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This is the first guidebook focussed entirely on the magnificent and historic road uniting northern and southern Patagonia. The few hardy travellers that embark on this journey struggle to find even basic information about the region. The book provides visitors to the often-visited Bariloche and Chilean Lake District with a spectacular alternative means to reach the southern extremes of Patagonia.The road passes through world-class national parks. It stretches from the high Andes to the remote Pacific coast, fed by five great rivers, countless fjords and the largest ice fields outside of Antarctica and Greenland. Trekking options abound, including to and from neighbouring Argentina through pristine wilderness. The region is home to a sub-tropical rainforest, secluded villages without vehicles, picturesque lakes, dramatic and often active volcanoes, and sufficient activities to satisfy even the most adventurous visitors. In addition to practical advice, the book explores the mythical history of a region cut-off from the outside world, and the social and economic impact of the relatively recent connectivity to both mainland Chile and Argentina. Travelling in one of the last unknown regions of South America is challenging, and this book facilitates such travel for those wishing to escape the "gringo trail".
Hugh Sinclair has lived and worked in Latin America since the late 1990s. After graduating from Durham he worked as an investment banker in Canada, Holland and the UK. In 2001 he moved into the development sector, specializing in microfinance. His first book, Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic, was a ground-breaking exposé of the inner-workings of the sector, and his blog is one of the best-read in the sector. He has lived in various countries but five years ago decided to settle down in Patagonia. He has extensively explored the region on both sides of the border. He lives near the northern Carretera Austral, and first stumbled across the road in 2011, and has visited it repeatedly since. When not travelling in Chile and Argentina Hugh works as an economist, and speaks fluent Spanish.
Warren Houlbrooke was raised on a remote sheep farm in New Zealand, where he developed a "fix anything" attitude. He has travelled extensively in Latin America, in particular in all of Patagonia (both the Argentine and Chilean sides). He is a tour-guide for Compass Motorbike Tours, and has worked with Bariloche Moto Tours, who also offer trips along the Carretera Austral. He is a highly proficient motorcyclist, scuba-diver, skier, equestrian, cyclist and sailor, has an Argentine wife and speaks Spanish.
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The Building Code of the Philippines provides a certain ratio of unit and slot and square meter requirements. So, rather than the purchase of a space being 'forced', it becomes optional.
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You can also rent out parking spaces. Some of those are rented during the pre-selling phase or rented independently by the owners. A rental space in a prime location is usually between Php3,000 (80AUD or 55USD) and Php5,000 (130AUD or 95USD) a month. Maybe you should even consider listing it through Kerb?
Some condos have allocated spaces for when guests visit. However, these typically work on a first come, first served basis. Some communities have rules in place to ensure people don't stay over a certain number of hours to ensure others have a chance to use the spaces.
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Supreme Court: Court adds five new cases to docket
·October 28, 2016
·58 Comments
… Among the court's other grants today, Packingham v. North Carolina is the case of Lester Packingham, a North Carolina man who became a registered sex offender after he was convicted, at the age of 21, of taking indecent liberties with a minor. Six years after Packingham's conviction, North Carolina enacted a law that made it a felony for registered sex offenders to access a variety of websites, from Facebook to The New York Times and YouTube. Packingham was convicted of violating this law after a police officer saw a Facebook post in which Packingham celebrated, and gave thanks to God for, the dismissal of a traffic ticket. The justices today agreed to review Packingham's contention that the law violates the First Amendment.
>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/10/28/supreme-court-agrees-to-consider-n-c-ban-on-sex-offenders-access-to-most-prominent-social-networks/?utm_term=.cf3bb745e8e6
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/10/28/sex-offenders-to-lobby-high-court-on-social-media-ban.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/justices-hear-sex-offenders-challenge-facebook-ban-43142135
http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-to-decide-if-north-carolina-can-bar-sex-offenders-from-social-media-1477691683
First AmendmentInternetPackingham v. North CarolinaSCOTUS
FL: NPR Station to discuss sex offender issues at 1:00PM today.
NY: Why Keeping People With Sex Offense Convictions Off Social Media Sites Does Little To Make Those Sites Safe
Kat's Blog: The Side Effects of Law
When a sex offender calls, she's there to listen
Participate in our study on veterans who have been convicted of a sex crime
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Eric Knight October 28, 2016
Breaking news… US Supreme Court to hear an Internet case! They have decided to hear the challenge by our side, Packingham v. North Carolina, the challenge to the North Carolina criminal bar on access to social media for sex offenders.
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/packingham-v-north-carolina/
Not sure when the case will be heard, but please make sure that all pertinent parties are notified of this, and work out briefs in support of this challenge. The Ninth Circuit case, in particular, should be part of this as well if possible.
Janice Bellucci October 28, 2016
You are correct, Eric. The U.S. Supreme Court today granted cert in a First Amendment case involving a registered citizen. Below is basic information about that case including its prior ruling.
Packingham v. North Carolina, No. 15-1194
Ruling Below
N.C., 777 S.E.2d 738, 2015 BL 366550, 98 CrL 141
Summary of Ruling Below
A North Carolina law that bars registered sex offenders from accessing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter doesn't violate the First Amendment, either on its face or as applied to the defendant, who was convicted under the law for having a Facebook page. The statute is narrowly tailored to serve the substantial governmental interest of protecting minors from sex offenders and leaves available ample alternative channels of communication.
Question(s) Presented
Under this court's First Amendment precedents, is a law permissible on its face that makes it a felony for any person on the state's sex offender registry to "access" a wide array of websites—including Facebook, YouTube, and nytimes.com—that enable communication, expression and the exchange of information among their users, if the site is known to allow minors to have accounts, and is the law permissible as applied to the defendant, who was convicted based on a Facebook post in which he celebrated dismissal of a traffic ticket, declaring "God is Good!"
G4Change October 28, 2016
Janice: I hope there's a way that you can become part of this case. You always seem to present the best arguments against these ludicrous laws and for the civil rights of all in America. I hope their council will allow you to participate in some way.
If at all possible, I will attend the oral argument. There is no date yet for the oral argument, however, because I have been admitted to the Court I have a better chance of being allowed to attend.
I pray that you will be allowed to attend, Janice. This would have chilling and devastating effects if SCOTUS backs this disgusting law!
Rick October 28, 2016
To all RC's, from the SCROTUS, under our prior rulings, we have permitted states to impose a wide variety of restrictions related to the 1st Amendment against sex offenders, here we find no evidence to suggest that this law is not narrowly tailored, and in fact, the statute is written to reduce the possibility that innocent children will be enticed into sexual conduct. Under our prior rulings, we the court find that the mere fact it imposes a regulatory penalty insufficient to overturn the statute on its face. We find the statute to be valid. Now be quiet, you have your answer.
Timmr October 28, 2016
Your word is law, oh Big Scrotus!
RP October 29, 2016
The amazing thing to me, being on the resistry in DC is that I produce a public access show and it also streams live on the web. Our biggest views come from YouTube. I directly use YouTube in the spirit that free speech is meant to cover established media. I know in the past SCOUTS has indicated that anyone can be a journalist. In NC I would be convicted for using YouTube. In my case, I am on probation and my sentencing judge said I can use the Internet work or to promote myself for work. It's a world of difference. I am proof that people on the registry do use multimedia for legitimate free speech reasons and the content would be greatly effected if I was not. The difference between 10 views and 10,000 views is made a reality by the Internet. NC courts are saying as long as you are free to talk to a rock you have free speech. Free speech is meaningless unless you have equal access and opertunity to engage.
How can someone who is on the registry comment on their local politicians FB page about proposed sex offender laws, to show an opposing view point in a place where the politician and supports of said legislation gather to promote its passage? It creates a vacume and gives a false sense of public support. If a person cannot speak for themselves when others speak against them in the place the conversation is taking place, I don't know how anyone can say they are not being deprived of speech.
Furthermore things like FB also allow registernts to make post that show the public they are not boogymen. It puts a human face on them, shows them succeeding at work, getting married, making strides in life. By denying them that free speech, the law allows them to be ostracized, demonized and lied about, without recourse.
NY Level 1 October 28, 2016
There's a difference between current and former
NYCLU decided it would fail for current
Issue: Whether, under the court's First Amendment precedents, a law that makes it a felony for any person on the state's registry of former sex offenders to "access" a wide array of websites
JohnDoeUtah October 28, 2016
The state clings on to their ideology that recidivism rates mean nothing, "because sex crimes are under-reported," because the rates of re-conviction don't support their desired outcome.
David Kennerly October 28, 2016
As if all criminal offenses weren't 'under-reported.'
This is the last club they cling to and they are wielding it more-and-more.
And they fail to factor in that this supposed under reporting just might have a lot to do with the negative effects these shaming laws themselves have on the family or family-like unit, where most of the crimes happen.
C l a r k October 28, 2016
Was the guy on probation..???
…parole..?
…SVP.?
I find it curious the court wants to hear a case it has supported in previous rulings. The prediction is they will uphold it again, since all other cases have regulatory punishments attached as well. I see no other reason for their acceptance of the case, because to invalidate the statute would be a complete departure from their prior rulings, and of the registry. They can use any number of acceptable legal precedents, it is not compelled speech, it does not limit excessive speech, you are not citizens-you are evil garbage, we determine your rights-if any, it does not infringe on the right of expression, there are numerous alternative firms of speech, states can do whatever they want to do to you-who cares, we will never hear the case out of Michigan and the 6th Circuit-they are not real American's, because real American's want you all out of the country on a deserted island, why can't you just accept the inevitable fact the constitution is meaningless to us, we have the power, we only took this case to give you a glimmer of hope, and then we will crush it again, you sickos, lol. We hate you, don't you get it by now? Are you stupid or what? Why don't you try religion, involuntary servitude, bills of attainder, we will shoot them down too. Lol. Your attempts are a waste of time, maybe when we are all gone, think again, you whackos. Wahaha hahahaha!
4sensiblepolicies October 28, 2016
When these courts go down this 'the statute is merely regulatory' and 'we defer to legislative intent' road, there seems to be no limit to what they will find acceptable. Very dangerous slope indeed. Unfortunately, after listening to other supreme court proceedings on registration issues, I put very little faith in their ability to do anything other than continue the farce. They spend almost no time investigating the facts, and buy into whatever the state tells them lock-stock-and-barrel. Unless there is some excellent representation on our side to refute the lies and fear mongering by the state, it is a lost cause. Even then, I don't have much faith they will do the correct thing.
Stated public interest trumps individual rights when it comes to former sexual offenders, no matter if the public interest is based on lies, fears and wishful thinking. So, I can't see how they would overturn this decision.
Tyrus Young November 2, 2016
Refer to the SC's discussion in the 2013 case on ICE detentions. The Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for ICE to detain immigrants for over 6 months without adjudicating them. This allowed almost 30,000 detainees to be set free. As part of the discussion it was noted that ruling in that manner would release about 2,900 sex offenders. The court discussed the value of society protection vs. individual rights, and determined that individual rights triumph. We need to exploit this argument and conclusion as much as possible.
Rick November 2, 2016
To Tyrus Young
Yea, there are a lot of immigration decisions that wholly contradict what we are experiencing, and that's just one if them. But it seems when RC's are the only group affected the laws don't apply?
David October 29, 2016
😕Sadly, Rick, your cynicism is all too accurate and justified.
The good people of north carolina your public servants keep making wrong decisions.
This is another massively wrong and bad decision north Carolina::Going Against the Constitution.
The world will know how lame north carolina is to civil rights as other citizens and businesses ALREADY know.
Brubaker October 28, 2016
After this ruling…the north carolina motto on auto license plates will be:
north carolina the dumbest state.
U gotta love how the SCROTUS plays the game, even if they overturn this law, which does appear overly broad even by the margins they have established, it accomplishes very little. This case was taken merely to appear concerned, what a joke. They will continue to play the regulatory game, even when that is slavery, and allow this stuff to continue till the country is broke. I had to laugh the other day when I read a local article about justice Thomas, he had the nerve to say that "the system is broken", yea it is because morons like him are incapable of understanding law. You got murderers getting out after 7years and free to go wherever, a drug epidemic this country loves to continue to escape reality, alcoholism at all time highs, and who do they find to mess with, teens for whacking off, peeing in public, teens screwing each other, texters, and touchers. It's so overwhelmingly ridiculous.
Then they use statistics that mean nothing. I don't care what laws u pass, if someone's gonna do something yet not stopping them and your not safe. Simple pass new laws, second strike your out, then you can feed, and take care of them for life. Then they can bankrupt you with medical costs, lol, or do something to your precious co's. I wouldn't care if I was in for life, get in my way and your finished.
The point is, these so called judges and politicians don't give a damn about us, or America. Once they get in, they just bleed us dry. They're all filthy rich and you can't touch them, how nice. That should tell u something. Now I kinda hope trump is elected, I hope he purges the entire system somehow. Pass an executive law criminalizing these bastards by requiring constitutional review of any law that affects American citizens, and not by the idiots in scrotus now. A law would require a minimum of ten or more prior precedents in its favor prior to its enactment. No more laws passed in secret by Congress. Reveal publicly how they are getting so rich while congressman.
Jigs up, time to get serious with them too. We come first before corporations, we get a piece of their profits, just like in so many other countries. We get rich too, then we can import slaves like Saudi Arabia or Japan. Yea, it's high time Americans come first.
Deeper than just RCs October 29, 2016
I think this has broader implications than just for RCs. If you read the friend of the court brief by Eugene Volokh at WaPo's website (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/10/28/supreme-court-agrees-to-consider-n-c-ban-on-sex-offenders-access-to-most-prominent-social-networks/?utm_term=.a7f536befb3a#comments), it can be broadly applied to others if applied incorrectly as shown. This could potentially set up the correct applicability of the test required of the audience and the intent of the author (or vendor, protestor, home owner, etc). This hits the very heart of the First Amendment. Just my two cents…
North Carolina Supreme Court's "ample alternative":
"You may not purchase your gasoline at Arco, 76, Chevron, or BP. Registrants may only purchase gasoline at Johnboy Walton's Truck Stop & BBQ Pit twelve miles outside of town, off State Road 50 (only open on weekends)!"
Clearly, the movie "Idiocracy" is based in the reality of North Carolina!! 😲
Just as a recap, here is the link to the full NC Supreme Court debacle decision…
http://cases.justia.com/north-carolina/supreme-court/2015-366pa13.pdf
The opinions are a bit sketchy, but the dissent is scathing, so that is fairly good news.
The attorney for the defendant, Glenn Gerding (who is also a retired Navy JAG; rank of O5-Commander), doesn't appear to be incompetent per se, but has never addressed constitutional issues with regard to registrants before. I hope that Janice not only can attend oral arguments, but can convince Gerding to research how the federal courts have been listening to pertinent arguments with regard to anti-constitutional registrant laws.
My opinion is that a case that hits SCOTUS belongs to ALL of us, in the sense that we will experience the fallout one way or the other, and therefore have not just a right, but a duty to try to prevent a bad desicion from taking hold.
Navy JAG....hehehehe October 29, 2016
"You want answers?"
"I want the truth!"
"You can't handle the truth!"
pgm111 October 29, 2016
We need the combined power of Janice, the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to overturn this unconstitutional law.
DPH October 30, 2016
Good pts, when did SCOTUS turn into SCROTUM(SCROTUS) what acronym is that ? Really? they may be are only final chance after Janice gets common sense through to them and brings the FACTS not Fear to them. They need CURRENT Facts and good judgement not fearful threats from the uneducated Public.
pgm111 and mr. knight, good job. Good to see Janice chiming in and we need to support her to go and a couple dollars of those of us that have jobs. If we financially could, of course, to support her FOR US ALL.
I just can't believe Calif has it better than North Carolina that they(NC) CANNOT LOOK ONLINE AT A general public Nationwide publication, they might be able to otherwise get a paper copy for a couple bucks.
The New York Times, REALLY? How does that allude minors or other sexual behavior? Poor NC RC's.
They've gone TOO FAR. A Felony, let alone a Misdemeanor, shouldn't even be an infraction for someone who's off Parole after commitment five years ago or for any for that matter. A newspaper, what's so secret about that? Way out there, I kinda get you tube and the other, but a National Newsrag??? Gone too far.
I thought we lived in the U.S. not a foreign country. I'm truly afraid what the others on their list is.
Of course, it's the Bible Belt and they will NOT let Him take care of the sinners, they take things in their own hands and demean human contact without physical contact and makes RC worse than murders, DUI mutilators and kidnappers and even arsonists, why aren't they on a State/National webpage? More physical un-reversible life long (if the other(s) survived the action)damage to the families left behind. On Topic,
this may a chance for Janice and her team for full throttle on this and help (past Navy JAG) Atty. Gerding.
Alot of good points brought up on here. NY level 1 and RP. Hope all is factual not emotional. We all suffer.
A good point about arsonists. Someone who deliberately sets fire to an area, especially here in So Cal, would know of the horrendous expenses it will cause and the devastation to lives. It is a callous and random way, and the offender gets a charge out of it, I suppose. But they are required to register for only five years?
8 and not 9 SCOTUS members here... October 29, 2016
Let's hope the less-than-full court as it is today does not get impacted by the minus 1 it has on ruling on this because of political idiocy starting with the VP's speech years ago when he was in the Senate for no particular reason other than grandstanding and the follow through of the Senate since then. I truly believe Justice Scalia would say in favor of this gentleman, the state is wrong.
As laid out, NC is in err here and SCOTUS should strike this law against expression down where the intent was of gratitude, praise and nothing more.
The Supreme Court will most probably be held to a permanent 8-person court until a senate super-majority (or near super-majority) of one party is the same party as the president, otherwise the senate will never confirm a ninth justice. The highest ranking members of each party on the judiciary committee has said as much.
To 8 not 9 scrotus here
Yea, I thought about that dilemma. Here's the answer, a 4-4 tie, sorry RC's you lose, lol.
The next SCOTUS Justice to retire swings the court.... October 30, 2016
Let's not forget there are up to three potential retirees coming possibly. Regardless of super-majorities, the next SCOTUS retiree will swing the balance…..don't expect one of each to retire together and keep the court then at six…..even if for some strange reason a medical situation arises and a long term absence comes about, the next set of sessions will be interesting….
Of course, there is the possibility the Senate can kill the court altogether by not confirming anyone ever again….that is possible and was written about recently. Crazy as it sounds, but it is possible.
Bill Arthur October 29, 2016
Everyone should listen to the webinar on RSOL (under Media/Webinars) featuring Prof. David Post, an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute (think tank founded by the Koch brothers, so normally very conservative) and a former Professor of Law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, one of the Amici Curiae, who presented this brief to the Supreme Court in support of Packingham:
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/final.pdf
Both the RSOL online discussion and the brief are brilliant and give me hope.
The counsel for the Amici Curiae is in LA, so maybe Janice could work through this office to offer input from the trenches.
EUGENE VOLOKH, Counsel of Record, SCOTT & CYAN BANISTER AMICUS BRIEF CLINIC, UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW volokh@law.ucla.edu
I'm a little confused, well a lot confused, where does the government's role to decide what is 'effective' speech come from? The first ammendment is clear, the individual decides the means and content of the communication not the government, or anyone else. As long as the individual is not violating the rights of someone else, what duty does the government have to restrict his speech?
Why are they concerned about whether an individual's speech method is effective? Why are they never concerned about whether this registry is effective.
Cato Institute is really not conservative. Nor, many may be surprised to learn, are the Koch brothers, despite their funding of many conservative causes (in my opinion, foolishly).
They are very substantially 'libertarian'; Cato slightly more so than the Koch brothers. Those on the left are often unable to distinguish between libertarians or conservatives or simply refuse to do so because that would make it more difficult to dismiss libertarian ideas which leave their own regard for individual liberty looking deeply corrosive in comparison.
Two states east October 29, 2016
Quote from page 2, introduction, (11 of 33) of NACDL Amicus , Esquivel. You know, the "other" sex offense case granted cert….."California penal section 261.5(c) -which criminalizes consensual sexual conduct that is not even criminal in 43 States and punishable as a felony in just three – ranked as aggravated.." just dig a little further in this SCOTUS Blog article (that shows
Packingham).
During the Spanish and English inquisitions a person was required to appear in a religious court to answer charges issued by the state of their belief and acceptance of the existence of a god and the right of the state to enforce the belief. In our case, we have to appear in a court, police station, or by a substitute for a police officer through a registration form mailed to our homes.
We must then answer the charges of the states belief and acceptance that we are a threat to the general public. Like the Inquisition if we do not answer, we will be punished by imprisonment. Even if we do answer, we have essentially been forced to agree with the states belief.
Are we or are we not subject to the laws of the European inquisitions? Of course we are, and yet it stands despite all if the laws of the u.s. constitution asserting their unlawfulness. If you think that law still exists in this garbage dump of a nation, you can kiss my @$$. European law sucks, and so does Europe.
You're lucky. You can mail in your coerced confession. We in California have to go face to face before the underling priest and initial a litany of restrictions. They might as well present an effigy of the eternal victim and have us kiss her toes under treat of the dungeon. It would feel the same to me.
Thanks for reminding me. How many of the items that are requested to be initialed NOT mandated in PC-290? I would submit that if those particular items are not included in the laws then being forced to signing off on those items is unconstitutional.
A good exercise for a meeting or a conference call would be to go through these check off lists we are told to initial and determine just which ones are law or not. At best they are summaries of laws, and that means an interpretation of whoever wrote them. Do registrants in other states outside California have to initial a list of requirements ? I'd like to know. Since we are, in theory, free to travel between states, shouldn't these laws relating to presence have some sort of consistency? Doesn't this mishmash of notification rules violate the commerce clause or something? Wasn't that a key objection to the sunset laws against minorities? Suppose you travel for business. Any sort of travel involves some sort of transfer of money between states.
New York, ny October 29, 2016
Most of us can't comment on the one sided and obviously misguided intenet news because you need a Facebook in order to comment. Nor can we respond to all of the other commenters of internet news articles. We can't voice our American opinions because for 90% of the news sites, one needs a Facebook in order to comment. ENOUGH SAID??
New York, that annoys the Hell out of me too!! 😠
I've got a sumshush respy for peach cobbler, yall. Looks like will have to nar'ly taylor are disgushuns to food from now on.
To Timmr
Like your style, lol. You know, I was thinking about the Inquisition comparison in regard to the establishment of a religion cause of action. Seems to me we are the only folks required to pass a litmus test to get our citizenship back; both in regard to our character and competency. I believe this would be a major question related to a loss of citizenship claim under say Trop v U.S., he was a soldier that deserted during wartime and they tried to have his citizenship revoked. Under the Sora laws our citizenship is also revoked or suspended. But the scrotus ruled this unlawful.
We are in the same boat as Trop, in that 'he did something'. I keep hearing this statement 'you did something' whenever one of us compares our loss of rights to those experienced by other minorities, that stems from factors beyond their control, ie skin color, nationality. It is used with the meaning 'you had a choice', therefore 'you chose to lose your rights' or 'you hurt a child, we are so afraid of you, you have no rights anymore'. At what point can we lose many of our rights and still be considered citizens?
I haven't read Trop yet, but it looks like the ruling is that even though he chose to make a betrayal of his fellow countrymen, he could not have his citizenship taken away. Besides the government outright saying you are not a citizen, what constitutes being a citizen? Because I reside in California, I can vote, I can't defend my person with a firearm, I am apparently exempt from Bill of Attainder and forced into serving the State, my existing serving for others to profit off of, I can travel, but not freely, if I am in NC, I can't use the popular means of communication, so am I a citizen anymore?
Trop could probably gain citizenship in another country, but we are on a boat wandering hither and anon, with no safe harbour.
Very interesting… "denationalization as a punishment is barred by the Eighth Amendment," describing it as "a form of punishment more primitive than torture" as it inflicts the "total destruction of the individual's status in organized society."
Dissenting, Justice Felix Frankfurter noted that desertion from the military can be punished by the death penalty, leading him to ask, "Is constitutional dialectic so empty of reason that it can be seriously urged that loss of citizenship is a fate worse than death?" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trop_v._Dulles
…but not funny. That concept about total destruction of an individual's status in society is worse than torture and death is something to chew on. That morsel is from SCOTUS.
Les Mis Life November 1, 2016
The registry=death by 1000 cuts
Here is another treat from the Trop vs, Dulles;
'We are told this is so because a committee of Cabinet members, in recommending this legislation to the Congress, said it "technically is not a penal law." [Footnote 11] How simple would be the tasks of constitutional adjudication and of law generally if specific problems could be solved by inspection of the labels pasted on them! Manifestly, the issue of whether Section 401(g) is a penal law cannot be thus determined. Of course, it is relevant to know the classification employed by the Cabinet Committee that played such an important role in the preparation of the Nationality Act of 1940. But it is equally relevant to know that this very committee acknowledged that Section 401(g) was based on the provisions of the 1865 Civil War statute, which the committee itself termed "distinctly penal in character." '
'Doubtless even a clear legislative classification of a statute as "non-penal" would not alter the fundamental nature of a plainly penal statute. '
Lol, yea this was the Burger court that has been the only legitimate constitutional Court I can find in the history of this nation, what does that tell you? None of the laws have been specifically overturned, but apparently Smith v. Doe does in some unknown way. I'm sorry but my cynicism is growing, like I said, there's no one left but us to hate legally, and they're unleashing it all on us.
You can see the timeline, they could no longer discriminate by law against minorities, the lbgt movement was finally recognized, so sensing this they opened a new chapter in slavery against those they knew would have very little support. It could have been predicted since Everytime you eliminate one thing, another takes its place. It just really sucks to be caught up in it.
All we can do is keep suing and suing and suing. Cost them money, time, annoy the hell out of them. I'm just wondering when the line will be broken and we're just totally enslaved. That's when I will take matters into my own hands, as I will if I ever get prosecuted for this nonsense, someone will have to pay, and no one is to be considered innocent, just as we are not. This is my take on this discrimination, if they won't go by the law, then neither should we. I'm not Jewish, I will not be made a martyr, and stand by.
Something doesn't add up here. The government uses facebook all the time to track criminal activity. Why wouldn't they want us to use it, — they are already monitoring those of us who use it — to catch us committing crimes? Isn't that what the bulk surveillance program is all about?
Oh, I get it, registrants aren't committing crimes on facebook, so they got to make up a crime they CAN arrest us for: existing on facebook.
You exist, therefore you're guilty. You're prosecuted and it looks like the government is doing something to save children, while padding recidivism rates.
Brubaker November 1, 2016
NorthCarolina the Deprivation of Civil Rights state.
Should be seeing that on that states license plates motto.
Oooooooh. !
Like I've said before, the north should have never given them or the south their freedom after the civil war, they're as bad today as they were then. Charge them with sedition and hang em all.
Chris F November 2, 2016
Since when did it become an acceptable practice to create laws with severe punishment that are designed solely to prevent you from committing a crime that already has a sever punishment?
Doesn't that go against "innocent until proven guilty" for future acts regardless of any past crimes?
Also, these laws only negatively impact law abiding citizens because those who are going to use the web sites for illegal purposes will do so anyway, and without reporting the activity in states that don't forbid it but require disclosure of all social usernames and posts.
This would be like making it illegal for a convicted drunk driver to go into anyplace that sells alcohol or where alcohol can be consumed, or requiring them to immediately inform law enforcement when they take a drink so the cops can set up a trap to catch them drinking and driving. The alcoholic isn't going to report it any more often than they take the precaution of giving their keys to the bartender.
The laws are far from "narrowly tailored" as well. Just like IML doesn't target those convicted of international sex tourism, these laws against free speech do not target those convicted of luring a minor on a social media site. It tosses everyone with a sexual component to the crime into one huge basket.
Also, this is yet another perfect example where this restriction, and the registry as a whole, should have been attacked as a violation as a "Bill Of Attainder". Even though it wasn't, the arguments that previously won against a Bill Of Attainder are applicable to this case.
Please read this text below, and I am sorry I don't have the source but it should be easy to find:
United States v. Brown
In Brown, the Court's analysis goes further to expand the concept of
punishment and specificity in finding a bill of attainder.The statute at
issue made it a crime for a member of the Communist Party to serve as an
officer or employee of a labor union. Instead of laying out particular acts
that would disqualify a person from specific employment, Congress made
the determination that members of the Communist Party possessed certain
feared but un-enumerated characteristics, which made them more likely to
"initiate political strikes" against the U.S. Government. "The command of
the Bill of Attainder Clause [is] that a legislature can provide that persons
possessing certain characteristics must abstain from certain activities, but
must leave to other tribunals the task of deciding who possesses those
characteristics." Moreover, there needs to be a "demonstrable
relationship" between the aims Congress sought to avoid, the individuals
who would carry out those aims, and the characteristics of the target group.
The Court determined that no legitimate relationship existed because even if
Congress had good reason to believe that some Communists would use their
positions in unions to bring about political upheaval, "it can[not]
automatically be inferred that all members share their evil purposes or
participate in their illegal conduct."7 6 Further, in support of the Court's
determination that no legitimate relationship existed, it drew contrast
between the current case and Board of Governors ofFederal Reserve System
v. Agnew,n a case where the Act in question was trying to prevent a
fiduciary conflict of interest.7 As such, Agnew illustrated a meaningful
distinction from section 504, which inflicted its deprivation "upon the
members of a political group thought to present a threat to the national
security."' 9 Furthermore, the Court, believing that it would be antiquated to
limit punishment to only a retributive purpose, found it appropriate to
expand the meaning of punishment in order to "serve several purposes;
retributive, rehabilitative, deterrent-and preventative."80 In doing so, the
Court relied on historical considerations that many English and early
American bills of attainder were enacted for preventative purposes.81 This
Court, like the one in Lovett, took the combination of factors together to
determine section 504 to be a prohibited bill of attainder.82
Yea, that sums it for the bill of attainder, and if you file it they will claim some firm of exemption. I've said this before, we are dealing with criminals, people who have decided they are the constitution. If there was a reason for out and out war this is it. I would have no problem with it, I am a veteran who swore to uphold the constitution against both foreign and DOMESTIC ENEMIES. And despite my failures, I know it is still worth defending. They are so lucky I don't have the means to do what I know has to be done. The only thing that has ever worked in this country is violence, and if that's what it takes then so be it. The lawlessness the scrotus fomented needs to be taken out on them, they are not exempt from punishment.
CXR November 2, 2016
I always suspected this guy was a non-registrant troll…
Two cops ambushed in Des Moines iowa, seems to me they were the wrong target, SCROTUS is the right target, since these people are so afraid they passed registry laws, maybe if they are really afraid they will get rid of them. See fear and violence can work.
Will this case allow any opportunity to correct the official statements in Smith V Doe 2003?
We need something to change precedent and stop courts from constantly referring to Smith V Doe as proof registered citizens are a huge threat and can't be treated.
Here is what needs to be addressed and debunked from Smith V Doe:
The risk of recidivism posed by sex offenders is "frightening and high." McKune v. Lile, 536 U. S. 24, 34 (2002); see also id., at 33 ("When convicted sex offenders reenter society, they are much more likely than any other type of offender to be rearrested for a new rape or sexual assault" (citing U. S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sex Offenses and Offenders 27 (1997); U. S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1983, p. 6 (1997))).
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$45 Million Stolen from Banks Worldwide Shows How Easy It is in a Cashless Society*
By Luis Miranda
In one of the biggest bank robberies in history, a global network of hackers seems to have stolen 45 million dollars (34 million euros) in two banks from the Middle East after they violated the security of a business' credit card processing and withdrawal of money at ATMs in 27 countries, prosecutors said Thursday in the United States.
The Department of Justice charged eight men who allegedly formed a cell of the organization based in New York, and said that seven of them had been arrested. The eighth, supposedly the leader of the cell, was killed in Dominican Republic on April 27.
It is believed that the leaders of the network are outside the United States, but prosecutors declined to elaborate, citing the ongoing investigation. What is clear is the wide range and speed of the crimes: in one of the attacks, in only 10 hours, $ 40 million were withdrawn from ATMs in 24 countries in 36,000 transactions.
"Instead of guns and masks, this organization used computers and Internet cybercrime," said Loretta Lunch, the Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in a press conference. "Moving as fast as the data on the Internet, the organization made its way from the computer systems of corporations to the streets of New York," she added.
The case demonstrates the great threat that cybercrime poses worldwide. It also shows how criminal gangs have become increasingly international and sophisticated, especially those who use the Internet.
Prosecutors highlighted the "surgeon precision" used by the hackers and the global nature of its organization, coordination and speed with which the operations were executed in 27 countries. According to the people in charge of the case, the band broke the computers security of two companies that process credit cards, one in India in December 2012 and another in the United States in February.
The companies were not identified. Hackers increased the balance available and the cash withdrawal limit on prepaid Mastercard credit cards issued by Bank of Muscat in Oman and National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah PSC (RAKBANK) UAE.
The hackers then distributed counterfeit credit cards to people in charge of taking cash worldwide, allowing them to take millions of dollars from ATMs in a few hours. In New York, for example, members of the cell were distributed around town in the afternoon of February 19, armed with cards that have a unique account number from Bank of Muscat.
Ten hours later, 2,904 had completed money orders for $ 2.4 million, the final transaction occurred at about 1:26 am prosecutors said. The teams that withdrew money in other countries were busy doing the same, taking about 40 million from the Bank of Muscat, in addition to the $ 5 million that they stole from RAKBANK in December.
In total, 40,500 withdrawals were conducted in 27 countries during the two incidents. Prosecutors said the method of attack is called "unlimited operations" in the digital underworld. It was not possible to contact representatives of the two banks for comment outside regular business hours.
In a statement, MasterCard said it had cooperated with law enforcement agencies during the investigation and stressed that their systems were not involved or engaged in the attacks. In February, Bank Muscat revealed it would receive a fee of up to $ 39 million because it had been defrauded overseas with 12 prepaid debit cards used for travel.
An investigation is ongoing to determine if there are other cells operating in the country, said Lynch, adding that law enforcement agencies in the United States have worked with their counterparts in Japan, Canada, Germany, Romania, United Arab Emirates, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Latvia, Estonia, Thailand and Malaysia to learn more about the network that carried out the withdrawals. According to authorities, there were no personal bank accounts involved in the heist.
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Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) also called as Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is a procedure that uses specialized equipment to evaluate function of nervous system including nerves and spinal cord during neural surgeries. The role of intraoperative neuromonitoring is to provide immediate feedback and warning to the surgeon for prevention of permanent nerve injury as a result of iatrogenic damage. The IONM is usually employed as it increases safety and improves outcomes during a spine surgery. The neural activity is measured in terms of electrically evoked potentials from the nerves with the help of an equipment called electroencephalogram (EEG). The intraoperative neuromonitoring is beneficial to the patient as it allows the assessment of nerve tissue function during surgery, making the surgery safe as compared to conventional hardware tests such as X-rays and CT scans. The IONM is also quick, painless, easy and inexpensive. It can record the nerve function multiple times or even throughout the entire process of surgery. Increasing number of mortality during spinal surgeries major factor driving the growth of global intraoperative neuromonitoring market. For instance, according to a research survey conducted by Scoliosis Research Society, U.S, a total of 197 mortalities was reported among 108,419 patients that had undergone neural surgery.
The global intraoperative neuromonitoring market was valued at US$ 2,632.4 million in 2016 and is expected to witness a robust CAGR of 6.53% over the forecast period (2017 - 2025).
Increasing number of surgical failure leading to iatrogenic damage is one of the prominent factor responsible for the growth of intraoperative neuromonitoring market. For instance, according to a research survey published by Laser Spine Institute LLC 2015, an estimated 400,000 people undergo a spinal surgery in the U.S. annually and 30-40% of patients were reported to be suffering from post-operative complications. Moreover, according to The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society 2013, an estimated 6% of the cases undergoing facial nerve injury suffered from iatrogenic facial nerve injury due to lack of care during surgical procedures. The benefits offered by the Intraoperative Neuromonitoring are leading to rise in the adoption of these units by various surgical facilities. For instance, according to the International Journal of Spine Surgery 2017, the use of IONM in scoliosis surgical procedures was recorded to be 27% in 2005 that has witnessed a rise of 46.9% in 2011. However, lack of skilled professionals and low awareness of IONM in emerging economies are expected to hinder the market growth.
North America was the leading region in global intraoperative neuromonitoring market in 2016, owing to the favoring reimbursement scenario in the region and rising adoptions of IONM in surgical department. For instance, Medicare built CPT codes and reimbursement policies regarding to the use of intraoperative neuromonitoring as a part of revised CPT codes and guidelines released in 2017. Another factor boosting growth of the market is the increasing cases in the number of spinal cord surgeries in North America. For instance, according to Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, Statewide Statistics and Key Findings 2014, around 21,293 adults underwent spinal fusion surgery in 2014 witnessing a rise of 67.2% since 2004 in the U.S. The same source states that that 3.3% people who underwent spinal fusion in Pennsylvania experienced surgical complication during the fusion process.
Asia Pacific is anticipated to witness a marginal growth in the global intraoperative neuromonitoring market, owing to rising medical tourism and increasing awareness of patient safety during the surgery. For instance, according to Indian Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) 2015, over 2,000,000 patients visited India in 2015 for medical procedures, which majorly include spinal procedures, liver transplant, and other cosmetic procedures.
Key players of the market are focused on acquisition of mid and small sized companies for expansion of manufacturing and distribution capacities to large geographical area. For instance, in December 2017, NuVasive, Inc. acquired SafePassage, a privately held intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring services provider for expanding neuromonitoring business. Moreover, companies are investing into research & development activities for development of better quality systems with improved performance and facilities. For instance, in 2012 Inomed Medizintechnik GmbH introduced a C2 Spine Software that provides automatic control for pharmacological relaxation status and offers effective and efficient neuromonitoring.
Key players operating the global intraoperative neuromonitoring market include Accurate Monitoring, Inomed Medizintechnik GmbH, Neuromonitoring Technologies, Natus Medical Incorporated, Medtronic, Biotronic NeuroNetwork, NuVasive Inc., Sentient Medical Systems, and SpecialityCare.
Intraoperative neuromonitoring also called as intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IOM), is an integral part of surgical procedures that use electrophysiological techniques such as electromyography (EMG), Electroencephalography (EEG), and evoked potentials to monitor the integrity of the neural structures during various surgical procedures. These neural structures include neurons, spinal cord, and several parts of the brain. The IONM helps in the risk reduction from the iatrogenic damage to the nervous system during the surgical procedures by surgeons and anesthesiologists. The intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques help to reduce the mortality and morbidity levels to a significant rate without the new addition of risks. Therefore, intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques have helped to reduce the postoperative complications in a number of surgical procedures.
The high risk to nervous system associated with surgeries increases demand for intraoperative neuromonitoring, which is major factor driving growth of the global intraoperative neuromonitoring market. According to the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) 2014, iatrogenic nerve injuries accounted for 17.4% of the total traumatic nerve injuries. Moreover, according to World Health Organization (WHO) factsheet of 2015, around 80% disorders in the disabling conditions are neurological. The favorable reimbursement scenario is also responsible to fuel the market growth. However, lack of skilled professionals to operate these systems and lack of awareness regarding neuromonitoring facilities in emerging countries are some factors that are responsible to restrain the growth of the global intraoperative neuromonitoring market.
Key companies covered as a part of this study Accurate Monitoring, Inomed Medizintechnik GmbH, Neuromonitoring Technologies, Natus Medical Incorporated, Medtronic, Biotronic NeuroNetwork, NuVasive Inc., Sentient Medical Systems, and SpecialityCare.
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Statement on Anti-racism, July 2, 2020
The NSF-funded COMMIT Project (formerly known as the IBL Communities project) recognizes the deeply embedded nature of systemic anti-black racism in the United States. The most shocking manifestation of this, witnessed over and over, are the horrific police killings that have again recently caught the attention of our entire nation. Because the authors of this document are white, it is impossible for us to fully understand the pain experienced by the Black community. To the Black community: we mourn with you and support you in the wake of the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks, and, looking back, too many other valued human beings whose names may or may not be widely known.
We recognize that this anti-black racism runs so much broader and deeper than police killings, and permeates every aspect of our society, including our mathematics departments and classrooms, where we have personally witnessed institutional racism. The solution to this problem is much more than changing individuals, it is changing systems, policies, and institutions, including our systems of higher education. Our acknowledgement of these problems is nothing without action. We stand with the Black community to engage with and find ways to positively influence, in particular, these spheres in which we work -- mathematics, teaching, and professional development.
One "pillar" of IBME instruction is to promote equity in the classroom. We are committed to taking that pillar outside of the classroom and working with the regional communities that are part of this project to help promote equity more generally in the mathematical community. One of the project's goals is to support, collaborate with, and learn from instructors
(1) who hold identities underrepresented in the mathematical community,
(2) who teach at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), or
(3) who teach at two year colleges (TYCs), which as a group, disproportionately educate black and brown students in this country.
To meet this overarching project goal we are:
Intentionally learning more about diverse institutional contexts (e.g, TYCs, MSIs) to understand how IBL regional communities can help support their pedagogical goals;
Doing outreach to involve educators who are in the above categories;
Promoting equitable facilitation at all communities' regional workshops (as well as establishing a focus on equitable teaching among the workshops' goals);
Asking regional communities to prioritize diversity in their leadership team, their workshop facilitators, and the institutions where events are held;
Receiving guidance from our advisory board, which consists of Ami Radunskaya (past president of the Association for Women in Mathematics; Pomona College), Ryan Gantner (past director of the Upstate New York IBL Consortium; St. John Fisher College), and Annie Yi Han (past chair; Borough of Manhattan Community College).
The Network of IBL Communities has become an institutional member of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), one of whose primary goals is to promote "the mathematical development of all underrepresented minorities."
We are requiring existing and future regional communities associated with this project to publish visible, public statements of inclusion on their websites.
We are assembling a toolkit on equitable teaching in college math classrooms that we will distribute to all of the communities associated with this project.
We are designating mini-grants for running reading groups based on toolkit materials or other materials of their choosing related to anti-racism, both in the classroom and in general.
Our leadership team will hold targeted discussions on antiracist literature at least twice per year. Our first such meeting was June 10, 2020.
Finally, this list is not yet complete. As a starting point, its scope is necessarily narrow. We will continue to reflect on further actions we can take, as a project, to work within our spheres of influence to help dismantle anti-black racism more broadly. We will add to this list as we go.
For more information contact us at COMathInquiry@gmail.com. Are you posting on social media about your regional COMMIT events? Include our hashtag: #COMathInquiry or tweet us at @COMathInquiry


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Marvel Studios, make Tobey your Spider-Man; not ANOTHER remake. WE THE FANS DEMAND THIS (even though you've picked some dope while this was made)
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5008 signers. Almost there! Add your voice!
We pretty much all know that you don't want Andrew Garfield. Why recast the Spider-Man franchise with some actor that we, the audience aren't familiar with. We're barely familiar with Andrew, so who are we most familiar with? Easy: Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and I think you guys get the idea. There are plenty of people who want Tobey back- I guess they don't know that Spidey might be returning to Marvel Studios. Anyways, the Amazing Spider-Man did horrible at the box office. Why risk that happening to MARVEL STUDIOS with possibly an even worse outcome? You can tweak his personality so it's more loyal to the comics. (Also I don't want to see Uncle Ben die again). I just don't know whether you'll have to start all over or if you can just go with the plot of when he belonged to Sony. My point is bring in the original spider-man. make another remake would 1 drive both the Tobey and Andrew fans nuts and 2 take too long for him to show up in captain america: The Civil War. You'll have to recast, find a new director, find another special effects department and in between then and 2016, make another beginning for Peter Parker. 3 We'll be watching Captain America: Civil War and when we see the new Spider-Man and think who heck is this?Listen to your audience PLEASE. Also, I really hope that you noticed that Tobey's age is just about the same as Peter Parker's age during Civil War, therefore making the appearance of Tobey as the web slinger/ Peter Parker would be more loyal to the comics. And I'd assume that you want people to like "Civil War". Here's a suggestion: don't stick some guy who the audience hasn't seen as the wall crawler into those tights. Use Maguire! I hope we're clear on that.
So, to sum rhings up, out it this way, Sony/Marvel: WE DON'T CARE IF YOU ALREADY CHOSE THE ACTOR WHO'S GONNA BE SPIDER-MAN IN CAPTAIN AMERICA 3. WHOEVER IT IS, WE DON'T WANNA SEE AND GOOD LUCK GETTING GOOD BOX OFFICE RESULTS
Extremely sincerely.
P.S: Tom Holland's a dork. Your spider-men seem to get dorkier (Not referring to the nerdy kind that would be great for Peter Parker) every time you remake spider-man.Not to mention The Spider-Man franchise was once the very biggest franchise in Hollywood, as Sam Raimi's trilogy shattered records every step of the way (first film to open with $100m, first film to open with $150m, etc.) and earned near-$1 billion grosses back when there were only four movies ever to reach $1 billion. Now there are 18 such titles. More importantly, Spider-Man has returned in its new rebooted form and found itself no longer king of the proverbial comic book superhero mountain, but merely one of a handful of big franchises fighting for its piece of the pie. As someone who remembers the first Spider-Man's race to $400m domestic back in 2002 when only five films had done so, the notion of a Spider-Man sequel failing to cross $200m, which may just happen, off an opening weekend of $91m no less, is frankly beyond belief. Overseas grosses may save face (it's earned $56m in China), but the Spider-Man brand feels weaker than ever.
I guess we'll have to find out if Stan Lee is willing to have a worse outcome. Or he could pay attention to the news for a change. Not just his few second cameos in Marvel Movies.
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میلتلر آراسی بیریملر سیستمی یوخسا میلتلر آراسی واحیدلر سیستمی (اینگیلیسجه: International System of Units و فرانسه‌جه: Le Système International d'Unités)، قیسا اولاراق «اِس‌آی» (SI) - ۱۹۶۰-جی ایل «آغیرلیق‌لار و اؤلچۆلر» کوْنفرانسیندا تانیملانان بیر اؤلچو سیستمی دیر. اِس‌آی سیستمی، متریک سیستمی‌نین موعاصیرلشمیش فوْرمو کیمی تانینیر و دۆنیادا اَن چوْخ ایشله‌نن اؤلچۆ سیستمی دیر. اِس‌آی سیستمی‌نین ۷ اصلی بیریمی آمپر، کلوین، ثانیه، متر، کیلوْگیرم، کاندلا و موْل دور. بو اؤلچو سیستمینده اصلی بیریملرین یانیندا، ۲۲ تؤره‌مه بیریم ده واردیر.
مووقّت (1960): 7006165076373000000♠1650763.73 wavelengths in a vacuum of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the 2p10 and 5d5 quantum levels of the krypton-86 atom.
ایندی‌کی (1983): The distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1/7008299792458000000♠299792458 second.
گله‌جک (2019): The kilogram will be defined by taking the Planck constant h as exactly 6966662607015000000♠6.62607015×10−34 J⋅s (J = kg⋅m2⋅s−2), given the definitions of the metre and the second.
مووقّت (1956): 1/7007315569259747000♠31556925.9747 of the tropical year for 1900 January 0 at 12 hours ephemeris time.
ایندی‌کی (1967): The duration of 7009919263177000000♠9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.
ایندی‌کی (1946): The constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 m apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 6993200000000000000♠2×10−7 newtons per metre of length.
گله‌جک (2019): The ampere will be defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 6981160217663400000♠1.602176634×10−19 C (C = A⋅s), given the definition of the second.
اؤنجه‌کی (1743): The centigrade scale is obtained by assigning 0 °C to the freezing point of water and 100 °C to the boiling point of water.
گله‌جک (2019): The kelvin will be defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to be 6977138064900000000♠1.380649×10−23 J⋅K−1, (J = kg⋅m2⋅s−2), given the definition of the kilogram, the metre and the second.
ایندی‌کی (1967): The amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities[n ۴] as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12.
گله‌جک (2019): The amount of substance of exactly 7023602214076000000♠6.02214076×1023 elementary entities. This number is the fixed numerical value of the Avogadro constant, NA, when expressed in the unit mol−1 and is called the Avogadro number.
اؤنجه‌کی (1946): The value of the new candle is such that the brightness of the full radiator at the temperature of solidification of platinum is 60 new candles per square centimetre.
ایندی‌کی (1979): The luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 7014540000000000000♠5.4×1014 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.
↑ "کیلوْ-" اؤن‌اکینه باخمایاراق، «کیلوْگیرم» کۆتله‌نین اصلی بیریمی دیر. باشقا تؤره‌مه بیریملر ایسه «گیرم» یوْخ، بلکه کیلوْگیرم اساسیندا تعریفلنیرلر. آنجاق، اؤن‌اکلر گیرم ایله ایشلنیرلر. اؤرنک اۆچون: مقاگیرم.
↑ بو جیسم "میلتلر آراسی کیلوْگیرم نومونه‌سی" (IPK) دیر.
↑ ۱۹۵۴-جۆ ایلده، ترموْدینامیک دمانین بیریمی "درجه کلوین" اوْلاراق تانینیردی (K° سیمگه‌سی ایله) و ۱۹۶۷-جی ایلده آدی "کلوین"ـه دییشیلدی.
↑ موْل بیریمی ایشلنیرسه، تمل وارلیقلاری مۆعیّن ائتمک گرکدیر. بو تمل وارلیقلار آتوْملار، مولکوللار، یوْنلار، الکتروْنلار و باشقا ذرّه‌لر اوْلابیلرلر.
باشقا تعریفلر CGPM یا CIPM نتیجه‌لریندن آلینمیشدیر و "اس‌آی بوروشور"وندا گتیریلمیشدیر.
↑ بیر بیریمین تعریفی آیری بیر بیریمه باغلی اوْلسا، بو بیریم جدول‌ده تعریفی اوْنا باغلی اوْلدوغو بیریمدن سوْنرا سیرالانمیشدیر.
↑ رادیان دیمانسیون‌سوز بیریم کیمی تعریفلنیب دیر.
↑ ایسترادیان دیمانسیون‌سوز بیریم کیمی تعریفلنیب دیر.
↑ ۱٫۰ ۱٫۱ Taylor, Barry N.; Thompson, Ambler (2008). The International System of Units (SI) (Special publication 330). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
↑ Secula, Erik M. (7 October 2014). Redefining the Kilogram, The Past. یوْخلانیلیب22 August 2017.
↑ If you thought a kilogram weighed a kilogram, you were wrong (and the definition is about to change) (2018-11-15).
↑ McKenzie, A. E. E. (1961). Magnetism and Electricity. Cambridge University Press. p. 322.
بۇ صفحه سوْن دفعه ۲۹ دسامبر ۲۰۱۸، ۱۴:۲۶ تاریخینده دَییشدیریلمیشدیر.


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Eoten
Animist poet
Wild poetry, untamed stories and animist teachings from Eóten
Why Animism?
Animist Fundamentals
Foundation in Animism
The Way of Change
About Eoten
Animism & Witchcraft
Witchcraft is a part of my personal spiritual identity as a practitioner of Northern European animism. But is witchcraft animism?
The word witch traces back to the Old English wicce/wicca meaning wise person, magician or sorceress, and possibly futher back into Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo_European with a relation to words meaning sacred, to divide, to divine or to wake.
In the modern world, witchcraft encompasses a vast array of practices, beliefs and traditions. Many of these have roots in ancient Northern European paths, while others are rooted in other lands and cultures. It's relationship with animist is fluid and complex; these are areas of living experience that aren't easily defined into tidy boxes, and they vary between people, place and time.
But for me, witchcraft is a part of animism and also a religion that grew out of animism. It's a part of animism because much of non-religious witchcraft in the UK and other European countries is a continuation of deeply animistic folk magic, mysticism and reverance for the land and ancestors. These are practices that our ancestors have held and worked with for millenia, and while in witchcraft they take on a particular aesthetic, structure or intent, they are still deeply concerned with the relationships between people, their land and their community.
In this way witchcraft is a branch of the tree of animism, a particularly Northern European branch with rich modern resources.
But witchcraft can also be a religion, when it becomes hierarchical and organised around specific rules, such as which deities to honour and which ceremonies to practice at certain times. As we've talk about, animism is not a religion; and while our animistic ancestors would certainly have recognised the deities and ceremonies used in modern religious witchcraft, the highly ordered practice between separate communities would be alien to them.
And neither is all animism witchcraft; many people who practice animism use no folk magic at all. They work with angels or ancestors but no pantheistic deities or land spirits, and their ceremonies draw from completely different animistic roots and lands.
When we're talking about deeply personal spiritual experiences and concepts like this, it's important to remember that we can't – and dont need to – define the experiences of others for them. While I call my spiritual practices animism, others who have the same viewpoints and methods use different words, like witchcraft. While shared language is helpful, so that we can share and learn from each other, we have to remember that these words are simply viewfinders that help us work within a vast and ambiguous field of experience.
What matters more is our own personal understanding of the terms we use and the methods we apply, and our ability to work with them is a way that's helpful for ourselves and for others.
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" Government funding cuts are stifling UK export growth prospects,
The Sponsors' Alliance – comprising around 40 independent national Accredited Trade Organisations (ATOs) – has written to UK Trade Secretary Vince Cable airing its concern about what it regards as a pronounced contradiction between the Government's declared commitment to UK industry and its recent decision to make further cuts in funding to support exports.
According to the Sponsors Alliance, there is a marked disparity between the Government's declared aim to encourage a strong manufacturing- and export-led economic recovery and the actual level of Government support offered through the UK Trade & Investment's (UKTI) Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) to facilitate and encourage such growth and leadership.
In the letter to the Trade Secretary, Tim Collins, Chairman of the Sponsors Alliance, commented: "UKTI's infrastructure is not viable in the present economic climate. Instead of injecting significant levels of investment in order to boost exports and encourage UK companies to increase their international sales efforts, UKTI is burdened by staff, overheads and administrative costs, which make up around 75 per cent of its annual budget."
He added: "Under the previous Government, support to help new-to-export and new-to-market companies exhibit at overseas exhibitions was reduced from £20 million to £8 million. Now it has been slashed by a further 25%, to £6 million, while the equivalent German budget has increased to 42 million Euros (around £38m)."
Collins recognises the Government's recent Growth paper offers encouraging words; however he maintains that there is little real commitment to help UK companies – especially small- to medium-sized companies (SMEs) – to export their products and equipment to overseas markets – considered by many to be an essential element in the hoped-for economic recovery. "Much of the disappointment comes from the fact that there was initially very real hope that the new administration was committed to redressing the balance between the state-funded UKTI network and the UK's private trade associations," he said.
According to Collins, the reduction in Government support has resulted in a fall in the number of UK pavilions of British exporters in trade shows around the world. Instead, he points out that other national pavilions have grown bigger and better, so much so that in the past few years we have seen UK companies with offices overseas exhibit on German and Italian pavilions in China and other countries because the support they get amounts to a considerably cheaper option. "UK companies appearing on big, expensive-looking competitors' stands may work well for them, but is hardly radiating a vibrant and independent image of UK plc," he remarked.
Collins concluded: "We do have an opportunity to increase UK exports and therefore increase UK manufacturing, but competitor countries worldwide have the same strategy and, while many international competitors are doing all they can to support their exporters, the UK appears to be falling behind. If the Government wishes the UK recovery to be manufacturing- and export-led it needs to change the level of support it gives to exporters and not rely on a self-help website and a large number of civil servants. UKTI must reduce its operating costs, by reducing staff and administrative budgets; eliminating regional networks and reducing its marketing activities. The resulting savings should be channelled into programmes that directly benefit UK exporters. Trade associations remain committed to working with the Government but are still awaiting a meaningful call to arms."
About the Sponsors Alliance
The Sponsors Alliance is an organisation comprising around 40 independent, national Accredited Trade Organisations (ATOs). These ATOs represent thousands of member companies active in a wide range of industry sectors, together with hundreds of thousands of employees. Sponsors Alliance members organise and account for around 60 per cent of the TAP programme events and budgets.
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Myles Turner: 'Nothing Changes' Despite All the Trade Rumors Around Him
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Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner has been at the center of constant trade rumors over the past few years, particularly rumors that he and teammate Buddy Hield are headed to Los Angeles to play for the Lakers.
A lot of it is wishful thinking and outside perspective, hoping Turner's deft shooting and interior defense would be a perfect fit for turning the Lakers season around, but mainly, it's just noise. Noise that Turner isn't paying attention to anymore.
"Nothing changes," Turner told The Athletic after Sunday night's loss to the Los Angeles Clippers." Just go out there and focus on getting wins for this team. That's just where my focus lies. You can't pay attention to outside noise … doesn't change anything, bro. All I can do is go out there and play my game."
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— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) November 29, 2022
The Pacers won a nailbiter against the Lakers on Monday night at the buzzer due to a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Andrew Nembhard. It was Indiana's 12th win of the season; only six teams have more wins than them at this point of the year.
Turner is having one of the best seasons of his career. He is back at his natural position, a center, after last season's trade of Domantas Sabonis, and he's reaping the rewards. Despite Turner publicly stating how he could help a center-needy team like the Clippers on Adrian Wojnarowski's podcast earlier this season, the Pacers are off to a better start than the Clippers and Lakers.
He's blocking shots, rebounding well, and making shots at a sizzling clip. He's averaged 2.6 blocks per game, 18.0 points, and 8.5 rebounds, and he's making 1.5 threes per game. Turner is shooting 54.4 percent from the field, 39.7 percent from three, and 82.9 percent from the free throw line.
"Just win games, bro," Turner said between the loss to the Clippers and the win over the Lakers. "That's really all I want to hang my hat on, is winning games, being a part of winning games. That's the most important thing for me right now. Just help this franchise out, so what I can do."
Should the Lakers give up the two picks? Full audio of Pacers center Myles Turner on The Woj Pod: https://t.co/yP00bwvnMZ pic.twitter.com/GZvSg9BLyp
The Pacers are set to play the Kings on the road Wednesday night.
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Fun Homeschool Mom Blog: Called to a Ministry?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Paul reports in the above verses that he has seen good results from his ministry. Is he bragging about this? No. He writes that he can claim competence only through God in sharing the life-giving message of the Gospel.
Although I have felt for some time that God was calling me to share my Bible study with other Moms, I have felt too unqualified to step out and move forward.
As an answer to a prayer the very same day that I prayed it, a godly friend reminded me that it was indeed true: I am not competent for such a high task as sharing the Gospel of Almighty God with others. What was also true, she confided, was that God will supply me with all that I need to do his work. She urged me to never forget my complete dependence on God and all that he sends me.
R.C. Sproul's Reformation Bible has a note that states, "All ability and power in ministry comes from God, not from ourselves."
Lord, I pray that I will daily remember these truths and daily be humbled in your site in complete dependence on you.


Steph's Snack Shack: Nailed It!
I'm not even sure why I decided to make this marshmallow recipe because I don't even like marshmallows.....that is until I made them fresh and added peppermint!! These marshmallows were the perfect consistency and the peppermint was an instant burst of refreshment.
Place the gelatin into the stand mixer along with 1/2 cup of the water. Attach the whisk attachment.
In a small saucepan, combine the remaining 1/2 cup water, granulated sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Place over medium high heat, cover, and allow to cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
Uncover, clip a candy thermometer onto the side of the pan and continue to cook until the mixture reaches 240 degrees F, approximately 7 to 8 minutes. Once the mixture reaches this temperature, immediately remove from the heat.
Turn the mixer on low speed and, while running, slowly pour the sugar syrup down the side of the bowl into the gelatin mixture.
Once you have added all of the syrup, increase the speed to high.
Continue to whip until the mixture becomes very thick and is lukewarm, approximately 12 to 15 minutes.
Add the peppermint extract during the last minute of whipping.
Add the sugar and cornstarch mixture to the baking pan and move around to completely coat the bottom and sides of the pan. Return the remaining mixture to the bowl for later use.
When ready, pour the marshmallow mixture into the prepared pan, using a lightly oiled spatula for spreading evenly into the pan.
Dot the marshmallow across the pan with food coloring and using a fork or toothpick, swirl the food coloring to create a marbleized effect.
Dust the top with enough of the remaining sugar and cornstarch mixture to lightly cover. Reserve the rest for later.
Allow the marshmallows to sit uncovered for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Turn the marshmallows out onto a cutting board and cut into 1-inch squares using a knife dusted with the confectioners' sugar mixture.
Once cut, lightly dust all sides of each marshmallow with the remaining mixture, using additional if necessary.


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FlexiFit is an IOS application that renews the personal training business model by making it relevant to the fast-paced and digitally-connected world. We call it On-Demand Fitness.
We were approached to design and develop an iOS application that allowed people to source qualified personal trainers in the local area and have them be assisted within 2 hours, depending on their preferences.
We developed the app to allow users to search for a specific PT session, explore and select a suitable personal trainer in the local area, choose a date, time and location of the training session.
The aim was to make finding a personal trainer easier and faster in the local area. The application is split into two sections, where either a user looking for a trainer can source one, or where a certified PT can apply and advertise themselves on the platform.
FlexiFit has become a successful iOS build and is a concept that is currently being developed further due to its popular interest.
Overall, we think we're onto something with this one... watch this space.
A whole new approach to personal training.
Clients have flexibility over when, where and how they book their personal trainer. True on-demand services at a location that suits the client, making keeping fit that much easier.
Personal trainers gain access to a platform that can expand their client base, allowing them to reach people that they wouldn't otherwise have met.


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import React, {Component} from 'react'
import { SPACE, LEFT_ARROW, RIGHT_ARROW, LETTER_H, LETTER_L } from 'lib/keycodes'

const defaultStyles = {
  display: 'flex',
  justifyContent: 'center',
  height: '100%',
  width: '100%',
}

const userStyles = {
  fontFamily: '\'Open Sans\', sans-serif'
}

export default class Presentation extends Component {
  constructor(props, context) {
    super(props, context)
    this.state = {
      currentSlide: 0,
    }

    this.handleKeyUp = this.handleKeyUp.bind(this)
    this.nextSlide = this.nextSlide.bind(this)
    this.previousSlide = this.previousSlide.bind(this)
  }

  componentWillMount() {
    const hashSlide = parseInt(window.location.hash.replace('#', ''))
    this.setState({currentSlide: hashSlide})
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    window.addEventListener('keyup', this.handleKeyUp)
  }

  componentWillUnmount() {
    window.removeEventListener('keyup', this.handleKeyUp)
  }

  handleKeyUp({ keyCode }) {
    switch(keyCode) {
      case SPACE:
      case RIGHT_ARROW:
      case LETTER_L:
        this.nextSlide()
        break
      case LEFT_ARROW:
      case LETTER_H:
        this.previousSlide()
        break
    }
  }

  nextSlide() {
    this.setState((prevState) => {
      if (prevState.currentSlide < this.props.slides.length - 1) {
        return {
          currentSlide: prevState.currentSlide + 1,
        }
      }
    })
  }

  previousSlide() {
    this.setState((prevState) => {
      if (0 < prevState.currentSlide) {
        return {
          currentSlide: prevState.currentSlide - 1,
        }
      }
    })
  }

  render() {
    const styles = {...defaultStyles, ...userStyles}
    window.location = `#${this.state.currentSlide}`
    return (
      <div style={styles}>
        {this.props.slides[this.state.currentSlide]}
      </div>
    )
  }
}

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@import Quick;
@import Nimble;

#import "UIViewController+WMFSearch.h"
#import "WMFSearchViewController.h"
#import "MWKDataStore+TempDataStoreForEach.h"
#import "SessionSingleton.h"

@interface UIViewController (WMFSharedTestAccess)

+ (void)wmf_clearSearchViewController;

@end

QuickSpecBegin(UIViewController_WMFSearchButtonTests)

#pragma mark - Utils

    /**
 *  Dismiss the shared search view controller and wait for its view to leave the window.
 *
 *  The added wait is necessary because the view doesn't disappear synchronously even though the dismissal is not animated.
 */
    dispatch_block_t dismissSearchAndWait = ^{
        [[UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController] dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:nil];

        [self expectationForPredicate:
                  [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:
                                   ^BOOL(UIViewController *_Nonnull evaluatedObject, NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *_Nullable bindings) {
                                       return evaluatedObject.view.window == nil;
                                   }]
                  evaluatedWithObject:[UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController]
                              handler:nil];
        [self waitForExpectationsWithTimeout:10 handler:nil];
    };

/**
 *  Present the shared search view controller from a given presenting view controller and wait for its view to enter the window.
 *
 *  The added wait is necessary because the view doesn't appear synchronously even though the presentation is not animated.
 */
void (^presentSearchFromVCAndWait)(UIViewController *presentingVC) = ^(UIViewController *presentingVC) {
    [presentingVC wmf_showSearchAnimated:NO];

    [self expectationForPredicate:
              [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:
                               ^BOOL(UIViewController *_Nonnull evaluatedObject, NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *_Nullable bindings) {
                                   return evaluatedObject.view.window != nil;
                               }]
              evaluatedWithObject:[UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController]
                          handler:nil];
    [self waitForExpectationsWithTimeout:10 handler:nil];
};

#pragma mark - Setup

/**
 *  Dummy @c UIViewController which is used to present search.
 *
 *  Recycled between tests.
 *
 *  @warning Do not call @c wmf_showSearch: directly on this or other view controllers during tests. Use the utility
 *           functions provided above to ensure the search view is in the window before proceeding.
 */
__block UIViewController *testVC = nil;

configureTempDataStoreForEach(tempDataStore, ^{
    [UIViewController wmf_setSearchButtonDataStore:tempDataStore];
    testVC = [UIViewController new];
    [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] setRootViewController:testVC];
});

afterEach(^{
    // tear down search
    if ([UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController].view.window) {
        dismissSearchAndWait();
    }
    [UIViewController wmf_clearSearchViewController];
    testVC.view.window.rootViewController = nil;
});

#pragma mark - Tests

describe(@"search button", ^{
    it(@"should be presentable from different view controllers", ^{
        presentSearchFromVCAndWait(testVC);

        WMFSearchViewController *oldSearchVC = [UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController];

        dismissSearchAndWait();

        UIViewController *otherTestVC = [UIViewController new];

        testVC.view.window.rootViewController = otherTestVC;

        presentSearchFromVCAndWait(otherTestVC);

        expect([UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController]).to(equal(oldSearchVC));
    });
});

describe(@"global searchVC", ^{
    void (^verifyGlobalVCOutOfWindowResetAfterNotificationNamed)(NSString *) = ^(NSString *notificationName) {
        presentSearchFromVCAndWait(testVC);

        expect([UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController]).toNot(beNil());

        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:notificationName object:nil];

        expect([UIViewController wmf_sharedSearchViewController]).to(beNil());
    };

    it(@"should be reset on memory warnings when it is not in the window", ^{
        verifyGlobalVCOutOfWindowResetAfterNotificationNamed(UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification);
    });

    it(@"should reset when the app enters the background if it's not in the window", ^{
        verifyGlobalVCOutOfWindowResetAfterNotificationNamed(UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification);
    });
});

QuickSpecEnd


NILBOG: the unauthorized musical parody of Troll 2 returns for a special Halloween show with new songs and new cast members!
NILBOG premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June 2016, then morphed into a special 360 version in-the-round for the ScareLA Halloween Convention in Pasadena in August. That stoked the goblins' insatiable hunger enough to return for a special Halloween show in North Hollywood.
Performances are held at Crown City Theatre.