Thank you for posting here on our community. Apologies for the inconvenience that this may have caused you.
System Mechanic isconsidered as a conflicting software by Trend Micro. We highly recommendhaving just one antivirus program to avoid confusion for malware detection.Performance issues can likely occur on the computer such as high CPU and Memoryusage if you have two or more security software installed on the computer.
You may tryinstalling the System Mechanic after upgrading to version 12 but we can't assureyou that they will work properly.
I have had Trend Micro Internet security. Then I installed System Mechanic. Now Trend Micro won't update. Is there any way to fix this without uninstalling system mechanic?
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Why is System Mechanic not compatible suddenly?.
Why is System Mechanic not compatible with Trend Micro when I got System Mechanic from the same disc that Trend Micro was on? In order to update TM it is telling me I need to uninstall SM because it is not compatible. When I purchased TM it came with SM on the same disc, so why not compatible?
I as well acquired System Mechanic as a bonus|incentive FROM Trend Micro on a bundled special deal offered via QFC, if memory serves correctly, at least five years ago. Both app's were provided and promised lifetime subscriptions. It was at least half the reason I pulled the trigger and decided to make the purchase, as I love, and very much rely on System Mechanic's many years of superb performance ... Hell, well before I switched at that time to Trend Micro as my antivirus software!
QUESTION: Is it only the aforementioned anti-malware inclusive version that is in conflict with this latest update version of Trend Micro? If so, then why not please clearly advise we clients of that fact.
If you're not certain of the answer to my question: Why not?! Because if the case, I'd say your IT software development folks are either irresponsible|lacking, or they need better overall tasking and direction.
Just as user 'bbm19' intimated, I also am not happy at all about the disappointment and frustration of being required to uninstall System Mechanic, having to reinstall after Trend Micro update, and then HOPE they will 'play well together'.
IN SUM: At this point, I currently declare this situation UNACCEPTABLE, as I can't help but be forced to deem it as a breach of the agreement and contract we previously entered into.
Trend Micro, I look forward to, and will very much appreciate your prompt response and adequate advisement, and solution, to this unfortunate dilemma.
Thanks in advance for your thoughtful attention and time to this matter.
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As I've written below, it's the PC Health Checkup feature that conflicts with System Mechanic. I will look into this "bundling deal" you mentioned but as of now, this is my best advice.
System Mechanic conflicts with the PC Health Checkup feature of Trend Micro Security. To avoid future performance problems, we suggest to remove it.
But if you have used it together in previous years and did not encounter any problems, feel free to install it back after installation of Trend Micro Security.
I also have had system mechanic and trend micro on my computer for years and they do NOT conflict. If you click on the security section of system mechanic it will tell you that your computer is protected by trend micro so I do not believe system mechanic is a anti-malware product. It does do a lot of clearing your computer from junk files and things that trend micro does not do for you. I think the conflict problem is all on trend micro and I hope trend micro takes care of this problem as I need my system mechanic and do not want to have to keep removing it every time trend micro needs to do an update.
Trend Micro program does clean junk and other unnecessary files on your computer. It has PC Health Checkup that not just check for unnecessary files, it also checks your computer's security vulnerabilities.
You may install the System Mechanic after upgrading the Trend Micro program.
And the statement, never use 2 AV programs that run Real-time protection at the same time!
Peter (Mazin_Aust?): Perhaps you could post just how you uninstalled System Mechanic (temporarily). It does not show on my list of installed programs and the uninstall.bat in that subfolder just will not work for me. I have contacted both Iolo and Trend and gotten absolutely nowhere in weeks. Thanks!
Can you install System Mechanic again, maybe the uninstall gets repaired.
Good Idea Tom Emmelot! I went to IOLO.com and re-downloaded my System Mechanic program (Ver. 16.5.3.1) and it finally appeared so that I could uninstall it (temporarily) via the Control Panel, to update Trend Micro Maximum Security. When I re-downloaded System Mechanic (Ver. 17.5.0.107), the source directory is now C:/ProgramFiles (x86)/Phoenix360 - not the System Mechanic subfolder (which is still there as well). It now seems that I missed a System Mechanic update, as well as the Trend update. Not sure why/what SNAFU'd, but this worked! :-) I do hope they play well together in the future.
Glad to hear this from you.
Thanks Tom for your help!
Let us know if you guys still have any issues.


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Lord Jonathon Beckett's mission is simple: retrieve Lady Hannah and place her under the protection of the Crown. But he isn't prepared for the havoc she inflicts on his world, making him question whether his duty as an agent of the Crown should always come before his heart.
Lady Hannah's father has uncovered evidence exposing a French traitor to the Crown. Willing to do anything to silence him, the traitor's primary target has become Lady Hannah. Keeping her safe means locking her away from Society, but she refuses to stand idly by, letting others put their lives on the line to protect her. Instead, she will stop at nothing to learn to defend herself, even at the risk of losing Lord Jonathon's protection, or his affections.
With a sinister scheme in play to collapse the English government from within, Lord Jonathon must protect Lady Hannah from the French spies intending to use her as a pawn in their game of treachery. But can he protect her from herself?
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Per Voksø, ca. 1970
Per Voksø (23 June 1923 – 28 December 2002) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and Christian leader.
He was born in Bergen as the son of Julius Peder Voksø (1888–1937) and Gudrun Larssen (1891–1972). He took commerce school in 1941 and examen artium in 1944. In 1945 he started as a journalist in Bergen's Christian newspaper, Dagen. He participated at the foundation congress of the World Council of Churches in 1948. In the same year he married shipmaster's daughter Doris Paulsen.[1] They got four children together.
He was hired as subeditor of Vår Kirke in 1954, and Morgenposten in 1957.[1] In late 1966 he was promoted to editor-in-chief.[2] He succeeded Asbjørn Engen.[3] However, shortly after the newspaper was bought by industrialist Sverre Munck. The previous owner was Libertas, a semi-secret libertarian organization.[4] Voksø ran afoul with the new owner, and resigned after only three months in the editor's chair.[2] He was succeeded by acting editor Gunnar Kristiansen.[3] Until his retirement in 1986, Voksø worked as editor of publishing in Det Beste,[1] the Norwegian version of the Reader's Digest.[5]
Voksø chaired YMCA Norway from 1955 to 1964 and was a member of the executive committee of the international YMCA from 1955 to 1961 and 1968 to 1974.[1] In the World Council of Churches he was a member of the central committee and executive committee from 1983 to 1991. He was also active in the Lutheran World Federation.[5] He chaired the Church of Norway National Council from 1970 to 1978 and the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations from 1986 to 1990, and had ecumenical concerns.[1] In 1998 he received the Norwegian Ecumenical Prize.[6]
He was also a board member of the Church City Mission and Norwegian Church Aid, and chaired the latter organization from 1980 to 1986.[1] All in all, he has been called "one of the most influential leaders within the Church of Norway" and "the most central layman in Norwegian post-war church life".[7] In 1992 he was decorated as Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He died in December 2002 in Oslo.[1]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bore, Thor Bjarne. "Per Voksø". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
1 2 Husebye, Leif (16 January 2003). "Per Voksø (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
1 2 "Redaktørskifte på dagen i Morgenposten". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 29 March 1967. p. 3.
↑ Braanen, Bjørgulv (9 November 1999). "Libertas eide "Sværta"". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 53.
1 2 "Obituaries". Yearbook 2003: The Year in Review 2002. Geneva: World Council of Churches. 2003. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
↑ Norwegian News Agency (25 September 1998). "Økumenikkprisen til Per Voksø" (in Norwegian).
↑ Norwegian News Agency (29 December 2002). "Redaktør Per Voksø er død" (in Norwegian).
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More than 3.6 million people visit the Lincoln Memorial every year. That adds to at least 14.4 million feet walking up and back on the monument's East Plaza. And a renovation project is making sure these feet have a smooth place to tread.


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BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday accused NCP chief Sharad Pawar of spreading falsehoods, claiming that he was doing so because of his party's falling fortunes and family fights over seats.
Shah's barb was in reaction to Pawar's claim that late BJP leader Manohar Parrikar quit defence ministry because he did not agree with the Rafale jet deal.
"Being a former Defence Minister yourself, one expected better from you Pawar Sahab! Your party's falling fortunes and family fights over seats is making you nervous and spread falsehoods," Shah said in a tweet.


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Today's the day! Part 1 of the Down Memory Lane Blanket CAL is now available on Ravelry. Part 1 is an easy start with 2 simple squares.
If you have purchased the pattern you should have received notification from Ravelry that it has been updated. There are 2 versions – UK and US crochet terms, so make sure you select the correct one.
If you are following the free version then Motif 1 is a sold motif found here and Motif 2 is a more lacy motif found here. In each version you need to make 10 rounds to get the correct size.
Both these photos are of the unblocked motifs. I recommend you block before joining!
I always start blanket CALs with easy motifs, as they help you work out your size/tension and allow you to play with your colours without getting stressed over a more complex design. These 2 are also pretty sturdy squares which give good weight to the blanket, which makes it a proper blanket not a throw!
For the motifs you need yarn with a total weight of N times W, but you need to add a margin for joining, colour matching/changing and a border. I recommend a minimum of 10% (which works for a very small border and if you are careful with colour matching) or 20% (which works well with a larger border) or 25% (if you aren't confident about colour matching and/or don't really know what you want to do for a border).
So take N by W, add 10%, 20% or 25% and then divide by the size (weight) of skeins/balls for the yarn you are using.
The estimating works if you are using all the same yarn throughout the blanket, if you use different brands of yarn then you should look carefully on the ball band to find out how many m or yd are in each brand – they vary quite a lot. If yours vary, then you'll have to do some more maths to work out your requirements. Essentially you need to work out the meterage or yardage of your motif, rather than just the weight.
The blanket I have is 7 by 7, so needs 49 squares. I made 4 of each of these first 2.
Please join the discussion on Ravelry here and feel free to ask any questions.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts signed two more draft picks Thursday: defensive tackle Rob Windsor and receiver Dezmon Patmon.
Both were sixth-round picks and each agreed to four-year deals worth more than $3 million.
The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Windsor was the 193rd overall selection. He had 121 tackles and 14 sacks in four seasons at Penn State.
Patmon gives the Colts another big receiver at 6-4, 225. During his career at Washington State, he had 156 receptions for 1,976 yards and 13 touchdowns.
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by Stephen Stapczynski
Online: Aug 04, 2016
The energy price collapse is doing in Japan what the Great Depression and two world wars couldn't: put an end to a century of dominance by its three most prestigious companies.
The trading house descendants of Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo, which have dominated the nation's economy for more than 100 years, have seen their profits topped by lesser-known rival Itochu Corp. And analysts predict the firm will be the leading earner until at least fiscal 2018.
Since the end of World War II, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Corp. have lived on as the nation's "Big Three" trading companies. They invested in commodities, from shale oil and gas to coal and copper, which led to enormous writedowns when prices began to plummet over the past few years. With the value of their assets in free fall, Mitsubishi and Mitsui were forced last fiscal year to post their first net losses ever.
By contrast, Itochu's decision to heavily invest in non-resource businesses earlier this decade helped its profits overtake the three powerhouses. Between fiscal 2011 and 2015, Itochu's profit from its non-resources businesses — which range from fresh produce distribution to call center operations — skyrocketed fourfold to ¥317.2 billion ($3.1 billion).
Itochu is "becoming a force people are going to have to deal with," Thanh Ha Pham, an analyst at Jefferies Japan Ltd., said by phone from Tokyo. "They grew their non-resources businesses, and their forecast for resources was quite constant. It has a different corporate culture, it has a different way to do business."
Itochu is forecast to post a profit of ¥350 billion for the fiscal year ending March, topping all of the country's other trading houses for a second year in a row, according to filings this week.
It isn't just analysts and investors that have taken notice of Itochu's newfound dominance. A job at Itochu is the third-most sought after among college students graduating in 2017, according to a poll conducted by Rakuten Inc. Mitsubishi ranked 18th, Mitsui was 35th and Sumitomo was 49th.
Mitsubishi and Mitsui have said they will shift focus toward non-resource businesses, following in Itochu's footsteps. The Bloomberg Commodity Index, a measure of returns from 22 raw materials, has dropped about 35 percent over the last two years. Oil has lost about 60 percent.
While Itochu is expected to lead the pack on an annual basis, they've slipped in the latest quarter. Mitsubishi, the largest trader, with roots dating back to the 19th century, saw profits jump 35 percent to ¥100.8 billion for the quarter ended June, while Itochu's slid to ¥73.1 billion. Mitsui had a profit of ¥61.1 billion for the same period, while Sumitomo's was ¥22.7 billion.
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WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a budget deal Thursday designed to avert another government shutdown, a rare bipartisan accord that breaks with the tea-party-driven cycle of brinkmanship and could signal a new era of political pragmatism in Congress.
The agreement represents a victory for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who appears to have regained at least momentary control of his rebellious majority and turned back the super-sized influence of outside conservative groups. It also boosts Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), a potential 2016 Republican presidential hopeful, who put his political capital on the line to craft the deal with his Democratic budgetary counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state.
Whether the spirit of detente will extend into next year is uncertain. Congress will need to give the $85-billion package final approval next month to avert a shutdown on Jan. 15, and will then turn to the debate over whether to raise the nation's debt limit, a divisive issue.
The measure was approved, 332 to 94, by most Republicans and Democrats over the objection of 62 Republicans, mostly hard-line conservatives, and 32 Democrats, who opposed it because it did not extend long-term unemployment insurance.
The Senate is expected to pass the measure in coming days despite opposition from tea party Republicans and a possible no vote from the GOP minority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
House conservatives have frequently bucked Boehner on budget deals, leading to the 16-day government shutdown in October that left Republicans badly damaged in polls. But most appeared to have lost their desire to push budget battles to the brink.
"I'm not going to go home and beat my chest that it's the best we could've done; I'm also not ashamed," said freshman Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.). In the future, he said, "We're going to look for the art of the possible."
Even as House leaders welcomed the breakthrough after months of dysfunction, they downplayed the modest deal from a Congress whose approval ratings have plummeted to all-time lows.
"There were a lot of lessons learned over the course of this year, a lot of lessons learned over the course of the last three years, and I actually do feel like we're in a better place," Boehner said. "We're going to deal with these issues one at a time. The goal today is to get this budget agreement passed. We'll deal with the debt ceiling when we get there."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader from San Francisco who delivered Democratic support to ensure passage, cautioned against reading too much into a deal that is so far from the sweeping agreement that both sides once sought.
"Certainly, not achieving this would not have been a good signal," Pelosi said, "but I don't under- or overestimate the power of this one event today."
The $85-billion accord increases spending levels for the next two fiscal years beyond what conservatives wanted but less than Democrats had sought.
It reverses $63 billion of the automatic "sequester" cuts that were opposed by all but the most conservative lawmakers. Those steep cuts were opposed by an unlikely alliance of defense hawks and Democrats who compromised to spare both the Pentagon and social programs.
To attract conservatives, the deal puts more than $22billion toward deficit reduction and includes no new taxes. The increased spending is paid for with changes over the next decade that include new fees, such as on airline travel, and pension reductions for new federal employees and uninjured military retirees under 62.
At the last minute, Republicans tacked on a provision to prevent a scheduled cut in pay for doctors who treat Medicare patients.
Many Republicans have decided their efforts should be directed elsewhere — namely, fighting President Obama's healthcare law — rather than revisiting the budget wars that have defined the last several years.
"We can aim at Obamacare," said Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas). "I'd sooner that be the discussion than about whether we're giving in to a government shutdown."
Not all Republicans are on board with the shift toward pragmatism or Boehner's push-back against the heavy-handed lobbying from conservative groups that has swayed lawmakers to block past deals.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), another potential presidential contender in 2016, said the agreement "continues Washington's irresponsible budgeting decisions by spending more money than the government takes in."
Passage was not without a last-minute floor battle: Democrats protested the exclusion of long-term unemployment insurance for 1.3 million jobless Americans, whose benefits expire on Dec. 28.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) vowed that extending jobless aid would be the first item for consideration when Congress resumes in the new year.


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Colorado boasting 2nd most U.S. athletes at London 2012 Paralympics
By Ros Dumlao
The London 2012 Paralympics begin August 25 with the Opening Ceremony, and 13 U.S. athletes hail from Colorado.
Here is the list, along with the athletes' birth place, residence and sport, respectively.
Bryce Boarman, Colorado Springs, Colo., Colorado Springs, Colo., Soccer
Brickell Bro, Castle Rock, Colo., Castle Rock, Colo., Swimming
Sarah Castle, Centennial, Colo., Kansas City, Mo., Women's Wheelchair Basketball
Eric Hollen, Colorado Springs, Colo., Colorado Springs, Colo., Shooting
Allison Jones , Colorado Springs, Colo., Colorado Springs, Colo., Cycling
Jason Regier, Denver, Colo., Centennial, Colo., Wheelchair Rugby
Adam Scaturro, Lakewood, Colo., Lakewood,Colo., Wheelchair Rugby
Gavin Sabayan, Westminster, Colo., Colorado Springs, Colo., Soccer
Christina Schwab, Lakewood, Colo., Lakewood, Colo., Track and Field
Chance Sumner, Colorado Springs, Colo., Lakewood, Colo., Wheelchair Rugby
Robin Theryoung, Colorado Springs, Colo., Colorado Springs, Colo., Goalball
Matt Updike, Denver, Colo., Denver, Colo., Cycling
Jordan Walters, Colorado Springs, Colo., Boulder, Colo., Goalball
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Categories: 2012 London Olympics, Olympics
U.S. Paralympics finally get TV coverage on American soil
The Paralympic gods do exist.
Last month, the International Paralympic Committee gave a gift to the U.S. when it announced its detailed plans to provide online coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
That seemed the only outlet for Americans to watch the Paralympics for the first time in decades — no, history.
Then Tuesday, the United States Olympic Committee announced it will provide its own broadcast and online coverage of the Games, focusing on the U.S. Paralympic Team.
Colorado Springs swimmer Jessica Long wins ESPY Award
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Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long arrives at the 2012 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
U.S. Paralympian Jessica Long — who lives and trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs — won the ESPY award for Best Female Athlete with a Disability, Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
She tweeted:
CANNOT believe I won the ESPY award! Seriously in shock! Thank you to the voters. This is for you…pic.twitter.com/tF4xL9Lk
In the picture, Long poses with one of her sisters at the event.
At the U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials in Bismarck, N.D., Long broke five world records en route to qualifying for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, which will be her third Paralympic appearance.
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Categories: 2012 London Olympics, Olympics, Skiing and Snowboarding
London-bound Allison Jones wins 2 gold medals at Para-Cycling World Cup
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After earning a spot on the 2012 U.S. Paralympics Cycling Team in June, Allison Jones later won two World Cup gold medals on July 6 to 8.
U.S. Para-Cyclist Allison Jones is finally Colorado-bound.
After traveling throughout the month of June and early July for competitions, training and even a commercial shoot for Chobani Greek Yogurt, Jones can find rest at her home in Colorado Springs — before heading out again on Wednesday to Los Angeles for more training.
But while at home, she can soak in the two golds she won this past weekend at the 2012 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup Finals in Baie-Comeau, Quebec.
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Categories: 2012 London Olympics, Cycling, Olympics, University of Denver
Missy Franklin could swim more races in Olympics than any American woman in history
By John Henderson
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Missy Franklin works out at the Lowry long course pool, in Denver, Thursday June, 7, 2012, as she gets ready for the up coming London Olympics.
OMAHA — Missy Franklin may not only be the new face of American women's swimming, she could become the most prolific Olympic swimmer in American women's history.
If she qualifies for the 200 backstroke Sunday night — she has the top time in the world — she will have qualified for seven Olympic events: the 100 and 200 backstrokes, the 100 and 200 freestyles and all three relays. No American woman has ever swam in more than six. That was Natalie Coughlin and Katie Hoff four years ago.
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Cal and Olympic coach Teri McKeever said she won't recruit Missy Franklin
OMAHA — In the Missy Franklin recruiting war that will heat up this fall, California coach Teri McKeever has a distinct advantage over Stanford's Lee Mauer. Both are recruiting Franklin, the 17-year-old phenom from Regis Jesuit High, but McKeever is an assistant Olympic coach and will go with the team to London.
If Franklin makes the team, nothing in the NCAA rules prevents McKeever from talking to her — as an Olympic coach. McKeever said she won't abuse the rule.
"Whoever ends up on the team, there is a time and a place to take care of what her future might look like," McKeever said during a Sunday press conference.
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June 23, 2010: one long day in sports
By Ryan Casey
Nicolas Mahut of France reacts after losing on the of his 11-hour, 5-minute first round match against John Isner. (Glyn Kirk-Pool, Getty Images)
Well, it sure took long enough. Yesterday, and the sports world, that is.
By now, you may have heard about that marathon of a tennis match. You know, the one that spanned 10 hours, and still needed another hour this morning to finish up.
At 11 hours and five minutes, it set a new record for the longest match in tennis history. By more than four hours. Its fifth set alone, at eight hours and 11 minutes, bested the previous record for the longest match by an hour and 38 minutes.
Categories: Colorado Sports
No DU or CC players on U.S. World Junior tryout roster
Fifty-three young American hockey players will have a chance to make the 2008-09 U.S. World Junior Team. The good/bad news from a Colorado standpoint: No DU or CC players were on the list.
It's obviously good promotion to have your guys make this team, but it's so taxing for the players. In the end, I think the program suffers — and not only because they missed the NCAA holiday tournaments.
In last year's tournament, DU's Tyler Ruegsegger and Rhett Rakhshani were teammates with CC's Bill Sweatt. They returned to Colorado and, for the DU boys especially, they were less effective than when they left. Great experience for the threesome, but bad for their schools.
The only kid with a Colorado background on the tryout list is former Littleton resident Drayson Bowman, who plays for Spokane of the Western Hockey League. Bowman grew up playing in the Littleton Hockey Association.
Here's the tryout roster:
2008 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp
GOALTENDERS (5)
Name	Ht (cm)	Wt (kg)	Birthdate	S/C	Hometown	2007-08 Team (League)
Mike Lee	6-1 (185)	185 (84)	10/5/90	L	Roseau, Minn.	Roseau (Minn.) High School
Brandon Maxwell	6-0 (183)	190 (86)	3/22/91	L	Winter Park, Fla.	U.S. National Under-17 Team
Thomas McCollum*	6-1 (185)	196 (89)	12/7/89	L	Sanborn, N.Y.	Guelph (OHL)
Jeremy Smith^*	6-0 (183)	175 (80)	4/13/89	L	Brownstown, Mich.	Plymouth (OHL)
Josh Unice*	5-11 (185)	185 (84)	6/24/89	L	Holland, Ohio	Kitchener (OHL)
DEFENSEMEN (18)
Jonathon Blum^*	6-1 (185)	185 (84)	1/30/89	R	Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.	Vancouver (WHL)
Zach Bogosian	6-2 (188)	200 (91)	7/15/90	R	Massena, N.Y.	Peterborough (OHL)
John Carlson	6-2 (188)	215 (98)	1/10/90	R	Colonia, N.J.	Indiana (USHL)
Colby Cohen	6-3 (190)	210 (95)	4/25/89	R	Villanova, Pa.	Boston University (HEA)
Ian Cole^*	6-1 (185)	217 (98)	2/21/89	L	Ann Arbor, Mich.	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
Adam Comrie	6-4 (194)	201 (92)	7/31/90	R	Ashburn, Va.	Saginaw (OHL)
Tommy Cross	6-3 (190)	195 (88)	9/12/89	L	Simsbury, Conn.	Westminster School (Conn.)
Cade Fairchild^*	5-10 (178)	184 (83)	1/15/89	L	Duluth, Minn.	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
Cam Fowler	6-1 (185)	185 (84)	12/5/91	L	Canton, Mass.	U.S. National Under-17 Team
Jake Gardiner	6-2 (188)	175 (80)	7/4/90	L	Deephaven, Minn.	Minnetonka (Minn.) High School
Blake Kessel	6-2 (188) 204 (92)	4/13/89	R	Madison, Wis.	Waterloo (USHL)
Ryan McDonagh*	6-1 (185)	208 (94)	6/13/89	L	Arden Hills, Minn.	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Aaron Ness	5-10 (178)	170 (77)	5/18/90	L	Roseau, Minn.	Roseau (Minn.) High School
Nick Petrecki	6-3 (190)	215 (98)	7/11/89	L	Clifton Park, N.Y.	Boston College (HEA)
Teddy Ruth*	6-0 (183)	201 (91)	2/14/89	R	Naperville, Ill.	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
Kevin Shattenkirk*	5-11 (180)	193 (87)	1/29/89	R	New Rochelle, N.Y.	Boston University (HEA)
Scooter Vaughn	6-0 (183)	195 (88)	4/8/89	R	Placentia, Calif.	University of Michigan (CCHA)
David Warsofsky	5-8 (172)	170 (77)	5/30/90	L	Marshfield, Mass.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
FORWARDS (30)
John Albert	5-11 (180)	180 (82)	1/19/89	L	Concord, Ohio	The Ohio State University (CCHA)
Ryan Bourque	5-7 (170)	170 (77)	1/3/91	L	Boxford, Mass.	U.S. National Under-17 Team
Drayson Bowman	6-1 (185)	195 (88)	3/8/89	L	Littleton, Colo.	Spokane (WHL)
Jack Connolly	5-8 (172)	165 (75)	8/15/89	L	Duluth, Minn.	Sioux Falls (USHL)
Robbie Czarnik	6-0 (183)	185 (84)	1/25/90	R	Washington, Mich.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
Justin Florek	6-4 (194)	195 (88)	5/18/90	L	Marquette, Mich.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
Jake Hansen	6-1 (185)	185 (84)	8/21/89	R	White Bear Lake, Minn.	Sioux Falls (USHL)
Jimmy Hayes*	6-3 (190)	205 (93)	11/21/89	R	Dorchester, Mass.	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
Mike Hoeffel	6-2 (188)	195 (88)	4/9/89	L	North Oaks, Minn.	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
AJ Jenks	6-2 (188)	210 (95)	6/27/90	L Wolverine Lake, Mich.	Plymouth (OHL)
Tyler Johnson	5-9 (175)	175 (80)	7/29/90	L	Spokane, Wash.	Spokane (WHL)
Danny Kristo	5-11 (180)	175 (80)	6/18/90	R	Eden Prairie, Minn.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
Drew LeBlanc	5-11 (180)	185 (84)	6/29/89	L	Hermantown, Minn.	Chicago (USHL)
Colin Long	5-11 (180)	180 (82)	6/19/89	R	Santa Ana, Calif.	Kelowna (WHL)
Philip McRae	6-2 (188)	189 (86)	3/15/90	L	Chesterfield, Mo.	London (OHL)
Jeremy Morin	6-0 (183)	185 (84)	4/16/91	R	Auburn, N.Y.	U.S. National Under-17 Team
James O'Brien	6-2 (188)	190 (86)	1/29/89	R	Maplewood, Minn.	Seattle (WHL)
Kyle Palmieri	5-10 (178)	185 (84)	2/1/91	R	Montvale, N.J.	U.S. National Under-17 Team
Nick Palmieri	6-2 (188)	212 (96)	7/12/89	R	Clinton, N.Y.	Erie (OHL)
Aaron Palushaj*	6-0 (183)	185 (84)	9/7/89	R	Northville, Mich.	University of Michigan (CCHA)
Matt Rust^*	5-10 (178)	188 (85)	3/23/89	L	Bloomfield Hills, Mich.	University of Michigan (CCHA)
Vinny Saponari	6-0 (183)	185 (84)	2/15/90	R	Powder Springs, Ga.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
Jordan Schroeder^*	5-8 (172)	180 (82)	9/29/90	R	Prior Lake, Minn.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
Eric Tangradi*	6-3 (191)	214 (97)	2/10/89	L	Philadelphia, Pa.	Belleville (OHL)
Corey Tropp	6-0 (183)	185 (84)	7/25/89	R	Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.	Michigan State University (CCHA)
James vanRiemsdyk^*%&	6-3 (191)	211 (95)	5/4/89	L	Middletown, N.J.	University of New Hampshire (HEA)
Mitch Wahl	6-0 (183)	190 (86)	1/22/90	R	Seal Beach, Calif.	Spokane (WHL)
Patrick White*	6-1 (185)	190 (86)	1/20/89	R	Grand Rapids, Minn.	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
Colin Wilson^*	6-1 (185)	210 (95)	10/20/89	L	Greenwich, Conn.	Boston University (HEA)
David Wohlberg	6-0 (183)	180 (82)	7/18/90	L	South Lyon, Mich.	U.S. National Under-18 Team
^2008 U.S. National Junior Team Member
*2007 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp Participant
%2007 U.S. National Junior Team Member
&2006 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp Participant
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Asst. Exec. Dir., Hockey Operations: Jim Johannson, Colorado Springs, Colo.	President: Ron DeGregorio, Salem, N.H.
Head Coach: Ron Rolston, Ann Arbor, Mich.	Executive Director: Dave Ogrean, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Assistant Coach: Nate Leaman, Clifton Park, N.Y.	Vice President, International Council Chairperson: Tony Rossi, Chicago, Ill.
Assistant Coach: P.K. O'Handley, Waterloo, Iowa	Chairman of the Board: Walter L. Bush, Jr., Edina, Minn.
Assistant Coach: Jeff Blashill, Indianapolis, Ind.	Director of Media and Public Relations: Dave Fischer, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Video Coach: Ken Martel, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Trainer: Jason Hodges, Chelsea, Mich.
Trainer: Stan Wong, Boca Raton, Fla.
Equipment Manager: TBD
The Olympic torch fiasco
By John Meyer
Because of my mountaineering background, which includes a trip to Mount Everest in 1985 and many friends who have been regular visitors to Tibet, I have long been particularly sensitive to the plight of Tibet and its people. But I am appalled by the attempts of pro-Tibet activists to obstruct the journey of the Olympic Flame — or extinguish it — on its relay from the site of ancient Olympia to Beijing.
I spent the better part of three hours watching CNN coverage of the fiasco in San Francisco Wednesday. While I'm not usually a fan of placard-waving protests, I have no problem with people who show up at the torch relay to protest Chinese behavior. But attempts to disrupt the relay are despicable — and counter-productive. If there hadn't been attempts to thwart the relay's progress in London and Paris, raising the real potental of violence and injury, I'm betting San Francisco officials would have kept the flame on its originally scheduled route. After all, SF is hardly an inhospitable place for free expression.
Speaking in opposition to tyranny is honorable, but activists surrender moral authority when they adopt the kind of tactics they seek to oppose.
Categories: Olympics
Olympic PR nightmare: What else did they expect?
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There are those who wonder how the International Olympic Committee ever thought it could avoid its current public relations nightmare when it awarded the 2008 Olympics to a repressive Chinese regime in Beijing.
My question: Why did China's rulers ever think they could continue to suppress human rights without incurring the wrath of politicians and activists around the world as the Games approach? After all, China accepted the 2008 Games with assurances there would be progress on human rights, promises which seem not to have been met.
I covered the meetings in Moscow seven years ago when Beijing beat Toronto for the 2008 Summer Games and Jacques Rogge was elected to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch as IOC president. I remember the debate well: Is it better to deny Beijing the Games and isolate the world's most populous country further, or let it have the Games and hope worldwide attention would encourage it to moderate its behavior.
The IOC bet on engagement. Now it looks like a losing bet.
One more point: Protesting the Olympic torch relay is one thing, but the acts of violent disruption and obstruction that occurred this week in London and Paris are despicable. Let's hope we don't see the same Wednesday in San Francisco — but I'm afraid we will.
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The 2011 Milan Kosanovic Cup is an international rugby league tournament played in Eastern Europe The competing teams are the Russia Bears, Ukraine and Serbia.

The 2011 tournament is the inaugural staging of the Milan Kosanovic Cup.

Squads

Russia

Ukraine

Serbia

Round 1

Ukraine vs Russia

Round 2

Serbia vs Ukraine

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Serbia vs Russia

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The Concept Design for the Burial Area and Refurbishment of the Curators Cottage is currently awaiting Planning Approval.
New café/function space within the Curators Cottage and timber deck to provide external seating and connect with the Burial Area.
Provide a space that is visually complementary to the existing site, building and ancillary structures.
The vision of this project is to satisfy the above objectives, with a good balance of integration and privacy, whilst revitalising and activating a highly visible, under utilised area on the edge of the CBD. Accommodating up to 54 full monuments and 66 lawn burials, the new internment facility will assist in extending the capacity of the cemetery into the future.
The former Curators' Cottage, boundary wall and nearby monumentation contribute to the heritage value of the cemetery. The proposed Burial Area has been designed to complement and contribute to the historic character of the cemetery. The design of the Burial Area is inspired by 'secret' walled gardens and seeks to celebrate life through a connection with nature; engaging visitors and occupants of the facility with seasonal variations and the changing colours and textures in the vegetation surrounding them.
The Burial Area will be surrounded by a dry stacked stone wall at varying heights of no more than 1500mm, with infill hedges to allow a permeable view of the internal spaces. These spaces will consist of full monuments to the perimeter wall and centrally located lawn burials and water feature. The landscape will be mostly grassed with pockets of private areas for reflection and solitude.


Remember that your claim against a debtor can lapse after a certain period of time. This happens in terms of the legal rules on extinctive prescription.
The effect of prescription is that the debt owed to a creditor is extinguished and the creditor can no longer institute action to recover the debt, and therefore, in effect, no longer has a claim.
The purpose of prescription in our law is to promote certainty between debtor and creditor, so that long-forgotten claims cannot be resurrected after a certain period of time. Prescription in our law is regulated to a large extent, although not exclusively, by the Prescription Act, No. 68 of 1969 ('the Act'). Some of the important provisions of the Act are set out below.
How long before a claim becomes prescribed?
Prescription begins to run as soon as a debt is due and payable. Different periods of prescription apply to different types of debt (section 11 of the Act).
• any debt owed to the State in respect of any share of the profits, royalties or any similar consideration payable in respect of the right to mine minerals or other substances.
A period of 15 (fifteen) years in respect of any debt owed to the State and arising out of an advance or loan of money or a sale or lease of land by the State to the debtor, unless a longer period applies.
A period of 6 (six) years in respect of a debt arising from a bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument or from a notarial contract, unless a longer period applies.
A period of 3 (three) years in respect of any other debt, except where an Act of Parliament provides otherwise.
When is the running of prescription delayed?
• the relevant period of prescription would, but for the provisions of this subsection, be completed before or on, or within 1 (one) year after, the day on which the relevant impediment referred to above has ceased to exist.
When is the running of prescription interrupted?
In terms of section 14 of the Act the running of the prescription period is interrupted by an express or tacit acknowledgement of liability by the debtor.
• the running of prescription will however not be deemed to be interrupted if the creditor does not successfully prosecute his claim under the process in question to final judgment or if he does so prosecute his claim but abandons the judgment or the judgment is set aside.
Interruption has the effect that prescription commences to run afresh from the day on which the interruption takes place.
• A claim in respect of costs granted in terms of a court order becomes prescribed together with the judgment debt, after 30 (thirty) years. This is also the case where an agreement in respect of costs is made an order of court.
• A claim for costs agreed to unconditionally by parties, where such an agreement is not made an order of court, becomes prescribed after 3 (three) years.
• Prescription of a claim for costs agreed to conditionally, for example if the costs must still be taxed or final agreement must still be reached, begins to run once all the conditions are met for the claim to become due.
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Free Speech & Disparaging Trademarks
Snow, Ned
Speech law has silenced trademark. In In re Tam, the Federal Circuit ruled that the First Amendment requires Congress to grant trademark protection for disparaging speech. More specifically, the Federal Circuit held unconstitutional the provision of the Federal Lanham Act that denies trademark protection for marks that disparage. The Federal Circuit's ruling, however, is not the final word on the issue. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Tam case. This Article argues against the Federal Circuit decision. As illustrated by the five different opinions from the en banc panel, the complexities of speech law easily lead to disparate conclusions, any one of which may seem reasonable. Yet if there is one principle of speech law that is certain, it is this: context is dispositive. The context of trademark law is particularly nuanced, so a failure to account for that context easily produces inconsistencies in the application of speech law's doctrine and policy. Tellingly, none of the Federal Circuit's five opinions consider the context of trademark law. None consider whether the majority's holding is consistent with trademark's most fundamental doctrines. None recognize that trademark law imposes other content-based criteria as conditions for protection, and has done so for over a century. The Tam majority merely applied speech law to the narrow provision under consideration, failing to account for the broader context of trademark law. This Article provides that context. The Article concludes that the context of trademark law implies the constitutionality of the Lanham Act's anti-disparagement provision .
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'This could be my room for a few days': Garcetti tests positive, isolates in Scotland
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tests positive for COVID-19 while at a climate summit in Scotland. The fully vaccinated mayor is 'feeling good.'
By Luke Money,
Dakota Smith, Julia Wick
Nov. 3, 2021 Updated 7:56 PM PT
Nearly two years into a pandemic that he has likened to fighting a war, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has tested positive for COVID-19.
The mayor, who is fully vaccinated, tested positive Wednesday in Glasgow, Scotland, where he had been attending a United Nations conference on climate change.
The mayor is "currently isolating in his hotel room in Glasgow" and has experienced "very mild symptoms," Garcetti spokesman Alex Comisar said.
Garcetti is tentatively scheduled to return to Los Angeles on Nov. 13, according to a letter sent by his interim chief of staff to Council President Nury Martinez.
Garcetti had been taking rapid antigen tests daily while at the conference, which all came back negative. He took a PCR test Tuesday in preparation for what had been a planned flight home on Thursday; that test came back positive on Wednesday morning, Comisar said.
President Biden also appeared at the conference, but he and Garcetti didn't interact, a White House representative said.
"This could be my room for a few days," Garcetti said Wednesday during a video interview with KABC-TV Channel 7. White curtains and a large window were visible behind him as he spoke.
Garcetti left Los Angeles on Sunday and spoke about local climate action in front of the U.N. World Leaders Summit on Monday, according to schedules released by his office. He was originally set to moderate a panel Wednesday "on international finance to support city climate action" before participating in another discussion regarding solutions and challenges to tackling climate change.
Martinez will continue serving as acting mayor until Garcetti returns, as she does whenever Garcetti is sick or traveling out of the state.
The mayor's extended stay in Scotland comes at a time of broader uncertainty for his administration, with the mayor's planned departure to India still in administrative limbo and a cloud of scandal hanging over City Hall.
Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who has since been suspended from his duties, was indicted on federal bribery, conspiracy and other charges last month, making him the second sitting councilman to be indicted on federal charges in as many years. A third former councilman was handed a prison sentence in January.
The White House officially nominated Garcetti as ambassador to India a little over three months ago, but it remains unclear when the Senate will take up his nomination. No one knows for certain when or whether he will leave, with some wondering whether he will end up serving his entire second term.
The sluggish pace means that Garcetti could still be in Los Angeles in late January, the start date of a court trial involving a former aide, Rick Jacobs, who is accused of sexual harassment by Garcetti's former bodyguard.
There has also been turnover within his office, including the months-long absence of his former chief of staff. Ana Guerrero was put on administrative leave in June after revelations about disparaging comments she made in a private Facebook group surfaced. She returned to City Hall on Monday as a strategic advisor.
L.A. Mayor Garcetti in 'confirmation purgatory' as Biden's nominations stall
Mayor Eric Garcetti has been forced into a waiting game as Senate Republicans slow the confirmation process for President Biden's appointees. Garcetti was nominated in July to be U.S. Ambassador to India, but it's uncertain when his appointment will be heard by the Senate.
Comisar said that while the mayor is away, he will continue to "work a full schedule and he'll be in constant contact with his staff to make sure that everything gets done." Four city staff members had been traveling with him, all of whom received negative results on the PCR test administered Tuesday, according to Comisar.
A Times reporter at the conference described the indoor venue as crammed with people from around the world, noting that physical distancing was often impossible.
Garcetti, 50, received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine in January. At the time, he wasn't in line to receive the vaccine, but medical personnel recommended he get the shot because he was working at Dodger Stadium as part of the city's vaccination effort.
He received his second dose in February and plans to get a booster "as soon as it's recommended he do so," according to Comisar.
Garcetti's young daughter tested positive for COVID-19 in December. Neither she nor Garcetti's wife, Amy Wakeland, is with him on the trip, Comisar said.
Garcetti's positive test comes as many city employees in L.A. fight a new city rule requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
Although Garcetti is the latest high-profile example of a post-vaccination "breakthrough" case, health officials continue to maintain that being inoculated lessens the chance of infection and significantly reduces the likelihood of severe COVID-19 illness.
Unvaccinated Californians are nearly seven times more likely to get COVID-19, more than nine times more likely to be hospitalized and 18 times more likely to die from the disease than their fully vaccinated counterparts, according to the latest available state health data.
As of Oct. 26, nearly 5.85 million people had been fully vaccinated in L.A. County, health figures show. Of those, 65,718, or 1.12%, later tested positive; 2,211, or 0.038%, became so ill that they had to be hospitalized; and 343, or 0.006%, died.
"All the information we have, including these numbers, signifies that the vaccines continue to offer powerful protection against the most severe outcomes of infection with this virus," L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said last week.
Times staff writers Chris Megerian in Washington and Rong-Gong Lin II in San Francisco contributed to this report.
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Luke Money is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. He previously was a reporter and assistant city editor for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication in Orange County, and before that wrote for the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona.
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Dakota Smith covers Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Hall for the Los Angeles Times.
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The number of people living with back pain and sciatica has reached epidemic levels. When these ever-increasing numbers are being discussed the focus is usually on lower back pain and sciatica, since these are the most common areas that people are suffering pain. However, the cases of neck and upper back pain are greatly increasing as well!
Experiencing lower back pain can be very stressful at any time, but when it happens suddenly it can be overwhelming! Not only is the stress physical due to the pain, but it is emotional as well because of the worry and alarm from how suddenly it occurs. So in order to find relief from this sudden lower back pain it's important to focus and treat both of these forms of stress it causes.
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How Does A Bulging Disc Happen?
A bulging disc is when the disc deteriorates for whatever reason, and the outside of the disc (called the annulus) weakens and begins to bulge out. But the question is, what causes them?
What Are The Symptoms Of A Degenerated Disc?
Degenerative discs usually occur in active and healthy people who are in their thirties or forties. As we age the discs in our back can wear down and degenerate, and lead to back pain. Some people with this deterioration may now have any pain and may not even be aware of their condition until they go in for a check up or other health problems occur.
The most pain from degenerative discs usually occurs while sitting because this position puts the most weight on the discs. Conversely, lying down typically relieves the pain since this relieves stress on the disc space. Activities like bending and twisting usually make the pain worse. Many studies have shown that people with degenerated discs tend to feel better while walking or running rather than sitting or standing for long periods of time.


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ECC approves ₱102M worth of EC cash assistance applications since the start of pandemic
The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) has recently announced that since the start of the pandemic in 2020, it had approved a total of 10,199 cash assistance applications in the amount of ₱102, 515, 000.00 for persons with work-related disabilities (PWRDs) or their beneficiaries.
Out of the 10,199 approved EC cash assistance claims, 4,347 came from private sector whereas the remaining 5,852 came from government sector, comprised of 3,874 and 1,978 applications from civilian and uniformed personnel, respectively. A total of 9,568 of these approved EC cash assistance claims were due to covid19 and the remaining incidents were due to military or police operations, and workplace sickness or accidents.
ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis said, "We, at the ECC, are happy to see workers are availing our cash assistance, this goes to show that there are many workers now who are more aware of the EC Program, including its benefits and services. Director Banawis said, "The grant of EC cash assistance for those who suffered from covid19 is our way to help mitigate the impact of covid19 pandemic on the lives of our PWRDs or their survivors."
From January 2021 till August this year, the ECC had approved a total of 3,149 EC cash assistance claims amounting to ₱31, 770, 000.00 out of the total 5,029 applications. Out of these applications, 2,144 came from the government sector whereas 1,005 came from the private sector which are mostly covid19-related claims.
Formerly, the cash assistance benefit is exclusively given to those employees who have been disabled due to work-related accidents or illness and who had consequently applied and received their EC claims under the Social Security System (SSS) or the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) or to the beneficiaries of workers who died of work-related contingencies. When the covid19 pandemic started last March 2020, there has been a significant increase in the number of cash assistance applications for covid19 as the ECC considered the said illness under the "increased risk" theory of PD 626, and eventually, as part of Occupational and Work-Related Diseases.
The cash assistance benefit amounts to ₱10,000.00 or ₱15, 000.00 for covid19 related sickness or death, respectively, which is an additional assistance provided by the ECC, aside from the EC Temporary Total Disability/sickness benefit granted by the under SSS or GSIS under the EC Program.
Banawis further said that as of September 2020, the EC Program State Insurance Fund has a total assets of ₱72 Billion ready to protect 32,652,047 private and public Filipino workforce.
She further stressed that in spite of the viability of the State Insurance Fund for provision of benefits, it is still worth reiterating that effective occupational safety and health is still the vital key to contain the spread of covid19 in our workplaces and instilling its importance is still ECC's the priority of ECC.
The ECP provides benefits and assistance to workers who contracted covid19 due to their employment or working environment. These benefits include disability benefits, medical benefits, and cash assistance benefits for those who contracted work-related covid19 whereas funeral and death benefits are provided to the beneficiaries of workers who died of work-related covid19.
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Guest Post: Supreme Court Affirms SEC's Disgorgement Remedy, but Places Limits on Its Use
By Kevin LaCroix on June 29, 2020
As noted in a prior post, on June 22, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court entered its opinion in Liu v. SEC, in which the Court addressed a number of questions surrounding the SEC's authority to seek disgorgement. In the following guest post, Stephen Cutler, Michael Osnato, Meaghan Kelly and M Moore of the Simpson Thacher law firm take a closer look at the Court's opinion and consider its implications. I would like to thank the authors for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog's readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is the authors' article.…
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Guest Post: Liu v. SEC: What Is "Disgorgement"?
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In its June 2017 decision in Kokesh v. SEC (discussed here), the U.S. Supreme Court held that disgorgement in an SEC enforcement action represents a "penalty," and therefore a SEC enforcement action claim for disgorgement is subject to a five-year statute of limitation. The Court emphasized that it was only deciding the statute of limitations issue, and was emphatically not reaching the larger issue of whether the SEC has the proper authority to order disgorgement in enforcement proceeding. As discussed here, last November, in the case of Liu v. SEC, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up the larger issue to determine whether or not the SEC may seek may seek and obtain disgorgement as "equitable relief" for a securities law violation. On June 22, 2020, the Supreme Court issues its opinion in the Liu case. As discussed below in a guest post written by David Topol of the Wiley law firm, the court has ruled that the SEC may collect disgorgements as "equitable relief," subject to important constraint. I would like to thank David for allowing me to publish his article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog's readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is David's article.
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Supreme Court to Consider SEC's Authority to Seek and Obtain Disgorgement
By Kevin LaCroix on November 3, 2019
In its June 2017 decision in Kokesh v. SEC (discussed here), the U.S. Supreme Court held that disgorgement in an SEC enforcement action represents a "penalty," and therefore a SEC enforcement action claim for disgorgement is subject to a five-year statute of limitation. In reaching this decision, the Court emphasized (in footnote 3 to the opinion) that it was only deciding the statute of limitations issue, and was emphatically not reaching the larger issue of whether the SEC has the proper authority to order disgorgement in enforcement proceeding.
Having previously reserved this larger question in Kokesh, the Court has now agreed to take up a case that will address head-on the question of whether the SEC has the authority to order a disgorgement. On November 1, 2019, the Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of Liu v. SEC, which will require the Court to decide whether the SEC may seek may seek and obtain disgorgement from a court as "equitable relief" for a securities law violation even though the Supreme Court determined in Kokesh that disgorgement is a penalty. The Court's November 1, 2019 order granting the writ of certiorari can be found here.
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Ian Hetherington is a co-founder and chairman of eeGeo Limited.
The original PlayStation console, launched when I was the managing director of Sony Computer Entertainment for Europe, shook the gaming world. The 3D environment was unfamiliar to gamers, and some in the industry at large were initially reluctant to adopt such a new technology. But with time, 3D gaming became the standard of video games, and 2D games began to be considered rigid and archaic. Consumers purchased PlayStation at record rates, buying 100 million units, and blew out its Nintendo and Sega Saturn competition.
As VR becomes a force in the gaming world (and other sectors), with Google and Facebook making enthusiastic pushes in its innovation, I can't help but draw the evident parallels between the emergence of 3D-console gaming and quasi-nascent VR. Though some remain skeptical about VR and its likelihood of widespread use, it will become a widely adopted technology that can in turn drive adoption of other technologies, just like 3D-gaming technology did.
It's no secret that Google's mobile devices have plateaued in their upgrade appeal. In May 2016, just 35.6 percent of Android devices were running Android 5.0 to 5.1 Lollipop, which was released in 2014. What's more, only 7.5 percent of Android devices are running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the latest version of the operating system.
Despite, or maybe because of, these disappointing metrics, Google is rolling out the Android N, its next phone and tablet operating system. VR has the potential to drive adoption rates of Android N, and Google is tapping into this potential with the recent announcement of Daydream's mobile capabilities in the Google I/O keynote. VR could even be the forcing function for users to adopt 4K smartphones, which I believe is the future of mobile technology.
The "build it and they will come" pattern has established itself in many technology cycles.
With that said, companies like Google shouldn't jump the gun in assuming that all consumers will want to upgrade immediately because of VR. VR is still perceived by many consumers as an impressive technology once removed. The pattern of new technology on the macro level starts like clothing in a fashion runway show — exciting to admire but separate from the flow of everyday life. Using 3D gaming as a fitting model, any new technology field matures by being brought to market first as a fringe item observed by the masses and used solely by the die-hard tech enthusiasts, and then it builds into something more.
Right now, VR is in that observational stage necessary to the cycle that I witnessed for 3D gaming while at Sony. Concrete consumer uses cases are the next step to promote adoption and integration into everyday life as the collective becomes accustomed to entirely immersive VR experiences.
Another key factor in the technology integration cycle is the innovating parties. Currently, tech giants like Google and Facebook have made the biggest bets on VR, and much of the news about the emerging technology circulates around these two behemoths. As VR ripens, other creators will establish their products and uses for VR.
This "build it and they will come" pattern has established itself in many technology cycles; if we make VR an ecosystem attractive to developers, the industry will thrive on its own. In the months and years following PlayStation's reveal, Sony discovered that though it could develop hardware and games exclusively in-house, independent video game designers were just as important, and a healthy competition between the two stimulated further innovation and creativity.
Facebook and Google's vision of VR, and VR's most known applications, are heavily consumer and gaming focused. However, enterprise VR is becoming an important vertical that will only continue to grow in relevance, rather than remain untapped. Enterprise VR/AR is already a prosperous alcove, with innovator Meta boasting 1,000 enterprise organizations among its clientele.
Outside of gaming, enterprise VR/AR will help individuals and organizations find immediate value in the technology. As opposed to seeing VR/AR as a separate entity, VCs largely view it as solving problems in existing sectors. Qualcomm Ventures' managing director Jason Ball says "AR/VR is the new UX/UI for everything, but it will take time." The funding environment is focused on Solve for X, with VR/AR as capabilities that can enhance the solution. To me, this means that enterprise/industrial use cases are where the money is/will be invested.
Much like we've seen 3D capabilities unfold, VR will make room for third-party organizations to find their niche, whether that be consumer-facing or siloed to the enterprise. Powered by innovation, companies large and small will carve out their own space and offerings within the technology to make its applications broader.
VR has great potential even beyond consumer-facing services, and will be implemented in all types of industries. Though it's currently admired at a distance by most consumers and organizations, the cycle of technology tells us that adoption is not far off.


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import java.awt.CompositeContext;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.image.ColorModel;

public final class NegationComposite extends RGBComposite {

  public NegationComposite(float alpha) {
    super(alpha);
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  @Override
  public CompositeContext createContext(ColorModel srcColorModel, ColorModel dstColorModel, RenderingHints hints) {
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"Is God Dead?" was an April 8, 1966, cover story for the news magazine Time. A previous article, from October 1965, had investigated a trend among 1960s theologians to write God out of the field of theology. The 1966 article looked in greater depth at the problems facing modern theologians, in making God relevant to an increasingly secular society. Modern science seemed to have had eliminated the need for religion to explain the natural world, and God took up less and less space in people's daily lives. The ideas of various scholars were brought in, including the application of contemporary philosophy to the field of theology, and a more personal, individual approach to religion.

The issue drew heavy criticism, both from the broader public and from clergymen. Much of the criticism was directed at the provocative magazine cover, rather than the content of the article. The coverall black with the words "Is God Dead?" in large red textmarked the first time in the magazine's history that text with no accompanying image was used. In 2008, the Los Angeles Times named the "Is God Dead?" issue among "12 magazine covers that shook the world".

Background
In 1966, Otto Fuerbringer had been editor of the news magazine Time for six years. He helped to increase the circulation of the magazine, partly by changing its rather austere image. Though a conservative himself, he made the magazine focus extensively on the counter-culture and the political and intellectual radicalism of the 1960s. A best-selling 1964 issue, for instance, had dealt with the sexual revolution. Already in October 1965 the magazine had published an article on the new radical theological movement.

The April 8, 1966, cover of Time magazine was the first cover in the magazine's history to feature only type, and no photo. The coverwith the traditional, red borderwas all black, with the words "Is God Dead?" in large, red text. The question was a reference to Friedrich Nietzsche's much-quoted postulate "God is dead" (), which he first proposed in his 1882 book The Gay Science.

Themes presented

Problems
The article accompanying the magazine cover, titled "Toward a Hidden God" and written by religion editor John T. Elson, mentioned  the so-called "God Is Dead" movement only briefly in its introduction. In a footnote it identified the leaders of the movement as "Thomas J. J. Altizer of Emory University, William Hamilton of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, and Paul van Buren of Temple University," and explained how those theologians had been trying to construct a theology without God. The theme had already been dealt with in greater detail in the shorter and less prominent article "The 'God Is Dead' Movement" on October 22, 1965.

The article pointed out that while this movement had roots in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, it also drew on a broader range of thinkers. For example, philosophers and theologians like Søren Kierkegaard and Dietrich Bonhoeffer expressed concerns about the role of God in an increasingly secularised world. The immediate reality did not indicate a death of God or religion; Pope John XXIII's Second Vatican Council had done much to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church, while in the United States, as many as 97% declared a belief in God. Evangelical ministers such as Billy Graham and Christian artists like the playwright William Alfred could be brought as witness to the continued vitality of the Christian church. Nevertheless, this religiosity was mostly skin-deep; only 27% of Americans called themselves deeply religious.

The article then went on to explain the history of monotheism, culminating in the omnipresent Catholic church of the European Middle Ages. This zenith, however, was, according to the article, the beginning of the demise of Christianity: as society became increasingly secularised, the religious sphere of society became marginalised. Scientific discovery, from the Copernican Revolution to Darwin's theory of evolution, eliminated much of the need for religious explanations to life. Newton and Descartes were perhaps personally devout men, but their discoveries "explained much of nature that previously seemed godly mysteries."

Possible solutions
Having laid out the philosophical and historical background, the article then asserted that there was still much curiosity among the general population about God and His relation to the world, and that for the modern theologian who wished to address this curiosity, there seemed to be four options:

According to the article, some contemporary ministers and theologians chose to focus on the life and teachings of Jesus, rather than on God, since Christ was a figure with great appeal among the broader population, but this solution ran dangerously close to ethical humanism. Biblical literalism, on the other hand, might have had an appeal to the fervent believer, but did not speak to most people in a world where the language of the Bible was increasingly unfamiliar.

The article described other attempts that had been made to solve to the problems of religion, including the adaptation of contemporary philosophical terminology to explain God, and cited efforts made to adapt the writings of Martin Heidegger and Alfred North Whitehead to modern theology. At the same time it noted that Ian Ramsey of Oxford had spoken of so-called "discernment situations"; situations in life that led man to question his own existence and purpose, and turn towards a greater power. The article concluded that the current crisis of faith could be healthy for the church, and that it might force clergymen and theologians to abandon previously held certainties: "The church might well need to take a position of reverent agnosticism regarding some doctrines that it had previously proclaimed with excessive conviction."

Reaction

The publication of the article immediately led to a public backlash. Editorial pages of newspapers received numerous letters from angry readers, and clergymen vehemently protested the content of the article. Even though the article itself explored the theological and philosophical issues in depth, "[m]any people...were too quick to judge the magazine by its cover and denounced Time as a haven of godlessness". For Time the issue caused around 3,500 letters to the editorthe largest number of responses to any one story in the history of the magazine. Reader criticism was targeted at Thomas J. J. Altizer in particular. Altizer left Emory in 1968, and by the end of the decade the "death of God" movement had lost much of its momentum. In its issue of December 26, 1969, Time ran a follow-up cover story asking, "Is God Coming Back to Life"?

The magazine cover also entered the realm of popular culture: in a scene from the 1968 horror movie Rosemary's Baby, the protagonist Rosemary Woodhouse picks up the issue in a doctor's waiting room. The "Is God Dead?" issue was to have an enduring place in American journalism. In 2008, the Los Angeles Times listed the issue in a featured titled "10 magazine covers that shook the world". In April 2009, Newsweek magazine ran a special report on the decline of religion in the United States under the title "The End of Christian America". This article also referenced the radical "death of God" theological movement of the mid-1960s. The front cover carried the title "The Decline and Fall of Christian America" in red letters on a black background, reminiscent of the 1966 Time cover. The April 3, 2017, cover of Time featured a cover that asked "Is Truth Dead?" in a similar style to the iconic "Is God Dead?" cover, in a cover story about the alleged falsehoods perpetuated by President Donald Trump.

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Toward a Hidden Godthe original article
A selection of letters to the editor

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Q: Objective C parse string for middle chars This is a bit of a puzzler for me. I have a string that looks like:
fanspd<fanspd>3</fanspd>
doorinprocess<doorinprocess>0</doorinprocess>
timeremaining<timeremaining>0</timeremaining>
macaddr<macaddr>60:CB:FB:99:99:C1</macaddr>
ipaddr<ipaddr>10.0.0.6</ipaddr>
model<model>4.4eWHF</model>
softver: <softver>2.14.2</softver>
interlock1: <interlock1>0</interlock1>
interlock2: <interlock2>0</interlock2>
cfm: <cfm>2200</cfm>
power: <power>120</power>
inside: <house_temp>-99</house_temp>
<DNS1>10.0.0.1</DNS1>
attic: <attic_temp>76</attic_temp>
OA: <oa_temp>-99</oa_temp>
server response: <server_response>Ó£àêEE²ç©þ]kõ «jsÐ</server_response>
DIP Switches: <DIPS>11100</DIPS>
Remote Switch: <switch2>1111</switch2>
Setpoint:<Setpoint>0</Setpoint>

The string includes the "/n" so I have split it into corrisponding lines that look like
fanspd<fanspd>0</fanspd>

All I really want is the char(s) in the middle of the line. In the above example it would be 0.
I can match everything with regular expressions but by doing the following:
(.*)(<[a-z]+>)(.*)(</[a-z]+>)

But what I'd like is something more that would exclude or strip away or remove all the junk and grab the middle chars.
(!(.*)(!<[a-z]+>))(.*)(!(</[a-z]+>))

I've tried this and it does not work. I've also thought of doing another [NSstring componentsSeparatedByString:@"(with either < or  or >"] but that would leave be with more parsing yet to do and I think there should be a way to get just the chars inbetween the tags with either regular expressions or string compare or some such way to parse out the
Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

A: Two things.
Your regular expression does not escape the forward slash.
Your regular expression seems overly complicated for what you are trying to do.
If all you want is that lone middle character with regular expressions,
Try this:
<[a-z]+>(.*)<\/[a-z]+>
Here's a great tool to play around with:
http://rubular.com
Heck you could probably even get away with:
<[a-z]+>(.*)<\/
EDIT:
I figured out your problem partially, some of the tags part way down contain characters other than a through z.  So here you go:
<.+>(.*)<\/.+>

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