN 'FIELD' This year's aenlor speech maJors will not be quite so allen to the field of therapy wben they beJlln their praeUee teocb­lnc this November; tor during this semester they are spending Tuesday and l"rlday mornings In various speech clinics in the Rochester area. The class. divided Into groups or three, three and two girls, bas been worklnr at the Rocb· t$1er Hearlnr and Speech Clinic. Stront Memorial HOi!piW and Hot.Y Cbll~n Home. This pro­Will cover a six week period. For three weeki they will work in one institution, and then will rotate and usc a dll!e~nt cllnle as a UfieJd of operations.. for the ~malnlna three weeks. This will provide each with a wider !ield of experience and bring new aspects ot the speed> field to their attention. All the Jlrb !tel this to be a good experience for later when, alter Thanklglvlnc. they will join !he other Hnlors In the tra­ditional orutloe ttaehln.r. GLEANER NCR FIRST- STAG WEEKEN Frld•y THE YELLOW JACKETS from the University of Rochester were among gfoup• •~J)t'CM:a\Uug six coUt-lllt"l at the Stage Show, TilE CaAND FINALS brou1ht all the grouPS back to the close Saturday nllbt's lntereoUtJiiate Sure Show with a 5lng-.along.. ' New Judicial Board Takes Action: Seven Students Suspended As ~ result of Judicial Board action, seven have been suspended from membership in graduate AssOciation. This action was taken Wednesday's Student Council meeting, at which formerly named Student Court was renamed Board. The Question of suspension from the Un·der·l!rllduai Association was then defined. A student may be suspended - --- - ------1:: of she Ignores a summons to apo. clubs, or receive peor before the Judicial Boord, cations. Though ur It she taUs to conform to th~ latinf student. a ruling of the Judicial Board. dent is no lonaer eor•&ldle,.<lt:' Following suspension the student member of 1.0¥ elau, and e.an.not be allowed to parUd- for cannot. partltlpate In pate In any activit)' sponsored class acUviUu. Suspended by Undergrad. and ~nnoc en~ d~nts ean at any time be joy the prlvUeges or a member or stated ln the this Association. She cannot Association M.POD appeal attend danct'.s. participate In lht.' .Judlcla1 Boan:l, ant1 pliance wlth Ill rulings. Gleane~ Staffers Dr. Tremblay Speaks Meet w1th NCCPA • • Any lntormallon for SIC! See Therese Oeallto New Chairman hei.I'\n c!:::::r. •• ·~~. d!::'~~ On Medical EthiCS room on Nov. 9. was also the ()('(':aslon of a mntin,g of West .. ern New York publications ad, .. visors.. Hector H. Sutherland ol Roeh· ester Institute or Technology, School of Printing, was guest of honor. Mr. Sutherland was chosen to be the 1963-64 Dls­tlngubhed Advisor by the Na· tiona! Council of CoUese Publi­cations Advisors. fn the course of the evenin'" an Informal di~u.ssion took place, the purpose of wbJclt was to evaluate lhe Chica1o convcn .. tlon of the Associated Collegiate Press and the NCCPA. AI this convention, held OcL 22-24, Gleaner was represented by SJ*" ter Rose Allee. advisor: Elaine Tantillo. editor: and Judy Con­boy, copy editor. It Is hoped that this dinner and othtrs of this sort will In­Itiate lne~ased intercollegiate coo~ratlon. ceared toward a better undtrsundlng of the pur­pOSes and problems confronting the college p~ss. Genevieve Angione Antiq ue Dolls 751 Harvard St. Rochester, N. Y. 1-4610 E-.tltanC1-I'i4 and birth c(ffltrol toC:trt tltt> topic. d,.sc:u.ntd bJf Dr. John Trrmb-lny 1chtn Itt ad· rlrr-.,.,t tltt s~;,.f,,u Cltfb, Mott(la." rN•J1i11n. Ort. 26. Dr. Trttnblou·a ru·numcuts were cOP!· tilt allcl complftr, · Now that technoloey Is In­creasing the Individual Jlf':! sp:t.n Jt Is r~a~rnable to ao::sume that there will be more ron-produc­tive aard individU11S in yean to eo.me To advoc:!'te mtrtY kllllnc would !>.> to create a three fold p·oblrm: A problem to lhe lnd•vidual underaofnl euthanasia, a problem to the penon giving permt.ssion. and a problem to the one carrying out tho decision. The implications for nll three persons are serious because "to partake in the des. tructlon of human life for the sakt of the person would be to partake in co-destruction wlth Cod las In eo-procreation!. "What are situations that war-­rant the t.ennlnatlon of Ufe! What about pe.rsonal and ftnan· elal aaln? Can we allow society GENCHAS PRODUCTS IUanu.tacturln.r Chemist; Commercial and lndOJtrlal Cleanlnc 751 Harvard St., Roch., N.Y. CH 4-7530 NEW DIET PEPSI I have your cola and diet, too! all taste .•. no aftertaste Pepsi Cola Roch. Bottlers Frank G. Staropoli, Pres. to makt! such personal deelsfons for us! Next )'ear wUI the age be lowered. will more diseases be Included. will It become a ute-ctlve instrument u In Ger-­many und(>r Hitler:' It Is generally agreed that the problem of birth control Isn't the exclusion of children but the llmltalion o! children. Ab­. stinance and rhythm arc ae:· ceptable means for Catho1l~ to­day. Untll the Council makes some sort of rullnr on the phy­alral and dtemlcal mt.ans of birth control we must eonslde.r them unavailable for our u1e. ECON-0-WASH 903 Monroe Ave. WASH 'N DRY 331 Driving Pk. Ave. 'Tain't littin' if you ain't Knittin' Free Instructions May we be your host lor your out-ol-town guolls KING JAMES MOTEL 2835 Monroe Ave. MODERATE RAll:S THE CENTRAL PHARMACY 9 South Main Street PITTSFORD, NEW YORK Prescription Pharmacists Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections. This digital image may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from the Nazareth College of Rochester Archives. http://www.naz.edu/dept/library/ Transcript L ,y AZAAETW CDLLECE OF ROCJ.IESTER NAZARETH COLLEGE. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Tues., Nov. 10, 19~ · 3 Honor Students Cited Janice Smith, Forty·three upper classmen were honored at NCR's Kathy Neary nual Honors Convocation at the Students Hour, Oct. 23. part or the program Rev. M. A. Weisheipl, professor Chosen by '68 Patristic and Medjeval Thought at Aquinas Institute, hool of Philosophy, spoke on Golileo and Intellectual Jan!~ Smith and K.1lhle­he must! Tall and thin, with a very ni~ grln. he looks as if he co e s "Bunburylng" (visiting mndc-up relaUvts as excuse-s to get away) every doy or the week. munching muffins on the way! Carol LanzJone. as ·eecny; Rounding out the east to rol· lleklng perfection are Jane Car· vin. Mary Cassata. Joo Kaest· ntr, Ray Carpent.,r. Bill Catrke, Joe Canley. Joe c.,nduso, Coorae Thorsen, 1nd Tim Cheney. A date. then? Ernest In Love, 8:00 p.m.. any night of the weekend, Friday, Nov. 13, Saturday the 14, and Sunday the 1$. !You could always come to oil three.) S:heUa Dwytr as Gwe.adol~ Joho Grasdorf as J aek (aDd someUmee •• Eroest), and Carol Lam:ione as Ce.clly wlll dell,fht their • udltnees In 'Ernest in LOve•. Nov. 1!·15. Answers • 19~6 1 and Tbo raments 11961 ). Miss Hast· 1s also the translator o( mue.b read and discussed Delinquency ln the American elty will be the topic when Erie Cox addresses NCR &tudents, Nov. 20, at II :30 and 12:30. Mr. Cox. a graduate or Dickenson Cotteee. has spoken extensively on soelologle~l problems dealing with the American city, poilU· eal participation and world Jaw. One of his writings, Ther. monuelear PoUUcs and World Law, ls now beine cxpan 'ed into book form. MASTER PLAN ANNOUNCED PEACE CORPS rary Announces PLACEMENT TEST ening Service vailable now to all NCR dents Is the library's new ening service fn the reserve m. Two record players have n lnstall•d ond the complete u.rces ot th~ musk depart· t are belnl trans:erred to library. Tl\ls eolleetlon Is · ble to any student who rs to use lt. Many have ldy taken advantace or this ice, largely ror assignment ses. Y•t Its cultural oppol" lUes should not be lt nored. collection, which ranges rn saered music to sonts from way shows and jau, is de­to ault anyone's taste. ougb the servl~ Is In its aUve ataa•. It will be ex· ded to Include new equip· 1 and possibly a separate m. The llbrarlanJ a re anxJous ~ Increased use or this .new enlng service. and students eneouraaed to avail them· es . of the opportunity. Aetlve in local and national politics, Mr. Cox has been both chairman and vicc·presldent o! the D.C. Youn11 Demoerats. He has also served on two t ut>eom· mltt«-s or the lnau1utal Com· mlttee. In addition, through the aid of foundation gra_nts. Mr. Cox has organized various volunteer projects to ald underprivileged children. He also ettabllshed, in 19~. the Maple Glen Projeot Involving volunteer work with delinquent boys. In IIH53, Mr. Cox formed the Inter-Collegiate Volunteer Councll, whose pur­pose Is to tel college students to work with needy children. Hav· lnr addressed over $0 civic, ehureh, college and other groups, he Is hoping to promote the much needed volunteer wort with the eity'a eblldren. ''To stand still Is to !all be· hind.'' and just as Nazareth has never rem1lntd aeademlea.lly stationary. so she Is moving with great speed arehiteoturaUy. Within the next teo years, six lnilllon dollars In bricks will be added to the campus In the form of an arts cen ter, o new administration building. a dorml· tory, and the chapel or which we have heard much.. Continual· ly Involved In the spiritual. aea· demic, and cultural proa~ss of the students of Nazareth Col· lege, the administration Is pro­vldlni tacllltles appropriate to the needs or this progress. And so there Is soon to be a real vitalization of the atmosphere of learnlnr for whleh Nazareth bas lona been known. Similarly, the campus Is to underao a visible ebange with th~ larte parking lots, two of them Joraer than the \\Xisttng one. a per·lmcter road and a malt from Kearney to the new ad building. Croundbreoklng plans have beelinQueue:r and tbe Deea)'inr Amerleaa 12:30 p.m.-Tbermonuelear Polltlea a.ud World Law 21- Biuc Danube Ball, Auditorium, 9 p.m. 26-Thankaglvlna Recess, 11:30 p.m. 26-Th.ankallYlDI Dan~. SJFC City Pogo GLEA N ER T uesdoy, November ~ V I E W p Q I N T S ~ Lttt.< in ways rue tlo not ripely nntlersUzm/. Let mankirul hobble home now o" its knees. John Heureux. "'Death of a Man .. It Is almost one year since John F. Kennedy died. On that Nov. 22, all of us were on our knees. Our spirit was broken; we scarcely knew where to turn. But, in our need, we turned to God. Today we see a world at once botll the same and very different from tile one John Kennedy left. It is a world or different leaders, but with tile same crises. It is a world which looks ahead, but witll a doubtful future. It is a world which must return to its knees. Return to Its knees ... to renew tile pledge made last year in tile memory of President Kennedy, who in life and in deatll, ennobles its best hopes, dreams. and ideals. J-ll~o.er P•'IUW ar.I""N• tT ucepc l•rla.l" nand~ ••U.• .. ,..... ••4 ""-t .. el, o,t•l••• t i P,rft.6td I• ~.. .... U~t, -~ t~utu•r•tt thol-• •I U.t uuq., • •mllll.tln· JHa. tr .._. r•U,.. OLitAN'E:It alatf. £411or: Elaine Tantuto Aast. Editor: Eileen Sm:rnlek Ad Manarer: Pauline Anrtoae Cop;r Editor: Jud:r ConbOY Clreulatlon: Andl WoUensak La7oal Bdllor: Ma17 Elln Food:r Moderator: Slater Roae Allee Bou. Manar er: Joanne Aa.,..llne Photornpher: Dlllr Wnlz Stall': K~ren Moore, Pal Cooper. Nane1 NearJ, MU7 Jo Spen«r, V!rnnla Croal1. Laurie Sehi PP. Kalh:r Burtllal'd, KaiiiJo Parker, Ma17 KeU;r, Ann Slabl, Pal CorUo, Lloda Strohmeyer, MU7 EUeu McCI111n. Linda Lace, DoQDa AYenel, Slula Boblak, Sa:a&D Glad· feller, M11'7 Lou Clark. Co1tnle R:ran, Bonn,. Remlek, M11'7 Ran· daU. Naney LucereUJ, • •TTH•n• ,.,. .... ...,.... RocHesTeR. N. Y. not n.ece,.arilv tho,. of th• euttlns them out. and. Uke thinly veUed diatribe ag GLEANER •taf!. All ltttmtd, bMt ~Ill oigKed lot· Ro Cutrt, who headed the whole College, all o! whom you h t•ro will bo priKted. artistic shebanr. Thank$. too. to seen fit to cateaortu as "N Some Clarifications Dear Eclllor: We would like to clarity some statements made In the Oct 27 Issue or Glta.ntr conetrnlna the Glee Club. Althou(h we ai"' arnnein& Joint eonctru wSt.h Canislus Coller•. Fordh1m Unl· venlty. Untvef'!llt.y of Rochester. a performance at Hancock Air Force Base In Syracuse. no defl· nite dates have bet-n made. We do not want a.n,yone to be dl• IP'Pointcd U our plans do nol materlali~. Another very optl· mistlc statement was made In regard to the ulc of the "Mes· sJah" record at Christmas. rr we cut o record during the Christ· mas concert. It probably will not be ready for sale until sec· ond semester. We also thought U'l(' students would be Interested to hear thl'lt 200 girls compotcd for the 45 seats lett vacanl Jn Juno. We regret that we did not have the room tor aU the truly aood volees that were rejected. Their won· derlu.l interest .;hown In audl~ Uonlng for Clee Club Is an addtd incentive to atrlve tor another successful seaton. Jane Fbnn President NCR Cleo Club Hallowe'en He lpers Dear Nn:art.th. The Creal Pumpkin tells us that the sincerest Hallowe'en this year was eeltbtated here tearty, even!) at the Thursday night skits. Thll cr .. t honor could never have b«n, without the b~Jp ol th~ ~~~~r· ~l nc•,.. people: gtner~t ovcrwen Kartn B<>ale and Mary Beth Cloonan: fOOd commltt~. Francine Bona­donna and Sue Knauf. who wert helped by three marvelous car­donaters.. Pam Tarklngton. Mary Jane Dinan, and Sue K's broth· er: the decorations committe~. Sue Blumendale and Sue Cold tor poste-rs. Elaine Hogan, Elaine Balr. Mary Kay Cham· berlain, and Charlene Lawson tor Invitations. Gerry Cnsc1e­wicz lor cardboard and one Soc. 'Becket' Reviewed Mr. Bleianl and h.b men. to all Apart from this unfort the Midtown Mob. HP«Ially generallz.atlon. your article C.rol Daddulo and Donna presses a shallow. lm~Mhll Kllncler for advertl.sina. to and materiali.stle attitude t Father Lou(hery for hb black We In general and sex In fedora, and to the lndlspensa· tlcular. Is U!e for ACM I" bleo. Dottle Serdenls for lights coUeae male") a series or and Mary Jane Roney for mus:ic. nis rackets. XKE's and Cod bless us, every one! culminating In "the big bon Slncei"'iy, I think not. C"t' to tm artielt 1Jrinted you. Personally. I can think itt tit~ SJFC Pioneer, wu Tt· nothing more dis&ustlng cl'it•rd lrv 01~ ellitor of Gleaner. having to judge as meanln An Ope n Le tter only those relationship• wh To John Stampfli ~::;;:~~::U. tnu ~~~~:~. :-:u Uear ~t r. Stampfli, I hAve read y~ur contribution to I(Natlonal Campus" In the Oct. 21 edition of tho Pioneer, and I reel It requires an answer. Understand. this Is not lntonded as a personal attack. but a de­fense aialnst an attitude which Is all too prevalent Jn our genera .. tlon. Without &peculating on the motives whleh prompted you to write the article, I will tontine my comments to th(' attftudu AROUND THE TOWN Nov. 13-21, Prl . .Sat.: Calco!Jited Rblt; Community Players. Community Playhouse Nov. 13-U. Frl.-Sun.; Ernest In Love: St. John Pb her College: 8:15 Nov. 14. Sa~: Smothers Brnntct between Church and state, earthly and tempera! power, a man and hfJ friend. a man and his honor. a man and his God. And Beeket'a Cod Ia honor for a vast portion of the film. The Catholic viewer especlol· Jy, becomes exasperated with the apparent equation of per. sonal Integrity with aanctlly. Becket's Ute seems to be o stub­oorn and blind cling to principle. Thls feeling Is never totally erased. It Is satisfactorily blur­red, however, wh~n Becket, as Archbishop, finally falls lo his knees and begtna to beg Cod'• h ,.t n wHh .T,..h..lllr• tt'tftm•_, He a.a,ya., "Lord. are you sure you·r~ not temptina me? It aU seems so euy." At this moment. he Iindt something which he has never In his Ute ex·perieneed • •• 1 penonal love tel.atlonship. He loves Cod. much to lhe dl,.. may of hls worshipper, Henry II. Henry II and Be ded attention. The baton is > ed and with the first notes our national anthem the 65 Phltharmonlc Concert son has begun. rrbere is something new and lUng about this ~ar•s con-and It ls the person of o Somogyi. For be does just conduct: he dramatltes 1 note. He moved gracefully \b the opening Bach Weiner eata In C major. Being a e more than vague I relied my proirarn for the back- ' und of the piece. "A toccata generally thought of as a e lor displaying the teehni­accompllshments o! the vir­, especially on a keyboard ment . • . Leo We1ner, an , , !.tanding contemporary Hun­n composer and teacher, made orchestral .arrange· nts or several Baeh w'orks. Toccata in c . . . Is prob­Y t}le best kno":n ... This was the Rochester Philharmonic"s first performance of this piece and it was done magnifieenUy. The next piece was Copland•s Lincoln Portrait Cor Speaker and Orchestra. also a first per· formance. The piece truly mir· rors its title with Its strains of frontier music. The speaker's voice r-ang out with each pas· sage. The passage was inlfO-. duced by a descriptive portrait and then the speakc.r became LincoJn. The text was derived from letters and speeches o! Lincoln and Js composed of some of the less publlclted phrases ot Lincoln's philoso­phies. The whole arrangement was excellent and Impressive to those like mysell who are un· famJliar with Copland's work. S infonia Concertante In E-Rat, K. Anh.9, for ObOS with our own responsibility. On this we must take a stand. The Officers of the Undergraduate Associaton Blue Danube Ball NOVEMllEH 21, 9-J Formal NoriJt:rL Klem $4.25 ~ p, •'' ...... !. !. ,.......,-=' Wit'' Apologies to By NANCY NllAR~ Methinks it fitting, now that the wear and tear of mid· term testing on this campus have subsided, to analyze the actions, reactions, sighs, comments and gesticulations seen and heard over the course of those two dreadful weeks. Now, I despise the idea of a Roving Reporter. It's value,. I claim, is nil. What can be more absurd than walking up to some unsuspecting being with a casual, "Hi, what, in your opinion, is the key to a happy and successful exam week?" Opposed as I am to this extreme misuse of tact, yet never­theless, did I creep up behind a certain student and wager that very question. Her equally absurd answer went like this: "The key to a success!u I exam week is to stay calm. Study hard, but, above all, don't worry!" Another reply: "A happy exam week can be achieved if one has a good night's sleep before each test." Now really! Any simpleton will acknowledge . that 99 44/ 100% of all exam-takers stay up half the night, and are not calm, cool and collected as the idealists say. Now, the points are: 1} the attitude of the majority of our student body toward midterms is sad, i.e. down w.ith any sort o! test, quiz, or question-answer session which falls at the end of October; 2) most collegiennes are insincere when. it comes to spontaneously stating their feelings for a news­paper; i.e. the Roving Reporter will trap all hypocrites! So the next time a Reporter nonchalantly roves up to you. speak up, ·girl! You. might be asked :to loop a rope around your neck and hang !or your convictions, but haven't you always wanted to die for a cause? Clubs in The News History-IRC, French Club Durlna tho elub ~eting student hour Nov. 19 there wUl be a joint meeUnc of the His­tory- lRC and F~neh clubs. Spealdnc on Charles DeGaulle and his posiUon In I'Tanee and the world will be Mrs. Dona Neu­man of tbe ~GCiolou departmenL An Informal question-answer period wlll follow It Ume per• mils. A Ust of mocazlne articles on DeCaulle will be mode avail­able a week before the meeting tor all those Interested ln at­tending and portlclpatlng In discus-sion. -Every-one -Is Invited. Math Club Tbunday, Nov 19, at 7:15 p.m.. the NCR Math Club will meet In the Smyth Hall Lounge. Kathy Smith, p~sldent. has an­nounced that 1 J)anel of Naz· aretb alumnae wtll speak dis­cussing their earecrs In mathe. matics. Those pnrtlclpatlng are: Ml$$ Mary K. Carpenter from Kodak. Mrs. Mitchell, a mem­ber or the NCR facult.v. Miss Margaret Roh1. an elementary school teacher, and Miss Marlon Baton!. a hlch school math teacher. ---·- --- Literary Club At Its meetlnR on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3:30. the Literary Club plans a discussion of the ''theat-er of the absu rd." Mary Ann Aiello, chairman, and her committee, will lead the dis­cussion, which will Include dra­matists such u Ionesco and CeneL The meetlnc will be iD· formal and non·members are welcome. A list of sucgested ~•dings will be posted. ---- Coffee Hour: Censorship At the Student-Faculty Cof­fee Hour Nov. 17. Mr. Charles Higgins. NCR librarian, will speak on literary censorship. He will attempt to define the evolutJon of toelal attitudes towari.s literary «nson.hip in this country. Mr. Hlcgins con· sid.e.rs this a VN')' pertinent question. To dJscover how the concept of literary censorship has changed through the centuries. he will clte spccltlc works and the influence or acencles and social croups whose Ideas we aceepL The courts and their legislation. for exampl~. have played a larce part In action towards censorship. The modem concept ol liter­ary censorship tnnuences our reading. Censorship Is also one factor o.f primary importance to the graduate library school. ----- SPEECH MAJORS WORK IN 'FIELD' This year's aenlor speech maJors will not be quite so allen to the field of therapy wben they beJlln their praeUee teocb­lnc this November; tor during this semester they are spending Tuesday and l"rlday mornings In various speech clinics in the Rochester area. The class. divided Into groups or three, three and two girls, bas been worklnr at the Rocb· t$1er Hearlnr and Speech Clinic. Stront Memorial HOi!piW and Hot.Y Cbll~n Home. This pro­Will cover a six week period. For three weeki they will work in one institution, and then will rotate and usc a dll!e~nt cllnle as a UfieJd of operations.. for the ~malnlna three weeks. This will provide each with a wider !ield of experience and bring new aspects ot the speed> field to their attention. All the Jlrb !tel this to be a good experience for later when, alter Thanklglvlnc. they will join !he other Hnlors In the tra­ditional orutloe ttaehln.r. GLEANER NCR FIRST- STAG WEEKEN Frld•y THE YELLOW JACKETS from the University of Rochester were among gfoup• •~J)t'CM:a\Uug six coUt-lllt"l at the Stage Show, TilE CaAND FINALS brou1ht all the grouPS back to the close Saturday nllbt's lntereoUtJiiate Sure Show with a 5lng-.along.. ' New Judicial Board Takes Action: Seven Students Suspended As ~ result of Judicial Board action, seven have been suspended from membership in graduate AssOciation. This action was taken Wednesday's Student Council meeting, at which formerly named Student Court was renamed Board. The Question of suspension from the Un·der·l!rllduai Association was then defined. A student may be suspended - --- - ------1:: of she Ignores a summons to apo. clubs, or receive peor before the Judicial Boord, cations. Though ur It she taUs to conform to th~ latinf student. a ruling of the Judicial Board. dent is no lonaer eor•&ldle,. topic. d,.sc:u.ntd bJf Dr. John Trrmb-lny 1chtn Itt ad· rlrr-.,.,t tltt s~;,.f,,u Cltfb, Mott(la." rN•J1i11n. Ort. 26. Dr. Trttnblou·a ru·numcuts were cOP!· tilt allcl complftr, · Now that technoloey Is In­creasing the Individual Jlf':! sp:t.n Jt Is r~a~rnable to ao::sume that there will be more ron-produc­tive aard individU11S in yean to eo.me To advoc:!'te mtrtY kllllnc would !>.> to create a three fold p·oblrm: A problem to lhe lnd•vidual underaofnl euthanasia, a problem to the penon giving permt.ssion. and a problem to the one carrying out tho decision. The implications for nll three persons are serious because "to partake in the des. tructlon of human life for the sakt of the person would be to partake in co-destruction wlth Cod las In eo-procreation!. "What are situations that war-­rant the t.ennlnatlon of Ufe! What about pe.rsonal and ftnan· elal aaln? 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Q: How to call CFileDialog class constructor I need a CFileDialog object to be used in all of the member functions of a class. So I wrote the header of class as: #pragma once #include <string.h> #include "afxdlgs.h" #include "gdal_priv.h" #include "cpl_conv.h" #include "cpl_string.h" #include "ogr_spatialref.h" class FilesWorkFlow { public: FilesWorkFlow(void); virtual ~FilesWorkFlow(void); CString GetPath(); GDALDataset* OpenTiff(CString); private: wchar_t* lpszFilter; CFileDialog dlgFile; }; and implemented the constructor of the class in this form: FilesWorkFlow::FilesWorkFlow(void) { lpszFilter = _T("JPEG Files (*.jpg)|*.jpg|") _T("TIFF Files (*.tif)|*.tif|")_T("PNG Files (*.png)|*.png|")_T("Bitmap Files (*.bmp)|*.bmp|"); dlgFile = CFileDialog(true,0,0,OFN_ENABLESIZING | OFN_HIDEREADONLY,lpszFilter,0,0,true); } but in the constructor, I get the error: no default constructor exists for class CFileDialog what is the problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem solved. I implemented the class this way. FilesWorkFlow.h class FilesWorkFlow { public: FilesWorkFlow(void); virtual ~FilesWorkFlow(void); CString GetPath(); GDALDataset* OpenTiff(CString); private: wchar_t* lpszFilter; CFileDialog* dlgFile; }; FilesWorkFlow.cpp FilesWorkFlow::FilesWorkFlow(void) { lpszFilter = _T("JPEG Files (*.jpg)|*.jpg|") _T("TIFF Files (*.tif)|*.tif|")_T("PNG Files (*.png)|*.png|")_T("Bitmap Files (*.bmp)|*.bmp|"); dlgFile = new CFileDialog(true,0,0,OFN_ENABLESIZING | OFN_HIDEREADONLY,lpszFilter,0,0,true); } FilesWorkFlow::~FilesWorkFlow(void) { } CString FilesWorkFlow::GetPath() { if (dlgFile->DoModal() == IDOK) { CString pathname = dlgFile->GetPathName(); return pathname; } } A: To specialize the CFileDialog you usually derive from it, instead of making it a class member. Regardless of what you do, though, the solution is to initialize the CFileDialog object through an initializer list. Your constructor would look like this: FilesWorkFlow::FilesWorkFlow(void) : dlgFile( true, 0, 0, OFN_ENABLESIENABLESIZING | OFN_HIDEREADONLY, _T("JPEG Files (*.jpg)|*.jpg|TIFF Files (*.tif)|*.tif|PNG Files (*.png)|*.png|Bitmap Files (*.bmp)|*.bmp||"), 0, 0, true ) { }

UNESCO and a coalition of museums around the world announced the creation of a "red list" of cultural artefacts and sites that are at risk of destruction because of the conflict raging in Syria. Duration: 01:03

'use strict'; const db = require('../../database'); const batch = require('../../batch'); const user = require('../../user'); module.exports = { name: 'Clean up old notifications and hash data', timestamp: Date.UTC(2019, 9, 7), method: async function () { const progress = this.progress; const week = 604800000; const cutoffTime = Date.now() - week; await batch.processSortedSet('users:joindate', async function (uids) { progress.incr(uids.length); await Promise.all([ db.sortedSetsRemoveRangeByScore(uids.map(uid => 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread'), '-inf', cutoffTime), db.sortedSetsRemoveRangeByScore(uids.map(uid => 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read'), '-inf', cutoffTime), ]); const userData = await user.getUsersData(uids); await Promise.all(userData.map(async function (user) { if (!user) { return; } const fields = []; ['picture', 'fullname', 'location', 'birthday', 'website', 'signature', 'uploadedpicture'].forEach((field) => { if (user[field] === '') { fields.push(field); } }); ['profileviews', 'reputation', 'postcount', 'topiccount', 'lastposttime', 'banned', 'followerCount', 'followingCount'].forEach((field) => { if (user[field] === 0) { fields.push(field); } }); if (user['icon:text']) { fields.push('icon:text'); } if (user['icon:bgColor']) { fields.push('icon:bgColor'); } if (fields.length) { await db.deleteObjectFields('user:' + user.uid, fields); } })); }, { batch: 500, progress: progress, }); }, };

Q: "Can't find PInvoke DLL 'sqlceme35.dll" I recently installed the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 SDK upgrading my old Windows Mobile 6 project. I'm getting an error: "Can't find PInvoke DLL 'sqlceme35.dll" when I try to invoke SQL libraries (this is managed code obviously). Any ideas how to fix this issue? A: Have you installed the SQL Server CE to it? Never used the Mobile SDK, so I'm taking a stab in the dark here, but this blog lists the primary reasons you would get that error, and the solution for them: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/10/26/can-t-find-p-invoke-dll-sqlcemenn-dll.aspx Google seems to indicate that a lot of people's problems were with the cab files or not having installed server CE. A: ok it turns out I had to re-install Visual Studio 2008 AND the SqlCe files to get this issue resolved...

const express = require('express') const router = express.Router() const multipart = require('connect-multiparty') const multipartMiddleware = multipart() const cors = require('./cors') const backendArticle = require('../api/backend-article') const backendCategory = require('../api/backend-category') const backendUser = require('../api/backend-user') const frontendArticle = require('../api/frontend-article') const frontendComment = require('../api/frontend-comment') const frontendLike = require('../api/frontend-like') const frontendUser = require('../api/frontend-user') const isAdmin = require('./is-admin') const isUser = require('./is-user') router.options('*', cors) // 添加管理员 router.get('/backend', (req, res) => { res.render('admin-add.html', { title: '添加管理员', message: '' }) }) router.post('/backend', (req, res) => { backendUser.insert(req, res) }) // API // ================ 后台 ================ // ------- 文章 ------- // 管理时, 获取文章列表 router.get('/backend/article/list', isAdmin, backendArticle.getList) // 管理时, 获取单篇文章 router.get('/backend/article/item', isAdmin, backendArticle.getItem) // 管理时, 发布文章 router.post('/backend/article/insert', isAdmin, multipartMiddleware, backendArticle.insert) // 管理时, 删除文章 router.get('/backend/article/delete', isAdmin, backendArticle.deletes) // 管理时, 恢复文章 router.get('/backend/article/recover', isAdmin, backendArticle.recover) // 管理时, 编辑文章 router.post('/backend/article/modify', isAdmin, multipartMiddleware, backendArticle.modify) // ------- 分类 ------- // 管理时, 获取分类列表 router.get('/backend/category/list', backendCategory.getList) // 管理时, 获取单个分类 router.get('/backend/category/item', backendCategory.getItem) // 管理时, 添加分类 router.post('/backend/category/insert', multipartMiddleware, isAdmin, backendCategory.insert) // 管理时, 删除分类 router.get('/backend/category/delete', isAdmin, backendCategory.deletes) // 管理时, 恢复分类 router.get('/backend/category/recover', isAdmin, backendCategory.recover) // 管理时, 编辑分类 router.post('/backend/category/modify', isAdmin, multipartMiddleware, backendCategory.modify) // ------- 管理 ------- // 后台登录 router.post('/backend/admin/login', multipartMiddleware, backendUser.login) // 管理列表 router.get('/backend/admin/list', isAdmin, backendUser.getList) // 获取单个管理员 router.get('/backend/admin/item', isAdmin, backendUser.getItem) // 编辑管理员 router.post('/backend/admin/modify', isAdmin, multipartMiddleware, backendUser.modify) // 删除管理员 router.get('/backend/admin/delete', isAdmin, backendUser.deletes) // 恢复管理员 router.get('/backend/admin/recover', isAdmin, backendUser.recover) // 用户列表 router.get('/backend/user/list', isAdmin, frontendUser.getList) // 获取单个用户 router.get('/backend/user/item', isAdmin, frontendUser.getItem) // 编辑用户 router.post('/backend/user/modify', isAdmin, multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.modify) // 删除用户 router.get('/backend/user/delete', isAdmin, frontendUser.deletes) // 恢复用户 router.get('/backend/user/recover', isAdmin, frontendUser.recover) // ------ 评论 ------ // 删除评论 router.get('/frontend/comment/delete', isAdmin, frontendComment.deletes) // 恢复评论 router.get('/frontend/comment/recover', isAdmin, frontendComment.recover) // ================= 前台 ================= // ------ 文章 ------ // 前台浏览时, 获取文章列表 router.get('/frontend/article/list', frontendArticle.getList) // 前台浏览时, 获取单篇文章 router.get('/frontend/article/item', frontendArticle.getItem) // 前台浏览时, 热门文章 router.get('/frontend/trending', frontendArticle.getTrending) // ------ 评论 ------ // 发布评论 router.post('/frontend/comment/insert', isUser, multipartMiddleware, frontendComment.insert) // 读取评论列表 router.get('/frontend/comment/list', frontendComment.getList) // ------ 用户 ------ // 前台注册 router.post('/frontend/user/insert', multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.insert) // 前台登录 router.post('/frontend/user/login', multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.login) // 微信登录 router.post('/frontend/user/wxLogin', multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.wxLogin) router.post('/frontend/user/jscode2session', multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.jscode2session) // 前台退出 router.post('/frontend/user/logout', frontendUser.logout) // 前台账号读取 router.get('/frontend/user/account', isUser, frontendUser.getItem) // 前台账号修改 router.post('/frontend/user/account', isUser, multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.account) // 前台密码修改 router.post('/frontend/user/password', isUser, multipartMiddleware, frontendUser.password) // ------ 喜欢 ------ // 喜欢 router.get('/frontend/like', isUser, frontendLike.like) // 取消喜欢 router.get('/frontend/unlike', isUser, frontendLike.unlike) // 重置喜欢 router.get('/frontend/reset/like', isUser, frontendLike.resetLike) router.get('*', (req, res) => { res.json({ code: -200, message: '没有找到该页面' }) }) module.exports = router

Structure and spasmolytic activity of eucalyptanoic acid from Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. obtusa and synthesis of its active derivative from oleanolic acid. A new triterpenoid acid named eucalyptanoic acid (1) has been isolated from the fresh uncrushed leaves of Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. obtusa along with two known constituents, beta-sitosterol (2) and betulinic acid (3). The structure of 1 has been established as 3beta-hydroxyolean-9(11),12-dien-28-oic acid through spectral studies including 1D and 2D NMR. 1 and its acetyl (1a) and acetylmethyl (1b) derivatives were tested for spasmolytic activity. 1b was found to be the most active spasmolytic, mediated through blockade of calcium influx at 1 mg/mL. In the present study 1b was also prepared starting from oleanolic acid (4). Acetylation of 4 gave 4a, which on methylation afforded 4b. Reaction of 4b with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) furnished 1b. Hence 4 may be regarded as the biogenetic precursor of 1. Compounds 4 and 4a were found inactive at 1 mg/mL, while 4b was moderately active in showing spasmolytic activity.

Q: Triggering SOAP requests in a Maven Mojo I have a WSDL which I need to trigger some commands from. I need to do this as part of a Maven Plugin (Mojo) I'm a relative newbie to SOAP so what I want to know is this: 1) Is this possible? Can the SOAP calls be run from a Maven Plugin or does it require a container or something else? 2) If so, what tools should I use to do this? I've read about Apache Axis and have seen that it's capable of building a lot of things from the WSDL itself. Is this the sort of tool I should use? Do Mojos have a built in SOAP executor? 3) If not, what are my alternatives? A: Is this possible? Can the SOAP calls be run from a Maven Plugin or does it require a container or something else? Yes, that's possible, you do not require any kind of container to run a SOAP client. If so, what tools should I use to do this? I've read about Apache Axis and have seen that it's capable of building a lot of things from the WSDL itself. Is this the sort of tool I should use? Do Mojos have a built in SOAP executor? I would consider using a JAX-WS stack like JAX-WS RI which is included in Java 6. Much easier and much more elegant. Here are some tutorials to get started: Introducing JAX-WS 2.0 With the Java SE 6 Platform, Part 1 Creating a Simple Web Service and Client with JAX-WS Getting Started with JAX-WS Web Services Developing JAX-WS Web Service Clients In short, use wsimport to generate and compile the web service artifacts needed to connect to the service and use them from the Mojo.

Welcome Hello, my name is Anya, an attorney by degree and an educator by heart, I am thrilled you are here! I am an author of this blog, and I have been hanging out in this little corner of the internet for over two years now, sharing how we learn and play together at home. I am so glad you have decided to stop by and explore our world a little more! Let me tell you a bit about myself. Montessori-From-The-Heart-About-Us Being passionate about People, Little People, Montessori and the love of learning, I espouse respect, intrinsic motivation, authenticity, diversity, unity, and peace! I respect and follow the child while offering a supportive and sufficiently stimulating prepared environment which spurs enthusiasm and hands-on exploration! A little bit more about me: I hold the Juris Doctor degree, but after experiencing the blissfulness of motherhood, instead of practicing law, I decided to devote myself to my children: 10 and 6-year-old, my family and my home, becoming a happy full-time stay-at-home mom (SAHM), a wife and a blogger who enjoys learning, nature, photography, and most of all, seeing the world through the eyes of my children. So, I am not a certified teacher by degree (my Doctorate Degree is not in education), however, I am an educator by heart! My credentials come from my passion which led to a lot of reading, research and observing what has worked for us since it is not what is in the books, but what that knowledge can do to help our children grow to their fullest potentials! I am passionate about the Montessori method of education because it focuses on the child, promoting autonomous (and let me say perpetual) learning. Dr. Montessori emphasized that “within the child, lies the fate of the future” and it is in our hands, as educators, to bring these spirits up to the fullest of their potentials. While not every teacher is a parent, every parent is a teacher, and I have come to realize the immense satisfaction learning has brought to me, along with the ability to share my knowledge with others, especially my children. During our homeschooling journey, we learn and explore, and in the process, grow, connect and become closer to each other and the larger community by becoming better Global Stewards. “We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” — Dr. Maria Montessori. This blog is about our Montessori life’s journey, and I hope you will feel my love for my children, education, and the world around us. I strive to sustain my children’s curiosity and the love of learning while cherishing the beauty of this world, as well as respecting and caring for it. Together we celebrate life! “The unknown energy that can help humanity is that which lies hidden in The Child … [a] human being to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.” — Dr. Maria Montessori. Our homeschooling journey is very much Montessori inspired, so if you are interested in learning more, I have written a post with book suggestions here Books To Raise A Child The Montessori Way. Short History of Montessori Education: Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children naturally learn. She opened the first Montessori school—the Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome in 1907. Subsequently, she traveled the world and wrote extensively about her approach to education, attracting many devotees. There are now more than 20,000 Montessori schools in at least 110 countries worldwide. (Read more here.) Her Montessori Method of education is a child-centered educational approach based on scientific observations of children from birth to adulthood. Dr. Montessori’s Method has been time tested, with over 100 years of success in diverse cultures throughout the world. It is a view of the child as one who is naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating learning in a supportive, thoughtfully prepared learning environment. It is an approach that values the human spirit and the development of the whole child—physical, social, emotional, cognitive. (Read more here.) Maria Montessori believed that “the study of love and its utilization will lead us to the source from which it springs, the Child” … [who is]“an enigma” … the one with “highest potentialities” and that it is our “basic task” as an “educator” (whether as a parent at home or a teacher at school) to “aid life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself …” She strongly believed that to release human potentials, we “must take a new path” of education, which “should no longer be mostly imparting knowledge” but be a “natural process … acquired not by listening to words, but by experiences in the environment.” “It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.” My goal is to introduce the Montessori home-school education model to parents, and I hope you find information on my blog useful and some activities applicable to your family-style. “We cannot make a genius … we can only give each individual the chance to fulfill his potential possibilities to become an independent, secure, and balanced human being.”— Dr. Maria Montessori. I truly hope you will follow along. And, please, check hereMONTESSORI At HOME Made EASY • MEMBERS ONLY should you decide to embrace Montessori with all your heart! I very much hope we can become friends while embarking on this amazing journey of knowledge and perpetual growth while trying to make our world a more peaceful place.

package com.dslplatform.json.models; import com.dslplatform.json.CompiledJson; public class InvalidBuilderWithCtorArgs { public final int x; private InvalidBuilderWithCtorArgs(int x) { this.x = x; } public static class Builder { private int x; public Builder(int x) { } public Builder x(int x) { this.x = x; return this; } @CompiledJson public InvalidBuilderWithCtorArgs build() { return new InvalidBuilderWithCtorArgs(x); } } }

A buffer circuit (sometimes simply called a buffer) is one that provides electrical impedance transformation from one circuit to another. Buffer circuits are frequently used for intermediate frequency (IF) buffers in receiver devices having parallel channels. Buffers are often used as output stages (i.e. output buffers) on the receiver channels. Depending on application requirements, and considering that parallel channels are used in such receiver devices, one channel may be selected to be active, while the other is powered down. In these output buffers normally bipolar transistors are used because of their superior performance in terms of large output voltage swings, low supply currents, good linearity, and good current drive capability (size) as compared MOS devices. In those applications, each IF buffer may comprise an emitter follower having an emitter of a bipolar transistor as an output. To save costs and space, often AC-coupling capacitors are left out, and so the emitters of the different bipolar transistors are directly connected. As a result, the bipolar transistor of the unused output stage may leave its safe operation region when a switch-off is implemented pulling its base to ground. In that situation, the emitter voltage of the bipolar transistor of the switched-off buffer may even get to a level that a base-emitter-voltage of that bipolar transistor exceeds the reverse breakdown limit, which results in unwanted breakdowns. This will degrade the performance and will limit the life time of the circuit.

Custard Apple is widely grown fruit crop in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan states and has good potential for value addition for socio-economic upliftment of farmers. Extraction of pulp is a major constraint in processing of custard apple fruits. Development of enzymatic browning within an hour of pulp extraction, bitterness, unpleasant repulsive off-flavour in the pulp on heating beyond 650C and presence of gritty cells are problems encountered during processing of fruits. For the first time scientists at the Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur have developed technology as well as machine for Browning free mechanised pulp extraction from the Custard Apple. Custard Apple is an important underutilized fruit cultivated in parts of Rajasthan. Browning is a change in colour of pulp due to enzymatic oxidation and the brown pulp is not edible and fetches no price in the market. Custard Apple pulp is used to prepare Ice cream, Rabdi and beverages. The technology as well as machine has been developed at the Department of Horticulture, Rajasthan College of Agriculture (RCA), MPUAT, Udaipur under the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP). NAIP is the World Bank funded project of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. The machine has two parts. First part scoops out the pulp with seed from fruit leaving behind the peel (i.e. pulp extraction). The second part separates the seed from the pulp which can be stored for up-to one year. The machine has been designed and developed by Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Abohar, one of the consortium partners in the NAIP Sub project on “A value chain on commercial exploitation of underutilized fruits of tribal zones of Rajasthan”. Prof. O.P. Gill, Vice Chancellor, MPUAT, Udaipur said, “The technology will offer livelihood security to tribal people and help in conservation of underutilized fruit species of Rajasthan apart from increasing farmer’s income and living standards of custard apple growers”. Dr. R.A. Kaushik, Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture and Dr. Sunil Pareek, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, MPUAT, Udaipur have developed this new technology. Dr. Kaushik said, “Traditional pulp extraction is non hygienic, less shelf life, poor in quality and it is done manually so it is costly. This new technology is very useful as it reduces the cost of pulp extraction and enhances the quality of pulp”. Tribal people, who are growing custard apple, transporters, food processing industries (Dairy including Ice-cream, Rabdi), Beverage Industries( Juices and milk shakes), Event organizers (Marriages, Birth days and Kitty parties) and Halwais (sweet makers) will be benefited from this technology. To harvest the benefits of this technology to the remotest users, the MPUAT has licensed the technology of browning free mechanised pulp extraction from the Custard Apple for commercialization to two companies in Gujarat namely Santram Ice-cream and Snacks, Anand and Deep Fresh Frozen products, Navsari through Business Planning and Development Unit (BPDU) under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

Second, a new Star Wars movies is scheduled for release just before Christmas. On 17 December Episode VII: The Force Awakens (hits cinemas). Expect to see A LOT of merch in the shops between now and Christmas. The Force Awakens is the first of the Star Wars movies to be made by Disney rather than Lucasfilm, and kicks off another trilogy (the third) in the scifi space saga. But that’s not all because some standalone films are planned, and then there’s the TV series’ and… you know what? Let’s make a nice list of these things. This is starting to feel like that time I tried to explain the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Long ago, in the seventies and eighties… George Lucas had always envisaged his rollicking space yarn as the middle segment of a much broader tale but I can imagine people in 1977 being confused and wondering whether they’d somehow missed the first 3 instalments. For much of my young life I believed, somewhat despondently, that these would be the only Star Wars films ever made. Boy, was I wrong about that… A new millennium (falcon) In the meantime George Lucas and crew got busy making the first part of the story, in the process inventing, or at least popularising, the word “prequel”. An animated series “Star Wars: Clone Wars” aired on the Cartoon Network (and online) between 2003-2005 and bridged the gap between episodes II and III. I hoped at this point that this was the end of Star Wars viewing opportunities. Boy, was I wrong about that… Interregnum After the dust had settled a bit, Lucasfilm, capitalising on the derring-do aspect of the pre-Sith Anakin Skywalker character, and the success of the Clone Wars series made another animated series set between episodes II and III called, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I did say this was a bit confusing. A very Disney future In 2012 The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm and all the rights to Lucasfilm properties including Star Wars. Disney got into the swing of things Star Wars with their own animated television series set between episodes III and IV. However, there’s also a Star Wars anthology series of stand-alone films. A trilogy of films that exist in the same Star Wars universe but are unrelated stories. Rogue One (2016) – Set between episodes III and IV, so before the original 1977 Star Wars film, the plot revolves around a band of resistance fighters stealing the plans to a huge Death Star battle station. Production is currently underway. Untitled Han Solo film (2018) – Set between episodes III and IV but before Rogue One, this film will have a youthful Han Solo so definitely not Harrison Ford. Untitled third film (2019) – Your guess is as good as mine. No details on this one yet. So we’re pretty much going to have a new Star Wars movie every year for the rest of this decade. Depending on your inclination this either makes you feel tired or really, really excited. If you’re the latter we have literally hundreds of Star Wars items in our catalogue.

348 S.W.3d 120 (2011) James O. GRACE, et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, IESI MO Corp., Veolia Es Solid Waste Midwest, LLC, and Allied Services, LLC, Respondents. No. ED 94746-01. Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five. September 13, 2011. *122 David Thrift Butsch, Butsch, Simeri, Fields, LLC, James Simeri, Clayton, MO, for Appellant. Patricia Redington, Clayton, MO, for Respondent St. Louis County. Edward L. Dowd, Jr., Dowd Bennett, LP, Robert Franklin Epperson, Jr., James E. Crowe III, St. Louis, MO, for Respondent IESI. Brian Edward McGovern, McCarthy, Leonard, Kaemmerer, L.C., James A. Hajek, Chesterfield, MO, for Respondent Veolia ES Solid Waste Midwest, LLC. Scott James Dickenson, Lathrop & Gage, LC, John Donald Ryan, St. Louis, MO, for Respondent for Allied Services, LLC. Before GARY M. GAERTNER, JR., P.J., MARY K. HOFF, J. and PATRICIA L. COHEN, J. OPINION PER CURIAM. James O. Grace, David J. Birtley, Lucille DeGeare, and Ana McDonald, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, (collectively referred to as the Residents) appeal from the trial court's judgment dismissing the Residents' class *123 action petition alleging St. Louis County (the County), IESI MO Corporation, Veolia ES Solid Waste Midwest, LLC, and Allied Services, LLC, (collectively referred to as the Waste Haulers) violated the Hancock Amendment and the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MPA) and wrongfully received and retained the Residents' money for services the Residents never requested. After retransfer from the Missouri Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of Weber v. St. Louis County, 342 S.W.3d 318 (Mo. banc 2011), we affirm. Factual and Procedural History In December 2006, the County enacted Ordinance No. 23,023, which amended Chapter 607 of the St. Louis County Revised Ordinances (the Waste Management Code). The Waste Management Code required the St. Louis County Executive to establish areas within the unincorporated County for the collection and transfer of waste and recovered materials. The boundaries of such areas shall be determined after consideration of factors including size, compactness, road system and other relevant considerations. Section 607.1300 of the St. Louis County Revised Ordinances (SLCRO). The Waste Management Code also authorized the St. Louis County Executive to advertise for bids or proposals from private or public entities for the provision of services relating to collection and transfer of waste and recovered materials in those areas designated in accordance with Section 607.1300. Section 607.1310.1 SLCRO. The Waste Management Code required contracts to be awarded by order of the St. Louis County Council "to persons that have submitted the most responsible bids or proposals." Section 607.1310.2 SLCRO. Consequently, the County selected waste collectors through a competitive bidding process. In June 2008, the County contracted with the Waste Haulers to provide solid waste collection services within the areas designated in accordance with Section 607.1300 SLCRO. The Waste Management Code required all residents of unincorporated areas of the County to contract with the Waste Haulers for a "minimum level of service," which was to include once weekly trash pickup service, once weekly recycling collection service, and twice yearly bulk waste pickup service. The Residents were residents of unincorporated St. Louis County. In October 2009, the Residents filed their Second Amended Class Action Petition (Amended Petition) alleging that the County had violated the Hancock Amendment and that the Waste Haulers had violated the MPA and had wrongfully received and retained the Residents' money based on the 2006 amendments to the Waste Management Code. In Count I of their Amended Petition, the Residents alleged that they were not required by law to pay for recycling services prior to the 2006 amendments to the Waste Management Code but that, after the 2006 amendments, the Residents were required to make regular quarterly payments to the designated waste hauler for the area in which the Residents lived. The Residents further alleged that the Waste Management Code required the Waste Haulers to report the Residents to the County if the Residents failed to make payment for the weekly pickup of waste materials. The Residents alleged that they would be subject to citation, fines, and imprisonment if they did not pay for recycling service, regardless of whether they requested or used the service. Thus, the Residents alleged, by requiring the Residents to pay for recycling service, the *124 County imposed a tax that had not been approved by the voters, which was prohibited by the Hancock Amendment. In Count II of their Amended Petition, the Residents alleged that the Waste Haulers had violated the MPA when they charged the Residents for recycling service regardless of whether they requested or used the service. The Residents alleged that the Waste Haulers' actions under the Waste Management Code constituted deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, unfair practice, or the concealment, suppression, or omission of material facts in connection with the sale or advertisement of merchandise under the MPA. The Residents alternatively alleged that the Waste Management Code's definition of "waste" did not include "recovered materials," and, therefore, the Waste Haulers had no authority to require the Residents to pay for recycling service they did not want. In Count Three of their Amended Petition, the Residents alleged that the Waste Haulers had unjustly accepted and retained the Residents' payments for recycling service they never requested and paid "under involuntary compulsion, and under threat of criminal charges." The County and the Waste Haulers subsequently filed their motions to dismiss the Amended Petition. Both the County and the Waste Haulers alleged that the Residents' Amended Petition should be dismissed for failure to state a claim. In March 2010, the trial court entered its judgment dismissing the Residents' Amended Petition with prejudice and finding that the charges for recycling service described in the Amended Petition were not taxes under the Hancock Amendment. The trial court's judgment did not directly address the Residents' claims asserted against the Waste Haulers. This appeal followed. After we transferred this case to the Missouri Supreme Court pursuant to Rule 83.02, the Missouri Supreme Court retransferred this case for reconsideration in light of Weber v. St. Louis County, 342 S.W.3d 318 (Mo. banc 2011). Standard of Review We review the trial court's grant of a motion to dismiss de novo. Huch v. Charter Communications. Inc., 290 S.W.3d 721, 724 (Mo. banc 2009); Moynihan v. Gunn, 204 S.W.3d 230, 232-33 (Mo. App. E.D.2006). When reviewing the dismissal of a petition for failure to state a claim, we treat the facts contained in the petition as true and construe them liberally in favor of the plaintiffs, granting the plaintiffs all reasonable inferences therefrom. Huch, 290 S.W.3d at 724; Moynihan, 204 S.W.3d at 233. Discussion The Residents present three points on appeal. For ease of analysis, we address the points out of the order in which they were presented. In their third point on appeal, the Residents claim that the trial court erred in dismissing the first count of their Amended Petition because the Residents properly alleged a claim under the Hancock Amendment in that the Hancock Amendment prohibits the imposition of a new tax without a vote of the persons affected. The Residents argue that the County imposed a new tax without a vote of the persons affected in the form of a mandatory fee for recycling service that must be paid by the Residents on a periodic basis, regardless of actual use. The Hancock Amendment provides, in pertinent part Counties and other political subdivisions are hereby prohibited from levying any tax, license or fees, not authorized *125 by law, charter or self-enforcing provisions of the constitution when this section is adopted or from increasing the current levy of an existing tax, license or fees, above that current levy authorized by law or charter when this section is adopted without the approval of the required majority of the qualified voters of that county or other political subdivision voting thereon. Mo. Const. article 10, Section 22(a). Only total state revenues are subject to the Hancock Amendment. In re Tri-County Levee Dist. v. Missouri Hwy. and Transp. Commission, 42 S.W.3d 779, 785 (Mo.App. E.D.2001). "To qualify as total state revenues, (1) the funds must be received into the state treasury, and (2) the funds must be subject to appropriation." Tri-County Levee Dist., 42 S.W.3d at 785. "[T]he Hancock Amendment applies only to revenue increases that are in fact tax increases, whether labeled taxes, licenses, or fees." Id. "Revenue increases which are in fact fees for services rendered in connection with specific services ordinarily are not taxes unless the object of the requirement is to raise revenue to be paid into the general fund of government." Id. Taxes are "proportional contributions imposed by the state upon individuals for the support of government and for all public needs." Leggett v. Missouri State Life Ins. Co., 342 S.W.2d 833, 875 (Mo. banc 1960) (quotations omitted). "Taxes are not payments for a special privilege or a special service rendered." Leggett, 342 S.W.2d at 875 (quotations omitted). "Fees or charges prescribed by law to be paid by certain individuals to public officers for services rendered in connection with a specific purpose ordinarily are not taxes, unless the object of the requirement is to raise revenue to be paid into the general fund of the government to defray customary governmental expenditures, rather than compensation of public officers for particular services rendered." Id. (internal quotations omitted); see also President Riverboat Casino-Missouri, Inc., v. Missouri Gaming Commission, 13 S.W.3d 635, 638 (Mo. banc 2000) (Supreme Court found admission fees gambling boat operators paid directly to the State, which were deposited into the State's general revenue fund, were taxes under definition in Leggett). Here, we find that the fee for recycling service, which was included in the waste removal bill, was not subject to the Hancock Amendment because that fee was not a tax. The fee was not paid to the County and was not subject to appropriation. The Waste Haulers, not the County, provided this service to the Residents. The Waste Management Code authorized the elected officials of the County to select the Waste Haulers to provide a minimum level of waste hauling service to the Residents, which included recycling service, but the actual amount of the fee the Residents paid was determined by the level of service actually provided. Furthermore, the Waste Haulers were not the agent or instrumentality through which the County charged fees for waste removal. Compare Loving v. City of St. Joseph, 753 S.W.2d 49, 50 (Mo.App. W.D.1988) (not-for-profit corporation acted as agent of municipality when it collected fees from residents for use of property owned by municipality and remitted a portion of fees to municipality). The fee for this service did not generate any increase in revenue for the County but was paid directly to the Waste Haulers for the cost of the service they provided. Moreover, "[t]he Hancock Amendment, in order to keep the public burden of taxation under control, does not prohibit [the County] from shifting the burden to the private users of these services." Keller v. Marion *126 County Ambulance Dist., 820 S.W.2d 301, 304 (Mo. banc 1991); see also Arbor Investment Company, LLC v. City of Hermann, 341 S.W.3d 673, 678-80 (Mo. banc 2011). The County is authorized to provide services through ordinances for the benefit of the public's safety, health, and welfare. This fee was paid to a private entity for services rendered and provided no revenue to the County. See Keller, 820 S.W.2d at 304. Although the Residents contend that we must apply the five factors from Keller, 820 S.W.2d at 304 n. 10[1], to determine whether the recycling fee, which was part of the waste removal bill, was subject to the Hancock Amendment, we disagree with the Residents' threshold argument. Under Keller, because this fee was not a "revenue increase by a local government" in the first instance, it was not a tax and did not require voter approval under the Hancock Amendment. Therefore, a Keller analysis is not necessary. However, even if we were to apply the five factors in this case, the criteria weigh against a finding that the fee was a tax. Here, the Waste Haulers charged individual residents for various levels of service ranging from $34.80 to $40.50. The fee was billed to only those residents within the unincorporated sections of the County who received the benefit of this service provided by the designated waste hauler for the area within which those residents lived. Although the Waste Management Code required the Residents to contract with the Waste Haulers for a "minimum level of service," including once weekly trash pickup service, once weekly recycling collection service, and twice yearly bulk waste pickup service, the amount of the fee was directly related to the level of service the Waste Haulers provided to individual residents. The fees were not paid to the County or received in the County treasury but paid directly to the Waste Haulers. The Waste Haulers were private entities unconnected to the County and were selected through a competitive bidding process under the Waste Management Code. The competitive bidding process was intended to secure the "most responsible bids or proposals." Section 607.1310.2 SLCRO. The Residents did not allege that the recycling service had been either historically or exclusively provided by the County, and the record is devoid of any indication that the County provided this service prior to the enactment of the Waste Management Code. Thus, even under a Keller analysis, this is not a tax. Consequently, because the fee for waste removal, including recycling service, did not constitute a tax, no Hancock violation occurred; thus, the trial court did not err in dismissing the first count of the Residents' Amended Petition for failure to state a claim. Point denied. In the Residents' first point on appeal, they claim the trial court erred in dismissing the second count of their Amended Petition alleging that the Waste Haulers engaged in unlawful practices under *127 the MPA by (1) charging the Residents a fee for recycling service that the Residents did not solicit; (2) charging the Residents for recycling service when the Waste Management Code only allowed charging for waste collection; and (3) charging the Residents for recycling service pursuant to an ordinance that violated the Hancock Amendment. We disagree with the Residents' assertions. First, the waste hauling service, which included recycling provided by the Waste Haulers to the Residents, was solicited by the County on behalf of the Residents pursuant to the Waste Management Code. Second, the Waste Management Code must be viewed as a whole rather than in individual segments. Numerous sections in the Waste Management Code incorporate recycling as part of waste removal or waste management. See Sections 607.040.24, 607.040.36, 607.040.44, 607.040.45, 607.040.46, 607.040.53, 607.040.57, 607.050, 607.060, 607.120, 607.145, 607.181, 607.183-.185, 607.190, 607.200, 607.970-.973, 607.1200, 607.1203, 607.1205, 607.1300, and 607.1310 SLCRO. The Waste Management Code did not prohibit charging the Residents for recycling; rather, the Waste Management Code specifically allowed the Waste Haulers to charge a reasonable fee for recycling service as part of waste hauling. See Section 607.183 SLCRO. Third, given our determination that the fee for this service was not subject to the Hancock Amendment, the Residents' derivative argument regarding unfair practices under the MPA is without merit. Point denied. In the Residents' second point on appeal, they essentially claim the trial court erred in dismissing the third count of their Amended Petition, which alleged a claim for money had and received, on the ground that the Waste Haulers improperly collected and unjustly retained the fees for recycling services that the Residents did not request. This is a similar argument to the MPA claims under the Residents' second point. We reject this argument for the same reasons previously noted. Point denied. Conclusion We affirm the trial court's Judgment. NOTES [1] According to Keller, Missouri courts apply five factors to determine whether a revenue increase by a local government is an increase in a tax, a license, or a fee that requires voter approval under the Hancock Amendment: (1) when the fee is paid; (2) who pays the fee; (3) whether the amount of the fee to be paid is affected by the level of goods or services provided to the fee payer; (4) whether the government is providing the goods or services; and (5) whether the activity in question has historically and exclusively been provided by the government. Id. at 304 n. 10. Although no specific criterion is independently controlling, the five factors are helpful in examining charges denominated as something other than a tax. Id. "[T]he criteria together determine whether the charge is closer to being a `true' user fee or a tax denominated as a fee." Id.

Monday, February 20, 2012 Thai Red Curry with Kabocha Squash and Bell Peppers This curry is fantastic - rich and creamy without being overwhelming, and full of flavorful veggies. I do love the kabocha squash here - it's got a distinctive taste and texture from other winter squashes, and so it's worth seeking out if you can find it. The downside is that it's a ton of work to peel, much more so than something like a butternut squash, but the recipe does make a large batch so I think it's worth it. After struggling through peeling the squash, a friend gave me the tip that you can microwave the squash briefly to soften the skin a bit; I will definitely give that technique a try next time! I served this curry with an Afghan flatbread, bolani, which is sort of like a very thin naan stuffed with lentils - not very traditional, but super delicious. Steamed rice would also be an excellent choice. 1. Heat a large frying pan or Dutch oven over medium heat, and then add enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Add the onion and 1 tsp of the salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent and softened, about 6 minutes. Add the peppers, garlic, and ginger, and stir to combine. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. 2. Add the curry paste, stir to coat the vegetables, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the coconut milk, water, soy sauce, and remaining 1/2 tsp salt. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer. 3. Stir in the squash, return to a simmer, and then cover and reduce heat to low. Continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until the squash is fork-tender, 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice. Taste and season with salt if needed. 4. Serve topped with chopped cilantro. Good with rice or flatbread.

Reflections on Loss My mother was a wise woman. She always said, “Something good comes out of everything.” How she could come to that conclusion following my father’s death was puzzling. My mom was only 46 when she was widowed with four children. She raised us and sent us to college during an era when women did not work outside the home, and one-parent households were an anomaly. And yet my mother managed to do it all and kept our family tight. Years later, while my mother sat with me following the death of my child, she told me I wouldn’t see it for a while, but something good would come of this. She reminded me that though my father’s early death was tragic, we became a close-knit family and that was the positive side of our loss. It was impossible for me to see that anything good could come out of my dreadful loss; decades later, however, I can clearly understand what my mother meant. My loss changed and shaped my life in profound ways, many of them good. Of the many things you should never say to the bereaved, “Something good comes out of everything” is at the top of the list. It’s as if we are suggesting to someone devastated with pain, “Look on the bright side.” Nevertheless, it’s something I do believe. It was our mothers who inspired us to take the lemons life gives us and turn them into lemonade. And when the sun is nowhere to be found, to look for the silver lining in every cloud. My mother’s spirit and attitude influenced my perspective on loss. I do find myself looking for “the good in it, ” and it shapes my response to grief. And when I find some positives, I embrace them, allowing them to ease my pain. The holiday season brings much joy, but for me, it heralds a season of grief. Despite the memory of loss, I find myself counting my blessings, of which there are many. Right at the top of my list is gratitude, for the mother who guided me out of the dark and gave me the tools to face life’s challenges. *** Robbie Miller Kaplan is an author who writes from a unique perspective as a mother who has lost two children. She has written How to Say It When You Don't Know What to Say, a guide to help readers communicate effectively when those they care about experience loss, now available as e-books for "Illness & Death," "Suicide," "Miscarriage," "Death of a Child," "Death of a Stillborn or Newborn Baby," "Pet Loss," "Caregiver Responsibilities," "Divorce" and "Job Loss." All titles are in Amazon's Kindle Store.

Mg Siegler MG Siegler is a general partner at Google Ventures, where he primarily focuses on seed and early-stage investments. He has been deeply involved in the startup space since 2005, first as a web developer, then as a writer, and most recently as an investor and advisor. He’s currently spending time in London to help get the Google Ventures Europe organization up and running. He remains active, looking at new investments in the U.S. as well. Before joining Google Ventures, MG was a founding partner of CrunchFund, an early-stage investment fund. Prior to that, he reported on the startup world as a writer for both TechCrunch and VentureBeat. MG still writes a weekly column for TechCrunch on top of writing on his own sites and from time-to-time doing movie reviews in haiku. Originally from Ohio, MG graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before moving out west to work in Hollywood. One day, he will write that killer screenplay. Latest from Mg Siegler Just about two years ago, I went off the deep end. I had come home early from an event in an effort to do something responsible: email. I was on the road and knew the situation would be dire (since I had not been checking my email all day). I was wrong. It was a disaster. It may as well have been Inbox Trillion. There was no way I could get through it all with my sanity intact. So I did the… Read More “This is not a Facebook Phone.” Yeah, whatever. The HTC First is the first phone that has Facebook partnering up with an OEM to bake an Android pie with Facebook Home filling, so I’m calling it the Facebook Phone. There will be more. This is just the first. And guess what? It’s really good. Read More Facebook is absolutely, positively, 100 percent not working on a phone. The first rule of tech news remains intact: when a company says they’re definitely not doing something, it’s as sure a sign as you can get that they will eventually do said thing. 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Strolling down memory lane, I landed upon this post from June of 2010, in which I broke down some high… Read More “Wait. That’s a touchscreen?!” That wasn’t the first thought that popped into my head when I started to use the Chromebook Pixel — it was about the tenth. But that’s only because it seemed impossible that a screen this nice could be a touchscreen. Of course, being that nice, comes with a price. Read More When talking about Apple’s rise from near-bankruptcy to become the most valuable company in the world, people often credit the amazing string of products from the iMac to the iPod to the iPhone to the iPad. And rightfully so. But just as important was another piece of the puzzle that ensured said products would find mainstream appeal and acted as an accelerant for Apple’s success… Read More What I’m about to say is undoubtedly going to piss some of you off. And that’s fine. Because in a few years, I’ll be right and you’ll look silly. While everyone is focused on the next generation video game consoles from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft — the latter two of which should be coming later this year — Apple is going to dominate them all. And it… Read More The year was 2004. I had just graduated college and my old Gateway mini tower PC was on its last legs. I was about to move out to California to begin my life. My parents asked what I wanted as a present before I left. But they already knew the answer. Dude, I was getting a Dell. I went online and customized the hell out of an Inspiron 8600. The price tag was well over $3,000. The thing was… Read More A few days ago, I read Nilay Patel’s review of the Pebble smartwatch for The Verge. Like many others, I bought a Pebble on Kickstarter, and I can’t wait to try it out myself. But one part of Patel’s review stuck out at me in particular: Any incoming notification will quietly buzz the Pebble and light up the screen. 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And if it were here, would it matter? Do such gadgets ever get released? Or are they figments of some marketing wizard’s imagination? Have you seen the press release? Have you noticed there is… Read More We all know the “four horsemen” of tech: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. These are the companies that pretty much everyone agrees will shape the foreseeable future of the tech sector. In some circles, that list makes waves for who is not included: Microsoft. But any rational thinker (meaning those outside of Redmond or anyone who hasn’t made a career as a .Net… Read More Yesterday, we ran a big story: Is Apple Plotting A Route To A Waze Acquisition? Rumours On The Road Point To Yes. That’s huge news for a few reasons: Apple rarely makes startup acquisitions — Waze is a hot startup with good buzz — the Apple Maps fiasco — the list goes on. But there’s just one little problem: the deal isn’t actually happening. That… Read More Modern Apple owes pretty much everything to the iMac. 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SAN JOSE, California – Throughout his childhood and adolescence, figure skating was a way for Rudy Galindo to escape his hardscrabble upbringing and dysfunctional home life. As a young man, he medaled in national and world championships, becoming America’s most decorated Latino figure skater and a pioneer for LGBT athletes. Now with the eyes of the world on the skating events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, Galindo is still making his mark on the sport he loves, coaching and nurturing a new generation of hopeful skating champions. At 7:30 in the morning at the cavernous Solar4America Ice at San Jose complex, Galindo, 48, has already been on the ice for several hours. Swathed in a heavy parka and a thick scarf, he watches one of his students practice her moves. “We have to work on your axel, those are big points,” he calls out. “Good! Now do one more!” As a dozen skaters practice their routines, the frosty air is filled with the sound of blades skimming over the ice. Galindo raises his voice so his young charge can hear him. “Hey, why are you looking down at the ice? Don’t look down, there’s nothing down there for you!” Rudy Galindo, former national ice skating champion, at Solar4America Ice in San Jose, CA. Raul A. Reyes for NBC News His student skates over for a swig of water. “Very nice, high five! Now go back and do the footwork at the end.” Galindo eyes the skater’s ponytail with a sly smile. “Hey, why are you wearing a scrunchie?! That’s very ‘80s!” While coaching is the latest chapter in Galindo’s life, over the years he has experienced spectacular professional highs and devastating personal lows. His life story of joy, heartbreak, and triumph over adversity is legendary in the skating world. Of Mexican-American descent, Galindo was born in the working-class neighborhood of East San Jose. His childhood was far from idyllic. His family lived in a trailer, his truck driver father was on the road for long stretches and his mother suffered from bouts of mental illness. Galindo found his escape on the ice, where his older sister was taking skating lessons at a local rink. Before long, Rudy was taking lessons too, and participating in local competitions. His aptitude for skating came at great cost. “My dad gave everything, his whole paycheck, so my sister and I could have skating lessons and stay off the streets,” Galindo said. “He worked hard, and we never could afford to move into a house because all of his earnings went for our lessons.” EXCLUSIVE: @RudyValGalindo tells @NBCLatino: “My dad gave everything , his whole paycheck... so my sister and I could train as skaters.” Our story with this #Latino #Lgbt #figureskating pioneer coming soon! pic.twitter.com/KJVyxYD5SJ — Raul A. Reyes (@RaulAReyes) February 14, 2018 Before long, Galindo was paired up with another promising young skater from the Bay Area, Kristi Yamaguchi. “I was 11, and he was 13. He was very energetic, even at that young age,” Yamaguchi told NBC Latino. “Once we started skating together, things took off, and he was so creative. We would choreograph our own programs, and he was always full of ideas.” Galindo even lived with Yamaguchi’s family for several years so that they could focus on their training; a typical day found them training for 6 to 8 hours, and doing their homework in the backseat of Kristi’s mother’s car as she drove them to practice sessions. “Rudy was like my brother,” Yamaguchi recalled. As a duo, Galindo and Yamaguchi won the U.S National Championships (Junior Pairs) in 1986, the World Junior Championships in 1988, and the U.S. National Championships in 1989 and 1990. But soon Yamaguchi, who had been juggling both pairs and solo skating, decided to concentrate on her solo efforts. Her professional break with Galindo left him devastated and unfocused. The Morning Rundown Get a head start on the morning's top stories. This site is protected by recaptcha “That was a tough time for him,” said Ann Killion, sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. “Rudy kind of got left behind, and Kristi was moving into her own spotlight, and then on to the Olympics.” His sense of loss was compounded by his father’s passing, and the deaths of two of his coaches and his older brother from HIV/AIDS. After an uneven period as a skater — during which time he considered quitting the sport altogether — Galindo pulled off a surprise victory at the 1996 U.S. National Championships, which were held in his hometown of San Jose. “I’ve been going to that arena since it opened, for sporting events and concerts,” said Killion, “and that was the most spine-tingling moment I have ever seen there.” A likeness of Rudy Galindo is part of the "Five Skaters" art piece, honoring the sport of figure skating, outside the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. Raul A. Reyes Coached by his sister Laura, at 26 Galindo became the oldest men’s champion in 70 years. A New York Times report described it as “one of the greatest upsets ever accomplished in American skating.” “I think one reason why he skated with such joy and freedom that night,” Killion said, “was because he had already been through so much. It seemed like he was happy with who he was, and he was energized by skating in his hometown.” Before winning the national championship, Galindo had come out publicly as gay — a bold move at the time in a sport that is still fairly conservative. “I guess I was ahead of my time,” Galindo said. “But I wanted to be me, to be out of the box, to be over the top, and some judges back then, well, they wanted a certain type of skater.” According to Cyd Ziegler, co-founder of OutSports.com, Galindo was a pioneer for LGBT athletes. “Rudy being a trailblazer for other athletes, and on social justice issues, is paramount to his legacy,” he said, noting that Galindo is one of the few athletes to come out while still active in his sport. “Some athletes don’t want to come out because they don’t want to be known as ‘the gay football player,’ or ‘the gay basketball player.’ The fact that Rudy was willing to take on this mantle is a powerful statement about him as a human being,” said Ziegler. Rudy Galindo with figure skater Ava Stephens, who recently competed at the U.S. National Championships. Raul A. Reyes In his view, Galindo paved the way for out Olympic skaters Johnny Weir and Adam Rippon, and skier Gus Kenworthy, by forcing the sports world to acknowledge LGBT athletes. “Rudy’s coming out was especially courageous because, under the old scoring system, figure skating was a much more subjective sport than it is today. Judges could score him lower because they were uncomfortable with his identity.” His titles aside, Galindo can doubly claim to rank among the U.S. figure skating elite. First, he is part of a legacy of Bay Area skaters, including Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Debi Thomas, and Kristi Yamaguchi, that achieved great success. Second, he competed in what is widely regarded as a golden age for U.S. figure skating. Among his 1996 U.S. world teammates were Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, and Todd Eldredge. After winning the national championship, Galindo won a bronze medal in the 1996 World Championships. Then he turned professional, and spent a dozen years touring with Champions On Ice, performing everything from a crowd-pleasing tribute to the Village People to an elegiac program set to “Send In The Clowns.” By turning pro, Galindo opted out of a shot at the Olympics, which he said was based, in part, on financial factors. “My family had sacrificed so much, and I wanted to be able to provide for them, and do wonderful things for them.” Galindo offers encouragement to young skater Elizabeth Ho. Raul A. Reyes The financial factor is one big reason, Galindo observed, that there are still few Latinos in the sport. “It is an expensive sport, with costs for training, travel, coaches, choreographers, ice time, and costumes,” he said. “I was lucky that my father gave up so much for me; I wish there were more Latino skaters because it would be really nice to see.” Galindo released his autobiography, Icebreaker, in 1997. In 2000, Galindo announced that he was living with HIV. “Again, this speaks to his courage and willingness to help others,” said Ziegler of OutSports.com, “especially 15 or so years ago, when there was much more stigma attached to going public than today.” Galindo was inducted in to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2013. He is currently featured in a special edition of People Magazine entitled The Best of Olympic Figure Skating. These days, Galindo stays busy with his students, who range from age 7 to 17, and include Ava Stephens, 13, who competed in the intermediate women’s division at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships last month. EXCLUSIVE: @RudyValGalindo tells @NBCLatino that “He’s a showman now - but in a different way, as a coach.” Our story on this #figureskating #champion coming soon! pic.twitter.com/ZhvXIYkSM3 — Raul A. Reyes (@RaulAReyes) February 14, 2018 “Ava really enjoys working with Rudy,” said her mother, Holly Stephens. “He’s fun, he inspires her, and he really brings out her sense of artistry. His choreography and artistic instincts are outstanding.” Being a coach, Galindo said, is often more nerve-wracking than being a performer, because he has no control over how well his students will do when they step on the ice. “When my kids get ready to compete, sometimes I feel like I want to pass out,” he joked, “but I can’t show it.” Galindo still has a bond with his former skating partner, Kristi Yamaguchi. He choreographed special numbers for benefit performances for her Always Dream Foundation – and he is coaching her youngest daughter, Emma, 12, on the ice as well. “My daughter loves working with him, so it’s like our lives have come full circle,” she said. “In a way, he is like an extended family member.” “I am very proud of him,” Yamaguchi added, “because he has never been afraid to be who he was. He has always been like, this is who I am, so why pretend?” Despite a lifetime of competing and performing for huge crowds, Galindo no longer misses those days. “I used to miss it (performing), because I liked the accolades and the applause, the ovations,” he reflected. “But it was a lot of work, going from city to city and training so hard. I was a showman, but I like my new life now. I am a showman in a different way — as a coach.” Raul A. Reyes is an NBC Latino contributor. Follow him on Twitter at @RaulAReyes, and on Instagram at @raulareyes1.

A new landmark in computer vision - Anon84 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-landmark-in-computer-vision.html ====== wallflower "Our landmark recognition engine, in fact, can provide input data to these 3D reconstruction systems and enables them to be scalable to a large number of landmarks." This might be revolutionary, as being one of the first automated systems to aggregate visual data into intelligent sets, making it scalable from local to global. [http://www.google.com/googleblogs/pdfs/google_landmark_recog...](http://www.google.com/googleblogs/pdfs/google_landmark_recognition.pdf) ------ nwatson How does this compare technically with Microsoft's Photosynth project? <http://photosynth.net/> ... looks like they're already doing what Google proposes to do. ~~~ mlinsey Photosynth aggregates images already known to be of a particular scene and figures out how they fit together. This paper is about taking an image from an unknown place and identifying whether it is of a particular landmark. Both probably make heavy use of unsupervised clustering techniques on images but are otherwise totally different use cases, if nothing else. ------ caffeine "Google: we brute-force stuff." ~~~ njoubert The fact that this is basically true makes it all the funnier! ------ redorb I was super impressed in the street view - navigation updates where the circle changes on depth, and goes sideways on buildings. Really how long until they can upgrade the lasers to work good enough to scan a building front (barcode style).. 5 years? Until then this a great hack-ish way of doing it

Happy days! The Brainstorm Show is back in action. This episode, we talk SCG Worcester Top 8 decklists — what we liked, what we didn’t like, and what changes we would make. As always, we hope you enjoy and want to hear from you. Hit us up on Twitter and Facebook! Ideas for future episodes or deck discussions are always welcome. If you want to send in a decklist for us to talk about, we would also enjoy doing that! Have a great week, everyone. Disclaimer: It’s not all puppies and rainbows during our discussion of the decks. Please do not take our comments as a criticism of the individuals in the Top 8 — in fact, we want to congratulate every one of them for battling through two days and 15 rounds of competitive Legacy. That is a major accomplishment! Our aim is to create discussion around card choices and deckbuilding, and we find being open and honest most conducive to this objective. SCG Worcester Top 32 Decks

To get new blog-posts from me emailed direct to you sign up in the box on the right. Alternatively, subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Twitter @stephentall. Thanks for visiting! Jonathan Calder has an interesting post at his Liberal England blog tracing the evolution of the pupil premium, and asks if its lost its initial guiding purpose: The Pupil Premium seems to have dwindled into a scheme that positions the poor child as a social problem who needs more money spent on him. But if that child is in a bad school then it is hard to believe that another two weeks in the classroom or a bit more money for that school is going to make much difference. You can read Jonathan’s post in full here. I’ve posted a comment to his blog with the following thoughts: 1) The pupil premium is still new so its impact has yet to feed through into school leaders’ decisions. In its first year (2011) it was £430 per pupil. By the end of the parliament this will have doubled but this inevitably creates a lag. Also in its original Lib Dem format it was hoped the pupil premium value would be up to £2,500 a child — if that had been realised then it would certainly have started to encourage schools to start actively encouraging children from poorer backgrounds to apply to them. 2) The summer schools [Nick Clegg’s £50m initiative referred to in Jonathan’s post] are only a very small part of the pupil premium funding, announced last summer by Nick Clegg as a direct response to the riots. You’re right that if the pupil premium was just about this one intitiative it would be a bit of a damp squib. 3) The point of the pupil premium is to try and raise the attainment levels of free school meal children, and narrow the gaps between the rich and poor. You can see the extent of the challenge here in this post by the FT’s Chris Cook, though there’s more encouraging analysis of the school effect here from Becky Allen. 4) The bigger problem with the pupil premium is showing that the money being ploughed into the system is actually making a difference. Because it’s not ring-fenced there’s a risk it’ll be used generally by schools rather than for the target demographic. Quick plug for my employer, the Education Endowment Foundation, which is trying to show what approaches work best in raising attainment levels: http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/toolkit/ 5) The big point, I think, is that school structures (academies, free schools etc) — though the bit of education which is focused on most by politicians — aren’t as important as working out how learning in the classroom can be improved for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The pupil premium is designed to pay for the extra intervention for poorer children that ‘middle-class’ children mostly already receive.

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Section 377: SC Says Won't Wait for Govt to Strike Down Law If It Violates Fundamental Right The courts are not in obligation to wait and would act if any violation of fundamental right was brought before it, the bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, said. A participant walks under a rainbow flag during a pride parade in 2018. (Image: REUTERS) Loading... New Delhi: The courts cannot wait for a "majoritarian government" to decide on enacting, amending or striking down a law if it violates fundamental rights, the Supreme Court asserted on Tuesday. "We would not wait for the majoritarian government to enact, amend or not to enact any law to deal with violations of fundamental rights," a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra observed while hearing a batch of petitions seeking decriminalisation of consensual gay sex. The courts are not in obligation to wait and would act if any violation of fundamental right was brought before it, the bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, said. The observations by the bench, which is dealing with a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, came when advocate Shyam George, appearing for some Apostolic Alliance of Churches and Utkal Christian Association, submitted that it was the legislature's job to decide whether to amend or allow section 377 in the statute book. "The moment we are convinced about violation of the fundamental right, the object of these fundamental rights give power to the court to strike down the law," the bench said. The lawyer also referred to the term "sexual orientation" and said it cannot be read interchangeably with the term "sex" used in article 14 and 15 which deal with the right to equality of the citizen. He said the term sexual orientation was different from the term sex as there have been several kinds of sexual orientation, besides the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer). Section 377 refers to 'unnatural offences' and says whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to pay a fine. The advancing of arguments would resume later in the afternoon. The top court had on July 12 said the social stigma and discrimination attached to the LGBTQ community would go if criminality of consensual gay sex is done away with, while maintaining that it would scrutinise the legal validity of section 377 of the IPC in all its aspects. The court had observed that an environment has been created in the Indian society over the years that has led to deep-rooted discrimination against the community which has also adversely impacted their mental health. Earlier, the government had left it to the apex court to test the constitutional validity of section 377, urging that issues like gay marriages, adoption and ancillary civil rights of LGBTQ should not be dealt by it. Taking note of the Centre's submission that other issues like gay marriages, adoption and ancillary civil rights of LGBTQ community should not be dealt, the court said it was not considering all these issues. The bench had said it would test the validity of the law in relation to the consensual sexual acts of two adults and if it decides to strike down the penal provision then it would remove "ancillary disqualification" of LGBTQ community members which can join services, contest elections, and form associations.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case. I grieve for the children and their families, and I pray for their comfort and relief. I have come to work every day for the last 61 years with one clear goal in mind: To serve the best interests of this university and the young men who have been entrusted to my care. I have the same goal today. That's why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. They have far more important matters to address. I want to make this as easy for them as I possibly can. This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more. My goals now are to keep my commitments to my players and staff and finish the season with dignity and determination. And then I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to help this University. That statement is laughable - the school is right now the focus point, and his department is responsible for the most revenue, and all of this is effected and to a degree paralyzed by his presence. Worse is what he doesn't realize what's coming - he's likely going to be named in class action lawsuits. Its not going away Joe, unless you pass away, then your kids get to deal with your mess. __________________ When I lost you honey sometimes, I think I lost my guts too.... I would absolutely agree that he should retire right now. I think that's inevitable and the sooner he does it (even if every word he's said is true and he did not know the seriousness of the allegations) the better off he will be and the quicker this will be resolved. Sandusky is definitely going down. The administrators who covered up for him are going down. Paterno needs to get out of the way. Who he is and the position he's in there is taking away from the process that needs to happen. He's got his story and he's sticking to it. That's fine, step aside and let justice be served to the people who have it coming. He is old and I have personally seen where older folks in the work place just there doing their thing in the background without knowing what is going on from within. I would not doubt that at all in this case. Joe has been leagally cleared here and yet people just want to rag on him I almost want to send him a letter of support myself. What we have here is the public becoming morally tied to the victims and not looking at this story as an outsider. __________________ Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself. Chin-Ning Chu - He is old and I have personally seen where older folks in the work place just there doing their thing in the background without knowing what is going on from within. I would not doubt that at all in this case. Joe has been leagally cleared here and yet people just want to rag on him I almost want to send him a letter of support myself. What we have here is the public becoming morally tied to the victims and not looking at this story as an outsider. I am looking at this story as an outsider. He did what he legally should have done by notifying his superiors. But he also did not notify the police. He should have known the school did not notify the police when no one came to talk to him from the police dept or the state police or even the campus police. For the "Integrity" of the school and himself he should have called the police when he was told of the incident. For a man with supposedly much integrity, he did not do what a man should have done. As a result other boys were abused. I fault the grad-assistant coach even more as he just turned his back and did not stop it or call the police either. Both men knew what was going on and neither went out of their way to stop it. That to me is the kicker. __________________All that is necessary for Evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. I don't think you know enough to say that. I think it really depends on what he knew and what he was told by McQueary. People keep saying "He HAD to know" but that's a fallicy. It's shocking what people don't know and what people don't notice going on right under their noses and evidence of that happens every day. The guy is in his 80's now (70's then) and I'm not at all shocked by the idea that he didn't know this was happening. Is it that strange to think that an elderly "figurehead type" coach might not know every detail of the program he sits on top of? I think there is a very valid argument here that if they had a younger coach who was more involved and less of a "living mascot" then possibly that coach would have seen the signs and acted on them. I see Paterno's last decade as one of a program without a head coach at all. A coaching staff yes, a coach? Not so much. If JoePa didn't know, it's because he didn't want to know. If any moral human being is informed of child abuse to this level, not only do they have a responsibility to notify the authorities, they damn well ought to have the moral fortitude to follow up on it and find out what the result was. How is the kid? How is the accused? What was the evidence? If it's his coach perpetrating, should he look to replace him? Hell, you get one reporter or TV personality saying some crazy shit and all his superiors want him fired, even if he doesn't directly work for them (Hank Williams, anyone?). But JoePa just puts in a call to his AD and washes his hands of the matter? That's complete bullshit. And the fact that the man is 84 doesn't exonerate him one bit, in my eyes. It makes him even more culpable, because at age 84, you damn well know how the world works and how even people you think you know are capable of dastardly shit. JoePa didn't know because he chose not to know. __________________Hey O'Brien: "How do you tell a guy who is used to catching 80 balls a year that he was going to catch 40?"... You jackass. If JoePa didn't know, it's because he didn't want to know. If any moral human being is informed of child abuse to this level, not only do they have a responsibility to notify the authorities, they damn well ought to have the moral fortitude to follow up on it and find out what the result was. How is the kid? How is the accused? What was the evidence? If it's his coach perpetrating, should he look to replace him? Hell, you get one reporter or TV personality saying some crazy shit and all his superiors want him fired, even if he doesn't directly work for them (Hank Williams, anyone?). But JoePa just puts in a call to his AD and washes his hands of the matter? That's complete bullshit. And the fact that the man is 84 doesn't exonerate him one bit, in my eyes. It makes him even more culpable, because at age 84, you damn well know how the world works and how even people you think you know are capable of dastardly shit. He is old and I have personally seen where older folks in the work place just there doing their thing in the background without knowing what is going on from within. I would not doubt that at all in this case. Joe has been leagally cleared here and yet people just want to rag on him I almost want to send him a letter of support myself. What we have here is the public becoming morally tied to the victims and not looking at this story as an outsider. I can't place my hand on the link (got to work), but the indications are that the GA and his Dad were graphic in describing the situation to Joe Pa. This very he said versus he said, as such it is always hard if not impossible to prove. __________________It doesn't just seem like I was talking down to people, I was. (Runner 8/4/09). He is old and I have personally seen where older folks in the work place just there doing their thing in the background without knowing what is going on from within. I would not doubt that at all in this case. Joe has been leagally cleared here and yet people just want to rag on him I almost want to send him a letter of support myself. What we have here is the public becoming morally tied to the victims and not looking at this story as an outsider. Being old is a ridiculous excuse - if anything that lends to the question why the hell an 84 year old is running a top Division 1 program. 9 years ago he made a morally bankrupt choice. Did he break the law? No. Did he break laws of simple and basic decency? Hell yes. I don't want to rag on him. I simply want him gone. Its Sandusky and the administration that chose to cover this all up that I want behind bars. __________________ When I lost you honey sometimes, I think I lost my guts too.... All I'm saying is that I want to know what he knew. We probably will never find out now because the stock answer is going to be "I knew nothing" or at the very least "I knew very little". I find it possible that he didn't know. This might be one of the few instances where I think there's a chance of that. Paterno was in his mid 70's when this took place if I'm not mistaken. He's 84 now. I don't know enough about the program there to say to what degree he's a figurehead. I also haven't come across any details regarding what McQueary presumably said to him. I saw something yesterday in the news about what he told Paterno differeing from the detailed version he gave the grand jury. How different? I want to know more before torching Paterno but at the same time I confess I think the story is something I don't want to dig too deeply into. It's disturbing and I'm not being paid to find out who needs some swift justice here. I want justice, I just don't want to see Paterno burned at the stake if he didn't know the details of what happened. I can't place my hand on the link (got to work), but the indications are that the GA and his Dad were graphic in describing the situation to Joe Pa. This very he said versus he said, as such it is always hard if not impossible to prove. I understand. Everything I've seen has said otherwise. Like I said in one of my first posts in this thread it's going to be nearly impossible to know for certain what was said and what Paterno knew is the single most important thing about this as far as his actions are concerned. Quote: Originally Posted by toronto Being old is a ridiculous excuse - if anything that lends to the question why the hell an 84 year old is running a top Division 1 program. 9 years ago he made a morally bankrupt choice. Did he break the law? No. Did he break laws of simple and basic decency? Hell yes. I don't want to rag on him. I simply want him gone. Its Sandusky and the administration that chose to cover this all up that I want behind bars. I want him gone too and think waiting until the end of the year is a mistake. The sooner he steps down the sooner they can tear it all down and start over and they're going to have to start over no matter what happened. I don't think being old is a ridiculous excuse though. I think it's the only perfectly plausible excuse on the table. Being an old "legend" there puts him in a position where people don't want to tell him bad news. People don't want to upset him. People are hesitant to bring things like this to him. People insulate and protect figures like that. Sometimes. Maybe he did screw up. He's saying as much now and saying that he wishes he'd pursued it further. I just don't think it's inconcievable that Paterno didn't get the full story. It's possible. That's all I'm saying. Doesn't change the fact that now it's a moot point and he needs to step down. You're talking about this with emotion and I'm being reasonable. If you can find me 20 victims that Joe Paterno personally sodomized then I'm going to concede the point but Sandusky is the rapist pedophile and Paterno is the football coach who reported what he was told to his superior. IF he was told that Sandusky was sodomizing a 10 year old in no uncertain terms then the only appropriate response was "Call the police right now". If McQueary and his father beat around the bush and found a way to say just enough to clear their conscience (How you do that after you saw a kid being molested and did nothing I don't know) and left him with a "What are they talking about, I'm going to call the AD and get him to look into it" idea then maybe that was the appropriate response. You don't know what he was or wasn't told. I don't either. All I'm saying is that before you crucify the guy (and he may have that coming to him) you might want to have an idea what he knew. Suggesting that we take the time to find out all the facts before wiping this guy out is not the same thing as demanding that we get a ten year old out and sodomize him front of JoePa to see if he understands the specifics of the act. Take your moral outrage and your slowly forming straw-man argument (not inclined to wait around to be lumped in with the folks at Penn State thank you) somewhere else. I've been perfectly clear about this. Gary I love you man - but why the hell are you defending Paterno? Put yourself in the shoes of one of those boys. At best JoePa turned a blind eye to child abuse, and at worst he knowingly let it happen. How can you support a man who would do that just for the sake of retaining the prestige of himself and Penn St?[/QUOTE] Is that what he did or is it just because of the way he handled it? DB said I have a lot to learn. Please. I know what I would have done but I am not everyone. Why do I still have much to learn, because I stand by my unpopular opinion? What has happened to everyone having a fair say? Not today pepole not today. I am as disgusted as the next person about what happened at Penn State. Reading this thread gives me visions of a lynch mob in an old western movie. Itís easy to see how vigilante groups were formed back in the day. Just an observation, not a judgment call. __________________ "We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount." - Omar Bradley You're talking about this with emotion and I'm being reasonable. If you can find me 20 victims that Joe Paterno personally sodomized then I'm going to concede the point but Sandusky is the rapist pedophile and Paterno is the football coach who reported what he was told to his superior. IF he was told that Sandusky was sodomizing a 10 year old in no uncertain terms then the only appropriate response was "Call the police right now". If McQueary and his father beat around the bush and found a way to say just enough to clear their conscience (How you do that after you saw a kid being molested and did nothing I don't know) and left him with a "What are they talking about, I'm going to call the AD and get him to look into it" idea then maybe that was the appropriate response. You don't know what he was or wasn't told. I don't either. All I'm saying is that before you crucify the guy (and he may have that coming to him) you might want to have an idea what he knew. Suggesting that we take the time to find out all the facts before wiping this guy out is not the same thing as demanding that we get a ten year old out and sodomize him front of JoePa to see if he understands the specifics of the act. Take your moral outrage and your slowly forming straw-man argument (not inclined to wait around to be lumped in with the folks at Penn State thank you) somewhere else. I've been perfectly clear about this. If JoePa runs out to the field against Nebraska this weekend, it will be a shame. We are not talking about 1 or 2 kids here. We are talking about at least 20. If JoePa had gone to the police, many kids would have normal lives today. I hope you have read the transcript. But almost everyone is forgetting that a grown man saw the rape in the showers and all he did was turn his back on the 10 year old boy and walk back to his office and call his Dad instead of the police. Then waited till the next day to call Paterno who also waited a day to call the AD. Why aren't more calling for his resignation also. They talk about integrity and honor at Penn State. But there is none. All each and everyone of them were doing was trying to protect the University from a scandal. It would have been over and done with, if they had just called the police at that time. They would have been thought of as heros to stop this back in 2002. In this day and age, it will be a long long time before the dust settles. JoePa now has a not so stellar reputation. The school and it leaders will be looked upon as men trying to save their reputations instead of trying to save young boys from a sexual predator. I still cannot understand how a grown man can turn his back and walk away from a young boy being sodomized. __________________All that is necessary for Evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. But almost everyone is forgetting that a grown man saw the rape in the showers and all he did was turn his back on the 10 year old boy and walk back to his office and call his Dad instead of the police. Then waited till the next day to call Paterno who also waited a day to call the AD. Why aren't more calling for his resignation also. They talk about integrity and honor at Penn State. But there is none. All each and everyone of them were doing was trying to protect the University from a scandal. It would have been over and done with, if they had just called the police at that time. They would have been thought of as heros to stop this back in 2002. In this day and age, it will be a long long time before the dust settles. JoePa now has a not so stellar reputation. The school and it leaders will be looked upon as men trying to save their reputations instead of trying to save young boys from a sexual predator. I still cannot understand how a grown man can turn his back and walk away from a young boy being sodomized. That's the strange part about being bigger than the rules . Not just any rules but rules of decency and what's moral . Was he afraid that by ratting on or bashing Sandusky upside the head he was going to get in trouble ? For anyone that thinks that Joe should be left alone because he may not of done anything wrong by legal standards I have to say, Who gives a shit. This country is falling apart because 90% of the people in power of this country will do everything they can to abuse and work their way around every loop hole they can find, within our legal system, to either stay in power or get more power. Most sane people will put morals ahead of the law everytime and if your not one of those people then you might want to take another look at yourself. But almost everyone is forgetting that a grown man saw the rape in the showers and all he did was turn his back on the 10 year old boy and walk back to his office and call his Dad instead of the police. I'm trying not to come into this thread, much less post, but that was one of the first things that came to mind for me. If I were that 28 year old grad assistant and I walked in on that, there would be blood on the shower floor. I'd call the cops after and let them sort it out afterward, but there would have been some tossing around of a pedophile rapist. Everyone involved in this case failed and is a disgustingly immoral human being that deserves to die a slow, painful, medieval death. That's about as nicely as I can put it. __________________Hey O'Brien: "How do you tell a guy who is used to catching 80 balls a year that he was going to catch 40?"... You jackass. I feel terrible for the players. They had nothing to do with this. Their next game is Senior Day. That's just terrible for them that all of this will mar their day. Plus, with all of the distractions. They are still going for a Big Ten Championship. It's quite unfortunate for them. Yep ... there's no way they can't be distracted or feel like crawling under a rock .

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--- abstract: 'We present a method for inducing and controlling van der Waals torques between two parallel slabs using a constant magnetic field. The torque is calculated using the Barash theory of dispersive torques. In III-IV semiconductors such as $InSb$, the effect of an external magnetic field is to induce an optical anisotropy, in an otherwise isotropic material, that will in turn induce a torque. The calculations of the torque are done in the Voigt configuration, with the magnetic field parallel to the surface of the slabs. As a case study we consider a slab made of calcite and a second slab made of $InSb$. In the absence of magnetic field there is no torque. As the magnetic field increases, the optical anisotropy of $InSb$ increases and the torque becomes different from zero, increasing with the magnetic field. The resulting torque is of the same order of magnitude as that calculated using permanent anisotropic materials when the magnetic fields is close to 1 T.' author: - 'R. Esquivel-Sirvent' - 'G. H. Cocoletzi' - 'M. Palomino-Ovando' title: Van der Waals torque induced by external magnetic fields --- Introduction ============ The attraction between two parallel neutral perfectly conducting plates separated by a gap was first predicted by Casimir in 1948 [@Casimir48]. This force was explained in terms of quantum vacuum fluctuations and is a well known result in quantum field theory [@Greiner]. For two plates made of an arbitrary material Lifshitz [@Lifshitz56; @Lifshitz61] derived a more general theory for dispersive forces based on Rytov’s formalism for fluctuating electromagnetic fields [@Rytov67; @Vinogradov09]. Solving Maxwell’s equations with the proper boundary conditions, and using the fluctuation dissipation theorem, the force can be written in terms of the reflection coefficients between the gap and the slabs. Lifshitz theory is applicable at any temperature and separation between the bodies, with the restriction that the separation between the bodies be larger than the atomic separation. For short separations the Lifshitz formula gives the non retarded Van der Waals force. At large separations retardation is included in the theory giving the Casimir force. The success of the Lifshitz formula is evident from the variety of systems that have been studied ranging from ferromagnets[@Bruno02], semiconductors [@Lamoreaux08; @Dalvit09] and metamaterials [@Rosa08; @Footnote1]. Renewed interest in the Casimir force came from measurements made in the mid 90’s. Lamoreaux [@Lamoreaux97] using a torsional balance and Mohideen [@Mohideen98] with an atomic force microscope did the first precise measurements of the Casimir force. Later the use of micro torsional balances was implemented by several authors [@Dec03; @Ian04; @Vanzwol09]. With the exception of one experiment [@Onofrio02], all the measurements are between a large sphere and a plane rather than between two parallel plates. Recently possible measurements of the Casimir force between a plane and a cylinder have been considered [@Wei10]. It has also been suggested that dispersive forces could play an important role in the operation of micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) [@Serry95; @Serry98; @Roukes01]. Experiments show that Casimir forces have a strong influence on the oscillatory behavior of microstructures, driving them into their nonlinear modes [@Capasso01]. The study of the of Casimir and Van der Waals forces in MEMS, in particular its role in pull-in dynamics has been also a topic of intensive study [@Zhao03; @Zhao07; @Delrio05; @Esquivelapl; @Esquivelnjp; @Batra07]. A possibility that has been considered by the authors [@Garcia09; @Esquivel09; @Esquivel10] is the use of external magnetic fields to decrease the magnitude of the Casimir force, and thus inhibiting the pull-in or jump to contact. Lifshitz theory was developed for isotropic media. When anisotropic media are considered, an additional effect was shown to occur, there is a torque associated with the dispersive forces. In 1972 Parsegian and Weiss [@Parsegian72] derived an expression for the Van der Waals energy between anisotropic slabs in the general case when the medium between the slabs was also anisotropic. The resulting free energy depends on the angle between the principal axes of the slabs resulting in a torque. Later, Barash [@Barash78] extended these results to include retardation effects predicting the Casimir torque. In the non retarded limit the results of Parsegian and Weiss were recovered. At the molecular level, the influence of structural chirality on Van der Waals forces between two solids has been studied by introducing an helical space variation of the dielectric tensor [@Galatry82]. This work was motivated by the need to understand the macroscopic properties of optically active species. Different techniques have been used to derive the expression for the Van der Waals torque. For example, Zhoa [@Zhao05] calculated the Casimir torque using the method of quantized surface modes techniques, extending their results to anisotropic metamaterials [@Deng08]. Philbin and Leonhardt [@Philbin08] calculated the electromagnetic stress tensor between anisotropic plates to obtain the same expression for the Casimir torque. The Casimir torque has also been derived as a consequence of angular momentum transfer of the fluctuating electromagnetic fields between the two anisotropic planes [@Enk95; @Torres06]. Although dispersive torques have not been measured, Munday $et$ $al.$ [@Munday05] made detailed calculations of the Casimir torque, and proposed an experiment to measured the torque between a barium titanate disk immersed in ethanol and a second anisotropic material. By means of an external laser the top plate is initially rotated letting the Casimir torque realigning the optical axes of the plates again. This paper showed that within current experimental techniques, dispersive torques can be measured. In this paper we show that a dispersive torque can be induced using a constant magnetic field, and the magnitude of the torque depends on the intensity of the magnetic field. This is achieved by the excitation of magnetoplasmons in II-IV semiconductors such as $InSb$. Anisotropy due to external magnetic fields ========================================== When a dc external magnetic field is applied to a metal or a highly doped semiconductor, the normal modes of the free charge change significantly giving rise to magneto plasmons. For example, the external magnetic field induces an optical anisotropy in an otherwise isotropic material. Also, the dispersion relation of the magneto plasmons presents a frequency gap that depends on the intensity of the external magnetic field [@Palik70; @Wames72; @Wallis74; @Aers78]. Typically, magnetoplasmons are excited in III-V semiconductors such as InAb, InAs or GaAs. Magnetoplasmons have reemerge in the context of plasmonics and its applications [@Kong08; @Berman08; @Liu09]. To illustrate the effect of the external magnetic field, consider the classical equation of motion for the electrons in the material: $$m\frac{d{\bf v}}{dt}=q({\bf E}+{\bf v}\times {\bf B})-\frac{m}{\tau}{\bf v} \label{drude}$$ where $m$ is the effective mass of the electron, $q$ the charge and $\tau$ is the relaxation time. Assuming an harmonic electric field $e^{-i\omega t}$ the current ${\bf j}=nq{\bf v}$ can be found and thus the conductivity can be calculated [@Palik70] $$\sigma_{ij}(\omega,{\bf B}_0)=\frac{nq^2}{\tau^* m}\frac{\delta_{ij}+\omega_c\tau^* \textit{e}_{ijk}(B_k/B_0)+(wc\tau^*)^2 (B_iB_j/B_0^2)}{1+(\omega_c \tau^*)^2},$$ where $\tau^*=\tau/(1-i\omega \tau)$, $w_c=q|{\bf B}_0|/mc$ is the cyclotron frequency, and $\textit{e}_{ijk}$ is the Levi-Civita symbol. The dielectric tensor is obtained from $$\epsilon_{ij}(\omega,{\bf B}_0)=\delta_{ij}+\frac{4 \pi i}{\omega}\sigma_{ij}. \label{epsilon}$$ Clearly if ${\bf B}_0=0$ we recover the results for the isotropic case. For an arbitrary direction of the magnetic field, the calculation of the dispersion relation of the surface magneto plasmons and of the optical reflectivity is difficult. To simplify the problem, specific directions of the magnetic field have to be chosen [@Manvir06]. In the so called [*Faraday*]{} configuration, the magnetic field is perpendicular to the slab. In this case, there is mode conversion upon reflection from the slab. That is, for an incident TE wave, the reflected wave will consist of TE and TM modes, similar for an incident TM mode. The second configuration, that will be used in this paper, is the [*Voigt*]{} geometry where the magnetic field is parallel to the slabs. In this case there is no mode conversion upon reflection. Consider a slab parallel to the $x-z$ plane. In the Voigt geometry the external magnetic field points along the $z$ axis. In this case, the components of the dielectric tensor are given by [@Manvir06; @Garcia09] $$\begin{aligned} \epsilon_{xx}&=&\epsilon_L\left[ 1-\frac{\omega_p^2}{\omega(\omega+i \gamma)} \right ], \nonumber \\ \epsilon_{yy}&=&\epsilon_L\left[ 1-\frac{(\omega+i\gamma)\omega_p^2}{\omega(\omega+i\gamma)^2-\omega_c^2} \right ] ,\nonumber \\ \epsilon_{yz}&=&\epsilon_L\left[ \frac{i\omega_c\omega_p^2}{\omega ((\omega+i\gamma)^2-\omega_c^2)} \right ],\end{aligned}$$ and $\epsilon_{zz}=\epsilon_{yy}$ and $\epsilon_{zy}=-\epsilon_{yz}$. The other components are equal to zero. In these equations $\epsilon_L$ is the background dielectric function, $\omega_p$ the plasma frequency and $\gamma$ is the damping parameter. The factor $\epsilon_L$ accounts for the fact that we are working with semiconductors. In the absence of the magnetic field, $\omega_c=0$ and the plates become isotropic. In the rest of the paper we will use the dimensionless variable $\Omega_c=\omega_c/\omega_p$, that gives the relative importance of the external magnetic field. In Figure (2) we have plotted the dielectric function components as given by Eq. (4), for a value of $\Omega_c=0.2$, showing the anisotropy of the system. The parameters used are $\epsilon_L=15.8$, $m=0.014 m_0$ and $\gamma=\omega_p/100$, that are typical of $InSb$ [@Cunningham74]. In this figure we performed a rotation of the frequency to the complex plane $\omega\rightarrow i\zeta$, a common and convenient practice when calculating dispersive forces. For clarity, the relation between the values of the parameter $\Omega_c$ and the magnetic field for $InSb$ are presented in the Appendix. Torque of the Van der Waals force ================================= In this section we briefly review the theory for calculating the torque associated with the Casimir force. We follow the formalism of Barash [@Barash78]. Let us consider two anisotropic plates labeled $i=1,2$, as depicted in Figure (1). Their optical axes are not aligned and form an angle $\theta$. The dielectric tensors of each plate can be described by $$\left( \begin{array}{ccc} \epsilon_{1 ||} & 0 & 0 \\ 0& \epsilon_{1 \bot} & 0 \\ 0& 0 & \epsilon_{1 \bot} \end{array} \right)$$ and $$\left( \begin{array}{ccc} \epsilon_{2 ||} cos^2(\theta)+\epsilon_{2 \bot} sin^2(\theta)& (\epsilon_{2\bot}-\epsilon_{2 ||})sin(\theta)cos(\theta) & 0 \\ (\epsilon_{2\bot}-\epsilon_{2 ||})sin(\theta)cos(\theta)& \epsilon_{2 ||} sin^2(\theta)+\epsilon_{2 \bot} cos^2(\theta)& 0 \\ 0& 0 & \epsilon_{2 \bot} \end{array} \right)$$ In the case of anisotropic plates the free energy of the system depends on the separation between the plates and the angle between their optical axes, this is ${\cal F}(\theta,L)$. The usual magnitude of the attractive force per unit area is obtained from $F(\theta,L)=-\partial {\cal F}(\theta,L)/\partial L$, and the torque from $\tau(\theta,L)=-\partial {\cal F}(\theta,L)/\partial \theta$. Although the calculation of the free energy for anisotropic systems is complicated, some simplifications are possible, depending on the separation between the plates and the degree of anisotropy. The degree of anisotropy is quantified using the relation $$\delta=\left |\frac{\epsilon_{||}}{\epsilon_{\bot}}-1\right |. \label{delta}$$ For $\delta<1$ we are in the low anisotropic regime. In Figure (2), we plot the values of $\delta$ for different values of the parameter $\Omega_c$. The values of $\Omega_c$ chosen also correspond to magnetic fields attainable in current laboratories. In all cases, the anisotropy is small and an approximate expression for the torque is possible in the non retarded regime, and is given by [@Barash78; @Munday05] $$\tau(L,\theta)=-\frac{\hbar S}{64 \pi^2 L^2} \bar{w} sin(2\theta), \label{torque}$$ where $S$ is the surface of the plates and $\bar{w}$ is given by [@Munday05]. $$\label{barw} \bar{w}=\int_0^{\infty} d\zeta \frac{({\epsilon}_{2 ||}-{\epsilon}_{2\bot})({\epsilon}_{1||}-{\epsilon}_{1 \bot}) {\epsilon}_3^2}{({\epsilon}_{1 \bot}^2-{\epsilon}_3^2)({\epsilon}_{2\bot}^2-{\epsilon}_3^2)}\times ln \left ( 1-\frac{({\epsilon}_{1 \bot}-{\epsilon}_3)({\epsilon}_{2\bot}-{\epsilon}_3)}{({\epsilon}_{1 \bot}+{\epsilon}_3)({\epsilon}_{2\bot}+{\epsilon}_3)}\right ).$$ This expression considers that between the plates there could be a fluid with a dielectric function $\epsilon_3$ and that temperature effects are not important and the separation $L$ satisfies $L<<c \hbar/T$. Consider the system depicted in Figure (1). Let us assume a fixed bottom plate made of $InSb$ and the top plate made of a permanent anisotropic material such as calcite. The space between both plates is ethanol. Both the calcite, and the liquid between the plates were chosen to compare the effect of an external magnetic field with the torque calculations of Ref. ([@Munday05]). The dielectric functions of calcite and ethanol are calculated using a two oscillator model with the main absorption contributions coming from the ultraviolet and infrared. The parameters used are those of Ref. ([@Munday05]). Using Eqs. (\[torque\],\[barw\]) we calculate the torque for different values of $\Omega_c$ keeping the plate separation fixed at $L=100$ $ nm$. In Figure (4) we show the torque per unit area ($\tau/s$). As the value of $\Omega_c$ increases, does so the torque. Increasing $\Omega_c$ can be achieved by increasing the magnetic field, or by keeping the magnetic field constant and decreasing the number of carriers (see Appendix ). The dependence of the torque on the applied magnetic field can be also seen in Figure (5). In this figure, we present the torque per unit area as a function of $\Omega_c$ keeping the angle between the plates fixed at $\theta=\pi/4$. The top curve is for a separation between the plates of $50$ $nm$ and the bottom curve for a separation of $100$ $nm$. Conclusions =========== We have presented calculations of the Casimir torque, between two parallel plates, induced by an external magnetic fields in the Voigt configuration. As a case study, we calculated the torque between calcite and $InSb$ with the space between the slabs filled with ethanol. At zero magnetic field there is no torque since the $InSb$ slab is isotropic. Applying an external magnetic field induces an optical anisotropy, inducing a torque. This system allows a direct comparison with previous calculations and suggested experiments of Ref.([@Munday05]), thus showing the viability also of measuring the Van der Waals torque induced by an external magnetic field. The magnetic fields needed to induce the torque are easily obtained in current laboratories. The largest magnetic field used in our calculations was of 2.1 T. ACKOWLEDGEMENTS =============== The work of GHC was supported partially by VIEP-BUAP Project DES-EXC. Partial support from DGAPA-UNAM project no. IN 113208, CONACyT project no. 82474, and from the NERC EFRC of the US DOE (BES Award DE-SC0000989). We thank Prof. George Schatz from Northwestern University for his hospitality during the conclusion of this paper and for his careful reading and criticisms of the manuscript. 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Congress pushes FAA to research, expand drone use July 19, 2016 11:00 Congress has given journalists a helping hand when it comes to using drones for breaking news. In a bill signed by the President last week to authorize the Federal Aviation Adminstration's budget for another year, Congress has ordered the agency to make it easier to use drones in emergency situations, and pushes the FAA to continue research and development of drone use. Last month when the FAA published its long-awaited regulations for commerical drone operations, several key items of concern to newsrooms were addressed, such as registration requirements, operator certification and altitude limits. But for newsrooms hoping to use drones in breaking news situations, a few issues remain. Under the rules due to go into effect in August, drones cannot be flown over people unless they are participating in the activity for which the drone is being flown, they cannot be flown beyond the line of sight of the operator and they cannot be flown at night. The FAA has said it would be willing to issue waivers for flights at night, beyond line of sight or over people on a case-by-case basis, and intends to set up a way to apply for waivers online but has not said how long it would take for such waivers to be authorized. The new law should help keep that time to a minimum. The House and Senate jointly issued a summary of the bill, which also includes provisions for tougher penalties for drone flights that interfere with government flight operations, including on the scene of wildfires, as well as ordering new measures to prevent drone interference with airports.

2014 has been an exciting year for Britain for Events. The campaign launched in spring with Mike Fletcher, from venuefinder.com, our spokesperson for a series of regional radio interviews. Overall Mike spoke to 13 titles, which amounted to nearly 6 hours of radio exposure across Britain. Britain for Events also laid its support behind the events industry’s gathering in Liverpool during the International Festival for Business. The groundbreaking event underlined the huge impact an event can have in generating business activity and was opened by one of our own supporters, UK Prime Minister, David Cameron. 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The team from TCAA would like to thank everyone involved for such an excellent initiative and an extraordinary amount of income raised in such a short space of time.” • 41 Team Bases selected for use at Rugby World Cup 2015 • St Mary’s University, Twickenham and The Lensbury Club will be a Team Base for South Africa and New Zealand at Rugby World Cup 2015 • The Team Base consists of The Lensbury Club in Teddington and St Mary’s University in Twickenham • 20 competing teams will be based across England and Wales • Range of rugby clubs, schools, universities and dedicated training centres have been selected • Team Bases extend the reach of Rugby World Cup 2015 to even more communities in England and Wales England Rugby 2015, the Organising Committee for Rugby World Cup 2015 (RWC 2015), has announced the approved list of 41 Team Bases that will host the 20 participating teams during the Tournament, taking place in England and in Cardiff between September 18 and October 31 2015. The Lensbury Club and St Mary’s University, Twickenham will be a Team Base for South Africa and New Zealand at Rugby World Cup 2015. The Team Base will consist of The Lensbury Club and St Mary’s University who will host teams during the knock stages of the Tournament. A Rugby World Cup 2015 Team Base will consist of an outdoor pitch, indoor training facility, a swimming pool, gym and hotel and will be utilised by the competing teams in the lead up to and during the six week event. The facilities must meet international team training standards and be located on one site or within close proximity of one another. Match venue locations have also been taken into account as part of the selection programme. The search for Team Bases was launched via an open tender process in May 2013 and over 90 bids from across the country and in Wales were received. The Lensbury and St Mary’s have worked closely with England Rugby 2015 over the past 12 months to facilitate detailed site visits and liaison with the teams prior to confirmation of its status as an official Team Base for Rugby World Cup 2015. Both The Lensbury and St Mary’s are just a few minutes from Twickenham Stadium, which means that New Zealand and South Africa will be at the heart of the world’s third largest sporting event and celebration of rugby next year. A mix of rugby and football clubs, schools, colleges, universities and dedicated training facilities will be utilised by the 20 teams, taking the reach of the Tournament even further. The Lensbury team had a vision some three years ago to be a part of the Rugby World Cup 2015 and embarked on a large capital investment to build the facilities to host the top rugby teams of the world. 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St Mary's has the best endurance running programme in the country and our experience of training camps and understanding of elite athletes will help us provide the environment that each team will require. “With our campus located in Twickenham, it is particularly special to be involved in the Rugby World Cup 2015 and to be supporting New Zealand and South Africa is fantastic. I'm sure this will make our students, staff and local community feel even more involved in what will be an incredible tournament of rugby.” New Zealand manager Darren Shand said, "The All Blacks are looking forward to coming to England and Wales next year for Rugby World Cup 2015. We will be based in London, Cardiff and County Durham at the Tournament and, while preparing for our Test matches will be key, we are also looking forward to experiencing the local culture in each of the areas." England Rugby 2015 CEO, Debbie Jevans said, “As the Organising Committee for Rugby World Cup 2015 we are committed to ensuring that all participating teams have the optimum training environments available to them throughout the Tournament and in this regard we are delighted to announce our 41 official Team Bases for the event. Rugby, rightly, is at the heart of all our planning and we have worked closely with the teams to ensure that they have access to facilities and a Team Base that meet their individual needs. “I would like to thank all those who have been part of the Team Base selection process and we are lucky to have some fantastic facilities right across the country. With a wide range of excellent facilities and locations secured the teams can be assured of having all their training needs met whilst allowing us to spread the reach of the Tournament even further throughout England and in Wales.”

Friday, February 27, 2015 100% Whole Grain Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls Those of you who have been around since I started this blog in 2008 are probably familiar with this recipe, considering that I have blogged about it nearly once a year, every year since then. But every time I share it, it's because I've made some change or another and I want to tell you all about it. This time I've made the rolls fluffier, and I've also baked them in an eight by eight inch baking dish to get them all bunched up and pull-aparty. This variation has quite a bit of vital wheat gluten in it, three tablespoons, which gives these rolls a lovely springiness. These are not delicate, melt-in-your-mouth rolls. These hearty rolls point and laugh at delicate melt-in-your-mouth rolls while they steal their lunch money. They have no white flour, only whole grains and flax seeds. Ah yes, before I forget - very important detail: I make these with King Arthur whole wheat flour because it's super finely ground, and I think that that is one of the reasons why these are lighter than the whole grain rolls I've blogged before. King Arthur flour is a bit more expensive than other brands, but for this recipe I highly recommend it if you can find it in your area. If you don't live in the US or you can't find King Arthur in your area, any super fine whole wheat flour will do. Could one just make any whole wheat flour finer by pulverizing it in a food processor or high-speed blender, I wonder? 2. Add in the water and the oil and mix on low until all the liquid has been incorporated. Keep an eye on it and add more liquid if it doesn't look hydrated enough. It should be a very wet dough, because all those whole grains and the flaxmeal are going to be very thirsty. Check out the video below to see how your dough should look. 3. Knead at medium speed for five or six minutes. Your dough should really be rather wet. Not soupy, but super sticky. Too sticky to handle with your hands! 4. Let the dough rise, covered, for 90 minutes or until doubled in size. I let mine rise on the stove top, with the burners off but slightly warm. Not hot! 5. When the dough has doubled in size, you should see that it is now firm and ready to use. Divide the dough into 9 equally-sized balls, using a bit of flour to handle the dough if it's a little too sticky. Place the dough balls in a greased 8 by 8 inch metal baking pan. 6. Brush melted butter all over the tops and let the rolls rise for 45 minutes. I also let the rolls rise on the slightly warm stove top. 7. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200C) about 30 minutes into the second rise. Bake the rolls for 20 minutes, rotate the baking pan to make sure they bake evenly, and bake for ten more minutes or until the tops are golden brown. You can insert a skewer or a pointy knife in the center of the center roll to test for doneness. Even better- if you have a thermometer, bake until the rolls reach an internal temperature of about 190-200 degrees F. (85-95C). If your oven doesn't like to bake from the top, you can broil these at 400 for the last couple of minutes. Keep an eye on them! 8. Brush melted vegan butter all over the tops as soon as they come out of the oven. Let them sit in the baking pan for about five minutes before flipping them over on a cooling rack. Flip them back up! NOTE: These are best enjoyed warm or toasted, when the crumb is at its fluffiest. Let's see a few step-by-step shots of how things should look like, plus a quick video of the dough while it's being kneaded. ♫ I knead you now. More than words can say. I knead you now. ♫* After kneading. Doubled in size. Ready for the second rise. All poofed up and ready to bake! Lovely golden rolls! *(Video link to get that monster ballad stuck in your head for a couple of days. THE HAIR.) Sorry I missed your comment yesterday, Susan! Clearly you should just come and get them from me then. The ones pictured here are from a couple of weeks ago, but I did make a fresh batch yesterday so... just sayin'. Such a good post. I should state that I am extremely inspired by your article. I will extremely glad on the off chance that you can tell me more about your articles. I anticipate seeing your new articles each day. I think many individuals like your articles and I will just express profound gratitude for sharing this incredible stuff. You have done truly incredible work. I appreciate your everything post please keep it up. HELLO THERE! Welcome to Wing It Vegan!I'm River and this old blog here is where I share my favorite recipes and photos of our fluffy backyard birds. I hope you haven't come here looking for seriousness and sophistication!MORE »

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Tracey Emin: Art Car Boot Fair Moves To Margate The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, a staple of the London art scene usually held every year in London’s East End, is changing location and moving to the seaside town of Margate - but for one day only. Along with the move, YBA Tracey Emin will also be selling her work out of the back of a car, as Margate is the artist's hometown. Along with Emin, the likes of Gavin Turk and Peter Blake amongst others will be offering the odd art bargain, while other temptations include Sink the Pink drag acts, a range of vintage Vauxhall motors, and a Human Jukebox. The Margate edition of the Art Car Boot Fair - which will also include a knitted swimsuit fashion parade - is supported by Arts Council England. The fair was conceived in 2004, and was started as a counter-movement against the increasing commercialisation of London's art scene. Karen Ashton, the founder and curator of the event, told Kent Online last year, "Having established the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair as a dynamic and thrilling marketplace as well as a thoroughly entertaining afternoon for all our art loving visitors in London, it made perfect sense to take our show on the road to engage with new audiences and new artists around the country." The prestigious art event, which is held annually in London's East End, will now travel to Margate where artists will set up shop in the car park of Turner Contemporary during the bank holiday weekend and will offer the visiting art lover affordably priced works from a selection of art stars in an attempt to democratise an increasingly exclusive market. INTERACT WITH US MEMBERS LONDON ART NETWORK ArtLyst is the most comprehensive art information website in London. It was created to distribute up-to-date contemporary art news, events, exhibitions, fairs, and auctions. We focus on new and emerging art, including pop-up and temporary exhibitions. Our Web 2.0 social-networking platform allows you to post your professional profile and exhibit work in your own unique gallery. All galleries are curated, vetted, and FREE. The ArtLyst publishing platform gathers together news, reviews, resources, classifieds, and articles. Publish yourself, contribute and reach a wide audience!

Photo : Getty Your president is on the timeline today doing what I frankly can’t believe it took him this long: implying he could’ve stopped 9/11 because he just knew that Osama bin Laden guy was up to no good. He tweeted Monday morning (rise and shine!): Couple instant favorites here, “Fools!..” and “$Billions” among them (viral marketing for my parents’ favorite TV show? Could be!) The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake went to the source material at hand, in which the future president questioned a transient like bin Laden being elevated to “public enemy number one.” Another day, another Trump lie. But this one is especially funny to me because he’s taking a page from Mark Wahlberg, another famous guy who said he basically could’ve stopped 9/11, if only he’d been there. Let’s hope Trump doesn’t fuck it up should the sequel come around, shall we?

Early in the week I was overheard in a New York restaurant saying that Barbara Bush drank so much booze that if they cremated her, her body would burn for three days. When this comment became public there was a virtual firestorm from the mainstream media. Jake Tapper had a virtual hissy fit. In fact, Barbara Bush was not the saint that is being depicted in the fawning media coverage surrounding her passing. Based on my own experience she was a vindictive, nasty and entitled woman. After I managed the successful Republican Primary campaign of Ronald Reagan over George Bush, in the New York and New Jersey Primaries while fighting George Bush to a standstill in my native Connecticut and after Bush had become Vice President I had occasion to introduce myself to Mrs. Bush in a White House receiving line. “Mrs. Bush, I am Roger Stone”, I said. “Oh yes” she said, “I know who you are. I hate you.” So much for Barbara Bush being Mother Teresa. This is the same Barbara Bush who was well enough to campaign in New Hampshire for her son “Low Energy” Jeb Bush but was too frail to travel to Nancy Reagan’s funeral. This is after Ronald Reagan breathed political life back into the career of George H.W. Bush, who had lost two campaigns for the US Senate in Texas, as well as being drubbed for the 1980 Republican Presidential Nomination. Those who follow me here at Stonecoldtruth.com or who watch my show at Infowars know that I don’t mince words and that my political commentary can be pungent and provocative and that I eschew the phoniness and correctness of current political coverage. Nonetheless, may Barbara Bush Rest In Peace.

In the opening episode of season two of the runaway Irish hit Derry Girls, the show’s gang of lovably dorky Catholic schoolgirls (plus their sole male tag-along) prepares for a wilderness retreat mixer with students from a nearby Protestant school. It’s the mid-’90s, approaching the end of the decades-long political struggle in Northern Ireland known as the “Troubles,” and the weekend getaway—optimistically called Friends Across the Barricades—is meant to help the teens grapple with their similarities and differences. Our main protagonist Erin, played by Saoirse-Monica Jackson, nobly informs her mother that they are going on the trip to bridge the divide and pursue peace. Later, free from the watchful parental eye, the foul-mouthed Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) cheekily exclaims, “We’re doing it for peace, alright—a piece of that fine Protestant ass!” High-fives abound. And so, the scene is set for a second season of misbegotten hijinks, scolding at the hands of impatient nuns, and the kind of fervent friendship that only exists between teenage girls. The hilarity of Derry Girls, which premiered on Britain's Channel 4 in January 2018 before taking off stateside via Netflix, hinges on finding the humor in dark circumstances. The residents of Derry are accustomed to the violence that has permeated their everyday lives for years, and as a result it often exists in the background. When rifle-toting soldiers evacuate a movie theater, all one character can think about is how she will have to wait until The Usual Suspects comes out on video to find out Keyser Söze’s true identity. The normalcy with which Derry Girls regards its violent reality also reflects the mindset of its teenaged protagonists. Teenagers are inevitably, harmlessly selfish, regardless of whether or not they are coming of age in a military-occupied state. At the forefronts of the minds of Erin, Michelle, Clare, Orla, and James are their own seemingly frivolous problems, like finding a ride to a concert in Belfast or preventing unsuspecting mourners at a wake from accidentally eating drug-laced scones. In one episode, Erin writes a tone-deaf, yet thoroughly earnest poem about how the Troubles going on outside are nothing compared to the troubles in her own mind—troubles that include fielding rumors that her crush’s model girlfriend is going to be on Baywatch. (“They don’t have people from Derry on Baywatch, okay? We’re just too pasty.”) Lisa McGee, the show’s writer and producer, is from Derry and was herself navigating the ups and downs of adolescence at the culmination of the Northern Irish conflict. Her quick-as-a-whip dialogue makes the six, 23-minute episodes of the season irresistibly easy to binge in one sitting. At times it feels like a movie, which, according to a radio interview with cast member Tommy Tiernan, may eventually be on the way. McGee has said that she looks to the ’90s teen drama My So-Called Life as a primary influence for her work. It is easy to see traces of the tragically short-lived ABC series in the aesthetics of both seasons of Derry Girls, but one episode in the new season is essentially a tribute to Winnie Holzman. In the second episode, an unconventional substitute teacher named Ms. De Brún breezes into town, tears up the Derry girls’ class assignments, and changes the way they view education for a few short days. Sound familiar? The sixth episode of My So-Called Life, titled “The Substitute,” follows the same Dead Poets Society-esque plot. In McGee’s version, Erin and co. dutifully paint on winged eyeliner in the school bathroom to match their new hero—much like how Claire Danes’ Angela Chase begins chewing on a toothpick to mimic her teacher’s unique habit. Of course, at its root Derry Girls is a comedy, unburdened by the melodrama of My So-Called Life. While Angela Chase’s bubble is burst when she learns that her beloved teacher is a loser who has been dodging child support bills, the Derry girls must part with their teacher simply because she gets a better paying job elsewhere. Disillusioned, Erin asks, “But what happened to living for the moment? What happened to life should be spontaneous?” With a sigh, Ms. De Brún replies, “Yeah, I know, but I’m buying a house and mortgage rates are absolutely crippling at the minute.” “ They don’t have people from Derry on ‘Baywatch,’ okay? We’re just too pasty. ” If one were looking for something to criticize about the series, they could point to the apparent lack of narrative arc. But people don’t watch a show like Derry Girls for the plot. The Derry Girls viewing experience is about the nostalgic Cranberries-heavy soundtrack, the physical comedy, the delightful zingers packed with Irish slang, and the relatable young female characters. If I was lucky enough to have been able to watch this show when I was 16, I’d have spent hours debating with friends which Derry girl best matched my personality. (Instead, I was stuck with Girls, crossing my fingers that I wasn’t a Marnie.) Another potential point for criticism is the anticlimactic follow up to perpetually-anxious Clare’s (Nicola Coughlan) coming out as gay at the end of the first season. Though Clare’s queer identity is mentioned in passing throughout the season, often as the punchline of a joke, it does not factor heavily into the plot or even the emotional development of her character. However, McGee has a simple answer to this, telling Vulture, “Everyone kept asking who could her girlfriend be, and I thought, ‘She’s still Clare. She’s still a loser. She’s not going to suddenly get this hot girlfriend!’” The sentiment exemplifies season two of Derry Girls—not much has changed within the world of the show, but we don’t really care. Michelle is still boy-crazy, Orla is still a space cadet, and James, the only boy at his all-girls school, is still the punching bag. The show still manages to straddle the line between gleefully funny and deeply moving, effectively adding an extra dose of the latter this time around. And yet, in the real world, things could not be more different for McGee and the Derry Girls crew since the show’s premiere last winter. As McGee told Vulture, the season one premiere was a small affair in the morning with a modest guest list of friends and family. When the second season came out this spring, paparazzi turned out in droves to greet the cast of budding stars. “This year, it was like red carpets on live news,” McGee said. “It was crazy and people were lining up, taking selfies with the cast.” There is even a giant mural of the main fivesome splashed on the wall of a building in Derry, signaling the show’s influential presence in the small town and beyond. At one point in the season finale, a minor character, over a soundtrack of swelling music, says poignantly, “For once, the world will be watching us for all the right reasons.” Though she is referring to President Bill Clinton’s 1995 visit to Northern Ireland, she could just as well be talking about Derry Girls.

Dorit Revelis Dorit Revelis (, born December 9, 2001) is an Israeli fashion model. Known for her distinctive messy curly hair, she has led many international modelling campaigns, including the global advertising campaigns for Ralph Lauren Polo, Topshop, Calvin Klein, Sonia Rykiel, Urban Outfitters, Chanel, Claudie Pierlot and Massimo Dutti, She has appeared in magazines such as British Vogue, Vogue Italia and Vogue Ukraine, while walking for Lacoste, Miu Miu and Off-White Early life and career Revlis was born in Ashdod, Israel, to a Jewish family. She specializes in maths and physics at highschool, and plays classical piano. She first became a popular with photographers due to her curly hair. In 2016, she was signed in an exclusive contract to lead campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, however, the contract was blocked by French law due to her being under 16 years old at the time. In 2017, Revelis was chosen to open Dior's Haute couture show for S/S 2017, after the Italian Renaissance theme of the show had been partly designed around her. However, this was cancelled as they believed she may look too young. She broke out in 2017, taking part in many international modelling campaigns, including the global advertising campaigns for Ralph Lauren, where she worked alongside Sofia Mechetner from Holon. She also led campaigns for Topshop, Calvin Klein, Sonia Rykiel, Urban Outfitters, Chanel, Claudie Pierlot, Miu Miu, Massimo Dutti. She was covermodel for Russh, alongside Sofia Mechetner. In 2018, she was signed by Zara to lead its 2018 campaigns, She was also chosen to lead the global campaign for H&M for 2018. References External links Category:Israeli female models Category:Israeli Jews Category:Jewish female models Category:People from Ashdod Category:2001 births Category:Living people

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Q: How to paste values from clipbord to a listview javafx? I'm trying to implement a code that will allow a user to copy values from a tableview and paste the values in a Listview in javafx. The first part I've succeeded in implementing it, i.e I've created a context menu(Copy) in the tableview and and got the value to the clipboard. here is the code public void allowCopyAndPaste(){ MenuItem item = new MenuItem("Copy"); item.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() { @Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) { //ObservableList rowList = (ObservableList) scheduledCitizenTable.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems(); StringBuilder clipboardString = new StringBuilder(); for (citizen cell : scheduledCitizenTable.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems()) { if (cell == null) { cell = null; } clipboardString.append(cell.getCitizenName()); clipboardString.append('\t'); } clipboardString.append('\n'); final ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent(); content.putString(clipboardString.toString()); Clipboard.getSystemClipboard().setContent(content); System.out.println("testing paste"+content.size()); } }); ContextMenu menu = new ContextMenu(); menu.getItems().add(item); scheduledCitizenTable.setContextMenu(menu); } Now in the last part of the problem, i would like to paste the value obtained from the clipboard to a listview below is the code for the listview public class EmployeeScheduledController implements Initializable { @FXML private JFXListView<String> employeeS; @Override public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) { // TODO } } Overall I just need to paste the values from the clipboard in the listview. Any help? Updates I'found a light in the tunnel, so what i've done now is set the Clipboard to public static and then when the listbox window opens Set the values obtained in the clipboard to the the listbox as employeeS.getItems().add(citizen.content.getString()); note that citizen is the object of the class where there is the table and employeeS is the listbox Difficulties that I'm having now is how to pouplate each individual row copied from the tableview ? content = "Tom Jones James Alfred George" for example let say I've copied the content from the table now i want to put it in the listview, it will put the entire string as if the cells in the tableview were concatinated together, I need to put for example Tom in listview of index 0 ,Jones in Listview of index 1 etc... A: You have already done the hard part so far btw. So, since you are capable of copying all the stuff, the pasting and splitting the content is quite easy. All you have to do is split the content string from the spaces. You can achieve this by doing, String[] names = content.split("\\s"); now you can populate your list using a foreach loop for(String name : names){ //put name into listView } EDIT To avoid name collisions, it is better to append a symbol or a number (or some other thing). So in my case, after a name, I would append '&' sign to the clipboard string. So it would look like, clipboardString.append(cell.getCitizenName()); clipboardString.append("&"); So after that, using the same logic given above you can split it like, String[] names = content.split("&"); and then you can use the foreach loop to populate your listview

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Everybody thinks about garbage collection the wrong way - slackito http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2010/08/09/10047586.aspx ====== chipsy I can't accept the "infinite memory" analogy. In a finite-memory system with GC, you still have to be aware of the rules that mark memory as alive or dead, so that you don't get leaks. A computer with infinite memory can leak as much as it wants. It's an "implementation detail" with vastly different end-user consequences.

Monday was a night filled with battles, steals and questionable decisions on The Voice. Coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine followed their hearts all night, while Blake Shelton quietly thought of places to put his next Voice trophy during an unpredictable evening void of all logic and competitive strategy. But let’s be real: it’s The Voice. Are you really tuning in for logic and competitive strategy? Let’s hope not. Instead, kick back and enjoy the performances, Cher, and Xtina’s slow evolution into a skinny Oompa Loompa. Here’s our recap of the October 21 episode. Team Christina — Josh Logan vs. Michael Lynch Christina pairs soulful singers Josh Logan and Michael Lynch for her first battle of the night, selecting (vintage) Maroon 5’s “Harder to Breath.” The two are initially quite stiff in rehearsals, and struggle with the vocals. Although Christina tries to break them out of their rigid stances, the song’s rapid-fire lyrics really throw them. By performance night, fortunately, Josh and Michael have mastered the lyrics, and sort of try to move around (although Michael’s one move looks a lot like the “I need to pee” dance). Josh, who sounds just like Adam, is the clear standout. “[The song] is really easy to screw it up,” says Adam. “It was really fun, and you guys did an amazing job.” “Josh, you almost sound identical to [Adam],” Cee Lo says. “You guys really stepped up to the plate and made it your own,” Christina says. After very minimal deliberation, she selects Josh. Team Cee Lo — George Horga, Jr. vs Juhi Cee Lo puts high school student Juhi against 20 year-old performer George Horga, Jr. Gavin DeGraw’s uptempo “Best I Ever Had” fits more with Juhi’s quirky vocal style, and she plays with the notes while George struggles to reach the higher register. On performance night, George misses an early note quite badly. Even though he recovers and finishes the song strong, it’s a tough error to forget. Juhi is on point throughout, and tones down her tendency to overdo the ad lib. She is the clear victor, and earns rave reviews from the coaches. “Juju is only 16 years old. That is outstanding!” Blake says. “George, you had a bad note, but then rather than crumble and freak out, you sang really well after that,” Adam says. “Juhi is 16 and very brilliant. She’s like a young Einstein of some sort,” says Cee Lo, referencing her interest in astrophysics as a backup career. “[George] came out here to make something happen for himself,” he notes. Based on the fact that the 16 year-old Juhi has a backup career in mind, Cee Lo picks George, who’s sole dedication is to music. Everyone is shocked, especially George, Juhi, all the coaches, the audience and anyone with ears. Luckily, Adam doesn’t hold Juhi’s affinity for science against her, and steals the teen. “I kind of just won the lottery by grabbing you for my team,” he says. Team Blake — Austin Jenckes vs. Brian Pounds “They both have this edgy sound, but they also have the ability to be vulnerable,” Blake says of rocker Austin Jenckes and country singer Brian Pounds. The two sing The Bee Gees “To Love Somebody,” tapping into the Hank Williams, Jr. version and octave. The real genius anytime Blake’s team performs is the coaching of Cher. She gives note after note, in this case telling Austin to choose his moments to go big, and urging Brian to get out of his head. The two take her advice, and perform more strongly because of it. Austin, in particular, rolls out his wow moments perfectly, impressing the coaches. “Each one of you had some really great moments,” says Christina, noting that she connected with Austin’s performance more. “What Austin did with the song probably put him at an advantage for this particular song,” Adam agrees. “The way Austin connected with it, he left his heart laying out there on the stage,” says Blake, advancing Austin to the Knockout Round. Team Adam — James Irwin vs. Matt Cermanski Adam pits one comeback kid against another, in the battle of the two returners. This season is the second time around for both James Irwin and Matt Cermanski, so whoever’s dreams get crushed will have some experience with it from past auditions. Adam chooses a song by the team mentor, Ryan Tedder. James and Matt sing One Republic’s “Counting Stars,” and the two get some advice from Ryan Tedder on how to sound more like Ryan Tedder (this is not a “make it your own,” sort of deal). The performance is mediocre overall, but the audience gets into the high energy. Matt hits high notes that he was doubting in the rehearsals, and James’s vocals are mostly strong other than a few pitch issues on high notes. “Matt, I think you have a bigger voice in the upper registers, but I think that James has the better pitch,” Blake says. “James, you started it strong, but Matt you ended it strongest,” Christina says. “It was a flawed performance, I’m not going to lie,” Adam admits. “I think you both have work to do regardless of who moves forward.” Adam picks James to move forward with him, and sends Matt to move forward on his own. Team Christina — Destinee Quinn vs Lina Gaudenzi Up next for Team Christina is country singer Destinee Quinn and rocker Lina Gaudenzi. Noting that the two typically “bring a soft sensibility to a song,” Christina works to bring them out of their comfort zone with an angrier performance of the Dixie Chicks’ “Not Ready To Make Nice.” “You’re gonna kick a little ass this time around,” she says. While Lina has more confidence and ad libs quite a bit, both gals struggle connecting with the song. Luckily, Legendtina is there to show them how it’s done! Angry face lessons! During the big performance, Destinee successfully mimics her coach’s emotional expressions, but Lina’s vocals blow her out of the water. “Lina, you have a very strong and definitive voice,” says Cee Lo. “Destinee, I watched you live that song out loud, and it was wonderful.” “I think that technically, there were problems.” Adam says (he is SO the new Critical Christina of the season!). “I think overall Lina performed the song better from start to finish,” Blake says. “I’m torn between emotion and range,” Christina says. “This is an equal win.” Ultimately, wins can’t be equal (or they’d be called ties), so Christina selects the expressive face of Destinee over the voice of Lina. The decision would totally make sense if the show was called The Face. Capitalizing on a bad decision for the second time tonight, Adam jumps in to steal Lina! Team Adam — James Wolpert vs. Will Champlin The final performance of the night features James Wolpert — a four chair-turn earner — and rock legacy Will Champlin (father is Chicago’s Bill Champlin). The duo sings Imagine Dragon’s “Radioactive,” which is great, because the song definitely hasn’t been overplayed for months straight, and certainly needs more publicity. Will has pitch issues in his upper register, which Ryan Tedder tries to help him breath through. Ryan also helps James, warning him to use his vibrato sparingly. “Vibrato is both your best tool and your worst enemy,” he says. The big performance is very physical, and both have worked through the issues they suffered in rehearsals. Will hits a few falsetto notes that seem to come out of nowhere, and has a far more dynamic performance than James. James, incidentally, wears business casual for the occasion, which turns out to work to his advantage. “Will, there is no question that you had the most solid, consistent performance,” Christina says. “James, I really like your style because it is so unassuming,” says Cee Lo. “For my own intrigue and amusement, I like James better.” Their coach raves about both performances. “You both did an incredible job,” he said, noting how far Will has come from the Blind Auditions, and how nice James’s sweater is (seriously). Adam picks James, and even James looks surprised. In fairness, it is a really nice sweater. Taking advantage of Adam’s bad decision, Christina steals Will at the very last moment. Tres explosive. How did the coaches’ Battle Round decisions jive with you? Did it seem crazy-town, or is there something to the follow your heart style choices? With just one more night left to make bad decisions before the Knockout Round, Cee Lo — the sole coach to have saved a steal — is ready to swoop in when they happen.

Sunday morning dawned and I already knew that plans were afoot to take the tinny out somewhere. The big question was “am I invited?” I made all the right noises and “pick me, pick me” signals typical of your average water loving labrador. Thankfully just as the back door closed, the car engine started and the tail lights on the tinny trailer started flashing encouragingly, I heard the familiar dangle of the lead and the side gate clicking open. A boat trip on the other hand almost always guarantees a splash in the river, a roll in some sand and the wind flapping my ears. By the time we had left the concrete jungle and I was starting to get a whiff of eucalypt and the unmistakable odour of muddy sand and salty river water, we came to a halt near suspicious looking booth sporting an upsetting notice stating “no dogs”. Suspicion confirmed. I often wonder why they don’t think to put a sign up for cats. Anyway we’d come too far now and there were no yogi bears (rangers) in site so we drove on. I could already sense Charley’s agitation at the situation. As we descended the hill and the water came into view my worst fears were realised. A ranger ute was approaching from the opposite direction. I tried to keep my head down but I was struggling to contain my excitement at the prospect of getting into the water. As we passed on the road we locked gazes briefly. I could tell he was scared. The pressure was on now to get on the water and make a quick getaway. We pulled up to the boat ramp reversed straight in, threw in the picnic gear and waited apprehensively whilst Reg parked the car and trailer. It was a nervous few minutes. It wasn’t so much getting caught that concerned me but the thought that our day out might come to an abrupt end if the yogi bear caught up with us before we were safely afloat and under the scrutiny of the maritime authorities instead. Carrots? Anyway it didn’t matter now as we fired up the Mercury and sped off down Cowan Creek. I felt like an illegal stowaway or some kind of smuggler cargo. After an hour or so of zooming around at 15 knots we soon landed on a sandy beach and I leapt into the cool water and rolled in the sand. Heaven. After my swim I had to suffer the humiliation of being tied to a tree for the benefit of some lace monitors, who really didn’t seem to give a hoot. They just cruised up and down past the picnic and stuck their tongue out at me. The yogi bear encounter was not yet over. When we returned to the boat ramp there was a queue but thankfully no sign of a Yogi. Yet. So far so good. We packed up the tinny with the same haste as we launched, with a few disapproving looks but mostly complete admiration of my Labrador cuteness . Just as we were pulling away up the hill, at the same point as our previous encounter, there in the near distance was the ranger. He’d missed all the action and had no chance of catching us now. We laughed all the way home. Look out for Rhubarb’s next blog which will bring you info on how to select a lifejacket for your dog. Note: The author of this blog does not condone taking dogs into national parks. The incident was an accident of poor planning and we do not make a habit of it. 2 Responses Good work Rhubarb! I’m on the countdown to Easter when most of the beaches around Falmouth commence their seasonal dog ban. Just two weeks to go Fortunately it also coincides with Polly and Dan putting the boats back in the water for the summer so we can access other more accommodating dog havens. Thanks Megan. You would have loved it at Colo river this weekend. I’d love to visit Falmouth, it looks great in the photos. Sadly I dont have a doggie passport and I’d have to have a lengthy stay in the kennels and I’m not too keen on air travel. You’re lucky you get to go on the beaches in the off season, I’m banned from most beaches all year round over here!

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Q: MSVC fail to upcast unique_ptr The following code fails on MSVC11 with the error cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::unique_ptr<DerivedClass>' to 'std::unique_ptr<BaseClass>' The code: class BaseClass { }; class DerivedClass : public BaseClass { }; void MyFunction(std::unique_ptr<BaseClass> obj) { }; int main() { auto ptr = std::unique_ptr<DerivedClass>(new DerivedClass); MyFunction(ptr); // fails, with error about cannot convert type // MyFunction(std::move(ptr)); // This will work } As pointed out in the answers the reason is std::move is missing, but the error message confused me enough to post the question, so I've updated it so anyone who is similarly confused has the best chance of finding the answer. A: Your error has nothing to do with up or down casting. You are attempting to copy ptr, which is not allowed. If you pass std::move(ptr), the cast will be implicit and automatic, like a regular pointer.

Khabarovsk Oblast Khabarovsk Oblast () was an administrative division (an oblast) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic which existed between 1934 and 1939. Its seat was in the city of Khabarovsk. The oblast was located in the eastern part of the Russian Far East, and its territory is currently divided between Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais. The oblast was created as part of the Far Eastern Krai and briefly became part of the newly created Khabarovsk Krai when the former was abolished in 1938, before being merged into the latter. History Khabarovsk Oblast was created as part of the Far Eastern Krai by a resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) on 22 July 1934, with its seat in the city of Khabarovsk. It was subdivided into seven districts (raions): Bikinsky, Vyazemsky, Kalininsky, Komsomolsky, Kur-Urminsky National, Nanaysky National, and Khabarovsky. The oblast had a population of 264,000 in 1934 and included an area of . A VTsIK resolution of 25 January 1935 created Verinsky District (Lazovsky District from 1 April) from part of Vyazemsky District, and Novopokrovsky District (Postyshevsky District from 20 February 1935 and Krasnoarmeysky District from 20 March 1938). Komsomolsky District was abolished on 27 May and Khabarovsky followed on 31 December. Khabarovsky District was reestablished by a VTSiK resolution of 31 May 1937. On 20 October 1938 the oblast became part of Khabarovsk Krai when the Far Eastern Krai was abolished and its territory split, except for the Kalininsky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts, which joined Primorsky Krai. Bikinsky District was simultaneously abolished, with 26 of its selsoviets being transferred to Primorsky Krai, and the remaining thirteen joining Vyazemsky District. The oblast was abolished by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on 26 May, with its districts directly administered by Khabarovsk Krai. References Category:Oblasts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Category:History of the Russian Far East Category:Geography of Krasnoyarsk Krai Category:Geography of Primorsky Krai

Castle Rock's Kelli Murphy appears in court in 2011. Murphy stands accused of killing her two children. Her trial began on Nov. 14, 2012. By KOLIN LAWLERFor FOX31 Denver CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The ex-husband of a Castle Rock woman accused of killing the couple’s children fled the courtroom and vomited after dramatic testimony presented just before the prosecution and defense rested their respective cases this week. Eric Murphy and Douglas County prosecutor Jay Willford have insisted throughout the six-day trial that Kelli Murphy is not as mentally unstable as she and her defense team have argued. Kelli and her defense lawyer, Ara Ohanian, have stated the 43-year-old doesn’t remember smothering both Liam and Madigan Murphy until they suffocated in May of 2011 because she had mixed a bottle of vodka and sleeping pills and blacked out beforehand. The prosecution painted a much different picture of Kelli as both sides called their final witnesses on Wednesday. Not only was Kelli in her right mind, Willford has implied, the decision to kill her children may have been a calculated effort of revenge against Eric, who had just won a battle for joint custody of the couple’s 6- and 9-year-old children. That argument is expected to be expressly-presented by the prosecution when both sides offer their closing arguments to a jury of 10 men and four women on Tuesday. The tipping point for Eric during the emotional proceedings came after his testimony on Nov. 15. When asked by the prosecution if he felt his wife was mentally unstable leading up to the death of the couple’s children, Eric said Kelli not only appeared lucid, but that she also appeared to be mounting a case against him. “She flat out told me, ‘I know the law. I will prove spousal abuse,'” he said, saying that Kelli had filed for full custody of the children and that he expected her to challenge the court’s decision. The couple were due in court the afternoon before Liam and Madigan were discovered dead. Eric left the stand visibly shaking, and fled the courtroom to vomit in a lobby trash can. The prosecution continued to elaborate on Eric’s testimony this week, calling Douglas County Det. Mike Williams as their last witness Wednesday. Williams said investigators discovered all of the couple’s divorce papers on a kitchen table as if someone had been reviewing them. The prosecution then had Williams read a crumpled up note from Eric’s divorce lawyer that was discovered in Kelli’s trash can. “It stated that the parents of Liam and Madigan Murphy would share custody of the children 50-50,” Williams said. The note also had something handwritten scrawled on it — something that Willford implied was written by Kelli. Williams was asked to read that portion, as well. “It reads, ‘Was it worth this?'” Williams said. On Nov. 14, the opening day of the trial, the prosecution also presented Kelli’s 911 call reporting the death of her children, which was once believed to serve the defense. In addition to Kelli’s comment that her children “were in heaven,” Willford said there was another seemingly-calculated statement: “I have to have an attorney.” The final witness called by the defense Wednesday was Douglas County Det. Jason Maes, who spoke about a video camera that appeared to be set up for recording in Kelli’s house. It was also discovered during the murder investigation. It was not immediately clear how the testimony was meant to serve the defense’s case. Ohanian has argued that Murphy was a great, devoted mother who had devised a plan to commit suicide. “She felt she was losing everything,” Ohanian said. “Her house, her family, her husband. She also thought she might lose her kids.” But Kelli’s biggest fear, Ohanian said, was that her kids would perceive suicide as proof that she had abandoned them. That’s why she drank the vodka and took the pills, Ohanian said — to make it appear as if she had died in her sleep. But when she woke up from a black out, she found her children dead. So, Ohanian said, she then tried to kill herself by deeply cutting into her wrists. Ohanian is asking the jury to convict Kelli on a lesser charge than first-degree murder.

548 F.2d 1370 Bradley KAY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 74-1785, 75-1437. United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit. Feb. 24, 1977. 1 James J. McCarthy, Magana & Cathcart, Los Angeles, Cal., Ellis J. Horvitz, argued, Encino, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Rudi M. Brewster, James F. Stiven, argued, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, San Diego, Cal., Robert D. Brill, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before CHAMBERS, and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and SPENCER WILLIAMS*, District Judge.OPINION SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge: 5 Julius Kay was killed when his Cessna Skymaster Model 337 airplane crashed during take-off. The 337 is a twin engine aircraft of "push-me/pull-me" design, e. g., having one pulling engine forward of the pilot as in the traditional single engine design and the second pushing engine behind the pilot and totally obscured from his view. 6 The undisputed evidence shows that the Cessna's rear engine stopped as Kay taxied to the end of the runway after completing his warm-up procedures in the parking lot. It is also not disputed that Kay then sat at the end of the strip for several minutes prior to take-off, and that he attempted his fatal take-off with only the forward engine operating. 7 With Kay's particular model of airplane, rear engine failure cannot be detected either visually or by a change in the plane's movement. This differs from the conventional twin-engine aircraft where the failure of one engine is accompanied by a sharp and violent turning motion. A thrust warning light to alert the pilot to the fact of rear engine failure had been included in early models of the Cessna 337, but was not installed in later models, such as Kay's, because it proved to be unreliable and sometimes gave false warnings. Cessna's efforts to develop a satisfactory system were unsuccessful. 8 Kay's widow, surviving children and the estate of Julius Kay submitted their wrongful death claim to the jury on the theory of strict products liability. Jurisdiction is premised on 28 U.S.C. § 1332, diversity of citizenship. California law with regard to products liability is therefore applicable. 9 Defendant argues that the absence of this warning light does not constitute a "defect" because the Owner's Manual sets forth take-off procedures which, if followed, would clearly reveal that only one engine was functioning. Cessna asserts that decedent's failure to comply with these take-off procedures was a misuse of the aircraft that was not reasonably foreseeable to defendant. 10 The jury found for the plaintiffs, the trial court granted defendant's subsequent motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict,1 and this appeal followed. 11 A judgment notwithstanding the verdict is proper when the evidence permits only one reasonable conclusion as to the verdict. Cockrum v. Whitney,479 F.2d 84 (9th Cir. 1973). In ruling on a motion for judgment n. o. v. the trial judge cannot reweigh the evidence or consider the credibility of the witnesses. The evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party against whom the judgment would be granted and all inferences must be drawn in that party's favor. 12 The judgment n. o. v. in this case was properly granted. The case was submitted to the jury on the theory of strict products liability. If a product lacks warnings or instructions as to its proper and safe use and this absence renders the product "defective," its manufacturer is liable for any proximately caused injuries. Barth v. B. F. Goodrich Tire Co., 265 Cal.App.2d 228, 71 Cal.Rptr. 306 (1968); Harris v. Belton, 258 Cal.App.2d 595, 65 Cal.Rptr. 808 (1968); Jackson v. Coast Paint and Lacquer Company,499 F.2d 809 (9th Cir. 1974); see generally Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A. 13 A plaintiff may recover from the manufacturer even if the product is used in a manner not intended by the manufacturer, and therefore unanticipated by warnings or other instructions, if the unintended manner of use is reasonably foreseeable to the manufacturer. Horn v. General Motors Corporation, 17 Cal.3d 359, 131 Cal.Rptr. 78, 551 P.2d 398 (1976). 14 Plaintiffs' theory of recovery was that Cessna's instructions were inadequate and rendered the aircraft dangerous and were therefore defective. Alternatively, plaintiffs asserted that even if the instructions were adequate, the possibility that pilot Kay would fail to comply fully with these instructions was a foreseeable misuse of the aircraft rendering Cessna liable. 15 Neither of plaintiffs' theories of recovery is supported by the evidence or the reasonable inference which may be drawn from that evidence. First, Cessna provided detailed instructions regarding safety checks to be made before and during take-off. The Owner's Manual sets forth procedures the pilot should follow before take-off which include checks of the throttle settings and the magnetos. The instructions further provide that the pilot should check full-throttle engine operation early in the take-off run.2 Compliance with these procedures would have alerted the pilot in this case to the rear engine failure and the accompanying danger. 16 Plaintiffs' evidence does not refute the fact that compliance would have averted the accident. Their evidence only allows an inference that the instructions could have been more clearly drafted; it does not indicate that the instructions were such that compliance therewith would not have prevented the accident. 17 Second, Kay's failure to follow safe operating procedures was not reasonably foreseeable to the manufacturer. Regardless of whether Kay made pre-flight checks of the plane before taxiing from the parking lot, it is clear from the record that the plane sat on the runway for several minutes before take-off and after the rear engine failed. Both the Skymaster manual and basic principles of aircraft safety dictate that the pilot be alert at that time for potential problems. The evidence does not indicate that one could reasonably find that a pilot would fail to check his instrument panel during that period. It is unreasonable to expect Cessna to have anticipated such misuse. Plaintiff's evidence of other accidents caused by engine failure, of the difficulty of seeing the instrument panel, and of the dangers of aborting the take-off are not relevant to the circumstances of this case. No inference can be drawn from this evidence that a pilot will utterly disregard even the most routine safety checks during a two-minute pre-take-off wait at the end of the runway and during the initial phase of the take-off itself. 18 The only reasonable inference is that Cessna's instructions were adequate to alert the pilot to engine failure before take-off and that Kay's failure to follow the instructions before and during take-off was unforeseeable misuse for which Cessna could not be held liable. 19 In their consolidated appeal, appellants challenge the trial court's denial of their Motion to Set Aside the Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict. This motion was made on the grounds of newly discovered evidence pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(2). Such newly discovered evidence consisted of an internal memorandum by W. D. Thompson, defendant's Manager of Flight Test and Aerodynamics written on June 10, 1964. In this memorandum, Thompson criticized the decision to drop the thrust warning lights, stated that the then-existing thrust warning system was inadequate and recommended development of a suitable system. 20 The ruling of the trial court was proper. The newly discovered evidence was cumulative and did not present additional facts relevant to the trial judge's decision to grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. 21 The Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict is affirmed. 22 The denial of the motion to Set Aside the Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict is affirmed. * The Honorable Spencer Williams, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation 1 The order was for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative a new trial, or in the alternative a mistrial in favor of defendant and against plaintiff 2 The Skymaster Owner's Manual provides the following instructions (set forth in Appellee's Brief, Appendices A and B): Pp. 1-2, 1-3: BEFORE TAKE-OFF (6) Throttle Settings 1800 RPM (7) Magnetos Check (50 RPM maximum differential between magnetos) TAKE-OFF NORMAL TAKE-OFF (2) Power Full throttle and 2800 RPM Pp. 2-10, 2-11: TAKE-OFF It is important to check full-throttle engine operation early in the take-off run. Any signs of rough engine operation or sluggish engine acceleration is good cause for discontinuing the take-off. (emphasis added). Check of full throttle engine operation includes viewing the instrument panel. This would indicate a dead engine as well as a rough or sluggish engine and also constitute good cause for discontinuing the take-off.

Share Columbia Region News FWCP’s role in supporting Kokanee We conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams. Kokanee is a priority species for the FWCP in the Columbia Region. Our plans to support Kokanee […] Grizzly habitat conserved near Fernie: FWCP contributes $360,000 The FWCP provided nearly $360,000 to help the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) purchase – and conserve – more than 100 acres along the Elk River south […] Nearly 2.5 hectares of wetlands restored near Golden For the last four years, the FWCP Columbia Region Board has identified “on-the-ground” riparian and wetland restoration projects, and projects in the North Columbia, as two priorities. […]

Uncovering Plasticity in Tumor Lipid Metabolism. New research reveals a previously unknown plasticity in the lipid metabolism of some tumor types. Instead of relying on the canonical SCD pathway for fatty-acid desaturation, the cells exploit a different enzyme, FADS2, and upregulate this alternative route when SCD is inhibited.

The communications between a mobile terminal and a serving cell, such as the uplink (UL) communications from the mobile terminal to the serving cell, may sometimes affect resource utilization, throughput, latency and coverage. To enhance UL improvements, the ongoing evolution of wireless communications systems such as, for example the enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in CELL_FACH state feature was introduced into wireless standard specifications, such as the third generation partnership project (3GGP) Release 8 specifications. Mobile terminals operating in a CELL_FACH mode may use a contention based E-DCH channel for UL transmission rather than a traditional random access channel (RACH). The contention-based E-DCH channel allows for mobile terminals to transfer signaling and data at significantly higher data rates and for longer durations, which reduces transfer and state transition delays. In order to limit errors due to fading and interference on the uplink from a mobile terminal (also known as user equipment) to the network, data may be divided into blocks with the bits within a block being encoded and interleaved. The size of a block is related to a transmission time interval (TTI) as each block must be transmitted within the TTI. Upon receipt of a block, a network entity may de-interleave and decode the bits and may then estimate the bit error rate as a result of the transmission of the block within the TTI. The TTI is therefore the shortest period over which the network entity can estimate the bit error rate. In networks that utilize link adaptation techniques based on the estimated bit error rate, the shortest interval between reports of the estimated performance, that is, between reports of the bit error rate, is a single TTI. Thus, the length of the TTI generally limits a network's responsiveness in adapting to changed conditions on the uplink. In order to adapt more quickly to the changing conditions on an uplink, shorter TTIs may be desired. However, the desire for short TTIs may be offset by the increased efficiencies in error correction and compression techniques and the increased benefits from interleaving that are provided by longer TTIs. Various TTIs have been defined including a 10 ms TTI and a 2 ms TTI. For example, support for concurrent deployment of TTI settings, (e.g., 2 ms and 10 ms), will be allowed for the common E-DCH in the CELL_FACH state. In this regard, 3GGP Release 11 (Rel-11) supports concurrent deployment of 2 ms and 10 ms TTI settings in a cell. A single TTI setting, which may be determined and broadcast by a communications network, may be used by mobile terminals accessing the E-DCH in the CELL_FACH state within a particular cell. The 2 ms TTI allows for a quicker adaptation to uplink conditions, thereby allowing the transmission of data blocks to be quickly scheduled while the uplink is temporarily enjoying improved conditions. As a result, a 2 ms TTI may allow data to be transmitted over an uplink having better than average conditions such that the bit rate transmitted via the uplink may be higher than that allowed by average conditions, thereby correspondingly increasing the network capacity. However, a smaller TTI, such as a 2 ms TTI, may only be workable in an instance in which the mobile terminal or other user equipment is located within a central portion of a coverage area since a mobile terminal or other user equipment near the edge of the coverage area may be unable to successfully transmit data in accordance with the smaller TTI. Thus, in an instance in which a smaller TTI was initially selected, such as in an instance in which the mobile terminal was within a central region of the coverage area at the time that the smaller TTI was selected, the mobile terminal may need to switch to a longer TTI in an instance in which the mobile terminal moves so as to be closer to the edge of the coverage area. Additionally, the initial selection of the TTI may, in some instances, be based upon an inaccurate measurement such that the initial selection of a smaller TTI may be incorrect, thereby creating an immediate desire to switch to a longer TTI.

Our poultry As of this weekend we have three groups of poultry here at school. We have collected 14 hens from a commercial scale free-range farm for the princely sum of £20! They are in good condition, nothing like the images of ex-battery hens that you see, so they should be good layers for another couple of years yet. We also have a random assortment of birds from the eggs which we hatched this year, all different breeds. They aren't laying very well yet but they are useful for our practical assessments in poultry work in our KS4 classes. Finally we are gathering a breeding group of the very rare Blue Andalusian chicken. They lay a good number of white eggs but the challenge with this breed is the genetics of the inheritance of their colour. We currently have a black cockerel, Pedro, with two "splash" (white with blue-grey speckles) hens, and we have been given a splash cockerel who will also need a Spanish name! He will be put with two black hens and we also have a selection of blue girls. Between these groupings we should be able to breed some good quality birds which the boys can show next season. We will only be hatching eggs from these birds next year and will aim to sell surplus stock to other keepers to help increase numbers of this rare breed, just as we do with our pigs and sheep.

Q: Manifest: Line: 1, column: 1, Syntax error on Chrome browser I have a react app that built through npm run build. GET and POST request from the front-end to back-end gives status 200 but I am getting a weird error that may cause all the images from my files not appear on localhost. I have already tried to reinstall node, added 'manifest_version': 2 as it is the current version of chrome manifest. Click here for inspect screenshot Manifest: Line: 1, column: 1, Syntax error. Below is my index.html file <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,shrink-to-fit=no"> <meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"> <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> <title>Django React Boilerplate</title> <link href="/static/css/2.87ad9c80.chunk.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript> <div id="root"></div> <script> ! function(l) { function e(e) { for (var r, t, n = e[0], o = e[1], u = e[2], f = 0, i = []; f < n.length; f++) t = n[f], p[t] && i.push(p[t][0]), p[t] = 0; for (r in o) Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(o, r) && (l[r] = o[r]); for (s && s(e); i.length;) i.shift()(); return c.push.apply(c, u || []), a() } function a() { for (var e, r = 0; r < c.length; r++) { for (var t = c[r], n = !0, o = 1; o < t.length; o++) { var u = t[o]; 0 !== p[u] && (n = !1) } n && (c.splice(r--, 1), e = f(f.s = t[0])) } return e } var t = {}, p = { 1: 0 }, c = []; function f(e) { if (t[e]) return t[e].exports; var r = t[e] = { i: e, l: !1, exports: {} }; return l[e].call(r.exports, r, r.exports, f), r.l = !0, r.exports } f.m = l, f.c = t, f.d = function(e, r, t) { f.o(e, r) || Object.defineProperty(e, r, { enumerable: !0, get: t }) }, f.r = function(e) { "undefined" != typeof Symbol && Symbol.toStringTag && Object.defineProperty(e, Symbol.toStringTag, { value: "Module" }), Object.defineProperty(e, "__esModule", { value: !0 }) }, f.t = function(r, e) { if (1 & e && (r = f(r)), 8 & e) return r; if (4 & e && "object" == typeof r && r && r.__esModule) return r; var t = Object.create(null); if (f.r(t), Object.defineProperty(t, "default", { enumerable: !0, value: r }), 2 & e && "string" != typeof r) for (var n in r) f.d(t, n, function(e) { return r[e] }.bind(null, n)); return t }, f.n = function(e) { var r = e && e.__esModule ? function() { return e.default } : function() { return e }; return f.d(r, "a", r), r }, f.o = function(e, r) { return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e, r) }, f.p = "/"; var r = window.webpackJsonp = window.webpackJsonp || [], n = r.push.bind(r); r.push = e, r = r.slice(); for (var o = 0; o < r.length; o++) e(r[o]); var s = n; a() }([]) </script> <script src="/static/js/2.e5ee7667.chunk.js"></script> <script src="/static/js/main.9f678b97.chunk.js"></script> </body> </html> It appeared that the error starts from the beginning of my index.html file. A: I had the same problem when I moved my Codesandbox project to local. In my case, there was no manifest.json file in the public folder. I solved it by adding the default manifest.json that create-react-app generates: { "short_name": "CloseWeUI", "name": "The front-end UI for CloseWe", "icons": [ { "src": "favicon.ico", "sizes": "64x64 32x32 24x24 16x16", "type": "image/x-icon" } ], "start_url": ".", "display": "standalone", "theme_color": "#000000", "background_color": "#ffffff" } A: I had the same problem ("Manifest: Line: 1, column: 1, Syntax error") while running my app (react app with react-router, published with AWS Amplify). My problem was fixed by doing the following: In "Rewrites and redirects" make sure you have "json" in the following line: Source address: </^[^.]+$|\.(?!(css|gif|ico|json|jpg|js|png|txt|svg|woff|ttf)$)([^.]+$)/> Target address: /index.html Type: 200 (Rewrite) The above solution also fixed problem with non-working react-router links in production as it was reported in the following thread: React Router DOM not working correctly on Amplify Console AWS Here is to my personal project with fixed manifest.json issue, as well as non-working react-router issue (a link to some random code snippet - fibonacci memoization in this case): https://everhint.com/hintlink/algorithms/javascript/codesnippet/fibonacci/memoization/fibonacci-memoization/d01f275b-6acf-4f26-9448-e99939c9d4b7.html

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Essays, literature, science commentary, analysis Archive Tag Archives: B.R. Myers BR Myers, of The Atlantic, has written a scathing review of Freedom. I also recommend Myers A Reader’s Manifesto. He thinks Franzen writes about people of no consequence in pedestrian language. Eleanor Barkhorn, also of The Atlantic, collects a set of rebuttals. Advertisements Rate this: Share this: Like this: I came across a strange post from Lev Raphael, over at Huffingtonpost.com. He tried to correct something Jodi Picoult wrote in her dismissal of the New York Time book critics. Over Twitter and interviews, Picoult pointed out her feeling that the NYT critics are biased in whom they select for discussion. The most recent literary author deemed fit to print is Jonathan Franzen. [Picoult had also previously discussed this point with Jason Pinter and Jennifer Weiner at the Huffington Post .] The controversy, such as it is, reflects the hardline stances and lack of nuance in media. It is a controversy made of nothing more than opinions that every side here is entitled to. Picoult admitted she never did a count of how often white, male writers from Brooklyn were reviewed and acclaimed. She was simply being snide. The NYT can publish on whomever they wish. And kibbitzers like Raphael and I can add our own bits. The one tossaway line I wanted to focus on is Picoult’s line that book reviews ought to focus on popular literature, even more so than literary fiction. The specific thing I wanted to write about is Raphael’s response to this statement. He noted that Jane Austen, for example, was not popular in her time. Readers gravitated to her and parted with money from their pocketbooks only after her death. Basically, Raphael was correcting the idea that Austen was “popular” during her life time. I think Raphael misread this statement. Picoult wrote … the books that have persevered in our culture and in our memories and our hearts were not the literary fiction of the day, but the popular fiction of the day. Think about Jane Austen. Think about Charles Dickens. Think about Shakespeare. They were popular authors. They were writing for the masses. Picoult’s point is much simpler. The authors did not separate the idea of worthy, meaty big-L literature from writing something that was a smooth read, snappy, and contained plot. That is, there was no distinction made between novels targeted for the critics and for the masses. I have felt that this idea is missing in modern literature. I had always assumed that what we call the classics (and generally I place the fracturing of a consensus canon to post-Hemingway literature) grew organically from fiction of the times. That is, critics could only select on what was published, and frankly, our forebears were extremely focused on what sells. This seemed a happy middle ground, where the novels were written to appeal to the masses. Critics rode shotgun over this process, trying to cultivate some sense of sophistication in how readers were to receive and understand literature. As B.R. Myers has noted, though, there has been a change in attitude among modern writers, codified by the elevation of the serious, difficult fiction above works that are written for the masses. Nevermind who decides this to begin with. I find it disjointed that we now look askance at books that are entertaining, as if somehow it cheapens the linguistic fireworks and ideas that might be contained (and Franzen makes the same point.) To be clear, I am not writing that authors – both modern and past – never gave a thought to their legacy. Of course they did, but above all, they wrote books that people (eventually) wanted to read. Everything else follows from that. There was no separation of purpose: they wrote for the sale, and if they had ego and pride, they wrote to last. Even when Jonathan Franzen first made headlines with The Corrections, I found the discussion rather pretentious. Apparently, everyone was focused on how he was one of the first to capture a slice of society, in all its messy complexity. My first reaction was, did Wharton, Thackeray and Tolstoy not accomplish something similar? Upon reading it, after rolling my eyes at the requisite number of disjointed paragraphs and awkward phrasing, I thought the best thing about The Corrections was that Franzen wrote about a family of assholes, but that each person was an asshole in his or her own way. I thought Franzen’s technical mastery was in his characters*, since writing in distinct voices is hard. *For an example of a less successful instance, see Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red (and just to be fair, the distinct voices may have suffered from translation, so I’ll spread the blame here to include Erdag Goknar, the translator.) My Turkish friend did feel the same way, although I need to ask if she read it in Turkish or the English translation. So Goknar may yet be taken off the hook! The worse thing to happen to any field, let alone literature, is that things must be “difficult” to be worthwhile (and Franzen agrees!) The idea that modern physics is a mind-trip was mistakenly interpreted to mean presentation rather than the ideas being explained. Somehow, this type of thinking infected critics and writers alike. So we get difficult prose (something Myers expounded upon), obfuscating stories with barely a plot, poor character development, and less than imaginative ideas. Using scientific papers, published in academic journal, is a poor method to show how difficult ideas can be conveyed simply. These papers are short, and many scientists are poor in compressing complex information in a easily read manner. I would suggest anyone examine the books of Howard Hughes, Robert Sapolsky, Dave Berri, Brian Greene, Daniel Dennett, and Jared Diamond for examples of how complex ideas and details can be presented in a straight-forward way. It bears repeating: the difficult reading in science has nothing to do with the writing but in the ideas themselves. Obfuscation is the enemy. To properly convey nuance and technically complex experiments, one needs to be extremely concise and clear so that others can focus on the data and conclusions. To my mind, modern authors deemed to be of the literary type do the exact opposite. They dress up simple plots (boy meets girl, girl protects self, man-as-boy-then-grows up) in “difficult” language that a satirist would sooner write in that style than to write a mockery. There are only so many plots. What I would focus on is good writing and that kernel of observation that separates one book from another. I wish I were an editor or a book critic; as it stands, I read about 5 books every 2 weeks. Even reading so few books, I have a sense of what passes for good writing (Robert Bolano + translator: good; Don DeLillo: not so good). I can honestly say that although, there are books I found “difficult” to get through, it wasn’t due to my lack of comprehension or inability to grasp metaphors. No, I have read their language and found it wanting. So much so that I sometimes question the intellect of the writer. Part of this disconnect I have with modern literature may stem from my wanting to write like Wharton and Thackeray. Modern authors like Mark Helpern also appeal to me. I much prefer to read a novel and not notice the language until the epiphany in the middle of the book, when I ask myself, how exactly did the author write this? Prose can be complex and difficult, but I have no problem following the authors’ thoughts. Of course, one can fail spectacularly in writing in this style: the writing would become so one dimensional that it leaves little room to the imagination. At this point, the novel would pass into the realm of an essay. I admit that I am probably being a curmudgeon by my attitudes against modern writers and their scattershot writing style, hoping that words dropped onto a page somehow stick. Impressionism works as a visual art form, not so much for prose (a point discussed in Myers’s book.) I’ll just end by saying that, at its most basic, I object (and I echo Picoult here) to the divide that modern critics and so-called literary writers created in viewing mainstream books as a distinct creature from literary fiction. I much prefer to be surprised and awed by the writing in an entertaining book than to be disappointed by a “literary” novel that neither entertained nor stunned me with its language.

Hendukosh Hendukosh (, also Romanized as Hendūkosh and Hendookosh; also known as Hendī Kosh and Hindūkush) is a village in Karchambu-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Buin va Miandasht County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,076, in 199 families. References Category:Populated places in Buin va Miandasht County