Nyamira county assembly has rejected the reshuffle of county executive committee members which was done by Governor John Nyagarama last week.
The county assembly implementation committee under the chair of Peter Maroro, rubbished the reshuffle which they said was meant to protect members of the executive who had mismanaged and embezzled funds allocated for various projects in their departments.
Addressing the press at the county assembly, the members asked the governor to suspend the handing over exercise until members whose departments were implicated with corrupt deals are heard and cleared as the rule of justice prescribes.
Maroro also said that there were members of the executive who were under investigation and it was therefore improper for the governor to transfer them to other departments instead of sacking them outrightly.
The chairman further claimed that the reshuffles were also targeting individuals who were not politically connected to the governor, a scenario they vowed to resist and not succumb to.
A member of the committee Thaddeus Nyabaro wondered why the governor had failed to reshuffle members of the executive who had failed in service delivery but instead chose to retain them in senior departments with lumpsum financial allocations.
Nyabaro said that clannism had taken the centre in the reshuffle where those who hail from the region of the governor were unaffected in the changes.
They warned that if the governor could not listen to their protestation, then he should brace himself for a titanic battle from the assembly, something that if allowed, may ruin his political career.
The committee named water executive member Andrew Ombati who was transferred to the department of health and yet there were a number of issues bedeviling the department of water where he was the supremo.
The members claimed that some chief officers who did not give kickbacks to the account allegedly held by the governor were transferred to departments with little monetary allocation.
"The chief officer in charge of agriculture Thomas Sagwe was moved because he stood firm and rejected corrupt deals which were being perpetuated by a clique of the county mafia," Maroro remarked.
The committee questioned why the governor had not reshuffled the executive committee members like Kefa Osoro (roads and public) and John Omanwa (finance and planning who they described as "total failures," in execution of their mandate.
They further claimed that some junior county workers attached to the governor's officers were part of the corruption cartels citing that many of them were putting up state of the art buildings and buying many plots in strategic towns outside the county worthy millions of shillings and yet they earn very little.
Nyabaro said the county government under the watch of Nyagarama was perpetuating corruption and as an assembly and an oversight eye of taxpayers' money, they were determined to have him impeached this time round.
Nyamira county secretary Aori Ochana when contacted, defended the changes by the governor as he said they were within his constitutional mandate. Ochana said he had received a letter from the assembly written by the clerk Daniel Orina calling for the suspension of the handing-over exercise until the contentious issues surrounding the transfers were amicably addressed.


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require 'pathname'

module Bundler
  class CLI::Gem
    attr_reader :options, :gem_name, :thor, :name, :target

    def initialize(options, gem_name, thor)
      @options = options
      @gem_name = resolve_name(gem_name)
      @thor = thor

      @name = @gem_name
      @target = Pathname.pwd.join(gem_name)

      validate_ext_name if options[:ext]
    end

    def run
      underscored_name = name.tr('-', '_')
      namespaced_path = name.tr('-', '/')
      constant_name = name.split('_').map{|p| p[0..0].upcase + p[1..-1] }.join
      constant_name = constant_name.split('-').map{|q| q[0..0].upcase + q[1..-1] }.join('::') if constant_name =~ /-/
      constant_array = constant_name.split('::')
      git_user_name = `git config user.name`.chomp
      git_user_email = `git config user.email`.chomp

      opts = {
        :name             => name,
        :underscored_name => underscored_name,
        :namespaced_path  => namespaced_path,
        :makefile_path    => "#{underscored_name}/#{underscored_name}",
        :constant_name    => constant_name,
        :constant_array   => constant_array,
        :author           => git_user_name.empty? ? "TODO: Write your name" : git_user_name,
        :email            => git_user_email.empty? ? "TODO: Write your email address" : git_user_email,
        :test             => options[:test],
        :ext              => options[:ext]
      }

      templates = {
        "Gemfile.tt" => "Gemfile",
        "gitignore.tt" => ".gitignore",
        "lib/newgem.rb.tt" => "lib/#{namespaced_path}.rb",
        "lib/newgem/version.rb.tt" => "lib/#{namespaced_path}/version.rb",
        "LICENSE.txt.tt" => "LICENSE.txt",
        "newgem.gemspec.tt" => "#{name}.gemspec",
        "consolerc.tt" => ".consolerc",
        "Rakefile.tt" => "Rakefile",
        "README.md.tt" => "README.md",
        "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.tt" => "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md"
      }

      templates.merge!("bin/newgem.tt" => "bin/#{name}") if options[:bin]
      templates.merge!(".travis.yml.tt" => ".travis.yml") if options[:test]

      case options[:test]
      when 'rspec'
        templates.merge!(
          "rspec.tt" => ".rspec",
          "spec/spec_helper.rb.tt" => "spec/spec_helper.rb",
          "spec/newgem_spec.rb.tt" => "spec/#{namespaced_path}_spec.rb"
        )
      when 'minitest'
        templates.merge!(
          "test/minitest_helper.rb.tt" => "test/minitest_helper.rb",
          "test/test_newgem.rb.tt" => "test/test_#{namespaced_path}.rb"
        )
      end

      if options[:ext]
        templates.merge!(
          "ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt" => "ext/#{name}/extconf.rb",
          "ext/newgem/newgem.h.tt" => "ext/#{name}/#{underscored_name}.h",
          "ext/newgem/newgem.c.tt" => "ext/#{name}/#{underscored_name}.c"
        )
      end

      templates.each do |src, dst|
        thor.template("newgem/#{src}", target.join(dst), opts)
      end

      Bundler.ui.info "Initializing git repo in #{target}"
      Dir.chdir(target) { `git init`; `git add .` }

      if options[:edit]
        # Open gemspec in editor
        thor.run("#{options["edit"]} \"#{target.join("#{name}.gemspec")}\"")
      end
    end

    private

    def resolve_name(name)
      Pathname.pwd.join(name).basename.to_s
    end

    def validate_ext_name
      return unless gem_name.index('-')

      Bundler.ui.error "You have specified a gem name which does not conform to the \n" \
                       "naming guidelines for C extensions. For more information, \n" \
                       "see the 'Extension Naming' section at the following URL:\n" \
                       "http://guides.rubygems.org/gems-with-extensions/\n"
      exit 1
    end

  end
end

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Even though the grand jury's indicted him ... Stevie won't be arraigned on the charges until Feb. 10 in NYC. He's got other problems at the moment.
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Home » Actors/Actresses » Comedy » Bayview Retirement Home – home of the all-time favorite British comedy couple?
Bayview Retirement Home – home of the all-time favorite British comedy couple?
On: February 3, 2010, By: Bill Young
By no means am I trying to influence the voting for favorite all-time British comedy couple, he says, but I happen to think this couple from a very, very underrated series deserves a shot. From a series standpoint, Waiting for God had a relatively long run on BBC One for five seasons.
The series dealt with numerous subjects, including alcoholism and adultery, that weren't dealt with freely on television starting off with the continuous theme running throughout of two people thrown together by families that had no time or interest in them anymore. In addition, it was a comedy that empowered a lot of television viewers in the early '90's by showing an older age demographic as being funny, headstrong and clever as opposed to being nothing more than the butt of "age jokes".
Couple #5 – Waiting for God
Bayview Retirement Home was never the same once Diana Trent (a retired photojournalist) and Tom Ballard (life-long accountant) moved in. Making life difficult for Harvey, the manager of Bayview, may have been their daily task, but it's each others company that kept them on top of their game. They definitely were not 'Waiting for God'.
She's cynical and acerbic, he lives in a fantasy world much of the time. Their goal? To wreak as much havoc as possible on the younger staff to make like worth living at Bayview.
With that said, couple #5 – Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden) and Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole)
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I vote for "Waiting for God" as best Brit com. I live in a retirement home and get a special kick out of the adventures of Diana and Tom. Luckily, we don't have a Harvey Baines running Superbia Retirement Village. Thank you BBC.
Pam Henry, retired OETA News (PBS) Oklahoma
Bill Young
Pam, thankfully, you refer to Waiting for God as a comedy and don't view it as a documentary based on Superbia Retirement Home. How's life "post-OETA"?


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Mina won office as an independent in November.
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Loop Capital analyst Rick Paterson raised his price target on FedEx to $318 after its Q1 results, saying the earnings miss was mainly due to wage increases that followed last year's tax cut legislation. The analyst adds that while FedEx raised its FY19 earnings guidance, its operating margins in Q1 were also lower as a result of higher hourly pay rates. Paterson remains positive on the stock and keeps his Buy rating, noting that the management's reaffirmation of expected operating profit improvement of $1.2B-$1.5B for its Express division in FY20 was particularly important for investor sentiment.
Oppenheimer analyst Scott Schneeburger maintained an Outperform rating and $288 price target on FedEx following the company's "mixed" quarterly results, telling investors in a research note to "buy the dip." Despite the softer start, FedEx maintained its FY19 revenue growth guidance and increased its adjusted EPS range and Schneeburger anticipates a strong peak season and broad-based second half of 2019-2020 lift.
Cowen analyst Helane Becker noted FedEx shares were weak in the aftermarket following Q1 earnings that were below expectations. The analyst said she would use the weakness as a buying opportunity as management raised the full-year earnings range due to a strong economy and continued traction with revenue and cost initiatives. Becker reiterated her Outperform rating and $280 price target on FedEx shares.
Credit Suisse analyst Allison Landry maintained an Outperform rating on FedEx but cut her price target to $307 from $315 following the company's weaker Q1 operating results. In a research note to investors, Landry says that although expectations "weren't high," the Q1 EBIT shortfall and the "low-quality" FY guidance should be enough to be met with a negative reaction from investors, but expects "modest" pressure on the stock today as FY top line and EBIT margins were reiterated. Landry says she "wasn't thrilled" with the results, but thinks there is merit to what CEO Fred Smith pointed out that quarterly earnings don't tell the whole story.
Morgan Stanley analyst Ravi Shanker said FedEx's "big miss" in Q1 EPS was not purely cost-driven, as weaker pricing drove a revenue miss compared to his expectations. Despite the Q1 miss, FedEx raised its full-year EPS guidance due to "rounding," but Shanker sees pressure on the coming quarters' results and said the Q1 report raises the stakes for the remainder of the year. He lowered his price target on FedEx shares to $242 from $245 following the report and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the stock.


This Red Stock was way too beautiful to pass by. The way it had its face inside the wings, the way it came out and had a look at its surroundings and all the other activities were so much fun to observe. I'm so glad that I could capture this behavioural shot.


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was de 60e keizer van Japan volgens de traditionele opvolgvolgorde. Hij regeerde volgens de Japanse kalender van de 3e dag van de 7e maand van Kanpyō 9 (897) tot de 22e dag van de 92 maand van Enchō 8 (930). Zijn mausoleum staat bekend als Nochi no Yamashina no misasagi, en is gelegen in Fushimi-ku.

Genealogie
Voor Daigo's troonsbestijging was zijn persoonlijke naam (imina) Atsuhito-shinnō (敦仁親王).

Atsuhito-shinnō was de oudste zoon van keizer Uda en Fujiwara no Taneko; de dochter van Fujiwara no Takafui.

Daigo had tijdens zijn leven 21 keizerinnen, hofdames en concubines. Met hen kreeg hij in totaal 36 kinderen.

Leven
Daigo volgde zijn vader op toen die in Kanpyō 9 (897) aftrad. Toen Daigo hem opvolgde, werd traditiegetrouw een nieuw tijdperk ingeluid: Shōtai.

In 901 vond een schandaal plaats rondom Sugawara no Michizane, die ervan werd beschuldigd samen te spannen tegen Daigo. Exacte gegevens over dit gebeuren ontbreken daar Daigo vrijwel alle documenten omtrent deze gebeurtenis liet vernietigen. In 905 presenteerde Ki-no Tsurayuki aan keizer Daigo de Kokin Wakashū, een collectie van Wakapoëzie.

In 929 werd Japan geteisterd door enkele grote overstromingen. In 930 zorgde een blikseminslag voor een grote brand in het Keizerlijk paleis, waarbij enkele hoge lieden aan het hof het leven verloren. Velen zagen dit als een daad van de op wraak beluste geest van Sugawara no Michizane.

Na 34 jaar te hebben geregeerd, werd Daigo ziek. Uit angst dat hij de ziekte mogelijk niet zou overleven, trad hij af ten gunste van zijn zoon, Suzaku. Aanvankelijk leek Daigo toch van de ziekte te herstellen. Hij trok zich terug in een klooster, en nam de naam Hō-kongō aan. Niet veel later stierf hij echter toch op 46-jarige leeftijd.

Tijdperken
Daigo's regeerperiode omvat de volgende tijdsperiodes binnen de Japanse geschiedenis:
 Kanpyō (889-898)
 Shōtai (898-901)
 Engi (901-923)
 Enchō (923-931)

Keizer van Japan
Persoon in de 9e eeuw
Persoon in de 10e eeuw

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WESTBROOK v. THE STATE.
NICHOLS, Chief Justice.
Murder, etc. Jones Superior Court. Before Judge Duke.
Appellant Johnny Mack Westbrook was indicted in Jones County for two counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury. He was convicted on all counts and was sentenced to death for each murder and to life imprisonment for each kidnapping.
The case is before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentences.
The state presented evidence from which the jury was authorized to find the following facts:
On September 23, 1977, appellant and one Eddie William Finney went to the home of Mrs. Thelma Kalish in Macon, Georgia, to cut her lawn. Shortly after appellant and Finney began cutting the grass, they decided that they did not desire to work and conceived the idea of robbing Mrs. Kalish. They lured Mrs. Kalish from her home on a pretext concerning the lawnmower, grabbed her, stuck a pistol in her side, and took her back into her house where they tied her up and both of them raped her.
Mrs. Kalish did not have any cash at home, so they forced her at gunpoint to drive to her bank, to withdraw $600 in cash, and to give it to them. When they arrived back at her house, Mrs. Kalish jumped out of the car, screamed, and began running toward her neighbor, Mrs. Ann Kaplan, who was standing nearby. Appellant caught Mrs. Kalish and hit her over the head with her pistol. Finney grabbed Mrs. Kaplan and hit her with his fists and a pistol.
Appellant and Finney put the two women into the back seat of Mrs. Kalish's car and drove to a remote, wooded area in Jones County. There they took both women into the woods and tied and gagged them with pieces of Mrs. Kaplan's clothing. Appellant and Finney beat the two women to death with a two-by-four piece of lumber. Appellant killed Mrs. Kaplan and Finney killed Mrs. Kalish. An autopsy revealed that Mrs. Kaplan died of torn lacerations in the heart. Mrs. Kaplan also had bruises on her upper trunk, shoulders and chest. Mrs. Kalish had a three-inch laceration in her forehead, a fractured jaw, a fractured rib, a fractured arm, and several broken teeth. Both women died of blows inflicted by the appellant and Finney.
Appellant and Finney returned to Macon and abandoned Mrs. Kalish's car at the Fifth Street Bridge. Appellant went back to his apartment where he left Mrs. Kaplan's jewelry and his pistol.
That night appellant and Finney took a cab to Mrs. Kalish's house. However, when they saw several police cars, appellant directed the cab driver back to the place where the driver had picked them up. When appellant paid the bill, the cab driver noticed that appellant had a large roll of bills which were still in the band from the bank.
Appellant and Finney were identified through an informer and were placed under arrest. When he was arrested, appellant had $500 in $20 bills in his right sock. A search of appellant's apartment revealed a .32 pistol and loaded clip under the mattress and Mrs. Kaplan's charm bracelet on top of the vanity.
After Finney was arrested, he took law enforcement officers to Jones County where they found the bodies and Mrs. Kalish's purse. Inside the purse was a savings withdrawal slip for $600, dated September 23, 1977.
Finney's fingerprints were found on drinking glasses in Mrs. Kalish's bedroom. Both appellant and Finney confessed to the crimes.
In order to lay the foundation for his legal arguments, the defendant presented his entire criminal and prison record during the sentencing phase of the trial.
1. In his first enumeration of error, appellant alleges that the trial court erred in refusing to appoint or provide an independent psychiatrist or other qualified person to evaluate his ability and mental capacity. The purpose of the requested evaluation was to assist in his defense, which was based on the theory that as a result of his previous lengthy incarceration, the state virtually had destroyed his mental capacity and, as a result, he did not have the knowledge or understanding necessary to commit a crime with aggravating circumstances or to intelligently, voluntarily and knowingly waive his right to counsel while being interrogated by the police.
Appellant is a pauper and is represented by appointed counsel. Appellant urges that Bounds v. Smith, 430 U. S. 817 (97 SC 1491, 52 LE2d 73) (1977), requiring the states to furnish prisoners "meaningful access to the courts" by way of adequate legal assistance or adequate law libraries, should be extended to require the state to furnish him the services of a psychologist or psychiatrist since such professional services are "basic tools" to provide him an adequate defense. This court feels constrained not to extend the Bounds decision to the facts of this case.
Appellant's attorney admitted that appellant was capable of assisting in his defense and that appellant was neither mentally ill nor insane at the time he committed the offenses.
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying appellant's request for the appointment of an expert psychiatric witness. The first enumeration of error is without merit.
2. Appellant's second and third enumerations of error contend that the trial court erred, respectively, in overruling his plea in bar and in overruling his motion to suppress. Appellant contends in support of his plea and motion that the state has forfeited its right to seek the death penalty because his lengthy previous sentences and periods of confinement virtually destroyed his mental capacity and caused him to become the sort of person he is now. These enumerations of error are without merit.
3. In the fourth enumeration of error, appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to disqualify the juror Robert A. Morgan for cause, thereby requiring him to use one of his peremptory strikes.
During voir dire, the court granted seven motions by the appellant to strike jurors for cause on the ground that the jurors were not impartial. A motion to strike an eighth juror, Robert Morgan, was denied.
Morgan initially stated he was leaning toward the death penalty. Upon further interrogation, he testified that he would consider all of the evidence and determine whether to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment based upon the evidence presented.
"The conduct of the voir dire is within the discretion of the trial court, and the court's rulings are proper absent some manifest abuse of discretion. Welch v. State, 237 Ga. 665 (5) (229 SE2d 390) (1976); Gatlin v. State, 236 Ga. 707 (2) (225 SE2d 224) (1976). Whether to strike a juror for cause lies within the discretion of the court. Welch, supra." Patterson v. State, 239 Ga. 409, 411 (1) (238 SE2d 2) (1977).
In order to disqualify a juror for cause, it must be established that the juror's opinion was so fixed and definite that it would not be changed by the evidence or the charge of the court upon the evidence. Sullens v. State, 239 Ga. 766 (1) (238 SE2d 864) (1977). It was not established that Morgan had such a fixed opinion.
4. In his fifth and sixth enumerations of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred by commenting on the weight and credibility of the opinion of the appellant's expert witness, Dr. Steve Davis, a Mercer University professor of psychology with a doctorate degree in psychology who had been offered by the defense as a psychologist. The court said to the jury during examination of Dr. Davis, and later charged the jury, that Dr. Davis has a Ph.D. in psychology and that is as far as Dr. Davis had qualified himself as an expert. Contrary to appellant's assertions, the court's reference to Dr. Davis' qualifications as an expert was not an expression or intimation of the court's opinion as to what had or had not been proven. Code Ann. 81-1104. Rather, the court repeatedly charged that the weight and credit to be given to Dr. Davis' testimony was a question for the jury to determine. The trial court's actions and statements in this regard were proper. McCoy v. State, 237 Ga. 118, 119 (227 SE2d 18) (1976).
These enumerations of error are without merit.
5. In the seventh enumeration of error, appellant alleged "The Court erred in submitting the issue of the death penalty to the jury on the two murder counts." Appellant asserts in essence that his long incarceration by the state "had the effect of depriving him of the opportunity to be socially adjusted to such an extent that he could truly understand and be aware of the consequences of an act of murder in such a manner as the one that was committed here." This assertion is similar to the contentions raised in the first three enumerations of error. It is without merit.
See Stanley v. State, 240 Ga. 341 (241 SE2d 173) (1977); Thomas v. State, 240 Ga. 393 (242 SE2d 1) (1977).
7. In the ninth enumeration of error, the appellant alleged "The Court erred in his charge with respect to the kidnapping counts when he gave to the jury that portion of the statute which referred to a possible punishment of less than life imprisonment."
The trial court explicitly charged the jury that "if the person kidnapped shall have received bodily injury, the person convicted shall be punished by life imprisonment or by death." Inasmuch as the jury already had convicted the appellant of kidnapping with bodily injury on both counts, the fact that the trial court read Code 26-1311 in its entirety, including the punishment for simple kidnapping, could not have misled the jury or harmed the appellant.
This enumeration of error is without merit.
8. In the tenth enumeration of error, appellant contends: "The Court erred in failing in his charge on the punishment portion of the trial to make it clear to the jury that the jury could impose a life sentence despite the existence of aggravating circumstances."
As to both of the counts for murder, the trial court charged the jury that one of their possible verdicts was: "We, the jury, find the defendant guilty . . . the following statutory aggravating circumstance or circumstances, having been found by the jury, to-wit . . . and we recommend mercy or that the defendant's punishment be life imprisonment."
This option is also contained on the work sheets furnished to the jury on both murder counts.
This enumeration of error is without merit. Fleming v. State, 240 Ga. 142 (240 SE2d 37) (1977); Hawes v. State, 240 Ga. 327 (240 SE2d 833) (1977).
Sentence Review
The sentences have been reviewed by this court as required by Ga. L. 1973, p. 159 et seq. (Code Ann. 27-2537 (c) (1-3)), as has been done in each case involving a death penalty under this statute. Upon considering the statutory aggravating circumstances found by the jury and the evidence concerning the crimes and the defendant, this court concludes that the sentences of death imposed on Johnny Mack Westbrook were not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor.
The jury found statutory aggravating circumstances as to the murder of Mrs. Kaplan in that the offense of murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhumane in that it involved torture, depravity of mind or an aggravated battery to the victim (Code Ann. 27-2534.1 (b) (7)) and that the murder was committed in the commission of another capital felony, to wit: murder. Code Ann. 27-2534.1 (b) (2). As to the murder of Mrs. Kalish, the jury found that the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhumane in that it involved torture, depravity of mind or an aggravated battery to the victim. Code Ann. 27-2534.1 (b) (7).
The jury's findings of statutory aggravating circumstances are supported by the evidence and the verdict is factually substantiated.
In reviewing the death penalty in this case, this court has considered the cases appealed since January 1, 1970, in which a death or life sentence was imposed. The similar cases listed in the appendix support affirmance of the death penalty.
Prior to these offenses, appellant has compiled a criminal record that includes convictions for eleven burglaries, one attempted burglary, one simple larceny, one concealed weapon offense, one possession of an unlicensed pistol offense and two escapes. His prison record, entered by the defense, indicates 34 prison offenses while in confinement.
Johnny Mack Westbrook's death sentences for these murders are not excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crimes and the defendant.
House v. State, 232 Ga. 140 (205 SE2d 217) (1974); Gregg v. State, 233 Ga. 117 (210 SE2d 659) (1974); Floyd v. State, 233 Ga. 280 (210 SE2d 810) (1974); Chenault v. State, 234 Ga. 216 (215 SE2d 223) (1975); Smith v. State, 236 Ga. 12 (222 SE2d 308) (1976); Birt v. State, 236 Ga. 815 (225 SE2d 248) (1976); Coleman v. State, 237 Ga. 84 (226 SE2d 911) (1976); Isaacs v. State, 237 Ga. 105 (226 SE2d 922) (1976); Dungee v. State, 237 Ga. 218 (227 SE2d 746) (1976); Banks v. State, 237 Ga. 325 (227 SE2d 380) (1976); Young v. State, 239 Ga. 53 (236 SE2d 1) (1977); Gaddis v. State, 239 Ga. 238 (236 SE2d 594) (1977); Peek v. State, 239 Ga. 422 (238 SE2d 12) (1977).
Joe Briley, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
ARGUED MAY 8, 1978 -- DECIDED SEPTEMBER 5, 1978 -- REHEARING DENIED SEPTEMBER 26, 1978.
SPEED v. THE STATE. (270 Ga. 688) (512 SE2d 896) (1999)
SWITZER et al. v. GORMAN. (235 Ga. App. 794) (510 SE2d 581) (1998)
LEDFORD v. THE STATE. (264 Ga. 60) (439 SE2d 917) (1994)
GARLAND v. THE STATE. (263 Ga. 495) (435 SE2d 431) (1993)
JOHNSON v. THE STATE. (262 Ga. 652) (424 SE2d 271) (1993)
PARTRIDGE v. THE STATE. (187 Ga. App. 325) (370 SE2d 173) (1988)
WESTBROOK v. THE STATE. (256 Ga. 776) (353 SE2d 504) (1987)
CAGLE v. THE STATE.; CHANCEY v. THE STATE.; JORDAN v. THE STATE. (256 Ga. 415) (349 SE2d 717) (1986)
ROMINE v. THE STATE. (256 Ga. 521) (350 SE2d 446) (1986)
CARGILL v. THE STATE. (255 Ga. 616) (340 SE2d 891) (1986)
ROBINSON v. THE STATE. (180 Ga. App. 248) (348 SE2d 761) (1986)
WALKER v. THE STATE. (179 Ga. App. 782) (347 SE2d 711) (1986)
FORD v. THE STATE. (255 Ga. 81) (335 SE2d 567) (1985)
BLANKS v. THE STATE. (254 Ga. 420) (330 SE2d 575) (1985)
GRAGG et al. v. NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATES et al. (176 Ga. App. 516) (336 SE2d 608) (1985)
FINNEY v. THE STATE. (253 Ga. 346) (320 SE2d 147) (1984)
STYNCHCOMBE v. FLOYD; and vice versa. (252 Ga. 113) (311 SE2d 828) (1984)
WIGGINS v. THE STATE. (172 Ga. App. 433) (323 SE2d 290) (1984)
POPE v. THE STATE. (170 Ga. App. 799) (318 SE2d 223) (1984)
SMITH v. THE STATE. (251 Ga. 229) (304 SE2d 716) (1983)
GODFREY v. FRANCIS. (251 Ga. 652) (308 SE2d 806) (1983)
WILSON v. THE STATE. (250 Ga. 630) (300 SE2d 640) (1983)
DEERING v. THE STATE (two cases). (168 Ga. App. 835) (310 SE2d 720) (1983)
RIVERS v. THE STATE. (250 Ga. 303) (298 SE2d 1) (1982)
BURDEN v. THE STATE. (250 Ga. 313) (297 SE2d 242) (1982)
KRIER v. THE STATE. (249 Ga. 80) (287 SE2d 531) (1982)
WILSON v. ZANT. (249 Ga. 373) (290 SE2d 442) (1982)
BERRYHILL v. THE STATE. (249 Ga. 442) (291 SE2d 685) (1982)
DANIEL v. THE STATE (two cases). (248 Ga. 271) (282 SE2d 314) (1981)
WATERS v. THE STATE. (248 Ga. 355) (283 SE2d 238) (1981)
STRICKLAND v. THE STATE. (247 Ga. 219) (275 SE2d 29) (1981)
JUSTUS v. THE STATE. (247 Ga. 276) (276 SE2d 242) (1981)
GILREATH v. THE STATE. (247 Ga. 814) (279 SE2d 650) (1981)
(246 Ga. 62) (268 SE2d 895) (1980)
MULLIGAN v. THE STATE.* (245 Ga. 266) (264 SE2d 204) (1980)
HARDY v. THE STATE. (245 Ga. 272) (264 SE2d 209) (1980)
PATRICK v. THE STATE. (245 Ga. 417) (265 SE2d 553) (1980)
DAMPIER v. THE STATE.* (245 Ga. 427) (265 SE2d 565) (1980)
BURGER v. THE STATE. (245 Ga. 458) (265 SE2d 296) (1980)
BOWDEN v. ZANT. (244 Ga. 260) (260 SE2d 465) (1979)
COBB v. THE STATE. (244 Ga. 344) (260 SE2d 60) (1979)
CRENSHAW v. THE STATE. (244 Ga. 430) (260 SE2d 344) (1979)
BOWEN v. THE STATE. (244 Ga. 495) (260 SE2d 855) (1979)
SPRAGGINS v. THE STATE. (243 Ga. 73) (252 SE2d 620) (1979)
HARRIS v. HOPPER. (243 Ga. 244) (253 SE2d 707) (1979)
GODFREY v. THE STATE. (243 Ga. 302) (253 SE2d 710) (1979)
AMADEO v. THE STATE. (243 Ga. 627) (255 SE2d 718) (1979)
LEGARE v. THE STATE. (243 Ga. 744) (257 SE2d 247) (1979)
(242 Ga. 582) (250 SE2d 388) (1978)


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Ursula Halligan Leads Call For LGBT+ Catholics To Tell Church How Damaging LGBT+ Teachings Have Impacted Their Life
A panel which included Ursula Halligan was today held to discuss a new campaign which aims to gather the stories of the LGBT+ community persecuted by the Catholic Church and share these stories with Bishops who will be making decisions at the Young Peoples Synod in October.
News 22 August, 2018 . Written by Katie Donohoe.
Time To End The Damage Of LGBT+ Stigma – Largest Ever Coalition Of LGBT+ & Faith Groups Supports Global Campaign
As many today flocked to the RDS for the days events at World Meeting Of Families (WMoF), Equal Futures 2018 held a press conference across the road where LGBT+ Catholics from around the world shared their stories of faith and being LGBT+ in 2018.
Equal Futures is a campaign to raise awareness of the damage done to children and young people when they're made to feel being LGBT+ would be a misfortune or disappointment.
"With the World Meeting of Families taking place in Dublin this week and the Synod on Young People in October, there is a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the damage that is done to children and young people and of the need to stop it", said Tiernan Brady who was chairing todays event.
During the event, young LGBT+ speakers from around the world shared their lived experiences and why this campaign matters.
Recent graduate Emily spoke about being her unique point of view, which intertwines faith, gender and sexuality.
"I come from a very traditional Catholic family, my Dad is a deacon in the Catholic Church. My family is a little bit more unique in that my older sister is transgender and I myself identify as bisexual and pansexual.
"Although my sister has faced far more stress and hatred in her life, she plays a vital role in my story because family is the most important thing to me and the passion that I have for this comes from the realisation that religion, this faith that I love so much tends to take place in this structure where the leaders and the community tend to shame my sister's very being and my ability to love and my ability to just be who I am honestly and truly."
Xorje who is originally from the Texas/Mexican border who now lived in New York City. In my small community of 25,000, we have 6 churches. Horhay was very involved in the church when he was growing up.
"It was towards the end of me being an altar server that I started to realise that I was different to everybody else. Even then I never really saw being gay as a sin even though all of these outside voices were telling me it was a sin, but I never saw it that way.
"The only thing that made things difficult was trying to navigate my place with my family because they were so involved with the Church.
"It took me leaving my hometown, going to Austin where I went to college and going to Church by myself. I had to be comfortable in my skin and comfortable with my relationship with god because I do see my sexuality and my spiritual identity as a very personal thing. I don't need anyone to tell me how to pray, I don't need anyone to tell me how to have a relationship with God, and I most certainly don't need anyone to tell me how to be gay.
"Something that I have also had to realise and it's a phrase that's been used against LGBT+ people this entire time from hardline Catholics is that 'being gay is a choice' and I agree with that to an extent in that I know that the choice to be gay was gods and not mine and I have been comfortable with that my entire life, now it's just a case of making sure everybody else is comfortable with that too."
LGBT+ Catholics Urged To Come Out And Share Their Truth
Member of "We Are Church" and journalist Ursula Halligan also spoke at today's event. She reflected on her own coming out at the age of 54 and said that telling our stories is one of the most powerful and helpful things we can do.
Live from the Equal Futures 2018 press conference where LGBT+ Catholics share their stories while the World Meeting of Families taking place this week and ahead of the Synod on Young People in Rome this October.
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"For almost 40 years, I kept a secret bottled up inside of me. For all those years I had repressed an essential part of my humanity, my instinct to love.
"I was truly astonished by the impact telling my story had, I couldn't believe that by simply telling the truth, that I had been able to touch and help so many people.
"Now looking back I read that moment, telling the truth about my life as the single most important thing I have ever done. The truth changes live for the better and this is why I urge all LGBTI Catholics to log in to the Equal Futures website and to tell their Bishops and delegates in the diocese how Catholic teaching on sexuality has injured your life."
"Let them know what it feels like to grow up being told you are objectively disordered and that your love is intrinsically evil. How else will they know if we don't tell them."
She also appealed to LGBT+ priests and nuns who are living double or conflicted lives because of official church policy.
"You don't have to live this way. I appeal to you to find the courage to go to the equalfuture website and share your stories too. Not only will you set yourselves free, you will empower all gay people to pursue freedom and that's how powerful our stories are."
The LGBT+ community and their allies are being asked to submit their stories of growing up in a world where Catholicism teaches such damaging LGBT+ doctrine.
These stories will then be shared with Bishops and delegates who will be making decisions at the upcoming "once in a lifetime Synod" where decisions will be made on the future of the Catholic Church.
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Preparing a trademark strategy: 5 considerations for start-ups
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Most entrepreneurs have a general understanding that trademarks are good for business. However, many overlook the importance of having a trademark strategy in place. Simply put, a trademark can be a unique combination of letters, words, sounds, designs or other elements that distinguish one company's goods or services from those of another. Over time, trademarks can acquire a significant amount of goodwill and reputation and become valuable marketing and advertising tools. Incorporating trademarks into your brand development process early can provide significant advantages for your business. The following are key considerations for formulating your trademark strategy.
1. Prioritize your most valuable trademarks
Many businesses employ multiple trademarks across their product and service offerings. For example, you may operate your business under one name and logo, sell a variety of different products each under its own unique product names and logos, and run a series of advertising campaigns featuring catchy slogans.
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It is also important to remember that trademarks can be registered any time before, during or after product launch. Therefore, it is possible to obtain trademark protection after a mark proves to be commercially successful.
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Your trademark strategy should recognize that your brand will develop and potentially expand over time. When filing a trademark application, it is important to consider not only the products or services that your business currently offers but also those that you can reasonably foresee offering in the future. When preparing your application, keep in mind that a trademark application must list the specific goods or services for which you are seeking protection. Once you file your trademark application with a certain list of goods and services, you cannot later amend the application to add goods or services that are broader than those included in the original application. For example, if you file a trademark application today for clothing and your company decides to develop a jewelry line next year, you cannot later amend your trademark application to include jewelry. It would be necessary to file a new application to capture the additional goods.
3. Identify key markets
Trademark rights are country-specific. A trademark application or registration in one country does not grant you rights in another. To ensure trademark availability, you should consider seeking protection not only in the countries in which you currently offer products or services, but also those in which you plan to expand in the future. Otherwise, you may find your trademark unavailable in key markets, forcing your company to launch under a different brand name and, in turn, losing any valuable pre-existing goodwill.
4. Engage in early trademark searching
Incorporating trademark clearance searches into your brand development process at an early stage ensures that trademarks of interest are available for use and registration.
A trademark search should be conducted as early as possible and before significant investments are made launching, advertising and promoting new trademarks. While the upfront cost of a trademark search may seem high for businesses with limited resources, it is relatively inexpensive when compared to the costs of having to rebrand once a product has already been launched or promoted, let alone the costs of defending a possible trademark infringement lawsuit.
While it may be possible to conduct your own preliminary search of the Canadian Trademarks Office database, such simple searches typically only capture trademarks that are identical (or virtually identical) to your trademark and may not identify potentially relevant and problematic trademarks. For example, trademarks that are spelled slightly differently (e.g. LYFE and LIFE), but are identical when sounded or in meaning may not be captured by such a search. Accordingly, it is advisable to seek the assistance of an experienced trademark practitioner to conduct a trademark search.
5. Secure other key assets
In addition to trademark availability searches, an effective trademark strategy should also consider whether corresponding key assets, such as domain names and social media handles, are available. Securing corresponding domain names and social media handles will not only complement your brand protection strategy but will also prevent potential infringers and squatters from acquiring them first.
A thoughtful trademark strategy adds value and prevents misuse of your brand by others. Keeping these considerations in mind while formulating your trademark strategy will help you to build a powerful brand that aligns with your current and future business goals.
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import unittest
import numpy as np
from numpy import array
from beamfe import BeamFE

class TestBeamFEAttachmentModes(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        x = array([0.0, 10.0, 22.0, 28.0])
        EI = array([[2e7, 2e7],
                    [1e7, 1e7],
                    [1e7, 1e7]])
        # Using the z axis as the transverse direction gives the same
        # sign convention as Reddy uses in 2D, namely that rotations
        # are positive clockwise.
        self.fe = BeamFE(x, density=0, EA=0, EIy=EI, EIz=0)
        self.fe.set_boundary_conditions('C', 'C')
        self.fe.set_dofs([False, False, True, False, True, False])

    def test_simple_model(self):
        am = self.fe.attachment_modes()
        self.assertEqual(am.shape, (4*6, 2*2))
        # TODO: better test

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()


Dr. Bernard Jankelson introduced the term Neuromuscular Dentistry to the dental profession in 1967. The masticatory system is a three dimensional system composed of Teeth, Temporomandibular Joints and Muscle. Without muscles the masticatory system is static and non-functional. Neuromuscular dentistry is a comprehensive concept of a dynamic masticatory apparatus that follows universal anatomic and physiologic laws.
However, dentists did not have the technology or protocols to objectively evaluate and diagnose masticatory muscle function/dysfunction or predictably restore masticatory muscles to optimum function. Yet, there is universal consensus that 90% of temporomandibular dysfunction is myogenous in origin. The dental profession operated in a two dimensional field of teeth and temporomandibular joints. Qualitative or quantitative evaluation of the important muscle component could not be possible until development of appropriate measurement technologies. Neuromuscular dentistry operates in a dynamic three dimensional field of teeth, joints and muscle.
The seed of neuromuscular dentistry begins with a little told story of how Dr. J., as he was known to friends and colleagues, became involved in neuromuscular medical research at the University of Washington and University of Oregon Schools of Medicine. In the early 1940's his beloved wife, Cherub, developed symptoms of neuromuscular disorder characterized by muscle weakness, vertigo, visual disturbance and other non-specific neuromuscular symptoms. He traveled the world looking for answers and a diagnosis. One of the leading experts on what is now called multiple sclerosis was a physician, Dr. Jonez, at nearby Tacoma St. Joseph Hospital. The diagnosis was made. In the early 1940s there was no known treatment. Dr. Jonez and Dr. Jankelson began a friendship and collaborative search for answers.
Drs. Jonez and Jankelson theorized that the problem was related to degenerative changes in the conductive myelin sheath of the nerves that prevented proper electric conduction. The next hypothesis was based upon the fact that myelin is a prodigious consumer of oxygen. Their early collaboration focused on ways to get more oxygen to the myelin sheath in order to prevent nerve degeneration. Dr. J continued to work with physicians and physiologists at the University of Washington and Oregon Bioengineering Departments following the hypothesis of possible beneficial therapeutic effects from increasing oxygen availability to thwart the continuing nerve degeneration. Something must have worked because his beloved Cherub lived a productive and happy 86 years.
With this early background, the genesis of neuromuscular dentistry began with the collaboration of Dr. Bernard Jankelson and Dr. H.H. Dixon, a renowned muscle physiologist, working together at the University of Oregon School of Medicine in the early 1960's. The technology to change muscle metabolism and muscle resting states with low frequency TENS was the breakthrough that brought dentistry into a 20th Century paradigm consistent with the rapid technology associated with modern medicine. The electrical parameters established by Dixon and the insight of Jankelson to deliver the stimulus via the coronoid notch to proximate Trigeminal (V) and Facial (VII) cranial nerves exiting the cranium provided, for the first time, the technology whereby the dentist could directly alter the metabolic state of masticatory muscle to facilitate diagnostic and treatment outcome.
Dr. Jankelson assembled a R&D group of former Boeing engineers and biomedical engineers in 1970 to develop biomedical instrumentation to track jaw movement in three dimensions. Four years later, in 1974, the first clinical jaw tracking device was introduced. The system sensed the location of a small magnet attached to the labial of the lower incisor teeth helping the clinician diagnose and treat occlusal mandibular dysfunction with objective physiologic measurement data.
Technology to monitor masticatory muscle activity at rest and in function in a clinical environment was necessary to elevate diagnosis and treatment of occlusion from art to science. Surface electromyography (sEMG) is the technique by which the action potentials from muscle fibers are recorded and displayed. This technology became available to the dental clinician in 1979. Real time sEMG was integrated into the three dimensional computerized jaw tracking system in 1987, allowing clinicians to objectively correlate muscle activity and jaw position.
Because of the creative insight and perseverance of Dr. Bernard Jankelson, neuromuscular principles and techniques combined with state of the art technology applying universal anatomic and physiologic principles help trained clinicians treat patients with temporomandibular disorders, complex restorative problems, restoration of edentulous patients and orthodontic treatment. The management of occlusion as a dynamic three dimensional biologic system, rather than a static two dimensional system, allows the trained neuromuscular dental clinician to diagnose and manage difficult occlusal problems with predictable outcome never before attainable.
Neuromuscular Dentistry utilizes advanced scientifically recognized biomedical instrumentation to objectively measure known physiologic parameters of mandibular function.
Neuromuscular Dentistry's basic paradigms recognize that generic universal cellular, histo-chemical, musculosketal anatomic and physiologic principles are the key to understanding masticatory function/dysfunction. Neuromuscular principles are consistent with known scientific axioms of other medical disciplines.
Neuromuscular Paradigm is based upon the principle that the biomechanics of occlusion follows known neurophysiologic (not necessarily mechanical) principles involving the temporomandibular joints, the teeth and the masticatory musculature.
Neuromuscular Paradigm is based upon the principle that occlusal proprioceptive sensory information (tooth contacts) can affect many other musculoskeletal systems of the body. Conversely musculoskeletal dysfunction at other levels of the body can affect occlusion.
Neuromuscular Dentistry's clinical protocol understands the need to optimize joint and muscle function BEFORE altering or restoring the dental occlusion.
Neuromuscular clinical objective is to restore the dental occlusion to a relationship that minimizes the need for muscle to accommodate and compensate in order to bring the teeth into an intercuspal position. Minimizing the need to accommodate to a non-optimal intercuspal position facilitates muscle relaxation.
Neuromuscular Paradigm recognizes that the TEETH are the dominant component of the masticatory triad. MUSCLE and TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINTS will ACCOMMODATE to whatever is required to close to the intercuspal position (habitual centric occlusion) during the act of swallowing. Swallowing occurs approximately 2000 times a day and cannot occur without bracing the mandible. This is accomplished by closing to the intercuspal position in order to create the muscle bracing needed for the forceful act of swallow. Some patients with malocclusions will brace during swallowing by intruding the tongue between the teeth to facilitate bracing. Note: Try swallowing without bracing your lower jaw.
Neuromuscular Paradigm recognizes the Universal Principle of Pathophysiology. When the need for accommodation exceeds the adaptive capacity of muscles and joints, it results in pain and dysfunction of the effected structures. This is true at any level of the postural chain, not just the craniomandibular mechanism.
Neuromuscular Dentistry is based upon restoration of the dental occlusion to a position ( Myocentric defined by minimal muscle electrical activity of the mandibular posturing muscles (Rest Position of the Mandible) along an isotonic (minimal energy required) to bring the teeth into intercuspation (Myocentric). This is an objective, scientifically measurable function.
Neuromuscular clinical protocols require reversible occlusal therapy until MEASURABLE PHYSIOLOGIC clinical parameters and patient response suggest a stable physiologic occlusal position has been established. The patient must be asymptomatic and stable for at least three months before Phase II final durable occlusal restoration is considered.
Neuromuscular Principles recognize that deficient posterior occlusal support (POSTERIOR HYPO- OCCLUSION) is the most common occlusal finding in TMD patients. Restoration of the POSTERIOR occlusal support deficiency is initially accomplished with reversible oral appliance therapy (Phase I therapy). Phase II irreversible long term therapy is undertaken only after measuring the patient's physiologic data and satisfactory subjective response indicating the patient is pain free and stable. This approach is entirely congruent with the American Dental Association-TMD Parameters of Care.
Provide occlusal relationship of the mandible to maxilla that minimizes the need for muscle accommodation and posturing.
Provide an occlusal relationship that allows for optimal decompression of nerve, muscle and vascular structures of the facial and masticatory system. Decompress the retro-discal tissues of the temporomandibular joint.
Reduction or elimination of nerve entrapment by restoring muscles to their optimal resting length. Hypertonic muscle spasm shortens muscle which can entrap nerves intra-muscularly or as the nerve passes between the muscles or other anatomic structures.
Decompression of the temporomandibular joint is facilitated by a stable and measurable neuromuscular intercuspal position. The temporomandibular joint is the only joint in the body where anatomical relationships within the joint are dictated by an external terminal contact end point i.e. habitual (centric) occlusion.
Restoration of optimal posture of the head and neck with minimal muscle activity at rest of all related muscle groups.
Historically, TMD's were referred to as TMJ or TMJD when the disorder was considered only to involve the temporomandibular joints. Currently, the name TMD is used to describe a group of diseases that can involve the jaw joints, the muscles that control jaw movement and the dental occlusion. They are physical/functional disorders arising from an imbalance in the delicate working relationship of the jaw and skull with the muscles that move the jaw and the nervous system associated with them. This imbalance results in muscle fatigue, spasm and/or joint dysfunction, and even changes in the form and position of the teeth, which in turn cause a variety of symptoms.
In order to understand what appears in some patients to be global manifestations of TMD, we must understand that the complex stomatognathic system is comprised of the central nervous system in conjunction with the dentition, masticatory muscles and temporomandibular jaw joints all functioning in harmony with one another and its interconnections with the entire musculoskeletal system. Everything is connected and dysfunction in one part can affect dysfunction in other parts. In contradistinction, healthy function in all parts of the stomatognathic system along with proper cranio-cervical posture and healthy airway contribute to homeostasis.
Various concepts of dental occlusion are used in dentistry today. Members of ICCMO have adopted the neuromuscular occlusion philosophy. This physiological approach is based on the creation of dental occlusion position synchronized with relaxed balanced masticatory muscle function. How this is achieved and how neuromuscular occlusion is applied in various fields of dental practice including complex restorative dentistry and orthodontics that will be described in this website.
For patients suffering from various manifestations of TMD, neuromuscular dentistry has allowed clinicians the opportunity to help a growing number of patients that were unable to obtain alleviation of their clinical problems previously by dentists and other health care providers.
The study of neuromuscular dentistry allows the clinician to understand orthopedic principles and dynamic physiologic occlusion concepts more comprehensively than traditional static dental paradigms. Computerized measurement devices record and permit analysis of mandibular movements, dental occlusion, masticatory muscle function and TMJ joint sounds provide objective information to help dentists treat patients successfully, rather than only relying on subjective symptoms reports from patients and clinical observations throughout treatment.
The recognition of musculoskeletal clinical signs including occlusal flags and subjective patient symptoms aid in the establishment of an accurate diagnosis of acute and chronic pain patients as well as patients requiring the establishment of a new dental occlusion. In the initial stabilization phase of TMD therapy through the creation of a physiological therapeutic neuromuscular occlusion, it is necessary to identify an optimal starting point of physiologic rest and then select a therapeutic stable occlusal position. This phase of treatment utilizes a fixed or removable oral orthotic appliance.
Removing all afferent and efferent noxious proprioceptive stimuli of occlusion and objectively measuring all muscle and postural responses of the mandible will allow the dentist to remove harmful muscle torques and strains that relate to the health or dysfunction of the trigeminal system.
In summary, the importance of a physiologic occlusion cannot be over-emphasized in treating TMD patients.


I need methods that can populate these collections by fetching data from the database.
I'm confused as to which associated Repository class I should put those methods in. Should I design my repositories so that everything returning type T goes in the repository for type T as such?
The obvious drawback I see here is that I need to start instantiating a lot of repositories. What if my User also has assigned Widgets, Fidgets, and Lidgets? When I populate a User, I need to instantiate a WidgetRepository, a FidgetRepository, and a LidgetRepository all to populate a single user.
Alternatively, do I construct my repository so that everything requesting based on type T is lumped into the repository for type T as listed below?
The advantage I see here is that if I now need my user to have a collection of Widgets, Fidgets, and Lidgets, I just add the necessary methods to the UserRepository pattern and don't need to instantiate a WidgetRepository, FidgetRepository, and LigetRepository class every time I want to create a user, but now I've scattered the concerns for a user across several different repositories.
I'm really not sure which way is right, if any. Any suggestions?
The second option seems like you are defining your repository based on your requirements for this given application vs 1 repository per "table" which could be more flexible for other areas of your app that might come up or other applications that might not group stuff like your current app does. Yes, it means you'll have a fair amount of repositories, but then they are reusable inside any project that needs access to said repository.
I generally make repositories per "table" (I work in DB mostly) and then make "service" classes (some say UnitofWork I think) that group repositories and has an interface to give functionality to that service.
1) When making changes to a type and its associated repository (assume Ticket), it was far easier to modify the Ticket and TicketRepository in one place than to chase down every method in every repository that used a Ticket.
2) When I attempted to use interfaces to dictate the type of queues each repository could pull, I ran into issues where a single repository couldn't implement an generic interface using type T multiple times with the only differentiation in interface method implementation being the parameter type.
3) I access data from SharePoint and a database in my implementation, and created two abstract classes to provide data tools to the concrete repositories for either Sharepoint or SQL Server. Assume that in the example above Users come from Sharepoint while Tickets come from a database. Using my model I would not be able to use these abstract classes, as the group would have to inherit from both my Sharepoint abstract class and my SQL abstract class. C# does not support multiple inheritance of abstract classes. However, if I'm grouping all Ticket-related behaviours into a TicketRepository and all User-related behaviours into a UserRepository, each repository only needs access to one type of underlying data source (SQL or Sharepoint, respectively).
What should a repository really do?


> Problems with the server?
Thread: Problems with the server?
On and off all day, I've been getting messages that say there's a problem connecting to the server. You know the one where it says the server is unavailable, etc. All other websites work just fine. I've cleared cookies, etc, etc, etc. I couldn't access Msos from my phone either. Is anyone else having problems? Or is this a sign that I should really be doing my homework?
Been happening to me on and off too. For a couple days now.
When it says "server", it's referring to your own internet connection not the website in most cases. I haven't had any problems and have been accessing MSOS from home, work and my phone. If you are using wireless, you may want to reset the connection and see if that helps.


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Mexico City ist ein US-amerikanischer Thriller aus dem Jahr 2000, der zu einem Großteil an Originalschauplätzen in Mexiko-Stadt gedreht wurde. Der Regisseur war Richard Shepard, der auch gemeinsam mit Jonathan Stern das Drehbuch schrieb und zusammen mit Stern zum Produzententeam gehörte. Die Hauptrollen spielten Stacy Edwards und Jorge Robles.

Handlung
Die Geschwister Mitch und Sam Cobb verbringen einen Abend in Mexiko-Stadt und wollen am nächsten Tag einen Anschlussflug in den Süden des Landes nehmen. Schwester Mitch, die kurz zuvor bei einem tragischen Autounfall ihre beiden Kinder verloren hat und von ihrem Mann verlassen wurde, versprach ihrem Bruder Sam, der selbst gerade erst eine Drogenentziehungskur hinter sich hat, im Krankenhaus, nach ihrer Genesung mit ihm einen Urlaub in Mexiko zu verbringen. Während sie früh schlafen geht, will ihr Bruder noch in das Nachtleben der Stadt eintauchen.

Als Mitch am nächsten Morgen aufwacht, ist ihr Bruder nicht im Zimmer. Nachdem er einen Tag lang verschwunden bleibt, wendet sich Mitch in ihrer Verzweiflung an die Botschaft der USA und trifft dort auf deren Leiter Mills sowie den undurchsichtigen Polizeileutnant Javier Menendez, der ihren Bruder bereits zu suchen scheint. Dennoch verlässt Mitch die Botschaft enttäuscht und eher beunruhigt, trifft aber anschließend zufällig den Taxifahrer Pedro wieder, der Mitch und Sam am besagten Abend durch die Stadt gefahren hat. Gegen Bezahlung von 100 US-Dollar bietet er ihr seine Hilfe bei der Suche nach dem vermissten Sam an und durchstreift mit ihr mehrere Cantinas. In der Cantina Especial erzählt ihnen ein Gast, dass Sam an jenem Abend in der cantina ein paar Bier getrunken hatte und beim Verlassen von einigen Typen verfolgt wurde, die ihn ausrauben wollten. Die Bande wohnt angeblich in einer unweit gelegenen und ziemlich Furchteinflößenden Wohngegend und fährt einen blauen Mustang.

Mitch und Pedro begeben sich in das Viertel, finden das beschriebene Auto und sprechen mit dem Bandenführer, der ihnen schließlich verrät, was an jenem Abend vorgefallen ist: sie kamen in die cantina, sahen einen Fremden mit einer teuren Kamera und haben sofort beschlossen, ihn auszurauben und ihm wehzutun. Sam habe sofort bemerkt, dass es Probleme geben wird und sei zunächst auf die Toilette gegangen. Nach einigen Minuten sei er aus der Toilette heraus gerannt und geradewegs aus der cantina geflohen. Die Bande habe ihn sofort verfolgt, ihn schließlich eingeholt, zusammengeschlagen und ausgeraubt. Doch plötzlich sei ein Mann mit einer Pistole aufgetaucht, der die Bande selbst zur Flucht veranlasst hätte. Mehr könne er nicht sagen. Schließlich händigt er Mitch die gestohlene Kamera aus.

In der folgenden Nacht dringt ein Unbekannter in Mitchs Hotelzimmer ein und raubt ihren Ausweis sowie drei volle Filmrollen, entwendet aber keine Wertsachen. Als sie dem Botschafter am Telefon von dem Überfall berichtet, erzählt sie ihm, dass es noch einen Film gibt, der von Sam an jenem Abend geschossen wurde und der gerade entwickelt wird. Darauf fordert der Botschafter sie auf, sofort das Hotel zu verlassen: "Ihr Telefon ist wahrscheinlich angezapft. Verlassen Sie das Zimmer. Kommen Sie nicht hierher. Wir werden beschattet. Rufen Sie in zwei Stunden wieder an. Holen Sie ja nicht den Film ab. Wenn sie den Film haben, und den kriegen sie, dann gnade Ihnen Gott."

Mitch verlässt sofort das Hotel und wird von zwei Männern verfolgt, die sie aber abschütteln kann. Anschließend fährt sie zusammen mit Pedro, der den Film in der Zwischenzeit besorgt hat, zu einem abgelegenen Haus, in dem sie den US-Botschafter trifft. Als sie sich die Fotos ansehen, wird klar, warum Sam getötet wurde und weshalb einige Unbekannte mit weit reichenden Verflechtungen hinter dem Film her sind. Aus einem Toilettenfenster der Cantina Especial hat Sam fotografiert, wie hinter der Cantina der kurz zuvor entführte Leibarzt des mexikanischen Präsidenten erschossen wurde. Durch ein Klicken seines Fotoapparats wurde der Killer auf ihn aufmerksam und hat ihn anschließend verfolgt und umgebracht. Doch die Kamera fand er nicht, weil diese von der Bande, die Sam überfallen hatte, mitgenommen wurde. Der Botschafter erkennt den Killer und erklärt Mitch: "Er arbeitet für Menendez. Sie sind hier nicht sicher und sollten verschwinden." Der Arzt wurde im Vorfeld der Präsidentenwahl getötet, weil hochrangige mexikanische Polizeibeamte in eine Verschwörung verwickelt waren mit dem Ziel, die Präsidentenwahl zu manipulieren. Botschafter Mills erklärt die Hintergründe der Tat: "Wie kann eine Partei gegen Verbrechen vorgehen, wenn sie den Arzt des Präsidenten nicht schützen kann?" Mills will Mitch sofort in einen Privatjet setzen und in die Heimat zurückfliegen lassen, als Fremde kommen und alle Leibwächter des Botschafters sowie Mills selbst erschießen. Offensichtlich um Mitch dieses Verbrechen in die Schuhe zu schieben, ziehen die Killer sich zurück und überlassen das weitere Vorgehen den offiziellen Polizeieinheiten, die kurz darauf erscheinen. Doch in der Zwischenzeit kann Mitch fliehen und untertauchen.

Auch Pedro rät Mitch, das Land sofort zu verlassen und fährt sie zum Flughafen, der jedoch von einem starken Polizeiaufgebot abgeriegelt wird. Deshalb fährt er sie mit dem Taxi zur Grenze.

Kritiken
Cinema schrieb: "Die Kamera fängt immer wieder stimmungsvolle Straßenszenen aus der Millionenmetropole ein. Leider zieht sich die holprige Story […] zum Ende sehr hin. Fazit: Gute Szenen verlieren sich in müder Story".

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Thriller
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A wonderful whisky which is a personal favourite, think toffee popcorn, stewed apples, brown sugar, and nutmeg. This 14 Year Old limited edition has been finished in Carribean Rum casks.
Aromas (without water) Rich, sweet and creamy toffee on the nose combines with fresh fruit notes.
Palate (without water) Rounded with vanilla and sweet oak notes, with a fruity character that develops with time.
A simply beautiful expression of Balvenie, the 21 Year Old is their top bottling in the core range. ..