Construction works on the controversial Mukono-Katosi Road have been suspended over inadequacy of funds.
Ugandans are impatient with government for improved and accelerated services, job opportunities, local and international trade opportunities and benefits, resulting into improved purchasing power and better livelihood for families and individuals. And they are right.
Most parts of Entebbe express way are complete. The Entebbe–Kampala Expressway, also known as the "Kampala–Entebbe Expressway" or the "Entebbe–Kampala Highway", is a four-lane toll highway under construction in the Central Region of Uganda.


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Diversity Amongst National Football League Execs Remains Problem
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National Football League: Making the Case for Diversity
By Meta J. Mereday
With African Americans following the principles of the late, legendary coach Vince Lombardi who stated that "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" (with two African American coaches recently winning Super Bowls), diversity should be a top priority for the National Football League (NFL).
However, two other professional sports leagues, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB) are making strong cases for diversity and inclusion. This is especially true on the professional basketball courts.
According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, the NBA was the only professional sports league that received a coveted "A" for race and gender in terms of diversity.
According to the Institute's report, the NBA had eight African American head coaches along with four African American team presidents and 36 percent of the professional positions at the league office were held by minorities. These findings surpassed both football and baseball. The need for more inclusive practices in the professional sports industry has been longstanding.
However, the NFL has been trying to change the face of the gridiron game and the Super Bowl wins by Tony Dungy with the Indianapolis Colts—who played against the Chicago Bears under African American head coach Lovie Smith—and Mike Tomlin with the Pittsburgh Steelers further legitimized the fact that African American coaches could bring home the Lombardi Trophy.
In 2009, the Institute gave the NFL a "B" and stated that the league was making what it termed as "sustained progress" in its recruitment efforts for African American head coaches and front office leadership.
In 2009, the NFL had six African American head coaches and five African American general managers within its 32 team framework.
Part of the problem, outlined in the report, is the lack of diversity and inclusive outreach for head coaches and decision making personnel at the college football level, which is the feeder base for the NFL.
The majority of college presidents, athletic directors and college coaches are White and efforts designed to recruit minorities as coaches continues to lag behind in the college ranks.
Outreach efforts spearheaded by the National Football League via its diversity committee and the "Rooney Rule" has increased outreach for promising minority candidates on the professional level, but much work is still needed.
According to Scott Brown in the Tribune-Review in 2007, the impact of the "Rooney Rule" was significant in not only improving recruitment activity for minority coaching candidates for the National Football League, but it also had the "reverse of a trickle down effect" regarding the impact on diversity in front office hires. The spirit of the "Rooney Rule" led to the creation of awareness within the league about the importance of diversity and generated more opportunities for African Americans and other minorities in the NFL front offices.
The call to action for diversity in the professional sports industry has been longstanding and the National Football League needs to step up its efforts to diversify the talent pool on the field, on the sidelines and in the front office at all levels.
Talented African Americans have more than proven their athletic prowess and strategic acumen to handle the ball and the play calling as well as the player selections and deal making. Now, it is time for the NFL to fully engage the diversity mantra and one, two, three…HIRE!
Mereday is a contributing writer for Regal Black Men's Magazine.
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Virtual Trouble
by Brian Morrison
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Description: Some mysterious goings on at the local infirmary. A man is admitted to A & E with serious wounds to his body. But how could he have sustained the injuries whilst lounging around on a sofa?
Doreen Gilchrist was missing one pearl earring, and her lipstick had only been half applied. These two things aside, Doreen was dressed in her finest attire. A long wine coloured evening gown that she had purchased especially for the occasion, hung well on her. The matching handbag and shoes looked just perfect. For once the items had not been purchased on line, but were the product of a four hour jaunt through the city's shopping mall. An observer would probably notice that Doreen was slightly over-dressed for a casualty department waiting room. She glanced over towards the clock on the wall. It was showing nine thirty five. The hands hadn't moved very much since her last time check. It wasn't a real clock. It was an image of a clock face that was being beamed onto a blank wall from a projector that was hidden away in an obscure corner of the room. Very cleverly done. The second hand sweeping across the virtual clock face was keeping time in a laborious way with the blinking liquid crystal cursor on her digital wrist watch. The virtual clock was a conversation piece really, and boy did she need to converse with someone! Anyone! She was worried about Anthony, her husband. He had been wheeled through the double doors to the treatment room at exactly eight fifteen. That would have been around the time that the main course was being served at the country club. Two empty chairs would be evident on table number fourteen. Their friends would be asking questions. Doreen could hear them in her head.
They won't be here now. They have never been this late for a function before. I spoke to Doreen just this morning. She was so looking forward to the meal.
When a rapid response ambulance calls at your house with its blue lights swirling, you tend to forget important stuff in the confusion. The second pearl earring wasn't important. It was still lying on the night stand by the bed. She had forgotten to lift her mobile phone on the way out. Her friends at the country club would find out eventually what had occurred. She hoped that it would be good news that she would be sharing with them in the morning. The paramedic had the good sense to urge Doreen to telephone a family member. She used the house phone and was relieved to get through to Gerald, her son. Doreen looked at the virtual clock once more. Nine thirty eight. Gerald said that he should be with her at a quarter to ten.
Tick tock, tick tock.
Virtual clocks don't make a ticking noise, neither do digital watches. Doreen wasn't a great fan of gadgets. Both Anthony and she were in their forty eighth year. They had both witnessed the, often overwhelming, march of the high tech age. Right now she was thankful for any wizardry that was keeping her husband alive through those doors. The paramedics had asked her questions. It was an important part of their job. Doreen knew that, but the questions were confusing. They kept asking her about the injuries that Anthony had sustained. How can you injure yourself sitting on the sofa?
He was unconscious when she walked into the lounge. He had a trickle of dark blood on his top lip, but he was still breathing. She didn't know much about first aid so in the fifteen minutes period that passed before the ambulance arrived, Doreen just held Anthony's wrist, feeling the welcoming beat of his pulse through her fingertips. His iPad was lying on the floor. The screen had cracked in a couple of places. For some unknown reason, Doreen had brought it with her in the ambulance. It was an unconscious act; another part of the confusion that was tormenting her in that trying time. Anthony was forever urging her to buy the weekly groceries on line, along with other items, such as, jewellery, dresses, hats and gloves. He loved to browse on his iPad. It was his passion.
'There's no need to go out shopping,' he would say, 'you can do anything – buy anything from the comfort of your armchair.'
Nine forty seven. According to the virtual clock, Gerald was two minutes late. It wasn't like him. Gerald was always punctual – always early. Anthony was the same. He had been ready and dressed for the dinner function for a full thirty minutes prior to settling down on the sofa with his iPad. Earlier in the day he had been studying the route to the country club on Google maps.
'What's the postcode?' he had asked. 'No wait – I can find that info by searching for the country club on Google.'
He was obsessed with that thing. He would often say to Doreen, 'Just going for a drive, dear,' when in actual fact he was on the Street View function of Google maps. He would patiently make those little one hundred yard jumps, following the arrows and looking out for landmarks. She recalled the day that Anthony had done a virtual drive on the iPad, all the way from their home in Motherwell to St Andrews university. The occasion was Gerald's graduation. He even picked a parking spot in a quiet side street on the campus. Much to the annoyance of Doreen, the trip north and east was punctuated with Anthony's running commentary about what lay around the next bend, and how many roundabouts they were going to encounter.
'I really know this road so well, you know,' he would say proudly, 'even though I have only ever driven along it in Street View.'
He was as proud as punch when he discovered that the afore-mentioned parking spot was free.
A low hissing noise accompanied the hospital main doors sliding open. Another bit of technical wizardry, thought Doreen. Gerald strode into the corridor and made a beeline for his mother. He had a worried look on his face, which wasn't surprising.
'What exactly happened?' asked Gerald.
'Oh I wish that I knew,' said his mother, 'he was just relaxing on the sofa with his iPad whilst I was getting dressed. I just happened to walk through to the lounge and there he was lying on the floor. He looked terrible. I thought he had . . .' Doreen couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence. She cried for the first time and fell into Gerald's arms.
It was just then that the doctor walked though from the treatment room. Doreen quickly gathered her composure again and dabbed at her nose with a handkerchief. 'Please tell me that my husband is all right,' she said.
The doctor's face showed the slightest trace of a smile. In Doreen's eyes, that meant nothing whatsoever. Doctors, in her experience, always smiled slightly before imparting terrible news. 'Please take a seat,' he said, which was another signpost to impending doom. 'Your husband is resting, but the good news is that we believe he will make a complete recovery in a few weeks or so. He needs time for his injuries to heal up. We have him in sedation at the moment as he is suffering some discomfort from the fractured ribs.'
'Fractured ribs?' said Gerald, 'How did that happen?'
'We were hoping that you could enlighten us on that respect,' said the doctor. 'The injuries are quite extensive. At least four fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a suspected ruptured spleen.'
'He got all that from falling off the sofa?' said Doreen, 'This is the same thing that the paramedics were saying in the ambulance. I can't understand it at all.'
The doctor said, 'Exactly what was he doing at the time? Do you know for sure?'
'Yes, I know exactly what he was doing. He was doing his usual stuff on the iPad.'
Gerald noticed the iPad sticking out of his mother's bag. 'Is that it there, mother? It looks as if the screen has cracked.'
'Yes,' she said, 'he must have fallen on top of it. I think it is broken for good. It has the word 'Scam' written across it.'
Gerald took the iPad from his mother and studied it closely. 'Mother,' he said thoughtfully, 'did dad say anything whilst you were in the bedroom? Did he tell you what application that he was using?'
Doreen thought for a moment or two and then said, 'He was doing the Street View thing. Yes, I remember now. He was plotting the way to the country club. You know what he is like, such an addict to that iPad. He goes on and on relentlessly about the things that he can do on it.'
'And what was the last thing he said, mother? Try to remember.'
Doreen concentrated again. 'It was a remark about how he wished he could drive with his finger as he does in Street View. He said something about shortcuts and how he could go around roundabouts in the . . .'
Gerald had spread his thumb and forefinger over the iPad screen. It was still functioning. The image on display took Doreen's breath away. The radiator grill of the articulated lorry had a large dent across it. The word 'Scam', when zoomed out changed to 'Scammel', a well known truck manufacturer. There was debris on the road in front of the vehicle.
'He said that he could even go round a roundabout in the wrong direction,' Doreen uttered slowly, as she gazed at the accident scene on the Street View application of the head-on collision.
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Born in Saltcoats, Brian Morrison has a day job at the Hunterston Power Station. But in his other life he is well known as a caricaturist and comedy sketch writer. More recently, he has become a novelist and a writer of children's stories. His dark comedy, Blister, is available on Amazon.


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Reign of the Hunters
Chapter 123 The Pot Calling The Kettle Black
Ye Ci took out a few roasted quails and stuffed them into Ol' Four's mouth, who shook its head in delight. She then instructed it to turn around and retrace their original route. In deference to the roasted quails earlier, Ol' Four immediately complied and started galumphing back.
A few more Fireballs and Holy Bolt struck Ye Ci, leaving her with only a quarter of her HP.
"Glistening Snow has attacked you, you may freely retaliate for twenty minutes."
"MuQing has attacked you, you may freely retaliate for twenty minutes."
So it was the players from Tang Dynasty. Ye Ci pressed herself as close to Ol' Four's back as possible while she observed her surroundings, searching for her two attackers; it wasn't long before she saw a few familiar faces. It turned out that players from Tang Dynasty and Wolf Pack were having a turf war. If it was a turf war between other guilds, perhaps Ye Ci would be astonished. However, it was of no surprise to her once she saw that these two guilds were the ones fighting.
Both were famous, powerful guilds with the ambition to be ranked first in the Eastern Continent. The guilds were already at odds with each other over the rankings, butting heads at every opportunity. It was not uncommon to see them conflicting over anything that would benefit their guild.
Ye Ci commanded Ol' Four to run in an erratic manner whilst making a break towards an area with more people, By doing so, not only would she be able to decrease her probability of getting hit, it'd also maximize her chances of concealing herself. Once she ran into the crowd of players, Ye Ci immediately leapt off Ol' Four's back and started sprinting.
It was clear that MuQing and Glistening Snow had locked onto her. Despite escaping into the player crowd, Fireballs and Holy Light Bullets still occasionally landed on her. Ye Ci took out a red potion from her inventory and downed it to replenish her diminishing HP bar. Keeping her body as low to the ground as possible, she swiftly made her way towards the rear of the Tang Dynasty's players, where the Clerics were clustered together. Glistening Snow had spotted Ye Ci as she passed by the Clerics' gathering spot.
At first, Ye Ci had believed that it was an accidental attack and thought nothing of it. However, MuQing's attack had convinced her that the assault was intentional, and it is possible that Glistening Snow might be trying to take revenge on her for stealing the BOSS the other day.
Before long, Ye Ci was able to close in on Tang Dynasty's Clerics. At that point, she had already gone into Stealth and recalled Ol' Four, successfully giving Glistening Snow and MuQing the slip. Taking out her Venomous Scorpion Stinger, she stepped towards Glistening Snow.
At that moment, Glistening Snow was glancing about while she healed the players at the frontlines. She was apparently worried by Ye Ci's sudden disappearance. Meanwhile, as the distance between the two gradually reduced, Ye Ci could smell the store-bought perfume from Glistening Snow.
To be honest, the perfume smelled good; it was a scent that any female would love, Ye Ci included. However, she would never use something like this on herself, not because she didn't like to dress up, it was just that her profession as a Huntress would never allow her to do something that would risk compromising her actions.
Easily circling behind Glistening Snow, Ye Ci looked at her back where the heart was located. While melee classes equipped heavy armor to protect this vital area from any possible enemy attacks, classes with cloth equipment did not enjoy such special features. In order to wield their immense spiritual powers, they had to wrap themselves in light, soft cloth equipment. Although aesthetically pleasing to the eyes, the equipments' defence values were close to zero.
Glistening Snow's level should be somewhere around 20 and was definitely not above 22. The level gap between Ye Ci and her was fairly large, which was the reason why her attacks were ineffective against Ye Ci. Even Ye Ci felt that she had an unfair advantage against Glistening Snow.
As Ye Ci's blade moved, Glistening Snow felt a chill at her breast as her HP bar was instantly cleared. She only managed to look down in time to see a sharp blade protruding out of her chest before her vision started to blur. Glistening Snow did not have enough strength to turn around, and the system soon informed her that she was the first one to die.
"Due to the attack that you initiated, Gongzi You attacked you in retaliation and you have been successfully killed."
Glistening Snow's death happened in an instant, Ye Ci's figure was revealed for just a moment before she immediately drank an invisibility potion and hid herself once more before running towards MuQing's direction.
Glistening Snow's death happened so quickly, not even the surrounding clerics or the warriors protecting them noticed Ye Ci before her body fell to the ground. This caused Tang Dynasty's players to be somewhat flustered: "Glistening, how did you die?"
"I was ambushed by a Huntress." Glistening Snow remained lying on the ground. As Ye Ci was still alive, she didn't dare to immediately revive. She could only wait for Ye Ci to exit combat or die before she could respawn. "What's the matter with you warriors? How could no one have realized that someone snuck in?" Glistening Snow was furious and chose to take it out on the people that were tasked with protecting her.
"That's impossible, if she did sneak in, we would have definitely noticed. Furthermore, we didn't even spot anybody in the vicinity right after you died. Since it was a Huntress that killed you, it's got nothing to do with us, you must have been targeted and sniped to death." The warriors that were charged with protecting the clerics immediately rebutted Glistening Snow. As they really did not see anyone just now, they too were in a state of confusion.
Normally this was nothing to be puzzled about, as usually, Rogues and Hunters could rarely max out their Stealth due to the lack of talent points. Furthermore, Ye Ci's level was around 5 to 6 levels higher than theirs. With that kind of level penalty, the chances of them detecting Ye Ci couldn't be any lower.
"I was definitely instakilled by a stab to the heart, and you guys are trying to tell me that I was sniped... What is wrong with you guys?" Glistening Snow fumed but she soon realised something was amiss, immediately opening up the guild channel and cried: "MuQing, Gongzi You killed me, be careful!"
Even before she managed to finish her sentence, MuQing's sullen voice sounded out: "Your reminder came too late, I'm already dead."
"I don't know, she vanished." This was the fact that made MuQing depressed the most. As a Mage, he had added his talent points into Mobile Casting, not allowing Ye Ci any opportunity to kill him. When Glistening Snow fell, he had a hunch that it was Gongzi You's doing and immediately went on guard. However, for some unknown reason, he was still instakilled by a single stab from Gongzi You. Since he was a mobile caster, him dying in the midst of casting a spell did not attract too much attention. Probably only MuQing knew the the true cause of his death, while most players believed that he had been done in by a ranged player on the enemy side.
He had been killed by a single backstab through the heart. Instakill, it was an undeniable instant kill.
He was already Lvl 24, which was already good enough to be placed on the leaderboards, and yet he was instakilled by Gongzi You. This caused MuQing to feel extremely cautious and depressed whenever this Huntress was involved. Just like how when Glistening Snow was about to warn him, he was already lying dead on the ground.
His gauntlets had dropped, and yet no one had picked it up.
It was precisely due to this fact that MuQing had no idea of Gongzi You's whereabouts. If she had picked up his dropped equipment, then he would at least have an idea of her area of operations, but she didn't even bat an eyelid towards the dropped item. It was as though MuQing had fallen dead because he had reached the limits of his lifespan.
"Snow and MuQing, what the hell are you two doing!? This expedition has already had too many casualties and now you two joined them? MuQing, weren't you supposed to be really good at PvP? Tell me, how did you die?" Wandering Clouds never imagined that MuQing, an expert in PvP, and a Cleric that was heavily protected, would be suddenly eliminated. The fact that this happened frustrated him to no end.
Currently, Tang Dynasty was in desperate need of healing. Although Glistening Snow was unable to provide a lot of healing as a whole, but under this kind of situation, even a little was better than nothing. Furthermore, their mobile turret MuQing who was in charge of bombarding the enemy's clerics and ranged classes was now lying dead on the ground, so didn't this put Tang Dynasty in an extremely precarious position?"
"It's not like I wanted to die, I was insta-killed." Muqing was extremely depressed.
"Quit trying to make up excuses, who is capable of insta-killing you?"
"Gongzi You."
Wandering Clouds paused before making a weird cry: "Gongzi You, is Gongzi You here? How did she instakill you?" Whether it was about her player skill or his secret, Wandering Clouds was extremely cautious of this woman. As long as he was able to avoid butting heads with this person, he swore to never face her again.
Presently, Tang Dynasty was currently in a turf war with Wolf Pack, so why did this woman show up? This question only caused his head to ache.
"She passed by just now, Snow attacked her and I accidentally locked on to her..."
MuQing wasn't done speaking when Glistening Snow butted in: "What do you mean 'I attacked her?' She was riding a damned T-Rex and ran past me, it was just legitimate self-defence! She must have been the reinforcements that our opponent called to ambush us from the back! Even if I did attack first, so what!? She even took the initiative to kill me the previous time!"
Their conversation was made over the guild channel so all guild members could see what has happened. NightAndDay suddenly asked: "What 'previous time?' Was there any conflict between you guys and Gongzi You?"
Wandering Clouds hastily covered it up: "It's nothing, just a small misunderstanding." Saying that, he hurriedly switched to the region channel and declared: "Gongzi You, this is a fight between Tang Dynasty and Wolf Pack, it has nothing to do with you, do not interfere."
As she had killed who she needed to kill, Ye Ci was already riding Ol' Four's back with the intention of leaving when she heard Wandering Clouds's declaration. She let out an angry snort, wasn't this the pot calling the kettle black?
She wasn't going to let this go either and replied with a single line: "Continue with the self-deception, I see you've mastered the phrase 'The pot calling the kettle black' well."
She had just finished speaking when she heard a system message: "Sir Ditty has invited you to join his party."
Even the guild leader of Wolf Pack was taking part in this fight. The corners of Ye Ci's mouth twitched, wondering if NightAndDay, that poor cuckold, would make an appearance as well.
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I utilize Brené Brown's work in my psychotherapy and counselling, and integrate The Daring Way™methodology into my work with trauma, depression, anxiety eating disorders, and addictions of all kinds. You can read my guest writing for the ACF blog to explain the work in more detail.
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Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein Traded Advice on Bill's 'Toxic' Marriage & Jeff's Pedo Image Rehab, During Secretive 'Men's Club' Gatherings
HAFMay 17, 2021
A former Jeffrey Epstein insider claims that Bill Gates was a regular at the notorious pedophile's $77 million Manhattan townhouse, where Epstein held "men's club" – type gatherings for his closest pals (documented by his home's alleged network of spy cameras, we're sure).
For Gates, "Going to Jeffrey's was a respite from his marriage. It was a way of getting away from Melinda" according to one of two insiders, who came forward to the Daily Beast to break what we're guessing is the first rule of elite pedo-lair club.
According to the report, Gates and Epstein traded advice over their respective problems, while Gates " met a rotating cast of bold-faced names and discussed worldly issues in between rounds of jokes and gossip — a "men's club" atmosphere that irritated Melinda."
"Gates used the gatherings at Epstein's $77 million New York townhouse as an escape from what he told Epstein was a "toxic" marriage, a topic both men found humorous, a person who attended the meetings told The Daily Beast.
The billionaire met Epstein dozens of times starting in 2011 and continuing through to 2014 mostly at the financier's Manhattan home — a substantially higher number than has been previously reported. Their conversations took place years before Bill and Melinda Gates announced this month that they were splitting up.
Gates, in turn, encouraged Epstein to rehabilitate his image in the media following his 2008 guilty plea for soliciting a minor for prostitution, and discussed Epstein becoming involved with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation." – Daily Beast
According to one of the insiders, Epstein and Gates "were very close."
A spokesperson for Gates (fleet of attorneys) told the Beast "Your characterization of his meetings with Epstein and others about philanthropy is inaccurate, including who participated. Similarly, any claim that Gates spoke of his marriage or Melinda in a disparaging manner is false."
"Bill never received or solicited personal advice of any kind from Epstein — on marriage or anything else. Bill never complained about Melinda or his marriage to Epstein," the rep continued.
According to the Beast, "Melinda Gates was furious over Bill's relationship with Epstein, and was put off by the creepy financier upon meeting him in September 2013, after the couple accepted an award at a New York City hotel. Melinda's anger, people familiar with the matter said, eventually led to the demise of Bill and Epstein's friendship."
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal just reported that Melinda began consulting divorce attorneys in October, 2019 – right around the time it was revealed that Bill and Epstein were pals. What's more, Microsoft board members wanted Bill gone in late 2019 after an internal investigation revealed that Gates had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female Microsoft employee.
Bill and Melinda Gates announced earlier this month that they were ending their 27-year marriage because, according to Melinda, the marriage was "irretrievably broken." She had been working with attorneys since at least 2019 to end itaccording to the Journal. And while the couple hasn't revealed what prompted the split, the Journal also reported that Bill's dealings with Epstein was a 'source of concern.'
Also read: Canada's Jeffrey Epstein: Peter Nygard And The Fashion To Sexual Assault Pipeline
The Daily Beast continues:
People close to Bill Gates told The Daily Beast that the deterioration of their relationship could be seen in Bill and Melinda's body language. The couple used to interact with "more laughter and ease," said one friend of Bill, who added that eventually, "being around them was like arriving at a summit."
"It wasn't like arriving at a dinner with a couple or something; it was more like two heads of state," the friend added. "So that's why Epstein could have been a factor [in their split], but was it the factor? That I fundamentally don't believe."
The friend said the couple's strictly regimented existence as billionaire philanthropists supplanted the more normal life and levity they enjoyed in younger years. "Bill is far less comfortable being out in the world," the person said. "For Bill, it was just so rare he was allowed to do normal things, which I think he really craved."
To Bill, such "normal" things included meeting new people over dinner at Epstein's home — a break from the tech mogul's tightly choreographed schedule of events where he'd be seated at the head table with the most prominent guests.
"He likes nothing better than to get together and debate or lecture people, or tell everyone what he's doing with the polio vaccine. He has an ability, unlike any other person I've ever met, to lecture to a table of people without stopping for an hour," said one insider.
"Anyone that gave him a stage for a performance and said, 'Bill, come talk to us about what you're passionate about,' that would be something he would enjoy."
Meanwhile, we'd still like to know how Gates adviser Boris Nikolic (pictured below), was named as a fallback executor in a will Epstein amended days before his August 10 death in a Manhattan jail cell.
Come to think of it, maybe someone should ask Larry Summers if he was ever in Epstein's "men's club" at the pedo lair.
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… But Wait, There's More! DOL's Revised FFCRA Regulations Clarify but Also Raise More Questions
COVID-19 Resource
Employers received welcome guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), when the DOL recently revised its Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) regulations to respond to a recent court ruling partially invalidating those regulations. But while the DOL's new regulations provide needed clarity, the regulations also raise more questions about the FFCRA's coverage.
The FFCRA, passed in March 2020, requires certain employers to provide paid sick leave and emergency family leave for reasons related to COVID-19. Regulations were quickly drafted by the DOL to meet the law's April 1 effective date. Then, the New York Attorney General brought suit against DOL, challenging those regulations. On August 3, a U.S. District Court Judge agreed that the DOL's regulations were flawed. In short, the New York federal district court invalidated the regulations, because the court found the DOL's explanations lacking or inconsistent with the statute itself. (See our previous legal update about the court's decision, here.)
This ruling left the employer community in limbo. Did the New York court's ruling apply on a nationwide basis? Should employers continue to follow the DOL's FFCRA regulations? Fortunately, the DOL responded by issuing revised regulations that became effective on September 16.
The court's decision and the DOL's revised regulations address four primary subjects: (1) which employees qualify as "health care providers," permitting their employers to deny FFCRA leave under the heath care provider exemption; (2) whether employees may use FFCRA leave when their employer has no work available for them; (3) whether employers must consent to employees' request for intermittent leave; and (4) when employees must provide notice and documentation of the need for FFCRA leave.
As a reminder, the FFCRA requires employers with less than 500 employees to provide their employees with up to 80 hours of emergency paid sick leave for a variety of COVID-19 related reasons and up to 12 weeks of extended family and medical leave for employees needing to care for children whose school is closed, or place of care or child care provider is unavailable. To learn more about the FFCRA, visit Lane Powell's COVID-19 Resource Center.
The DOL Narrows Who Is a "Health Care Provider"
The FFCRA allows employers to exclude employees who serve as "health care providers" from using FFCRA leave. The DOL's April 1 regulations based the health care provider definition on an employer's operations, stating that any employee of an entity that provides health care services, or that contracts with such facilities to provide services or maintain or support operations. However, the New York court observed that the DOL's definition did not focus on whether a particular employee is capable of providing health care services.
The DOL responded to the court's ruling by revising its definition of "health care provider" to focus on an employee's role rather than an employer's operations. Under the new definition, employees provide health care services if they: (1) directly provide health care services; (2) provide health care services at the direction or under the supervision of employees who directly provide health care services; or (3) provide services that are integrated with and necessary components to the provision of health care services, even if they do not provide direct patient care. Additionally, under the new regulations, employees may be health care providers even if their position does not require a license, registration, or certification.
The regulations define "health care services" as "diagnostic services, preventive services, treatment services, or other services that are integrated with and necessary to the provision of patient care, and, if not provided, would adversely impact patient care." The DOL provided the following examples of each service:
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The DOL expressly recognizes that the following positions qualify as health care providers: physicians, nurses, nurse assistants, medical technicians and lab technicians. Conversely, according to the DOL, the following employees do not qualify as health care providers, and therefore will be eligible for FFCRA leave: information technology (IT) professionals, building maintenance staff, human resources personnel, cooks, food service workers, records managers, consultants and billers.
Health care facilities will likely be left with more questions than answers under the new regulations because many positions are simply not addressed by the DOL's regulations. Health care employers will need to conduct a role-specific analysis to determine whether a particular position qualifies as a health care provider.
Interestingly, in its published Q&As, the DOL encourages employers to be judicious and flexible on when to exclude a "health care provider." For example, the Department suggests an employer may exempt these employees from taking FFCRA leave to care for a family member, but grant FFCRA leave when these employees need leave because they are sick with COVID-19. (See FAQ Answer to Question 56).
The DOL's new health care provider definition is vulnerable to challenges from both sides. On the one hand, it is broader than the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)'s rules, which may lead to a renewed challenge from New York state or new challenges from other states. On the other hand, health care facilities may challenge the rule as too narrow, focusing particularly on that portion of the rule that specifically excludes certain positions that they believe are critical to patient care from ever being qualified as health care providers.
The DOL Reaffirms the FFCRA's "Work-Availability" Requirement — This Time With Reasoning
Under the law passed by Congress, employees were eligible to use FFCRA leave if they are "unable to work (or telework)" due to reasons related to COVID-19. The DOL interpreted this to mean that an employer must have work available for employees to perform before employees would be eligible to use FFCRA leave for a qualifying reason. The New York federal district court struck down this regulation. The court stated that the DOL applied the work-availability requirement inconsistently among the qualifying reasons and provided circular reasoning to justify the rule. The court reasoned that so long as employees experience a qualifying reason for FFCRA leave, employees are entitled to use leave, even if the employer has no work available for employees to perform. The court's decision on the work-availability requirement was particularly troubling for employers who had already laid off employees before the law became effective on April 1, because many of those employees had already applied for and received unemployment benefits.
The DOL reaffirmed the work-availability requirement in its updated regulations, signaling that it anticipates further challenges and is prepared to defend its regulation. The DOL clarified that this work-availability requirement applies to all qualifying reasons for using FFCRA leave. The DOL remains steadfast that employees can use FFCRA leave only if their employer has work for employees to perform. However, the new rule also provides further justification. The DOL explained that if employees have no tasks to perform due to circumstances other than a qualifying reason for FFCRA leave, employees would have no work from which to take leave. The DOL also explained that this interpretation is consistent with its "experience administering and enforcing other mandatory leave requirements," including the FMLA, which the FFCRA expanded to include Emergency Family Medical Leave. For example, the DOL explained that under the FMLA, if an employer's activities temporarily cease while an employee is on FMLA leave, then that time period does not count against the employee's FMLA leave entitlement. See 29 C.F.R. § 825.200(h). The DOL reasoned that the result should be no different under the FFCRA simply because the leave is paid.
The DOL also addressed and dismissed concerns that the work-availability requirement is a loophole leading to employer abuse. First, the DOL explained that employers cannot simply remove work from employees to avoid granting FFCRA leave, because such a move would violate the statute's anti-retaliation provisions. Second, the DOL pointed out that employers have little incentive to do so because FFCRA leave is fully funded through federal tax credits.
Because the DOL has now doubled down on the work-availability requirement, this issue is ripe for further challenge in the courts.
The DOL Reaffirms That Employers Must Consent to Intermittent Leave
The DOL regulations adopted on April 1 allowed employees to use FFCRA leave intermittently under certain circumstances, but only with employer consent. Those reasons include any qualifying FFCRA reason while teleworking or to care for a child whose school or place of care has closed due to COVID-19. The New York federal district court held that the employer-consent requirement was invalid because the DOL provided no explanation for this requirement.
In response, the DOL reaffirmed the employer consent requirement and explained its reasoning. In short, the DOL justifies the employer-consent requirement for intermittent leave under the FFCRA because it is consistent with the FMLA's longstanding principle that foreseeable intermittent leave should avoid "unduly disrupting the employer's operations." See 29 CFR 825.302(f). Under the FMLA regulations, employer consent for intermittent leave is not required if it is medically necessary, and this consent requirement would apply only when intermittent leave is not medically necessary.
Additionally, DOL clarifies that "intermittent leave" under the FFCRA excludes leave taken in full-day increments due to a school or childcare facility operating on a hybrid-attendance basis. For example, if a school operates an alternative schedule where it is closed on Mondays and Wednesdays, leave on those days is not intermittent leave and does not require employer consent.
As with the work availability requirement, because the DOL has not changed its overall position on intermittent leave, there may be future challenges to these regulations.
The DOL Clarifies and Refines the Notice and Documentation Requirements
The April 1 FFCRA regulations stated that employees must provide documentation supporting their FFCRA leave before taking leave, and described the type of documentation that employers can request. The New York federal court concluded that this advance documentation requirement was not consistent with the FFCRA statute or other FFCRA regulations, and invalidated the regulation's requirement to this effect. In the revised regulations, the DOL clarifies that employees must provide documentation as soon as practicable, and not necessarily before taking leave. This documentation requirement is now consistent with the notice requirement under the FFCRA regulations.
Importantly, under the revised regulations, the notice requirements for emergency paid sick leave and emergency family and medical leave are slightly different. Employers may require notice for emergency paid sick leave only after employees use the first day of leave, at which point, employers can require notice as soon as practicable. For emergency family and medical leave, employees must provide notice as soon as practicable, which typically will include advanced notice for foreseeable leave.
What Do the Revised FFCRA Regulations Mean for Employers?
Employers should consider taking the following steps to comply with these new regulations:
Employers in the health care industry should reevaluate which employees qualify as "health-care providers" under the new regulations. Some employees may no longer be considered "health care providers" and must be allowed to use available FFCRA leave if they otherwise qualify. Health care employers should also educate managers and other employees involved in managing time off and leaves of these changes. Notably, if these employers have less than 50 employees, they can explore using the small employer exemption, which allows small employers to exempt employees from FFCRA leave for school and childcare closures, under certain circumstances.
Review their FFCRA policies and practices to ensure they properly comply with the employee documentation and notice requirements (or prepare FFCRA policies if they do not have them).
Learn about the refined intermittent leave rules on alternate-day closures. Note that full day leaves for school or childcare closures do not necessarily require employer consent.
Review the DOL's updated FAQs, which reflect these changes, found here.
Stay tuned! The DOL's explanations suggest it anticipates further challenges to these rules, so there may be more to come.
For more information, consult Lane Powell's COVID-19 Resource Center or contact Priya Vivian, Christine Thelen or Katheryn Bradley.
August 17, 2020Publication
Federal Court Ruling Partially Vacating the DOL's FFCRA Rules Creates Dilemma for Employers


Debate on the sweeping financial reform legislation proposed by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., will finally begin Thursday. The bill stalled earlier this week when Democrats could not muster the 60 votes needed to begin debate by the full Senate.
At the time, problems Republicans had with the bill included a new financial agency focused on consumer protection, new rules and procedures for closing failed or failing financial institutions, and stiffer regulation of derivatives trading. After days of negotiations, the parties agreed they had reached an impasse such that further negotiation would not yield results.
Now that those bipartisan negotiations have ended, it is my hope that the majority's avowed interest in improving this legislation on the Senate floor is genuine and the partisan gamesmanship is over.
Dodd advised his colleagues that debate on the bill, which is intended to prevent a repeat of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, should be "serious" and "vigorous."
Although language creating a $50 billion fund that would be used to "liquidate failing financial institutions" was dropped from the proposed legislation, the story says both parties are expecting a fight on the Senate floor. Republicans reportedly plan to introduce several amendments.
Of particular interest to smaller public companies is a measure promised by South Carolina's James DeMint that would exempt them from the auditor attestation requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b). The House version of financial reform, which passed in December, includes a similar provision.


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Facing resisting arrest charges can have wide-ranging implications. Whether or not a criminal charge or conviction will affect your livelihood, a relatively simple background check by either a landlord, employer, license, or anyone wanting to look you up will have some unwanted notions of what that says about you. Therefore, it's important to analyze the complexity of a resisting arrest charge and the many dimensions it can take on in someone's case.
The law is deceptively simple. But don't be fooled into thinking it's clear-cut. The law explains resisting arrested under Penal Code Section 148. The code breaks down the elements (or ingredients) of the offense.
When you resisted, you were aware the other person was an officer.
How Do You Know If You Are Resisting Arrest?
Countless examples can be used to define these three words. Starting with the most obvious, resistance is most often used to portray physical resistance. When an officer attempts to handcuff or subdue another person, any amount of physical force that prevents them from that "performance" will qualify as resisting. However, the law allows a reasonable amount of force to counterbalance against an officer who is not lawfully performing their duty. This situation is a bit of a catch-22. It doesn't take much of an imagination to figure out what will most likely happen when you attempt to invoke your rights against arrest. For those of you who aren't catching on: more force is on its way. Officers are trained to counter a person's resistance (whether it's lawful resistance or unlawful resistance). Delaying can come in many forms as well. If an officer is trying to investigate a crime, they most likely will have to move around and get to people to try to get some answers. But if you are willfully doing things to prevent them from searching or getting to witnesses, that can be considered unlawful resistance. "Going limp" under certain circumstances fulfills this element. However, in other cases it does not. Finally, obstruction can be satisfied where an officer's duties are somehow thwarted with someone's willful acts. If a witness is being questioned and a person purposely yells at the witness or diverts the officer's attention, it can be argued that he or she is obstructing the investigation. Providing false information, false identities, and misleading police during a critical stage of a crime scene also may qualify for resistance charges.
Defending a resisting arrest charge does not end with only understanding the law; one has to become familiar with police practices, criminal investigations, appropriate and inappropriate arresting procedures, training policies, use of force investigations, and a whole slew of practices that ordinary civilians are not privy to when it comes to the complexities of police work.
Additionally, a strong understanding of human psychology is necessary to defend against resisting arrest charges. The reasons for this are limitless. Most ordinary people believe that when an officer is present on the scene, which anyone who is not an officer must abide by every directive that comes from law enforcement. The logic behind this is simple: we are all taught from an early age to respect and submit to authority. However, our Constitutional rights to Free Speech, Freedom of Assembly, and individual rights to protest government intrusions or behaviors do not disappear once police are on the scene. In fact, the true strength of our individual freedoms are put to the test in these exchanges because we learn very quickly how much freedom we have when the emotions run high. If the case were to wind up in front of a jury, your attorney will want to know just how much of your case is relevant to this issue of freedom.
What is the true value of one's case? As with anything in life, some people just choose to be difficult when they are in a bad mood. This happens in the workplace and in the household. It's no different when discussing police contacts. Politeness and courtesy go a long way (for both civilians and officers). But notice that all it takes is the prickly demeanor of a sour apple and all of the sudden people dig in there respective heals. When that happens, a psychological power struggle begins. For civilians, an edgy and aggressive position against law enforcement will appear unreasonable unless it's backed up with good reason. Similarly, an overly aggressive or authoritative presence of an officer will upset most people if such behavior is unwarranted. Therefore, a careful appreciation for the delicacy of life is more than apparent when evaluating the value of a resisting arrest charge.


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What Has Happened to Play?
An Alarming Effect of Academic Mandates in Early Childhood Settings
By Diane Levin
Topics: Advocating for Young Children, School Readiness, Standards, Importance of Play
"My district mandates that all 4-year olds must be reading by the end of the Pre-K year—that means, before they enter kindergarten!! What research supports setting these ridiculous demands? How will they help my children in any way, now or in the future?"
"I feel very insecure about the benchmarks we are using to evaluate children. The expectations for reading achievement by the end of kindergarten have jumped up two levels in a couple of years."
These comments are from two early childhood teachers concerned about how recent school reform mandates are affecting their work with young children. They represent just two of the many public school pre-K and kindergarten teachers I interviewed to learn more about how these mandates are changing early childhood practice (Levin & Van Hoorn, in press). They reveal just the tip of the iceberg of inappropriate practices teachers are required to implement in their classrooms.
Play: Endangered in the Classroom
I have been visiting pre-K and kindergarten classrooms to better understand the concerns voiced by many teachers dealing with the current school mandates. In most cases, I see children spending carefully regulated blocks of time doing highly structured, teacher-directed activities. Many of the activities focus on completing skill-based tasks in reading and math, with "only one right-answer." It is common to hear that approximately two hours of reading, and at least one hour of math "instruction," are required each day. Often teachers have formal, commercially produced curriculum materials to use for this instruction.
What about play in these classrooms? Very few hands-on play materials are present and when they are, there are few opportunities in the rigid daily schedule for children to play with them or children must use them in carefully prescribed ways. When activities that are called "play" do occur, they are often teacher assigned games involving basic skills with one right way to do them, like number and word lotto, or pattern block puzzles (Levin and McLaughlin 2016). Beyond these classroom "play activities," some teachers say that they are allowed to have 20 minutes of recess after lunch; in some cases, just two or three days a week.
My interviews reveal that the more early childhood teachers seem to understand developmentally appropriate practice, the more concerned they are about what they are being asked to teach and how they are being told to teach it. They are also more concerned about what they are being told not to "teach", i.e., play—with all the opportunities for facilitation of rich learning, and the development of readiness skills, that play can provide.
While the mandates vary somewhat from state to state, just about every state has them. These mandates are truly changing long established notions about appropriate practice in the early years. They are requiring more and more "direct" teaching of academic skills at younger and younger ages. There is frequent testing of how well children are mastering the mandated skills. Teachers are generally blamed if children do not do well on the tests (Dickey et al. 2016).
Play is central to young children's learning.
Why is play being driven out of classroom's today when it has long been recognized by early childhood experts as central to young children's development and learning (Elkind 2007)? There have often been discussions, even debates, about the following questions:
1. How much structure and guidance should adults provide in children's play?
2. What kinds of toys should be used to promote the best play?
3. What other kinds of activities besides play are important for children's optimal develop and learning?
However, the importance of play in helping young children establish essential foundations for later academic learning in later years has rarely been challenged.
The argument today seems to be that the sooner we begin teaching basic academic skills, the better children will do in school in the long run. There is little research to support such claims. In fact, there is much research to support the opposite, i.e. the educational value of play (Carlsson Paige et al. 2015). However, the mandates are being widely implemented nonetheless. Few, if any, early childhood educators who have been trained to meet the learning needs of young children, were consulted in the development of the new academic teaching standards.
Play: Endangered at Home
The loss of play in educational settings is even more worrisome than it otherwise might be if children had the same kinds of widespread opportunities for quality play at home that they did in the past. But, for quite some time now, there is growing concern about what is happening to play in homes. Children are spending more and more of the time they used to spend playing, entertained instead by a wide range of increasingly sophisticated screens (Levin 2013). The ubiquitous presence of TV programs, movies, videogames, IPads, IPhones, and much more, means that young children are exposed to screens morning, noon, and night, at home, in cars, in supermarkets. Screens now often take over what used to be times for child-centered, creative play, family playtime, and time for play with friends, both indoors and out.
In addition, when children do play, they often imitate scripts and characters that they have seen on screens (e.g., princesses and superheroes), rather than developing creative play based on their own experiences and needs, because this is the content they have to bring to their play. Many of today's toys are highly structured replicas of what children see on screens. These toys further channel children into narrow, media-linked, imitative play, rather than the kind of creative play facilitated by more open-ended materials that can be used in many ways.
Thus, many children have trouble using play at home to work out their own unique understanding and meanings, in their own unique ways—vital for both their intellectual growth and emotional wellbeing (Gray 2007, Levin 2016). And, because children are spending less time outside in their neighborhoods, playing on their own or with friends, their physical and social development is losing out at home as well (Levin 2012).
Until recently, we could rely on quality early childhood programs to help counteract the loss of play opportunities at home.
While play at home has been disappearing for quite some time, until recently we could rely on quality early childhood programs to help counteract the loss by providing play opportunities in their classrooms. In fact, in the play course that I teach at Wheelock College, I spend increasing amounts of course time helping students develop strategies for facilitating play to help ensure schools counteracted play deficits at home. But now, play is endangered at school too. Thus many teachers who deeply understand how to promote quality play are often tethered from doing so.
It is essential that all of us who appreciate the vital role of play in the lives of young children, do all we can to promote it—at home, in school, and in the wider society.
We can work with families to help parents better understand the value of play, how to choose toys and play materials that promote quality play, and how to build quality play time into their family's daily lives. We can also help parents better understand the impact of media and technology on play and develop strategies for dealing with it effectively—including setting clear rules, limits, and routines for using technology—in their children's lives. I helped found the organization, Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE; www.truceteachers.org), which prepares materials to help parents understand the issues and develop these skills.
We can train all early childhood educators to understand the importance of quality play; for social, emotional, and intellectual development; how to appropriately integrate early academic skills into a child-centered play process; and the vital role of play in helping establish the foundations for later more formal academic learning. All too often, play is crowded out of early childhood teacher training programs as there are more course requirements for certification in teaching the new academic skill mandates.
We all need tobecome advocates at the school, community, and wider government policy levels—working against the current mandates that are driving play out of early childhood education and promoting appropriate practice, including educating all those involved about the vital role of play in the early learning process. Defending the Early Years (www.deyproject.org), an organization that I co-founded, seeks to rally educators to take action on policies that affect the education of young children and prepares materials to help them do so.
I want to close by thanking Community Playthings for its deep understanding and unfailing commitment to play, and its play materials that are at the heart of what promotes high quality play in the lives of children. We need you now more than ever!
Carlsson-Paige, N., G. McLaughlin, and J. Almon. 2015. Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain & Much to Lose.Defending the Early Years (www.deyproject.org).
Dickey, K., K. Castle, and K. Pryor. 2016. "Reclaiming Play in Schools." Childhood Education. (March/April).
Elkind, D. 2007. The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally. Da Capo Press: Philadelphia, PA.
Gray, P. 2011. "The decline of play and the rise of psychopathology in children and adolescents." American Journal of Play. 3(4): 443-463.
Levin, D. 2012. "Changing Times, Changing Play: Why Does It Matter?"Exchange Magazine. (August/September).
Levin, D. 2013. Beyond Remote-Controlled Childhood: Teaching Young Children in the Media Age. NAEYC: Washington, DC.
Levin, D., and G. McLaughlin. 2016. "Learning to Count to '14' the Common Core Way and the Constructivist Way: What's the Difference? Why Does It Matter?" Exchange Magazine. (March/April).
Levin, D. 2016. "Time Matters: The Importance of Sustained Play in Child Development."Exchange Magazine. July/August.
Levin, D. and Van Hoorn, J. (in press). Teachers Speak Out: What Teachers of Low Income Children Have to Say about Ed Reform. Defending the Early Years (www.deyproject.org)
Let Them Play!
Advocating for Young Children
Diane Levin
Diane Levin PhD, is a Professor of Early Childhood Education at Wheelock College in Boston, where she teaches a course on children's play, a summer institute on Media Education, and a service learning course which takes Wheelock students to Northern Ireland to study how schools can help communities affected by violence and conflict heal. She has published 8 books, most recently Beyond Remote-Controlled Childhood (NAEYC). She is a founder of Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE; www.truceteachers.org), which prepares materials to help parents deal with the media and commercial culture in their children's lives, and Defending the Early Years (www.deyproject.org), which work to promote appropriate early childhood teaching practices in this era of often inappropriate mandated school reform.


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Q: MySQL 8 NULL foreign key I am creating some new tables and i want tot populate them with data for tests and i got into this problem with mysql 8.
I always worked with null FK on tables but now i don't know what is happening.
I think is something from mysql 8, i updated recently and i didn't have problems with it till now.
I am using 8.0.12.
error that i get is :

[23000][1452] Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key
  constraint fails (i2cwac_test.site_board_pins, CONSTRAINT
  site_board_pins_sensor_types_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES
  sensor_types (id))

table creation script:
CREATE TABLE site_board_pins
(
    id bigint(20) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    site_board_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
    e_board_pin_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
    pin_type_id bigint(20) NOT NULL,
    pin_operation_mode bigint(20) NULL,
    sensor_type_id bigint(20) NULL,
    enabled bit(1) NOT NULL ,
    description varchar(500),
    CONSTRAINT site_board_pins_site_boards_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES site_boards (id),
    CONSTRAINT site_board_pins_e_board_pins_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES e_board_pins (id),
    CONSTRAINT site_board_pins_pin_types_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES pin_types (id),
    CONSTRAINT site_board_pins_pin_operation_mode_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES pin_operation_mode (id),
    CONSTRAINT site_board_pins_sensor_types_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES sensor_types (id)
);

insert that fails :
INSERT INTO `site_board_pins` (`site_board_id`, `e_board_pin_id`, `pin_type_id`, `pin_operation_mode`, `sensor_type_id`, `enabled`)
VALUES
       ((select id from e_boards where name = 'Iboard Pro 1.1'),
        (select ep.id from e_boards eb join e_board_pins ep on ep.e_board_id = eb.id where eb.name = 'Iboard Pro 1.1' and ep.name = 'A1'),
        (select id from pin_types where mode = 'Analog'),
        NULL,
        NULL,
        0);

Thanks in advance

A: Looks like you've messed up your FK definitions - all the FKs are declared say that your Id column exists in all these other tables.
For example, I'm pretty sure your first one is meant to be:
CONSTRAINT site_board_pins_site_boards_id_fk FOREIGN KEY (site_board_id) REFERENCES site_boards (id)

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Neppomuk's Rache ist das 1990 erschienene siebte Studioalbum der österreichischen Pop-Rock-Band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung. Aus dem Album wurden fünf Singles ausgekoppelt: Ding Dong, s'Muaterl, Einer geht um die Welt, Samurai und Es steht ein Haus in Ostberlin.

Hintergrund
Die Arbeiten an Neppomuk's Rache begannen unmittelbar vor dem Wechsel des zweiten Keyboarders der Gruppe: Mario Bottazzi steigt aus und schafft Platz für Andy Töfferl, der Bottazzi für die Neppomuk-Tour ersetzt und zwölf Jahre Bandmitglied bei EAV bleibt. Die Tour wurde die größte und aufwändigste, die die Gruppe je hatte. Eine Umfrage zeigte, dass die Band bei den Elf- bis Zwölfjährigen einen Bekanntheitsgrad von 100 Prozent genoss. Für die Neppomuk-Tour nahm die EAV den Medienpreis R.SH.Gold für die beste Bühnenshow entgegen.

Das im Jahre 1991 erschienene Album Watumba!, sollte ursprünglich – als Anlehnung an den Erfolg von Neppomuk's Rache – den Namen Neppomuk's Rückkehr tragen.

Illustration
Das Cover und das Booklet wurden von Thomas Spitzer gestaltet. Das Cover zeigt einen Nasenbären (Neppomuk) als Comicmotiv. Er sitzt vor blauem Hintergrund auf einem Thron und trägt eine Krone und einen Pelzmantel. Neben dem Thron ist eine Klopapierrolle befestigt und von der Decke hängt eine Kettenspülung herunter. Der Nasenbär trägt in der einen Hand eine Klobürste, in der anderen Exkremente. Der Albumtitel und das EAV-Logo sind in Gelb gehalten und am linken und rechten Bildrand ist je ein schwarzer Schriftzug erkennbar. Der linke lautet Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, der rechte Dieses Land braucht einen Kaiser.

Titel
 Intro Nepp – 0:10
 Wo ist der Kaiser? – 4:14
 Ding Dong – 3:57
 Neppo 1 – 0:29
 Arrivederci – 3:36
 Es fährt kein Zug – 3:31
 Moses und das rote Meer – 0:19
 s'Muaterl – 5:04
 Einer geht um die Welt – 3:48
 Die Wildsau – 0:22
 Samurai – 4:02
 Es steht ein Haus in Ostberlin – 4:10
 Neppo 2 – 0:29
 Würschtlstand – 3:44
 Vorbei – 4:21
 Neppofin – 0:04

Besonderheiten
 Das Album trägt den Untertitel: Dieses Land braucht einen Kaiser.
 Die Single Es steht ein Haus in Ostberlin ist eine Coverversion des Klassikers The House of the Rising Sun und erschien vor der Album-Veröffentlichung Ende 1989 unter der Künstlerbezeichnung "Ossi Ost-Born" (ein Wortspiel mit Ozzy Osbourne). Die Single gab es in verschiedenen Formaten, so auch als 3"-Single-CD.
 Ding Dong wurde 1994 anlässlich der Davis-Cup-Begegnung Österreich gegen Deutschland in Graz als abgewandelte Version Ping Pong zur Tennis-Hymne umfunktioniert.

Rezeption
Den Musikexpress erfreute auch dieses Album wieder: "Klaus Eberhartinger, Thomas Spitzer und Kollegen zerlegen die Welt mit anarchistischem Humor in ihre aberwitzigen Bestandteile." Es sei "hinterfotzig und köstlich zugleich".

EB/Metronom befand: "Auch mit dieser Platte haben EAV nicht an Witz verloren. Ein Muß für EAV-Fans."

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Website der Ersten Allgemeinen Verunsicherung

Album 1990
Album (Rock)
Erste-Allgemeine-Verunsicherung-Album
Nummer-eins-Album
Mehrfach-Platin-Album (Österreich)

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Mots clés : Soft sensor, continuous casting, Adaptive principal component analysis, breakout detection and evaluation.
This paper is concerned with a method for breakout defect detection and evaluation in a continuouscasting process. This method uses Adaptive Principal Component Analysis (APCA) as a predictor of inputs -outputs model, which are defined by the mould bath level and casting speed. The main difficulties that causebreakout in continuous casting are, generally, phenomenon related to the non-linear and unsteady state of themetal solidification process. PCA is a modeling method based on linear projection of the principal components;the adaptive version developed in this work uses the sliding window technique for the estimation of the modelparameters. This recursive form updates the new model parameters; it gives a reliable and accurate prediction.Simulation results compare PCA, APCA, nonlinear system identification using neural network (NN) and supportvector regression (SVR) methods showing that the APCA gives the best Mean Squared Error (MSE). Based onthe MSE, the proposed approach is analyzed, tested and improved to give an accurate breakout detection andevaluation system.


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theawesomejuan wrote: Hey Luke I keep trying to change my profile pic but I just can't. Im just hoping for an original MLG logo. Any way I try to do it, it just can't.
Its perfect! But how did you do it? Every time I tried to resize it it would give me 159x22. I want to know if I want to change it in the future. Thanks by the way!
Ive seen people with sketched or hand drawn pictures as their Avatars. Like the User Necromancer and Anonymous Person. I would like an Avatar Sketch picture but I dont know who does them or where they come from or how to put them on my page. If anyone would be so kind to help me and I really appriciate it.
I can't seem to find a desired image for my signature that fits, is there something I could do to change a larger image to fit the required dimensions?
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Due to the dimensions of the second one, I can't do it and keep the words in.
Thanks anyway, but the text is a bit too small to read at that size.
This "New Era" they talk about is a load of sh*t. The age where pirates dream is over!? Eh!? Oi! Zehahahaha! PEOPLES DREAMS... DON'T EVER END! AM I RIGHT?
Here you are, Blackbeard Pirates, if these are all right.
Enigma wrote: Here you are, Blackbeard Pirates, if these are all right.
Hello. Sorry if I sound stupid, but what is the current banner size? The first post of this thread says 150x450, but the system is telling me my banner cannot be more than 100 in height, so I have resized it accordingly. However, many members have banners that are wider than 450. Have the specifications changed? Thanks.
How do you insert a pic from your computer for the sig?
Red_Hood wrote: How do you insert a pic from your computer for the sig?
3- Paste it between the image tab.