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District Court in New Jersey Rules That Hospital Staff MEC is Unincorporated Association and Can Be Sued
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law
On April 27, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, ruled that the Medical Executive Committee (MEC) of a hospital medical staff is an unincorporated association and thus has the legal capacity to sue or to be sued. If the decision is upheld, it will have important implications for hospitals, members of their medical Staff, and hospital leadership.
Reinstatement of Clinical Privileges.
The lawsuit in question was filed by Dr. Frederick Nahas against Shore Medical Center (SMC) and its MEC. Dr. Nahas, was seeking to have his privileges reinstated at SMC after a guilty plea to obstructing a Medicare fraud investigation, according to the court. He filed several complaints related to adverse actions affecting his endovascular surgery privileges. He sued the hospital and the MEC alleging that SMC's opposition to the reinstatement of his privileges violates the Sherman Antitrust Act. Shore Medical Center's MEC argued that it could not be the subject of a lawsuit since it was not an entity subject to litigation.
Lawsuit Against Hospital MEC.
U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler of the District of New Jersey, based on the analysis of New Jersey law, determined that the MEC of a hospital medical staff is an unincorporated association and thus has the legal capacity to sue or to be sued.
The court relied especially on the fact that the members of the medical staff pay dues, which "implies an association with defined membership and defined boundaries," and that the medical staff is established by the Board of Trustees. In addition, the court held that if Shore Medical Center's Medical Staff was an unincorporated association with the capacity to sue or be sued, then the MEC could also sue or be sued.
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Christian, Beth. "District Court Holds that Medical Staff Medical Executive Committee May Be Sued As An Unincorporated Association." The National Law Review. (May 2, 2018). Web.
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Language learning app installs peak in January – how well do they perform year-round?
Kia Saedi | February 25, 2020
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Twenty years ago, language learning was a chore. Without live practice, even the most proactive student would have to rely on books or, even better, cassette tapes (long before CDs and DVDs made it on the scene). Learners needed exceptional motivation, and got little in the way of feedback on their progress in return. Now, from the basics of language learning to tandem programs, there's an app for that. People can approach language learning more casually, giving rise to an industry that is predicted to be worth $10.5 billion by 2025. Innovation has made languages easy to access, but does that mean more people are taking up a new language?
Installs aplenty: But do users stick around?
Language Learning app installs peak at special times of the year, similar to Health Tracking apps. January is the heaviest time, as users take up new resolutions to better themselves. Below, we've analyzed Adjust data to track Language Learning app installs to see by how much the New Year trends up, and to discover if January users retain better. If so, they could be a prime cohort for ongoing, bespoke retargeting campaigns throughout the year.
Adjust data shows that, on average, Language Learning app installs increase 15% in January vs. a year average, based on a sample of ten countries. The rate ranges widely, depending on the country — for instance, Italy sees a 44% increase (the highest of all), while the U.K. receives a 5% boost in the same month. A couple of countries (Germany and Turkey) see a lower rate of installs in January than the average. In fact, both Turkey and Germany see installs trend upwards from June until October, mirroring another period of high activity: Summer travels, and students heading back to school.
Though there are a couple of exceptions, overall installs are higher. But does this lead to better retention?
The answer: yes, slightly. Retention rates of users in January is 11% higher on Day 1 after install. By Day 30, the increase is 25%, meaning many more users are maintaining their language learning streaks for longer. That said, overall retention of language learning apps is lower than a handful of categories. Gaming, for example, retains 34% of users on Day 1 (taken across 2019), a 17% difference. For some marketers, January may be a valuable cohort to segment and target with specific in-app messaging, so long as they stay active throughout the year.
Language Learning app Busuu's co-founder and CEO, Bernhard Niesner, recently said that "one of the biggest barriers facing language learners is motivation." With retention closely linked to an individual's goals, apps need to maintain a user's focus on their original reasons for learning. Onboarding can be a great means of doing so. By identifying a user's goals, then tailoring the in-app experience based on what a user wants to achieve, apps can moderate or increase the number of push notifications or kinds of in-app messaging their user wants to receive, ensuring that users remain reminded and motivated, without feeling bothered by the app itself. Creating an effective onboarding process will not only drive user engagement but enhance the user experience.
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Q: concat two data frames and keep no-common values adding a Na value I want to contact two columns from independent data frames. There are some values in common (most of them) but not all of them. That is a simple command but how I want the output is what I do not know.
What I need is:

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*Common values one of each other

*If one value from one dataset is not found in the other dataset add an indicator (e.g.: "Not found" or a null value is fine)

*I don't want to lose or run out of any value.

Example.
first = pd.DataFrame({"id1": ["K0","K4" ])
second = pd.DataFrame({"id2": ["K0", "K2", "K3"], "v": [4, 6,3]})

# Output:

Id1       Id2
k0        k0
Not found K2
Not found K3
K4        Not found
...

According to the documentation, the command should be
pd.concat([first, second["id2"]],axis=1,)

But this returns something like
Id1       Id2
k0        k0
K3        K2
K4        Na
...

What I am doing wrong?
I have ensured that the values that match wrongly exist in both input columns

A: Let us try with merge
out = first.merge(second[['id2']],left_on='id1',right_on='id2',how='outer').fillna('not found')
Out[186]:
         id1        id2
0         K0         K0
1         K4  not found
2  not found         K2
3  not found         K3

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A man faces several charges after police say he led an officer on a high-speed chase in Lexington.
It happened Saturday evening on Main Street.
According to court documents, 43-year-old Terrance Suter failed to stop his vehicle during a traffic stop at Circle K gas station on Main Street.
The report says the officer screamed, "Police," and Suter failed to comply with the officer's commands.
They say three officers were in the same area when Suter began traveling at a high rate of speed in the middle turn lane on Main Street.
According to his arrest report, a canine officer yelled, " He's going to run over us."
The report says without the canine officer alerting the other three officers to move, they could have been seriously injured.
They say Suter did not have a valid driver's license or insurance for the vehicle he was driving.
Suter faces charges of wanton endangerment, and fleeing or evading police.
The arrest report also says Suter faces charges of rape, sodomy, and tampering with physical evidence after violently raping a 13-year-old girl.
That incident also happened on Saturday.
He is scheduled to appear in court on those charges today.
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In that wistful age that was the 1930s, one man, practically single-handed, launched an era of musical nonsense that had the whole nation humming bits of rhythmic fol-de-rol. It was Cab Calloway, the 'Hi-De-Ho man' in cream colored tails who gyrated to the point of actually flying while leading his band, and who sang slightly insane ditties (as well as the leading hit songs of the day) in a remarkably rich and resonant baritone. The Cab was one of that group of leaders of the 1930's who, although playing no musical instrument, collected a fine band and a completely personal style.
In this album, Cab has freshly recorded a dozen of his biggest hits of former years, taking full advantage of the most modern high fidelity recording techniques. In so many ways Cab symbolized that whole era of "The Jumpin' Jive" when people needed something to make you feel nine feet tall when you were actually four feet five.


Sportsbooks make a killing during the opening week of each football season. People who bet on NFL have been waiting through the long offseason for real action, poring through results from the preseason tilts to get a sense of how much online sports betting value each team is likely to have once the campaign opens for real. However, with more money than sense, these bettors often find themselves in the hole after the opening weekend. Take a look at these common mistakes to avoid.
If you've followed a team closely during the offseason and preseason, you're not going to be as vulnerable to this sort of mistake. If you haven't, though, you'll head in to the opening week using reputations from the previous year to make your decisions, with only a roster to look at. People who only have a roster to use often assume that the players on it will be 100 percent ready to go right out of the gate. Paying attention to teams during the preseason isn't the most interesting pastime, as those games are meaningless in terms of real competition and often really boring after the first quarter. However, seeing a team's tendencies early on should provide clues as to how they will open the season.
During the preseason leading up to the 2008 season, the Detroit Lions didn't lose a single game. Unfortunately, once the regular season began, they couldn't win a single one. That's right, they went 0-16, a historically poor performance. For those who believe that the preseason is worthless for predicting regular season performance, that season is strong evidence. Teams don't focus on winning preseason games because they are meaningless when it comes to qualifying for the playoffs. Instead, teams focus on seeing new players, learning new plays and remaining healthy. The best teams don't really care about their preseason win-loss record because they are trying to figure long-term trends out for their teams, so don't overvalue a good win-loss record in August.
The media covering the NFL are always running around looking for that next story, even during the offseason. This means that there is a lot more quantity than quality in what is printed – and posted online. Many times, reporters are just looking for traffic rather than giving people helpful information. Every year, the media trumpets praises for particular players and teams that they have come to like over the years. This means that the same teams and often the same players keep getting profiled in the media. The betting public pays attention to this information, but it's important to be able to distinguish between hype and usable information. The bad news is that teams that get a lot of hype disappoint just as often as they fulfill expectations. This means that you need to do your own research rather than just buying the positive reviews.


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Why Southern Stars' World T20 record attempt is more than a number
By Chris De Silva
Since making her debut for Australia in 2012, Megan Schutt and the Southern Stars have achieved just about all there is to achieve in the game.
Australia's women's cricket team may not be as heralded as their male counterparts, but their dominance is reminiscent of the great Australian teams led by Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.
However, on International Women's Day in 2020, Schutt and the Southern Stars are hoping to achieve one thing they haven't, a Guinness World Record, by breaking the record for the highest attendance at a women's sporting fixture.
The current world record stands at a whopping 90,185, marking the crowd that attended the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final to see the United States prevail over China on penalties.
Schutt has become a key component in the Southern Stars' lethal bowling attack (AAP)
The Southern Stars are one of the more prolific women's sporting teams in Australia, and according to Schutt, breaking the record in Australia in next year's World T20 final will have a major impact on the country's sporting landscape.
"I guess that's the next step," she told Wide World of Sports at a Future Women Studio Session in partnership with the ICC T20 world Cup 2020 and Twitter.
"We've had plenty of personal and team success in the last 20 years to be honest but to have the support that we're hoping for in breaking that record I think will speak volumes about where women's sport is heading globally.
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"I think it'll be a cultural shift. Obviously predominantly it's been male sport that's been televised in Australia, we're on the right path to change that, but I think that record will again show the footsteps."
If the Southern Stars, who have won four of the past five T20 World Cups, are able to break the record for attendance, it'll be the second record broken by the team after wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy broke the record for the highest recorded catch of a cricket ball.
Australia will open its T20 World Cup campaign on 21 February when they take on India at the Sydney Showground Stadium.
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The Bishop's Emeralds is a lost 1919 silent film drama directed by John B. O'Brien and featuring Virginia Pearson and her real life spouse Sheldon Lewis. It was produced by Louis B. Mayer and released through Pathé Exchange.

Cast
Virginia Pearson – Hester, Lady Cardew
Sheldon Lewis
Robert Broderick – Lord John Cardew, Bishop of Ripley
Frank Kingsley – Jack Cardew, his son
Lucy Fox – Mabel Bannister
Marcia Harris – Caroline Cardew
Walter Newman – Voss, Bannister's valet
Sheldon Lewis – Richard Bannister

References

External links
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Carcass / The Black Dahlia Murder / Gorguts / Noisem Metropolis, Montreal QC, April 9
By Natalie Zina Walschots
Musical comebacks and reunions are taking place at an ever-increasing rate, and many fail, never managing to recapture the precise sonic alchemy of their origins. In 2013, however, two metal bands made returns after long periods of dormancy that were nothing short of triumphant: grindcore and melodic death metal pioneers Carcass from England, and Sherbrooke, QC's technical death metal monsters Gorguts. Their new records, each band's first release in 17 and 12 years respectively, took the top two places in Exclaim's Top 10 Metal & Hardcore Albums of 2013. And now, both of those bands are also a part of the 2014 Decibel Magazine Tour, currently cutting a swath of destruction through North America.
On the Montreal stop of the tour, Baltimore's thrash-death prodigies Noisem (neé Necropsy) did a solid job warming up the crowd. The members range in age from 16 to 19, and the technical skill that they're capable of at this stage in their careers is dizzying. When their songwriting chops catch up with their abilities, they're going to be a force to be reckoned with.
For Gorguts, this performance felt like coming home, the warmth between the band and the crowd something palpable. Their set was drawn heavily from their most recent release, the monumental Coloured Sands, though they closed with "Obscura," still one of the most stunning tracks they have ever composed. Their set was at once ferocious and beautiful, overwhelming and precise, displaying preternatural mastery of their respective instruments while also managing to capture a profound emotional authenticity in their performance. Gorguts being active again, pushing the envelope of what is possible within death metal, is a gift to the genre.
The Black Dahlia Murder seem very much like the odd band out on this tour. Their sound is located somewhere between melodic death metal and metalcore, replete with anthemic compositions, fist-pounding bridges and satisfying breakdowns. Their set seemed almost like an interlude, a palate cleanser after the complexity before and the intensity that was to come, but their sound came off the worse for it, almost comically simple. The band put on a solid, high-energy set, and the crowd responded favourably, but they could not reach the same level of transcendence as their tour mates.
From the moment that Carcass began "1985," the dramatic intro track from 2013's Surgical Steel, the entire crowd was completely captivated. Their performance was incredibly tight, with the easy, effortless grace of consummate performers. The chemistry between founding members Jeff Walker and Bill Steer is as solid as one would expect from a band that originated in 1985, and newcomers Daniel Wilding on drums and Ben Ash on guitar fit in seamlessly, bringing spectacular talents of their own to bear on Carcass' exceptional compositions.
The first half of their set deeply explored their 2013 release, with masterful renditions of "Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System" and "Unfit for Human Consumption," while later they began to delve deeper into their venerable back catalogue, with aching renditions of pieces from Heartwork and Reek of Putrefaction for tracks like "Genital Grinder." While they may gleefully explore the abject in their aesthetic, watching Carcass once again fully inhabiting a stage and playing the absolute hell out of their exceptional music is pure joy.
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Arleen Wheat, Ed.D., was recently appointed assistant professor of special education at Point Park University. Prior to joining Point Park, Wheat was assistant superintendent of special education and pupil services for North Allegheny School District. Before that, she was North Allegheny's supervisor of special education. Wheat has expertise in a variety of fields including autism, special education, gifted education, health services, psychological services, student assistance programs, school counseling, social work, ESL, homeschooling and home education.
You have more than 30 years of experience in special education. What originally attracted you to the field?
I always wanted to be a teacher. Initially, I entered Indiana University of Pennsylvania as an elementary education major. As part of the program, we were required to do observations and field experience very similar to what is done at Point Park. I volunteered to work with a student who had significant physical and intellectual disabilities. From the first moment I worked with the student, I knew that special education was my calling. The very next day, I met with my advisor and changed my major to special education. I loved every moment of teaching in public education and I hope that my passion and love for the field is contagious to my students.
Why did you decide to teach at Point Park University?
I decided to teach at Point Park because I believed that I could contribute to the University's professional learning community. I also believe that sharing my practical experiences in the field of education would bring authenticity and real-world application to the students' education. I love the diversity at Point Park along with the urban setting. I've lived in the Pittsburgh area all my life and love the city!
What types of hands-on projects do you include as part of your course work?
I give my students opportunities to be in classrooms through observations and field experiences. They create lesson and unit plans in some courses and have opportunities to interact with other students and professionals through discussions. I bring to life what they learn in books and describe the practical applications of the theories and research. I also show videos of teachers teaching students.
What direction do you see the special education field going in the next five years?
Special education teachers will be more accountable for the learning of students with disabilities through the Common Core State Standards Initiative. These standards prepare students for college and careers. Special education teachers will need to be very adept at aligning Individual Education Program Goals to the Common Core Standards. In addition, students with disabilities will have the same graduation requirements as their typical peers. Skills in adapting and modifying the general education curriculum so that students with disabilities meet these standards will be critically important. The field needs the best and brightest teachers to meet this challenge!


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("father of abundance".) The only son of Ahimelech, the high priest, who escaped the slaughter committed by Saul at Nob, on Doeg's information that Ahimelech had inquired of the Lord for David, and given him the shewbread and the sword of Goliath (1 Samuel 22). Eighty-five persons wearing the priestly linen ephod were killed. Abiathar, with an ephod (the high priest's mystic scarf) in his hand, escaped to David. It is an instance of God's retributive justice that Saul's murder of the priests deprived him thenceforth of their services in inquiring of the Lord (1 Chronicles 13:3); step by step he sank, until, bereft of legitimate means of obtaining divine counsel, he resorted to the illicit course of consulting the witch of Endor, and so filled the measure of his iniquity and brought on himself destruction (1 Chronicles 10:13). David, on the contrary, by sheltering Abiathar was enabled to inquire of the Lord in the ordained way (1 Samuel 23:6-9; 1 Samuel 30:7; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:19; 2 Samuel 21:1, an undesigned coincidence with Psalms 16:7, and so a proof of genuineness).
Abiathar adhered to David during all his wanderings, and was afflicted in all wherein David was afflicted; also when he assumed the throne in Hebron, the Aaronite priestly city of refuge. He bore the ark before David when it was brought up from Obed-Edom's house to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:11-12; 1 Kings 2:26). He was loyal in Absalom's rebellion; and, subordinate to Altithophel, was the king's counselor (1 Chronicles 27:34). But in Adonijah's attempt to be David's successor, instead of Solomon, Abiathar, probably from jealousy of Zadok, who was on Solomon's side, took Adonijah's part. David had evidently for some time previous given the first place in his confidence to Zadok, a preference the more galling as Abiathar was the high priest and Zadok only his vicar, or sagan; thus it was to Zadok he gave the command to take the ark back in Absalom's rebellion. Abiathar is mentioned subordinately 1 Samuel 15:25; 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Samuel 15:35.
Perhaps Zadok was appointed high priest by Saul after the slaughter of Ahimelech. David on succeeding, to conciliate his subjects, allowed him conjointly to hold office with Abiathar. Zadok had joined David in Hebron after Saul's death, with 22 captains of his father's house (1 Chronicles 12:28). Abiathar had the first place, with the ephod, Urim and Thummim, and the ark, in the tent pitched by David at Jerusalem Zadok officiated before the tabernacle and brazen altar made by Moses and Bezaleel in the wilderness, which were now in Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:1-7; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 16:39-40; 1 Chronicles 27:38; 1 Chronicles 27:34; 2 Chronicles 1:3-5). Moreover, Zadok and Abiathar represented rival houses: Zadok that of Eleazar, the oldest son of Aaron; Abiathar that of Ithamar, the youngest (1 Chronicles 24:3-4; 1 Chronicles 6:8). Eli, of whose family it had been foretold 150 years before that the priesthood should pass from it, was Abiathar's progenitor fourth backward, and Abiathar would naturally fear the coming realization of the curse. All these undesigned proprieties mark the truth of the history. His own act brought the prophecy to its consummation (1 Samuel 2:31-35). Solomon banished him to Anathoth, and put Zadok as high priest in his room (1 Kings 2:35). But in 1 Kings 4:4 Abiathar is still called the "priest" second to Zadok. The Septuagint, "the king made Zadok the first priest in the room of Abiathar," solves the difficulty. Abiathar had been first, priest, but henceforth he was made subordinate to Zadok. Ahimelech or Abimelech, son of Ahimelech, is substituted for Ahimelech, son of Ahimelech: 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 18:16; 1 Chronicles 24:3; 1 Chronicles 24:6; 1 Chronicles 24:31. The Lord Jesus (Mark 2:26) names Ahimelech as the high priest in whose time David ate the shewbread. Probably the sense is: "in the days of Ahimelech, who was afterward high priest," and under whom the record of the fact would be made. Perhaps too the loaves being his perquisite (Leviticus 24:9) were actually handed by Ahimelech to David. Both father and son, moreover, it seems from the quotations above, bore both names, and were indifferently called by either.
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In my interest of learning how to program in EGSL, I wish to learn as much as possible about the commands and functions of EGSL. One way is to read the EGSL Documentation page. However, it is not complete. I would like to help in this regard. Since it seems I am unable to edit the EGSL Documentation page directly (Wiki on a Stick says I can't), I have downloaded WoaS to my laptop and will attempt to download the pages to my laptop and edit/add to them there.
There are many commands that have no explanations. I will gladly add them to the EGSL Documentation, if someone will provide them. I think the full list of commands/functions should be explained.
This is a very good idea! However... The only person who can provide you with required information is the author of EGSL (Cybermonkey), but he's decided to stop EGSL development and move to Pulsar.
Many (if not all) of EGSL's commands/functions are in Pulsar2D. If he's commented on Pulsar's commands/functions, then those comments can be put in for EGSL. Surely he's commenting the full set of Pulsar's commands/functions, no?
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What's the secret? It rhymes with bacon. And it's bacon.
My relationship with cauliflower has always been a little lukewarm. Indifferent. I'm always noticing that it's the last picked vegetable on the crudité platter and it's often an under-seasoned afterthought.
But roasting cauliflower florets with bacon fat gives the vegetable a new texture and flavor: smoky, savory and incredibly addictive. I think this recipe makes just enough of the vinaigrette to bring out those bacon qualities, while keeping its crisped edges intact. Serve this hot out of the oven and make anyone a cauliflower convert!
1. Set the oven at 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the cauliflower florets in one even layer on the sheet and set aside.
2. Sauté the bacon in a small pan over medium heat for about 8 minutes, until browned and crisp. Remove the pan from the heat, using a slotted spoon, transfer the lardons to a paper towel-lined dish. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat for the cauliflower and place the other 2 tablespoons in a small bowl for the vinaigrette.
3. Drizzle the cauliflower florets with the bacon fat, season with salt and pepper and place in the oven for 25-35 minutes. Stir the cauliflower florets halfway through roasting for even browning.
4. Meanwhile, prepare the vinaigrette. In the small bowl with the reserved bacon fat, combine the shallot, garlic, both vinegars, mustard and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Whisk in the olive oil until the vinaigrette emulsifies.
6. Once the cauliflower is tender and golden-brown, remove from the oven. Place in a large bowl, pour the vinaigrette over the cauliflower, and toss until evenly coated. Transfer to a serving dish, and garnish with the crispy bacon lardons and additional parsley leaves. Season with additional salt and pepper, and serve.


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Local nonprofits work to uplift Northern Nevada female youth
Emily Delbecq
Special to the NNBV
Regional nonprofits are working diligently to provide temporary and long-term relief, seeking solutions to area youth.
Editor's note This story is adapted from the 2018 edition of Sierra Nevada Powerful Woman, a magazine produced by the Northern Nevada Business View and Sierra Nevada Media Group. Click here to read a digital copy of the magazine. ===== How you can help: They say it takes a village. To get involved with these great organizations and become part of the solution, visit their website or call for more information: NYEP: 775-747-2073 | http://www.nyep.org Northern Nevada HOPES: 775-786-4673 | http://www.nnhopes.org Awaken Reno: 775-393-9183 | http://www.awakenreno.org Eddy House: 775-384-1129 | http://www.eddyhouse.org
RENO, Nev. — As the city of Reno undergoes a drastic influx of people moving to the region, another population is on the rise: that of homeless youth.
Northern Nevada has the highest rate of homeless youth in the entire nation, and with it comes a variety of compounding health and safety issues for these young adults and minors.
Yet, organizations such as Eddy House, Awaken Reno, Northern Nevada HOPES and Nevada Empowered Youth Project (NYEP) work diligently to provide temporary and long-term relief, seeking solutions to eradicate the cycle of homelessness and the risks that accompany it, such as drug abuse, sex trafficking, and general exposure to risky environments that threaten one's health and wellbeing.
In 2015, Eddy House aided 200 homeless, foster, runaway, and other at-risk youths between the ages of 12 and 24 years old. By 2017, the number jumped to 769.
"We're going to see over a thousand kids in 2018," said Michele Gehr, executive director of Eddy House. "We no longer have the staff to do outreach; the kids find us. We've done the work with less than a dozen staff."
Northern Nevada HOPES has also experienced growth, transitioning from a small HIV clinic to one that serves 10,000 patients. Of these 10,000, about 25 percent experience homelessness. Among its various programs offered is the Housed and Healthy Program.
As HOPES Chief Executive Officer Sharon Chamberlain said, "When an individual is housed, their health improves. It's easier to manage your diabetes or other medical problems when you have that stability."
Lack of such bring decreased life expectancy, increased substance use, and mental and behavioral illnesses going untreated.
Homeless youth also face abuse from older homeless populations. For homeless young women and girls, this manifests as sexual abuse, acting as a seque into sex trafficking and prostitution.
According to statistics provided by Awaken Reno of roughly 1,500 individuals sold for sex online in Northern Nevada, between 900 to 1,000 of those are in Reno-Sparks, alone.
Awaken works to empower young women and girls, helping them escape sex work, and conservatively estimates that 300 minors are trafficked or at high risk to become victims of sex trafficking in the Reno area per year.
Contrary to local ideology, the legalization of prostitution does not lessen sex trafficking, but actually fosters an environment that exacerbates it, and can be seen on a global level.
"When you legalize prostitution, you are waving the flag for traffickers," said Melissa Holland, co-founder and executive director of Awaken. "In economic terms it's a matter of supply and demand. By creating a product of women, you create a market in which men will buy women.
"Prostitution is inherently connected to sex trafficking."
NYEP serves "willing and capable" young women, ages 18-24, with the opportunity to learn fundamental life skills, such as time management, cooking, and employment techniques, while providing the support needed to ensure they succeed in obtaining a high school level education and beyond.
Monica DuPea, a self-proclaimed "nobody who only became a somebody when I began to say something" about the crisis of homeless youth, founded the organization more than 10 years ago.
NYEP seeks long-term solutions to the problem of homeless youth in the local community, working to help young women "reach their highest form of potential and to become productive members of society," said DuPea.
Yet despite the successes and vision of these philanthropic organizations, each struggle in the face of the region's current housing crisis.
"A nonprofit exists to solve a social issue," said Gehr, adding that programs designed to help these youth seek and maintain employment, as well as find and provide affordable housing, are now imperiled due to the unaffordable cost of rent throughout the city, and minimum wage jobs these young people have when working to rebuild their lives.
"We are in crisis mode," said DuPea. "We are looking for a long-term solution, but the only interest people have is in building things we can charge for."
The community's approach of providing only temporary relief, actually emburdens the community in the long run more than if a permanent solution were implemented.
"Homeless individuals develop chronic conditions, and this costs more to fix later on," said Chamberlain.
Ultimately, it is more cost effective for the community to work towards ending the cycle of homelessness, a goal that is not unrealistic if intervention happens before the age of 25.
But the reality of the current housing crisis challenges the stereotype of the homeless as the unemployed.
"We are beginning to see individuals living on the river who are employed and unable to find safe and affordable housing," said Chamberlain, "And it's not going to get better without intentionally applied resources."
The lack of a shelter specifically for Reno's homeless youth only perpetuates the cycle of homelessness within the community.
"Transitional-age youth are not comfortable in shelters because their predators on the streets also access the services provided by the shelter," Chamberlain said, "Old and young have entirely separate needs that are not being considered."
New programs, community education initiatives, and fundraising campaigns are being initiated in an attempt to minimize the problem and those that correspond with at-risk youth.
NYEP is initiating an Intergenerational Housing program, wherein NYEP graduates may move in with the local elderly, providing the young women with a mentor and lower rent costs, and the old with a companion to help them with daily tasks.
Eddy House launched a campaign this month called Devante's Gift, where 1,000 families pledge $1,000 in a year, at $83.33 per month to help fund Eddy House in their efforts. Awaken offers educational training to area businesses so that they can become active participants in identifying signs of human trafficking, and have the proper tools to respond accordingly.
Beyond the differences in the specific focus of each organization, a common thread — the need for a youth shelter — runs between them. Their leaders are impassioned by the need they see, and call on the community to get educated about the problem, and become part of the solution.
The streets keep the lives of these youth in a state of instability and risk, depriving them of the chance to look beyond the day to day, to dream for and take action towards their future.
"We as a community are not empowering the generation we could use and are not meeting indicators of youth success," DuPea said. "We're just placing them from the child welfare system to the adult welfare system."
Children are often likened to the future of a nation, and the same could be said of a community's youth; how the community addresses the problems facing its youth ultimately determines the long-term prosperity of that community.
"Community is essential to solving these problems," Holland said, "A healthy community has a culture of unconditional love and acceptance … it is our goal to create a space where love can exist."
How these challenges are resolved moving forward lies in how our community and its leadership responds.
"These are your kids," said Gehr, "It's an adult problem to solve and it's gonna be up to the community to fix it."
Emily Delbecq was a contributing writer to the Sierra Nevada Powerful Woman magazine. Click here to read a digital copy of the magazine.
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Q: how to start and configure a spring base mvc webapplication with jpa, hibernate and scurity I am trying to develop a spring based webapplication with spring mvc + security , JPA using Hibernate.
Of cause i read the documentation, a book and other exsamples.
But because i am really new to spring i dont know which way is the best or is the way which you go with spring 3.1
I got a working mvc project where i created some controllers. And i modified the spring jpa template project with new entities.
But now the more i read, the more questions i get...
1. Whats the best way to create that mvc, security jpa project ?
Should i start from the beginning, should i use that mvc template project from sts and add the dependencies for jpa, hibernate.
Or the other way around ... start with that jpa sts template and integrate mvc ?
I found a sample project which looks close to that what i am trying to do https://github.com/making/springmvc-jpa-blank.
But then my next questions start.
2. Which ApplicationContext should i use?
AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext ? XMLConfig*Context?
I dont know which way i should use. generally i would like the annotation way.
I would think i must insert that code into my web.xml
<!-- Configure ContextLoaderListener to use AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
   instead of the default XmlWebApplicationContext -->
<context-param>
  <param-name>contextClass</param-name>
  <param-value>
      org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
  </param-value>
</context-param>

<!-- Configuration locations must consist of one or more comma- or space-delimited
   fully-qualified @Configuration classes. Fully-qualified packages may also be
   specified for component-scanning -->
<context-param>
  <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
  <param-value>com.acme.AppConfig</param-value>
</context-param>

and then can i annotate a class with @Configuration, and load other stuff like my persitens xml.?
thank you in advance

A: Now 2 years later i would use http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/ with this nice webpage (http://start.spring.io/) for starting a new project.


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FOCUS: If You Read One Article About Sincerity, Read This One!
"Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite." – Charles Spurgeon.
Sincerity is a key component to building trust.
You say what you mean and you mean what you say….simple honesty. This includes giving an opinion, as long as it is valid, useful, and backed up with well-thought-out reasoning and data.
Internally – you are honest with yourself. You check your intentions, making sure that you believe and are committed to what you are saying.
Externally – you are honest and aboveboard with others.
When folks don't believe you're sincere, everything you say and do becomes suspect. You're effectiveness is severely curtailed. If caught in intentional deceit, you will not be believed, even if they're "harmless lies" you think are told to avoid hurting others or that you tell out of fear. Being caught in one lie places everything in jeopardy….no one knows what else is truth or lie.
Changing your mind is something we all do, so to maintain trust in your sincerity means that you let others know that you are now committed to something different….and be committed. The fast pace of today's businesses and relationships makes this a bit more likely, so attention to sincerity means being intentional and dedicated to keeping things straight. The changes that impact others must be communicated clearly and quickly.
Another view of congruence is aligning your words with your actions. A frequent breakdown is when you and others "don't walk the talk." So what's going on here? Well, it's always been much easier to say you'll do something than to actually go through with it. People don't realize that when they express their intentions, expectations, desires, beliefs and values, they aren't just describing themselves, they are creating expectations about their future behavior in the minds of those who listen to them! If you don't follow through, folks will assume you aren't sincere.
Communication is always in danger of appearing insincere. Even saying the EXACT SAME THING to two or three different people can result in different messages being conveyed. Now alter those words even just a bit and you can have a catastrophe of message. Avoiding this problem takes real work and concentration, but making sure that you are communicating clearly (or ensuring you're getting the right message…) is well worth the effort and signals your sincerity to that person.
So, provided you intend to be sincere (an assumption I make throughout…), what can you do to ensure real sincerity in your life and business?
Be intentional about what you say – Inaccuracies and omissions will only hurt you. Don't make stuff up and then try to pass it off as fact….in the heat of the moment (or when pressured) it is really easy to blurt out something you think is (or you really wish is) true. It is likely that you are wrong. Also, don't rely on old data or your memory. When I speak and present statistics and data, I always perform research to ensure I have the most recent and authoritative numbers available. Do the same and your sincerity is bolstered.
Check in with people regularly to align expectations with intentions – Your internal thinking may have gone one way and theirs may have heard something else. Ensure the clarity of the message and ask if that is what they expected? Iron out the kinks, come to agreement, and move forward.
Check on your internal congruence – How honest are you being with yourself? If you have doubts about what your thoughts are now, should you share them with the person you're speaking with? It's better to share that you're not entirely sure of something than to not express doubt and then get found out.
Check on your external congruence – In speaking to a person or group, are you being consistent with what you've said before? If not, ask yourself why….have you changed your mind? Has the situation changed in some way? Explain the reason… which may mean getting back to people to let them know.
Ask folks to tell you how they interpret what you say – This gets back to clarity of message. For example, in a business conversation prior to an engagement, you might ask, "When I say 'I agree with you,' what do you think I mean?" Does the agreement mean the engagement is real, or that you agree there is a problem to be solved? There are any number of other interpretations, but you can see where misunderstandings can take place and really derail a relationship and the corresponding level of trust.
While sincerity is not the only component of a trusting relationship, it is so visible and easily wrecked that it is worth spending time evaluating and working on. Your life and business can only benefit, and isn't that really the point?
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FEDERAL LABOR COMMITS TO DELIVER MAJOR PERTH ROADS PACKAGE
ANTHONY ALBANESE MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE,
TRANSPORT, CITIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MATT KEOGH MP
MEMBER FOR BURT
HANNAH BEAZLEY
LABOR CANDIDATE FOR SWAN
LABOR CANDIDATE FOR HASLUCK
MELLISA TEEDE
LABOR CANDIDATE FOR CANNING
A Shorten Labor Government will partner with the McGowan Labor Government to invest $1.7 billion to enhance road safety and ease congestion across Perth's eastern and southern suburbs.
This comprehensive roads package will create 8,000 new jobs, eliminate bottlenecks on the Tonkin and Roe highways and facilitate connections to a future Outer Harbour.
It will also fix Perth's most-congested black spot: the intersection between the Tonkin Highway and Welshpool Road.
Traffic congestion is eroding the quality of life of Perth residents and acting as a hand brake on productivity and economic growth.
Perth's population is set to double by 2046. Without investment in transformative infrastructure, the annual economic cost of congestion will rise from $1.8 billion to $16 billion by 2031.
That's why Federal Labor will not only invest in the City's roads, but also the METRONET.
Together, this investment in Perth's rail and roads will not only enhance the City's fantastic quality of life, but also unlock major productivity gains that will underpin future economic and jobs growth.
Federal Labor's $929 million investment in the Tonkin Highway will:
Widen the Highway between the Great Eastern Highway and just north of Guildford Road;
Build grade separated interchanges at the intersections with Kelvin and Welshpool roads as well as a new flyover at Hale Road;
Extend the Tonkin Highway between Thomas Road and South Western Highway in Mundijong.
Federal Labor will also invest nearly $160 million in the Roe Highway projects, which would:
Build grade separated interchanges on the Great Eastern Highway Bypass at the intersection between the Roe Highway and Abernethy Road.
Upgrade Abernethy Road.
Additional projects include:
Constructing a grade separated interchange at the intersection between Leach Highway and Welshpool Road.
Extending Lloyd Street from the Great Eastern Highway Bypass to Clayton Street in Midland.
Upgrading the intersection between Thomas and Nicholson roads in Oakford.
During the six years of the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government's cuts and chaos, Western Australia has been short-changed on infrastructure investment. Instead of working with the State Government in a bi-partisan manner, they have wasted precious time on their ill-conceived Perth Freight Link.
The former Federal Labor Government dramatically increased infrastructure investment in WA. We identified and funded projects such as Perth City Link, Swan Valley Bypass/Northlink, Gateway WA as well as major upgrades to the Leach and Tonkin highways.
All up, we increased Federal grant funding from $154 to $261 per West Australian.
We stand ready to build on that record.


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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE SDGS
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Folawiyo K. Olajoku writes that the SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty
The history of the concept of sustainable development could begin with the US government's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. This act came largely in response to the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, which had a devastating impact on wildlife and the natural environment in the area. But it was also the product of greater societal attention to the consequences of industrial pollution, awareness of which was promoted by the 1962 publication Silent Spring by Rachael Carson. Around the same time, and as a result of the same push towards great concern for the environment, arrived the Clean Water Act, the Water Quality Act, the push to ban DDT, and the institution of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Shortly after the passage of NEPA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened its doors in 1970, promoting protection of the environment through research, standard-setting, and monitoring. The goals of the EPA concerned both human health as well as natural resource protection.
The next step in the growth of sustainable development as a mainstream concept and practice was the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, in Stockholm, Sweden. This conference "brought the industrialized and developing nations together to delineate the 'rights' of the human family to a healthy and productive environment. A series of such meetings followed, e.g. on the rights of people to adequate food, to sound housing, to safe water, to access to means of family planning. The recognition to revitalize humanity's connection with nature, led to the creation of global institutions within the UN system.
The first time the term 'sustainable' was used "in the modern sense" was as part of the Club of Rome, in 1972. This came to the fore as a part of the publication of Limits to Growth, a report that described a particular state in which the global population would achieve balance or equilibrium. "Describing the desirable "state of global equilibrium", the authors used the word "sustainable": "We are searching for a model output that represents a world system that is: one, sustainable without sudden and uncontrolled collapse; and two, capable of satisfying the basic material requirements of all of its people.
About 15 years after the Club of Rome's publication came another large step forward in this movement, at least according to most mainstream sources. The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) was tasked by the Secretary General of the UN, in 1983, to "re-examine critical environmental and development problems around the world and formulate realistic proposals to address them." This culminated in the 1987 Bruntland Report's publication of "Our Common Future", which established a suggested path for sustainable development on a global level and served to bring the concept of sustainability into the foreground on an international level.
The concept of sustainable development formed the basis of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The summit marked the first international attempt to draw up action plans and strategies for moving towards a more sustainable pattern of development. It was attended by over 100 Heads of State and representatives from 178 national governments. The summit was also attended by representatives from a range of other organisations representing civil society. Sustainable development was the solution to the problems of environmental degradation discussed by the Brundtland Commission in the 1987 report, Our Common Future.
The remit of the Brundtland Report was to investigate the numerous concerns that had been raised in previous decades, namely, that human activity was having severe and negative impacts on the planet, and that patterns of growth and development would be unsustainable if they continued unchecked.
Another notable international protocol designed to guide the international community towards sustainable development, in this case particularly environmental, was the Kyoto Climate Agreement in 1997. Its goal was to reduce the emissions of its signatories, with more emphasis placed on those developed countries which were responsible for most of the air pollution and its subsequent consequences. It might be noted that the United States is the only developed country and one of the only two in general (the other being South Sudan) that has not ratified this protocol.
More recently, the World Summit on Sustainable Development was held in Johannesburg in 2002, attended by 191 national governments, UN agencies, multilateral financial institutions and other major groups to assess progress since Rio. The Johannesburg Summit delivered three key outcomes: a political declaration, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and a range of partnership initiatives. Key commitments included those on sustainable consumption and production, water and sanitation, and energy.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The objective was to produce a set of universal goals that meet the urgent environmental, political and economic challenges facing our world.
The SDGs replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which started a global effort in 2000 to tackle the indignity of poverty. The MDGs established measurable, universally-agreed objectives for tackling extreme poverty and hunger, preventing deadly diseases, and expanding primary education to all children, among other development priorities.
The SDGs, otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. They consist of 17 goals which are no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry, innovation and infrastructure, reduced inequality, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, Life on land, peace and justice strong Institutions, and partnerships to achieve the goal
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RBS names Certero as successful innovator in the search for new 'green' inventions
Posted on Monday, November 17th, 2014 at 8:07 pm.
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Certero has been selected to take part in the RBS Innovation Gateway after 26 finalists pitched their green inventions to a panel of judges, in a bid to test their new products in selected RBS buildings and branches in the UK.
The RBS Innovation Gateway, which was launched in March this year, has three aims; to help RBS save more energy, water and waste; to nurture new, brilliant ideas and help local innovators and SMEs to accelerate their ideas to market. The project attracted more than 140 submissions in just 40 days, from brand new concepts through to market-ready products and services. The ideas came from innovators and small businesses (SMEs) from around the UK and the world, including the US, Australia and Europe.
The innovation submitted by Certero is the award-winning PC Power Management solution PowerStudio®.
John Lunt, Managing Director at Certero Said: "Certero is delighted to be named as a finalist in the RBS Innovation Gateway. It is testament to the solutions ability to drastically cut costs and carbon emissions from PCs for organisations in both the Public and Private sectors."
Announcing Certero as a successful innovator, Marcela Navarro from RBS, who is leading the Innovation Gateway initiative, said: "Everyone connected with the RBS Innovation Gateway has been incredibly impressed by the innovators' creativity and dedication to resource efficiency. The quality and the range of ideas have been phenomenal and Certero stand out from a great group of brilliant innovators."
Over the last six months an independent panel of experts from academia and the business world has worked with RBS to analyse each submission, to assess how they could help drive resource efficiency if the innovation was installed on the RBS estate. The judging panel was made up of Caroline Rainbird, Director of Corporate Services of RBS, Ed Craig, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of ECCI, Stephen Howard, CEO of BITC, Maggie Philbin, CEO of Teen Tech and former presenter of Tomorrow's World, John Elkington – CEO Volans and Martin Chilcott, CEO 2degrees.
As well as helping RBS to save more energy, water and waste, the Innovation Gateway aims to support innovation and to help SMEs accelerate their access to market.
John Lunt said: "To be chosen as one of seven winners out of an entry of more than 140 organisations is really something to be proud of, and we are. This is a major opportunity for us and trialling PowerStudio® on the RBS estate will highlight PC power usage and lead to significant electricity cost reductions and carbon emissions by powering down unused PCs, without impacting the RBS workforce. Being selected as a successful innovator has already opened new doors, and many more organisations are quickly realising the major role enterprise PC Power Management technology can play in addressing the challenges around improving energy resource efficiency."
Three years ago RBS set a target to reduce the banks energy and water consumption by 15% and they are currently on track to achieve this. RBS currently uses 1173 GWh of energy per year and it is initiatives such as the gateway that will help to further reduce consumption.
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The BBC is currently on the lookout for fun and lively families who would like to save some money on their weekly shop and eat more healthily.
The show follows Masterchef's Gregg Wallace & award winning greengrocer Chris Bavin on a mission to prove that it is possible for families to save money on their food budgetwithout scrimping on taste and nutrition. They hope that by analysing the shopping habits of UK families, they can help to show where we can source the best and cheapest quality food.
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Analysis paralysis. This is me right now.
I have a number of model train projects on the go, and I'm not executing on any of them.
Lance Mindheim just wrote a post "Fear of the Inconsequential" where he wrote about the "fear of getting it wrong". That's me, all right.
What do I have going on?
Fascia – I started installing fascia on the layout, but I quickly realized I don't know how to get around the corners. I've reached out for help, got some, but I lack confidence. Some of it is too long and needs to be trimmed, and I don't have a table saw. I feel like it's not going to look very professional, so right now the majority of the fascia sits in my garage, painted and slowly getting dirty and unusable.
Ballast – I've ballasted all of the visible CN track that I am going to do. I've done patches of the CP track but I haven't finished it. Why not? I really don't know.
Scenery – I've done some bits of scenery here and there, but the main part of the layout – Georgetown – is undecorated. I have an idea in my head of what it should look like, but I don't know where to start so I don't.
Kits – I have several model kits that I haven't started. Some are Intermountain grain hoppers and for those I am just intimidated by the number of parts. I have a couple of Athearn "blue box" kits that I know I can do, but I haven't done them. Also I have a grain elevator mostly complete, but I can't move from 85% complete to 100% complete because.. I don't know why not. I have some great decals from Precision Design on it but I need a few more.
I know I should "just do it" as Nike said. Something is better than nothing. I can always go back and make it better if I don't like the result.
But I have to get over this internal fear of screwing up before I can move forward.
What do you do to push past these internal roadblocks?


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nothing more nothing less:) Dear Mandy where I can find these doors and windows? Thank you in advance!
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COALSP's first Lunch & Learn of the new year was hosted by Bryan Cave HRO. COALSP was pleased to present Mark Gill from IPRO Tech Inc. Mr. Gill presented information to members about IPRO's all in one ediscovery workflow solution of Allegro, eCapture, Eclipse.
COALSP's March Lunch & Learn was hosted by Brownstein, Hyatt, Farbert, Schreck. COALSP was pleased to present Bob Byrnes from Cyopsis. Mr. Burns presented information to members about varying sources of ESI.
COALSP's March Lunch & Learn was hosted by Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti. COALSP was pleased to present Gibson Arnold & Associates who sponsored this Lunch & Learn and spoke about document reviews.
COALSP's March Lunch & Learn was hosted by COALSP. The May Lunch & Learn was a roundtable discussion of current ediscovery issues.
Thanks to Rossi Legal Staffing and Hunter + Geist for hosting a Spring Fling cocktail hour for all COALSP members.
Thanks to US Magistrate Judge Kathleen Tafoya who so graciously offered her time to speak about form of production issues and other current ediscovery topics. The 2012 Open Membership lunch was very well attended with over 100 people in attendance!
COALSP's July Lunch & Learn was hosted by Bryan Cave HRO and sponsored by Hunter + Geist. Shelly Hunter presented a discussion of legal industry iPad apps.
COALSP's August Lunch & Learn was hosted by Davis Graham & Stubbs and sponsored by Xpriori.
COALSP's September Lunch & Learn was hosted by Brownstein, Hyatt et al. and sponsored by LDMGlobal. Chris O'Reilly, CEO of LDM Global, led an informative discussion about issues surrounding global ediscovery challenges.
COALSP's 6th Annual eDiscovery was a fabulous event. USDC Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal, USDC NDCA, served as the keynote speaker. Thanks to our outstanding 2012 SUMMIT SPEAKERS for taking time out of their busy schedules to travel to Denver for this event. HUGE THANKS to our supportive vendor community without which this annual event would not be possible.


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Cardano has successfully released its 1.5 mainnet which marks a big step towards proof-of-stake consensus. The update also brings a number of optimizations mainly focused around the crypto wallet Daedalus, according to the announcement.
Cardano released its mainnet on March 21, marking the final stage of the project's "Byron" phase of development with the second phase, Shelly, already in the pipeline. The update also includes performance improvements when rendering lists with a large number of transactions and wallet addresses, the addition of features for detecting insufficient disk space, and a new screen that visualizes the block storage consolidation process.
The update is significant because it introduces Ouroboros BFT, the new consensus protocol. This will be activated through a separate update and will replace Ouroboros Classic until the implementation of Ourboros Genesis, designed for Shelly. The Genesis mechanism combines the advantages of Proof-of-Stake with Proof-of-Work systems.
The announcement caused a 5% spike in the price of Cardano. At the time of writing, Cardano is up over 7% trading at $0.057.
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Q: jQuery: How do I restrict number of chars? I am writing an application which generates a price for something. Lets say we get an output like this:
24543.66666667  €
What does the jQuery function need to look like for achieving the following format:
24.543,66   €
?
(please note that the dot in the first price needs to be replaced by a comma)

A: Check out the Number format
The formatting and rounding you asked can be done like this:
var nb = new Number(24543.6666667);
var result = Number(nb.toFixed(2)).toLocaleString("nl-NL");

check: http://jsfiddle.net/5A6q3/1/
note that i've used the Dutch locale because this locale is using the , and . signs as you wanted. This can be used with any locale you want though.


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Q: How can I write to windows event log from ASP.NET4.0 Web application? Our IIS is Ver10.0 on WindowsServer2016 Standard.
My trial code is the bellow. Of course we are getting Page transition, but we can't see any letters from that page on windows eventlog.
Protected Sub ImageButton2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs)
    Dim sourceName As String = "MySource"
    If Not System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists(sourceName) Then
        System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource(sourceName, "")
    End If

    Dim myData() As Byte = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
    System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(sourceName, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN", System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Error, 1, 1000, myData)

    Server.Transfer("Menu2.aspx")
End Sub

Could someone tell me how to get the results?
Am I make a mistaking where I check? I have been checking windows event viewer for it.
Thanks


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Portrait of Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D. (1753-1827)
Portrait of Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D.
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Robert Hawker, (1753–1827), Church of England clergyman, born at Exeter on 13 April 1753 and baptized at St Mary Steps, Exeter, on 14 May, was the son of Jacob Hawker (d. 1754), surgeon, and Sarah Smith (d. 1801). After the early death of his father, he was raised by his mother and two aunts. He was educated at the grammar school, Exeter, before becoming a pupil of Mr White, surgeon, of Plymouth. He married at the parish church of Charles, Plymouth, on 6 January 1772, Anne Rains (d. 3 April 1817), daughter of Lieutenant Rains RN; they had four sons and four daughters. Three of their sons entered the Anglican ministry, one of whom, the Revd John Hawker, seceded to protestant dissent, while another, the Revd Jacob Hawker, was father of the Revd Robert Stephen Hawker, poet and vicar of Morwenstow, Cornwall.
During his surgical training Hawker attended lectures at various London hospitals. On returning to Devon he obtained an appointment as assistant surgeon in the Royal Marines. After about three years, however, and for reasons which are not entirely clear, he abandoned surgery for the church; he matriculated on 27 May 1778 at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, but left before taking a degree. He was ordained deacon on 20 September 1778 by John Ross, bishop of Exeter, and priest on 30 May 1779, and was presented to the curacy of St Martin's, Looe, Cornwall; three months later he became curate of the parish of Charles, Plymouth, under the Revd John Bedford. On the death of Bedford in 1784 Hawker became vicar of Charles, where he remained for the next forty-three years. His Sermons on the Divinity of Christ (1792) procured for him the diploma of DD from the University of Edinburgh.
Hawker carried on a varied and energetic ministry, which touched the lives of many in Plymouth and further afield. In 1797 he became deputy chaplain of the local garrison. He also founded, or became involved in, a number of voluntary societies, including the Religious Tract Society (1799–1808), the Great Western Society for Dispersing Tracts among the Poor (1802–27), the London Missionary Society (1802–8), the Corpus Christi Society (1813–27), and the Gospel Tract Society (1824–7), which competed with its moderate rival, the Religious Tract Society, provoking a bitter, albeit short-lived, public controversy. Hawker was also interested in community issues, promoting Sunday schools as a remedy for social problems and encouraging penal reform; at his urging, a penitentiary for women was established at Plymouth in 1808.
Hawker exercised an important, albeit sometimes controversial, influence in evangelical circles. His voice was powerful, yet harmonious, and as a pulpit orator he was impressive and fascinating. For many years he paid an annual visit to London, preaching to large congregations. Doctrinally he was reckoned an ultra-Calvinist, and his parish of Charles was notorious for its high predestinarian doctrine. Having rejected 'growth in grace', Hawker was denounced by one critic as 'the great patron and apostle of antinomianism' (J. Cottle, Strictures on the Plymouth Antinomians, 2nd edn, 1841, 4, 11). William Wilberforce prohibited his children from attending services at London's Locke Hospital when Hawker was preaching, lest they drink in his 'poison' (R. I. Wilberforce and S. Wilberforce, The Life of William Wilberforce, 1838, 3.473). His impact, however, both direct and indirect, can be clearly traced on the spread of extreme forms of 'serious religion' in the west of England, for the Western Schism (c.1815–17), the Oxford evangelical secessions (c.1831–5), and the (Plymouth) Brethren (c.1830s) were all influenced by his teachings.
Hawker was the author of a large corpus of religious writings, his Works (1831) filling ten quarto volumes. He was also a frequent contributor to various religious journals, especially (from 1798) Zion's Trumpet. He died at Plymouth on 6 April 1827, aged seventy-four, and was buried in the church at Charles, where a tablet, surmounted by a marble bust, was erected to his memory. Although his church was almost entirely destroyed by aerial bombardment during the Second World War, its outer walls have been preserved as a memorial.
By his wife Anne Rains (who died on 3 April 1817) he had eight children. One of his sons, the Rev. Jacob Hawker, was the father of Robert Stephen Hawker.
His principal works are:
Sermons on the Divinity of Christ, London, 1792.
Sermons on the Divinity and Operations of the Holy Ghost, Bath, 1794.
An Appeal to the People of England on the . . . French Revolution, 1794.
Paraclesis, or Conflations for a Dying Hour, from a review of the evidences of the renewed
life, London, 1797.
Zion's Pilgrim, Falmouth, 1801. Another edition, 'to which is now first added Zion's Pilgrim
past seventy', London, 1829.
Zion's Warrior, or the Christian Soldier's Manual, 1802.
The Sailor Pilgrim, 2nd edition, London [1806?].
Life and Writings of the Rev. Henry Tanner of Exeter, London, 1807.
The Poor Man's Morning Portion, being a selection of a verses of Scripture, with short
observations, for every day in the year, 2nd edition, London, 1809.
The Poor Man's Evening Portion, 4th ed. 1819. These last two works have been frequently
reprinted and were published together in 1842 and 1854.
The Poor Man's Commentary on the New Testament, 4 vols., London, 1816.
Visits to and from Jesus upon the most interesting occasions, and in the most hallowed
moments of life, London, 1816.
Lectures on the Person, Godhead, and Ministry of the Holy Ghost, Plymouth [1817].
The Poor Man's Commentary on the Old Testament, 6 vols., London, 1822.
The Portrait of an English Bishop of the Sixteenth Century, 2nd edition, London, 1829.
Life of Dr. T. Goodwin, 1838.
A Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New
Testament, new edition, London, 1846.
The list of Hawker's writings in the British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books occupies
six columns.
His Works, with a Memoir of his Life and Writings, by John Williams, D.D., minister of
Stroud, Gloucestershire, appeared in 10 vols., London, 1831. Prefixed to the first volume is
a portrait of Hawker, engraved by K. Woodman from painting by G. Patten.
[Life by Williams; Funeral Discourse by Henry Dowling, 1827; Dixon's Autobiog. of a
Minister of the Gospel; Darling's Cycl. Bibliographica; Lowndes Bibl. Man. (Bohn) p.1013;
Gent. Mag. I827. pt.ii. 87; Davidson's Bibl. Devonienis pp. 146, 167, 168, 200, Suppl. pp. 9,
33; Boase and Courtney's Bibl. Comub. pp. 219, 497, 510, 515, 1116, 1316, 1417.]
T. C.
Grayson Carter DNB
Born in Modbury, Devon. Studied in Rome, before becoming a portrait painter in Plymouth and St John's Wood, London. Exhibited at the RA (4), BI (1), SBA (5).


The philosopher Peter Kreeft reflects on how, in fact, we all experience the "Cleopatra's nose principle": "If one of a million sperm cells had not successfully hailed the taxi of your mother's ovum but another had gotten in instead, you would be a totally different person. If your grandfather hadn't gotten a crick in his neck and turned his head the wrong way one day and noticed your grandmother walking down the street with a pleasing girlish gait, he would never have met her and married her, and you would never have been born." Kreeft's point about Pascal's pensee: "enormous things constantly depend on tiny things" (Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees Edited, Outlined and Explained 83).
Could that be true for the realm of the Spirit as well? Can a single prayer, prayed by a simple heart, move the Hand that moves the world?
I'm always intrigued by the number of times (in the upper room on the night before His execution) Jesus urges His followers to ask Him for anything: # 1—"I will do whatever you ask in My name" (John 14:13); #2—"You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it" (14:14); #3—"Ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you" (15:7); #4—"Whatever you ask in My name the Father will give you" (15:16); #5—"My Father will give you whatever you ask in My name" (16:23); #6—"Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete" (16:24); and #7—"In that day you will ask in My name" (16:26).
Then why are we so hesitant, so reticent to pray that prayer, to ask as a child asks her daddy? Of all seasons of the year, Christmas is when the hearts of children joyfully, confidently ask for their heart's desire. "'If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'" (Luke 11:13) After all, "With the reception of this gift, all other gifts would be ours; for we are to have this gift [of the Holy Spirit] according to the plentitude of the riches of the grace of Christ, and He is ready to supply every soul according to the capacity to receive" (Ye Shall Receive Power 221 emphasis supplied). A single prayer from a simple heart—and the Gift that brings "all other gifts" would be ours. This Christmas. This New Year. In fact, right now.
Then—given the times in which we struggle to live—shall we not ask as never before? Forget Cleopatra's nose—it is the Father's heart that compels us.