An impacted tooth simply means that it is "stuck" and can't erupt into function. Patients frequently develop problems with impacted third molar (wisdom) teeth. These teeth get "stuck" in the back of the jaw and can develop painful infections among a host of other problems (see "Impacted wisdom teeth" under Procedures). Since there is rarely a functional need for wisdom teeth, they are usually extracted if they develop problems. The maxillary canine (upper eye tooth) is the second most common tooth to become impacted. The canine tooth is a critical tooth in the dental arch and plays an important role in your "bite". The canine teeth are very strong biting teeth which have the longest roots of any human teeth. They are designed to be the first teeth that touch when your jaws close together, guiding the jaws and the other teeth into position. Normally, the maxillary canine teethare the last of the "front" teeth to erupt into place. They usually come into place around age 10 to 12, and cause any space left between the upper front teeth to close tightly together. If a canine tooth gets impacted, every effort is made to get it to erupt into its proper position in the dental arch. The techniques involved to aid eruption can be applied to any impacted tooth in the upper or lower jaw, but most commonly they are applied to the maxillary canine teeth.
The older the patient, the more likely an impacted canine tooth will not erupt by nature's forces alone, even if the space is available for the tooth to fit in the dental arch. The American Association of Orthodontistsrecommends that a panorex screening x-ray along with a dental examination be performed on all dental patients at around the age of seven years to count the teeth and determine if there are problems with eruption of the adult teeth. It is important to determine whether or not all the adult teeth are present and erupting properly. Are there extra teeth present or unusual growths that are blocking the eruption of the canine tooth? Is there severe crowding or too little space available causing an eruption problem with the canine tooth? This exam is usually performed by your general dentist or hygienist who will refer you to an orthodontist if a problem is identified. Treating such a problem may involve an orthodontist placing braces to open up spaces wide enough to allow proper eruption of the adult canine teeth. Treatment may also require a referral to an oral surgeon for extraction of retained baby teeth and/or selected adult teeth that are blocking the eruption of the all-important canine. The oral surgeon may also need to remove any extra teeth (supernumerary teeth) or growths that are blocking eruption of adult teeth. If the eruption path is cleared and the space is opened up by age 11 or 12, there is a good chance the impacted canine will erupt with nature's help alone. If the eye tooth is allowed to develop for too long (age 13-14), the impacted eye tooth may not erupt by itself even after space is cleared for its eruption.
In cases where the canine teeth will not erupt on their own, the orthodontist and oral and maxillofacial surgeon work together to get these canine teeth to erupt. Each case must be evaluated on an individual basis, but treatment will usually involve a combined effort between the orthodontist and the oral surgeon. The most common scenario will call for the orthodontist to place braces on the teeth. A space will be opened to provide room for the impacted tooth to be moved into its proper position in the dental arch. If the baby canine tooth has not fallen out already, it is usually left in place until the space for the adult canine tooth is ready. Once the space is ready, the orthodontist will refer the patient to the oral surgeon to have the impacted canine tooth exposed and possibly bracketed. In a simple surgical procedure performed in the surgeon's office, the gum on top of the impacted tooth will be lifted up to expose the hidden tooth underneath. If there is a baby tooth present, it will be removed at the same time. Once the tooth is exposed, the oral surgeon will often bond an orthodontic bracket to the exposed tooth. The bracket will have a miniature gold chain attached to it. The oral surgeon will guide the chain back to the orthodontic arch wire where it will be temporarily attached. Sometimes the surgeon will leave the exposed impacted tooth completely uncovered by suturing the gum up high above the tooth or making a window in the gum covering the tooth. Most of the time, the gum will be returned to its original location and sutured back with only the chain remaining visible as it exits a small hole in the gum. Shortly after surgery, the patient will return to the orthodontist. A rubber band will be attached to the chain to put a light eruptive pulling force on the impacted tooth. This will begin the process of moving the tooth into its proper place in the dental arch. This is a carefully controlled, slow process that may take up to a full year to complete. Remember, the goal is to erupt the impacted tooth and not to extract it! Once the tooth is moved into the arch in its final position, the gum around it will be evaluated to make sure it is sufficiently strong and healthy to last for a lifetime of chewing and tooth brushing. In some circumstances, especially those where the tooth had to be moved a long distance, there may be some minor "gum surgery" required to add bulk to the gum tissue over the relocated tooth so it remains healthy during normal function. Your dentist or orthodontist will explain this situation to you if it applies to your specific situation.
These basic principals can be adapted to apply to any impacted toothin the mouth. It is not that uncommon for both of the maxillary cuspids to be impacted. In these cases, the space in the dental arch will be prepared on both sides at once. When the orthodontist is ready, the surgeon will expose and often bracket both teeth in the same visit so the patient only has to heal from surgery once. Because the anterior teeth (incisors and cuspids) and the bicuspid teeth are small and have single roots, they are easier to erupt if they get impacted than the posterior molar teeth. The molar teeth are much bigger teeth and have multiple roots making them more difficult to move. The orthodontic maneuvers needed to manipulate an impacted molar tooth can be more complicated because of their location in the back of the dental arch. Recent studies have revealed that with early identification of impacted canine teeth (or any other impacted tooth other than wisdom teeth), treatment that is initiated at a younger age may be more predictable. Once the general dentist or hygienist identifies a potential eruption problem, the patient should be referred to the orthodontist for early evaluation. In some cases, the patient will be sent to the oral surgeon before braces are even applied to the teeth. As mentioned earlier, the surgeon will be asked to remove retained baby teeth and/or selected adult teeth. He/She will also remove any extra teeth or growths that are blocking eruption of the developing adult teeth. Finally, he/she may be asked to simply expose an impacted eye tooth without attaching a bracket and chain to it.
The surgery to expose and bracket an impacted tooth is a straightforward procedure that is performed in the oral surgeon's office. For most patients, it is performed with under I.V. sedation, but this is not always necessary. You can expect slow bleeding or blood-tinged saliva for 12-24 hours after surgery. Although there will be some discomfort after surgery at the surgical sites, most patients find Tylenol or Advil to be adequate to manage any pain they may have. Within 2-3 days after surgery, there is usually little need for any medication at all. There may be some swelling, but this can be minimized by applying ice packs to the lip for the afternoon after surgery. A soft, bland diet is recommended at first, but you may resume your normal diet as soon as you feel comfortable chewing. It is advised that you avoid sharp food items like crackers and chips as they can irritate the surgical site during initial healing. Your doctor will see you 7-10 days after surgery to evaluate the healing process and make sure you are maintaining good oral hygiene. You should plan to see your orthodontist to apply the proper rubber band to the chain on your tooth if applicable. As always your doctor is available at the office or can be reached after hours if any problems should arise after surgery. Simply call Davis OMFS at (530) 753-0550 if you have any questions.


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Colombia calls a truce in freshly declared war on coal
Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2013 | 2:20 pm Energy Europe Latin America Coal
Drummond initially tried to cover up the massive coal dump, but was photographed by a local environmental activist and journalist. (Special thanks to Radio Caracol for providing this photo).
Drummond Co., Colombia's No.2 coal producer, will be able to continue exporting the mineral even as it's set to miss a Jan 1 deadline to convert its current export terminals to direct loading operations, and so avoid spills.
The country's environmental authority fined the US coal giant for $3.5 million yesterday for having dumped more than 2,000 tons of coal in the Caribbean Sea near the city of Santa Marta. But it also decided to give Drummond an extension, while charging daily fines, Environment Minister Luz Sarmiento said in a statement (in Spanish).
Sarmiento warned the extension will be short, but did not disclose when the Alabama-based company will have to comply before its exports are halted.
The extension "can't be a very extensive period," Sarmiento said in audio comments published on the ministry's website (Spanish language). "We will not allow companies to skip regulation and what has been ordered."
Drummond initially tried to cover up the massive coal dump, but was photographed by a local environmental activist and journalist. According to the company, it was "forced" to dump the coal as the ship carrying the load was sinking.
Industry to authorities: "Take it easy"
Industry experts are saying Colombia, the world's fourth largest coal exporter, needs to avoid more troubles to the shipments of its key commodity. This considering that the sector's production is now expected reach only about 85 million metric tons, quite less than the government's most recent production target of 94 million tons for the year.
Coal shipments account for 12% of the Colombia's total exports, placing them second to oil, which makes up 40% of all exports. Exports of the commodity now outpace the South American country's better-known products, such as coffee and bananas.
Some of the world's top mining companies have operations in Colombia, including Anglo American (LON: AAL) and BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP), which jointly own Cerrejón, the country's largest coal producer.
With almost 90 million tonnes of coal generated in 2012, Colombia is South America's No. 1 coal producer, according to data from the World Coal Association.
The country's estimated reserves are predicted to last for at least another century. However, the sector faces major uncertainties that have left millions in losses and affected negatively the forecasted output for the year.
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And this is why you can't trust mining companies. Thanks Drummond.
ken in Napa
We have had mineral spills over the years and it is no big deal. What was Drummond going to do, allow the ship to sink with all the fuel and lub oil? Give your head a serious shake. Any mineral spill can be dredged back up, cleaned up and resold. 2,000 tons could be reclaimed in a matter of days. It certainly would not have cost more than 10,000 USD per day to have a clam dredge crew reclaim the spill at a cost of less than $100,000. USD. The govt of Columbia is showing more irresponsibility than Drummond in my world.
Of course a solalist liberal who rides a bike to work at a school and has never fixed a car, worked offshore or even lived more than a 100 miles from where he was born would not understand my position and will always dame the miners and mining companies that contribute so much to this great society.
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Calming The Storm Within
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22–24
But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. MSG
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Q: jQuery UI datepicker dateformat on ajax didn't work I am having weird problem. I want to have jQuery UI DatePicker with a Dropdown of date format.
I found this, and tested and working fine on page load. However, same code is not working when I load the page via ajax call.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">

On loading the ajax content, I am able to select the calendar. But when I change the format dropdown, it's not formatting date in datepicker.

A: It's because the element is loaded dynamically after the page has loaded and isn't part of the original DOM.
Reference it like so
    $("body").on("change", "#id_management_date_format", function(){
        alert(3);
        $( "#id_management_date" ).datepicker( "option", "dateFormat", $( this ).val() );
    });

Edit: After running a local test it's the same issue but during the initialization of the Date Picker Inputs being before they are added to the DOM.
Example working pseudo code.
HTML + Scripts
<!DOCTYPE>

        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">

        <input type="button" onclick="GetDatePickers();" value="Get Date Picker Inputs"/>

PHP - file to send Ajax call to
if(isset($_POST['test'])){
    $html =  <<<DOC
    <input type="text" id="id_management_date"/>
    <input type="text" id="id_management_date_format"/>
DOC;
    echo $html;
}

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package tsar

import (
	"testing"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"time"

	"gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v22"
	"github.com/searchspring/repo-tsar/config"
)

func TestRepoTsarStruct(t *testing.T){
	testpath, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "RepoTsar")
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}

	defer os.RemoveAll(testpath)
	config := config.Config{
		Repos: map[string]config.Repo{
			"testrepo1": config.Repo{
				URL: "https://github.com/libgit2/git2go.git",
				Path: testpath+"/Test1",
				Branch: "master",
			},
			"testrepo2": config.Repo{
				URL: "https://github.com/libgit2/git2go.git",
				Path: testpath+"Test2",
				Branch: "master",
			},

		},
		Signature: config.Signature{
			Name: "Testy Testerson",
			Email: "test@test.com",
		},
	}

	// one repo
	repotsar := RepoTsar{
		Config: config,
		Branch: "test",
		ReposList: []string{"testrepo1"},
		Signature: &git.Signature{
			Name: config.Signature.Name,
			Email: config.Signature.Email,
			When: time.Now(),
		},
	}
	err = repotsar.Run()
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}
	os.RemoveAll(testpath)

	// no reposlist
	repotsar = RepoTsar{
		Config: config,
		Branch: "test",
		ReposList: []string{""},
		Signature: &git.Signature{
			Name: config.Signature.Name,
			Email: config.Signature.Email,
			When: time.Now(),
		},
	}
	err = repotsar.Run()
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}
	os.RemoveAll(testpath)

	// no branch
	// one repo
	repotsar = RepoTsar{
		Config: config,
		Branch: "",
		ReposList: []string{"testrepo1"},
		Signature: &git.Signature{
			Name: config.Signature.Name,
			Email: config.Signature.Email,
			When: time.Now(),
		},
	}
	err = repotsar.Run()
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}

	// repo already exists
	repotsar = RepoTsar{
		Config: config,
		Branch: "",
		ReposList: []string{"testrepo1"},
		Signature: &git.Signature{
			Name: config.Signature.Name,
			Email: config.Signature.Email,
			When: time.Now(),
		},
	}
	err = repotsar.Run()
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}
	os.RemoveAll(testpath)

	// repo already exists
	repotsar = RepoTsar{
		Config: config,
		Branch: "",
		ReposList: []string{"bogusrepo"},
		Signature: &git.Signature{
			Name: config.Signature.Name,
			Email: config.Signature.Email,
			When: time.Now(),
		},
	}
	err = repotsar.Run()
	if err == nil {
		t.Error("Repo doesn't exist, should have generated an error and didn't")
	}
	os.RemoveAll(testpath)

}

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Mackenzie Foy aka Renesmee Cullen. Finally, our Renesmee is here! :). Wallpaper and background images in the Siri-siri Twilight club tagged: renesmee cullen renesmee cullen renesmee carlie cullen carlie mackenzie foy mackenzie foy actress breaking dawn.
This Siri-siri Twilight photo contains potret, headshot, closeup, and headshot closeup. There might also be daya tarikan, rayuan, kepanasan, and hotness.
Rob kertas dinding 1024 x 640 version!!!!


Metron is a metronomic clock that doesn't tell time but suggests its passing. The audience perceives randomly colored bars of light running across steel metre rulers at different speeds. The metre rulers measure the hour, minute and second respectively.
The work was first shown in an exhibition which looks at the city as manifold, distinct time-spaces. Growing up in a small town, the artist was moved to the city at age nine. His corporeal sense of time – of his home – was jolted by his new physical environment. Time in the city is largely quantitative, parcelled into seconds and minutes of the clock; its space, linear and frictionless. This is in contrast to the rhythmic flow of life in a small town.
2016 Bruce Quek. Beyond the accessibility of the Betwixt Festival. Today, 26 Feb 2016. Print.
2015 Carla Bianpoen. ArtJog Cements Its Place as Leading Display of Indonesian Contemporary Art, Jakarta Globe. 17 Jun 2015. Web.
2015 Yuliasri Perdani. Art Jog ∞ Into the Infinite Universe of New Media Art, The Jakarta Post. 6 Jun 2015. Web.
Top video: 2014. 1 min 20 s video documentation. As installed at The U Factory, Gillman Barracks, Singapore in Jan 2014. Projector by Canon.


BTW, that was actually Joe's joke!
Now on to day two; the Ken Robinson lunchtime keynote.
In his conversations about moving from and INDUSTRIAL approach in education to an AGRICULTURAL one, he demonstrates the need for education reform because of the "conformity and linearity of the system". Differentiation, personalization, and customization are important as we move forward in designing everything from an individual lesson to a district's strategic plan.
His key is simply that we as educators need to, like farmers, create the CONDITIONS necessary for learning and success.
In this conversation about all students and their needs and passions he talked about a Twitter battle" he is in about his comment that "dance is as important as math". I LOVED THIS COMMENT. So sorry my math friends out there who are reading this but CRAP, AM I TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT MATH? It seems to drive so many conversations and both at my district and beyond. Benchmark standards, interim assessments, fidelity in teaching the subject, and oh Common Core seems to be all I hear about. Where are the talks about Dance, Theater, Graphic Design, Science and oh Social Studies? I got off the rails here a bit… I will save this for another post one day!
I am just paraphrasing some of what he said but if you have not heard his message or would like to hear more I recommend his TED Talks (this one is my favorite below) and his newest book, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education which I just purchased as well.
Oh, and speaking of this book, now the crazy part of this story for me. Several of us were waiting in line to buy a book and have Ken sign it. I was standing with several others including Joe Sanfellipo and my co-host partner in crime Brian Briggs. The word spread that they ran out of books to purchase but we could all have Ken sign anything else you would like. Joe grabbed a program and had Ken sign it as they were both on the front page together. For myself I thought, it's small but, why not have him sign one of our Check This Out laptop stickers?
When it was my turn I said hello and asked about signing the sticker and he said sure. As he was signing I told him it was from our podcast and this really piqued his interest. He mentioned how he recently was on the Adam Carolla podcast and that he is thinking about maybe doing one himself. He then started asking Briggs and I all sorts of details from our subject to how many listeners and more. It was awesome! I felt a little guilty about those in line behind me but it's not often you get to talk podcasting with someone knighted by the Queen!
We then asked for our photo and he even dropped the comment that he will check out the podcast! Here's the photo proof too! WOW. What a day.
Sir Ken is one of the best speakers I have ever seen. He speaks of urgent issues in education with passion and humor. I am happy I was there for Leadership 3.0.


The Quill traveled with Joan and J.D. Shipman to Saguache, Colorado. The Shipmans traveled through Saguache, heading to the mountains. Notice that the sign doesn't give a population, but gives the elevation. Their destination was 45 miles from Saguache. When you go on a trip, take The Quill along with you, and take your picture with it and send it to us. Let us see where all The Quill can go.


This past weekend I spoke at the FPEA convention in Orlando, Florida. One of my workshops was, "Am I Ruining My Child? What I Wish I Knew When I Started Homeschooling." I think one of the greatest things about this workshop is seeing the facial expressions on the parents when they are sitting in the room waiting for the workshop to begin. They are looking around and smiling.
It makes ME smile. No, sweet mama. You are not the only one. We all feel this way sometimes.
In the workshop, I discuss some of the scariest topics that homeschoolers face. One of these is the pressure to get the newest, sparkliest curriculum out there because everyone else is using it.
I know. Just because everyone else jumped off the bridge, Sherri, doesn't mean you have to. It's the classic peer pressure thing – and I fell into it often.
Years ago, my oldest was in elementary school. His favorite subject was math. The curriculum we used was a very good one. He was learning, progressing, and scoring well each year on his assessment tests.
Then….a shiny new curriculum entered the homeschool market. EVERYONE seemed to be using it. Studies had shown that students using this curriculum scored over a hundred points higher on their SAT test. Of course I wanted my son to do as well as he could. And it appeared that THIS was the curriculum to make it happen.
She's right. But despite the teenage-haunted-echoes going on in my head, that summer I joined the rest of the happy, smart homeschoolers all over the U.S. and bought the new math curriculum.
Well, it was a disaster. Though this was a good, solid curriculum, it didn't fit my son's learning style. His enthusiasm for his favorite subject was gone. I remember watching him one morning, facing his math book, and sighing… He began to lose his love for math. It became a chore.
When I finally realized this, I talked it over with my husband, we bit the bullet, and bought the next level of OLD curriculum. I just couldn't let my child lose the excitement for a subject he loved just because I wanted to keep up with the Jones's.
I knew that this is one of the reasons we homeschool. If a certain curriculum or teaching style isn't working for my child, I have the ability to change course to try to tailor his education to best fit his needs. After all, if we believe that there is one curriculum that is the best and only one that should be used to teach a subject, then we are really saying that all children are alike in their strengths, learning abilities, and giftedness.
If that is true, then why not get that one best curriculum, put them all together in groups taught one way by one teacher and they will all make perfect scores on the standardized exams.
Well, we know that is NOT true. Every child is unique and has individual learning styles, passions and abilities. Our job as parents is to build on those strengths while finding ways to encourage the weaker areas. We can give them the perfect opportunity to excel as they are prepared to do so.
And, no, it will NOT look like every other child's path. That's by design. They are different. And that is good.
So don't worry if you are taking a different direction in your child's education. Get to know your child and what excites him or her. Figure out the best ways to engage each of them as they are learning.
And know that it's OK to be different.


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Disasters | Global Health | Health Systems
U.S. Crisis, Global Implications
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. Image: Jon Cherry/Getty
The mob attack on the US Capitol yesterday left the US and much of the world aghast—a stunning conclusion to a tumultuous election and a scarring year of pain and loss for so many.
But in global health, a crisis in one country cannot be an isolated event, and the implications are sure to reverberate beyond the US. Yesterday's violence occurred in the context of a pandemic that has twisted politics, attitudes, and behavior. Key implications for the near future:
Basic health precautions have taken on a political charge that caught the public health world off guard—as a commentary in Science Advances yesterday details.
Rebuilding trust is an ever more important focus of the public and global health community's work. Even if the pandemic can be brought under control, similar divisions are already undermining efforts to counter other major threats like climate change.
Repeatedly throughout the course of the pandemic, it has become clear that scientists can no longer afford to be political, as the Union of Concern Scientists concludes in a statement responding to the US crisis.
The attack exposed the inequality and double standard that the US must address to repair deep-rooted damage to the country's democracy and health. As UCS's Andrew Rosenberg said, "It is impossible to watch today and not recognize white privilege and white supremacy in action. There were many peaceful protests in support of racial justice over the summer. Too often they were met with aggressive suppression and violence—and mass arrests." Many images on Twitter shared tweets that starkly illustrate that contrast.
The crises that have rocked the US put the difficult road ahead in stark relief. But the US Senate immediately got back to work last night, seeking to restore democratic order and speaking of the need to repair the devastating divisions. The world will be watching.
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As I already told you all in my granola post last week, this year marks my second attempt at trying to cook my way through my favorite cookbook. Last year I made it through almost all ten "February" recipes, and I'm not sure how I didn't make this banana bread recipe as soon as possible, because I love banana bread. And zucchini bread, and coconut bread, and really any loaf-type bread that I can kind of pretend is healthy but that's really an afternoon (or breakfast!) treat. I've been really into this recipe lately, and getting really confident (aggressive) with swapping oat flour, brown rice flour, almond meal, wheat germ, flax seed meal, etc. for the white flour – it's kind of amazing because no matter how much scarily-healthy stuff I dump in, it still turns out delicious every time. I also love this one from the Sprouted Kitchen Cookbook (since I really can't get enough coconut). This one is next on my list – lemon or grapefruit, I can't decide. It's clearly a cake, though, so I probably can't rationalize making both.
Melissa's recipe is definitely on the sweeter side, but since it's made with olive oil, brown sugar and whole wheat flour, we still get to pretend it's quasi-healthy. Minus the chocolate chips and frosting, which you could easily omit (and/or use nuts instead of chocolate, if you'd prefer). The lemon is pretty subtle (especially without the glaze), but it still lends a fresh and slightly tart flavor to the bread. For purposes of this blog post, I followed her recipe exactly, but I'm pretty sure you could easily use whole wheat flour/oat flour/rice flour/almond meal/etc. in place of some or all of the white flour – it just might make for a denser cake bread.
If you're not worried about white flour, or butter, or sugar, etc., there are a million recipes out there that can meet your needs – I've been dying to try this one (which, interestingly enough, has lemon in it too!). But if you want to dip your toe into the waters of baking with white flour substitutes and olive oil, this recipe is a good way to do so. I promise you'll never miss the butter!
If anyone has a favorite banana bread recipe, I would love to hear it! Or any tips for using my new obsession, almond meal ($3.99 for a huge bag of it at Trader Joe's – if you take anything away from reading this, let it be that) . Now that bathing suit season is approaching, I've got to start using it to bread chicken instead of in cakes and cookies, I'm afraid, but it's so delicious I almost don't mind.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Add the chocolate pieces and combine well.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the olive oil, eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream or yogurt, lemon zest, and vanilla. Pour the banana mixture into the flour mixture and fold with a spatula until just combined. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake until dark golden brown and a tester inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean, 50 minutes to one hour (note: mine took probably an extra 10-15 minutes).
4. Transfer the pan to a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn the loaf out of the pan to cool completely.
5. While the cake is almost cool, prepare the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Drizzle the glaze on top of the cake, spreading with a spatula to cover.
6. Tell yourself this is totally appropriate to eat for breakfast. It is banana bread, after all!
I bought the almond meal today based on your suggestion! I like the idea of olive oil rather than butter!!!
Why does that not surprise me? 🙂 Good luck with the almond meal chicken!
"…and getting really confident (aggressive)" -LOL!
Love the idea of using olive oil!!! I'll have to give this a try!
Right? Or coconut oil – then if we could only figure out what to sub for the sour cream/yogurt (applesauce?) it could be dairy free!


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Hellogoodbye
Hellogoodbye are a group of quirky, fun-loving emo rockers from California who seem to take as much influence from modern pop-punk as they do from the original Nintendo sound bleeps that held children captive in the late '80s. Formed by high-school friends in 2002, their playful brand of indie power pop is infused with sugary sweetness, catchy dance beats, and enough energy to tire a group of five-year-olds.
Hellogoodbye, named after a quote from Saved by the Bell's Screech Powers, is composed of vocalist/guitarist Forrest Kline, bassist Marcus Cole, keyboardist Jesse Kurvink, and drummer Chris Profeta. They released a self-titled EP in April 2004 on Drive Thru, and a music video/live DVD appeared in the fall of 2005.
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Can a Motion Be Dismissed Based on Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Under Castaneda ?
In Ambrose v. Thornton Township School Trustees, 274 Ill. App. 3d 676, 654 N.E.2d 545, 211 Ill. Dec. 83 (1995), the plaintiffs sought judicial review of a decision of the joint board of trustees of schools (Joint Board) that denied a territorial annexation petition. Ambrose, 274 Ill. App. 3d at 678-79. The trial court reversed the Joint Board's decision and sua sponte sanctioned the defendants for filing a motion to dismiss the complaint based on failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Ambrose, 274 Ill. App. 3d at 677-78, 684. The reviewing court affirmed the circuit court's decision to reverse the Joint Board, but reversed the sua sponte sanction order because the defendants had an objectively reasonable basis to move for dismissal based on the exhaustion doctrine under Castaneda. Ambrose, 274 Ill. App. 3d at 685. In support of its reversal, the reviewing court reasoned: "It is true that Castaneda may be distinguished from the present case. However, it does not necessarily follow that the defendants' arguments for extending Castaneda were in bad faith. There is an equally reasonable argument that Castaneda should be applied to the present case given the similarity of the statutory language. Therefore, we conclude that under the law as of the date of the motion to dismiss, it was objectively reasonable for the defendants to argue for the extension of Castaneda." Ambrose, 274 Ill. App. 3d at 685.


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Wilsons Promontory National Park är en nationalpark i Australien.   Den ligger i regionen South Gippsland och delstaten Victoria, i den sydöstra delen av landet,  km sydväst om huvudstaden Canberra. Wilsons Promontory National Park ligger  meter över havet.

I omgivningarna runt Wilsons Promontory National Park växer i huvudsak städsegrön lövskog.  Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är februari, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är juni, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med  mm nederbörd.

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El Campionat Mundial de Ciclisme en Pista de 1974 es va celebrar a Mont-real (Canadà) del 14 al 20 d'agost de 1974.

Les competicions es van celebrar al Velòdrom de Mont-real. En total es va competir en 11 disciplines, 9 de masculines i 2 de femenines.

Resultats

Masculí

Professional

Amateur

Femení

Medaller

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How to Figure a Pension Based on Salary and Years
by William Adkins; Reviewed by Jayne Thompson, LLB, LLM; Updated March 01, 2019
1 Key Elements of a Compensation Plan
2 Typical Executive Deferred Compensation Plan
3 6 Basic Employee Benefits
4 Company Retirement Policy
Employers may provide retirement plans that pay retirees a specified amount, based on the individual's salary and on the number of years of employment. Called defined benefit plans, these pensions may be a part of the benefits offered by corporations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Large employers have human resource departments that educate employees about their retirement plans. If you own or manage a small business, your employees will turn to you for answers to retirement plan questions. For this reason, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of your firm's retirement plan.
Defined Benefit Plans Overview
A defined benefit plan is a retirement income plan provided and funded by employers. Some plans allow employees to make contributions, as well. When the employee retires, she receives a pension in the form of fixed monthly payments for the rest of her life. The benefit amount is calculated, using a formula that may also take into account age. However, there is no single formula used; each defined benefit plan has its own.
The salary figure used to compute pension benefits is typically the average of the two to five consecutive years in which the employee receives the highest compensation. This average amount is multiplied by a percentage called a pension factor. Typical pension factors might be 1.5 percent or 3 percent. The years of service are determined, based on the amount of time worked. For example, 2080 hours in a year may be required for a full year's credit. Sick leave taken and vacation time used count. Overtime does not count toward full-time status. When an employee works part time, she is credited with a fraction of a year.
Sample Pension Calculation
Suppose an employee accumulates a total of 30 years of service credit. The defined benefit plan uses the average of the three consecutive years he received the greatest amount of compensation. For this employee, these are $58,000, $60,000 and $62,000. The average amount works out to $60,000.
The defined benefit plan applies a pension factor of 1.5 percent. Multiply $60,000 times 1.5 percent and then multiply by the 30 years of service. The annual pension amount comes to $27,000. This will be paid in monthly installments. In this example, the employee will get a monthly pension of $2,250.
Pension Plan Options
Typically, defined benefit plans include options that can affect benefit amounts. Employees need to know what these options are, especially since they may not be able to make changes after they retire. For example, some plans allow an employee to get additional credit for service for unused sick leave. Another option is early retirement, which may reduce the monthly benefit amount. Employees should also understand how future cost of living adjustments may affect the amount of payments.
Michigan: Estimating Your Pension
Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association: How Benefits Are Calculated
Teachers Retirement System of Georgia: Unused Sick Leave Credit at Retirement
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, William Adkins has been writing professionally since 2008. He writes about small business, finance and economics issues for publishers like Chron Small Business and Bizfluent.com. Adkins holds master's degrees in history of business and labor and in sociology from Georgia State University. He became a member of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009.
Adkins, William. "How to Figure a Pension Based on Salary and Years." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/figure-pension-based-salary-years-31214.html. 01 March 2019.
Adkins, William. (2019, March 01). How to Figure a Pension Based on Salary and Years. Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/figure-pension-based-salary-years-31214.html
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Otto Tuza's VIP Horse Floats offers a range of floats which includes budget floats, economy floats, standard floats, angle load floats and gooseneck floats. Budget floats have been designed in a lightweight and cost friendly design. Budget floats are equipped with torsion-bar rubber suspension, chassis and top rolls. The chassis and top rolls are seamlessly fused as one, single piece without any joints.
Budget floats from Otto Tuza's VIP Horse Floats contains zincanneal sheet metal panels, fully welded panels, electric brakes, fibreglass roof with open sides, swivel jockey wheel and spring loaded tailgate with latches. Other features of the budget float include side access door, Lexan front window, combo lights, hardwood structural flooring, interior light, side wall padding and removable centre divider with fixed chest bar and chains.
Otto Tuza's VIP Horse Floats offers custom built economy floats which are excellent value for money. Otto Tuza's VIP Horse Floats offers economy floats which share almost similar features like budget floats, but contains additional features like internal side kickboards, high front stoneguard protection and anti skid rubber matting. Otto Tuza's VIP Horse Floats also provides custom made kitchens in their floats to suit individual requirements.


The Wishbone Run is on the move.
The new Start/Finish will now be at the 3 Friends Fishing Hole Park running South on the Green River Trail to Foster Park and back, once for the Half and twice for the Full with an out and back to the North for the 50k.
The run will start and finish at Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent. See the "getting there" and "Course" tabs above for more information.
Run the Wishbone Run trail marathon along the Green River Trail the day after Thanksgiving and avoid all the crowds at the mall. A tour of the majestic industrial parks along a meandering waterway will be much more pleasant.
New to 2018 Kush Creams is sponsoring some after race Swag.
A porta potty will be available at the start and the turnaround.
Parking is somewhat limited, so please think about carpooling.
If you want to bring some food to share with others after the event, that would be wonderful. It's all up to you. Hopefully there will be a bumper crop of huckleberries so that we can have pancakes again.
Your host for this event is Bill Barmore, with long-distance moral support from Valerie Beyer.


As a software development model, open source has proven that it can deliver rapid, cost-effective implementations of some of the most used applications in the world like the Android operating system or Mozila's Firefox browser. But the adoption of open source for core, mission-critical operational platforms for the network has not been a top priority for service providers and the vendors that serve them… until now.
In a rapidly evolving market with over-the-top (OTT) players like Google and Amazon competing for core telecommunications business, coupled with increasingly sophisticated customers demanding better service at a lower price, service providers need to find ways to re-invent the way they do business.
Adopting new technologies like network virtualization can help service providers face today's challenges and grasp tomorrow's opportunities. But one of the greatest barriers to the adoption of network virtualization has been standardization. There is a growing consensus in the industry today that open source can address the need for standardization, thanks to the contribution of the open source community.
Service providers are increasingly recognizing that open source can help them to accelerate development and maturity of operational platforms, and reduce vendor dependency/lock-in as well as to achieve increased levels of standardization. Amdocs has adopted an open source first approach across its open network portfolio. A leader in open-source initiatives from an early stage, Amdocs is a co-creator of Open ECOMP with AT&T and a leader and key contributor in the transition to Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, and through partnerships with ONAP early adopters like Bell and Orange.
As part of our role in the Linux Foundation's ONAP, Amdocs is proud to host the Israel day of the Open Source Network (OSN) tour, a free Linux Foundation event which is bringing together the region's leading experts in open source initiatives for telecommunications service providers.
The event will take place at Amdocs offices in Raanana today.


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Afghanistan: Overlooked, UK soldier turns spy
October 14, 2008 sheikyermami	3 Comments
* First things first: he was an Iranian born Muzz with an (adopted) Anglo name, 'Daniel James'. Curiously, it didn't take much to turn his loyalties against once great Britain. Strange also that the motive for his treason is said to be 'racial discrimination' when Iranians see themselves as 'Aryans'…
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 * Talibs get ready to behead two peasants accused of spying for the U.S. Unfortunately, US spies are not afforded the same honor.
* Hilarious link of the day:Â Islamic countries supports Iran's bid for UN Security Council membership
LONDON: A British soldier became a spy for Iran after becoming angry at being passed over for promotion and what he perceived as racial discrimination, a court heard on Monday. Corporal Daniel James, 45, contacted Iranian officials in Kabul while working as an interpreter for general David Richards, the British commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, prosecutors told the Old Bailey.  Â
"The allegation in this case is that during the latter part of 2006, the defendant's loyalty to this country wavered and his loyalties turned to Iran, the country of his birth," prosecutor Mark Dennis said. "He turned his back on those with whom he was serving in Afghanistan and sought to become an agent for a foreign power, and to provide information which would or might be of use to those who were actually engaged in active conflict with the peace-keeping force."Â
James made telephone contact with a colonel working as Iran's military attache at Iranian embassy in Kabul and sent him a coded message in email, the court was told. He was arrested in December 2006.Â
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3 thoughts on "Afghanistan: Overlooked, UK soldier turns spy"
"Islamophobia"=BS says:
You can tell the guy's a loser. He's 45 and only a corporal?
Teba says:
It's called treason . Firing sqad at dawn.
Should have been squad


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Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed (with Rain as the 2011 readers' choice), users can continue to vote for their favorites until the final list, selected by our editors, is revealed on Thursday, April 21st
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The fact that Kanye West's long-awaited fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was one of the best-reviewed releases of 2010 is almost beside the point: over the past year, West went from being the bête noire of music-video awards shows to the most popular and confounding person in social media. More than 2.8 million Twitter followers receive his rambling, oddly compelling rants on fame, fortune and fur pillows. Sure, Lady Gaga may have more Twitter followers than anybody on the planet, and I'mma let you finish — but West might be the biggest celebrity of all time.
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Nobuyoshi ARAKI: POLART 6000
Written by Takeshi HIRATA
Published: August 12 2009
The gallery hall with 6,000 Polaroid photographs is filled with the essence of Araki's photographs that overflow with obscenity and indecency, and the energy of life (sex) like the sultriness of summer. The work, which features pictures of food such as "Egg", "Cod roe", and "Bread and oyster", is no exception either. I have never seen such an erotic egg before.
Last Updated on June 27 2010
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This catalogue represents theses held in the collection of the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics. It is not a complete list of all theses completed by students of the school. A complete collection of Master and PhD theses can be found in the Monash University Library, however Honours theses are only available through the School.


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Toronto Camera Club (TCC) je nejstarší fotografický klub v Kanadě, založený v roce 1888. Jeho cílem je "studovat a podporovat umění fotografie ve všech jeho odvětvích". Nachází se v Torontu .

Historie
Fotografická sekce, která začala fungovat jako specializovaná sekce Královského kanadského institutu (Royal Canadian Institute, RCI), se v roce 1888 stala nezávislou organizací. Organizace, která se původně jmenovala Toronto Amateur Photographic Association, změnila v roce 1891 svůj název na Toronto Camera Club. V tomto roce klub začal vystavovat exponáty prací svých členů.

Klub uspořádal svůj první "Toronto International Salon of Photography" v květnu 1892 s 99 vystavenými tisky. Do roku 1929 Salon obdržel přes 1200 příspěvků z 35 zemí. Toho roku bylo k výstavě vybráno 370 tisků.

V roce 1895 klub umožnil ženám vstup s omezenými výsadami. V roce 1942 začal TCC přijímat ženy za členství s plnými výsadami. V roce 1952 klub zvolil Evelyn Andrusovou jako svou první prezidentku.

Afiliace
Toronto Camera Club je přidružen ke Kanadské asociaci pro fotografické umění (Canadian Association for Photographic Art, CAPA), Photographic Society of America (PSA) a Ontarijské radě fotografických klubů (Ontario Council of Camera Clubs, OCCC).

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Reference

Literatura
 The first hundred years: An historical portrait of the Toronto Camera Club by Andrew Oliver

Související články
 Fotografie v Kanadě

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I nominate "The Molten Core"
"i will hold you so tightly and carefully when i see you again. like crystal. or an atom bomb."
Why not just send the less-internet-heavy quote to Japan, and let the photographer insert it before sending you a low-res version to approve?
I vote "The Audience of One" and "The Mirror Hurts" They're my two favorites, hands down. It cuts just as deep each time I look at them.
I have always love "The Place We Were In" and "The Point Of Contact"
"The Note in the Garden" and "Wishing Well in the Sky (Letters to Father Time)" please!
I love what you do, thanks so much.
It is among my many favorites, but mostly it serves as a reminder that I'm just as significant as the rest.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions, we're going to start knocking them out.
Cherish: The design work gets done down here, not in Japan.
But, for starters, one I'd like to see with the text: The Moment My Skin Brushed Against Yours.
I don't know how this happened, but this one is my favourite of all times. I want this on my wall, but I am scared it will be a constant reminder of the person I have been trying so hard to forget for the last eight months. This sounds corny but it used to be our definition of the love we shared, although I am not sure if we got it right. Because this is still my definition and if it really was our definition, it shouldn't have ended the way it did.
i second the molten core, something i think so many people can relate to at the moment and many people need reminding, choose money only when you must.
"The Hardest You Could Be."
"If you blur your eyes, the streetlights become hundreds of ghosts going home."
"If time takes me (and time will take me), I will come back as a single feather.
So please come back as a breeze."


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Do mosquitoes carry HIV?
by Siva Vignesh 3 hours ago
Siva Vignesh
Halskiisaklink
No. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/qa32.htm
Jes Baby
No, they say that they cant (at least they havent proven that they do)....If they could there would probably be ALOT more people that are HIV Positive
caffey4
Technically I guess they could. HIV can be found in many bodily fluids but most notably blood. Since mosquitos suck the blood from humans, they can carry the blood with them which in turn would have them carry HIV. I dont know if they can transmit HIV this way as I dont think they inject blood into us, but anything is possible.
Barcaluv
No. http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1075675
aQuilo not akilo
HiV cannot go from the gut to the saliva in a mosquito, therefore, they cannot transmit it from person to person
jacklane
no they dont , because when they bite they do not iject theier blod they ijects saliva and take bloods from the person
Caffenated llama of flourescent doom
Seeing as HIV is human immunodefficiancy virus, I doubt it
Molerizer
Mosquitoes and other insects are responsible for a tremendous number of illnesses and deaths in the world. Malaria kills about two million people each year. Yellow fever, sleeping sickness, viral encephalitis, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are also common illnesses transmitted by bugs. However, HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) is not transmitted in this fashion. Early in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a major concern was whether everyone would be at risk of infection through contact with mosquitoes or other insects. (In fact, a paper published some years ago alleged that this was occurring in an area in Florida.) Further analysis discredits the theory that bugs can spread the infection. If mosquitoes did indeed transmit HIV, there would be many outbreaks among people with no known risk factors for infection. Children and the elderly, people not likely to be exposed to HIV by sexual contact or intravenous drug use, would commonly be HIV-infected. This is what occurs with viral encephalitis, including infection with the West Nile virus. Everyone is at risk, not just those who have had unprotected sex, shared needles (for injecting drugs) or had another type of exposure known to transmit the virus. Even in theory, it would be very unlikely that HIV could be spread in such a fashion. With malaria and other insect-borne infections, the organisms survive and actually multiply in the insect. HIV, in contrast, does not survive outside the body for very long, and it does not replicate in insects. In addition, mosquitoes transmit malaria and other infections when they inject saliva into the victim. HIV does not get into the insect's saliva much at all, and mosquitoes do not inject blood into the victim. Furthermore, blood that remains on the bug's mouth or other body parts after it bites an AIDS victim also does not pose much risk, because the amount of blood present is very small, and the insect usually does not go directly from one feeding to another.
Watch out for malaria tho!!!
I do not believe it has yet been proven, however, with my experience, I would not doubt it. Mosquitoes are nasty blood suckers...blood can be loaded with many diseases. Mosquitoes are being researched for transmitting Lyme Disease and Co-infections.....and who knows what else? The CDC is not helpful one bit, I have found. There is a great deal the normal person does not know.......
What purpose do mosquitoes' serve?
Do you carry a tune to church with you ? Presuming you go
Do you have regular hiv tests?
What is the use/purpose of mosquitoes? Seriously?
Do you carry a gun with you?
HIV has never been isolated. Why do so many people buy into the hype? (see Answer to see more)
How much cash do you usually carry around with you?
Why do women enjoy having men carry their handbags?
Do you carry condoms? Why or why not?
Do you carry a comb in your pocket or purse?


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Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (Chandigar, 3 de março de 2000) é uma modelo e rainha da beleza indiana, vencedora do concurso Miss Universo 2021, realizado em Eilat, Israel.

Ela é a terceira de seu país a vencer o concurso, depois de  Sushmita Sen, em 1994, e Lara Dutta, em 2000.

Biografia
Sandhu nasceu em uma família sikh e foi criada em Chandigar, onde frequentou a escola e a Universidade Pública Shivalik. Ela é pós-graduada na Govt College for Girls (PGGCG).

Segundo seu perfil no website do Miss Universo, "Harnaaz se inspira em sua mãe, que quebrou gerações do patriarcado para se tornar uma ginecologista de sucesso", é "hoje é uma forte defensora do empoderamento das mulheres" e "é uma atriz com dois Punjabi LMS [Yaaran Diyan Paun Baraan e Bai Ji Kuttange] com lançamento previsto para 2022". Como hobbies, ela gosta da companhia de amigos e adora ioga, dançar, cozinhar, andar a cavalo e jogar xadrez. Ela também imita "quase qualquer ser, incluindo animais".

É fluente em punjabi, hindi e inglês.

Participação em concursos de beleza

Miss Índia
Segundo seu perfil oficial no portal do Miss Índia, ela foi Chandigarh Times Fresh Face 2017 (Miss Chandigarh), Miss Max Emerging Star India em 2018 e depois Femina Miss India Punjab em 2019.

Em 16 de agosto de 2021, Sandhu foi indicada como uma das 50 semifinalistas de Miss Diva 2021. Dias depois, no dia 23 de agosto, foi confirmada como uma das 20 finalistas e, na final do evento, acabou sendo coroada como Miss Diva Universo 2021 pela titular anterior, Adline Castelino. Tempos depois de ser eleita, ela declarou que não era apenas o seus sonho ser Miss Diva, mas de toda sua família.

Ao vencer o Miss Diva 2021, Sandhu recebeu o direito de representar a Índia no Miss Universo 2021.

Miss Universo
Um das favoritas a levar a coroa, na noite de 12 de dezembro - manhã do dia 13 em Israel, sede do concurso -  Sandhu derrotou outras 79 concorrentes e ficou com o título de Miss Universo 2021, deixando outra favorita, a Miss Paraguai, em segundo lugar. Ao ser chamada para o Top 16, Harnaaz acabou chamando atenção ao mostrar um de seus talentos: imitou um gatinho - e virou meme nas redes sociais.

No seu discurso final, já no Top 3, ela disse que a grande dificuldade que a juventude estava enfrentando era acreditar em si mesma e que ela estava ali por acreditar nela mesma. "Vocês são os líderes de suas vidas, vocês são sua própria voz", enfatizou. (assista aqui).

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Q: JSON.NET deserialize JSON then format string I have the following JSON:
{
    "lastOcurrences":[
        {
           "myString":"16726354"
        },
        {
           "myString":"66728744"
        },
        {
           "myString":"91135422"
        }
    ]
}

and I have a class to deserialize it on:
public class JsonObject
{
    public List<LastOcurrence> LastOcurrences { get; set; }
}

public class LastOcurrence
{
    public string MyString { get; set; }
}

Upon deserializing it with JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json), I'd like to be able to format the string myString, to store 167-263-54, instead of 16726354.
What solution would please my soul: Using attributes on the properties, something of the likes of JsonConverter, but...
What i'd like to avoid doing: I would not like to use reflection to iterate through every property, only to then read the attribute and apply the formatting. Is there any way of doing this 'automatically' with JsonConvert?

A: One possible solution is to use custom getters and setters for this and when it is deserialized you keep the raw data stored. This will do JIT formatting. Depending on the usage of this data this could be much quicker however if there are a lot of repeated reads of the same data then this may be a bit slower.
public class LastOcurrence
{
    private string _myString;
    public string MyString
    {
        get { return Regex.Replace(_myString, @"^(.{ 3})(.{ 3})(.{ 2})$", "$1-$2-$3"); }
        set { _myString = value; }
    }
}


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From Iceland — PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Wavers On Resignation
PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Wavers On Resignation
Sveinbjörn Pálsson
@sveinbjornp
Art Bicnick
A press release distributed to international media earlier tonight reveals that Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has in fact not resigned his position as Prime Minister, as was stated earlier today, but will be temporarily relieved by the Vice Chairman and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, "for an unspecified amount of time".
This was revealed on Twitter moments ago by Richard Milne, a journalist for the Financial Times in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Iceland PR emails to say PM did NOT resign but merely asked his deputy to be PM "for an unspecified amount of time" pic.twitter.com/RMLhjEVR9F
— Richard Milne (@rmilneNordic) April 5, 2016
Earlier tonight, Chairman of the Independence Party and Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson appeared on national television to address the current political situation, the allegations against Bjarni, and Sigmundur Davið's resignation.
Bjarni made no mention of the Prime Minister's resignation as being temporary. This is the latest in a series of events where apparent miscommunication and changes in story come up around the coalition government.
Yesterday saw Iceland's biggest protest in history, with official counts showing around 23,000 attended. One of the main points of discontent is the discrepancy between Sigmundur Davíð's economic policies and personal finances, and Sigurður Ingi is a decidedly unpopular option amongst the opposition and the general public alike.
Opposition parties have said they will continue to push for a dissolution of parliament and early elections.
For more on this continuing story, follow our Panama Papers tag on Grapevine.is/news.
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Work is progressing well at the old Headlands Garage! Internally the spaces are now newly plastered and the void space has been opened up. Even in its unfinished state you can already tell that the small building is going to feel amazingly bright and airy! We are really excited to see the progress over the coming weeks as everything starts to get finished!


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By Robert Nellis
Mayo Clinic Confirms Genetic Predictor for Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
ROCHESTER, Minn. — May 4, 2012. Mayo Clinic and University of Oregon researchers have confirmed that a genetic factor called a repeating trinucleotide is a strong predictor of an individual's risk of developing the eye condition Fuchs' dystrophy. The findings were being presented today at the annual conference of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Orlando, Fla.
Fuchs' dystrophy is an eye condition that occurs when the cells at the back of the cornea deteriorate, causing fluid buildup resulting in swelling and cloudy vision. Fuchs' can be inherited. Until recently, the cause for most cases was unknown, but Mayo researchers showed a variation in the gene for transcription factor 4 (TCF4) was a major cause of Fuchs'.
The findings are based on an initial genome-wide association study that revealed a link between Fuchs' dystrophy and the TCF4 gene. Mayo researchers further defined the association with Fuchs' to be due to unusually long segments of repeated DNA nucleotides in the gene. In this case, three nucleotide residues (aka trinucleotide) repeat more than 40 times, some as high as several thousand repeats.
"Those long repeats of trinucleotides cause havoc, impacting the coding of the TCF4 protein," says lead researcher Keith Baratz, M.D., a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist who will present at the conference. Characteristics of trinucleotide repeat diseases include later onset of the condition and progressive degeneration.
The study showed that a particular repeating trinucleotide, TGC in the TCF4 gene, is a strong predictor of disease. Researchers say that while Fuchs' dystrophy has other causes, TCF4 repeat expansion is a major cause of the condition in the patients in the Mayo study, accounting for about three-quarters of cases.
Mayo ophthalmologists will be involved in 24 presentations at the conference, which will include research findings on predictors of surgery in children with exotropia (outward eye deviation); symptoms of diplopia (double vision), and a new PC-based vision-screening test for children.
About Mayo Clinic:
Recognizing 150 years of serving humanity in 2014, Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education for people from all walks of life. For more information, visit 150years.mayoclinic.org, www.mayoclinic.org and newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org.
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The Alumnae Network is delighted to award a number of prizes to current students and alumnae. These prizes are just one way in which the network supports our students and keeps the connection between our girls and our old girls live and kicking.
The GS Blackburn Travel Award is named after a former Headmistress of Bath High, one of our founding schools. Miss Blackburn absolutely loved to travel and many years ago she chose to set up a fund which allows one or two girls each year to be given a monetary prize. This prize is intended to help with travel plans related to their education or a trip that involves experiences and activities which will broaden their horizons. The award is given on Miss Blackburn's behalf by the Alumnae Committee.
The award is given biannually, entries for the 2018/2019 have closed and the next round of applications will open in January 2021.


At 3 feet wide, this print is one of the largest paper prints that we offer. This print, of the classic Enterprise, is awash in color and expression. The image is achieved through an innovative technique of, what some may call, reverse painting. Charity begins her paintings on a black canvas, and paints everywhere except the "black lines." This way, the lines aren't placed on at the end as you would normally think of "outlines," but rather, you are seeing the unpainted original black canvas showing through. It's a meditative process of protecting the areas that need to stay black yet letting loose the expressive brush strokes that are necessary for the energetic and striking background. You can read more about her technique on her artist's page.


Over the last two years, 100 Chinese immigrants toiling in a small garment factory in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn produced as many as 30,000 pieces of girls' sportswear a week for a Manhattan-based clothes manufacturer, workers said. They routinely logged 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, and in a handful of cases worked 24-hour shifts filling orders from the manufacturer, Street Beat Sportswear.
Yesterday, State Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco announced the filing of 31 criminal charges against the general manager of the Sunset Park factory, Jian Wen Liang, including violating state minimum wage laws, illegally firing employees and failing to pay wages. No charges were filed against Street Beat.
State officials said the case was one of the worst examples of exploitation of workers in the city's garment industry in recent years. Lawyers representing the workers said the case illustrates how labor violations continue in the industry, and how larger manufacturers like Street Beat avoid direct responsibility for their subcontractors' working conditions.
State officials said Mr. Liang was arrested yesterday at his home in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn and pleaded not guilty to the charges in Brooklyn Criminal Court. His lawyer, Marvin David, did not return calls requesting comment.
Gary Lewi, a spokesman for Street Beat, said yesterday that the larger manufacturer did not know of any illegal practices in Mr. Liang's factory. He blamed Mr. Liang and said Street Beat would strengthen the monitoring of its subcontractors.
Last night, Clifford Atlas, a lawyer representing Street Beat, said that it had not been proven that Mr. Liang engaged in anything illegal. If he did, Mr. Atlas said, Street Beat was in no way responsible for it.
In April, Mr. Kimerling's group filed a civil lawsuit in Federal District Court in Brooklyn against Street Beat and Mr. Liang. The suit, the first of its kind filed in New York, seeks to have the factory owner and Street Beat held equally responsible for the treatment of workers in Mr. Liang's factory. It demands $280,000 in back wages and damages for eight workers.
At a news conference with state officials yesterday, factory employees said they routinely worked seven days a week and were not paid overtime. A worker recalled orders for Street Beat goods arriving on Monday and workers toiling as long as necessary -- including through the night -- to fill the orders by Tuesday. A 49-year-old man from Canton, China, said there was ''no human kindness'' in American factories.
David F. Corvette, a spokesman for the Attorney General's office, said Mr. Liang faces up to two years in prison and a 150,000 fine if he is convicted of failing to pay wages. He also faces three months in prison and a $500 fine if he is convicted of failing to pay New York's minimum wage.
Mr. Corvette said state investigators are now handling 26 sweatshop prosecutions involving 250 workers owed roughly $500,000 in wages.


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RST student Javier Maldonado talks about how COVID changed his summer
Students in the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have had to adjust their internships because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Periodically, we will speak with them about how those changes have affected their summer plans and potentially career paths. Javier Maldonado expected to work at a field house in Chicago, but instead was part of the inaugural Illini RST Undergraduate Consulting (IRUC) program, created by RST department head Carla Santos and clinical assistant professor Mike Raycraft. He talked to AHS communications about his experience working for The Specialized Marketing Group and the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.
Q: How are your experiences different from what you expected?
A: My experiences are very different from what I had expected from my internship; I expected something where I would be hands-on and not behind a computer screen.
Q: Are you doing something different for your internship than what you originally planned?
A: No, not from when I found out about this internship and what it would be like. Since it's begun, I don't believe I have done anything different then what was originally planned.
Q: Does your internship lead you to think about a different career path?
A: It doesn't necessarily drive to a different path, but it does open up my eyes to different fields within my major.
Q: What happened to your original internship?
A: I was waiting to hear back from a field house in Chicago but because of COVID-19, they didn't know how many people they would actually need. Unfortunately, because of time, they weren't able to give me an answer.
Q: Has anything been frustrating about your change in internship status?
A: The only frustrating part is being at home and having to work from home.
Q: What are you missing out on because of the pandemic, in terms of working face-to-face with people?
A: I feel like face-to-face is the biggest thing I am missing out on; I am a very hands-on learner and would have liked to learn from a professional face to face.
Q: What advice do you have for future students who might have disrupted internships?
A: The advice I have is to try and maintain a positive view on things. It's going to be hard when things don't go the way you expect but making the best out of situations goes a long way.
Q: What other ways has COVID-19 affected you? Have you traveled? Have you been able to go home, see family?
A: COVID-19 has just been a bummer and being stuck at home all the time hasn't been fun, either.


Happy Feast of the Most Blessed Trinity!
You might recall that at the beginning of the Lenten season I shared with you that I felt that the Lord wanted this past Lent to be a time of healing. And in many ways we saw this happen. I personally saw this through my pastoral ministry in counseling, praying and meeting with people, as well as sitting for many hours in the confessional. People experienced a lot of healing. In a special way we also saw a lot of healing during our Lenten Healing Service.
But not only has the Lord healed many people, but during this Easter there have been a number of signs that God wants to continue His powerful work of healing in us. Just recently during our day with the "Treasures of the Church" ministry of Fr. Carlos, one of our parishioners was healed of serious back problems. And then after the Mass of the Ascension, a woman from another parish came up to me and said she was healed from serious heart problems when she came to the veneration of the relics Monday evening. It's interesting too, that she shared with me that she had no intention of coming, but her husband insisted that they go as a family. She came expecting nothing, but came away with a powerful gift.
Isn't that the way that God often works in our lives? We have other plans but God asks us to move out of our comfort zones and trust Him. It's much like I spoke of at the Feast of the Ascension. God is asking us to surrender our lives over and over.
The origins of the celebration of Trinity Sunday go all the way back to the 4th century. During the 3rd and 4th centuries there was a terrible heresy that divided the church called Arianism. Arius, a Catholic priest, preached that Jesus Christ was a created being rather than God. In denying the divinity of Christ, Arius denied that there are three Persons in God. Arius' chief opponent, St. Athanasius, upheld the orthodox doctrine that there are three Persons in one God, and the orthodox view prevailed at the Council of Nicaea, from which we get the Nicene Creed, which we recite every Sunday.
There is one kind of funny incident that comes down to us from the events of the Council. The debates and discussions got so heated that the bishop Nicholas of Myra (whom we know today as St. Nicholas, the origin of our Santa Claus) marched across the council floor and slapped Arius across the face.
I wouldn't recommend this approach, but it shows you how these early church fathers were so passionate about the faith – we often forget Nicholas was imprisoned by the Romans for his Christian faith. He had paid a great price for his faith in Christ. No wonder he was so impassioned by the heretic Arius.
I mention this story because it shows us how deeply passionate these early fathers and believers were about the faith. So often today we see so called Catholic politicians outright denying the faith, blaze Catholics who have no more passion than an occasional visit to church on Christmas or Easter; signs all around us that the faith is under attack and under pressure. It's time for us to recapture this passion. It's time for each of us to be counted and to rededicate ourselves to Christ's mission.
The first reading from the Liturgy of the Holy Trinity is from the Old Testament book of Proverbs. It describes God as Wisdom. Can you see in your own life that our wise God and Father has sought you, Jesus the Son bought you through the cross and resurrection, and the Holy Spirit who has taught you? Can you see events in your own life that show the Father seeking you? Our Wise and Merciful God is continually seeking us out.
The Holy Trinity is not a concept or a theological proposition, the Holy Trinity is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the I AM who revealed Himself to Moses in the burning bush, the God who revealed Himself to the prophets. He is the Eternal One who in the days of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, came in the flesh and revealed the love of God to us. And now the Holy Spirit, the life-giver and source of love desires to fill us and empower us to live the Gospel. The Holy Trinity is 3 Divine Persons who have revealed Themselves to you and are seeking a deeper relationship with you now.
Speaking of empowering, I am grateful for all the parishioners of Most Holy Trinity who have chosen to surrender their lives to Christ and seek that deeper relationship with our God, those who have expressed this choice through the service of their neighbor and our Church. I am grateful for all those who live their faith out daily and faithfully. Maybe we think that nobody knows, but God knows. That's all that matters. All Praise the Blessed Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Amen.


Home: Two-bedroom shophouse at Emerald Hill.
For Elizabeth Acland, finding the perfect home away from home was paramount. Originally from Devon, England, she had trained as an interior designer in London before moving to Singapore with her fiance last year. Shortly after, she set up E&A Interiors with a business partner, upon recognising an opportunity to bring in fabrics from the UK, Europe and the US – brands which weren't yet available here.
The young couple had looked at around fifteen apartments before finally deciding to rent this Emerald Hill conservation shophouse. "One of my friends here lives in a shophouse and when I visited, I fell in love with its one-of-a-kind architectural style," she says.
"Back home in Devon, I grew up living in a thatched cottage, so it felt more natural for me to live here in a house rather than a high-rise apartment," says Elizabeth. Her current home has retained many of its original interior features such as hand-painted tiles, intricately carved architraves, wood-and-iron staircase banisters, and traditional window panels and shutters. It also has the characteristic airy, high ceilings and long, narrow layout of most shophouses. Appreciating the heritage of the shophouse's interiors, the designer just furnished and decorated the house, filling it with pieces she acquired mostly in flea markets and antique shops in England.
'We shipped over lots of antiques and furniture from England as I see myself in Singapore for awhile, so I wanted to feel at home," says Elizabeth. Apart from surrounding herself in familiar comforts, she also bought items from local shops such as Aphorism Antiques, Hock Siong & Co and Like That One.
As shophouse interiors tend to be dark because it only has light coming in from the front and back of the structure, Elizabeth kept to a palette of light and vibrant colours. Her passion for using soft furnishings is evident. The living room furniture is dressed in printed, textured upholstery in subtle shades of cream, beige and pale blue, with a pop of cheery colour with the cushions. Upstairs, the master bedroom channels the same feel, but in richer hues such as terracotta red and berry shades.
Newly-installed modern classic ceiling lamps from Vaughan Designs complement the other original brass lighting fixtures perfectly. The designer also has quite a collection of photographs, illustrations and artwork brought over from England, which she has decorated the home's bare white walls with. Among them is one with great sentimental value - a large black and white photograph of her grandmother, which she hung above her study desk under the staircase.
Even though this isn't her permanent home, as she is only renting the property, it has not stopped Elizabeth from taking the time and effort to infuse her personality and sense of style into the place. Also, living in a beautiful conservation shophouse is a unique experience in itself.
"I love it, because where else in the world am I going to be able to live in a house like this?" she smiles.
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Nearly a year after rupturing his Achilles tendon, DeMarcus Cousins–the star center who decided to rehab with the defending champion Warriors, just for kicks–made his long-awaited debut. As if it weren't enough for Golden State to have three of the best shooters in the history of the sport, they now add a burly, highly skilled big to shore up their only position of relative weakness. The Clippers were the first to see this battle station at full effect, and after hanging admirably through a few quarters of play, saw it all slip away with a 112-94 loss.
• The most reassuring thing about Cousins's debut was the way he ran the floor. Cousins has long been a reluctant roll man, idling instead at the point of his ball screens or, in more recent years, popping out to the three-point line. It was meaningful, then, that the first bucket of his season was a rumbling dunk without the slightest hesitation. From the moment Cousins set his screen for Kevin Durant, there was no doubt as to where he was going–particularly when both defenders involved in the play (the entangled Tobias Harris and Marcin Gortat) followed Durant. In that we see the benefit of the Warriors holding Cousins out of the lineup for as long as they did. Perhaps he could have played, in some form, weeks ago. Yet by giving him time to build strength and confidence in his once-ruptured Achilles, Golden State ensured that it's mid-level exception jackpot would be that much more able.
Cousins rewarded their patience by sprinting hard in transition every chance he could. When there wasn't an opportunity for a layup, Cousins ran deep into the paint for a deep seal. We'll see how his enthusiasm holds when he's accustomed to playing NBA games on a regular basis again, but his efforts in this game did not go unnoticed. The rest of the Warriors were eager to get Cousins the ball whenever possible, which is how he wound up taking 11 shots from the field in just 15 minutes of play. Some of his moves looked natural. Others looked like they hadn't been dusted off in a year. No matter the results, Cousins kept running, rolling, and bodying up. It's a new day.
• Cousins only deepens the Warriors' matchup nightmare. We're one game into this wild experiment and already Cousins is putting opponents in a bind. To assign some smaller, slighter center to defend Cousins would be madness; even in his current state, he's just too big and too physical for smaller bigs to handle. Yet when opponents put more size into play (as the Clippers did with Boban Marjanović in the second half), then Cousins will pop out to the three-point line and challenge those plodders to chase him. That Cousins shoots so well makes him an especially punishing screener away from the ball. What is a defense to do when Klay Thompson or Kevin Durant curls around a Cousins screen and bolts down the lane? The gravity goes with them, leaving the 6'11'' adopted Splash Brother to fire away without the slightest contest.
There are ways for defenses to junk up games around lesser threats like Kevon Looney, cutting corners to focus on the future Hall of Famers rather than their workman counterpart. Cousins doesn't offer the same latitude. It's not just the post play or the perimeter shooting, but the way that both of those skill sets intersect with what is already the most talent-rich roster in the league. This was very much an orientation game for Cousins and his new teammates, but their easy chemistry hinted at the challenge to come in keeping all of these stars covered at once–a challenge that may be the only thing standing between the Warriors and a third straight title.
• Expect more foul trouble to come. This wasn't a terribly demanding game for Cousins, in the sense that his lateral quickness wasn't repeatedly put to the test. Even still, Cousins had some occasional issues squaring up his body against drives and rotating over in time to contest shots around the rim. It took him just 15 minutes to foul out of the game to roaring applause.
In fairness to Cousins, this was one of the more unusually officiated games of the season. Incidental contact was treated as grave sin. This was particularly bad news for Cousins, who has always been a bit foul-prone and isn't yet moving at full speed. There are health considerations in play when it comes to deciding how much and how often Cousins will actually play over the next few weeks, but the rate at which Cousins fouls might work as an artificial minutes limit. We knew that it would be difficult for Cousins to grind through possession after possession in the post, considering the way that low-block players use their footwork to create leverage. Even in this game, Cousins appeared to be stalled by contact that he would shrug off at full health. It comes with the territory of a lengthy rehabilitation. Where Cousins feels his Achilles most, however, may be in the way he shuffles on defense and how many fouls he picks up in delay.
Cousins and the Warriors play their next game against the Lakers–again in Los Angeles–on Monday.


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H.T. v. Commonwealth, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-100-13)
NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Judicial Court, John Adams Courthouse, 1 Pemberton Square, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02108-1750; (617) 557-1030; SJCReporter@sjc.state.ma.us
SJC-11326
H.T. vs. COMMONWEALTH & another.[1]
June 7, 2013.
Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. Practice, Criminal, Standing, Probation.
The victim of criminal offenses committed by Jamie Melendez appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying her petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. Melendez pleaded guilty to four counts of statutory rape of a child in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23. A judge in the Superior Court found that when Melendez was nineteen years of age and the victim fourteen, the two were in a relationship and engaged in sexual relations. There was no evidence of force or coercion, and Melendez was not charged with forcible rape of a child. The victim was underage and incapable of giving lawful consent. As a result of Melendez's crimes, the victim gave birth to his biological child. Melendez was sentenced to probation and ordered, as conditions thereof, to acknowledge paternity, to support the child financially,[2] and to abide by any orders of support issued by the Probate and Family Court. The victim argues that these conditions unlawfully bind her to an ongoing relationship with Melendez. She moved in the Superior Court to revise the conditions of Melendez's probation. In her G. L. c. 211, § 3, petition, she requested that the single justice (1) order the Superior Court judge to rule on that motion and (2) enjoin the Probate and Family Court from ruling on this matter.[3],[4] The Superior Court judge thereafter denied the motion. The single justice denied all relief. On appeal, she asks that we reverse the decisions of the single justice and the sentencing judge and enjoin the Probate and Family Court from "taking action inconsistent with its lawful authority."
The single justice did not err or abuse her discretion by denying relief. As to the Superior Court decision, the victim of a criminal offense has no judicially cognizable interest in the proceedings and lacks standing to challenge the sentence. See McDonough, petitioner, 457 Mass. 512, 518-519 (2010); Hagen v. Commonwealth, 437 Mass. 374, 379-380 (2002). See also Carroll, petitioner, 453 Mass. 1006 (2009), and cases cited (private citizen lacks judicially cognizable interest in prosecution or nonprosecution of another). The victim nevertheless claims that she is entitled to relief because the conditions of probation bind her to an ongoing relationship with Melendez. Her claim is based on a misunderstanding of what the sentence requires. In fact, no visitation or other obligations were imposed on the victim as a result of the sentence. Indeed, Melendez is obligated to abide by any restraining order that might be issued for the victim's or the child's protection. As the Superior Court judge made clear when he ruled on the victim's motion to modify the sentence, the terms of any support, visitation, or restraining orders would be left to the Probate and Family Court. By making it a condition of probation that Melendez abide by any orders of the Probate and Family Court, the judge merely subjected Melendez to a further consequence — namely, a committed prison sentence — if he disobeys.
As to the Probate and Family Court proceedings, the victim can raise any claim of error, including any claim that the court exceeded its lawful authority, in the ordinary appellate process. It is well settled that this court's extraordinary power of general superintendence is to be used sparingly and "is not a substitute for the normal process of trial and appeal." Minkina v. Frankl, 464 Mass. 1021 (2013), and cases cited. Any attempt by Melendez to obtain visitation with the child is for the Probate and Family Court to decide in the first instance, subject to appellate review in the ordinary course. We express no view as to that at this time.
Wendy J. Murphy for the plaintiff.
Larry R. Tipton, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Jamie Melendez.
[1] Jamie Melendez.
[2] The sentencing judge did not purport to issue a specific child support order, but expressly left that matter to the Probate and Family Court.
[3] The record indicates that an action for paternity and support, commenced by the victim, is pending in the Probate and
Family Court.
[4] The victim also requested that Melendez be ordered, in lieu of ongoing child support, to pay restitution to her in a single payment. She appears to have abandoned this request on appeal.
[5] Once the Superior Court judge ruled on the victim's motion, the single justice and the parties treated the G. L. c. 211, § 3, petition as seeking relief from that ruling.
[6] Counsel for the victim also represented the petitioners in the McDonough, Carroll, and Hagen cases.
[7] In his brief, Melendez has moved to strike certain material in the victim's brief and record appendix. We need not take action on that motion, as none of the challenged material affects the result in this matter. We caution the victim's counsel, however, that it is improper without permission to include material outside the record before the single justice.
Posted by Massachusetts Legal Resources - June 7, 2013 at 6:13 pm
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MagicBands Being Replaced with Eye Patches
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September 1, 2016 Johnny ChainsawLeave a Comment on MagicBands Being Replaced with Eye Patches
The internet has been buzzing lately with rumors of a possible replacement to the wrist-worn MagicBands. We have it on good authority that the next generation version of the MagicBand will NOT be worn around the wrist, but over the eye!
"The Walt Disney Company is very excited to announce that soon park guests will be able utilize our patented MagicBand technology in a convenient and stylish eye patch," Tammy Stephens, Vice President of Disney's Advanced Ocular Technology Division. "Guests will still be able to do everything they could with the wrist band, including entering the park, using it as their room key, to make purchases in the parks, and use it for their FastPass+ reservations, but the technology will be on their eye instead of on their wrist."
The decision to go to an eye patch over a wrist band was one that was years in the making.
"As soon as the wrist bands were implemented a few years ago, someone on our team said, 'What about an eye patch?' and we were like, 'duh! Why didn't we think of this sooner?'," Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III, Technical Lead on Disney's MagicBand Eye Patch. "It was the 'ah-ha' moment we were looking for all along."
Geronimo only wishes they would have thought of the idea sooner.
"I only wish we thought of the idea sooner," Geronimo continued. "We wasted billions of dollars on a stupid wrist band when the public was dying to see something more stylish and trendy. In hindsight, an eye patch would have been the perfect way to debut our MagicBand technology."
Disney has no plans to replace the current MagicBand-reading terminals that currently are about wrist-height, which means guests will have to squat down so their eye is level with the wrist-high terminal.
"We did several focus groups and the response was overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the current height of our [MagicBand] readers," Stephens said. "Our guests felt that having terminals at eye level would be assuming too many people's heights, and that we may offend our shorter guests. The solution was to keep the terminals at current levels, so no one's height identity is assumed."
The new Magic Eye Patches will slowly start implementing sometime during Q2 2017. They will first debut in red, black, blue, and pink colors. Eventually, they will be branded with various Disney characters including Captain Hook from Peter Pan.
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