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The final burial of the late Denkyirahene, Odeefoↄ Boa Amponsem, is likely to face further delays, as one of the two remaining witnesses yet to be cross examined is said to have travelled outside the jurisdiction of the court.
In court yesterday, it was noted that the counsel for the plaintiff had filed a motion to substitute one of the two remaining witnesses yet to be cross-examined.
Lawyer Gustave Addington stated that the move has become necessary, in view of the fact that one of the witnesses has been threatened with death.
It was also the case of the plantiff's counsel that one of the witnesses had travelled outside the jurisdiction of the court.
The death threat controversy generated hot exchanges between the two lawyers – Daniel Arthur for the defendant and Gustave Addington – for the plaintiff.
Mr Arthur argued that such a serious case should have been first reported to the police for proper investigation, but not in open court, especially where it was not backed by facts.
The case has been adjourned to April 17, 2019.
It would be recalled that the great leader of the Denkyira State, who passed away about three years ago, is yet to be buried.
A decision by the Denkyira Traditional Council to build a modern edifice where the late King is supposed to be laid in state before his final interment has been challenged by some members of the Royal Agona Family.
The aggrieved family is claiming ownership of a building that has been pulled down for a new one to be built for the purposes of the final funeral rites of the late King.


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The Quiet Games Magazine, Starlink and PlayStation Memories
Posted on December 15, 2018 December 16, 2018 by ctbowring
Today I wanted to trial something a little bit different. I've been discussing how I want to do a more informal style blog, where I share what's going on in our game's development or just general thoughts about the video game industry as a whole. So today I've kind of chucked together a few different things that were on my mind.
The Quiet Games Magazine is an Instagram account dedicated to celebrating all things gaming. You can find awesome cosplay models, fan made art and statues / collectibles from all the latest and greatest video games.
So go on then, why don't you have a look? Just follow @quietgamesmagazine on Insta.
Also, as a weird side note, go to PlayStation.com right now to get a personalized video about your PlayStation experiences over the last five years. Here's the one generated for me. Just something cool I found today, that I wanted to share.
Finally I just wanted to briefly discuss something related to the Ubisoft game Starlink: Battle for Atlas.
If you look at the history of a developer, you can often see the precursors to their next game. For example, the movement and momentum mechanics of Sunset Overdrive probably paved the way for Insomniac's Spider-Man. Black Flag's ship mechanics are now also being expanded into a full blown game titled Skull and Bones.
It's easy to see in hindsight, but what about looking to the future. Starlink is the unasked for amalgamation of No Man's Sky and the 'toys to life' craze. There are an abundance of ships, pilots and weapons that can be bought either physically or digitally. Each one offers slight adjustments to the gameplay, but having bought nothing besides the starter pack, I feel in no way handicapped in my experience. So in a lot of ways Starlink is an improvement upon the likes of Skylanders and Disney Infinity, which both relied heavily on the idea of maximizing consumerism and add-on sales. Starlink could also be enjoyed by those over the age of 12, which isn't really the case for the others.
The No Man's Sky element is more or less the crux of the game. You play as Starlink, a group of space fairing explorers looking to find the home of an amnesiac alien who crash landed on earth. In many ways the two are similar. You can seamlessly fly through space towards a planet and then land on and explore said planet. No loading screens. From a visual standpoint the difference between Starlink and No Man's Sky is almost unrecognizable. This could very easily be confused as a sequel to Hello Game's massive indie sim.
However unlike No Man's Sky, everything you do has a purpose. You aren't just mindlessly mining for materials and then flying to another procedurally generated planet, crossing your fingers it includes something of interest. There are over half a dozen planets to explore, but you can explore the entire circumference of each world. There are crashed ships to discover, enemy bases to destroy, boss battles and alliances to be formed. All of which is rapped up in a kid friendly, Dream Works style narrative.
So Starlink's a better version of No Man's Sky. It's a better version of Skylanders and Disney Infinity. Plus I haven't even mentioned that if you buy the game on Switch you acquire exclusive Star Fox missions, pilots and ships. And playing as Fox, in his signature ship, is in itself a far better Star Fox game than we've had in over a decade.
So I've kind of forgotten the point of what I was trying to say. The point is, not only is this a better version of three other popular games (which it is receiving nowhere near enough recognition for), but it's also a precursor for what is to come. Beyond Good and Evil 2 has, in it's limited tech demo's, toted a system similar to Starlink… of seamlessly flying through the universe, from planet to planet.
Starlink is the first game to implement such a system well. But even then, it's worlds are simple. If Starlink is Toy Story, then Beyond Good and Evil 2 could be James Cameron's Avatar. The universe traversal of Starlink, with the world density of Assassin's Creed. It's a big leap forward, bigger than any game in history. It's not something you attempt all at once, you build up to it. Just look what happened to No Man's Sky.
People asked why Ubisoft was still committed to a toys to life experience in 2018. Well maybe this is why. Because this game is a sign of what's to come, and we just haven't realized it.
Chris Bowring
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By Mark Kennedy	• Published July 24, 2019 • Updated on July 24, 2019 at 2:33 pm
Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner" opposite Harrison Ford, has died. He was 75.
Hauer's agent, Steve Kenis, says the actor died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands.
Hauer's roles included a terrorist in "Nighthawks" with Sylvester Stallone, Cardinal Roark in "Sin City" and playing an evil corporate executive in "Batman Begins." He was in the big-budget 1985 fantasy "Ladyhawke" and won a supporting-actor Golden Globe award in 1988 for "Escape from Sobibor."
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In "Blade Runner," he played the murderous replicant Roy Batty on a desperate quest to prolong his artificially shortened life in post-apocalyptic, 21st-century Los Angeles.
In his dying, rain-soaked soliloquy, he looked back at his extraordinary existence. "All those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain. Time to die," he said.
"It's so much fun to playfully roam into the dark side of the soul and tease people," the actor told The Associated Press in 1987. "If you try to work on human beings' light side, that's harder. What is good is hard. Most people try to be good all their lives. So you have to work harder to make those characters interesting."
Hauer's ruggedly handsome face, blue eyes and strong physique drew the attention of American producers in such international successes as "Turkish Delight," ''Spetters" and "Soldier of Orange." The offers from the United States came as a surprise to Hauer, who faced the same uncertain future experienced by other Dutch film actors.
"We make about 10 films a year, all in Dutch," he recalled. "You act for your own community, basically, which is fine. But you can't live on it. There is also the danger of overexposure; you can't be too greedy." After the world recognition for "Soldier of Orange," a friend suggested Hauer might be able to find work in American films.
Hauer was born in the Netherlands village of Breukelen. His parents were actors but he had little concentration for school and at 15 ran away as a seaman on a freighter. That didn't take, nor did a stint in the army, and his parents decided he was destined to follow the family profession. Rutger enrolled in acting school.
Hauer spent five years with a small troupe bringing theater to rural Holland. He made his film debut in the saucy "Turkish Delight," nominated for an Oscar as best foreign language film of 1973.
Earlier in his career, a Hollywood agent suggested changing his name to something easier for the American public to learn. The actor declined. "If you're good enough, people will remember your name," he explained.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ineke ten Cate, and a daughter, actress Aysha Hauer, from a previous marriage.
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Q: Having issue with authclient in Yii2 I integrated social authentication based on this tutorial:
http://stuff.cebe.cc/yii2docs/guide-security-auth-clients.html
Here is my configuration file:
'authClientCollection' => [
    'class' => 'yii\authclient\Collection',
    'clients' => [
        'facebook' => [
            'class' => 'yii\authclient\clients\Facebook',
            'clientId' => 'my_id',
            'clientSecret' => 'my_secret',
        ],
        'linkedin' => [
            'class' => 'yii\authclient\clients\LinkedIn',
            'clientId' => 'my_id',
            'clientSecret' => 'my_secret',
        ],
    ],
],

My problem is,  when I click on social buttons it redirects into login page. I tried even something like that:
   public function onAuthSuccess($client) {
      $attributes = $client->getUserAttributes();
        die(print_r($attributes));
        ...

Even this doesn't work for me, it just 302 redirects into login page.
What might be issue?

A: Maybe you are getting access_denied error ? because by default when get request from OAuth server contain error parameter and if it is equal to access_denied, the AuthAction redirects user to cancelUrl which is by default is loginUrl.
Try to set 'cancelUrl' => Url::to(['site/login', $_GET]) in auth action configuration, and check $_GET parameters from OAuth server in url after redirect
Also redirect to cancelUrl happens if OAuthClient cannot fetch   AccessToken

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Seanad Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 27 Jun 2018
Vol. 259 No. 2
Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Acting Chairman (Senator Gerry Horkan)
Next is amendment No. 36, which has already been discussed with amendment No. 32.
Senator Máire Devine
I move amendment No. 36:
In page 24, to delete lines 26 to 34 and substitute the following:
"(h) provide that the admission policy of a second level school that provides education through the medium of Irish may provide for the inclusion of students that have attended a primary school that provides education through the medium of Irish,".
I will not discuss this amendment, but the Bill needs to be amended. We have worked with the Bills Office on this. We will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Next is Government amendment No. 37.
Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Richard Bruton)
I am advised that the Parliamentary Draftsman would like to reconsider the wording and submit that on Report Stage.
Amendment No. 37 not moved.
If the question on Government amendment No. 38 is agreed, amendment No. 39 cannot be moved.
Government amendment No. 38:
In page 26, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:
"(9) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (7)(e)(iii), and subject to this subsection, an Irish language school may prioritise the admission of a student where the school is satisfied that the student has attained a level of fluency in the Irish language and that the said fluency would be likely to regress were the student not admitted to an Irish language school.
(b) An applicant may, when making an application for admission to an Irish language school, include a statement confirming that the student in respect of whom the application concerned relates has attained a level of fluency in the Irish language and that the said fluency would be likely to regress were the student not admitted to an Irish language school.
(c) When making an application in accordance with paragraph (b), the applicant shall provide such evidence as he or she considers appropriate in relation to the level of fluency in the Irish language of the student in respect of whom the application relates, which may include confirmation that the student concerned is available to attend an interview or meeting to demonstrate his or her level of fluency in the Irish language.
(d) In satisfying itself that a student has attained a level of fluency in the Irish language and that the said fluency would be likely to regress were the student not admitted to an Irish language school, a school shall take into account only the evidence that the applicant has provided in accordance with paragraph (c).
(e) An Irish language school may not rank in order of preference, for the purposes of admission to the school concerned, a student who has satisfied the school in accordance with paragraph (a) relative to other students who have satisfied the school in accordance with that paragraph, by virtue of the students' relative fluency in the Irish language.
(f) Nothing in paragraph (e) shall preclude an Irish language school from applying the selection criteria set out in the school's admission policy to students who have satisfied the school in accordance with paragraph (a), where the number of such students is greater than the number of places available.
(g) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as permitting an Irish language school to require a student attend an interview or other meeting to assess his or her level of fluency in the Irish language.
(h) In this subsection—
'Irish language school' means a school that provides education through the medium of Irish;
'level of fluency in the Irish language', in relation to a student, means a level of fluency indicative of what would be expected of a student who uses the Irish language as a normal means of communication in a non-educational environment, taking into account the age and any special educational needs of the student concerned.".
Amendment agreed to.
Amendment No. 40 has already been discussed with amendment No. 32. How stands the amendment?
Senator Robbie Gallagher
"(9) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (7)(e)(iii), and subject to this subsection, an Irish medium school may prioritise the admission of a student where the school is satisfied that the student speaks Irish as a home language.
(b) An applicant may, when making an application for admission to an Irish medium school, include a statement that the student in respect of whom the application concerned relates speaks Irish as a home language.
(c) When making an application to an Irish medium school in accordance with paragraph (b), the applicant shall furnish such evidence as he or she considers appropriate in support of the statement that the student speaks Irish as a home language, which may include confirmation that the student and a parent or guardian, is available to attend a meeting in order to further support the statement that the student speaks Irish as a home language.
(d) If a school is not satisfied that the evidence furnished in accordance with paragraph (c) is conclusive the school may turn down the application for priority admission or seek further evidence from the applicant.
(e) If the school is not satisfied that the further evidence furnished in accordance with paragraph (d) is conclusive the school may turn down the application for priority admission.
(f) A post-primary Irish medium school may satisfy itself that a student is a speaker of Irish as a home language on the basis of a signed statement from the principal or vice-principal of an Irish medium primary school confirming that the applicant had previously been deemed, in accordance with paragraph (a), to be a speaker of Irish as a home language.
(g) In satisfying itself that a student speaks Irish as a home language, a school shall take into account only the evidence that the applicant has provided in accordance with paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) and the evidence from any meeting as provided for at paragraph (c).
(h) An Irish medium school may not rank in order of preference, for the purposes of admission to the school concerned, a student who has satisfied the school in accordance with paragraph (a) relative to other students who have satisfied the school in accordance with said paragraph, by virtue of the students' relative fluency in the Irish language.
(i) Nothing in paragraph (h) shall preclude an Irish medium school from applying the selection criteria set out in the school's admission policy to students who have satisfied the school in accordance with paragraph (a), where the number of such students is greater than the number of places available.
(j) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as permitting an Irish medium school to require a student attend an interview or other meeting to assess his or her level of fluency in the Irish language.
(k) In this subsection—
'a student who speaks Irish as a home language', means a student whose normal language of communication with one or more parents or guardians is Irish and who displays the minimum level of fluency in Irish that would be expected where at least one or more parents or guardians have used Irish as the normal language of communication with the student from birth, taking into account any special educational needs of the student concerned;
'Irish medium school' means a school that provides education predominantly through the medium of Irish.".
I will be withdrawing this amendment, but I would like to ask the Minister a few questions first, if that is in order.
It has already been discussed, but I will exercise my discretion and allow the Senator to contribute. Before he does, though, I would like to welcome Deputy Scanlon and his visitors to the Public Gallery. The Deputy, a former Senator, is always welcome. We are delighted to see him and his visitors, and I hope they enjoy their evening.
I understand that there have been discussions on this matter with our spokespersons in the Lower House. It relates to Gaelscoileanna, including secondary schools, and the Minister's proposed admissions policy. I have a couple of questions to which he might reply. What standard of Irish has he in mind when he refers to children speaking Irish in "a non-educational environment"? Who will set that standard? Appeals can be made to the Department, which means that the Department will ultimately set the standard. How can we ensure that the Department will adhere strictly to the criterion of the child speaking Irish in "a non-educational environment"? Does the Minister accept that, if this criterion is not strictly enforced, it could lead to a deluge of applications under the heading? Instead of a child genuinely being able to speak Irish, a cúpla focail taught to him or her would suffice, which could deprive others from Irish-speaking homes a place in Gaelscoileanna. Will the Minister confirm that the attendance at a naíscoil will not in itself qualify a child under the heading of using Irish outside the education system? Will he also confirm whether he is willing to consult with the organisations that have expressed concern about this detail of his proposal to give priority to children from Irish-speaking households when drawing up the guidelines?
Senator Lynn Ruane
My point is less for the Minister and more for Fianna Fáil. The amendment refers to "Irish as a home language". I support the priority being given to children with Irish as their first language and preferred home language. However, the definition in paragraph (k) of "a student who speaks Irish as a home language" dilutes the idea of it being a home language. Senator Gallagher can correct me if I am wrong. The definition reads: " ... a student whose normal language of communication with one or more parents or guardians is Irish and who displays the minimum level of fluency". Surely if a child's first home language is Irish, if would not just be of the minimum level. Just as a child whose first language is English, his or her English would not be of the minimum level. If anything, that child should have the same competency as any other three, four or five year old who is starting school. This phrasing leaves the system open to more abuse, as it were, by families with some Irish at home or whose members went to Irish school but for whom Irish is not necessarily their home language. It may just be a question of wording.
Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
I appreciate that, like many of us, the Minister and Fianna Fáil are trying to grapple with this issue. We want to facilitate the ability of a child who has been reared through Irish to access education through his or her native tongue. That is reasonable. In fairness, Senator Gallagher has made a good fist of trying to devise a solution.
Will the Minister confirm that he will continue to engage with those representative groups with concerns? They understand that he is doing his best. Will he communicate to me that there will be proper consultation with them in bringing to the fore what he is trying to achieve? Given that Irish is the first language of the State, a child who is reared through that language not being disadvantaged in the enrolment system when trying to access a Gaelscoil is a constitutional right.
It would appear to me to be reasonable to have a certain number of places set aside for children from an Irish speaking background, but how to attest to that will be the difficulty. The Minister will have the support of Senators for his endeavours and we appreciate the sentiment behind the amendment.
Deputy Richard Bruton
I thank the Senators for their contributions. This issue was raised on Committee Stage in the Dáil and we sought to draft an amendment that would be constitutionally sound and we did produce such an amendment. A range of amendments were tabled by other Senators and we sought legal advice on how this could be done robustly. It was very clear that in order to be robust, the right to priority of access has to be based on the child and seen from the child's perspective. It was not acceptable to go back to the parents.
When we were discussing this, some Senators were critical of the word "pedigree" being used, but this was in the context of the parents speaking to the child in Irish. That referred to the child and the parent and would be discriminatory as between children who were not living with their parents or other circumstances. The legal advice was very clear that the priority of access had to be enshrined in the child.
It is very clear elsewhere in the Bill that priority is not achieved by attending a preschool, whether a naíonra or an English speaking preschool. Attending a preschool does not give a child entitlement to priority access to any school, nor a Gaelscoil either. The legal advice is that the child must have a very high level of fluency. The definition is a level of fluency in the Irish language in relation to a student means a level of fluency indicative of what would be expected of a student who uses the Irish language as a normal means of communication in a non-educational environment, taking into account the age and any special education needs of the child. It very clearly does not deal with a child attending a naíonra to achieve a level of competency. It uses the word "fluency" which is a high bar.
The legal advice is that this would be a high bar and one or two years attending a naíonra would not meet this requirement as having achieved an age appropriate level of fluency. Fluency is as it states, namely, that the child uses the language normally in his or her communications in non-educational circumstances. The child has to exhibit high competence in using the language.
In terms of testing that level of language competence, the parent must provide the evidence to the school of this level of competence. It would mean the parent volunteering the material that will back this up. It is for the parent to present to the school the evidence of fluency. The fundamental test is that level of fluency would regress if the child were not admitted to the Gaelscoil. That is the basis on which everyone agreed we should apply this.
Many of the other amendments tabled by Deputies were seeking to root this in something that is happening to the parents. That is not a constitutionally acceptable basis to do it. What is happening here is that a child must exhibit in a normal means of communication in a non-educational environment that level of fluency appropriate for his or her age, in other words the child is used to speaking in Irish and the parent is in a position to provide evidence to demonstrate that. That can be described and we will certainly describe in more detail what that means.
The difficulty is that one cannot set out some test of the child's grammatical level of language. We are not willing to apply interview procedures or entry tests because we believe they are wrong as the basis of access to our schools. That is the criteria throughout the Bill. We are trying to steer a narrow course between breaching some of the fundamental principles of the legislation not to take into account parents and their competence and not to be applying interviews, that children are forced into the school to pass tests. We have to leave it as a loser formulation but it is a high bar and it is intended to be a high bar.
We will of course provide guidance to schools and ultimately in section 29 appeals, the appeal committee will have to assess this. I admit that it is not absolutely perfect in the way that some people would like to see it defined because they would like to talk about Irish being spoken with one or other of the parents, but the constitutional advice is that this would be discriminatory and wrong. We are very clear this is the best way of doing it. It is constitutionally robust and it allows a distinction to be drawn between a child who uses Irish as a normal language in non-educational activities and the child who has attended a naíonra for one or two years. That is the intention and the purpose of it. Attendance at a naíonra will not be the basis on which one can get priority of access to a Gaelscoil.
The extent to which we can elaborate beyond the definition is probably more a question of judgment but we can certainly offer guidance as to how that judgment should be exercised.
I am happy with the Minister's response to Senator Ó Ríordáin's contribution. He has given a commitment that he will try to engage with all stakeholders involved to try to reach a compromise. I appreciate that it is difficult, but with the intent the Minister has shown in the Chamber this evening, I would be satisfied that would be the outcome.
I am happy to engage with Members, but the definition is the definition and I cannot change it but it will have to be interpreted. We can offer guidance because the intention is that it is a high bar, but I cannot introduce changes. This will be the text in the legislation. This will be the legal definition. It is what is legally robust and acceptable.
I do not want to give a false impression that I can go out and that if people want to revert to some other way of looking at this that I can accommodate it. The intention and the purpose and the way we have drawn this is to set a very high bar of fluency. It is associated with a child speaking Irish in his or her normal life. It is definitively not sufficient to have attended a naíonra to qualify.
I wish to withdraw my amendment No. 40.
Government amendment No. 42 has already been discussed with amendment No. 32.
In page 26, line 29, to delete "(9) Subsection (7)(e)(vi)" and substitute "(10) Subsection (7)(e)(vi)".
In page 26, lines 30 to 37, to delete "virtue of—" on line 30 down to and including line 37 and substitute "virtue of a sibling of the student concerned attending the school.".
I have spoken on this issue twice already so the Minister knows my reservations on this part of the Bill. Essentially the section gives a school the opportunity to have 25% of the school places set aside for children. I was going to oppose this on the basis of children of past pupils, but I see that bizarrely the Minister has provided for the grandchildren of past pupils as well. I think that is adding insult to injury. I repeat this is a key lobbying point of an elite sector in Irish education who want this provision in order to keep the school ties alive. I do not think that has any place in this Bill. Every child should try to access their local school on the same basis and what is being wedged in is a new barrier that children from outside the area or whose parents have not attended primary or secondary school, and in particular secondary school, have to overcome. I do not think this is fair. It is elitist. It comes from a particular sector of Irish society and I really wish this provision was not included in the Bill.
I really wish we were not having this debate on this issue. I will be pressing this amendment, but not now.
On the advice of the Acting Chairman, I will resubmit it on Report Stage if needs be. However, I have yet to hear the Minister's response to the amendment.
Once an amendment arises out of Committee proceedings, it can be withdrawn and resubmitted on Report Stage.
This is an issue on which there have been many differences of opinion. In a previous Dáil, the then Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, introduced the 25% cap and I think another former Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, talked of 10%. Senator Ó Ríordáin, who was a Deputy at the time, wanted 0%. To put it in context, this provision is introducing a cap for the first time on the use of "past pupil" as a basis for access. Until now, it could be 100%. We are introducing a cap for the first time. I sought consensus and the 25% cap seemed to draw a level of consensus. It passed through the other House. We are trying to make sure the provisions are fair while recognising that continuity around a school's community is something that many people value. Having a connection of past pupils to the school is of value to the school, and that is true of all schools. People can take strong views one way or the other. I have been trying to strike a balance throughout this legislation and trying to accommodate different views. This is clearly introducing a cap where no such cap applied in the past.
I really hope I get support across the House for my amendment when I resubmit it. I appreciate that previously a school could have had 100% of its students under this criteria. We are trying to change things and introduce legislation that will make things fairer. It is at the behest of a particular lobby group that this 25% cap is being applied. The Minister is right that Ruairí Quinn had a similar viewpoint to himself. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan had a different viewpoint. I hold fast to the view that children should try to access their local school on the same basis. The idea that a child's father or grandfather or mother or grandmother - let us be honest, though, that it is the boys' school tie network we are really talking about - has no place when we are trying to change things.
There is genuinely a lot of good work in this Bill that we want to support. I do not really want to be nitpicking over this issue but it is wrong and elitist and should not be there. I think the Minister probably agrees with me in his own gut. We have a very vocal, powerful and well resourced lobby group that is well able to kick up a terrible amount of stink with local Deputies. It seems it is just not worth the political system's while taking them on. I would ask those in the Chamber who like to call themselves republicans whether they truly believe that a child whose father or grandfather went to particular school has more of a right to attend that school than somebody whose father or grandfather did not, even if the two children live right beside each other.
I am not sure if the Senator is referring to myself as a republican; the Fianna Fáil Senator to my left is claiming the title, too. We will not get into that today.
Sinn Féin will support Senator Ó Ríordáin's amendment and I hope he reintroduces it. It is about opportunity and equality. It is ridiculous to be going back to grandparents to give a choice for enrolment in schools. The times have moved on. It needs to be children of the area who are deemed suitable. The Minister proposes a 25% cap but we have an opportunity now to put in a complete cap. I wonder when that opportunity will arise again if we do not actively seek to impose it now.
In page 26, line 38, to delete "(10)(a) Notwithstanding" and substitute "(11)(a) Notwithstanding".
Amendments Nos. 45, 46, 49 and 50 are related and may be discussed together.
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"(12) In this section—
'code of behaviour' has the same meaning as it has in the Education (Welfare) Act 2000;
'pre-school service' has the same meaning as it has in section 58A (inserted by section 92 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013) of the Child Care Act 1991.".
The amendments in this group are technical, proofing amendments. They are just replacing verbs and inserting words.
In page 28, line 5, after "sought," to insert "include".
In page 29, line 10, after "schools" to insert "and arrangements and procedures relating to the exclusion and suspension of students from schools".
This amendment deals with regulations around expulsion and suspension. I am concerned about the use of exclusions and suspensions from schools. In many schools it is done on an ad hoc basis and often seems weighted towards the needs of the school rather than those of the student. There should be national guidelines regulated by the Minister. If we are putting this much work and effort into streamlining admissions procedures and making them accountable, the same should be done for exclusion and suspension due to their serious nature and the long-term impact they can have on a student's prospects.
I focused very heavily on expulsions and suspensions in the last debate. I am not sure people realise how many schools use them in the way they do. I have not pointed to specific examples in the Chamber because I do not want to be unfair to the schools concerned. They have challenges in terms of their situations, resources, time and so on. I have tried to keep the detailed information that I have in respect of suspension and expulsion out of the Chamber. A lot of schools are in difficult positions. However, year heads, teachers or vice principals are often jumping straight to suspension as a first port of call for matters that are not necessarily even in their guidelines and rule books.
I know this because I have intervened on a number of occasions for mothers who were concerned. I was contacted on one occasion by a 13 year old child who asked me to talk to his mother because he felt he was suspended unfairly. When I went through the school's rules that it set out for the children, he was correct. Sometimes the parents struggle to advocate on behalf of themselves and their children or they may not have as much access in terms of understanding the rules and regulations of the school. Sometimes they just take what teachers and schools say for granted because they feel intimidated by a person who has an education when they do not have one. My amendment would not only support students who are disadvantaged in that way but also the schools and the teachers by providing for clear regulations from the Minister on when and how it is appropriate to use suspension and expulsion. It can have a disastrous impact on a child's life. It is serious.
If the Minister was communicating with the same parents, children and teachers as I am he would probably see how serious it is. Since the issue does not make it onto the Minister's radar, it is very hard for him to know about it. I hope he can consider accepting the amendment and recognising its importance.
Before I respond to Senator Ruane, I am advised that I should say there may be further technical or proofing amendments required to the Bill after our discussion on Committee Stage and I intend to introduce them on Report Stage.
On amendment No. 47, I am advised that there are already statutory codes in place.
It is clear that there are already statutory codes. Section 23 of the Education Welfare Act 2000 requires schools to develop a code of behaviour in accordance with statutory guidelines. A school's code of behaviour must set out the procedures to be followed in the school before a student may be suspended or expelled from the school concerned. The National Educational Welfare Board, now the educational welfare service of Tusla, has published statutory guidelines for schools on developing a code of behaviour. These statutory guidelines provide guidance for schools on supporting student behaviour and the procedures to be followed in relation to suspension and expulsion. As the arrangements to be followed by a school in relation to expulsion and suspension are already provided for in other legislation and in statutory guidelines I do not propose to accept the amendment.
It still gives room for individual schools to set up their own codes of practices and that might vary from school to school but every school is different. We heard yesterday at the Joint Committee on Education and Skills about schools using codes of practice and suspensions to deal with children with special needs. The children are in special classes because they have ASD or various other issues and codes of practice are used to deal with them in the same way as children who have genuinely broken the code of practice. An example given was smoking in the toilets. The same code of practice is being used to deal with children who have behavioural issues related to their special needs. The codes of practice are not being used in the positive and correct way they should be to reinforce authority or good behaviour. I will withdraw the amendment for now.
Does Senator Ruane want to withdraw it?
Can I speak?
In a minute.
I want to withdraw it and come back on Report Stage after I read the Tusla recommendations.
The amendment is withdrawn.
You should wait until I am finished, Acting Chairman.
Senator Devine wants to speak. I will let her in.
I know the sun is shining but I just turned down the chance to meet Pink Floyd to come here to speak on the Bill.
I have given Senator Ruane latitude. I would never try to cut her short. She has had six minutes in the debate already between herself and the Minister. I will allow Senator Devine to speak and if Senator Ruane wishes to speak again she is more than welcome. I will not apologise because it is not my fault. I am sorry that she is missing Pink Floyd but if that is the case, that is the case.
I am representing Senator Gavan who is busy sorting out European affairs. I do not know much about the amendment but I will support Senator Ruane and discuss it. I was a member of a school board of management. Given my expertise in the area of ill health and mental and emotional distress I was aware of certain high-risk factors but because teachers did not have the knowledge they were not aware of them. Until attention was drawn to those issues they were not included in the manual. They were ready to expel one young man who to me was clearly displaying signs of high risk and the intention to do something. A national standard is required for transparency and the protection of children, teachers and boards of management. Boards of management try very hard to run schools but a national standardised approach is necessary and it is very important that it should include risk assessment.
As Senator Grace O'Sullivan is not present, her amendment falls.
To clarify, will Senator Grace O'Sullivan be able to resubmit her amendments on Report Stage? She might have got held up somewhere.
I am told that the Senator is effectively an Independent even though she is in a group and if she is not present to move the amendment then it is not moved. She has to move the amendment herself.
Will the amendment stand or will it fall?
It is not moved.
It is not moved. When we come to that section, can I indicate that I want to submit an amendment on age appropriate guidelines for primary and post-primary schools, respectively? I wish to put on record that I intend to submit an amendment on Report Stage in the same vein as Senator Grace O'Sullivan's.
Is Senator Ruane indicating that she may want to submit an amendment on Report Stage relating to that?
A similar amendment.
Is that agreed? Agreed. That is noted.
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In page 37, line 26, after "an" to insert "annual".
Section 9, as amended, agreed to.
Section 10 agreed to.
Amendment No. 51 is in the name of Senator Grace O'Sullivan. It has already been discussed with amendment No. 28.
I wish to indicate that I may submit an amendment similar to amendment No. 51 on Report Stage.
Senator Ruane has to discuss the issue if she wants to resubmit it.
I have discussed the issue.
It needs to arise out of committee proceedings. To be fair, because it has already been discussed with amendment No. 28, it is probably okay. Senator Ruane has only to indicate that she may want to submit on Report Stage an amendment similar to amendment No. 51.
Yes. Thank you for your help, Acting Chairman.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
"(5) The Minister shall —
(a) between three and five years after this section comes into operation, commence a review of the operation of Section 7A, and
(b) not later than 12 months after its commencement, make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings made in the review, and of the conclusions drawn from the findings, including any potential need for legislative amendment.".
Sections 12 and 13 agreed to.
Title agreed to.
Bill reported with amendments.
When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
Senator Maria Byrne
Next Tuesday.
Report Stage ordered for Tuesday, 3 July 2018.
When is it proposed to sit again?
Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
The Seanad adjourned at 7.50 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 28 June 2018.
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SUVA, Fiji - A team from the visiting Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark brought free medical services to the residents of Vatulele, an island more than 100 kilometers away from Fiji's capital Suva.
As of Wednesday, the ship, which arrived at Vatulele on Aug 2 for an eight-day goodwill visit, has treated more than 6,500 patients, providing everything from basic consultations to surgical procedures.
"It was really unexpected when the Chinese military doctors landed from the sky," said Ratu, a tribal chief on Vatulele, after the team landed in a naval helicopter on a school playground.
"When it was learnt that our government was coordinating for the Chinese doctors to deliver medical services to the island, the villagers expected much they normally do in a festival."
Liu Di, the deputy commander of Mission Harmony - 2018 and leader of the 10-member medical team, said the medical facilities on the island were basic.
"It took about 5 minutes to walk from the landing site to the local health center. There are four simple rooms where almost no medical facilities are available."
The medical team used portable equipment for ultrasound and electrocardiograms (ECG) and deployed specialists in ophthalmology, dentistry, orthopedics, internal medicine and surgery to offer the most needed services.
Ratu said there are four villages on the island and there is only one health center with only one doctor and one nurse.
After the arrival of the Chinese doctors, center became very busy. Local doctor Filomena joined the medical team members in preparing the consultation and treatment site.
Salote, a 57-year-old islander who suffered from diabetes for years, recently had a problem with a tooth, which was painful and needed to be extracted. The local doctor had no way to deal with it due to the patient's excessively high blood glucose.
When he learnt that the Chinese doctors were offering free treatment, he came to the health center early in the morning. After an examination, Chen Tielou, a dentist from Peace Ark, was able to regulate Salote's blood sugar levels with injections and extract the tooth.
"Thank God, this is the most precious gift," said Salote, who took his tooth with him when he left the health center as a memento.
Vasenai, a 63-year-old farmer, walks with difficulty due to osteoarthritis and his daily life is severely affected.
"The Chinese military doctors are really good," Vasenai said after collecting his free medicine.
The team also treated islanders with vision problems, with cataracts a particular issue among the islanders. Torsi, 34, was attended by Shi Sheng, an ophthalmologist. While surgery was unnecessary, Torsi was fitted with special glasses.
To express their appreciation, some islanders gave fruit, presented notes of thanks and others embraced the doctors - a traditional expression of gratitude - and took photos with them.
After the team left on the helicopter, Ratu said: "Peace Ark is really appreciated and China is really appreciated. You are welcome to Vatulele forever."
Fiji is the third stop on the Peace Ark's current mission and it is the second time the ship has visited the South Pacific Island nation after its first visit four years ago.


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It's a great time to be a fighting game fan. The genre is as big as it's ever been. Major tournaments have been filled to the brim with games and their communities are still growing. Hell, we just witnessed one of the greatest matches in FGC history and the wake up super heard round the world when Knee took on Rickstah in Losers Top 8 at Combo Breaker. From Guilty Gear, Soul Calibur VI, Mortal Kombat, Tekken 7, the genre is thriving right now and another classic fighting game is making it's return with Samurai Shodown.
Samurai Shodown is not like other fighting games. This isn't a game where you are going to be rushing in on each other trying to pull off huge strings of combos. Samurai Shodown is a lot slower than other fighting games. I mean a lot slower. A LOT slower. Movement speeds are pretty much at a snails pace but there is a good reason for this as Shodown focuses more on the neutral game, the part where you are both playing footies or keeping each other within the space of your longest attack looking for an opening. It's all about picking the right spots and trying to hit opponents at exactly the right time. The game makes up for the slow movement by having attacks deal more damage. Rounds can end in only three or four hits and one misstep can allow your opponent to take advantage as you watch 50 - 70 percent of your life bar drain in seconds. To me this is what makes the game fun and sets it apart from other fighters. Having the patience to sit there and then blocking an opponent to only dish out huge punishment to them is extremely satisfying.
There are other mechanics to the game as well such as being able to instant block moves. If you guard at the right time, you will parry their attack and it will leave your opponent open for a very short frame of time where you can then attack in return. You can also disarm your opponents through a special attack. Doing this causes your opponent to drop their weapon. You can pick up your weapon again but when you are disarmed you will take chip damage as opposed to no damage when you have your weapon. Finally there is the Rage meter. As you take damage the meter will grow. You can press the R2 button to activate Rage mode. While in Rage mode you get access to additional attacks, and get access to the Lightning Attack move. This move will cause your character to dash across the screen and enter a special animation where the screen goes red and blood starts gushing out of your opponents chest. This move deals damage based on how much health you have left. This means that no matter how much life a character has left, the match can be won and lost in seconds. To add to this, much like Mortal Kombat 11's Fatal Blow system, you only have access to Rage Mode only once per match. Use it in the first round and it's gone for the rest of the game. This means you really need to be on your toes at all times and think before you use it cause if you waste it, you have lost incredible resources to help defeat your opponent.
Samurai Shodown boasts of roster of returning favorites and a couple of new characters as well. New comers Darli Dagger and Wu-Ruixang are pretty great. Darli Dagger has insane reach with her heavy attack from her buzzsaw sword and can deal a ton of damage with a single hit. Ruixang on the other hand utilizes her shield for a variety of attacks. She can zone with a projectile, place a trap on the ground that will launch enemies high in the air if they step on it, can reflect attacks and can call down lightning which will will damage anyone that comes near. The other thing I will say is that the game looks and sounds fantastic. Everything from the menu screens to the characters and the stages themselves are presented in a style that makes them look like they really are paintings of ancient battles between Samurai. The sound is great as well as each fight will start off with absolute silence and the music will ramp up over the course of the match while the sounds of drums and clanging swords echo throughout the battle. The game only features Japanese audio with English subtitles, which doesn't bother me but it should be noted.
The actual fighting is great but unfortunately Samurai Shodown is a pretty bare bones package compared to other fighting games that have been released in the past few years. The game does contain a story mode but it feels more like a traditional arcade mode from a 90's arcade fighting game. You select a character and get a brief introduction to said character and their motivations. From here however, there isn't much else between nine or so fights against the CPU. You will get brief, and I do mean brief, cut scenes introducing the final boss but you will most likely skip these after seeing them once. Then you get to the final boss which is pretty easy to beat once you learn her patterns. Beat the boss and you get your characters brief ending. That's pretty much it. There isn't much here to help new comers understand the lore of Samurai Shodown, which would have been really helpful considering this game is a reboot of the series. Well kinda, it a sequel to Shodown V but a prequel to the first game. Other than story mode there are typical arcade modes like Time Attack, Survival and Gauntlet. Time Attack is simply beating CPU opponents in the fastest time possible, Survival is beating as many opponents on a single life bar and Gauntlet is trying to beat the entire roster without a loss. but they will unlikely hold your attention for very long. There is also a gallery of stuff to unlock even that probably won't hold peoples attention for that long.
That said, that doesn't mean it's a bad game. It's a great fighting game but it's a shame that it has little to offer for those who like to play fighting games for other single player modes or even for the lore of the series. Samurai Shodown knows what it is and it does it well. It brings back the classic series with a modern title that will make fans of the series and the pro players very happy. The mechanics offer something different from other fighting games and hold up on their own to create a fantastic and satisfying game that is probably going to be as fun to watch as it is to play.
Hardcore fans of the series and the pro players will likely love Samurai Shodown. This game is gonna be great to watch and I suspect it will thrive in the FGC tournament scene. Unfortunately that while the fighting game part of it is great, the rest is a really barebones package that most likely won't hold the attention of others for an extended period of time.
Rating: 7.4 Above Average
* The product in this article was sent to us by the developer/company.
I have been playing video games for as long as I can remember. My earliest gaming memories come from playing Lady Bug and Snafu on my fathers Colecovision and Intellivision respectively. It wasnt until I was 6 years old and played a Mortal Kombat 2 arcade machine in a game room at a hotel that I truly fell in love with a videogame. I have so many wonderful memories of my dad and I playing Mortal Kombat on SNES every night after dinner. Throughout my childhood NES, SNES, Gameboy and Sega Genesis were the loves of my life. Here I am 31 years old and still as much in love with videogames as I ever was.


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Applications available for RACC Arts Equity grant opportunity; letters of interest due February 22
Posted on January 26, 2017 at 10:50 am.
PORTLAND, ORE — With funding from Multnomah County and the City of Portland's voter-approved Arts Education and Access Fund, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) will invest a total of $100,000 in nonprofit organizations that are providing arts and culture programs and services for marginalized communities, including geographically underserved neighborhoods; communities of color, immigrants, and refugees; persons with disabilities; LGBTQ communities; homeless and houseless communities; and other under-represented populations.
Nonprofit organizations that are based in the City of Portland and/or Multnomah County are encouraged to submit proposals for artistic programs and projects occurring between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. To begin the application process, organizations should submit a Letter of Interest form (LOI) in RACC's online grant portal at racc.culturegrants.org by Wednesday, February 22 at 5:00 p.m. Applicants whose LOIs best meet the objectives of this grant program will be invited to submit a full application in March.
Grant awards will be announced in May, and will range from $1,000 to $7,000 each. The types of activities that RACC intends to fund include, but are not limited to:
Events or programs that give underserved artists increased outlets to promote and market their work
Programs that provide technical assistance and other learning opportunities for artists in culturally specific communities
Arts programming within underrepresented communities
Community events that highlight and promote the art and culture of a particular community
"We are excited to offer the RACC Arts Equity Grant again," said RACC Grant Officer Helen Daltoso. "After launching the online application process and increasing the grant budget in 2016, we saw an incredible amount of interest from the community," Daltoso added. All guidelines and application materials are available online at racc.culturegrants.org.
RACC provides one-on-one assistance to applicants as needed, including feedback on draft applications and letters of interest. Upon request application materials can also be provided in other languages and formats. Contact Jack MacNichol at 503-823-2928 or jmacnichol@racc.org for more information.
RACC will also host two free information sessions to help community members learn more about the Arts Equity Grant and how to apply:
Thursday, February 9, 6-7:30 p.m. at Gresham Library, 385 NW Miller Avenue, Gresham
Saturday, February 11, 2-3:30 p.m. at RACC Offices, 411 NW Park Avenue, Suite 101, Portland
If you would like to attend an information session, please RSVP online at racc.org/grants or call us at 503-823-2928.
For more information about the Arts Equity Grant, and a summary of other grant programs and deadlines, visit racc.org/grants.
Key deadline: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 by 5:00 pm – LOI due online at racc.culturegrants.org.
How Arts Equity Grants are funded:
$50,000 is funded by Multnomah County, which increased its general fund investment to RACC for the purpose of expanding arts access and support for East County and other underserved populations.
$50,000 is funded by The Arts Education and Access Fund (AEAF), approved by Portland voters in November, 2012. The AEAF funds at least one art or music teacher in every public elementary school in Portland, and funds RACC to bring arts, culture and creativity to life for every Portland resident. For more information, visit racc.org/aeaf.
About RACC: The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) was established in 1995 and is funded by public and private partners to serve artists, arts organizations, schools and residents throughout Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties. RACC provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations and schools; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and awareness for the arts through workplace giving and other programs; convenes forums, networking events and other community gatherings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and integrates the arts into K-8 curriculum through The Right Brain Initiative. Online at www.racc.org.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — For the past six years, Dawn Kent Azok, a reporter for the Alabama Media Group, has covered the twists and turns of the Alabama auto sector. Reporting on scores of events and interviewing people both in the drivers' seat and the executive chair, she has told story after story of how one industry has changed the lives of thousands of hard-working Alabamians.
Dawn Kent covers the auto industry for The Birmingham News/AL.com.
When did you begin covering the auto industry?
I started covering the auto industry in January 2007. One of my first stories was about the 10th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz production in Alabama, which began in February 1997. So I learned a lot about that company early on.
Describe how you cover the state's auto industry as a reporter.
I try to focus on the things that are specifically related to the auto companies' operations in Alabama. That would include sales and quality reports for the state-made models, as well as workplace activity such as expansions, cutbacks, new models and labor unions. Of course, these are international companies so I also keep an eye on their operations elsewhere, because that might affect the local plants.
How have you seen the state's auto industry evolve since you began covering it?
Huge swings. When I started in 2007, it was a good year for the industry, and I was writing about record high production. Then the global sales slump hit in 2008, so I was writing about production cuts and layoffs. Like the rest of the domestic industry, the state industry has made a comeback over the past few years, so I am again writing about record highs.
What type of economic impact have Mercedes and the other automakers in the state had?
Here a couple of numbers to consider: Last month, there were more than 33,000 motor vehicle manufacturing and motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs Alabama, according to Bureau of Labor data. That doesn't include all of the indirect jobs at other support businesses. Also consider the state's export growth over the past decade, which has been driven by auto exports. Last year alone, state exports hit a record high of $19.5 billion, and more than a third of that was transportation equipment, which includes vehicles.
Business recruiters also talk about the economic impact that isn't necessarily measurable. Mercedes brought a lot of attention to the state, and the work force that has built up around the auto industry has been cited by other companies that have moved operations here, like Airbus.
What's the significance of the two future products that Mercedes will roll out in the next two years?
The C-Class sedan, which will launch next year, is an entirely new type of vehicle for the Tuscaloosa County plant, which has a lineup that is so far limited to SUVs and crossovers. The C-Class is also one of Mercedes' most popular models and seen as an entry to the brand for many buyers. Officially, we don't know a lot about the so-called fifth model yet, except that it is expected to be an SUV. Combined, the two new models are responsible for 1,400 new jobs at the local plant, so that's significant.
What makes this 20-year anniversary important?
Do you expect to see more supplier announcements in the coming months and years?
Yes, we should see more. The latest string of supplier announcements have been mostly related to the addition of the C-Class sedan at the Mercedes plant. And while I think most of those decisions have been made by now (production launch of the C-Class is next year) there is always the potential for supplier shifts when models are redesigned. Plus, Mercedes has a fifth model, expected to be an SUV, that is scheduled to go into production in Alabama in 2015, so there could be new supplier business tied to that. I also see ongoing potential for new suppliers for Honda, Hyundai and other automakers in the Southeast.
How does the auto industry intersect with the other parts of Alabama's economy?
Exports, which I've already mentioned, is a key area. Also, the jobs provided by the industry give people the means to support businesses in communities across the state.
Anything else you want to add about Mercedes or about the state's auto sector as a whole?
If you've never been inside an auto plant, you should take advantage of the public tours they offer. It's a fun trip.


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Supreme Court Allows People To Sue Over Web Accessibility
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times/TNS | October 8, 2019
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for people with disabilities to sue Domino's Pizza and other retailers if their websites are not accessible.
In a potentially far-reaching move, the justices turned down an appeal from Domino's and let stand a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling holding that the Americans with Disabilities Act protects access not just to restaurants and stores, but also to the websites and apps of those businesses.
Guillermo Robles, who is blind, filed suit in Los Angeles three years ago and complained he had been unable to order a pizza online because the Domino's website lacked the software that would allow him to communicate. He cited the ADA, which guarantees to persons with a disability "full and equal enjoyment of the goods and services … of any place of public accommodations."
Lawyers for Domino's agreed this provision applied to its pizza stores, but not its website.
Last year, however, the 9th Circuit ruled for Robles and said the law applied to its online services as well as the store.
"The ADA mandates that places of public accommodation, like Domino's, provide auxiliary aids and services to make visual materials available to individuals who are blind," the appeals court said in January.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and business groups who said they represented 500,000 restaurants and 300,000 businesses joined in an appeal urging the high court to review the 9th Circuit's decision. They said they feared a "tsunami of litigation," and worried that judges nationwide would see the appeals court's decision as "imposing a nationwide website-accessibility mandate."
But without comment or dissent on Monday, the high court said it would not hear the case of Domino's Pizza vs. Robles.
This is not a formal ruling upholding the 9th Circuit decision, and the justices could agree to take up the issue later if lower courts are divided.
But for now, the court's action strongly suggests that retailers will be required to make their websites accessible.
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Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC
View this article online at https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2019/10/08/supreme-court-allows-sue-web-accessibility/27269/


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Socioeconomics Can Spur Smoking
Poverty in childhood increased risk for lighting up, study finds
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2003 (HealthDayNews) -- Socioeconomic factors influence whether a person starts smoking and the difficulty he experiences if he tries to kick the habit.
A Brown Medical School/The Miriam Hospital study found there are a number of socioeconomic forces that influence smokers and these factors accumulate over the course of a person's life, leading to increased risk of starting to smoke, progression to regular smoking and difficulty quitting.
The study, which appears in the current issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, assessed 657 people aged 30 to 39 who were born in Providence, R.I., and followed through adulthood.
The study found low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood increased the risk that a person would start smoking and progress to regular smoking. Aspects of childhood SES that predicted increased cigarette smoking were parental occupation, household poverty and mother's educational level.
Lower adult SES was associated with progression to regular smoking and reduced likelihood of quitting. Specifically, the study found a person's level of education predicted progression to regular smoking and reduced likelihood of quitting.
"These findings add to existing evidence suggesting that more equitable social and economic policies will have a significant public health benefit," study author Stephen E. Gilman, a researcher at the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at Brown Medical School/The Miriam Hospital, says in a prepared statement.
"Improving the effectiveness and accessibility of smoking prevention programs for disadvantaged youth and smoking cessation programs for adult smokers in lower socioeconomic groups is also essential," Gilman says.
Here's where you can learn more about how to quit smoking.
SOURCE: Brown Medical School, news release, October 2003
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Q: Как с помощью XSLT создать наипростейший шаблон есть xml(30K строк) которую на 1 - ом этапе обработке нужно превратить в шаблон.
<Test>
    <data_type>numeric</data_type>
    <value>83.79</value>
</Test>
<OBJECTIVE>
      <data_type>string</data_type>
      <value>string</value>
</OBJECTIVE>
<EDITIONDATE>
          <data_type>string</data_type>
          <value>string</value>
          <date_format>yyyyDDD</date_format>
</EDITIONDATE>

Если опереться на value и в зависимости от него value=83.79 - 1 логика value=string проверить нет ли на одном уровне date_format если есть значит дата.Я состряпал
<xsl:template match="//value">
        <xsl:variable name="val" select="string(value)"/>
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$val = string">
                <xsl:text>string</xsl:text>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$val=83.79">
                <xsl:text>numeric</xsl:text>
            </xsl:when>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>

Отрабатывает только 2 - ое т.к он всегда думает, что там 83.79 искал приведение типов не нашел. Как должен выглядить шаблон решающий мою задачу?

A: Это выражение:
select="string(value)"

присваивает переменной пустую строку, т. к. в текущем контексте нет узла value (вы его уже нашли в выражении match).
Очевидно, должно быть:
select="string(.)"

Далее, в выражении
test="$val = string"

происходит сравнение с узлом по имени string. Естественно, такого узла нет.
Должно быть:
test="$val = 'string'"

Значение литерала берите в кавычки.
Число, по идее, тоже нужно окавычить, хотя парсер и без кавычек понимает, что это не имя узла.


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Apple Reports its Third Quarter Results
Apple has released its fiscal third quarter results on Tuesday that reports a total of $37.4 billion in revenue with $7.7 billion in net profit. The company is representing $1.28 per share and when compared to the year ago quarter, the company corresponds to a growth of 5.9 percent in revenue and 19.6 percent in EPS.
In a press release, Apple's CEO Tim Cook wrote, "Our record June quarter revenue was fueled by strong sales of iPhone and Mac and the continued growth of revenue from the Apple ecosystem, driving our highest EPS growth rate in seven quarters. We are incredibly excited about the upcoming releases of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, as well as other new products and services that we can't wait to introduce."
During the quarter, the company is able to sell 35.2 million iPhones which is a high jump of 12.7 percent than previous year over year. The fiscal year turned out to be boon cause of the increased sales of iPhone otherwise if iPad was to be considered then the result is disappointing. The sales for iPad were down by 9.2 percent at 13.3 million compared to the last year's 14.6 million.
Luca Maestri, CFO of Apple said, "We generated $10.3 billion in cash flow from operations and returned over $8 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the June quarter. We have now taken action on over $74 billion of our $130 billion capital return program with six quarters remaining to its completion."
At the end, the result is really worthy and we must say Apple is able to perform incredible on the stock market. The shares have been steadily rising up for the last three months after its wise step of splitting its shares 7 for 1 stock. This helped in boosting the dividend strategy of Apple.
Due to a better gross margin predicted for this quarter, the analysts and Apple both anticipated a good quarter. Likewise for the coming fiscal year 2014 fourth quarter, Apple is providing the guidelines that include their revenues to be between $37 billion and $40 billion with gross margin between 37 percent and 38 percent. The operating expenses are expected between $4.75 billion and $4.85 billion with other income or expense of $250 million. Let's hope this predicted guideline comes true and Apple sells more iPhone along with iPads in the upcoming future.
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https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/08/11/in-myanmar-more-wrangling-over-the-south-china-sea/
In Myanmar, More Wrangling Over the South China Sea
Aug 11, 2014 10:59 am HKT
Foreign ministers from China and the Philippines shake hands during the ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Saturday.
China and the Philippines traded barbs over recent maritime tensions at a weekend gathering of regional foreign ministers, as Manila appeared to win muted support from Southeast Asian neighbors for its proposed freeze on provocative acts in the disputed South China Sea. Both Beijing and Manila sought to steer the tone of talks, organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. As the Wall Street Journal's Chun Han Wong reports:
China rejected the Philippine plan as disruptive to efforts to manage maritime disputes, while the Philippines accused Beijing of aggressively pursuing territorial claims and reneging on its commitment to peaceful diplomacy.
Asean acknowledged Manila's proposal but didn't adopt it, even though the U.S. and some Southeast Asian countries supported the idea. In a communiqué published Sunday, the 10-state bloc instead renewed calls for restraint and greater urgency in creating a code of conduct for the South China Sea—an endeavor that has stalled over the last decade.
"China's plan has been to stonewall diplomatically and trap Asean in these endless talks," said Carl Thayer, emeritus professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
By playing off differences between Asean members, Beijing has been relatively unimpeded in pursuing its broad diplomatic strategy for the South China Sea, dictating the pace and content of talks to suit its interests, and preventing rival powers such as the U.S. from influencing the process, Mr. Thayer said.
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