Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified last week before a House of Representatives panel that oversees the 2020 census.
For years, Congress has told the U.S. Census Bureau that the cost of the 2020 census cannot exceed the $12.1 billion spent in 2010. The legion of social scientists, community planners, and businesses that uses data from the once-a-decade head count of the U.S. population say it was an unreasonable demand given inflation and a growing and more mobile population. But former Census Director John Thompson did his best to comply, coming up with a modernization plan he said would save $5.2 billion.
Those changes include a first-ever use of the internet, greater use of satellite data to compile the master address file, handheld devices to better manage the army of field workers, and a call center to help respondents fill out the 10-item questionnaire. Even after legislators repeatedly gave the agency less money than needed to test and implement the improvements, Thompson kept telling Congress he could get the job done.
Reality is setting in. Last week, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whom President Donald Trump appointed to lead the department that oversees the Census Bureau, told a congressional panel that the agency will need to spend a total of $15.6 billion, some $3.3 billion more than a 2015 estimate, to conduct a "full, fair, and accurate census."
Technological upgrades for the 2020 U.S. census should save money over classic methods, but not as much as originally hoped, according to a new cost estimate.
Ross says he can put the 2020 census back on track if Congress adds $187 million to the president's $800 million request for the current fiscal year, which began on 1 October. But census advocates say even more is needed, and last week a group of Democrats in the House of Representatives proposed adding $441 million to Trump's request for the bureau, with the money earmarked for the 2020 census.
"While I commend Secretary Ross for recognizing that the census is underresourced, I'm not yet confident that he is proposing enough funding to make up for lost ground quickly," says Terri Ann Lowenthal, a former congressional aide and consultant on census issues based in Stamford, Connecticut. And many scientists worry about the long-term implications of insufficient funding. "It could be a real mess, and further undermine the credibility of the census," says Timothy Johnson of the University of Illinois in Chicago, who specializes in survey methodology. "And some politician will ask why we're spending billions of dollars on something that was done so poorly. It could even blow over into 2030."
At the 12 October hearing of the House oversight committee, Ross explained why the cost estimate has risen. One reason is a growing distrust of government, which leads to a poorer initial response to the 10-question census. That adds to the need for follow-up by field workers, the census's biggest single expense. A tight labor market could require higher salaries for the 500,000 field workers, he added. A third factor is the usual problems getting new technology to work properly.
Ross ordered up the new estimate after saying he didn't trust the figures that Thompson, appointed in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama, had generated. The prior administration provided "overly optimistic assessments of both the ease of implementing new technologies and the cost savings they would provide," he testified. But Ross also pointed a finger at lawmakers, using the euphemism of "appropriations constraints" to describe how a Republican Congress repeatedly cut Obama's proposed budgets for the census. "We really need the entire $15.6 billion," he told a legislator who suggested that the census could be done for half the price.
Recent tight budgets have forced the Census Bureau to curtail, delay, or cancel several activities designed to test and implement proposed changes, as well as fine-tune systems used in previous censuses. For example, a dry run of all the census systems was originally planned for April in three locations, providing a variety of demographic and logistical challenges, but will instead be conducted at only one site.
Democrats prodded Ross on whether Census officials are doing enough to contact groups traditionally undercounted—including the poor and homeless, minorities, those in rural areas, and immigrants—and complained that budget woes have already forced cancellation of the communications and community outreach component of next spring's dress rehearsal. Ross tried to reassure them by pointing out that the new cost estimate includes $750 million for such activities prior to Census Day on 1 April 2020.
Thompson says he's heartened by Ross's emphasis on outreach and request for additional funding this year. "I am feeling better than I have in quite a while," says Thompson, who resigned last spring just days after testifying before Congress on large cost overruns in the new information technology system. He now leads the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics in Washington, D.C., whose members rely on government statistics to do their jobs.
It's far from certain that Congress will embrace Ross's requested increase for 2018 in its final spending plan. (All agencies are now under a freeze.) The House has already approved the president's original request for the decennial census, and Senate appropriators have reiterated their hold-the-line philosophy in their spending bill. "The commerce secretary is charged with getting this done right," Johnson says. "I just hope he can persuade Congress."


text:
Recent Membership Publications
Membership Publications Submission Form
USFS Pubs and Resources
Misc publications
WFIWC History
Historical Vignettes
2019 Anchorage, Alaska
2018 Denver, Colorado
Guidelines and Tips for Hosting a Work Conference
Founder's Award
Memorial Scholarship
Deprecated function: The each() function is deprecated. This message will be suppressed on further calls in _menu_load_objects() (line 579 of /home/joeega3/wfiwc.org/includes/menu.inc).
Deprecated function: implode(): Passing glue string after array is deprecated. Swap the parameters in drupal_get_feeds() (line 394 of /home/joeega3/wfiwc.org/includes/common.inc).
2020 Recipient - Michael Howe - PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Michael will present at the 2022 meeting TBD
The 2020 recipient of the WFIWC Memorial Scholarship is Michael Howe, a PhD candidate, working with Dr. Ken Raffa at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Michael's PhD research is focused on whitebark pine susceptibility to bark beetles. He has a BA degree in Biology from Gustavus Adolphus College and a MS degree in Entomology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His MS thesis involved studies of the role of bacteria in pine engraver host colonization. He expects to complete his PhD program during the summer of 2020 and will concurrently earn a MS in Biometry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Michael will be invited to speak at the next WFIWC to be held in 2022.
Honorees, Donors, and Past Recipients
About the Memorial Scholarship.
In April 1990, Mark Duane McGregor died while conducting forest entomology research in Idaho. He had made many contributions to the field of Forest Entomology particularly in areas of bark beetle management. To memorialize Dr. McGregor, PheroTech Inc (the company for which he worked at the time of his death) and the McGregor family coordinated the establishment of a memorial scholarship fund in Mark McGregor's name.
Acting on that example, colleagues and families of deceased members have donated and raised money in memory of their deceased friends and loved-ones, seeking to memorialize productive lives by contributing to the scholarship of future Forest Entomologists. View the names of honored colleagues and major donors to the Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Western Forest Insect Work Conference has non-profit status and accepts tax-deductible donations for this purpose. Donations may be sent to the WFIWC Treasurer.
In 2000, principal in the scholarship funds had grown to a level that interest generated annually is sufficient to award a scholarship to a worthy student of Forest Entomology. The first award was made in 2001 (view a list of recipients).
View criteria and information necessary for students interested in applying for the next Western Forest Insect Work Conference (WFIWC) scholarship. The application form should be filled out when applying for the scholarship along with all other required information. The deadline for submitting applications for a given year is February 15; for example, the deadline for the 2009 award was February 15, 2009.
A Memorial Plaque designed by entomologist John Schmid features the names of deceased honored WFIWC members who have been honored by donations of at least $50, significant donors who have contributed more than $1500 to the fund, and scholarship recipients. The plaque is displayed at annual meetings and includes a record of the many recipients.
Acting Webmaster: Sky Stephens, Technology Committee
Western Forest Insect Work Conference
Email: wfiwc.website@gmail.com
Site last updated on: January 4, 2022

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Dos Santos Currently Heavy Favourite To Beat Miocic
Published on December 12th, 2014 10:18 pm EST
The main event of tomorrow evening�s UFC on Fox card will feature a Heavyweight tilt between Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic.
Junior dos Santos is making his first appearance in the UFC since losing to Cain Velasquez at UFC 166 in October of 2013. In that fight, Dos Santos was beaten badly as his face was a swollen mess at the conclusion of the tilt. Dos Santos took some time away to heal his wounds and make some changes to his camp and is hoping to show the world his new and improved self tomorrow night.
Stipe Miocic, on the other hand, is looking to build on a three fight winning streak that has seen him notch wins over Fabio Maldonado, Gabriel Gonzaga and Roy Nelson. This will easily be the biggest fight of Miocic�s career as he could leap into the upper echelons of the Heavyweight division with a victory.
Following his loss to Velasquez, many people have forgotten about Dos Santos� incredible skills. It should be mentioned that if it weren�t for Velasquez, Dos Santos would almost certainly be the top fighter in the Heavyweight division.
According to the oddsmakers, Dos Santos is a substantial favourite to win on Saturday evening:
Junior Dos Santos, 1.28
Stipe Miocic, 3.60
The fight is not expected to be a long one as the oddsmakers currently have the odds of the fight ending before the end of the fifth round at 1.25.
Who do you think takes it - Dos Santos or Miocic?
UFC 225 Betting Odds
From top to bottom, UFC 225: Whittaker vs Romero 2 is one of the most stacked fight cards that the U...
By Dave Manuel - June 2nd, 2018 12:27 pm EST
UFC Takes Massive Step Forward After Inking ESPN Deal
Earlier this week, the UFC and ESPN announced that they had signed a 5-year, $1.5 billion rights dea...
By Dave Manuel - May 25th, 2018 11:59 am EST
Darren Till vs Stephen Thompson Betting Odds
The main event of the upcoming UFC card in Liverpool will see Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson take on D...
By Dave Manuel - May 17th, 2018 4:03 pm EST


text:
Olivia Lin | Sponsored
Singapore's millennials: strawberry generation or totally misunderstood?
Take that, baby boomers.
Olivia Lin | Sponsored | August 28, 2017, 03:09 PM
The word, "millennial" is often found in the same sentence as phrases like "strawberry generation" and "too sheltered". People from the older generation feel that youths these days aren't able to withstand hard work or social pressure, and that we aren't as tough as we should be.
But we all know it's bad to generalise. Touch your heart and tell me you don't see plenty of youths who are doing loads in contributing to society. There's even proof of it.
The recent National Youth Survey 2016 conducted by the National Youth Council (NYC) on youths aged 15 to 34 years old shows that young Singaporeans these days are more on the ball, and more active in their social groups and civic activities. Many of us take the initiative to kick-start causes, and even get people around to participate as well.
Statistics don't lie, so here are five findings from the survey that attest to the coolness of Singapore's millennials.
1. We are more informed about things around the world
Gone are the days when our parents would limit us to an hour's use of the Internet per day -- 42% of youths today spend 10 hours or more of their leisure time in online activities weekly. With the Internet increasingly accessible now (no need for someone in the family to get off the phone), youths are more aware of things happening around the world.
Not only do we socialise and consume news online, we are also pursuing our interests online -- like gaming. And some of us sure are doing well at these online games.
One such person is 16-year-old Amos Ker, who represented Southeast Asia in the Vainglory World Championship, and managed to secure five podium finishes in a year. Currently, he helps out at SCOGA's Esports Academy by nurturing other potential talents, and is also leading his team in preparation for the 2017 World Championship.
All this while he's still a student at River Valley High School.
2. We are more accepting of diversity
Singapore has come a long way since the 1960s in being socially-integrated. In the past, distinct racial walls existed, and most people only mixed with those from the same ethnic group.
Nowadays, youths are way more accepting of diversity, with many of us having close friends of different races and religions. In fact, there's even a spike in the numbers from three years ago.
According to the survey, 60% of youths in 2016 have close friends of different races, up from 53% in 2013. We are also becoming more open about working together with someone from a different race or nationality.
Besides our own efforts in mingling with people from all walks of life, it's also thanks to individuals who have been actively promoting racial integration that are making a difference, like Lewis Liu.
Lewis is a young man who's passionate about getting the community to discuss current affairs and challenging issues. Earlier this year, he hosted More Than Just, a ground-up initiative of a series of dinner conversations that centred around race and racism.
Source: http://www.morethanjust.sg/
It turned out to be a successful event where participants from diverse backgrounds explored the topic of race in Singapore, and discussed what they could do to bring the country to a common ideal state.
3. We are more engaged in civic and social activities
A lot of people think that millennials are apathetic towards social issues, but the fact is that many of us do take part in contributing back to the community.
Two in five young Singaporeans feel that helping the less fortunate and doing their part for the society are very important life goals. And they don't just feel that way, they act on it as well.
At just 19, Ernest Wong has volunteered in countless campaigns to help the needy. He is one of the project directors of Ngee Ann Polytechnic's community service club, Leo club, and a co-founder of Camp Hiro, a social enterprise that generates awareness, empathy, and ownership of social issues amongst youths.
And if that's not enough, he was part of a 7-month long project that promoted the Kampong spirit among families living in Stirling Road rental flats.
You gotta give it to this teenager for spending so much of his time volunteering at various causes -- especially at an age where most of us were just bumming around.
Another two youths, Lin Xun Jian and Ong Zhi Lei even travelled to Sabah recently for a three-week student volunteer mission with Youth Corps Singapore, a national institution that supports youths who are keen to serve the community.
Xun Jian and his team
Zhi Lei interacting with a local child
4. We are more rooted as Singaporeans
Many people think that there's a lack of national pride within millennials in Singapore because we grew up in an era where everything was fine and dandy, where we didn't have to fight for independence.
However, the survey shows that there's a strong sense of belonging in young Singaporeans, along with the sense that they have a part to play in developing and supporting the country.
The majority of us will even do whatever we can to support Singapore in times of national crisis. Yes, "whatever we can." Talk about being loyal to our land.
5. We have strong family values
With increasing globalisation and exposure, you'd think that youths today would have very different life goals and aspirations. But when presented with different options related to life goals, the majority of us think maintaining strong family relationships and having a place of our own are more important than things like earning lots of money.
If this survey proves anything, it's that millennials are all-rounded people who are eager in making the society a better place.
More details of the survey will be released on NYC's website soon, so stay tuned.
Top image via pixabay.
This sponsored post makes Mothership.sg's writers think that the "strawberry generation" should be renamed to "durian generation" instead, because we are tough on the outside and soft on the inside.
Questions or comments? Reach out to the National Youth Council here.
If you like what you read, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest updates.


The funeral has been held of murdered teenager Leanne Tiernan, the day after what would have been her 17th birthday.
The service was held less than a mile from where Leanne disappeared, close to her home, in November last year.
Her body was found nine months later at a beauty spot near Otley, on the border of West and North Yorkshire. She had been strangled.
Leanne's mother, Sharon Hawkhead, sister Michelle and best friend Sarah Whitehouse, the last person to see her alive, were joined by other friends to carry the white coffin into Sandford Methodist Church, in Bramley, Leeds.
A floral tribute bearing the words "Night Night Baby" was taken into the service to the song November Rain, by American rock band Guns 'N' Roses.
Miss Tiernan had also been baptised at the church.
The congregation included Detective Superintendent Chris Gregg, who is leading the hunt for Leanne's killer.
About 100 people packed into the small church, and the service was relayed to dozens of mourners outside.
They sang the teenager's favourite hymns, including Give Me Oil in My Lamp and Ye Shall Go Out With Joy.
Sister Janet Durbin, the Deaconess who led the service, said: "Leanne was a normal, happy, fun-loving teenager, half child and half young lady.
"She still loved to spend time with her Grandma and Grandad, enjoying walking to church on Sunday mornings.
"One of her uncles still called her his 'chocolate chip niece', because of her love of chocolate."
Sister Durbin said Miss Tiernan was a "special member" of the church family.
"You are naturally sad because you won't physically see Leanne again," she said.
"Whether you knew her as a daughter, granddaughter, sister, or niece, she was always a friend.
"Whatever your memories cherish them - they are like gifts that no one can take away from you."
After the hour-long service, friends and family wept as the coffin was taken to the nearby Hill Top Cemetery for a private burial.
Miss Tiernan disappeared after a shopping trip in Leeds with Miss Whitehouse.
They had parted company and Miss Tiernan started walking home through dark woodland.
Her disappearance sparked a massive police hunt, before her body was discovered in August, at the beauty spot.
A post-mortem examination revealed she had been strangled with a scarf and plastic cable ties.
Her body had been wrapped in plastic bags and a duvet cover.


text:
@echo off
setlocal

:: Set the default arguments for build
set __BuildArch=x64
set __BuildType=debug

:: Set the various build properties here so that CMake and MSBuild can pick them up
set __ProjectDir=%~dp0
set __ProjectFilesDir=%~dp0
set __SourceDir=%__ProjectDir%\src
set __PackagesDir=%__SourceDir%\.nuget
set __RootBinDir=%__ProjectDir%\binaries
set __LogsDir=%__RootBinDir%\Logs
set __CMakeSlnDir=%__RootBinDir%\CMake
set __MSBCleanBuildArgs=

:Arg_Loop
if "%1" == "" goto ArgsDone
if /i "%1" == "/?" goto Usage
if /i "%1" == "x64"    (set __BuildArch=x64&&shift&goto Arg_Loop)

if /i "%1" == "debug"    (set __BuildType=debug&shift&goto Arg_Loop)
if /i "%1" == "release"   (set __BuildType=release&shift&goto Arg_Loop)

if /i "%1" == "clean"   (set __CleanBuild=1&shift&goto Arg_Loop)

if /i "%1" == "unixmscorlib" (set __UnixMscorlibOnly=1&shift&goto Arg_Loop)

echo Invalid commandline argument: %1
goto Usage

:ArgsDone

echo Commencing CoreCLR Repo build
echo.

:: Set the remaining variables based upon the determined build configuration
set __BinDir=%__RootBinDir%\Product\%__BuildArch%\%__BuildType%
set __PackagesBinDir=%__BinDir%\.nuget
set __ToolsDir=%__RootBinDir%\tools
set __TestWorkingDir=%__RootBinDir%\tests\%__BuildArch%\%__BuildType%
set __IntermediatesDir=%__RootBinDir%\intermediates\%__BuildArch%\%__BuildType%

:: Generate path to be set for CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to contain forward slash
set __CMakeBinDir=%__BinDir%
set "__CMakeBinDir=%__CMakeBinDir:\=/%"

:: Switch to clean build mode if the binaries output folder does not exist
if not exist %__RootBinDir% set __CleanBuild=1

:: Configure environment if we are doing a clean build.
if not defined __CleanBuild goto CheckPrereqs
echo Doing a clean build
echo.

:: MSBuild projects would need a rebuild
set __MSBCleanBuildArgs=/t:rebuild

:: Cleanup the binaries drop folder
if exist %__BinDir% rd /s /q %__BinDir%
md %__BinDir%

:: Cleanup the CMake folder
if exist %__CMakeSlnDir% rd /s /q %__CMakeSlnDir%
md %__CMakeSlnDir%

:: Cleanup the logs folder
if exist %__LogsDir% rd /s /q %__LogsDir%
md %__LogsDir%

::Cleanup intermediates folder
if exist %__IntermediatesDir% rd /s /q %__IntermediatesDir%

:: Check prerequisites
:CheckPrereqs
echo Checking pre-requisites...
echo.
::
:: Check presence of CMake on the path
for %%X in (cmake.exe) do (set FOUNDCMake=%%~$PATH:X)
if defined FOUNDCMake goto CheckVS
echo CMake is a pre-requisite to build this repository but it was not found on the path. Please install CMake from http://www.cmake.org/download/ and ensure it is on your path.
goto :eof

:CheckVS
:: Check presence of VS
if defined VS120COMNTOOLS goto CheckVSExistence
echo Installation of VS 2013 is a pre-requisite to build this repository.
goto :eof

:CheckVSExistence
:: Does VS 2013 really exist?
if exist "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\IDE\devenv.exe" goto CheckMSBuild
echo Installation of VS 2013 is a pre-requisite to build this repository.
goto :eof

:CheckMSBuild
:: Note: We've disabled node reuse because it causes file locking issues.
::       The issue is that we extend the build with our own targets which
::       means that that rebuilding cannot successfully delete the task
::       assembly.
set _msbuildexe="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
if not exist %_msbuildexe% set _msbuildexe="%ProgramFiles%\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
if not exist %_msbuildexe% set _msbuildexe="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
if not exist %_msbuildexe% set _msbuildexe="%ProgramFiles%\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
if not exist %_msbuildexe% echo Error: Could not find MSBuild.exe.  Please see https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/wiki/Developer%%20Guide for build instructions. && exit /b 1

:: All set to commence the build

setlocal
if defined __UnixMscorlibOnly goto PerformMScorlibBuild

echo Commencing build of native components for %__BuildArch%/%__BuildType%
echo.

:: Set the environment for the native build
call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
cd %__CMakeSlnDir%

if exist "%VSINSTALLDIR%DIA SDK" goto GenVSSolution
echo Error: DIA SDK is missing at "%VSINSTALLDIR%DIA SDK". ^
This is due to bug in VS Intaller. It does not install DIA SDK at "%VSINSTALLDIR%" but rather ^
at VS install location of previous version. Workaround is to copy DIA SDK folder from VS install location ^
of previous version to "%VSINSTALLDIR%" and then resume build.
goto :eof

:GenVSSolution
:: Regenerate the VS solution
call ..\..\src\pal\tools\gen-buildsys-win.bat %__ProjectDir%

:BuildComponents
if exist %__CMakeSlnDir%\install.vcxproj goto BuildCoreCLR
echo Failed to generate native component build project!
goto :eof

REM Build CoreCLR
:BuildCoreCLR
set __CoreCLRBuildLog=%__LogsDir%\CoreCLR_%__BuildArch%__%__BuildType%.log
%_msbuildexe% %__CMakeSlnDir%\install.vcxproj %__MSBCleanBuildArgs% /nologo /maxcpucount /nodeReuse:false /p:Configuration=%__BuildType% /p:Platform=%__BuildArch% /fileloggerparameters:Verbosity=diag;LogFile="%__CoreCLRBuildLog%"
pushd %__ProjectDir%
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto PerformMScorlibBuild
echo Native component build failed. Refer %__CoreCLRBuildLog% for details.
goto :eof

:PerformMScorlibBuild
endlocal

setlocal
set __AdditionalMSBuildArgs=

if defined __UnixMscorlibOnly set __AdditionalMSBuildArgs=/p:OS=Unix /p:BuildNugetPackage=false

:: Set the environment for the managed build
call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\VsDevCmd.bat"
echo Commencing build of mscorlib for %__BuildArch%/%__BuildType%
echo.
set __MScorlibBuildLog=%__LogsDir%\MScorlib_%__BuildArch%__%__BuildType%.log
%_msbuildexe% "%__ProjectFilesDir%build.proj" %__MSBCleanBuildArgs% /nologo /maxcpucount /verbosity:minimal /nodeReuse:false /fileloggerparameters:Verbosity=diag;LogFile="%__MScorlibBuildLog%" %__AdditionalMSBuildArgs%
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 (
  if defined __UnixMscorlibOnly goto :eof
  goto PerformTestBuild
)

echo MScorlib build failed. Refer %__MScorlibBuildLog% for details.
goto :eof

:PerformTestBuild
echo.
echo Commencing build of tests for %__BuildArch%/%__BuildType%
echo.
call tests\buildtest.cmd
endlocal

::Build complete
echo Repo successfully built.
echo.
echo Product binaries are available at %__BinDir%
echo Test binaries are available at %__TestWorkingDir%
goto :eof

:Usage
echo.
echo Usage:
echo %0 BuildArch BuildType [clean] where:
echo.
echo BuildArch can be: x64
echo BuildType can be: Debug, Release
echo Clean - optional argument to force a clean build.
goto :eof

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Injury Attorneys: Call us Today.
Dangerous & Defective Products
Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries
Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter, get legal news and announcements through our rss feed or send us an email to schedule your free consultation.
Texan Government and Legal Professionals Offer Tips for Safe and Happy Driving This Holiday Season
Stunning Breakthrough Offers Hope for Paralyzed Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Expert Links Football Players' Concussions to Behavioral Problems, Slams NFL Settlement Deal
More Controversy Appears in Case Questioning Highway Guardrail Safety
Texas Named Among the 10 Most Dangerous States for Pedestrians
A mistrial has been declared in a federal lawsuit which alleges that some highway guardrails across the country pose a deadly risk to drivers.
The lawsuit was filed by a whistleblower alleging that guardrails produced by Trinity Industries, a Texas-based guardrail manufacturer, are malfunctioning and killing drivers. The lawsuit further charges that the guardrail defect is the result of a product change that the company hid from the government and safety inspectors.
The judge dismissed the case over what he found to be "inappropriate conduct" on both sides, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The judge suggested that representatives from Trinity Industries may have tampered with witnesses. Further, the judge found that the whistleblower and plaintiff, Joshua Harman, may have destroyed evidence.
Since Harman has come forward with the charge of a product defect, numerous accident victims have claimed that guardrails malfunctioned, causing injury or death. A recent article by Bloomberg News noted that at least nine lawsuits have been filed by victims claiming personal injury or wrongful death caused by the guardrail malfunction.
The danger, according to Harman, is the end-cap on some of the guard rails. Allegedly, an impact plate that is meant to absorb energy and move along with the car can instead malfunction and pierce through the car, grievously injuring those inside.
Trinity Industries denies that any secret change was made to the guardrails. The company acknowledges that a change was made, but it insists that all regulatory bodies were appropriately informed and that all necessary safety testing was performed. The company also insists that the guardrails function properly, and it has not recalled any of the hundreds of thousands of implicated guardrails that currently line highways across the United States.
The case in question is Harman v. Trinity Industries, 2:12-cv-00089, in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District TX.
At The Hale Law Firm, we have helped thousands of clients successfully prosecute their personal injury claims including auto accidents, wrongful death, dangerous products, brain injuries, burn injuries, and defective medical devices. Clients depend on their personal injury attorneys for guidance and legal advice across a broad range of personal injury accidents. To learn more, visit http://www.hale911.com/ or call 972.351.0000.
Tags:Bloomberg News, District Court, Joshua Harman, Trinity Industries, United States, Wall Street Journal
Posted in: Auto Accidents, News and Press, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
417 W. Main Street,
After Hours: 972.765.2427
©2020 The Hale Law Firm | Home | Attorneys | Practice Areas | News & Articles | Contact Us | Sitemap | Disclaimer
Website by SEO | Law Firm™, an Adviatech Company


The main sources of his net worth contain acting, being a stand up comedian and hosting radio shows. An enormous portion of his net worth has come from his appearances in various TV and film movies, stand up comedy performances and hosting his own radio show called "The Russell Brand Show" which adds countless dollars to Russell Brand net worth.
In 2004 he got lots of attention because of hosting the TV show called "Big Brother's Big Mouth" which was a spin off series of the TV reality show "Big Brother". In 2007 he got his first big performance as an actor in the movie called "St. Trinian's". It was this time when he started to eventually become an international mega star.
In 2008, he was casted to appear in the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" which made him a huge star in the United States. The picture was the one which led him to appear in auditions for the movie "Get Him to the Greek" where he got a starring part and which was launched in 2010. In addition to being a successful movie star, he has also voiced several animation pictures, most notably "Despicable Me" in 2010 and the production released in 2011 called "Hop". Both movies grossed a lot in box offices, so it raised the complete amount of Russell Brand net worth a lot.
Also, in 2011 the successful movie was casted to appear in the remade movie called "Arthur". Its first version was launched in 1981 and was produced by Dudley Moore. Russell Brand can be understood because of his high-risk behaviour which made him infamous, particularly in Great Britain. Russell was dismissed from the MTV when he appeared dressed as Osama Bin Laden. Russell was also known for using drugs. Additionally, it made BBC to alter their policy.
In addition, the actor can be known because of his relationships. He's the ex husband of a singer Katy Perry with whom he had a brief-termed union which concluded in 2012.
Talking about his career as a presenter, he first became involved with the MTV channel where he was employed as a video journalist, however, because of numerous scandals he was banned in the TV network. However, his time on MTV raised Russell Brand net worth as well.


text:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { ListGroup } from 'react-bootstrap';
import ChatRoomButton from './ChatRoomButton.js';
import '../styles/ChatRooms.css';

class ChatRooms extends Component {
  render() {
    const chatRooms = this.props.chatRooms.map(
      (chatRoom, index) => <ChatRoomButton
        key={index}
        roomId={chatRoom}
        changeRoom={this.props.changeRoom} />);
    return (
      <div className="room-list">
        <ListGroup>
          {chatRooms}
        </ListGroup>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

export default ChatRooms;


The majority of Hunter Field Target (HFT) competitions are shot from 8 Yards – 45 Yards, you are prohibited from adjusting your scope during the competition. This means that you will need a scope with a large depth of view, the preferred magnification is between 6-12x magnification.
To get the best out of a scope for this type of shooting keeping to a low magnification I key, this will generally mean you have an increased depth of field (this means you can see a greater distance clearly without adjusting the parallax). The most popular magnification to use is 10x, this gives a good compromise between depth of field and ability to see the target clearly.
In HFT the reticle choice can have a big impact on how accurately you rangefind targets as Bracketing is the only way you can use the scope to give an indication on distance, generic Mil-Dot can be used but the gaps between the aim points are a little large to be accurate with this method. A 'HMD' (Half Mil-Dot) or Mil-Hash reticle will be a better option as you have multiple aim points that can also be used as a scale for measuring the distance too.
First Focal Plane scopes are very useful as when you increase or decrease the magnification the reticle will become larger or smaller depending on the change in magnification, this means that your aim points will remain the same at all times. If you are using a scope for more than one use for example HFT and hunting you can increase your magnification while out in the field and not have to worry about your point of impact changing.


text:
Seaholm Power Plant Redevelopment
Walter Seaholm Drive, 78701
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. (1951); STG Design (2016)
Odom Construction (1951)
Art Moderne (1951), Contemporary (2016)
Historic Status:
National Register of Historic Places, Texas Historic Landmark, Austin Landmark
Bridging the southwest corner of Austin's downtown district and the green spaces of Lady Bird Lake, the Seaholm Power Plant Redevelopment is a 7.8-acre complex of mixed-use buildings anchored by the original 1950s power plant. Principles of sustainability and adaptive reuse guided the introduction of residences, retail, and offices to the site, which stood in near-abandoned isolation next to the river following its decommissioning in 1996.
As age-old tensions between developers and preservationists continue, the Seaholm Power Plant Redevelopment serves as an example of how a rapidly growing city can honor its historical heritage while accommodating the demands of the present and future. At the heart of the redevelopment is the massive and dignified former power plant, built in the Art Moderne style. This movement followed Art Deco and was characterized by compact massing and minimal detailing, expressed by the plant's purposeful, streamlined design and cast concrete construction. Sitting alone on the riverbank—its proud "City of Austin Power Plant" vintage lettering easily visible for miles—this functional, honest building has become a well-known reference to the city's past and one of its most iconic landmarks.
The City of Austin decommissioned the facility in 1989, setting off nearly two decades of wrangling between various government agencies, civic groups, preservationists, concerned citizens, and private investors regarding what to do with the empty building and grounds. Ideas varied from museum to aquarium to music venue, but eventually the increasing pressure of development in the finite geography of the downtown district caused the City to approve an investor's proposal to repurpose the site into a mixed-use development and residential tower, with the power generation facility converted into private office space.
Transitioning the city-held property into private hands required sensitivity and thoughtfulness. Mindful of the building's history and location adjacent to parks and transit hubs, the architects carefully incorporated pedestrian-friendly walkways, a large public lawn space for events overlooking the river, and an inner courtyard from which one can admire the old smokestacks of the power plant. The architects preserved some of the plant's original boilers and 75-foot gantry crane, and the old turbine hall inside remains open to visitors.
In addition to integrating the development with its edge-of-downtown surroundings, stakeholders paid particular attention to sustainable design. The property participated in the Austin Energy Green Building program and was also awarded LEED Gold status. But perhaps the most impressive adaptation was the transformation of the plant's old water-cooling systems into a high-capacity rainwater collection system capable of storing and supplying the property's irrigation needs. – Kristen Decker Ali
Sustainability Highlights
LEED Gold (U.S. Green Building Council)
AEGB 3-Star (Austin Energy Green Building)
Casey Dunn


Controllers are used to basically control the data in any MVC pattern application, In same way with AngularJS Controller control the flow of data in the application.
Controllers in AngularJS is attached to the DOM by using ng-controller directive.
Never use controllers to manipulate DOM because as per MVC standard controllers should handle only business logic.
You can follow the approach of AngularJS's databinding feature in your application to synchronize data automatically between model and view components.
I here let you know about scopes What is scope is nothing only hold the Model data to be passed into view. In simple word it is an object that uses two way data binding to bind model data with view.
You can see in above example, application is defined in AngularJS by using ng-app="myApp".
Using $scope object we bind the string 'ExpertPHP.in' with myName and this property is now bound to the template.
ng-model directive is used to bind the value of input field to a variable.
And call square method in an Angular expression in the template/view and add behavior to the scope $scope object by adding this method.
ng-click directive allow you to add custom behavior when any element is clicked and in above example i use ng-click to binds the click event on the button to get square value entered in input box so whenever button is clicked, the square method on $scope will be called.
The FirstController that contains name and age both properties.
SecondController that contains name only and inherit age property from the previous.
ThirdController that overrides both the name property defined in SecondControler and the age property defined in FirstController.
I suggest you when you are working with larger application then put controllers in external files.


text:
Hannibal Buress
[FILM REVIEW] SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Review (2021)
December 16, 2021 January 4, 2022 Dave Adrian Moayed, Alfred Molina, Andrew Garfield, Angourie Rice, Bendict Wong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlie Cox, Chris McKenna, David Griffiths, Erik Sommers, Frederick A. Brown, Gary Weeks, Hannibal Buress, Iceland, J.B. Smoove, J.K. Simmons, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Jon Favreau, Jon Watts, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Lee Griffiths, Marisa Tomei, Martin Starr, Rhys Ifans, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Thomas Haden Church, Tobey Maguire, Tom Holland, Tony Revolori, USA, Willem Dafoe, Zendaya
Subculture deliver their Sprider-Man: No Way Home review.
Action Adventure Film Film Genre Sci-Fi / Fantasy
[FILM REVIEWS} SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Review
July 7, 2017 July 1, 2019 Dave Abraham Attah, Angeourie Rice, Bokeem Woodbine, Chris Evans, Chris McKenna, Christopher Berry, Christopher Ford, Donald Glover, Erik Sommers, Ethan Dizon, Garcelle Beauvais, Gary Weeks, Gwenyth Paltrow, Hannibal Buress, Hemke Madera, Isabella Amara, J.J. Totah, Jack Kirby, Jacob Batalon, Jennifer Connolly, Joe Simon, John Francis Daley, John Penick, Jon Favreau, Jon Watts, Jonathan Goldstein, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Kenneth Choi, Kerry Condon, Laura Harrier, Logan Marshall-Green, Marisa Tomei, Martin Starr, Michael Barbieri, Michael Chernus, Michael Keaton, Michael Mando, Nittin Nohria, Robert Downey Jnr., Selenis Leyva, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Stan lee, Steve Ditko, Tiffany Espensen, Tom Holland, Tony Revolori, Tunde Adebimpe, Tyne Daley, Zendaya
Summary: Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and
Comedy Film Home Page
Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising Review (2016)
May 8, 2016 June 29, 2019 Dave Adam Ross, Andrew Jay Cohen, Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rises, Beanie Feldstein, Brendan O'Brien, Carla Gallo, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, David Griffiths, Elise Vargas, Evan Goldberg, Greg King, Hannibal Buress, Ike Barinholtz, Jerrod Carmichael, Kelsey Grammer, Kiersey Clemons, Kyle McGrath, Lisa Kudrow, Nicholas Stoller, Nick Gardener, Rose Byrne, Selena Gomez, Seth Rogen, Spencer Boldman, Zac Efron, Zoey Vargas
Summary: Just as Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) sell their home and plan on moving to the suburbs
Comedy Film Film Genre Home Page
Daddy's Home Review (2015)
December 28, 2015 April 29, 2016 Dave Alessandra Ambrosio, Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Brady Yarborough, Brian Burns, Chris Henchy, Daddy's Home, David Griffiths, Hannibal Buress, Hector Presedo, Jamie Denbo, Jeff Caperton, Joel K. Berger, John Cena, John Morris, Kobe Bryant, LaMonica Garrett, Linda Cardellini, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew Paul Martinez, Owen Vaccaro, Sadarias Harrell, Sam Gironda, Scarlett Estervez, Sean Anders, Thomas Haden Church, Troy Compas, Will Ferrell
Summary: Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) has always wanted to be a Dad but an unfortunate accident in a dental chair
Bad Neighbours (2014)
May 8, 2014 September 29, 2016 Dave Ali Corbin, Andrew J. Cohen, Bad Neighbours, Bad Neighbours review, Bobby Moynihan, Brendan O'Brien, Brian Huskey, Carla Gallo, Chastey Ballesteros, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Roberts, D.J. Waldman, Dave Franco, David Griffiths, Demetrice Nbguyen, Elise Vargas, Halston Sage, Hannibal Buress, Ike Barinholtz, Ilia Constantine, Jake Johnson, Jason Mantzoukas, Jerrod Carmichael, Kira Sternbach, Lisa Kudrow, Neighbors, Neighbors review, Nicholas Stoller, Pascal Shin, Randall Park, Robbie Carlysle, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Wendy Knight, Zac Efron, Zach Cosby, Zoey Vargas
Summary: A young family find their lives turned upside down when they suddenly find themselves living next door to a
Comedy Film Film Genre
Sleepwalk With Me (2013)
April 4, 2013 May 24, 2013 Dave Alex Karprovsky, Amanda Perez, Amy Schumer, Angelic Zambrana, Aya Cash, Ben Levin, Carol Kane, Cristin Milioti, Danny Borbon, David Wain, Emily Meade, Hannibal Buress, Henry Philips, Ira Glass, James Rebhorn, Jason Selvig, Jessi Klein, Joe Birbiglia, John Lutz, Kristen Schall, Lauren Ambrose, London Wainwright III, Lucy DeVito, Marc Maron, Marylouise Burke, Mike Birbiglia, Philip Ettinger, Ray Thomas, Ron Nakahara, Seth Barrish, Sleepwalk With Me, Sleepwalk With Me Review, Sondra James, Teedy Cariez, William C. DeMent, Wyatt Cenac
Summary: "I'm going to tell you a story, and it's true… I always have to tell people that." So asserts


text:
Father-Child Relationships Following Divorce
The question facing both fathers in particular and society as a whole at the dawn of the twenty-first century is: Are fathers to be - or not to be - a part of the human ecology of children?
Finley, G. E. (2003). Father-child relationships following divorce. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg, & P. M. Anderson (Eds.). Encyclopedia of human ecology, Volume 1: A - H. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, pp. 291-293.
Gordon E. Finley
The question facing both fathers in particular and society as a whole at the dawn of the twenty-first century is: Are fathers to be - or not to be - a part of the human ecology of children? Unprecedented and conflicting changes have occurred in the American family over the past half century that have transformed father-child relationships and our expectations for the role of fathers in their childrens lives. In the 1950s, both the divorce rates and the rates of unmarried motherhood were low, and as a consequence fathers reasonably could count on continuing contact with their children throughout the adult life-cycle. Beginning in the 1960s, however, the American family has undergone radical transformations, which continue today. The social context has changed to the extent that some feminists have declared fathers to be non-essential (Silverstein and Auerbach 1999). For some, America has gone from "father knows best" to father is nonessential.
Many family forms are present today in large numbers that were infrequent in the 1950s. In recent years, the percentage of children born to mothers who were not married at the time of delivery has hovered around 33 percent; the first-marriage divorce rate around 50 percent, the permanent separation rate around 17 percent; and the step-family divorce rate around 60 percent (Hetherington and Stanley-Hagan 1997). What is of critical importance to society is that in virtually all of these events, it is the father-child relationship that is marginalized or severed. Of perhaps equal importance is the reality that this marginalization and severing of father-child relationships comes at the same time that nurturant father involvement in the lives of their children has become an issue of national concern (Braver and OConnell 1998; Farrell 2001; Knox 1998; Parke and Brott 1999).
The father-child relationships of children born to never-married mothers is tenuous, and in any case beyond the scope of this article, which focuses on the consequences of divorce for children and fathers. The most powerful determinant of father-child relationships following divorce are the policies and practices of the family court system, which awards either sole custody or primary residential parental responsibility to the mother around 85 percent to 90 percent of the time. Fathers generally are awarded "visitation" - a term abhorred by father advocates, who view visitation as structuring the role of the father as a visitor in his childs life rather than as a meaningful parent. What this means for fathers and children is that they are living in different residences and see each other on a limited and fixed visitation schedule, which is determined by the courts or negotiated "in the shadow of the law". Thus, what was formerly daily father-child contact in a shared residence now becomes infrequent contact on a fixed schedule, with father and child living in different residences.
Under these court mandated circumstances, the father-child relationship is at greater risk of being marginalized or severed than is the mother-child relationship, since mothers and children continue to share a residence and have daily contact. The risks of negative consequences for fathers and children as a result of the marginalization or severing of the father-child relationship with divorce appear to be substantial for both fathers and children. An early review of the literature (Thompson 1994) provides one of the best discussions of the issues to date. Ross Thompsons lasting contribution was to focus on the division of the intangible assets of a marriage, the emotionally meaningful relationships between the former spouses and their offspring. While much of the dominant discourse on divorce at that time tended to focus on the division of the tangible assets of divorce (primarily financial assets), Thompson had the foresight to focus on the emotional relationships between former spouses and their offspring, as well as the long term impact of these relationships on the lives of fathers and children.
Consider first the consequences of divorce for fathers (Amato 2000; Braver and OConnell 1998; Knox 1998; Parke and Brott 1999; Thompson 1994). Compared to mothers of divorce, fathers of divorce have higher - and often substantially higher - rates of: suicide, depression, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, poor health, work problems, relationship problems, and social isolation. Although numerous explanations for these negative outcomes for fathers have been proposed, those favored by father advocates focus on the loss of meaningful contact with their children. The core argument here is that postdivorce father-child relationships are of critical importance not only for the well-being of children, but also for the well-being of fathers. Additionally, some of these negative outcomes for fathers also likely stem from the changing role expectations for fathers that began in the mid-1970s. Beginning in the mid-1970s, fathers were increasingly expected by society to be involved in nurturing their children. At the same time, however, the opportunity structure for the fatherss nurturing involvement with his children was decreasing, due to increasing rates of divorce and unmarried motherhood. Such a conflict between changing role demands and changing opportunity structures hardly can be conducive to either fathers or childrens physical or mental health.
For children, the consequences of divorce are commonly negative. The most significant exception is that divorced children from high-conflict marriages fare better than children who remain in high-conflict intact marriages. The negative consequences for children of divorce, as compared to children of intact families, are immediate, short-term, and long-term. Although there currently is intensive debate in the scholarly literature regarding the magnitude and subtlety of these negative effects, there nonetheless is substantial evidence to suggest that the consequences for children of divorce are present and pervasive, and that they include higher levels of academic problems, a higher rate of dropping out of high school, conduct problems, poor psychological adjustment, psychological distress, poor self-concept, low social competence, precocious sexual activity, teen pregnancy, alcohol and drug use, long-term negative health consequences, and relationship difficulties in adolescence and adulthood (Amato 2000; Booth 1999; Emery 1999). There also is a growing realization that divorce does not affect all parties in the same way. Outcomes of divorce are mediated and moderated by a variety of factors inherent to different families, different children, different fathers, and different mothers, as well as by their social and economic context. Indeed, very recent longitudinal studies suggest that some of the negative outcomes of divorce for children formerly attributed to the act of divorce are manifested prior to the event of divorce. In short, the picture is complex and evolving.
While the consequences of divorce for the father-child relationship can be viewed from many different perspectives, the perspective least explored focuses on the voices of children of divorce themselves. One view comes from the longer-term, retrospective perspective of adult children as they look back on how they wished things might have been in their relationships with their fathers - their perceptions of the wants, regrets, and missed opportunities of father involvement caused by divorce. In a recent study (Finley and Schwartz 2001), a colleague and I asked children of both intact and divorced families "What did you want your fathers level of involvement to be compared to what it actually was?" The critical results demonstrated that, as compared with adult children of intact families, what adult children of divorce wanted most from their fathers was companionship, sharing activities, leisure/fun/play, providing income, emotional development, and caregiving. What was most important to children of divorce were the emotionally meaningful intangible assets lost through divorce (Thompson 1994) - the "being there" assets of affection, emotional connection, and companionship with their fathers. If fathers and children are to be spared the suffering that goes with the current situation, then changes must occur in social attitudes, social policies, and social practices that reinvigorate the father-child relationship following divorce.
There are many changes that have the potential to enhance father-child relationships, including (1) restructuring the divorce industry to provide equal opportunity for both fathers and mothers to maintain meaningful postdivorce relationships with their children; (2) replacing the inherently adversarial family court system with one based on a vision of divorce as a social service rather than a legal service; (3) changing the dominant discourse on divorce to emphasize the research findings that show fathers and mothers to be equal in their parenting skills and capacities; and (4) reducing the use of false abuse complaints as a tool to gain a competitive advantage during custody disputes.
There is ample evidence to indicate that the filing of false abuse allegations during custody disputes has severe emotional, social, and mental health consequences for the child, for the targeted parent (mostly, but not exclusively, the father), as well as for the parent who filed the false allegation (as mediated through the increasingly disturbed behaviors of the child who served as the tool for the false allegation). Through proactive interventions, both the domestic violence industry and the divorce industry have the opportunity to better serve the best interests of the child by reducing false abuse allegations. Such proactive interventions would maintain the falsely accused parent (again, most commonly, but not exclusively, the father) as an important figure in the human ecology of the child (Farrell, 2001; Finley, 2001; Tong, 2002).
The interventions suggested above have the possibility of reinvigorating and enhancing postdivorce father child relationships. They contain the seeds of hope for improving the quality of life and well-being of all members of the former family triad - children, fathers, and mothers - as well as facilitating the transition to the uncertainties of postdivorce family life.
Amato, Paul R. 2000. "The Consequences of Divorce for Adults and Children." Journal of Marriage and the Family 62: 1269-1287.
Booth, Alan. 1999. "Causes and Consequences of Divorce: Reflections on Recent Research." Pp. 29-48 in The Postdivorce Family. Edited by Ross A. Thompson and Paul R. Amato. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Braver, Sanford L., and Diane OConnell. 1998. Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.
Emery, Robert E. 1999. "Postdivorce Family Life for Children: An Overview of Research and Some Implications for Policy." Pp. 3 - 27 in The Postdivorce Family. Edited by Ross A.
Thompson and Paul R. Amato. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Farrell, Warren. 2001. Father and Child Reunion: How to Bring the Dads We Need to the Children We Love. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.
Finley, Gordon E. 2001. "Reduce false-abuse reports." The Miami Herald, December 28, 2001, p. 6B.
Finley, Gordon E. and Seth J. Schwartz. 2001. "Father Hunger, Divorce, Family Court, and the Reconstruction of the Essential Father." Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Hetherington, E. Mavis and Margaret M. Stanley-Hagan. 1997. "The Effects of Divorce on Fathers and Their Children." Pp. 191-211, 361-369 in The Role of the Father in Child Development. 3rd ed. Edited by Michael E. Lamb. New York: Wiley.
Knox, David. 1998. The Divorced Dads Survival Book: How to Stay Connected with Your Kids. New York: Plenum.
Parke, Ross D. and Armin A. Brott. 1999. Throwaway Dads: The Myths and Barriers That Keep Men from Being the Fathers They Want to Be. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Silverstein, Louise B. and Carl F. Auerbach. 1999. "Deconstructing the Essential Father." American Psychologist 54: 397-407.
Thompson, Ross A. 1994. "The Role of the Father after Divorce." Pp. 210-235 in The Future of Children. Vol. 4, no. 1, Children and Divorce. San Francisco: Center for the Future of Children.
Tong, Dean. 2002. Elusive Innocence: Survival Guide for the Falsely Accused. Lafayette, LA: Huntington House Publishers.
For original copies please send either a FAX # or snail-mail address to: finley©fiu.edu


Re: "Religion Is an Empirical Question—Finally," by Robyn E. Blumner (FI, August/September 2017). Religion has been studied in the social sciences for over a century. The problem that we face, however, is not religion as such as an aspect of world culture but rather the ontological content of religious doctrine.
I read with interest Tom Flynn's editorial "Smearing Humanism" (FI,June/July 2017). I have read Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens. Flynn's last sentence of his piece, "We've got a lot of work ahead of us," is so very true.
Letters in response to Free Inquiry Vol. 37, No. 3.
Letters in response to Free Inquiry Volume 37, No 2.
Letters in response to Free Inquiry volume 36, issue 5.
Letters in response to Free Inquiry Vol. 36, Issue 3.
Letters in response to Free Inquiry volume 36, issue 2.
Letters in response to Free Inquiry volume 35, issue 5.
Letters from the June/July 2015 issue of Free Inquiry.
Letters in response to the April/May 2014 issue.
Letters in response to the February/March 2014 issue of FREE INQUIRY.
Letters in response to the December 2013/January 2014 issue of FREE INQUIRY.
Letters in response to the August/September 2013 issue of FREE INQUIRY.


Beginning an on-line store is ridiculously straightforward. On-line communities can be miniature societies exactly where shoppers and staff members sit alongside one one more to share their wisdom. They need to be friendly, social environments that offer you impartial and specialist answers to customer questions, although also creating the brand appear approachable. Retailers ought to guarantee staff are obtainable to answer any questions. Swift responses add to the customer's sense that they are participating in a conversation, and additional hints assistance their perception of a retailer's solution experience. This is the third post in a series of articles that will detail the process of figuring out what to sell online and receiving started in ecommerce. Warehouse and huge box stores do not stock every brand of every single item produced. If they did, they'd shed money, says Page. To assure the best price tag for buyers, they normally stock the most well-known brand of an item, like Bounty paper towels, as effectively as the shop brand of paper towels.One underappreciated part of Instagram is bio in your profile. It's the one spot (apart from posts, of course) that folks can get data about your business. Undertaking something as easy as adding a CTA to it can boost the quantity of visitors you drive from your account to your web site or retailer. For instance, you may add "Click the link under to shop your organization!" if you happen to be an ecommerce shop or "Click to study our newest post" if you have a weblog.But totally free shipping alone is not sufficient. On-line shoppers also care about the speed at which eCommerce organizations ship their merchandise. That is why Amazon offers users the selection of receiving products shipped in a day. Another way to add testimonials to your e-commerce store is to send your product to a thought leader in your sector, or a potential client with a big social media following and ask them to leave a product review.Make a decision ahead of time how significantly you want to invest on your Black Friday buying spree, and do your ideal to resist impulse buying, especially if you happen to be not confident how great a particular deal is. If you find that you happen to be also free with your charge cards, attempt buying with cash this year and see whether you have much better self-control. But if you are sufficiently disciplined, purchase with a credit card that doubles the manufacturer's warranty and then pay it off ahead of any interest accrues.The first question most of us ask when starting a new enterprise is what to sell. There's not necessarily a correct or wrong answer. Promoting merchandise online with Selz is seriously basic, no matter whether they are digital, physical, or even service-based.Purchasing on the internet can be quick, handy and a wonderful worth nevertheless, it does not constantly give you the exact same chance to see precisely what you are obtaining as walking into a normal shop. The basic rule to don't forget is that if the price appears also very good to be correct, it probably is. But men and women who sell counterfeit computer software frequently promote it at just under the standard retail value so you think you are merely acquiring a good deal. So price tag is essential, but it's not the only thing you need to consider about.When Felix Design, additional hints (lynwoodnacht75.wikidot.com) a four-employee startup that makes instances and stands for smartphones and tablets, launched two years ago, founder Chris Michaud knew it was essential not only to sell merchandise on the web, but also to sell them through traditional retailers. In case you have virtually any concerns relating to in which in addition to how you can use additional hints, it is possible to email us with our own web site. "The reality is, if you don't have SKUs in the stores, you are not going to have a healthier business," he told Inc.A simple but highly successful way to get began with content material advertising for your enterprise is to feel of all the beginning-point queries people have about your goods and market. Employing your blog, you can answer these queries as individual articles.Put Net advertising and marketing tools to work for your on-line retailer: overview all text in your ecommerce web site to make confident you are using words that will place your on the internet shop in search engine final results search engine optimization of all marketing and sales copy on your website, along with submitting your enterprise website to the top search engines will help insure that when men and women are searching for on the internet items they will discover your on the internet store.A point that wants to be ironed out for your on-line enterprise is your billing service. Although there are companies that might bill their consumers straight right after a contract has been agreed upon and signed and these bills are paid for through checks that are deposited into the service provider's bank account, there are some clients who need a specific on the internet billing system for them to pay for the solutions they have contracted. You could need to have to register with a billing method like PayPal for your on the internet enterprise to make billing and payment easier and less of a hassle to you and your clientele.


If you're looking to discover somewhere new, look no further than Lomont-sur-Crête. Whether you're planning to stay for a night or for the week, the area around Lomont-sur-Crête has accommodations to fit every need. Search for hotels in Lomont-sur-Crête with Hotels.com by checking our online map. Our map displays the areas and neighborhoods around all Lomont-sur-Crête hotels so you can see how close you are from landmarks and attractions, and then refine your search within the larger area. The best Lomont-sur-Crête hotel deals are here with our lowest price guarantee.
Where are the Best Places to Stay in Lomont-sur-Crête?


text:
using StackExchange.Redis;

namespace SimpleEventMonitor.Store.Redis
{
    internal static class RedisDB
    {
        private static int _database;
        internal static void Initialize(string redisHost, int redisPort, int database, string redisPassword)
        {
            _database = database;
            if(_connection != null)
                return;

            lock (typeof (RedisDB))
            {
                if (_connection == null)
                {
                    //Singleton as described here: https://github.com/StackExchange/StackExchange.Redis/blob/master/Docs/Basics.md
                    _connection =
                        ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(
                            $"{redisHost}:{redisPort},password={redisPassword},syncTimeout=1000,KeepAlive=10,ConnectTimeout=100,ConnectRetry=5,abortConnect=false");
                }
            }
        }

        private static ConnectionMultiplexer _connection;
        internal static IDatabase Database => _connection.GetDatabase(_database);
    }
}


The iSeries 1309BKMG was designed to fit the Blackmagic Cinema Camera or Production Camera 4K and popular accessories. The interior of this case is made of high quality PE foam to fit the camera with an additional accessory compartment that measures 5.5″ x 7.5″ x 4.5″ for a lens, cables, sun hood, or memory cards.
iSeries injection molded waterproof cases are constructed of ultra high-strength polypropylene copolymer resin and feature a gasketed, waterproof, submersible design (IP67) that is resistant to corrosion and impact damage. Its molded-in hinges, patented "trigger release" latch system, comfortable, snap-down rubber over-molded cushion grip handle, secure stacking, and automatic ambient pressure equalization valve (MIL-STD-648C) all contribute to its military grade design.


The generation we live in fancies working indoors rather than going outdoors. Cell phones and PC's are preferred over real time sports. Smart phones and Computer have made the internet job market quite a famous place to do business in. Therefore, due to the significant boost in e-commerce the online market you is a good place to work in. Freelancing is a great mode of doing online jobs. There are many websites which help you do jobs on the internet. It does not take long for you to set it up because there numerous sites which help you do tasks on the web. You simply need to pick a field you are great at and you can make a gig and begin applying for jobs on outsourcing sites. Advertising jobs are offered endlessly nowadays. Organizations look up to you to carry out their campaigns on social media, so on the off chance that you have the necessary skills in digital marketing you could likely apply for a job in publicizing.
Since PCs are assuming control and papers and being supplanted a ton of organizations are working up their own sites so that individuals who are intrigued could contact them online as opposed to investing energy making a trip to visit them in person. Therefore, graphic design jobs Sydney have seen a spike in the previous couple of years. Since there are excessively numerous organizations hoping to contract designers to get their sites made it would likewise be a good field to profit on the web.
Online Start ups are also a great way of making money online. You simply need to locate a couple accomplices to start with and look for jobs online. Once the job is offered the work should be split between the team members and you need make sure it's carried to satisfactory level. It's also critical to get positive input from the client because it can be used as a testimony in the company's website which would be effective during the long run. This could transform the startup into a fruitful endeavor in the future.
If there ever comes a time where you are not up to the task of going and doing a day time job you could always look for jobs online because there are a lot of chances opening up. You could either work under somebody or begin your own endeavor on the web. It would cost a lot less in light of the fact that everything would be based online and you fundamentally won't need to spend your wage on rent and other kind of assessments.


text:
Category Archives: Ireland
Posted on January 19, 2019 by Peter Denton
On Sept. 8, 2018, #RiseforClimate encouraged people around the world to demonstrate their concern over inaction on climate change. The demonstrators urged governments and others to do what needs to be done if we are to avoid a catastrophic climate future.
The response was mostly a shrug from anyone who noticed. A 15-year-old girl in Sweden started her own strike on Fridays against the inaction of the Swedish government. Yawn — though she got some media coverage because of the novelty.
Protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline, Line 3 and Keystone XL continued to pop up, with small numbers and little money. It was nothing that a few slick (taxpayer-funded) ad campaigns from Alberta or executive orders from U.S. President Donald Trump could not counter. Double yawn — though there was some brief consternation when Elizabeth May, leader of the federal Green party, was arrested and charged.
When the Wet'suwet'en checkpoint in British Columbia was overrun by RCMP — more considerately, it seems, than how Indigenous land protectors are treated in other countries — Winnipeg was on the list of cities across Canada in which protests were staged afterward in support.
Portage and Main, and during rush hour, no less. That made some people notice. Fewer noticed the kids who joined the global student climate strike the next day and took their protests to the steps of the legislature.
If you are still shrugging or yawning, you might want to rethink your attitude. You can move a mountain by carrying away small stones.
When the fossil-fuel divestment protest movement began, it was ignored, too. Yet the campaign is now global and growing by leaps and bounds. The Irish government just followed through on its promise to sell off its investments in fossil-fuel companies. Churches, municipalities and universities have done the same.
Shamefully, this has not happened here. We should not fund our educational institutions, our communities or our pensions by investing in the very industries that make a livable future impossible.
But as the climate heats up, if our institutions really represent the Canadian public, when will their voices be heard?
As Canadians, we believe in the rule of law, what Abraham Lincoln described as "government of the people, by the people, for the people" in his Gettysburg Address. Setting aside the irony that these words were said by a Republican president who demonstrated eloquence, wisdom and strong moral character, I am afraid that the small things happening today could also add up to big trouble down the road.
Canada has a mostly peaceful history, in comparison to the violence, upheaval and deprivation that led so many people from other places to settle here over the past 400 years.
If we were not so peaceful, and if we did not agree to that "rule of law," however, there would be no good alternative. In fact, there are not enough armed combat troops in the whole of the Canadian Armed Forces to control or suppress an active insurgency just in the city of Winnipeg.
We agree to the rule of law because we believe it is for our collective good, whether we agree with that law all the time or not. But as protests spread, as the idea of government for the people is undermined or overturned by riot squads, it starts to look as if we are being governed by and for elite groups in our society instead.
There are dangerous currents in our lives together these days, currents that we ignore at our peril. A few years ago, the #Occupy movement waxed and waned. It gave us the language of "the one per cent," the elites who have most of the wealth, and the 99 per cent, who have hope, democracy and the rule of law on their side, at least in places like Canada, but nothing much else.
Over the next two years, provincial and federal political campaigns will appeal not to our better nature, but to our worst. They will play on our fears and anxieties. They will not deal with the mountains that need to be moved.
So when the government talks peace and reconciliation, but then sends in the police; when we are told to obey the law, but the government refuses; when the government buys and builds pipelines instead of finding another, more sustainable way, there is trouble ahead.
When real steps toward a sustainable future are dismissed as impractical or inconvenient, all we can do is carry away one small stone at a time. Each of us.
One way or other, we will move that mountain. Someday, we will have a just and sustainable society.
Whether it resembles the Canada we know today depends on whether our government really is for the people, or not.
Posted in #PowerShift, #RiseforClimate, Choices, Fossil Fuels, Ireland, Pipelines, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, Winnipeg Free Press	| Tagged #PowerShift, #RiseforClimate
Foresight puts Ireland ahead of the curve
Posted on August 3, 2018 by Peter Denton
You may have missed the significance of recent headlines from Ireland. The Irish saved civilization once before, and they are trying to do it again.
The lower house in the Irish Parliament voted to remove all of its national fund investments (over $13 billion worth) from the fossil-fuel industry — coal, oil, gas and even that most Irish of fuels, peat — as soon as practicable, likely within five years. (The upper house can delay the passage of the bill, but not block it.)
Ireland becomes the first country to do this, following on the trillions of dollars divested from the fossil fuel industry by universities, cities, pension funds and religious organizations.
To put it one way, the leprechauns have decided that the pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow is not disguised as a barrel of oil.
Put another, the descendants of the Irish people who sent missionaries to establish monastic communities all across Europe, as far away as Italy, and kept the lights of learning, scholarship and culture alive during the Dark Ages 1,600 years ago, are doing it again.
In Thomas Cahill's engaging 1995 book How the Irish Saved Civilization, he claimed that much of our heritage of Greek and Roman philosophy and literature would have been lost without the Irish scribes, who copied and preserved the manuscripts in which these books were written for 300 years.
After the Viking invasions started and effectively trashed the Irish homeland, the lights they carried elsewhere continued to burn in the midst of the Dark Ages.
Medieval culture and society would not have been possible, nor would our modern world have been born out of the Renaissance, had it not been for the Irish monks who made such scholarship their life's work.
These individuals had their own brand of Celtic Christianity and a worldview that had never been crushed by the boots of the Roman legionnaires, a world view that integrated spiritual and physical worlds, weaving everything together like the distinct patterns in their art.
The Roman Empire fell because of spiritual rot at its core, along with shallow and incompetent leaders, who focused on maintaining their own privileges and who believed their own press. The end was only hastened by the hordes of barbarians from Europe pounding on the gates.
Those barbarians rejected the lofty philosophy at the core of Roman laws and government. Instead, they wanted plunder — silver, gold and anything not nailed down that they could sell.
In our day, it is the fossil-fuel empire and the economies dependent upon it whose days are numbered, which lasted 100 years before the cracks started to show — nowhere close to the 1,200 years of Rome.
The irony is everywhere because this empire is run by the descendants of those barbarians who kicked in the gates of Rome. They are still focused on silver and gold and anything they can sell.
Spiritual rot is a reason for its failure, too, while the current imperial leaders are replicas of the last of the Romans. This time, the barbarians at the gate are the 99 per cent who don't have silver and gold, whose future is at risk in a climate-changing world, and who believe that when a system can't be fixed, it needs to be overthrown.
The problem with revolution is that once it starts, no one can predict what will happen next. It is always easier to throw out a rotten system than it is to replace it with a new and better one.
This is why, of course, the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE led to chaos for hundreds of years before the culture of the High Middle Ages — led by those who were educated in the monastic schools — civilized the barbarians.
So, where the Canadian government buys a pipeline to nowhere for billions of dollars that we don't have, and threatens to hurt people who oppose it, the Irish government takes a long look at itself, at the situation, and at the people massing outside the gates, and instead chooses to divest from fossil fuels.
Call it wisdom, if you like, but the Celts never needed to be told that all things weave together and that there is spirit in the land and its creatures, as well as in its people.
They knew it, they lived it and they chose to act. We are all the better for it.
Their descendants have embraced their identity and done the same, in our generation.
Someone has to lead and do the right thing, whether anyone else follows or not. As our prime minister's own youth council has reminded him, it certainly isn't Canada.
Posted in Carbon Pricing, Hope, Ireland, Pipelines, Shades of Green, Sustainability	| Tagged carbon tax, choices, divestment, Ireland, sustainability, WFP