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A HERITAGE THAT NEVER END…….
In the 1890s, Mr. Low Kim Geok (my great grandfather), left the village in Fujian, China and settled down in the small town in Southern Malaya. He was a farmer and worked with traditional medicine doctor to learn herbal plant cultivation during Qing Dynasty.
Mr. Low Kim Geok (刘金玉)brought in dried part of herbal plant, and thus set up the 'Ban Siew' chinese medicine hall. Mr. Low Kim Geok (刘金玉)opened his first Chinese medicine shop in Southern Malaya (Singapore) and moved to Jalan Gurdwara (sungai pinang bridge) Penang Island when Japanese start to invaded Malaya.
Mr Low Choi Bok(刘水木)(my grandfather) inherited this small humble bustling family-run medical hall and had a strong following among the locals who lived around the area. Over the years, it had built up a reputation for friendly and personalized services , as well as affordability and efficacy of its products. I always remember the teaching of my grandfather who always emphasized on Trust, Quality & Efficacy. Bionutricia Extract will carry on the heritage of "Ban Siew" chinese medicine hall bring it to the next level.
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I need to change and delete a couple of users in our ArcGIS server built-in store.
While I am pretty sure that the termination of these accounts (admin, publisher and user) will not affect any service of ours, what about the primary site administrator name?
If I change the password I will lose the connection from ArcGIS Catalog and that's OK, I can recreate that.
But will the change of the PSA password affect any existing service?
I think you can edit the PSA username and password, without much disruption. Avoid deleting the PSA.
If you don't need the PSA at this moment, you could just disable it. Ensure you have another Administrator user account.
Yes I am aware both of not to delete the PSA or the disabling option.
Right now I would like to clean a bit of rubbish but I will disable it as soon as possible.


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Q: SQLite returning an empty cursor even if the data exist I am using sqlite in my android application to store data.
Each time when i start the application i get some data from server and store it in client.The existing data updates and new data inserts into the db.
But in many case i get a blank cursor from DB when i access an existing item from DB by querying
"select * from Table where itemId = x". where as if i extract the db from device/emulator before updating it, i can see the data exist in the db.
This problem happen only if i get many data from server and compare with the existing data.
The comparison is done in a loop and each time i get a cursor and close it before moving to next comparison.
try{
int[] ids = getIds(); // get required ids
for(i =0; i<ids.length, i++)
{
//
Cursor c = db.rawQuery("Select * from Table where id = "+ids[i]);
if(c == null || (c != null && c.getcount() == 0))
{
 // new data
}else if(c.getcount()>0)
{
// existing data
}
}
}catch(Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}finally{
if(c!=null && !c.isClosed())
{
c.close()
}
c = null;
}

I noticed, for the 1st time i get a cursor with data but after that i get blank cursor.

A: After the query, if the cursor contains more than zero rows, the section:
{
// existing data
}

will be executed "size" times.
If the cursor is null or does not contains any row, your section:
{
 // new data
}

will be executed "size" times.
This is because your query is static. You are making, for each iteration in the loop, the same query.
If this is what you want you should put the call to rawQuery method outside of loop.
Moreover:
if(c == null || c != null && c.getcount() == 0)

is equivalent to:
if(c == null || c.getCount() == 0)

The if condition at line:
else if(c.getcount()>0)

can be omitted.

A: The problem is resolved.
Sorry the issue was not related to the query but the input parameter (id).In some conditions id was wrong and hence it was returning blank cursor.

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Each goat on this farm also receives two ear tags one in each ear. The tags identify the doe they come from and when they were born.


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A Seil Natural History Group visit to the Isle of Gigha. We stopped at a couple of places on the way, the first was Ronachan Point where we saw these seals, and the second a bit further down the road. Both were excellent places for birds and the highlight for me was a Slavonian Grebe in breeding plumage. But all the birds were too far out for photos. We had a good lunch in the pub on Gigha and walked around in the rain and cold wind for a bit. On the way back we got superb views, from the car, of a large flock of Greenland White-fronted Geese in a field. I'd often seen a small flock of these on Skye but never managed to get anywhere near them, so it was very rewarding to see them up close in all their glory.
A Seil Natural History Group midweek walk, in much better weather than Saturday's outing.
The Easdale Ferry - it may look wee but it's only a two-minute crossing! From the same spot, looking back at the village of Ellenabeich.
Just before getting on the ferry I took this pic of Sugar Kelp (Laminaria saccharina) from the slipway.
Easdale Island looks a fascinating place botanically as it is in every other way. Scurvy-grass, above right, was everywhere, not just by the shore or near water. Not that anywhere on Easdale is far from the shore, but the plant was further inland than usual, and so was the occasional clump of Thrift. The Scurvy-grass is just beginning to flower; mostly it's only showing the tighly packed buds which can also be seen in the picture.
There are no grazing animals on the island at present, not even rabbits, so it should be good for flowers - and therefore insects - and therefore birds - in the summer. A lot of the island consists of slate workings, quarries, some flooded, piles of slate waste, slate railway and foot tracks, not to mention natural slate outcrops and debris.
This picture is taken looking down on the area where the slate workers' allotments used to be. The low walls surrounding them can still be seen, and a few of the allotments have been brought back into use by the present-day islanders. Across the water is Ellenabeich on Seil Island, so you can see how short the ferry crossing is. Much of Ellenabeich was itself an island at one time but it was joined to Seil by slate waste in the industry's heyday.
In the foreground are Primroses blooming merrily. These and Celandines provided spots of colour around the island. Interesting plants recorded were Sea Spleenwort, Intermediate Polypody, Duckweed (will need to check which species in the summer!) and the introduced Creeping Comfrey, which was in flower. A visit later in the season promises to be productive.
It was one of those rare days when distances at sea appear to be shortened. This is Garbh Eileach, about 5½ miles away to the south, and it looked much nearer than it normally does from Luing, though it is actually nearer there than to Easdale. The small lumps in front of it to the right are the Dubh Fheith rocks, 2½ miles away, while behind it to the right is Colonsay, 27 miles distant.
In the foreground is one of Easdale's flooded slate quarries and a lot of slaty beach.
This is Insh Island, to the north of Easdale, with Mull behind.
As there are no roads on Easdale the islanders leave their cars at Ellenabeich, and keep wheelbarrows on the Easdale side for carrying the shopping home after bringing it across on the ferry.


Delegates at the 59th CSW in 2015. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown/Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND). Some rights reserved.The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held annually in New York, is the UN's preeminent event for gender equality. In formal proceedings, delegates of member states agree commitments for policy actions. At the 62nd CSW last month, the central theme was the empowerment of rural women and girls.
Agreed conclusions, and the secretary general's report, promote a vague vision of rural women's empowerment – one for which no particular government or UN body is accountable. But empowerment is not just about having an income and access to healthcare and education, as these documents suggest.
Rural women, especially those of indigenous heritage, face particular obstacles to realising their empowerment within a global context of limited government protection of human rights, and excessive corporate power.
Transnational corporations, in collusion with governments, are actively engaged in exploitation and violence against women in rural areas. Extractive industries have a particularly egregious track record.
Yet, at the CSW, official documents and proceedings failed to highlight the sinister role that systems of corporate power play in disempowering, and silencing, rural women.
A report from the Mesoamerican Initiative for Women Human Rights Defenders shows increased attacks against women human rights defenders across Latin America since 2012. The most frequently attacked: those working to protect land and territory.
Berta Cáceres, the world-renowned human rights defender in Honduras, was assassinated in 2016. She was an indigenous Lenca woman fighting the construction of the controversial Agua Zarca dam project.
Cáceres' children have continued the work of COPINH, the indigenous rights organisation that she founded. Her daughter Bertha Zuñiga Cáceres has at 27 years old already survived an assassination attempt.
Bertha Zuñiga was at the CSW this year, talking at parallel events alongside other rural women land defenders who shared similar experiences of violence, criminalisation, harassment, and sexual abuse at the hands of state, military, and corporate actors.
Cáceres' murder, and the attempted murder of her daughter, are examples of the grave risks associated with being a rural and indigenous woman who dares to confront corporate power.
Women human rights defenders are targeted because of their work, but also because they are women who dare to challenge deep-seated patriarchy. In the absence of binding, international laws to regulate the human rights impacts of transnational companies, and alongside weak legal and judicial systems at national levels, they fight steep uphill battles for their rights.
As long as corporations and governments can commit acts of violence with impunity, being a woman who speaks out publicly for her rights can get you killed.
Outside of formal CSW proceedings, NGOs and civil society groups are invited to organise their own parallel events around the talks' priority theme. There were multiple parallel events at this year's CSW related to rural women defenders resisting corporate power and impunity.
Women's rights activists shared their experiences of organising and fighting against extractive industries and damaging 'development' projects. Many also expressed that the official CSW talks and conclusions didn't represent them.
At the CSW, where the end goal is getting member states to agree to the same set of conclusions, anything that is too specific, or too political, gets left out.
Exposing networks of corporate power and abuse would implicate a lot of people, institutions, and call into question the dominant model of neoliberal economic development. In other words, the work of women human rights defenders like Berta Cáceres seem to challenge global economic and governance structures too much to be incorporated into CSW conclusions.
Amid closing space for civil society in countries around the world, and with women human rights defenders under attack internationally, global spaces for women's rights advocacy are more important now than ever before.
Women human rights defenders need international support to pressure governments into responding to corporate human rights abuses, challenge extractive models of development, and end corporate impunity. The CSW, whose mandate is to promote the empowerment of women and girls, can and should do more to support them.


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A Geórgia é um dos poucos países da antiga União Soviética que proíbe diretamente a discriminação contra pessoas LGBT em sua legislação, e considera os crimes cometidos em razão da sua orientação sexual um agravante fator na acusação. Apesar disso, a homossexualidade é considerada um desvio grande dos valores altamente tradicionais, influenciados pelo cristianismo ortodoxo, predominante no país, onde discussões públicas sobre sexualidade em geral tendem a ser evitadas. Consequentemente, os homossexuais são frequentemente alvos de abuso e violência física.

O governo tenta trazer o histórico de direitos humanos ao país, de acordo com as exigências da União Europeia, para a integração euro-atlântica da Geórgia. O ex-primeiro-ministro georgiano Bidzina Ivanishvili afirmou que "as minorias sexuais são os mesmos cidadãos como nós somos, e a sociedade irá gradualmente se acostumar com isso." Além disso, as tensões recentes no país sobre os direitos LGBT geraram cobertura da mídia sem precedentes e a discussão pública do tema previamente é negligenciada.

Legalidade da atividade sexual do mesmo sexo

Em 1933, o artigo 121 foi adicionado ao Código Penal, para toda a União Soviética, que expressamente proibia a homossexualidade masculina, com até cinco anos de trabalhos forçados na prisão. A razão precisa para a nova lei ainda está em alguma disputa. Alguns historiadores sugeriram que Joseph Stalin, através da promulgação da lei anti-gay, tinha uma tentativa clara de aumentar a taxa de natalidade soviética. O artigo também foi usado pelas autoridades soviéticas contra movimentos dissidentes, com muitos ativistas sendo presos sob a acusação de sodomia forjadas.

Após a Georgia obter sua independência da União Soviética em 1991, a prática supracitada caiu em desuso e não há casos registrados de artigo de sodomia sendo usados abertamente contra adversários políticos desde então. Apesar disso, a liberdade da atividade sexual entre pessoas do mesmo sexo não foi oficialmente consagrada na lei até 2000, quando o governo da Geórgia pôs em prática um código penal alterado de modo a cumprir as normas estabelecidas pelo Conselho da Europa e da Convenção Europeia dos Direitos Humanos.

A idade de consentimento para ambos os sexos, heterossexuais e homossexuais, é de 16 anos de idade tal como definido pelos artigos 140 e 141 do Código Penal georgiano. Após um mês de consulta pública, 2.016 propostas foram consideradas no Parlamento. Reuniões públicas sobre a proibição constitucional do casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo no país estão agendadas a partir de meados de 2016 em várias cidades em todo o país. A proposta, então, requer três audiências sobre duas sessões diferentes com pelo menos um intervalo de três meses entre elas. Para a proibição do casamento homossexual ser permitida no país precisa-se de um mínimo de três quartos do Parlamento, ou 113 dos 150 deputados, votando a favor da proibição.

Proteções de discriminação

Desde 2006, o artigo 2 do Código do Trabalho proíbe a discriminação com base na orientação sexual nas relações de trabalho. De acordo com o Código Penal da Geórgia - alterado em 2012 - cometer crimes contra as pessoas com base na orientação sexual, entre outras coisas, é um fator agravante que deve resultar em sentenças mais duras durante a acusação.

Em 2 de maio de 2014, o Parlamento aprovou uma lei anti-discriminação, proibindo todas as formas de discriminação com base na orientação sexual e identidade de gênero. Ele entrou em vigor após a publicação, no dia 7 de maio de 2014.

Política da Geórgia
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Facts of Jennifer Syme
Full Name Jennifer Maria Syme
First Name Jennifer
Middle Name Maria
Last Name Syme
Birth Name Jennifer Maria Syme
Profession Actress/Assitant
Birth City Pico Rivera, California
Birth Country United States
Father Name Charles Syme
Mother Name Maria St. John
Marital Status Relation
Relation With keanu Reeves
Filmography Lost Highway,Ellie Parker,one of the episodes of Hotel Room
Date of Birth December 7,1972
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What is Jennifer Syme marital status ? Relation
Who is Jennifer Syme in Relation with? keanu Reeves
What is the height of Jennifer Syme? 170 cm
What is the weight of Jennifer Syme? 55 kg
Who Is Jennifer Syme?
Jennifer Maria Syme, shortly named Jennifer Syme, is an American actress and Production assistant best recognized for working in movies and Television series.
Added that, she is also known as the deceased wife of the famous Canadian actor Keanu Reeves. Experts even say that Reeves brings out the BMF John Wick's rage by relating it to Syme's death. He, in an interview, noted that the pain of losing someone never leaves you; it stays with you forever.
Why Is Jennifer Syme Famous?
Jennifer Syme was an actress who was famous back in the 2000s for her movies and television series. She has worked in films such as Lost Highway, Ellie Parker, and has worked as an assistant director in one of the episodes of Hotel Room.
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Most importantly, her husband, Keanu Reeves, is a famous actor credited for over 40 movies, mostly known for his work in Matrix movies. Reeves also is a hugely followed man on social media, and he currently has 698k followers on Instagram and 6.9k followers on Twitter as of 2020.
Jennifer Syme Bio, Early Life, & Career
Jennifer Syme was born on December 07, 1972, in Pico Rivera, California, to Charles Syme (father) and Maria St. John (Mother).
In Pico Rivera, she lived for more than eighteen years, before moving to Los Angeles, California, where she took the roles in many films, and her very first job was to assist for director-producer David Lynch.
Later, she also worked as a staff member for the Record label. She was also a personal secretary to Dave Navarro, known as a former lead guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
She, in her lifetime, also worked movies such as Lost Highway, Ellie Parker, and assisting in one of the episodes of Hotel Room, for which she was praised as well.
Jennifer Syme attended a party held at musician Marilyn Manson's home on April 01, 2001. She was driven home, as per a guest before dawn, but later again returned to the party. In the early morning of April 02, Syme drove her Jeep into a row of parked cars on Cahuenga Boulevard in Los Angeles. There, she crashed the vehicle and died on her way to the hospital.
Jennifer Syme and Ava Archer Syme-Reeves
Syme was buried next to her daughter, who was buried just a year ago in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
The investigation presumed that Syme was not wearing a seat-belt and was intoxicated with drugs. Reports also said that police spotted two rolled-up dollar bills that detail a white, powdery substance and two bottles of prescript drugs, a muscle relaxant, and an anti-convulsant. Syme's mother told police her daughter was having treatment for back pain and was going through depression.
How Much Was Jennifer Syme Worth?
Jennifer Syme died when she was only 28. At the time of her demise, her net worth was between $1 million, back in 2001.
She and her Point-Break star husband had bought a house in L.A to live together, they were expecting a baby, but after the pair lost their baby, she went into depression, broke up with Reeves, and within a year, she sadly died in a road accident.
Jennifer Syme relationship Status
Jennifer Syme started a romantic relationship with her then-boyfriend, Keanu Reeves, in 1998. Syme gave birth to Keanu's stillborn daughter Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, a month before the actual delivery date on December 24, 1999.
Keanu Reeves & Jennifer Syme Adorable pictures
Top left Pregnant with Ava, on the bottom right, her Last rites
Because of this, the pair started developing complications in their small family and eventually separated! Sadly, on April 02, 2001, Jennifer tragically passed away in a traffic collision. At the same time, the actor was about to start shooting Matrix sequels.
For several years, Keanu Reeves didn't date anyone but had a fleeting romance with China Chow, an English-born American actress in 2008. Recently, Keanu formally announced that he was dating visual artist Alexandra Grant on November 03, 2019. They were spotted together in Los Angeles, California, attending an event.
Jennifer Syme's Body Measurements
Jennifer Syme was one beautiful person in all regards! She graced the big-screens in the 2000s and had a slim and well-maintained figure praised by many.
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Height 5 feet 7inches
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From their humble beginnings as punctuation marks hastily repurposed to look like smiley faces, emojis have evolved to become a fundamental part of our daily communication.
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We like the concept of Save The Emoji. It takes two cutting edge cultural phenomena — emojis with personalities and location-based AR gameplay — and mashes them together to create a modern, addictive game that anybody can enjoy.
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Home > SOVIET ORDERS AND MEDALS > Highest Soviet Prizes & Honorary Titles
$7,500.00 Stalin Prize Medal, 2nd cl., 1942 issue. This is one of the few Stalin Prize Medals earned during the Patriotic War. A very rare award: the 1942 Second Class Medal was issued to no more than 133 people in total. In superb condition, literally impossible to upgrade, at least for a WW2 issue.
$5,700.00 Stalin Prize Medal, 2nd cl., 1948 issue. In outstanding condition - one of the best examples we have seen in years.
$5,900.00 Stalin Prize Medal, 3rd cl., 1942 issue. This is one of the few Stalin Prize Medals awarded for WW2. The Third Class from 1942 is particularly rare: it was issued to no more than 70 people in total. In very fine condition.
$5,700.00 Lenin Prize Medal, Type 1, #498, circa 1960. Note the low serial number. Comes on original Type 1 suspension having complex construction with cylindrical catch. A scarce piece in very fine to excellent condition.
$3,500.00 Lenin Prize Medal, #1450, circa mid-1960s. The medallion is in solid 23 K gold. One of the most prestigious Soviet awards, the Lenin Prize was bestowed very sparingly upon top scientists, inventors, writers etc. In very fine condition.
$4,700.00 Lenin Prize Medal, #1874, with award document issued in 1965 to a prominent female geologist. The award was bestowed for discovering a highly important mineral field in northern Siberia which to this day provides a significant share of Russia's nickel and copper, as well as other highly prized metals. This is a very unusual award for a woman! Both the medal and document are in outstanding condition.
$850.00 Lenin Prize Laureate's ID ("Small Certificate"), issued in 1988 to an Air Force Colonel General, a prominent Soviet strategic bomber commander and chief of a key aviation research institute. The document is in near mint condition.
$2,600.00 State Prize Medal, 1st cl., #1821, 1962-1966 issue in solid 23 K gold. In near mint condition - one of the best examples we have seen.
$770.00 State Prize Medal, #6312, circa mid-to late-1970s. Single- class version in solid 14 K gold. In outstanding condition , almost completely free of noticeable wear.
$250.00 Award certificate for State Prize, #19754, 1987 issue to a foreman of a construction team in Belarus. A late Gorbachev era award for building public housing and facilities. In excellent condition.
$1,200.00 Medal of People's Performance Artist of the USSR, 1985-1991. Late version without the raised numeral sign and underline on the reverse. In near mint condition.
$5,500.00 Medal of Honored Builder of the USSR, #0009, 1989-1991. With only 24 ever awarded, this is one of the rarest of all Soviet decorations. In excellent condition.
$2,250.00 Medal of Honored Military Pilot of the USSR, Variation 1 (early version with stamped serial number), #108, circa early 1970s issue. In excellent condition. A very rare decoration: only 701 were awarded in total, of which just a small fraction were Variation 1.
$140.00 Medal of Honored Medical Doctor of RSFSR, 1975-1995. The top level of recognition bestowed by the government of Soviet Russian (and later, Russian Federation) upon MDs. Although the title existed since 1940, the medal (or "honorary badge" by its official Soviet designation) was only established in 1975. In excellent condition.
$280.00 Medal of Honored Developer of Science and Technology of RSFSR, 1985 - 1995 issue. In outstanding condition. Awarded for technology-oriented research as opposed to similar title of Honored Developer (or "Advancer") of Science. The medal was established near the end of the Soviet era, and only a small number were ever issued.
$250.00 Medal of Honored Machine Builder of RSFSR, 1981 - 1995. In near mint condition.
$450.00 Medal of Honored Metallurgist of RSFSR, circa 1980s-1995. Features far more elaborate design than most medals of RSFSR Honorary Title winners. This medal is also more scarce in comparison to most others. In excellent condition.
$395.00 Medal of Honored Employee of Residential and Communal Services of RSFSR, 1979 - 1995 issue. Introduced relatively late compared with most other RSFSR honorary title awards, this medal is consequently among the harder to find in its class. In excellent condition.
$360.00 Medal of Honored Worker of Textile and Light (Consumer Goods) Industry of RSFSR, circa 1981 - 1995. In excellent condition.
$160.00 Medal of Honored Builder (Construction Worker) of RSFSR, circa 1970s - 1995. In excellent condition.
$120.00 Medal of Honored School Teacher of RSFSR, 1975 - 1995. Excellent condition.
$275.00 Medal of Honored Lawyer of RSFSR, 1981 - 1995. A near mint example.
$75.00 Medal of Honored Employee of Social Security of Ukrainian SSR, 1970s- 80s. In excellent condition.
$75.00 Medal of Honored Employee of City Services ("Communal Industry") of Ukrainian SSR, 1970s- 80s. Excellent condition.
$70.00 Medal of Honored Coal Miner of Ukrainian SSR, 1970s- 80s. The honorary title was established in 1958, but the medal appeared later, probably in the late 60s - early 70s. In excellent condition.
$65.00 Medal of Honored Cultural Worker of Armenian SSR, circa 1980s. Near mint condition.
$65.00 Medal of Honored Agricultural Engineer of Armenian SSR, circa 1980s. Near mint condition.
$85.00 Medal of Holder of Honored Title of Azerbaijan SSR, circa 1970s - 80s. In excellent condition.
$150.00 Medal of Honored Rationalizer (of Technology) of Georgian SSR, circa 1960s-70s. In excellent condition.
$290.00 Medal of Honored Inventor of Latvian SSR, 1970s-80s. Very attractive and scarce piece in excellent condition.
$90.00 Badge of a Recipient of the Honorary Certificate of the Presidium	of the Supreme Soviet of Estonia, circa 1970s-80s.
$130.00 Medal of Honored Builder of Kirgiz SSR, circa 1970s-80s. Uncommon design, different from most other Soviet medals for honorary title holders. In excellent condition.
$120.00 Medal of Honored Employee of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, circa 1970s-80s issue. Awarded to holders of "Honored" titles in various fields such as medicine, science, education etc. In excellent condition.
$130.00 Medal of People's Performance Artist of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1970s-80s issue. Shows MMD mint mark on the suspension. In excellent condition.
$160.00 Medal of People's Writer of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1970s-80s issue. Mint marked "MMD" on the suspension. Extremely rare award in excellent condition.
$195.00 Medal of People's Artist of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1970s-80s issue. Mint marked "MMD" on the suspension. In excellent condition.
$95.00 Medal of Honored Industrial Worker of Tajik SSR, 1970s - 80s. In very fine to excellent condition.
$180.00 Medal of Honored Builder of Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, #5, 1970s-80s.	Note the extremely low, single-digit serial number.
$120.00 Medal of Honored Worker of People's Economy of Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, circa 1980s. A very scarce medal in excellent condition.
$140.00 Medal of Honored Worker of Science and Culture of Komi ASSR, circa 1980s. A scarce medal in very fine condition.


According to the UI guidelines an OVP application can have an initial page. An initial page is used if it is required to enter data before going to the main screen. The initial page can also be used to present a table of objects (e.g. recently used objects) that can be selected for further processing. In particular, an initial page can contain a search and a search result list. A result list entry may contain one or several links which, when clicked, enforce the navigation to further details of the selected object. In addition, a result list may offer a dedicated button that is intended for the creation of a new object.
For example, an OVP application for the purchase order could have an initial screen that enables the end-user to search for certain purchase orders. The purchase orders are then displayed in a result list below the purchase order search mask. This result list could contain a column showing the purchase order ID and another column showing the name of a contact. Clicking on the purchase order ID would trigger navigation to an overview page for the purchase order details, whereas clicking on the contact name would trigger navigation to an overview page for contact details. Both overview pages, however, belong to different OVP applications. In addition, the purchase order result list could offer a dedicated button that is intended for the creation of a new purchase order. When clicking on this button the OVP would be restarted but show a different Initial Page than normal.
The navigation from an initial search page to the overview page of the same object could be done in-place. In principle, this would be no problem for the OVP floorplan. However, this is often not ideal from usability perspective and sometimes even misleading. Hence, the general concept for SAP applications that is described in the UI guidelines foresees ex-place navigation from an initial search page to the overview page of an object. Whenever applications or reports are launched from the result list of a search a new application window will be opened. In the OVP floorplan this kind of navigation is realized with the Launchpad and suitable Launchpad customizing.
A new window must open in which an OVP application configuration is started. The OVP application depends on the object link that was clicked in the search result list.
In contrast to starting the application configuration manually the initial search page of the OVP is not displayed when navigating from a search result list, but directly the main overview page of the OVP.
The main overview page shows details of the selected object.
The original window with the initial search page stays open. Another object link can be clicked.
When the OVP application is started the standard FPM event FPM_START is triggered. In method GET_UIBBS_FOR_EVENT of the OVP floorplan the target page is determined. This can either be a page of type 'INIT' (Initial Screen) if there is one or a page of type 'MAIN' (Main Overview Page) otherwise.
The standard mechanism is the following: Normally, the default initial page will be the starting page; if there is none, any other initial page will be taken instead. If there isn't any initial page the default main overview page will be used as starting page; if there is none, any other main overview page will be taken instead. If there is neither an initial page nor a main overview page an error message will be shown.
There is the possibility to overrule the standard mechanism. For this, an additional URL parameter FPM_START_PAGE_ID or an application parameter FPM_START_PAGE_ID can be specified (the URL parameter has the higher priority). The value of the parameter must be a valid ID of an initial page or of a main overview page of the OVP application. In this case, the OVP will be started with the respective page.
In order to display a search page as starting page of the OVP application this page has to be configured in the configuration editor as the default or the only initial screen, or the application has to be started using the URL parameter or application parameter FPM_START_PAGE_ID. The search page must contain a Search GUIBB and a result list, for example the built-in result list of the Search GUIBB or a completely separated List GUIBB.
DDIC structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_KEY defines the general key for a Launchpad entry that allows starting an external application. This DDIC structure is included in DDIC structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_BASE which additionally contains the field component SOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME. When clicking on a search result list cell this field may contain the name of an alternative list column that carries the relevant object key that is required to process the initial search page in background. DDIC structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_BASE is itself contained in DDIC structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_INFO. This structure offers three more field components, INITIAL_PAGE_PROC_MODE, EDIT_MODE, and START_PAGE_ID. The first one specifies the processing mode of the initial screen of the OVP application. It is described below in more detail. The second field component specifies the edit mode of that OVP application. The third field component specifies the page that should be displayed when the OVP application is started. In particular, this field component is relevant in 'Create' scenarios.
To realize the navigation, the feeder class for the result list needs to expose the FPM event FPM_NAVIGATE in its action definition, and a DDIC structure which includes the structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_BASE needs to be assigned as event parameter structure. In the configuration of the result list, a column can be configured with display type "Link to Action". Instead of the default action assignment "Standard Action", the feeder action FPM_NAVIGATE should be configured. In the case of 'Create' scenarios a button that is based on the feeder action FPM_NAVIGATE can be configured.
As event parameters for the "Link to Action" or the button, the Launchpad key (role and instance) can be configured as well as an Launchpad application alias. In addition, in case the event parameter structure includes the DDIC structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_INFO, the processing mode, the edit mode, and the start page ID can be configured.
If no Launchpad key is configured, the FPM default Launchpad with role='FPM' and instance='FPM_DEFAULT' in LPD_CUST will be used for the determination of the navigation target; otherwise, the Launchpad that has the configured key will be used.
If no application alias is configured, a dynamic Launchpad entry of application type 'Web Dynpro ABAP' will be created at runtime that restarts the current application configuration externally, i.e. ex-place.
If an invalid Launchpad key or an invalid system alias is configured, a simple in-place navigation step with FPM event 'FPM_LEAVE_INITIAL_SCREEN' is performed within the OVP as fallback.
When executing the navigation the processing mode, edit mode, and start page ID are forwarded to the target application. Further attributes can be forwarded as explained later. Using the processing mode of the initial screen, it can be achieved that the search in the target application is executed dark parameterized with data of the clicked result list entry providing a unique result, and such that the main overview page is entered with the data for this result.
In the case of the value ' ' everything works as if the OVP application is started new, without any special logic.
In the case of the value 'L' the Search GUIBB triggers the FPM event FPM_EXECUTE_SEARCH in PBO as well. However, afterwards the standard FPM event FPM_LEAVE_INITIAL_SCREEN is triggered in addition. It is expected that the search execution provides a unique search result. The consequence is that the OVP will not show the initial search page anymore, but navigate directly to the default main overview page, or, if there is no default main overview page, to any other main overview page. Alternatively, the target page can also be specified directly on the FPM event LEAVE_INITIAL_SCREEN via the event parameter TARGET_CONTENT_AREA.
Field content of the clicked link will be transported to the externally launched application as an URL parameter, and the value is taken from the list cell which raised the event. Only if a different component name was specified in the field SOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, then the content of this field is transmitted instead. The name of the corresponding URL parameter is FPM_NAVI_SOURCE_KEY_ATTR_<component_name>. In the case that the processing mode is set in the configuration, the search is automatically executed with the parameter having the same name as the component name of the result list. In the case that the component name in the search is different from the result list, a parameter mapping in the Launchpad configuration needs to be defined. (And hence, navigation via a static lauchpad entry is mandatory in this case.) The result list feeder class needs to make sure that it transfers the first record to the main page content when the FPM_LEAVE_INITIAL_SCREEN event is triggered in the dark processing mode.
A search for products has a component PRODUCT_ID in the search attributes and search result list. The result list feeder class exposes the event FPM_NAVIGATE with the event parameter structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_INFO. Now, all that application development needs to do is to choose the display type "Link To Action" for component PRODUCT_ID and to assign the FPM event FPM_NAVIGATE in the result list configuration. In the event parameters the field 'Processing Mode' (technically: INITIAL_PAGE_PROC_MODE) has to be set to the value 'Execute Search & Leave' (technically: 'L'). The field 'Source Attribute' can be used to transfer particular data of the product from the source to the target application. The field 'Edit Mode' (technically: EDIT_MODE) can be used to set the edit mode in the target application.
A screenshot of the configuration for such a scenario is shown below.
If there is more than one key field required in order to get a unique search result, the single field component SOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME in structure FPM_S_EXTERNAL_NAVIGATION_INFO is not sufficient. In the case that five field components for the key information are sufficient, the FPM DDIC structure FPM_S_EXT_NAVIGATION_INFO_ADD5 may be used. In the same way, the DDIC structures FPM_S_EXT_NAVIGATION_INFO_AD10, FPM_S_EXT_NAVIGATION_INFO_AD15, or FPM_S_EXT_NAVIGATION_INFO_AD20 may be used if 10, 15, or 20 field components are sufficient. Alternatively, of in the case that 20 field components are still not sufficient, the application can include one of these structures into an application-specific structure that contains the additional field components for the key information. The additional field component names must begin with 'SOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME'. At design time, in the configuration, the names of the relevant field names, the values of which have to be transferred to the target application, can be specified in those field components.


VIFK Vaasa crowned SPL champions.
was annexed by the Soviet Union.
Winners promoted to Suomensarja for the 1947-48 season.
the best clubs from SPL and TUL (see below).
Pietarsaaren Into and Helsingin Ponnistus promoted.
HIFK Helsink crowned overall Finnish champions.


While hunting for a new flat, especially in a metro city like Bangalore, it is important to make a checklist of a few essential things.
It can be hard to remember all the question or queries while looking for a house for rent in Bangalore, so to avoid this fuzziness follow your checklist.
1. What is a Lease contract?
Whether you're looking for an apartment on a short term or for a long term basis , intrusively ask a few important questions first.
Ask about the lease contract, which is a contract that defines the rights and duties of both the landlord and the tenant.
It maintains the rental relationship of both landlord and tenant by following their rights & duties properly.
Pay attention to the cabinet size while looking for a nice kitchen. It should be spacious enough.
The mandatory requirements in a bedroom include an AC unit, minimum size that would accommodate your favourite sleeping furniture easily and a window that would wake you up with great morning sunshine.
Many people prefer attached bathrooms, so make sure to look for this if it is your requirement too and don't forget to check for water pressure and the drainage system.
Most people forget to ask about hot water availability which becomes a big problem, especially during the winter season. So, confirm this before you land your goodies at a rented house.
This is something that easily overlooked. Check if the apartment location has good network availability and the voice & internet connections are functioning well enough.
Since the internet has now become a basic need of our lives, network issues stand unavoidable.
Look to your right and left properly! Your neighbours will also be the part of your habitat.
If you're moving in with roommates, then ask for a few things clearly like how they manage the household cost, bathroom sharing, everyday schedule and the rest.
If you get a chance to meet your roommates or neighbour before shifting then spend some time with them as this would help you know more about them.
'Discretion is the better part of valour', so enquire clearly about advance payments. The tenants should seek advice from Citizen Advice in case a landlord is using the statutory procedure to increase the rent.
Ask for all the documents on paper. Give time to your lease contract and read your agreement thoroughly so that no conflict arises later.
Searching for a new apartment can be fun but it requires seriousness to search the area properly before you move in. What's the distance of the hospital from your apartment? Is it a noisy place?
Beyond all these, small but important requirements like laundry, grocery shop, parking zone, medical store and nearest public transport are somethings which should be checked properly while you look out for a house for rent in Bangalore.
Always remember! Safety and comfort are the pre-requisites of a healthy living. So, make your decisions wisely.
This article is written by Shanaya Mehta who lives in Bangalore, India. She is a content writer by profession and she knows the value of having a beautiful house. She is dedicated to his job and his plans for buildings are incomparable.


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Some of us envision the construction of a new world of Azeroth, one designed with consistency and scale. We like making ridiculously big posts about the subject, but occasionally we need to confer with like-minded fellows before we do. That's what this group is for.


Nürnberg, Germany – February 26, 2014 – Toradex, today announced the inaugural winners of the Embedded Design Challenge, a global competition for students, developers and technology enthusiasts to create innovative projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market. The Winners were announced at the Toradex Challenge Awards ceremony at Embedded World, Nürnberg, 2014.
Seastick, an Underwater Autonomous Vehicle submitted by Flavio Ansoni and Roberto Linfante bagged the first prize and SteFly, a cost effective gliding computer built by Stefan Langer was awarded the second prize winner, of the bi-annual Design Challenge. The winners were presented their certificates, and the cash award of $20,000 and $10,000 respectively by Dr. Ronald Vuillemin, Toradex Chairman. Also present were representatives from Embedded Design Challenge sponsors & partners - Altium™, Ciiva, and NVIDIA®. The projects were showcased at the NVIDIA stall Hall 4A, Booth No 430.
On the occasion, Toradex Chairman, Dr. Vuillemin said, "This is a moment of great joy for Toradex as we announce the inaugural winners of the Embedded Design Challenge. This competition has been a source of pride for us as we saw some of the best ideas on paper sent in by people from all over the world. We are incredibly proud of the finalists who competed in the challenge and stand in awe of the projects they brought forth through the program. I would like to congratulate Flavio, Roberto, and Stefan for being part of this challenge. We recognize the efforts and appreciate their dedication towards making their project a success.
Seastick is an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), capable of being controlled manually, or via a set of pre-defined instructions. The project is the brainchild of Messrs. Flavio Lar and Roberto Linfante, of Italy. According to them, Seastick meets the most demanding application of underwater vehicles, adding innovative and strategic functionalities. They see their project having multiple applications in a variety of fields, ranging from Search and Rescue, Scientific Ocean surveys, Autonomous Patrolling, and Countermine Research, to mention a few.
SteFly is a cost effective Glide Computer designed by Stefan Langer of Germany. A gliding enthusiast, Stefan's design is a navigation computer for gliders, with a 7" sunlight readable display, a remote stick, a serial data link, and a bio-feedback system. Basically, a glide computer is a computer with a GPS Satellite Receiver and specialized gliding software along with maps and/or tasks. SteFly will work wonders in providing information and making better-informed decisions, fly cross-country tasks, and record flights for analysis.
The Embedded Design Challenge is a global initiative aimed at students and design enthusiasts. Participants register their ideas and the approved projects get a Toradex computer module based on NVIDIA® Tegra™, along with an Iris carrier board. The projects are evaluated by a panel of judges and winners are selected bi-annually (twice a year). The annual prize money is $100,000.


One of the clearest examples of pathoadaptive mutation can be found in the allelic variation of the FimH lectin adhesin of type 1 fimbriae. This chapter reviews evidence for the role of type 1 fimbriae as urovirulence factors. While the focus is on the FimH lectin and the occurrence of mutations that cause some fimH alleles to be pathoadaptive, the discussion on allelic variation of FimH is presented within the broader context of type 1 fimbrial biology in the chapter. Type 1 fimbriae bearing the FimH lectin are expressed on the surfaces of virtually all Escherichia coli strains and most other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Importantly, zonal analysis of fimC alleles from the same strains did not reveal any similar signs of adaptive selection. No striking differences could be found between the highest binding and lowest binding of the strains in terms of fimbrial number, fimbrial length, and relative amounts of FimH protein incorporated into fimbriae. These results suggested that conformational differences in the FimH subunit alone were responsible for the differences in E. coli adhesion. It was logical to hypothesize, on the basis of the in vitro studies, that the ability to bind effectively to Man1 receptors was a key factor in the pathogenesis of cystitis.


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Directed by Rakhshan Banietemad • 2001 • Iran
Rakhshan Banietemad decides to capture images of people involved in the presidential elections of 2001 in Iran. She follows some young cinema actors and artists, including her young daughter, who with lots of hopes and desires for future have started a campaign for Khatami. Meeting some of 48 female presidency nominees whose candidacies have been refused by the government, the director is deeply attracted by the character of a 25-year-old widow named Arezoo Bayat.
Over one million Afghans live as refugees in neighbouring Iran. For Ismael, Golagha, Kashmir and Nader, the flawed Iranian asylum laws leave them in legal limbo and under constant threat of deportation. To eke out a living, they work as ball boys in Tehran's upper-class tennis clubs. With observa...
Directed by Kamran Shirdel • 1969 • Iran
A Short industrial documentary about the Paykan automobile assembly plant using no words.
Pearls of the Persian Gulf: Dubai
دبی مروارید خلیج فارس
In the early 1970s, Shirdel travelled around the Gulf making documentaries about the new states emerging there. In the just-formed Emirates, he befriended Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the film features footage of the you...


Coddling eggs is delicate business. You need to cook them slowly and gently, keeping the water just below boiling. Given how carefully you need to treat the eggs, it's not surprising that coddle, the name for the cooking process, developed the figurative sense "to pamper." Mollycoddle was formed by combining coddle with molly, a nickname for Mary. In its earliest known uses in the 1830s, mollycoddle was a noun, a synonym of our modern wimp, but within 30 years it was being used as the verb you're likely to encounter now.
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The following is a provisional Program for the conference.
Greening and Digitalizing TVET in Africa: Policies, Challenges and Prospects for Youth Employment.
Green Economy Marketing in Technical, Vocational Education and Trainings in Kenya: A Case of Technical University of Mombasa.
Greening TVET through Energy Conservation: Challenges, Issues and Opportunities at Shamberere T.T.I.
Impact of Microfinancing on Women's Involvement in Green Learning, Technological and Economic Advancement in Bondo Constituency, Kenya.
Enhancing Seed Germination of African Leafy Vegetables Spider Plant (Cleome gynadra) And Night Shade (Solanum sp) Using Cytokinin.
Muga Moses, Miroya M., Maina F. & Anjichi V.
Ethics: An Inclusive Foundation for Sustainable TVET.
Access and Inclusive Work-based Learning; An Application of Holistic TVET in Revitalizing Hopes of Refugees and Host Population in Uganda.
Can a Community Health Worker led Intervention improve Utilization of Post-Partum Family Planning? Evidence from A Quasi Experiment Conducted in Mwingi West Sub County.
The Effect of Leadership on Greening TVET Sector in Kenya: A Case of Uasin Gishu Jua Kali Sector (SMES).
Dr. Hoseah Kiplagat, PhD; University of Eldoret.


Young People For invites professors, administrators, community leaders, and activists to nominate promising young progressive leaders for the program. Nominators play a crucial role in connecting young activists with the support and guidance YP4 can provide.
More questions about the YP4 Fellowship?


February conjures up images of ice and snow and frozen lakes. I know. I spent three winters in the midwest and I'm still traumatized from it. Do you ever have dreams of failing a math test or forgetting to drop a class you haven't been to once during the semester? Those pale in comparison to the one where you have to go back to the midwest during winter. The one where the car doesn't start and you stand at the bus stop in minus 20F.... I am a wimpy coastal Californian whose image of February is that of green hills with grass not quite tall enough to ripple in the wind. Wild iris blooming on the hill sides and creeks full enough to support a steelhead run. Rivers that may run huge and brown or swift and tinged with green. It's a quiet time of year in west Sonoma County when there are no crowds. It ain't Kansas Toto. Enjoy!
Occidental Center for the Arts: SonoMusette: Feb 20th: This sounds interesting.This is music in the bal-musette tradition and if you know what that is you should definitely go. If you're like me and have no idea what that is, perhaps you should go and learn. It will be a cozy evening only five minutes from the house.
Occidental Center for the Arts: Noam Lemish Quartet Feb 21: Sounds like an accomplished group.
Occidenta Center for the Arts: Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen Feb 26th: I saw these two in San Luis Obispo County a few years ago. They are fantastic. Steve wrote one of my favorite songs, Darcy Farrow so he is a hero in my book. They are winter refugees from Vermont who do gigs in California over winter...Smart. I would definitely see these two if I had a chance. Disclosure: I love good folk music.
Sebastopol Community Center: Feb 19th: David Aurora: Mushrooms Demystified: If your romantic getaway has you thinking of fungus, have I got an evening for you! I am scared to death of "edible" wild fungi but David Aurora looks like a fun guy so he may shed some some light on what tends to be a damp, darkish (and romantic) subject.
Wildflour Bread Freestone: There are several good things about Freestone, one of which is this great bakery! The other is that the drive from the house to Freestone via either the Bohemian Hwy or Occidental road to Jonive road to Bodega Hwy is very scenic. Make a loop one direction or the other through Freestone and you will not be disappointed!
A few updates: . I am a growing (sideways) fan of the restaurant Hazel in Occidental. They have a great wine bar, excellent ambiance, and their thin crust pizza is superb. The Union Hotel has a great coffee shop with excellent pastries that is open early and the main restaurant is always good for dinner. Howards Station in Occidental continues to be my hands down favorite breakfast spot. If you are interested in very large redwood trees, please see my "things to do " page and look at the "Grove of old trees" which isn't far from the house and is always worth it.


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Interrogation: Interrogation Abuses: Civil Liability
Fourth Circuit Holds Tort Suits Against Military Contractors by Iraqis Alleging Abuse Preempted
By Alan Z. Rozenshtein
Thursday, September 22, 2011, 9:07 PM
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit announced decisions in Al Shimari v. CACI International and Al-Quraishi v. L-3 Services, Inc. Both cases involved tort suits brought by Iraqi civilians against U.S. military contractors alleged to have engaged in detention and interrogation abuses in Iraq in cooperation with U.S. military forces. The district courts in both cases denied the defendants' motions for summary judgment. The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded both cases for dismissal on the ground that the tort suits were preempted by the federal interests at stake. The court developed its preemption analysis in Al Shimari (discussed in the rest of this post) and referenced it in Al-Quraishi. (Al-Quraishi principally concerned a debate between the majority and dissent about whether the court had jurisdiction to consider the interlocutory appeal. The majority affirmed jurisdiction because of the important interest in "insulat[ing] the battlefield from the unjustified exertion of power by the courts . . . and to free military operatives from the fear of possible litigation and the hesitancy that such fear engenders.")
Writing for a 2-1 majority in Al Shimari, Judge Paul Niemeyer relied primarily on the Supreme Court's preemption analysis in Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. and the D.C. Circuit's application of Boyle in Saleh v. Titan Corp., another case involving a tort suit against military contractors for detention and interrogation abuses. The court adopted Saleh's holding that "where a civilian contractor is integrated into combat activities over which the military retains command authority, a tort claim arising out of the contractor's engagement in such activities is preempted" because of the "uniquely federal interests" at stake. It did not ground its preemption analysis in a federal statute, but rather recognized a kind of field preemption in virtue of the ongoing military conflict in Iraq. As the court explained, quoting from Saleh, "The very purposes of tort law are in conflict with the pursuit of warfare. Thus, the instant case presents us with a more general conflict preemption, to coin a term, 'battle-field preemption': the federal government occupies the field when it comes to warfare, and its interest in combat is always 'precisely contrary' to the imposition of a non-federal tort duty." The court also noted "a broader and perhaps more significant conflict with federal interests [that] would arise from allowing tort law generally to apply to foreign battlefields . . . . [T]his interest is implicated even when the suit is brought indirectly -- against a civilian contractor -- rather than directly against the United States itself."
Judge Niemeyer also wrote a separate concurrence to argue that the case should be dismissed under the political question and derivative absolute immunity doctrines.
Judge Robert King dissented, mainly on the ground that Boyle did not require dismissal. Noting that the Boyle Court required an actual conflict between the federal interest and the state law, he argued that "[n]o federal interest implicates the torture and abuse of detainees." Given Congress and the Executive's commitment to end torture and unlawful detention and interrogation practices, he maintained, "it is quite plausible that the government would view private tort actions against the perpetrators of such abuses as advancing the federal interest in effective military activities." The dissent also argued that Boyle did not apply because the contractors were not under the "rigid control that the government exerts over contractors in procuring military equipment," since the contractors in the cases were used "for general services only."
The Al Shimari lower court opinion is available here, and the Al-Quraishi lower court opinion is available here. Briefs for the Al Shimari opinion are listed here, and for Al-Quraishi are listed here.
Interrogation: Interrogation Abuses: Civil Liability,
Detention & Guantanamo,
Detention: Operations in Iraq,
Detention: Law of,
Interrogation,
Detention: Law of: Other,
Interrogation: Abuses
Alan Z. Rozenshtein is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Previously, he taught law at the Georgetown University Law Center and served as an Attorney Advisor with the Office of Law and Policy in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
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Hodad's - San Diego Dining Dish!
The line is long at the little Ocean Beach establishment, Hodad's, but it moves fast due to the quick turn-around of orders and ability of the waitstaff to keep tables moving. We were rushed in and seated at a bar looking out at the quaint view of Newport Avenue, a street dedicated to independent shops, representative of OB and its policy of "no corporations."
The menu consisted of burgers, burgers, and fries. I decided to get a mini cheeseburger, and my dining companion wanted the single cheeseburger basket (a side of fries). We received our orders quite quickly, but they were wrong, and the busy waiter didn't return to our table, nor could we find him in the crowded restaurant to correct the mistake. So, overcharged and a bit annoyed, we tried our burgers.
The burgers were okay -- obviously frozen patties -- they lacked flavor, but they weren't terrible. The fries were wedges with lots of salt and paprika, giving them that fast food taste that is best reflected on hot, greasy food, and again were made from frozen. I know that this is harsh, but I feel that a restaurant with such a small number of items on the menu should be making those items homemade and unforgettable.
I know, I know. Hodad's is a San Diego institution, regaled by locals as the place to grab a tasty burger and fries at a very cheap price. The restaurant has a constant line around the corner and great word of mouth, so perhaps my expectations were just a bit too high.


Mike and I had a bit of a thaw this past week in Arizona.
We stayed with our dear friends the McWhorters.
We just took the baby, and left the kids with family. I realize how easy going the littlest is without all the poking, and wrestling. He gets a lot of that.
Deanne could not have been a better host. She is truly the hostest with the mostest.
My husband fell in the LOVE with their house. Brian joked Mike liked their house even more than they did.
I didn't have time to take very many pictures.
I did however get to take pictures of this scrumptious baby of theirs. She could not be an cuter.
We truly loved our time in sunny Arizona. I can surely see how people fall in love.
I love her clothes and sparkling eyes. You took some really fun pictures of her.
Oh my gosh I am in love...with you and her...hahaha. you are so talented. Hurry and send me these pics on a cd. I LOVE THEM!! You are amazing. Thank you. Thank you!


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Over 140 Years of History
Westminster College has played a pivotal role in the educational heritage of the intermountain area. Founded in 1875 as the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, a preparatory school, Westminster first offered college classes in 1897 as Sheldon Jackson College. Named in honor of its primary benefactor, Sheldon Jackson, the college operated for many years on the Collegiate Institute campus in downtown Salt Lake City.
Gradually, the institute became identified as the college preparatory department, and high school classes continued to be an integral part of the curriculum until 1945. In 1902, college trustees adopted the new name, Westminster. Moving to its present location in 1911, Westminster became the first accredited two-year junior college in the intermountain area. In 1935, Westminster modified its curriculum to qualify as a four-year junior college and in 1949 became a four-year liberal arts institution offering baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences.
Today, Westminster exists as a fully independent, privately funded, nondenominational, comprehensive liberal arts institution of higher learning with selected graduate programs, meeting the West's educational needs as it has since 1875.
Westminster College Timeline
1875—Founded by the First Presbyterian Church as the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, 27 students enrolled
1897—Offered courses as Sheldon Jackson College
1902—Adopted the name Westminster College
1911—Moved to present campus
1911–1913—Did not offer classes for 8 consecutive semesters; no longer on the list of approved colleges
1913—Appointed Herbert Reherd as first residential president; classes offered again
1919—Enrolled 123 students
1919—Football program began
1920—Woman's tennis program started
1926—Built Foster Hall as dormitory
1928—Built Payne Gymnasium
1935—Became a 4-year college
1935—Adopted a four-year junior college format offering associate's degrees in addition to a high school diploma
Near the end of WWII—Sought accreditation as a 4-year baccalaureate institution to meet anticipated peacetime needs for higher education
1949—Became a 4-year liberal arts institution offering baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences
1949–1967—Built a science building, Hogle, Carleson, Nightingale, and Bamberger halls.
1968—Held first baccalaureate classes in St. Mark's School of Nursing
1974—Ended denominational relationship with the Presbyterian Church
1979—Declared financial exigency
1979—Athletic programs (the Parsons) discontinued due to financial crisis
1983—Officially closed college—and immediately reopened as Westminster College of Salt Lake City
1983—Reorganized college; schools of arts and sciences and business formed
1983–1998—Grew from 400 students with 25 faculty to 2200 students with 100 full-time faculty and 150 adjunct faculty
1984—Began men's soccer
1980s and '90s—Reorganized college; schools of arts and sciences and business formed
1983—Ended mutual agreements with United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church—completely cut ties with religious schools
1988–1995—Added MBA, MPC, and MSN programs
1988–2004—Built Residential Village, Giovale Library, Gore School of Business, and Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory
1989—Ferry Hall (one of the original buildings) was razed
Start of Graduate Programs
1990s—Intercollegiate athletic program gradually restored with the Griffin as mascot
1992—Creation of Master of Professional Communication program (MPC)
1996—Founded School of Education
1999—Reinstated men's and women's basketball
2004—New strategic plan
2005—Launched Capital Campaign
2006—Opened Dolores Doré Eccles Health, Wellness, and Athletic Center
2006–2007—Began fielding a men's lacrosse team following the completion of a new athletic field on campus
2007—Creation of the Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling Program (MSMHC)
2013—Creation of the Master of Strategic Communication program (MSC)
2014—New strategic plan approved
2015—Accepted into NCAA Division II membership process—rejoining former conference home: the RMAC


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Since the Gleneagles Gundog School opened in 2007 – the first of its kind in the world – thousands of guests have experienced the unique pleasure of working with the school's magnificent and highly trained labradors.
There is a long and venerable tradition of sportsmen and women partnering with gundogs in the field and a lesson at the Gleneagles Gundog School is a great way to experience that heritage. Lessons take place on the lawns leading down to Laich Loch, adjacent to the hotel. There, the school's professional instructors introduce you to your gundog before teaching you to work these extraordinary animals as if they were in the field, practicing receives, agility and basic obedience.
The popular breeds of gundogs are explored, together with their fascinating history and working abilities. Guests are taught to take control of the dog and learn how to progress from basic obedience to retrieves. While this exclusive combination of techniques and insider knowledge has been developed for use in the field, they are also easily incorporated into the training of pet dogs at home.
Both Fieldcraft Lessons and Trials Sessions are only available to guests who have completed the Introductory Gundog Lesson.
During the lesson, an instructor will introduce the dog and explain the principles of controlling a gundog in the field. The popular breeds of gundogs will be explored, together with their history and abilities. Soon you will take control of a labrador and learn skills from basic obedience to retrieves (minimum age 12 years; younger guests aged 8 – 11 years can enjoy a Junior Gundog Lesson).
More advanced Fieldcraft Lessons are also available, where guests handle a dog over a rustic agility course, with pheasant flushes, rising duck and rabbit retrieves over obstacles and in water. Training dummies simulate wild game. Suitable for teenagers and adults, the lessons provide a memorable and hugely enjoyable opportunity to spend time with a first-class working gundog.
A combination of an Introductory Gundog Lesson and a Fieldcraft Lesson, as above. This is a comprehensive session combining basic handling skills and the pleasure of handling a Labrador for retrieves over rustic obstacles and in water. Minimum age 12 years.
Families can enjoy learning gundog handling together as they are taught how to put the school's highly trained and enthusiastic labradors through their paces. Your instructor will explain the principles of controlling gundogs in the field. Soon you will take control of the dog and learn to progress from basic obedience to retrieves. Minimum age 8 years.
The Gundog School also offers a Junior Gundog Experience. With an emphasis on fun and lots of affection for the dogs, these Junior Gundog sessions are a unique opportunity for children from 8-11 yrs to experience at first hand the world of gundog training and to enjoy time with a beautiful and enthusiastic canine companion.
Trials Sessions afford guests the opportunity to handle a dog for more demanding retrieves, fired from an automatic launcher over heather moorland.
Group Lessons commence with a lively and informative demonstration, followed by hands-on tuition with one of the school's highly trained labradors. Minimum of 8 guests.
Have you ever wondered how top gundogs are actually trained? Since The Gundog School opened at Gleneagles in 2007, thousands of guests have experienced the particular pleasure of handling and working one of the school's highly trained and magnificent labradors.
The question instructors are constantly asked is how are the dogs trained to such perfection? In response we have introduced The Gundog School Training Techniques. Guest who have completed an Introductory Lesson and a Fieldcraft Lesson can now learn the tricks of the trade with labradors from The Gundog School.
Divided into three parts, the Techniques sessions guide you through the methods for achieving success, from heelwork through to specialist retrieving techniques. Many of the techniques can be applied to dogs of any breed, as the instructors teach you how to achieve certain key behaviours. Later sessions deal with techniques which are more specific to gundogs, such as developing drive and directional control at a distance.
Gundog Scurries are held throughout the summer at country shows and game fairs. They are a test of a gundog's speed, ability and initiative and also of handling techniques. By introducing scurries to The Gundog School we are aiming to refine guests' level of competence and their rapport with the dogs – most guests have their favourite!
We have custom-built a "scurry pen" at the school which incorporates two jumps. Dummies are thrown by the instructor, or from an automatic launcher into a custom-built scurry pen. Guests send the dogs for retrieves, timed with a stopwatch.
The scurry is great fun for guests and dogs alike and is an ideal activity with a competitive edge for families. There are different events within the scurry, including "Pick and Mix", "Steeplechase" and "Bulldog", incorporating different types of retrieve designed to help the dog and the handler to develop skills which are useful in the shooting field.
Guests must have completed an Introductory lesson and a Fieldcraft session at The Gundog School before booking a scurry session.


When games start, the players tend to focus on its mechanical details. This is often highlighted because the start of a game is almost always character creation, which runs entirely at the game level (even in systems which include "fluffy" elements in character creation, they are in most cases mechanically integrated into the rules). Typically the first interactions of the campaign are similarly game-level: the party receives a quest, the party is embroiled in a fight, etc.
Of course, one can talk about games that really do add non-mechanical elements right at the beginning: motivations, various systems of inter-character bonds, etc. Many players simply gloss over these "fluffy" elements. They will add them as superficial traits to their characters and completely neglect them during the game. This is a particularly common affliction in D&D and similar such highly mechanized games. Obviously, this is an undesirable outcome, because the players are neglecting a fundamental aspect of the game design. This can lead to GM burnout as the players continually ignore the nuances of the world and the GM cannot understand why. In worse cases, these "fluff" traits are a part of the game's balance, and ignoring them makes all sorts of trouble.
Why is this so often the case, and how can a GM put these elements back into the game without causing problems? Essentially this problem is an expectation mismatch. The players are still acclimating to the game, and simply can't be expected to deal with the higher levels of the progression yet. This is frequently the problem with the "you have all been friends forever" style of backstory gloss-over. While that may be true in game, at the table your players have absolutely no context to work off of for those character linkages, and so they go to waste.
In order for players to work comfortably with the background forces of their character, they need to spend time figuring out what the character does in the present. Similarly, in order for a group to have meaningful inter-character relationships, each character needs to be fleshed-out enough that the others can have something to connect with.
Most of all, this applies at the story level. A truly compelling narrative requires an enormous amount of context, and this context will necessarily have to develop before the big story is actually in motion. Try to have a sweeping narrative from the beginning, and players will complain of railroading because the story is getting in the way of figuring out the game, character, and group levels of play. But, the same story later on is far more enjoyed by virtue of incorporating what has been learned about the characters and group in a way that never feels like railroading.
We can now reframe the macroscopic progression of players in context of the microscopic progression of games. In many cases, a successfully executed game which operates at the group level is far more rewarding than one that just engages the game. Naturally, then, as players keep gaming, they eventually are part of games that go beyond, and afterward expect more from future experiences.
As GMs, we are often interested in the high-level story elements. However, it is important to build towards these experiences so that our players are adequately invested in the characters and group before shoving a big story into their laps. Similarly, we must manage differing expectation levels of our players so that everyone can advance at a fair pace. Otherwise, we risk alienating players and driving our campaigns to an early grave, and we never get the big payoff.


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Instead of my normal routine of coffee and news consumption yesterday, I hopped on a plane and am now on vacation until Wednesday, July 15th! I am so thankful to have a short break from work to relax and recharge, but I do I wish I had the chance to create an image for the removal of the Confederate flag. The past few weeks have been emotional and progressive for my hometown of Columbia and for my state. I feel I need to acknowledge my disappointment in not being able to create something for today - it isn't out of apathy, it is simply the timing of the event.
I am thankful, as always, for each of you who follows along and I look forward to getting back to creating Wordless News next week.


Jacob Rees-Mogg was due to take to the River Thames today in a Brexit protest about fishing policy but things didnt go entirely to plan for the Tory MP after this happened.
Which meant he had to do this.
In Rees-Moggs absence someone else got on the boat instead.
And lots of people were quick to point out the same thing.
Heres what Rees-Mogg had to say.
Journalist: "But it does appear that we [Britain] are the ones making most of the concessions."
Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Well, that shows that we know how to negotiate"