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package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.object.vertices;

import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.object.model.Alias;
import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.object.model.PrimaryKey;
import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.object.structure.Vertex;

import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Builder;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import lombok.experimental.Accessors;

/**
 * The {@link Software} class represents the "software" vertex.
 *
 * @author Karthick Sankarachary (http://github.com/karthicks)
 */
@Data
@Builder
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Alias(label = "software")
@Accessors(fluent = true, chain = true)
@EqualsAndHashCode(of = {}, callSuper = true)
public class Software extends Vertex {

  @PrimaryKey
  private String name;

  public static Software of(String name) {
    return Software.builder().name(name).build();
  }
}


For two weeks now, I've been back at the gym. I hesitate to say I've bounced back. Because, I haven't. I've allowed myself to ease back into it. Pushing myself just enough to get going on most days, yet giving in to sleeping in or taking a rest day when I'm sore, lazy or just plain not up to it.
I'm making this attempt to take the focus off changing my body, and putting it instead on changing how I think and feel about it. So far, so good.
Reading Roxane Gay's Hunger really hit very very close to home. The book couldn't have come at a better time in my life. As a predominantly thin (and I cringe to even use these words anymore, so please take this as a mere descriptor and nothing else) person who has had the privilege of consistently pursuing an above-average fitness regimen for the greater part of the last fifteen years, reading the book made me realise how immensely superficial and ridiculous the rather unconscious shift in my focus has been this past year. I became acutely aware of my privilege, not just in what I am able to do to my body, but the sheer number of things I get away with because of my size and physical stature. It made me much more aware of what "big" people have to deal with, and how incredibly fortunate I am to have none of those issues. Consequently, it put all my fitness "concerns" into perspective, and really made most of them seem so ridiculous.
But all of this has got me thinking a lot about where the pursuit of feeling good about myself (as I am, as things stand) blurs into self-love. Doesn't self-acceptance inherently come with a requisite amount of vanity? Doesn't self-confidence dictate that I feel really happy, fulfilled and wonderful about myself more times than not?
I'm trying more and more to drop my disdain around vanity (mine or others') and instead recognise where it is coming from. Because a healthy level of self-acceptance requires a healthy amount of vanity. A comfort with oneself, thinking and believing that I'm absolutely gorgeous just the way I am.
And so, if I was working desperately hard to alter parts of my physical self to meet some arbitrary standards (mostly self-created, but largely influenced by culture), under the pretext of loving my body and wanting to make it stronger, better, faster, how much of that love is real at all?
It has been interesting to admit how despite feeling the best I have physically (when I was on the food plan and working out harder than I have in years), my motivation was fuelled by a very distinct dissatisfaction. With my shape, my size, my ability. It's like nothing I had achieved was enough. If I'd come this far, I must go farther, was the predominant motivation.
Unlike all the years before, when I have mostly felt gorgeous, beautiful, amazing, fit, fabulous, fine, and strong, despite being "larger" than the size I hit last year.
I see now, with utmost clarity and honesty that last year, I clearly traded all the self-love and self-acceptance I had garnered and nurtured, for a purely vanity-fuelled attempt at fitness.
And thankfully, I failed so miserably I had to wake up and bring myself back on track.
I could have gone on, not eating carbs, not touching sugar, and working hard at the gym. I probably would have even enjoyed the feeling of becoming fitter, faster and stronger. But since there's no escaping how what's on the inside dictates the changes on the outside, inevitably, I had to give in to my changing belief that being "strong" (literally and figuratively) was just overrated.
What I needed the most was to ditch the pursuit of being strong, and turn instead to learn to be soft. Vulnerable. It has meant allowing myself to accept my failures, recognise what I can, cannot and will not do. It has meant being a lot more truthful to myself, to tune in to my inner voice and listen more carefully, rather than shut it down and overpower it with an external message. It has meant aligning what is going on on the inside, with every single action on the outside.
Gradually, I'm coming closer to accepting that there needn't be any kind of pursuit at all. I don't want to lift more, feel stronger, do pull-ups or any of that. I don't want to work towards any of it. I want to just work out because it keeps me active and feeling healthy.
And it is okay to be just okay. My body is worth celebrating most days. And there will be days when it disappoints me or triggers massive self-loathing. Some days I feel frustrated that a certain pair of pants will probably never fit. Some days I'll delight in all the other kinds of clothes I confidently wear.
Self love and vanity will co-exist. And hopefully they will bloom and grow into two well-grounded trees that will mingle, intertwine and co-exist.
A few years ago I loved my body hard enough to make it do things that challenged it. Now, I love it enough to just let it be.
This needn't be a downward spiral or an uphill climb. Today, this is just a beautiful path, along this journey I am on.
Things have changed, it happens.
And I am okay now.
This is what Im realising increasingly. For everything that's sold as "good" or the new standard, people rarely talk about the price those habits or goals come at.
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Many still view Belarus's foreign and security policies through the prism of several popular but simplistic narratives. One of them classifies Belarus as Russia's geopolitical backyard and, thus, tends to interpret every international move by Minsk as dictated by the Kremlin. Within another narrative, the country's foreign policy is entirely attributed to one domestic-level factor – the nature of its political system. That is to say, the only source of Belarusian international behavior is its internal authoritarianism.
These narratives can appear to make sense when applied to individual situations, but both miss the fundamental mark. Like in the case of any other country, be it democratic or not, Belarus's foreign and security policies are primarily driven by its geopolitical situation and relative power. Most importantly, it bears noting that Belarus sits between two conflicting poles (Russia and the European Union) and has highly asymmetrical relations with them. Thus, in order to survive as a sovereign state, it needs to stay away from geopolitical tensions and maintain non-confrontational relations with both of its flanks. Two recent events have shed light on this foreign policy posture.
First, in mid-January the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, made an unexpected statement revealing his discussions with Donald Trump during his visit to the United States. According to the Kazakhstani leader, at their White House meeting, Trump suggested that the venue of the Ukraine peace talks should be moved from Minsk to Astana. Even though it is highly improbable that the US would initiate such a move under today's circumstances, the Belarusian authorities openly criticized Nazarbayev's words. Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei ridiculed the very idea by saying that "you can move the talks on Ukraine even to Antarctica if you believe they will be a success". President Alyaksandr Lukashenka also made negative references to his colleague's statement. In the end, Kazakhstan's ambassador to Belarus even appeared on TV in order to ensure that his president's words were in no way intended to hurt the interests of Minsk.
The popular interpretation of Belarus's reaction, promoted by the media, is that Lukashenka does not want to lose the laurels of a peacemaker, which have helped to improve his international image. While any world leader would undoubtedly covet such a reputational boost, this interpretation represents a huge oversimplification.
It completely distorts the logic of Belarusian decision-makers. To understand why, one needs to analyze the meaning of the Minsk negotiation platform for Belarus's own security.
Belarus hosted both the Minsk One and Minsk Two summits and continues to host regular meetings of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine. This fact has helped to facilitate Belarus's rapprochement with the EU and, to a lesser extent, with the US. But Belarus did not become the host by default. It happened because the country took a neutral stance on the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation in the first place. Hence, Belarusian neutrality, in turn, propelled the rapprochement with the West, which helps Minsk to diversify and balance its foreign policy.
However, Minsk would find it increasingly difficult to sustain a neutral stance amidst the Russian-Western confrontation without its current status as the ground for Ukraine talks. Losing this role would automatically deprive Belarus of the core argument for why it cannot join Russia in its anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western campaigns, especially as tensions continue to grow. In other words, without the neutral ground status and given its mutual military commitments with Russia, it would be more difficult for Minsk to say "no" if the Kremlin once again put forward the idea of a Russian airbase on Belarusian territory.
This logical circle explains why the authorities of Belarus cling to the status as a host of the Ukrainian negotiations. In today's regional geopolitics, this status is the only way for the country to stay out of the Russian-Western confrontation and, thus, improve its own security.
The second noteworthy episode happened at the end of January, when President Lukashenka held a meeting with the EU's Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn. During the meeting, Lukashenka made an emphatic statement that Minsk is a "categorical supporter of a strong EU".
The remark came as a surprise for some observers, even though this was not the first time Belarusian officials had expressed such sentiment. Some commentators argued that an authoritarian ruler cannot be interested in a strong EU, since the latter has the reputation of a democracy promoter and presumably would threaten the former's grip on power. So, the logic continued, Lukashenka must be in dire need of financial assistance and is only trying to please European politicians to secure this influx of Western cash.
This is another example of misunderstanding Belarus's structural realities and needs in international affairs.
As Lukashenka himself put it, the EU is a major pillar of the multipolar world, and "its [hypothetical] destruction would lead to the destruction of not only security but also economy and other spheres". As such, the statement encapsulates a classic geopolitical problem for small states like Belarus. The more strong partners it has and can rely on, the more flexibility and maneuvering space it has in foreign policy.
This simple formula works for any small state in a similar geopolitical position, its political regime notwithstanding. And Belarus has no reason to be an exception. Indeed, after the Crimea crisis, this geopolitical wisdom has evidently become even more deeply engrained in the country's political tissue.


A clever and convenient use of Go's channels is for the construction of iterators.
The 'for...range' construct reads from the given channel until the channel is closed. Obviously, another goroutine must be writing to the channel and must close the channel when it is done writing. This goroutine is called a generator in the general case and specifically an "iterator" when it produces elements of a container.
Inside the goroutine, a for-loop iterates over the elements in the container. For tree or graph algorithms, this simple for-loop could be replaced with a depth-first search, for example.
While the above iterator employs a channel and two goroutines (which may run in separate threads), the relationship between the two goroutines is such that one is usually blocking on the other. Only one processor will be employed most of the time. This problem can be ameliorated by using a channel with a buffer size greater than 0. For example, with a buffer of size 100, the iterator can produce at least 100 items from the container before blocking. If the consumer goroutine is running on a separate processor, it is possible that neither goroutine will ever block.
Since the number of items in the container is generally known, it makes sense to use a channel with enough capacity to hold all the items. This way, the iterator will never block (though the consumer goroutine still might). However, this effectively doubles the amount of memory required to iterate over any given container, so channel capacity should be limited to some maximum number.
The process of copying each item from a container to and from a channel can make these sorts of iterators slower than other methods. The speed of channels continues to improve, however.


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Q: how to set Fixed backoff for MQQueueConnectionFactory I have implemented for DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory its works fine, now I am looking to implement for IBM MQ( MQQueueConnectionFactory looking for the solution) below is example snippet from DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory.
Expecting :
FixedBackOff{interval=200, currentAttempts=1, maxAttempts=7}`

DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory ---->
FixedBackOff{interval=5000, currentAttempts=1, maxAttempts=unlimited}

I want to override interval and maxAttempts.
FixedBackOff backOff=new FixedBackOff();
        backOff.setInterval(200);
        backOff.setMaxAttempts(7);
        factory.setBackOff(backOff);
        factory.setErrorHandler(
                  new ErrorHandler() {
                    @Override
                    public void handleError(Throwable t) {
                        logger.error("An error has occurred in the transaction of JMSconnectionFactory");
                    }
                  });

A: In general do not use QueueConnectionFactory or TopicConnectionFactory, as ConnectionFactory (JMS 1.1) is replacement for both.
Spring xml configuration example:
<bean id="mqConnectionFactory" class="com.ibm.mq.jms.MQConnectionFactory"
    p:queueManager="${QM_NAME}"
    p:hostName="${QM_HOST_NAME}"
    p:port="${QM_HOST_PORT}"
    p:channel="${QM_CHANNEL}"
    p:clientID="${QM_CLIENT_ID}">
    <property name="transportType">
        <util:constant static-field="com.ibm.msg.client.wmq.WMQConstants.WMQ_CM_CLIENT" />
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="messageListener" class="com.stackowerflow.example.MyMessageListenerStub" />

<bean id="taskExecutor" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor"
    p:corePoolSize="5"
    p:maxPoolSize="10"
    p:queueCapacity="25" />

<bean id="backOff" class="org.springframework.util.backoff.FixedBackOff"
    p:interval="5000"
    p:maxAttempts="10" />

<bean id="msgListenerContainer" class="org.springframework.jms.listener.DefaultMessageListenerContainer"
    p:connectionFactory-ref="mqConnectionFactory"
    p:destinationName="${QM_DESTINATION}"
    p:messageListener-ref="messageListener"
    p:taskExecutor-ref="taskExecutor"
    p:backOff-ref="backOff" />

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At some point everyone looks at their eyes in the mirror and laments their age. This is because the area around the eye is the first part of our face to show signs of aging. The skin around our eye is quite vulnerable – thin and fragile, and lacking oil glands means a loss of moisture. Choosing the best eye cream to stop or reduce those signs of aging is often confusing, but opting to use a natural cream is always a better option. With a natural cream you avoid any unwanted reactions, you won't damage an already sensitive area of your face, and most importantly your skin will actually look and feel nourished.
At Healthy Being, we have carefully selected the highest quality, 100% Natural Eye Creams that we know you'll love, especially with free delivery Australia wide for orders over $99.


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/ Headlines / World News / Isn't It Obvious? Jeffrey Epstein Was Murdered Because Dead Men Don't Talk (About The Clintons)
Isn't It Obvious? Jeffrey Epstein Was Murdered Because Dead Men Don't Talk (About The Clintons)
The Clintons have managed to silence yet another person who held damning evidence against them. Mike Adams explains…
by Mike Adams via Natural News
(Natural News) This post won't be lengthy. The story is so simple that everybody already knows what happened here.
Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell at 7:30 am this morning, according to police. He was under "suicide watch," which was of course a designation placed on him roughly two weeks ago to set up the back story for what just happened. Jeffrey Epstein was "arkancided" / murdered for the simple reason that dead men don't talk. And Epstein had a lot to say that would have implicated Bill Clinton and dozens of high-profile global power brokers who happily raped young boys and girls that were provided by Epstein as part of his blackmail-based wealth creation scheme.
The hashtag #ClintonBodyCount is already trending again on Twitter, and the death of Epstein raises the total number of people mysteriously found dead after possessing potentially damaging information on the Clintons to about 70 or so. No political couple (Bill and Hillary) has left a longer trail of body bags behind them as they carried out an increasingly treasonous series of high crimes against this nation. Hillary Clinton pre-sold her anticipated presidency to the highest bidders on the international stage, collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in the Clinton Family Foundation which was little more than a funnel for corruption, bribery and payoffs. Anyone who possessed information that could have exposed the Clintons was mysteriously found dead. In fact, the most dangerous profession in America is working for the Clintons.
Understand that if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency, Donald Trump would right now be in prison facing charges of treason thanks to the fact that the Obama administration had set up an elaborate, staged hoax to falsely claim that Trump was working for the Russians. The plan was to have Clinton's DOJ charge Trump with treason, sending a message to anyone who might think about challenging the deep state ever again.
Clinton's plan for the total rollout of an authoritarian regime also included the mass arrests of all independent media leaders — including myself — who would be charged with carrying out espionage by "working with the Russians" to try to steal the election for Trump. This is why the "PropOrNot" list was published before the election: It was actually an arrest list of websites to seize, shut down and criminally prosecute for daring to criticize Hillary Clinton or Obama. When Trump became president instead of Hillary, the tech giants used the list as a blacklist to de-platform, de-monetize and ban every website on the list. Realize that if Hillary had won the presidency, we would all be in prison right now and probably "suicided" just like Jeffrey Epstein.
The thing is, this deep state conspiracy is still being run by the criminal wing of the FBI, the bunkered-up Barack Obama, and Hillary loyalists inside the bureaucracy. But William Barr and Trump have turned the tables, and we are now just months away from criminal prosecutions of numerous deep state operators who were following orders from Obama and Clinton. That's why the deep state — which includes the "black hat" faction of the corrupt FBI — is now desperately running every op they can imagine, from false flag shootings to murdering Clinton enemies who might be able to name names.
Over the next 2-3 months, you are going to witness the deep state pulling out all the stops, running every mass shooting they can initiate, and possibly even carrying out 9/11-scale mass terrorism events on U.S. soil. Make no mistake: These are being run by the Obama / Clinton loyalists inside the FBI and other agencies. These are the very people who are about to be criminally prosecuted by Trump's DOJ, and they are now operating in sheer desperation mode, willing to kill anyone it takes to try to start a civil war or blame Trump for all their own violence.
Do not be surprised if you see bombings, mass poisonings, mass shootings and even buildings brought down. These are all being run by the FBI, which is America's most experienced terrorist organization.
To get up to speed, you need to read this article from All News Pipeline which reveals how the El Paso shooter was tied to the CIA's MKUltra assassination program.
Even Ann Coulter is now publicly saying Jeffrey Epstein "probably didn't kill himself at all." It's abundantly obvious Epstein was taken out to make sure he didn't implicate the Clintons. Only a fool would believe the Clintons aren't involved here.
Sure, Epstein probably deserved to be taken out, and he's now burning in Hell for his crimes against children, but the Clintons have managed to silence yet another person who held damning evidence against them, and America continues to be partially run by the most dangerous, treacherous crooks, pedophiles and murderers our world has ever seen. They're called Democrats, and they hope to destroy America, mass execute all Christians and Trump supporters, annihilate the First and Second Amendments, and roll out an authoritarian left-wing society run by snowflake libtard lunatics who scream "tolerance!" while they shoot you in the face with guns they confiscated from conservatives who stupidly wanted to "get along" with the radical Left.
Things are coming to a peak here, folks. The day of reckoning is coming soon for the Clintons and their accomplices, including Comey, Brennan, Clapper and others. Even more shockingly, the day is also coming that CNN will close its doors and shut down because it will be so utterly discredited for its complicity in this massive criminal conspiracy that it will have zero credibility remaining.
There is nothing the desperate Democrats won't do now to try to start a civil war. They have no ethics, no limits and respect no rule of law. This is exactly why all Democrats must be removed from power, everywhere across the country, and prosecuted for their crimes against us all.
Tags: Bill Clinton, did jeffrey epstein try to hang himself, DOJ, FBI, Jeffrey Epstein, jeffrey epstein suicide, Mike Adams, natural news

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 * Created by SharpDevelop.
 * User: wij
 * Date: 4/07/2013
 * Time: 5:23
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 * To change this template use Tools | Options | Coding | Edit Standard Headers.
 */
using System;

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{
	/// <summary>
	/// Description of UseCaseDiagram.
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	public interface UseCaseDiagram : BehaviorDiagram
	{

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Từ điển bách khoa Việt Nam (Literally Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Vietnam) is a state-sponsored Vietnamese language encyclopedia that was published in Vietnam in 2005.
It is the first state encyclopedia of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The compilation process began in 1987 and was completed in 2005. The first edition, published in 2005 by Vietnam's Encyclopedia Publishing House, has four volumes consisting of 40,000 entries. Arranged by Vietnamese-alphabet order, the encyclopedia covers topics from historical to child rearing. Since then, it has been converted to electronic versions (CD and ebook) and a free online version.
^ E. Ulrich Kratz Southeast Asian Languages and Literatures: A Bibliographic Guide ... 1996 - Page 393 Từ điển bách khoa Việt Nam.
^ "Vietnamese encyclopedia published". VOVNews. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
This Vietnam-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
This page was last edited on 14 August 2018, at 10:10 (UTC).


One of the most common questions Mac users ask is, "How do I reset my Mac's password?" If you're using Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or 10.8 Mountain Lion, there are a couple ways you can go about it – and they're both pretty easy to do.
MacYourself previously published a popular article explaining how to reset the password on Macs running 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. Unfortunately, those methods no longer work in 10.7 Lion or 10.8 Mountain Lion. That doesn't mean you're out of luck – there are new ways to reset a password in Lion.
As mentioned in our original article, it's important to remember that anyone with physical access to your computer (whether it is a Mac, Windows or Linux) can eventually find a way in. There's no such thing as complete security if someone who knows what they're doing is sitting in front of your computer. If you're truly concerned about the security of your files, you should look into using FileVault to encrypt them.
Shut down your Mac and turn it back on while holding down the Command and R keys at the same time until you see the Lion Recovery screen.
From the menu bar at the top, select Utilities > Terminal.
In the Terminal window type resetpassword and press Enter.
Use the Reset Password utility to select your hard drive, choose your user account, and enter a new password.
Shut down your Mac and turn it back on while holding down the Command and S keys at the same time until your see a black screen with white text. This is known as Single User mode.
You can skip this step, but it's recommended that you don't because it will check the consistency of your hard drive. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter.
Once the disk check is complete and the prompt returns, type mount -uw / and press Enter.
Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist and press Enter.
Type ls /Users and press Enter. All of the usernames on the computer will be listed, which is helpful if you don't know or remember what these are.
Type dscl . passwd /Users/username password while replacing username with one of the users displayed in the previous step and replacing password with the new password of your choice. Press Enter. You will likely get an error message about a file or directory not being found – it's safe to ignore this.
Whewwwww! Thanks. I was dead in the water. This solution solved my problem.
I used this little dodge with great success when I upgraded a lap top to Mavericks, now the PITA owner has forgotten the password I changed it to, and so have I LOL.
Does anyone know if this works with OS x 10.9 mavericks ?
Has anyone got any clues?
I just used it successfully (as is) with Mavericks 10.9.4.
You definitely don't want that "/bin" in front of "launchctl", which is not in the /bin directory.
On my machine the single user startup screen shows a prefix "/sbin" on the "fsck" and "mount" commands, but it should be optional.
You just saved my life!!!!!!
my macbook does not want to open the password i put.
i have used this password since and havnt changed in anyway please help.tried restarting with cmd+r the pop screen is not helping .
i need a quick access to reset my password and name.
HELP! Command +R and command +s both failed to work for me. I somehow ended up with an iMac in my garage, and have no clue where it came from. I'd like to get into it and use it for my grandson. I know it's OSX but no idea which version.Can anyone tell me how to get in? Or who I can take it to?
Thank you this worked great on 10.7.5 Helped a ton thank you!
The apple desktop does not open when I put in th epassword. I went through the steps and got to the end but when I enter reboot and enter…nothing happens.
I got as far as entering a new password, but it is telling me it is not allowed. Anyone have an idea. Just can't remember the password I used. It has been a few years since I have tried to boot up.


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Kathan Brown
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Crown Point Press, Berkeley (82) Apply Crown Point Press, Berkeley filter
Crown Point Press (10) Apply Crown Point Press filter
Crown Point Press, Oakland (2) Apply Crown Point Press, Oakland filter
AFGA (98) Apply AFGA filter
Untitled (Entrance to the Solano Tunnel, Berkeley) (1963)
by Richard Diebenkorn, Crown Point Press, Oakland, Kathan Brown
Stanford Ave - Oakland (1963)
Untitled (Still life with eyeglasses, drinking glass, and scissors) (1964)
by Richard Diebenkorn, Kathan Brown, Crown Point Press
Leningrad (1964)
Untitled (Phyllis seated in striped armchair near open door) (1964)
Portrait of Kathan Brown (1964)
Untitled (Phyllis, hands covering face) (1965)
Untitled (Two women wearing patterned skirts standing against striped background) (1965)
Untitled (Hand with cigarette superimposed over nude figure) (1962)
#23 (portrait of Phyllis), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)
by Richard Diebenkorn, Kathan Brown, Crown Point Press, Berkeley
#1 (the artist's wife, Phyllis), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1964 (published 1965))
by Richard Diebenkorn, Crown Point Press, Berkeley, Kathan Brown
#2 (the artist's living room in Berkeley), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1964)
#3 (seated woman), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)
#4 (Phyllis), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)
#5 (Phyllis wearing a hat), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)
#6 (two portraits of Phyllis), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1964)
#7 (Phyllis and her friend, Flora), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)
#8 (double portrait of Phyllis with motif), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)
#9 (reclining model), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1964)
#10 (leafy plant in vase with fork and mirror on a table), from the portfolio 41 Etchings Drypoints (1965)


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Managers deal with ill health on a regular basis. While they are usually confident in dealing with physical ill health, they may be less sure of how best to approach mental ill health, but their approach should be fairly similar.
The role of a manager
Spot the signs of mental ill health
Talk to the team member who may be experiencing mental ill health
Managing a team member who may feel unable to talk
Consider how to support the team member
Supporting the rest of your team
Managing absence related to mental ill health
Helping a team member return to work
Actions that may prevent further periods of mental ill health
Approaching potential disciplinary or capability matters
Managers play a crucial role in the everyday well-being of staff. They should be:
approachable, available and encourage staff to talk to them if they are having problems
tailoring their management style to suit the needs of each staff member
monitoring staff workloads, setting realistic targets and be clear about priorities
having regular one-to-ones and catch-ups to check on how work is going, identifying upcoming challenges and what support may be required.
Additionally a manager should have the confidence and knowledge to manage any mental health matters. They should:
be able to recognise some of the common signs and symptoms of mental ill health
know when and how to intervene
know what additional support is available for them and the employee within the organisation.
Managers should be aware of what additional support the organisation could offer staff experiencing mental ill health and how to signpost them to it. Further services could include:
mental health champions or advocates within the organisation
Occupational Health or the Employee Assistance Programme funded by the organisation.
The earlier a manager becomes aware that a team member is experiencing mental ill health, the sooner steps can be taken to prevent it becoming more serious and provide support to help them during this period.
A manager should never make assumptions, but signs of mental ill health can include:
changes in usual behaviour, mood or how they interact with colleagues
changes in the standard of their work or focus on tasks
appearing tired, anxious or withdrawn and reduced interest in tasks they previously enjoyed
changes in appetite and/or increase in smoking and drinking
increase in sickness absence and/or turning up late to work.
Of course, not everyone who experiences mental ill health will exhibit obvious signs. So, it is important for a manager to regularly ask team members 'how they are doing' and create an environment where staff feel able to be open and honest about how they are feeling.
Knowing how to best approach and talk to a team member who may be experiencing mental ill health may seem difficult, and it can be tempting to avoid the matter.
However, it is much better to try to resolve concerns at an early stage and nip issues in the bud before they can escalate further or worsen.
A manager who believes a team member may be experiencing mental ill health should take the lead and arrange a meeting as soon as possible to talk to the team member in private. The conversation should be approached in a positive and supportive way.
For help, download our tips on Approaching a sensitive conversation regarding mental ill-health [70kb].
A manager should also be prepared for a team member to come and talk to them about their mental health. This can be very difficult for both the team member and the manager, so it is vital that the manager stays calm and patient, is supportive and offers reassurance.
A manager should:
move the conversation to a private space, where they will not be disturbed (if not already somewhere appropriate)
thank the team member for coming to talk to them
allow them as much time as they need
focus on what the team member says
be open minded
try to identify what the cause is
think about potential solutions
be prepared for the unexpected
adjourn the meeting if it is necessary to think through what has been discussed before making a decision.
Acas offers Training courses for managers on having difficult conversations.
Of course, a team member may not want to talk about issues they are going through. A manager should not try to rush them or pressure them to talk. Instead, it may be best for a manager to simply ensure that the team member knows they are available at any time, to talk about anything.
A manager should then monitor the situation. If they continue to see and hear things that concern them, they may need to seek further advice and guidance from HR, senior management or Occupational Health.
If a team member's mental ill health amounts to a disability, an organisation must consider making 'reasonable adjustments' to help them carry out their job without being at a disadvantage.
To understand more about what is likely to amount to a disability, see the Acas guide, Disability discrimination: key points for the workplace [601kb].
However (whether it amounts to a disability or not), it makes sense for organisations to make changes that will help them attend work and/or reduce the pressures on their mental health.
Usually small, simple changes to working arrangements or responsibilities will be all that are required. For example, allowing them to have more rest breaks or working with them each day to help prioritise their workload.
Any adjustment should only be made following discussion and agreement between the manager and team member on what might be helpful and what is possible. The team member will often know what support or changes they need. An Occupational Health referral can also help to identify adjustments that should be made.
A list of Common adjustments for staff experiencing mental ill health [66kb] can be downloaded.
Once an adjustment has been agreed, a manager should document this. Any change should be regularly monitored and reviewed to check that it is providing the support required.
When team members become aware that a work colleague is experiencing mental ill health they may find it distressing.
A manager should be prepared to support the team more than they usually would. This might include being around their team, and having catch-ups with each member on how they are doing. The manager should also make clear that they are available at any time to talk about any concerns or worries a team member may have.
Where an organisation has additional support services (such as mental health first aiders or employee assistance programmes), a manager should also promote these services so staff understand how they may benefit from using them.
Sometimes staff experiencing mental ill health will need to be absent from work for a period of time. This may be because they are too ill to work or it could be because the medication they are on means they are not able to safely carry out their work. To support staff while they are away from the workplace, a manager should:
agree when and how regular contact will be maintained during the absence
be positive, professional and supportive at all times
agree what the team member would like their work colleagues to know about their absence and how they are doing
not pressure the team member to return to work before they feel ready
encourage a phased return
use Occupational Health where practicable to look at ways the organisation can support the team member return to work.
Maintaining regular contact is vital. Lack of contact can lead to misunderstandings, make the team member feel that they are not missed and make it much harder for them to return. Sometimes, it may be appropriate to arrange to meet up in a neutral venue away from the workplace to catch up.
An absent team member may request no contact, but it is important that a manager does not accept this. However, if the team member alleges that the manager has been a factor in their mental ill health, it may be preferable for them to stay in contact with another manager or HR.
For additional support, many organisations have a contract with an Occupational Health provider. Occupational Health can assess the team member and suggest adjustments that could be made to help the team member return to work.
For more information go to our advice on managing absence.
When a team member is ready to return to work, it is important to ensure that they feel supported and understand what will be expected of them on their return.
A manager should consider meeting them away from the workplace before they return to discuss their return and alleviate any concerns they may have.
A return-to-work interview should also be held once they do return. It provides a good opportunity to:
welcome them back to work
check they are well enough to return
update them on any workplace news they may have missed while away
discuss their absence
discuss any worries the person has about returning to work
confirm their working arrangements and what plans and adjustments are in place to support them in their work
allow them to ask questions.
A manager should monitor a team member's return to work and be mindful that mental health can fluctuate. If they seem to experience further ill health, it is important to intervene as early as possible.
Staff who have previously experienced mental ill health may find it beneficial to develop Wellness Action Plans that can be used to identify:
triggers, symptoms and early warning signs
how mental ill health may impact performance
what support they need from their manager.
The charity Mind has a practical guide on creating Wellness Action Plans. For more information, go to www.mind.org.uk and search for 'Wellness Action Plans'.
Most staff who experience mental ill health will recover and return to being a valuable and productive member of the team. However on some occasions, even with adjustments in place, a team member's performance, conduct or continued absence may warrant further action.
Before taking action a manager should consider whether:
additional adjustments or further support may improve performance or conduct
other lighter duties or a transfer to different role may be available.
If further action is necessary the manager must follow the organisation's procedures for handling these matters and ensure that a fair process is completed as set out in Discipline and grievances at work: The Acas guide.
Acas training courses
Acas Learning OnLine
Acas offers free e-learning courses including Mental Health Awareness for Employers. It gives an overview of managing mental health in the workplace.
Acas training
Our training is carried out by experienced Acas staff who work with businesses every day. Training can be specially designed for companies too. Current training supports the new 'Acas Framework for Positive Mental Health at Work' and includes:
Mental health: good practice and the law
Mental health: skills for line managers.
Go to Training for up-to-date information about our training and booking places on face-to-face courses.
Further support for managers and staff
Access to work - www.gov.uk/access-to-work - can provide advice and an assessment of workplace needs for individuals, with disabilities or long-term health conditions, who are already in work or about to start. Grants may also be available to help cover the cost of workplace adaptations.
Business in the Community - www.bitc.org.uk - is a network that provides toolkits on Mental Health, Suicide prevention and Suicide postvention to help employers support the mental health and wellbeing of employees.
Mind - www.mind.org.uk - is a leading mental health charity in England and Wales. It provides information and support on how to improve mental health.
Mindful Employer - www.mindfulemployer.net - is a UK-wide, NHS initiative. It is aimed at increasing awareness of mental health at work and providing support for businesses when recruiting and retaining staff.
NHS choices - www.nhs.uk/livewell/mentalhealth - offers information and practical advice for anyone experiencing mental ill health.
Remploy - www.remploy.co.uk - offers a free and confidential Workplace Mental Health Support Service for anyone absent from work or finding work difficult because of a mental health condition. It aims to help people remain in, or return to, their role.
Rethink Mental Illness - www.rethink.org - is a voluntary sector provider of mental health services offering support groups, advice and information on mental health and problems.
Acas Publications
Promoting positive mental health in the workplace pdf [554kb]
This step-by-step guide is written for employers and senior managers. It explains how you should approach changing your workplace to promote positive mental health and where to go when further guidance and support are necessary.
Mental health top tips pdf [17kb]
Mental health top tips
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Melissa's Beets are a delicious snack, addition or garnish, and are available in a variety of colors. The most common beet has deep red roots with purple red tops and large green leaves.
Cut off the tops, leaving an inch or so of stem to prevent too much bleeding. Then scrub lightly. Larger beets should be peeled. If cooked whole, peel the beets afterwards under cold water. The skins slip right off. Enjoy all beets cold or cooked in salads, soups, pickled or solo.
Melissa's Beets can be stored in the refrigerator up to 10 days before eating. Slice after they've been cooked. Remove beet greens and eat within a day or two.


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Q: Switching view controllers, but old screen stays behind I have this method that usually works, but lately it has been giving me trouble.
What I am trying to do is to switch views without any animation to the switch.  For some reason, whenever I switch views, the old screen leaves some stuff behind, such as a button or a text field.
How do I get those to go away every time I switch views?
Here is what I have so far
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    UIButton *highScoreButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
    highScoreButton.frame = CGRectMake(219, 0, 99, 55);
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                        action:@selector(goToHighScoresViewController)
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    HighScoreViewController *highScore = [[HighScoreViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"HighScoreViewController" bundle:nil];
    self.highScoreViewController = highScore;

    //[self presentModalViewController:highScore animated:YES];

    [self.view insertSubview:highScore.view atIndex:0];
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}

A: Uncomment the
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and comment out the:
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Lines and all will be fine and dandy.


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Which device will you crown as this year's Mobile Madness champs? The BlackBerry Z30 or the LG Nexus 5? You decide.
Our first grouping of match-ups of this year's Mobile Madness have concluded and we know which 8 devices will face each other in the next round. First up we have the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs. the Moto X. Personally I had these two devices as my favorites of 2013. Each one for different reasons. In fact I carried both phones around for quite a few months.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. and A.J. Allmendinger both move on to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race. Still one more spot to fill in the All-Star race, that spot will be chosen by the fans. Green flag for the All-Star race is around 9:12 Pm EST.


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Ingraham v. Wright
Ingraham v. Wright, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19, 1977, ruled that corporal punishment in public schools did not violate constitutional rights. The complaint claimed that the use of corporal punishment violated both the Eighth Amendment's ban on "Cruel and unusual punishments" and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which requires prior notice and an opportunity to be heard. A district court dismissed the complaint, and the decision was upheld by the court of appeals. In November 1976 the case was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. The following year the court ruled that the Eighth Amendment was not applicable to corporal punishment in public schools. In the majority opinion, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., wrote that "The prisoner and the schoolchild stand in wholly different circumstances, separated by the harsh facts of criminal conviction and incarceration." As to the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled that since corporal punishment was "Authorized and limited by common law," it did not violate the due process clause. The justices noted the various states' procedural safeguards that subjected teachers and administrators who inflicted unreasonable or excessive corporal punishment to civil or criminal liability. In reaching its decision, the court gave great weight to the historical tradition of corporal punishment in public schools in the United States, the long-standing common-law requirement that corporal punishment be reasonable but not excessive, and the impracticalities of requiring notice and a hearing each time a teacher decides to corporally punish a student. The tradition of judicial deference to the judgment of educators and school administrators regarding the education of children was also influential in the court's opinion. The justices identified certain factors-such as the age of the child and the type of punishment-that courts consider in making determinations as to whether corporal punishment is reasonable.
Keywords: ["Court","punishment","corporal"]
Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Ingraham-v-Wright
On the other hand, in some places the court named the "Supreme Court" is not in fact the highest court; examples include the New York Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of several Canadian provinces/territories and the former Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales and Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland, which are all subordinate to higher courts of appeal. Since there can be no appeal from the Supreme Court, there is an interlocutory procedure by which the Supreme Court may refer to the European Court questions of European law which arise in cases before it, and obtain a definitive ruling before the Supreme Court gives its judgment. Although Delaware has a specialized court, the Court of Chancery, to hear cases in equity, it is not a supreme court because the Delaware Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over it. The titles of state supreme court vary, which can cause confusion between jurisdictions because one state may use a name for its highest court that another uses for a lower court. Further, trial courts of general jurisdiction in New York are called the Supreme Court, and the intermediate appellate court is called the Supreme Court, Appellate Division. The so-called Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe is not a supreme court in itself, but an ad-hoc body that is convened in only when one supreme court intends to diverge from another supreme court's legal opinion or when a certain case exceeds the authority of one court. Founded by papal bull in 1532, the Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and the High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court. In Sweden, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court respectively function as the highest courts of the land. The Supreme Court of Appeal was created in 1994 and replaced the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa as the highest court of appeal in non-constitutional matters. Operating separately from the Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court, the judgement of the Supreme Court is considered as final.
Keywords: ["court","supreme","law"]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Civil Rights Case; Timing 'Unusual'
The U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 25 agreed to hear a case about attorneys' fees that could affect whether prisoners can fully recover for rights violations they suffer while incarcerated, advocacy groups say. The statutory question presented in the case of Charles Murphy-who was beaten by correctional officers and won six-figure damages in a civil rights suit-involves calculating attorneys' fees under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The U.S. courts of appeal are split on whether that means the trial judge has discretion to vary the percentage of the award the prisoner must put toward fees up to 25 percent, or whether it means the prisoner pays all fees out of the award up to exactly 25 percent of it. Murphy "Has a stronger case on the literal reading" of the statute, "But the literal reading isn't definitive" as to whether trial judges should have discretion to apportion attorneys' fees, Lester Brickman, emeritus professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, New York, told Bloomberg BNA. Brickman specializes in contingency fees and their effect on the tort system. In the circuits that allow such discretion-the circuits that ruled differently from the Seventh Circuit here-making defendants pay varying percentages of attorneys' fees can serve as a "Double punishment" on top of already having to pay damages to the prisoner, Brickman said. Murphy filed suit sued under federal civil rights law and state law. A jury awarded him damages on some of those claims and the district court awarded attorney fees under the federal law. Government defendants appealed, arguing that the PLRA requires that 25 percent of the damage award be used to pay the attorneys' fees award. The Seventh Circuit is the only one to hold that attorneys' fees have to be exactly 25 percent of the damage award, Murphy said in his petition. Therefore the Seventh Circuit's ruling "Leaves prisoners whose constitutional rights have been violated with smaller net recoveries than Congress intended them to receive," he said.
Keywords: ["fee","Circuit","Attorney"]
Source: https://www.bna.com/scotus-agrees-hear-n73014464044
Police pursue charges against teens who recorded drowning man in unique legal case
When video surfaced earlier this week that showed a group of Florida teens laughing and heckling a disabled man drowning in a pond, there was nationwide outrage, but legal experts warned that they were unlikely to face any legal repercussions. According to the Associated Press, Florida, like most states, does not require bystanders to offer assistance to dying people in emergencies. While the five teenagers in Cocoa, Florida were almost universally criticized for their actions, the state attorney general's office said Friday "The incident depicted on the recording does not give rise to sufficient evidence to support criminal prosecution under Florida statutes," according to the Washington Post. Cocoa police reversed course later in the day, according to NBC News. After speaking with the attorney general's office, the police announced they will be recommending criminal charges using a legal strategy that has never been tested in the state before, according to CNN. Under Florida law, a person who is aware of a death is legally required to report it to a medical examiner. Cocoa Police Chief Michael Cantaloupe hopes to charge the teens under the statute as well, which he said would be a "Test case." "As far as we know, the statute has never been used in this way," Cantaloupe told reporters. If convicted, violators of the statute are guilty of a first-degree misdemeanor and eligible for a $1,000 fine. The dead man's fiancee, Rondanielle Williams, also told NBC News that she believes such a law should exist, as did Cocoa's mayor, Henry Parrish III. Just because the police have recommended charges against the teens, who have not been identified because the case is ongoing, does not mean the state's attorney general will press those charges. "Unfortunately, there is currently no statute in Florida law that compels an individual to render, request or seek aid for a person in distress. We are continuing to research whether any other statute may apply to the facts of this case," the office said in a statement to CNN..
Keywords: ["Florida","statute","new"]
Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article163137708.html
European Human Rights System
For the first time in history, the European Convention on Human Rights has established a supranational institutional system whose avowed aim is the protection and promotion of human rights. The European Convention on Human Rights is limited to civil and political rights and freedoms. The right to life, freedom from torture, and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, freedom from slavery or servitude, the right to liberty and security of persons the right to respect for family and private life freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, freedom of expression the right to education to every person freedom from imprisonment for debt the abolition of capital punishment in times of peace due process rights for aliens being expelled the equality of the rights and responsibilities of spouses. This is a useful starting point for any researcher of the European human rights system because it portrays the system within the current international and regional context both at the governmental and non-governmental level. Part of the 10th chapter on regional human rights arrangements is dedicated to the European Convention system. Structured in three parts, this gives an insightful view of the European human rights system through the prism of the European Commission of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and the national legal system of the Council of Europe member countries. Article 19 of the Convention set up the European Commission of Human Rights alongside the European Court of Human Rights. This six-volume digest contains abstracts of published and unpublished decisions and reports of the Commission of Human Rights and judgments of the Court of Human Rights, with cross-references to similar or identical decisions, reports, or judgments. Currently, the ECHR is the only judicial institution in the European human rights system. P3 B445 1991 – in addition to the table of cases and the subject matter index, lays out the cases in six chapters: freedom of movement, procedural rights, property rights, and rights to privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of association.
Keywords: ["right","human","European"]
Source: http://library.law.columbia.edu/guides/European_Human_Rights_System
Recent Cases of White Collar Crime
White collar crime is defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as "Illegal acts characterized by deceit, concealment or violation of trust, which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence." The FBI goes on to state that in cases of white collar crime, "Individuals and organizations commit these acts to obtain money, property or services; to avoid the payment or loss of money or services; or to secure personal or business advantage." Cases of white collar crime involve a number of different criminal activities, including, but not limited to, embezzlement, fraud, money laundering, forgery and counterfeiting. The majority of cases of White collar crime involve fraud of some kind. The most high profile case of White collar crime of late involves domestic queen Martha Stewart, who was recently convicted of four counts of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and lying to the government about her sale of more 3,900 shares of ImClone stock, worth $250,000, in December 2001. Stewart's guilt stems from a tip she received from friend and ex-broker Peter Bacanovic, who also received similar white collar crime convictions. These convictions come on the heels of a number of other recent cases of white collar crime that have shaken the corporate world. In two other recent cases of white collar crime, John Rigas, founder of Adelphia Communications, his two sons and a former executive are on trial for stealing from the company and hiding $2 billion in debt. High profile as these defendants may be, these recent cases of white collar crime do not come without punishment. Although judges often lessen the sentences for cases of white collar crime, they certainly are not above handing down the maximum sentence. In the 2001 case of Kansas City pharmacist Robert R. Courtney, for example, conviction for diluting chemotherapy drugs, resulted in a sentence of between 17 and 30 years in prison, the forfeiting of all of his property and full disclosure of his white crime activities and the criminal activities of all of his associates.
Keywords: ["crime","White","case"]
Source: http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/white-collar/recent-cases
Divorce Source: Cases of Interest: Pennsylvania
274.In this case, the court decided whether the proceeds from the sale of a marital asset awarded in the divorce constitutes "Income" for purposes of child support. Where a stock option is granted to a spouse during the marriage as compensation for services also rendered during the marriage, such an option constitutes marital property even if the right to exercise the option does not mature until after separation. 659 A.2d 606.A judgment creditor's claim against marital property had priority over a later equitable distribution judgment in favor of the former wife. 693 A.2d 1368.The professional goodwill in a solo practice must be valued and excluded from the marital estate, but the going-concern value of the business and its enterprise goodwill may be included as marital property. 599, 629 A.2d 1031.Improvements that husband and wife made to marital home titled in name of husband's parents did not create a marital interest in the home. PENNSYLVANIA: Meyer v. Meyer, 749 A.2d 917.An increase in retirement benefits occurring after the couple's separation is not considered marital property. 626 A.2d 1186.Where husband withdrew from a partnership after separation and established a sole proprietorship, the distribution he received from the partnership was marital property, but no part of his new practice was marital property even though he took a substantial inventory of contingent fee cases with him when he left the partnership and started his solo practice. Husband did not transmute separate funds into marital property by depositing the separate funds after separation into accounts which contained marital funds. 170, 171.Wife appealed the trial court's finding that unvested stock options do not constitute marital property and are not subject to distribution in a divorce proceeding. The wife's survivor benefits under the husband's pension plan were properly classified as marital property, valued, and awarded to her in the parties' property distribution.
Keywords: ["marital","property","husband"]
Source: http://www.divorcesource.com/research/edj/states/pennsylvania.shtml
Articles, Cases and Resources about Special Education Due Process Hearings
These rules include mediation, due process hearings, and appeals to state or federal court. Special education cases are similar to medical malpractice cases, with battles of expert witnesses, and the emotions of bitterly contested divorce cases with child custody and equitable distribution issues. Before you request a due process hearing, you should be familiar with the federal statute and regulations and your state special education statute and regulations. What happens in a special education case? Read about the case of a young child with autism, from the original due process hearing through decisions from federal court and the U.S. Court of Appeals; this article includes links to pleadings and decisions. Attorney Manual: Representing the Special Ed Child – For attorneys, advocates, and parents who are preparing for a due process hearing. Due process hearings are very time consuming and stressful. Reverse due process hearings are a defensive legal strategy used by school districts motivated by the school's fear that the parents will prevail on a claim that the school's IEP did not provide FAPE. Answers to Questions about Special Education Litigation & Attorney's Fees by Pete Wright, Esq. Out of every ten parents who consult with me, only one needs an attorney. How to Put on a Special Education Case – Minnesota lawyer Sonja Kerr provides advice about tactics and strategy to the lawyer who is handling his or her first special education case. Has the child made progress? Has the child fallen further behind? In special education cases, evidence includes standard scores, percentile ranks, subtest scores, and age and grade equivalent scores. CaselawPorter v. Bd of Trustees of Manhattan Beach USD. Parents of child for whom special education program was ordered by special education hearing officer under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act were not required to seek new hearing before hearing officer or to comply with state's complaint resolution procedure before suing for alleged failure to fully implement the program.
Keywords: ["hearing","education","case"]
Source: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/dp.index.htm
Overview of Trademark Law
What prerequisites must a mark satisfy in order to serve as a trademark? In order to serve as a trademark, a mark must be distinctive – that is, it must be capable of identifying the source of a particular good. Because the marks in each of these categories vary with respect to their distinctiveness, the requirements for, and degree of, legal protection afforded a particular trademark will depend upon which category it falls within. Generic marks are entitled to no protection under trademark law. Assuming that a trademark qualifies for protection, rights to a trademark can be acquired in one of two ways: by being the first to use the mark in commerce; or by being the first to register the mark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. As noted above, rejection of the mark does not necessarily mean that it is not entitled to trademark protection; it means only that the mark is not entitled to the additional benefits listed above. The basic idea is that trademark law only protects marks that are being used, and parties are not entitled to warehouse potentially useful marks. In deciding whether a term is generic, courts will often look to dictionary definitions, the use of the term in newspapers and magazines, and any evidence of attempts by the trademark owner to police its mark. Under federal law, a dilution claim can be brought only if the mark is "Famous." In deciding whether a mark is famous, the courts will look to the following factors: the degree of inherent or acquired distinctiveness; the duration and extent of use; the amount of advertising and publicity; the geographic extent of the market; the channels of trade; the degree of recognition in trading areas; any use of similar marks by third parties; whether the mark is registered. The court held that the use of the trademark "New Kids on the Block" was a privileged nominative use because: the group was not readily identifiable without using the mark; USA Today used only so much of the mark as reasonably necessary to identify it; and there was no suggestion of endorsement or sponsorship by the group.
Keywords: ["mark","trademark","product"]
Source: https://cyber.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tm.htm
Introduction What exactly is a "Cruel and unusual punishment" within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment? Did the framers intend only to ban punishments- such as "Drawing and quartering" a prisoner, or having him boiled in oil or burned at the stake-that were recognized as cruel at the time of the amendment's adoption? Or did they expect that the list of prohibited punishments would change over time as society's "Sense of decency" evolved? One clue to the expectations of the framers comes from the debates of the First Congress that proposed the Eighth Amendment. By a 5 to 4 vote the Court found that the punishment was not a violation of the Eighth Amendment because, it said, the framers were concerned solely with punishments in the criminal justice context and would not have intended the amendment's provisions to apply to discipline in the public schools. Does the Eighth Amendment contain a requirement that punishments be somewhat proportional to crimes? Would it be unconstitutional to give a life sentence for double-parking? What about a life sentence for possession of cocaine? That letter question was the issue presented in Harmelin v Michigan. Two justices argued that the Eighth Amendment did not address the proportionality of punishments at all. A key concurring opinion signed by three justices argued that grossly disproportionate punishments did violate the Eighth Amendment, but offered a test that would only rarely allow courts to reach such conclusions. Voting 7 to 2, the Court found a violation of the cruel and unusual punishment clause even though the inmate suffered no permanent injuries or injuries that required hospitalization. The Court considered whether it was cruel and unusual punishment to execute a prisoner for a crime he committed when he was a minor. The Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. The majority in Ingraham effectively inserts the word "Criminal" before the word "Punishment" in the Eighth Amendment. The Court said his beating constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
www.lawinfochina.com
On October 1, 1949 a grand ceremony was witnessed by 300,000 people in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central People's Government, solemnly proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. The National People's Congress and local people's congresses at all levels, formed through democratic elections, represent the people in exercising state power. The legislative powers of the NPC include electing the President of China, supervising the enforcement of the Constitution, amending the Constitution, enacting basic laws, deciding on the choice of the Premier of the State Council upon nomination by the President, electing the Chairman of the Central Military Commission and, upon nomination by the Chairman, deciding on the choice of all other members of the Central Military Commission, and electing the President of the Supreme People's Court. The judicial system of the PRC is established in Articles 123-135,and consists of the peoples courts, the Supreme Peoples Court, the peoples procuratorates, the Supreme Peoples Procuratorate, military procuratorates and other special peoples procuratorates. There is a hierarchy within the court structure from the top down: The Supreme Peoples Courts, the Higher Peoples Courts, the Intermediate Peoples Courts, and the Basic Peoples Courts. The Basic Peoples Courts are comprised of more than 3,000 courts at county level, which are further subdivided into about 20,000 smaller units referred to as peoples tribunals located in towns and villages. There are 376 Intermediate Peoples Courts and 31 Higher Peoples Courts located in the provinces. The armed forces of the PRC consist of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Chinese People's Armed Police Force and the Militia. First, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress unanimously adopted the Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China that was then approved in March 2004 by the National People's Congress. In practice lower peoples courts judges often attempt to follow the interpretations of the laws decided by the Supreme Peoples Courts.
Keywords: ["people","China","State"]
Source: http://www.lawinfochina.com/Legal/index.shtm
Such punishment as would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the common law, or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community. The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing cruel and unusual punishment for federal crimes. The amendment states, "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted." The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bars the states from inflicting such punishment for state crimes, and most state constitutions also prohibit the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. In attempting to define cruel and unusual punishment, federal and state courts have generally analyzed two aspects of punishment: the method and the amount. In Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 112 S. Ct. 995, 117 L. Ed. 2d 156, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the use of excessive physical force against a prisoner may constitute cruel and unusual punishment even if the prisoner does not suffer serious injury. A defendant need not suffer actual physical injury or pain before a punishment will be declared cruel and unusual. The Court has also ruled that execution of mentally retarded criminals violates the Eighth Amendment's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment. With regard to the amount of punishment that may be inflicted, the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment also bars punishment that is clearly out of proportion to the offense committed. The Ninth Circuit ruled that the defendants' sentences constituted cruel and unusual punishment, for the trial court was effectively imposing life sentences for what was the legislature classified as a misdemeanor under any other circumstances. Even one day in prison would be a cruel and unusual punishment for the "Crime" of having a common cold.
Keywords: ["punishment","Court","U.S."]
Source: http://lawbrain.com/wiki/Cruel_and_Unusual_Punishment
When Patient-Physician Confidentiality Conflicts with the Law, Feb 09 … Virtual Mentor
Principle IV of the American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics states, [a] physician shall safeguard patient confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law. The second part of Principle IV, within the constraints of the law, often justifies a physician's disclosure of confidential information. Physicians are required by most state laws to disclose evidence of child abuse obtained through a physical examination or conversation with a minor child. The law may demand a physician to disclose information that indicates that a crime has occurred or may occur. The code advises that when, by law, patient confidentiality must be breached, the physician should notify the patient and disclose to law-enforcement authorities the minimal amount of information required. The state mandates that a physician, osteopathic physician, or surgeon report to the chief of police a knife or gunshot wound; injury that would seriously maim, produce death, or render the person unconscious; injury caused by the use of violence or sustained in a suspicious or unusual manner; or motor-vehicle collision involving serious injury or death. The question is, where does a physician draw the line when balancing such laws and the ethical duty to maintain confidentiality? When does public safety or preventing violence justify the erosion of the patient-physician relationship by the abandonment of the otherwise-sacred principle of confidentiality? Certainly the interest of public safety is overriding when a gunshot victim arrives at the emergency room. Justification of a breach of patient-physician confidentiality in the interest of public safety is particularly thorny in some of the cases covered by Hawaii law. What is it about injuries sustained in a suspicious or unusual manner that justifies forcing a doctor to breach confidentiality? Perhaps suspicious or unusual is easily distinguishable from the ordinary in the eyes of a physician. Physicians delicately walk the line between ethics and law, particularly in the face of statutory obligations to breach the sacred duty of confidentialityall to prevent violence.
Keywords: ["physician","law","injury"]
Source: http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2009/02/hlaw1-0902.html
Unusual New York Divorce & Pending No-Fault Law
April 24, 2007 – A Nassau, NY, divorce judge recently made some waves when he refused to rule on a pending New York divorce until state legislators act on a proposed no-fault divorce law. In the process of his unusual decision, Ross took current New York State divorce laws to task and indicated in his disgust how the state needs to adopt a no-fault divorce law. So how can a couple get a divorce in New York? Divorce law in New York requires one party to blame the other by using one of several "Fault grounds." In this specific case, Jeffrey Molinari had filed for New York divorce based on the grounds of "Constructive abandonment." In other words, Jeffrey Molinari had claimed that his wife Paula refused to have sex with him for at least one year. If one party does not file for divorce based on one of several "Fault grounds," New York divorce law requires both parties to agree to a complicated separation agreement and thus live apart for at least one full year. With Jeffrey Molinari's divorce claim on grounds of "Constructive abandonment" in mind, Ross said that this New York divorce case truly reveals the problems with the state's current fault-based statute. Ken Koopersmith, Jeffrey's Molinari's New York divorce lawyer, called the marriage "Dead" in the story and alleged that his client's wife was using other grounds for a divorce in New York as a means to get more money from her husband. The proposed New York no-fault divorce law is currently pending before the judiciary committee. In his decision, Ross reserved the right to rule on this New York divorce if the state legislature fails to act on this proposed no-fault divorce law. While describing Ross' decision to delay ruling on this New York divorce case as being "Unprecedented" in the story, Schepard noted how other divorce judges have written in their decisions about the need for a no-fault divorce law in the state. The Newsday.com story reported that calls were made to Assemblywoman Helene Weinsetin, who sponsored this year's proposed New York no-fault divorce law, and Dominic Barbara, who is Paula Molinari's New York divorce lawyer.
Keywords: ["divorce","York","New"]
Source: http://www.totaldivorce.com/news/articles/unusual/new-york-no-fault-law.aspx
Cases that could save your home
The trial court sustained a motion to strike on the basis of res judicata and the Court of Appeal affirmed. The District Court dismissed the Complaint with prejudice on the grounds that the action was precluded by the demurrer in state court, and Plaintiff appealed to the Ninth Circuit. After a hearing on November 7, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the District Court's order of dismissal. "The court does not accept the argument that because MERS may be involved with 50 percent of all residential mortgages in the country, that is reason enough for this court to turn a blind eye to the fact that this process does not comply with the law." The issue considered by the California Supreme Court in Yvanova: In an action for wrongful foreclosure on a deed of trust securing a home loan, does the borrower have standing to challenge an assignment of the note and deed of trust on the basis of defects allegedly rendering the assignment void? The Court limited its scope to post-foreclosure cases. "The Yvanova Court concluded,"We conclude a home loan borrower has standing to claim a nonjudicial foreclosure was wrongful because an assignment by which the foreclosing party purportedly took a beneficial interest in the deed of trust was not merely voidable but void, depriving the foreclosing party of any legitimate authority to order a trustee's sale. The Supreme Court then sent Keshtgar and Mendoza back to the courts of appeal for further consideration. In a petition for review to the California Supreme Court, the Mabrys noted that more than 100 federal district court opinions have considered §2923.5 and an overwhelming majority have rejected a private right of action under the statute. The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's demurrer, and wrote, "Gillies points out that the notice of default misspells his first name Dougles, instead of the correct Douglas. But no reasonable person would be confused by such a minor error. Gillies last name is spelled correctly and the notice contains the street address of the property as well as the assessor's parcel number."
Keywords: ["court","Notice","Plaintiff"]
Source: http://www.chasechase.org/cases.html
Professional Judgment
Financial aid administrators have the authority, through Section 480(d)(7) of the Higher Education Act, to change a student's status from dependent to independent in cases involving unusual circumstances. Nationwide, approximately 2% of undergraduate students become independent through such dependency overrides. An analysis of the 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study suggests that only 0.5% of undergraduate students are independent because of a dependency override. Parents refuse to contribute to the student's education; Parents are unwilling to provide information on the application or for verification; Parents do not claim the student as a dependent for income tax purposes; Student demonstrates total self-sufficiency. A student cannot become independent just because the parents are unwilling to help pay for the student's college education. An abusive family environment abandonment by parents incarceration or institutionalization of both parents parents lacking the physical or mental capacity to raise the child parents whereabouts unknown or parents cannot be located parents hospitalized for an extended period an unsuitable household married student's spouse dies or student gets divorced. Although the student's self sufficiency is insufficient grounds for a dependency override, the financial aid administrator may be able to make a case for a dependency override on the grounds of abandonment. A student who is 24 years old or married still counts as independent even if he lives at home with his parents. A student is not required to be self-supporting for the financial aid administrator to perform a dependency override. Cash support from people other than the student's parents should be reported as untaxed income on Worksheet B. Financial aid administrators may use professional judgment to include financial support received from the student's parents and in-kind support from the parents and other people as untaxed income on Worksheets A and B. A student acting as a legal guardian or foster parent to a child is not independent, since the student is not considered the child's parent.
Keywords: ["Student","parent","dependency"]
Source: http://www.finaid.org/educators/pj/dependencyoverrides.phtml


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Mortgage lenders rarely help homeowners struggling with rapidly increasing adjustable mortgages, according to a survey of 33 California housing counseling agencies released on Wednesday.
Only one agency responding to the survey said that loan modification - adjusting a mortgage's terms to make it more affordable - is among the most common outcomes for its clients.
Instead, foreclosures were the most common outcome for agency clients overall, according to the survey by the California Reinvestment Coalition, a statewide alliance that promotes access to credit. The second-most-common result was a short sale, selling a home for less than is owed on the mortgage.
In recent months, attention has focused on loan modifications as one solution to the subprime loan crisis, in which about 2 million homeowners nationwide have mortgage payments that are due to skyrocket within the next two years.
Politicians, banking regulators and consumer advocates have urged lenders to avert foreclosures through loan modifications. Banks in turn have publicly embraced the concept but have not provided statistics to show how common loan modification actually is.
"Lenders are all saying the right things: 'It makes no sense for us to foreclose, we don't want to foreclose, we lose money when we foreclose, we want to keep borrowers in their homes, we know we have to do workouts and loan modifications,' " said Kevin Stein, associate director of the coalition.
"The most striking thing that came out of this (study) is that there is a huge chasm between what the lenders are stating, which very well may be their policies, and what's happening on the ground. That clearly works to the detriment of homeowners and their communities."
The San Francisco coalition surveyed 33 of the state's 80 mortgage counseling agencies. The surveyed agencies had counseled about 9,800 consumers in August.
A study from Moody's Investors Service released in September also showed that loan modifications are rare. After looking at 16 loan servicers that handle $950 billion of subprime mortgages - accounting for about 80 percent of the market - Moody's said only 1 percent of people with loan rates that reset higher in January, April and July received help from their lenders to make their payments more affordable.
Katrina Vizinau, senior homeownership counselor at Community Housing Development Group of North Richmond - one of the surveyed agencies - sees about 50 clients a month with mortgage problems. She agreed that loan modifications are rare. It takes a frustratingly long time to get an answer from lenders, she added.
"When they do (offer a loan modification) the terms are unrealistic for the homeowners; the payments would be a hardship for them," she said.
Often lenders refuse to discuss loan modifications until a consumer has missed payments, Vizinau said. Because missed payments hurt a consumer's credit, that creates a catch-22.
Paul Howard, who has an adjustable-rate mortgage on his Sacramento home, said seeking a loan modification was frustrating.
Howard, who works in Berkeley's human resources department, bought his house for $274,000 with 100 percent financing in April 2005. The in-law who arranged his adjustable mortgage told him it would stay at 5.75 percent for five years (a $1,400 monthly payment).
"I was shocked when after just two years, it adjusted," he said. "I should probably have paid closer attention to details."
In May the ARM rose three percentage points, adding $550 to his monthly payment. It was scheduled to continue rising every six months. Meanwhile, the house had declined in value to about $225,000, ruling out a refinance or sale for enough to pay off the mortgage.
Howard contacted his servicer, Litton Loan Servicing, in April, notifying it that he could not afford the higher payments and asking for relief. He stretched to continue covering the mortgage.
After leaving numerous voice messages and e-mails, Howard said that Litton eventually told him he did not qualify for a loan modification, although he has good credit and a relatively high income.
By this month, Howard said he was so desperate to get the company's attention that he planned to withhold his mortgage payments, hoping it would negotiate with him.
Instead, after The Chronicle contacted Litton, it called Howard within an hour, offering to roll his interest rate back to 5.75 percent for two years and forgive his October payment.
Larry Litton Jr., president and CEO of the company his father founded, said that Litton had recently implemented a new loan modification program and it turned out Howard qualified for it. The new program extends interest-only customers' original payment level for 24 months.
"We're trying to do everything in our power to drive down these foreclosure levels, which are really going up in the state of California," Litton said.
Howard initially was denied "because the loan product we had available at the time would not have given him the relief he needed," Litton said. "Since then we have created some new modification products for borrowers. We're trying to keep them in the houses, continue to pay, and review the financials in 24 months."
Litton handles 300,000 mortgages totaling about $56 billion.
Litton said the company did more than 2,000 loan modifications in September, 1,500 of them for people who had already missed payments. This month it expects to modify more than 3,000 loans, he said.
The coalition is urging lenders to be "more aggressive, creative and flexible in dealing with borrowers to keep them in their homes," Stein said. Among its recommendations: Offer loan modifications across the board; freeze interest rates; require lenders to report how many loans result in modifications, foreclosures and other outcomes; develop a procedure to sell foreclosed homes to nonprofit groups for affordable housing; and increase funding for counseling agencies.
-- HUD-approved housing counseling agencies - links.sfgate.com/ZMW, (800) 569-4287. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sponsors housing counseling agencies throughout the country that offer advice at little or no cost.
-- Homeownership Preservation Foundation - links.sfgate.com/ZMV, (888) 995-4673. Hot line offers free foreclosure-avoidance counseling and assistance contacting lenders.


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The Left is so Afraid of President Trump's Success, That They Have Become Completely "Unhinged"!
During the Obama Administration it became obvious that the Left had developed an open disdain, and in some instances open hatred for anything Conservative or Patriotic American.
The Left also made it clear that they thought they were invincible and would never be held accountable regardless of what they did. And then November 8, 2016 happened and their fantasy world began to collapse! And on January 20, 2017 their worst nightmare happened!
Every time I turn on the news, even FOX, I see Democrats who are part of the Washington Cesspool loudly and angrily arguing that they are right and everything Trump, including his supporters are saying and doing is absolutely wrong. They appear to be completely convinced that everything they say is true, even though in many instances what they are saying does not even make sense. .And, thanks to the MSM they are also completely convinced that they have a large base of supporters who totally believe them.
Based on everything I see happening in America today I am increasingly confident that the opposite of the Democrat's dream is going to happen. America is going to be GREAT AGAIN and the Democratic Party is going to go deeper down into its death spiral. It is amazing how many things can change in eleven months!