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Rôle de tierce-partie – Secrétaire générale adresse le Conseil – Procès-verbal
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S/PV.4474
Fifty-seventh year
4474th meeting
Thursday, 21 February 2002, 3 pm
President: Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico)
Members: Bulgaria Mr. Raychev
Cameroon Mr. Belinga-Eboutou
China Mr. Wang Yingfan
Colombia Mr. Rivas
France Mr. Levitte
Guinea Mr. Diallo
Ireland Mr. Ryan
Mauritius Mr. Bhuckory
Norway Mr. Strømmen
Russian Federation Mr. Lavrov
Singapore Ms. Foo
Syrian Arab Republic Mr. Wehbe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Sir Jeremy Greenstock
United States of America Mr. Negroponte
The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
Identical letters dated 20 February 2002 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council (S/2002/182)
Letter dated 20 February 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2002/184)
* Reissued for technical reasons.
Adoption of the agenda
The agenda was adopted.
The President (spoke in Spanish): I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Israel and Yemen, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure.
There being no objection, it is so decided.
At the invitation of the President, the representative of Israel took a seat at the Council table.
At the invitation of the President, the representative of Yemen took a seat at the Council table.
The President (spoke in Spanish): I should also like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 21 February 2002 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, which will be issued as document S/2002/186 and which reads as follows:
"I have the honour to request that, in accordance with its previous practice, the Security Council invite the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in the meeting of the Security Council to be held today, Thursday, 21 February 2002, regarding the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem."
I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to participate in the meeting in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard.
A the invitation of the President, the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine took a seat at the Council table.
The President (spoke in Spanish ): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in response to the letter dated 20 February 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, document S/2002/184, and to the letter dated 20 February 2002 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, document S/2002/182.
I should also like to draw attention to documents received so far during the month of February, namely, S/2002/185, S/2002/175, S/2002/174, S/2002/165, S/2002/164, S/2002/155, S/2002/146 and S/2002/142.
In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, the Council will hear at this meeting a statement by the Secretary-General. Thereafter, I, as President of the Security Council, will make a statement on behalf of the Council.
I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, and invite him to take the floor.
The Secretary-General : The news from the Middle East is grim. Day by day, the toll of dead and wounded on both sides mounts. Day by day, the bitterness and mutual distrust between Israelis and Palestinians intensifies. Increasingly, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict risks sliding towards full-fledged war. Truly, we are nearing the edge of the abyss.
During the past seven days there have been more than 60 deaths on both sides. Unless something happens to change the dynamic, it is all too likely that violence will escalate still further. Particularly alarming is the growing belief, among both Palestinians and Israelis, that there can be no negotiated solution to the conflict. As we all know, hopelessness and despair tend to lead to more extreme measures, with tragic consequences for the region.
Eighteen months after the beginning of the second intifada, the cost to both Israelis and Palestinians grows ever higher in terms of human suffering, bitterness, disillusion and mistrust. The key problems remain occupation; security — the need to end violence, including terrorism; and economic deprivation and suffering. These are interlinked problems, encompassing the political, security and economic domains.
Yet even at this darkest of hours, there is still room for hope. In the midst of the bitterness and the despair, with clamour on both sides for revenge and for ever more desperate and reckless measures, there is a path back to the negotiating table — if the parties choose to take it.
Let us not forget that the parties have agreed, in principle, that there is a way out — namely, the Tenet understandings and the Mitchell recommendations. Taken together, these documents defined an array of security, economic and political measures that would have moved the parties back to the table to negotiate the fundamental issues that divide them.
However, "in principle" is not "in practice". In fact, as we know, the parties have not implemented either of these plans. If Tenet and Mitchell have not failed, they can certainly not be said to have succeeded. Clearly, the situation that is now unfolding requires urgent steps, moving beyond a discussion focused on how to pursue Tenet and Mitchell.
New thinking and imaginative new ideas are now being proposed from several quarters. This is to be welcomed, and such ideas should be considered promptly and thoroughly, both by the parties and by the international community. A reduction in the violence is the most immediate priority. But I have become more and more convinced that trying to resolve the security problem on its own cannot work. Security cannot be dealt with in isolation; it has to have a context. It has to be addressed alongside key political issues, particularly the question of land, and economic and social issues, including the increasingly critical, desperate conditions of the Palestinians.
Failure to address these issues together will only spawn new and perhaps deadlier exchanges of reciprocal violence. Unless both parties have a political horizon on which their hopes for peace and an improved livelihood can be based, there will be no enduring ceasefire. It is imperative that both parties exercise maximum restraint, particularly with regard to attacks against civilians. It cannot be overemphasized that both parties must adhere to their obligations under international law to protect the basic rights of civilians, including the right to security.
The lack of mutual confidence between the two sides makes a third party role essential. The breakdown of trust is so total that neither side will believe the other when it comes to the implementation of agreements. I truly believe that it is imperative for the Security Council and the wider international community to work in a concerted manner with the parties towards a just, lasting and comprehensive peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Middle East.
As the Council knows, I and my representative have throughout been in very close contact with leaders on both sides, in the region and among the international community. However, in light of the gravity of the situation, I have asked my Special Coordinator, Terje Roed-Larsen, to intensify his consultations with the parties and with members of the "Quartet", as well as with regional and international actors.
The outlook is bleak. But the present course of events is not irreversible. There is a high road — which the parties themselves were on not so long ago — as well as a low road. Let us do everything in our power to persuade the parties to pull back from the brink and return to the high road.
The President (spoke in Spanish): I thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as President of the Security Council.
I thank the Secretary-General, in my capacity as President of the Security Council, for the frankness, clarity and sense of urgency with which he set forth his thinking, as well as that of his envoys, on the situation in the Middle East. One thing that we all share with him is that we repudiate violence — it resolves nothing. We regret the vicious circle and spiral of aggression and death in the Middle East — in Palestine, Israel and the occupied territories. We share his view that the situation is intolerable and entails serious risks for international security. We deplore the suffering of the civilian population, the loss of human life and the destruction. All of us want to do something to bring it to an end. We support the United Nations presence in the conflict scenario. We support the efforts of the Secretary-General, and we are concerned about the safety of personnel deployed throughout the region. The concern and dedication that the Secretary-General brings to his work does honour to the Organization.
This meeting, at which we heard from the Secretary-General about the serious situation in the Middle East, is part of a process. Not without difficulty, the members of the Security Council reached agreement on holding periodic consultations as to the situation in the Middle East, based upon information and points of view afforded us by the Secretariat. We have already met informally on two occasions. We are now meeting publicly, as a preamble to the debate that we have agreed to hold shortly.
That is why the members of the Council have preferred not to speak on the situation in Palestine or on the role that the Security Council might play. We look forward to that debate. The effort that we can make to contribute to peace, to resolve the conflict and to halt the bloodshed will be an essential part of our deliberations. The delegation of Palestine and the Group of Arab States have asked us urgently to convene a meeting to discuss and consider their proposals. We will do so as soon as those proposals are ready.
Meanwhile, the members of the Council welcome the words of the Secretary-General. We shall analyse his opinions and consider his suggestions. On that basis, and in consultation with our capitals, we shall prepare to argue our positions and, above all, to propose new initiatives. We will make a great effort to resolve our differences. We all want to give the Organization and the Security Council the opportunity to become part of the solution as of today.
As we explore, together with the Secretary-General, new ways for the United Nations to become active in the Middle East, we share the conviction of the Secretary-General and of Secretariat officials that essential elements of peace-building are the political will of the parties, confidence-building between them, prudence and mutual consideration. Without these, any international effort will prove futile. In doing our utmost to achieve such understanding, we will be living up to our own responsibilities and fulfilling our Organization's mandate.
In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I intend to adjourn the meeting now and will convene the next meeting on this item after further consultations with members of the Security Council.
This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the interpretation of speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council . Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room C-178.


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Q: Hide keyboard when showing DialogFragment on tablet? I am using DialogFragment with ListView (to list all customer) and EditText (to search from list), it's working fine.  But, whenever the dialog shows from the fragment, the keyboard is always shown and the user needs to resign. Is there any way to hide this at the first time while showing the dialog fragment? then, when the user clicks on edit text, the keyboard should appear.
I have tried setting android:focusable="false" in my XML but, it always hides the keyboard after click on EditText also not showing.
Then I tried setting android:focusableInTouchMode="true" but, getting same as above

A: In your DialogFragment onCreateView() add the following:
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                    Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
 View view = super.onCreateView( inflater, container, savedInstanceState );
 //to hide keyboard when showing dialog fragment
 getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
 return view;
}

A: This should solve your problem
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"

or
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged"

A: use this method, it works for me:
public void hideSoftKeyboard() {
        try {
            View windowToken = getDialog().getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView();
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getDialog().getContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow( windowToken.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Log.e(ex);
        }
    }

A: Case 1:If you want close keyboard on open of dialog fragment
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                    Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
 View view = super.onCreateView( inflater, container, savedInstanceState );
 //to hide keyboard when showing dialog fragment
 getDialog().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
 return view;
}

case 2:If you want close keyboard on selection autocompletetext or any other edit text view use simple
 public static void hideDialogFragmentKeyboard(Context context,View view) {
        view.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), 0);
            }
        }, 100);
    }

I think this will work

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In the same way that mget allows us to retrieve multiple documents at once, the bulk API allows us to make multiple create, index, update, or delete requests in a single step. This is particularly useful if you need to index a data stream such as log events, which can be queued up and indexed in batches of hundreds or thousands.
Every line must end with a newline character (\n), including the last line. These are used as markers to allow for efficient line separation.
The lines cannot contain unescaped newline characters, as they would interfere with parsing. This means that the JSON must not be pretty-printed.
In Why the Funny Format?, we explain why the bulk API uses this format.
The action/metadata line specifies what action to do to which document.
Create a document only if the document does not already exist. See Creating a New Document.
Create a new document or replace an existing document. See Indexing a Document and Updating a Whole Document.
Do a partial update on a document. See Partial Updates to Documents.
Delete a document. See Deleting a Document.
The metadata should specify the _index, _type, and _id of the document to be indexed, created, updated, or deleted.
The request body line consists of the document _source itself—the fields and values that the document contains. It is required for index and create operations, which makes sense: you must supply the document to index.
It is also required for update operations and should consist of the same request body that you would pass to the update API: doc, upsert, script, and so forth. No request body line is required for a delete.
Notice how the delete action does not have a request body; it is followed immediately by another action.
Remember the final newline character.
One or more requests has failed.
The HTTP status code for this request reports 409 CONFLICT.
The error message explaining why the request failed.
The second request succeeded with an HTTP status code of 200 OK.
That also means that bulk requests are not atomic: they cannot be used to implement transactions. Each request is processed separately, so the success or failure of one request will not interfere with the others.
The entire bulk request needs to be loaded into memory by the node that receives our request, so the bigger the request, the less memory available for other requests. There is an optimal size of bulk request. Above that size, performance no longer improves and may even drop off. The optimal size, however, is not a fixed number. It depends entirely on your hardware, your document size and complexity, and your indexing and search load.
Fortunately, it is easy to find this sweet spot: Try indexing typical documents in batches of increasing size. When performance starts to drop off, your batch size is too big. A good place to start is with batches of 1,000 to 5,000 documents or, if your documents are very large, with even smaller batches.
It is often useful to keep an eye on the physical size of your bulk requests. One thousand 1KB documents is very different from one thousand 1MB documents. A good bulk size to start playing with is around 5-15MB in size.


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4th Grade ELA (Monica Brown)
Unit 1: Endangered Animals
Unit 2: Civil Rights as a Global Issue
Unit 3: This Land is Our Land
Unit 4: Sentence Structure
Unit 5: A Different Perspective
Unit 6: Bud, Not Buddy
Unit 7: The Value of Work and Play
Unit 8: TCAP Testing
Unit 9: Black History
Unit 10: U. S. Government
Unit 11: The Weather and Climate Around Us
Unit 12: Grammar Usage
Unit 13: School Days
Unit 14: Olympics
Unit 15: Stuart Little
Unit 16: Parts of Speech
LESSON 1: An Analysis of Story Elements in Because of Winn-Dixie
LESSON 2: Because of Winn-Dixie Literacy Centers
LESSON 3: How to Use a Timeline to Summarize Events in Because of Winn-Dixie
LESSON 4: Design a Cause and Effect Poster for Because of Winn-Dixie
LESSON 5: Using Text Features to Summarize Text
LESSON 6: A Close Read of Grandfather's Journey
LESSON 7: Use a Character Sketch to Describe the Grandfather in Grandfather's Journey
LESSON 8: Vocabulary Building for Grandfather's Journey
LESSON 9: Analyzing Story Elements of Grandfather's Journey
LESSON 10: Constructing Written Responses to Text-Based Questions About Grandfather's Journey
LESSON 11: A Close Read of The Horned Toad Prince
LESSON 12: Constructed Response Assessment on The Horned Toad Prince
LESSON 13: A Close Read of Letters Home from Yosemite
LESSON 14: Creating a summary of the story Letters Home from Yosemite using an interactive voice recorder
LESSON 15: This Land is Your Land close read and literacy centers
LESSON 16: Telling a story through Kerpoof about the uniqueness of the USA as a Unit Assessment
LESSON 17: Creating a Kerpoof story about the uniqueness of the USA as a Unit Assessment
Design a Cause and Effect Poster for Because of Winn-Dixie
SWBAT design a cause and effect poster based on events in the story Because of Winn-Dixie.
Students use events in the story Because of Winn-Dixie to design a cause and effect poster.
Comprehension (Reading)
RL.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
(Hook - Teacher drops eraser on the floor and asks what caused the eraser to drop to the floor. Students respond with a variety of answers.)
I tell my scholars that today we will discuss cause and effect. A cause is "why" something happens. The effect is "what" happened. The cause of the eraser dropping on the floor is gravity. Gravity is the force which causes objects to fall to the Earth. The effect or what happened is the eraser fell to the floor.
Now, I allow them to practice by working with a partner. One person says an effect or "what" happens and the other says a cause of that effect or "why" it happened.
Next, I tell them that I want them to work independently and make a list of at least 5 things that happened in the story Because of Winn-Dixie on the right side of the T-chart graphic organizer. Then list the causes of those things happening on the left side of the graphic organizer. Once they have their list, I will check over it and then they may select 1 cause and 1 effect and create a cause and effect poster of that event.
Cause & Effect Chart.xlsx
Science and Art Connections
Now, we'll take a gallery walk to see what events were illustrated on the cause and effect posters. When students do their gallery walk, I ask them to see if they can determine what is the cause and effect being illustrated on the poster, write it on a post-it note, and stick it next to the illustration.
Creating Acronyms to Formulate Opinions and Using Textual References as Evidence
9th Grade ELA » Poetry Analysis
Donna Fletcher
Keeping the Fire Burning: Drafting an Opinion Piece
4th grade ELA » Firestorm!
Jody Barnes
More Mystery: Shakespeare's Secret
4th Grade ELA » Mystery Mayhem
Rebecca Strebel
RL.4.1RL.4.2RL.4.3RL.4.4RL.4.7

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While Emil and Carl were amusing them- selves at the fair, Alexandra was at home, busy with her account-books, which had been ne- glected of late. She was almost through with her figures when she heard a cart drive up to the gate, and looking out of the window she saw her two older brothers. They had seemed to avoid her ever since Carl Linstrum's arrival, four weeks ago that day, and she hurried to the door to welcome them. She saw at once that they had come with some very definite purpose. They followed her stiffly into the sitting-room. Oscar sat down, but Lou walked over to the window and remained standing, his hands be- hind him.
"Yes. Carl and Emil went up to the Catho- lic fair."
Alexandra rapped impatiently on her desk with her knuckles. "Listen, Lou. Don't talk wild. You say you ought to have taken things into your own hands years ago. I suppose you mean before you left home. But how could you take hold of what wasn't there? I've got most of what I have now since we divided the prop- erty; I've built it up myself, and it has nothing to do with you."
"Yes, of course," Lou broke in. "Everybody knows that. Oscar and me have always been easy-going and we've never made any fuss. We were willing you should hold the land and have the good of it, but you got no right to part with any of it. We worked in the fields to pay for the first land you bought, and what- ever's come out of it has got to be kept in the family."
Alexandra looked from one to the other, her eyes full of indignation. She had been impa- tient before, but now she was beginning to feel angry. "And what about my work?" she asked in an unsteady voice.
Lou looked at the carpet. "Oh, now, Alex- andra, you always took it pretty easy! Of course we wanted you to. You liked to manage round, and we always humored you. We realize you were a great deal of help to us. There's no woman anywhere around that knows as much about business as you do, and we've always been proud of that, and thought you were pretty smart. But, of course, the real work always fell on us. Good advice is all right, but it don't get the weeds out of the corn."
"Maybe not, but it sometimes puts in the crop, and it sometimes keeps the fields for corn to grow in," said Alexandra dryly. "Why, Lou, I can remember when you and Oscar wanted to sell this homestead and all the im- provements to old preacher Ericson for two thousand dollars. If I'd consented, you'd have gone down to the river and scraped along on poor farms for the rest of your lives. When I put in our first field of alfalfa you both opposed me, just because I first heard about it from a young man who had been to the University. You said I was being taken in then, and all the neighbors said so. You know as well as I do that alfalfa has been the salvation of this coun- try. You all laughed at me when I said our land here was about ready for wheat, and I had to raise three big wheat crops before the neigh- bors quit putting all their land in corn. Why, I remember you cried, Lou, when we put in the first big wheat-planting, and said everybody was laughing at us."
Lou felt that they were wandering from the point, and that in digression Alexandra might unnerve him. He wiped his forehead with a jerk of his handkerchief. "We never doubted you, Alexandra. We never questioned any- thing you did. You've always had your own way. But you can't expect us to sit like stumps and see you done out of the property by any loafer who happens along, and making yourself ridiculous into the bargain."
Oscar rose. "Yes," he broke in, "every- body's laughing to see you get took in; at your age, too. Everybody knows he's nearly five years younger than you, and is after your money. Why, Alexandra, you are forty years old!"
Lou and Oscar looked at each other ques- tioningly. There seemed to be nothing to do but to go, and they walked out.
Lou looked anxious, nevertheless. "Of course," he reflected hopefully and incon- sistently, "Alexandra ain't much like other women-folks. Maybe it won't make her sore. Maybe she'd as soon be forty as not!"


Megaplex is a furry convention first held in March 2002 as Pawpet Megaplex. The latest edition, Megaplex XVII, was held August 3-5, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. The convention's slogan is Florida Sun, Furry Fun.
Megaplex's stated goal is to provide "a celebration of interactive arts and performance, with a primary focus on anthropomorphics and fantasy". Programming has focused on fursuiting, puppetry, improvisation, and other types of performance.
Megaplex has featured musical performances by Toxic Audio, 4:2:Five, Matthew Ebel, Fox Amoore and Rhubarb the Bear, stage performances including musicals Julie Bunny Must Die! and Fosgate: Ferret Loan Officer, and out-of-fandom honored guests including Trace Beaulieu, Paul Zaloom and Noel MacNeal.
A variety of factors had caused Megaplex's attendance to fluctuate in its first decade, though it has been steadily increasing since 2010. The 2018 event had 2,602 in attendance, the highest to date.
Pawpet Megaplex came into being as a replacement for Furry Spring Break, which was held in 2001. Furry Spring Break was unable to secure hotel space for a second convention in 2002, and folded. In its stead, Pawpet Live Experiences, Inc. was formed and on short notice held the first Pawpet Megaplex at the Ramada Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL. The convention supported the animal rescue C.A.R.E. Foundation, featuring a live animal presentation. The convention has continued to support the same charity each year.
The convention moved to the movie-themed Sheraton Studio City Resort for its second and third years, closer to Universal Studios Florida. In 2003 the convention had its first guest of honor, Susan Rankin, and first of many musical guests, a capella group Toxic Audio. In 2004 Megaplex officially dropped the "Pawpet" from the name. Megaplex 3 was the first year to make heavy use of the convention theme ("MP3", derived from the abbreviation of the convention name) with posters and hallway decor.
The convention upgraded to larger quarters at the Sheraton World Resort, right next door to the SeaWorld Orlando theme park, from 2005 to 2006, continuing to introduce new traditions such as a Saturday Night "Rocky Horror Picture Show" viewing complete with staff members as cast members.
Due to rising hotel costs in Orlando, Megaplex temporarily moved in 2007 and 2008 the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida.
Returning to the Orlando area, Megaplex was held at the Worldgate Resort in Kissimmee, Florida from 2009 to 2012, a short distance from Walt Disney World's main gate. The convention was rescheduled from March to late July to achieve better costs and hotel rates, and to help space the event out from the growing FWA. The con expanded its meeting space to include a larger Dealer's Den, an Artist Alley, and lounge area dubbed "The Lair."
From 2013 to 2015 Megaplex returned to Orlando proper and expanded into larger meeting space at the Marriott Orlando Airport hotel. The convention has increased its focus on quality main events and immersive theming. At the end of Megaplex XIV it was announced that the convention would be moving in 2016 to the Embassy Suites - Lake Buena Vista South in Kissimmee to accommodate the convention's growth.
After only 1 year Megaplex had outgrown the Embassy Suites - Lake Buena Vista South and at closing ceremonies of Megaplex XV announced that it would be moving to the Seaworld DoubleTree in Orlando, FL for Megaplex XVI. Megaplex had previously been held at this property for Megaplex 4 and Megaplex 5 when it was the Sheraton World Resort.
Pre-registered attendees can provide a personal avatar to appear on their convention badge.
Megaplex was the first furry convention to introduce a convention fursuit mascot, Pounce the Panther, in 2008.
Starting in 2012, Megaplex has created a commemorative poster celebrating each year's convention. One copy of the poster is offered for sale at the convention's charity auction.
Collectible glassware is given to all attendees.
Megaplex offers high dollar member levels above supersponsors, Megasponsor and Gigasponsor. Both receive all the perks of a Supersponsor level, plus special unique gifts each year such as engraved pocketwatches.
Game show concepts have been introduced such as "Fursuit Deal or Big Deal," partly mirroring Deal or No Deal, with fursuiters instead of models.
The convention's main events have been streamed live online since 2005.
An exclusive hospitality lounge with hot meals is provided to sponsor and higher level attendees.
The convention has donated "con badge number 1" for the following year in the charity auction since 2010. This badge number is usually reserved for convention chairman. The auctioning of badge number 1 raised over $300 for charity in 2010.
Hall prizes called "Achievements" are awarded to attendees who accomplish them at any point during the convention. Most achievements are typically kept secret until the time they are rewarded.
Megaplex archives all of its past con books, artwork, badge imagery, photos and videos on-line, available for all individuals to view on its web site.
Pawpet Live Experiences, Inc. (PLEx) is a class C for-profit corporation operating out of the State of Florida.. PLEx, Inc. was incorporated in January 2002, a mere two months before putting on Pawpet Megaplex 1, and went the faster route of incorporating under the less stringent for-profit statutes. PLEx will be succeeded by Florida United Furry Fandom, Inc. (FLUFF), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit , for the 2019 convention year.
PLEx, Inc.'s current president is Randy "Yappy" Fox, and the vice president is Erik "Hino" Johansen. The role of convention chairman is currently held by Erik "Hino" Johansen.
A listing of Megaplex staff and their roles, including former staff members, is available on the convention's website and archives.
Megaplex's mascot is Pounce the Panther, a Florida panther (an endangered subspecies of cougar). Pounce was introduced as the Megaplex fursuit mascot, in 2008 at Megaplex 7, as Megapanther to match the comic book theme of that year's Megaplex. Pounce is seen at Megaplex in a costume that matches that year's theme.
Pawpet Megaplex 2 21-23 March 2003 Hollywood Sheraton Studio City Resort Orlando, FL Susan Rankin Toxic Audio 197 ? ?
↑ Megaplex - Pawpet Live Experience Inc. Accessed November 12, 2017.
↑ Megaplex website - About us, #Meet Pounce the Panther on Megaplex website, archived 2015 March 24 at archive.org Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015 July 31.


Jill Peláez Baumgaertner is professor of English Emerita and former dean of Humanities and Theological Studies at Wheaton College (2001-2017), where she also served as Acting Provost in 2018. She received her Ph.D. from Emory University and taught at Valparaiso University.
Dr. Baumgaertner has authored ve collections of poetry, including What Cannot Be Fixed (2014); a textbook on poetry; a book on Flannery O'Connor; and edited the poetry anthology Imago Dei (2012). She has also written lyrics for compositions by Richard Hillert, Carl Schalk, Michael Costello, and Daniel Kellogg.
Regional conferences afford members an opportunity to learn from one another and to build networks of support for their scholarly and professional endeavors. They also offer graduate students an opportunity to gain valuable experience presenting at conferences.
Flannery O'Connor's attribution of a "Christ-haunted" South, the metaphysical revenant that haunts Derrida's "Of Spirit," George Steiner's Real Presences that "rattle about [language] like old rags or ghosts in the attic," Richard Harries's 2018 Haunted by Christ: Modern Writers and the Struggle for Faith, the recent currency of postsecular analysis—in these and many more instances a post-Christian literature, critical discourse, and broader culture has long been coming to terms with the terms and continuing claims of its past. This conference seeks to explore and extend that haunting by inviting work that will address a variety of intersections between time, the Christian faith, and the literary enterprise.
Projects finding other ways to engage the relationship between Christianity and literature are also welcome.
Undergraduate participation has become an important part of the SECCL; we expect to feature several undergraduate panels.
Please send 250-word abstracts or any other inquiries to Dr. Chad Schrock, cschrock@leeuniversity.edu. The deadline to submit an abstract is Friday, March 29, 2019.
Please submit abstracts of 150-200 words to Bernadette Waterman Ward (bward@udallas.edu) by May 30, 2019.


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Q: No route matches {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"create"} - It does Edit: I've seen a number of these but couldn't find an answer to this so I'm attempting to document it as best I can and asking this question.
I have a model-less rails app (calling an API) with a nested comments resource.  I am able to post a comment against a story if I go directly to the comments#new or comments#index action and accordingly post to the comments#create action.
However I'd like very much to be able to post a comment on the same page as the #show action of the parent resource: (opusses#show)
I've tried using the rails url_helper path from rake routes as opuss_comments_path and explicitly stating the controller and action. In both cases I still get this message:
No route matches {:controller=>"comments", :action=>"create"}

Here is my routes db:
resources :users
resources :sessions,  only: [:new, :create, :destroy]
resources :osessions, only: [:new, :create, :destroy]

resources :authors do
  member do
    get   :following
    get   :followed
    post  :follow
  end
end

resources :opusses do

  resources :comments

  member  do
    get   :like
    get   :authorfeed
    post  :repost
  end
end

And my Rake Routes:
                   DELETE /authors/:id(.:format)                         authors#destroy
    opuss_comments GET    /opusses/:opuss_id/comments(.:format)          comments#index
                   POST   /opusses/:opuss_id/comments(.:format)          comments#create
 new_opuss_comment GET    /opusses/:opuss_id/comments/new(.:format)      comments#new
edit_opuss_comment GET    /opusses/:opuss_id/comments/:id/edit(.:format) comments#edit
     opuss_comment GET    /opusses/:opuss_id/comments/:id(.:format)      comments#show
                   PUT    /opusses/:opuss_id/comments/:id(.:format)      comments#update
                   DELETE /opusses/:opuss_id/comments/:id(.:format)      comments#destroy

&&
        like_opuss GET    /opusses/:id/like(.:format)                    opusses#like
  authorfeed_opuss GET    /opusses/:id/authorfeed(.:format)              opusses#authorfeed
      repost_opuss POST   /opusses/:id/repost(.:format)                  opusses#repost
           opusses GET    /opusses(.:format)                             opusses#index
                   POST   /opusses(.:format)                             opusses#create
         new_opuss GET    /opusses/new(.:format)                         opusses#new
        edit_opuss GET    /opusses/:id/edit(.:format)                    opusses#edit
             opuss GET    /opusses/:id(.:format)                         opusses#show
                   PUT    /opusses/:id(.:format)                         opusses#update
                   DELETE /opusses/:id(.:format)                         opusses#destroy

When I call the code below from comments#index page it works perfectly.  However it's quite common to post to another form from a different controller and when I call this code from the opusses#show page it fails with the error above.
On the off chance it had to do with the URL helper, I tried specifying the controller and action explicitly and that still didn't work - generated the same error.

A: Classic newbie mistake, but for others benefit =>
I had rake routes and I had the path correct, what I wasn't doing was submitting a the id of the parent resource.  So POST to the path and include the object in question.  In my case this mean opuss_comments_path(@opuss["xyz"]) where xyz was the id of my object.
opuss_comments GET    /opusses/:opuss_id/comments(.:format)          comments#index
               POST   /opusses/:opuss_id/comments(.:format)          comments#create

Ah.. learning. :)

A: Based on your routes, You shouldn't have to use a url helper. but you do have to make sure that you have a handle on the Opuss object in the controller. so do something like this ;
@opuss = Opuss.find(params[:id]) #or your equivalent finder code
@comment = @opuss.comments.build

and then in your view;
<%= form_for([@opuss, @comment]) do |f| %>
  .... rest of form
<% end %>


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Нойбуков () — город в Германии, в земле Мекленбург-Передняя Померания. Родина Генриха Шлимана.

Входит в состав района Бад-Доберан. Население составляет 4019 человек (на 31 декабря 2010 года). Занимает площадь 24,99 км². Официальный код — 13 0 51 047.

Расположение
Город лежит между Ганзейскими городами Ростоком и Визмаром, в 11 км от побережья Балтийского моря (Рерик). К Нойбукову относятся районы Бушмюлен, Мальпендорф, Панцов, Шприхузен и Штайнбринк, которые были включены в его состав в 1952 году.

История

История названия
Первоначальное название Буков (Bukow) происходило от полабского слова bukov и buk и обозначало бук. В 1260 это местечко получило новое название novum oppidum bukow (Новый город буков), в 1270 — Nova Buchowe. С течением времени зафиксировалось название города Нойбуков (Neubukow).

Становление и развитие города
В XII веке на этой территории возникло славянское поселение. Город был основан переселенцами немецкого происхождения в середине XIII века около крепости Bukow. В документах от 1192 года есть упоминание о создании здесь церковного прихода. Как и многие города, построенные в те времена в Мекленбурге, Нойбуков имел решетчатую сеть улиц, центральный рынок с ратушей и городские укрепления с четырьмя городскими воротами. Во второй половине XIII века началось строительство готической трёхнефной приходской церкви. В это же время была построена и водяная мельница.
В 1709 году в городе была открыта первая аптека. В 1788 году построили двухэтажную скромную ратушу в стиле барокко с мансардной кровлей. С мая 1814 года по апрель 1823 пастором в Нойбукове был Эрнст (Йоганн Адольф) Шлиман, отец Генриха Шлимана. 22 декабря 1883 в Нойбуков прибыл первый поезд, 6 октября 1890 года открыли узколинейную железную дорогу.
В начале XIX века в Нойбукове была создана еврейская община, затем было основано еврейское кладбище, которое во времена национал-социализма в 1934 году было осквернено. В 1964 году в период ГДР на его месте был открыт мемориальный комплекс, в 1983 году установлена мемориальная доска. Перед капитуляцией 8 мая 1945 года в городе проживало около 2000 человек. За счёт прибывших сюда переселенцев и беженцев число жителей увеличилось в два раза.
Центр города и ратуша, построенная в 1788 году, были реконструированы в рамках программы поддержки городского строительства от 1991 года.

Население
 В книгу переписи населения в 1558 году были внесены имена 46 жителей.
 В первой половине XVI века в Нойбукове проживало от 200 до 300 человек, в том числе — 15 крестьян, 23 купца, кузнецы, портные, сапожники, плотники и ткачи.
 В 1653 году было зарегистрировано 358 человек, среди них — 128 детей.
 В 1795 году последствия Тридцатилетней войны были устранены, число жителей составило 637 человек.
 В 1812 году в городе проживало 800 человек.
 Согласно документам, в 1821 был зарегистрирован 1241 житель.

Достопримечательности

 Городская церковь Нойбукова
 Ратуша
 Музей Генриха Шлимана
 Голландская ветряная мельница
 Водяная мельница 1304 года
 Усадьба Шприхузен

Литература
 Sebastian Heißel: Neubukow, Aus der Geschichte einer mecklenburgischen Landstadt. Rostock 1937.
 Neubukow 1250—1950. (Festschrift).
 Walter Haak: Neubukow, Zur Geschichte einer kleinen Mecklenburgischen Stadt. HrsG Stadt Neubukow 2000
 Neubukow 750 Jahre. Neubukow, 2000

Интернет-источники
 Neubukow (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
 Wassermühle Neubukow
 Galerieholländermühle Neubukow
 Heinrich-Schliemann-Gedenkstätte
 Официальная страница

Примечания

Города Мекленбурга-Передней Померании

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Alantra generated €25.1mn of net profit in 2016 (+42.2%)
Date 28 February 2017
Type Financial Results
Earnings growth despite higher costs due to the international expansion. In 2016, the Group continued to invest significantly in growing its business over the medium and long term, particularly on its international expansion, driving expenditure to €50.5mn (+41.2%). Nevertheless, the growth in revenue in the investment banking and asset management business to €90.2mn (+26.9%), coupled with good performance of the portfolio business, translated into net profit of €25.1mn (+42.2%).
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Addition of 12 new offices in Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia and buyback of SYZ's interest in the private banking business. In 2016, Alantra invested €43.2mn in a series of corporate transactions: the integration of C.W. Downer (to establish a foothold in the US), the purchase of 50% of Landmark (Latam), the roll-up of the minority shareholders in the German investment banking business and the buyback of Banque SYZ's interest in the Group's private banking business. In addition, new investment banking teams were added in Amsterdam, Athens, Beijing, Lisbon and Stockholm.
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The asset management division saw its assets under management rise to €3.49bn, having raised €937mn across its various products (vs. €287mn raised in 2015).
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In September 2018 Jon Cruddas MP launched a campaign 'Calling Time on Crime' as a response to rising violent crime across Dagenham and Rainham. Knife crime has dominated the headlines for the last few months as more young lives have been needlessly lost across London, and more recently right here in Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge.
Some were good, like his support for the Long Live the Local campaign led by the British Beer and Pub Association, which resulted in a .a freeze on Beer Duty Tax and greater business rate relief for smaller local pubs.
This week Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced a welcome boost in the fight against violent crime in across London. 122 officers are being temporarily moved from the Met's Roads and Transport Policing Command to join the City Hall funded Violent Crime Taskforce.
The Safer Neighbourhood Board was set up as a forum for the community to discuss key issues facing the local area such as knife crime, acid attacks, moped crime and car theft. The board is responsible for monitoring police performance.
The SNB is attended by the police Borough Commander alongside representatives from other agencies and organisations in the community.
These meetings are an excellent opportunity for residents to come along and raise any concerns directly with the Borough Commander, and with other residents in the area.
Issuing his draft budget last week for the entire Greater London Authority Group, Sadiq confirmed that a new additional £49m pot of funding will be made available to the Metropolitan Police over the next year.
Included will be £15m to combat knife crime, £20.1m will be allocated to cover the cost of a two per cent police pay increase in 2018/19. The remaining £13.9m will be made available to the Commissioner to invest in officer numbers and to step up the fight against crime this year and next.
The police front counter at Rainham Tesco has been earmarked for closure as part of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime 'Public Access Strategy', this would mean that the nearest police station for Rainham residents to report crime will be Romford.
A 25 minute drive without traffic, or approx. 55 minutes by public transport.


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Eezham Tamil football players take part in Viva World Cup for first time
[TamilNet, Friday, 15 June 2012, 21:13 GMT]
Competing with other nations without states, "Tamil Eelam Football Association", an Eezham Tamil diaspora football club participated in VIVA 2012 World Cup for the first time this year. Making it's debut on 6th June, TEFA, a football team comprising of players from across the world, participated in the tournament at Erbil, Kurdistan, scoring the first victory for Tamil Eelam in football on Saturday in a match against Raetia. The newly assembled football team of young Eezham Tamils won one match out of four, rank seventh in the tournament. The tournament was won by Iraqi Kurdistan, with Northern Cyprus as runners up and Zanzibar in the third position.
The VIVA tournament that is organized every two years by the New Federation Board for nations unaffiliated with FIFA, accepted Tamil Eelam Football Association (TEFA) this year.
As a project launched by the Global Tamil Youth League, TEFA brought together a mix of semi-professional and amateur players from Canada, Great Britain, and Switzerland to form the first national sports team.
The tournament, that took place from 4th to 9th June, housed eight different teams divided into groups of three. TEFA was drawn into Group B where they faced Zanzibar, Occitania and Raetia. Despite losing their first three matches, they came back to secure the third match with an impressive victory of 4:0 over Raetia.
Despite being a newly formed team who had very limited time to build team cohesion, the performance of TEFA was impressive, is the observation of many who followed the match.
Menan Nagulendran , who scored the first goal for the team and went on to complete a hat-trick told TamilNet that he dedicated the three goals to, "the liberation heroes, victims of the Tamil genocide and the TEFA supporters."
The performance of the team also caught the interest of the Tamil diaspora, especially the second generation youth.
Janarthan Sadacharalingam, Captain for TEFA spoke to TamilNet about the necessity of holding up the symbols representing the Eezham Tamil nation in sports.
"We did not shy away from using these symbols because we are firm on our nation and want to send a strong message against any compromise of our identity," he said.
Their ability of the TEFA to enter an international tournament, largely involving participation of nations without states, allows for the Eezham Tamil nation to build solidarity with other similar peoples of the world through a healthy competition.
Besides culture and arts, sports are an important sphere of expression of national spirit. While mainstream sports is largely commercialized and serves to exclude groups like Eezham Tamils and to legitimize existing state structures alone, international venues like VIVA provide alternate space for the expression of talents of such nations without states.
In the past too, socially committed athletes have used sports as a medium to deliver a political message. The most striking example is that of the 'Black Power salute' in the 1968 Olympics by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos to express protest against prevailing racism in the then USA.
The firmness of the TEFA to use sport to send a political message by raising the Tamil Eelam national flag before the match also contributed to the popular enthusiasm generated among Tamils across the world.
Followers of this tournament also hoped that the performance of and the response to the TEFA would serve as an inspiration for other sportspersons among the Eezham Tamils.


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001. POLICE COMMISSION-EXECUTIVE POWER.
The rule making power of the Police Commission is prescribed in the City Charter, Section 506 (a) and (b), which is quoted in part:
"Sec. 506 (a) and (b). The head of each department shall have the power... to supervise, control, regulate, and manage the department and to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the exercise of the powers conferred upon the department ..."
004. DEPARTMENT MANUAL ESTABLISHED. The Manual of the Los Angeles Police Department is hereby established, and shall hereafter be referred to as "the Department Manual." It is, and shall be, a composite of current policies, procedures, and rules pertaining to three or more Department Offices, as established under previously existing Department orders, manuals, and approved practices. It describes the Department's organizational structure and lists the responsibilities and functions thereof. All employees of the Department are to conform with the rules and provisions herein contained. All existing manuals, orders, and other regulations which are in conflict with the contents of the Department Manual are hereby revoked, except that the portions of existing manuals, orders, and other regulations which have not been included herein shall remain in effect where they do not conflict with the provisions of the Department Manual.
007. GENERAL PROVISIONS. The objectives, principles, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations set forth in the Department Manual and in the Department Emergency Operations Guide are guides to the actions of employees of the Department.
010. ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
The Department Manual is composed of six volumes which are hereby established and whose contents may be briefly described as follows:
Volume 0, �General Provisions.� This Volume defines commonly used Department terms and the classification, issuance, and maintenance of Department Directives.
Volume I, "Policy." This Volume is composed of general statements concerning the objectives and principles set forth by the Board of Police Commissioners and the Chief of Police to guide Department activities.
Volume II, "Organization and Functions." This Volume outlines the organizational structure of the Department. It defines the responsibilities and functions of every office and of the bureaus, groups, areas, divisions, and sections.
Volume III, "Management Rules and Procedures." This Volume contains the elements of existing rules and procedures necessary to the administrative and managerial functions of the Department.
Volume IV, "Line Procedures." This Volume contains those detailed rules and procedures to aid Department employees in the execution of line duties performed in the direct furtherance of police objectives.
Volume V, "Clerical Operations." This Volume outlines the purpose, completion, and distribution of Department forms and is intended to be a guide in general reporting procedures.
020. NUMBERING SYSTEM USED IN THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. A modified decimal system is used to number each volume, chapter, section, and subsection of the Department Manual in order to provide quick reference to all material, to afford an easy means of citing specific subjects, and to maintain the flexibility of format necessary to facilitate expansion and revision of its contents.
A typical reference under the decimal system used in the Department Manual would be "2/360.56." The number (2) preceding the diagonal line (solidus) indicates that the material is contained in the second volume of the Manual. The "360.56" conveys several facts:
First, that the material is in Chapter 3 (2/360.56).
Next, that it is in Section 60 of Chapter 3 (2/360.56).
Finally, that it is located in the paragraph designated as .56 (2/360.56).
This reference is read as "two, three‑sixty, point fifty-six."
030. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The following words and terms have the meanings herein assigned, unless it is apparent from the content that they have a different meaning:
Adult. "Adult" means any person eighteen years of age or older.
Board. "Board" means the Board of Police Commissioners.
Booking. "Booking" means the process of registering in Department records the custody of persons or property.
Business Hours. "Business Hours" means 0830 hours to 1700 hours, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
CHP. "CHP" refers to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer. "CHP Officer" means those employees of the California Highway Patrol, regardless of rank, defined in Section 2250 of the California Vehicle Code.
Call. "Call" means a visit made by an employee in response to a station assignment, a request from a private person, or a Department communication, or in furtherance of an investigation or an assignment.
Charter. "Charter" means the Charter of the City of Los Angeles.
City. "City" means the City of Los Angeles.
Civilian Employee. "Civilian Employee" means any employee of the Department other than a police officer of the City of Los Angeles, as defined in Section 1302 (a) of the City Charter.
Conduct Evaluation Process. The conduct evaluation process is used to determine if the employee engaged in any activity that would legally preclude him/her from holding the position of peace officer in the State of California.
Consent Decree. �Consent Decree� means a binding agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Los Angeles.
County. "County" means the County of Los Angeles.
DMV. "DMV" refers to the California State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Department. "Department" means the Los Angeles Police Department.
Department Property. "Department Property" means any City‑owned property controlled by the Department.
Employee/Personnel. The terms "employee" and "personnel" are used interchangeably and apply to any person employed by the Department. These terms also apply to reserve officers while on‑duty.
Extended Leave Officer. An "Extended Leave Officer" means any officer that has been absent from work for any reason, in excess of 365 calendar days, but has not been separated (terminated, resigned, or retired) from the Department except those assigned to home with pay.
Judicially-Restored Officer. A "Judicially-Restored Officer" means any officer that has been terminated form the Department and then ordered to be reinstated by a court of law.
Juvenile. "Juvenile" means any person under the age of eighteen years.
Metropolitan (Central) Area. "Metropolitan Area" means that territory lying within the geographic limits of Central, Southwest, Southeast, Hollenbeck, Hollywood, Wilshire, Northeast, 77th Street, Newton, Olympic and Rampart Areas.
Minor. "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen years.
Exception: A person under the age of twenty‑one years is be considered a minor with respect to the following:
Sentencing and commitment of persons to the California Youth Authority.
Veterans' benefits.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
Officer/Sworn Personnel. "Officer" and "sworn personnel" are used interchangeably and apply to those employees of the Department, regardless of rank, who are "...sworn in, as provided by law, to perform the duties of a regular police officer of the City of Los Angeles..." [Section 1302 (a) of the City Charter]. These terms also apply to reserve officers while on‑duty.
Exception: The term "officer" when preceded by a modifier may pertain to other than sworn personnel (e.g., detention officer, traffic officer).
Outlying Areas. "Outlying Areas" means that territory lying within the geographic limits of Devonshire, Foothill, Harbor, North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Pacific, West Los Angeles, West Valley, Mission and Topanga Areas.
Permanent Employee. "Permanent Employee" means any person employed by the Los Angeles Police Department who has completed entry‑level employment probation.
Photograph. The use of the term �photograph� includes visual images that are either film-based or electronically captured (e.g., digitally-generated images, videotape still, laser copies of image sources)
Police Work of Major Importance. "Police Work of Major Importance" means police activities involving the arrest, processing, and detention of felony suspects and intoxicated drivers, and activities necessary to the immediate interest of public safety and protection of life and property. Investigations will be limited to those activities which include felonies, deaths, serious injuries, and City‑property involved traffic collisions involving injuries or substantial property damage.
Rank. "Rank" means the civil service title of the classification held by an officer.
SVS. "SVS" refers to the Stolen Vehicle System, California Department of Justice.
Undercover Assignment. An undercover assignment consists of an officer assigned to a non-uniform operation requiring anonymity or blending into a group or environment to gather evidence or intelligence. The disclosure of the employee�s identity as a police officer would pose a significant safety risk. This assignment could include the role of undercover operator, undercover support, close-cover operator or surveillance operator.
040. GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The following rules of grammar shall apply throughout the Department Manual:
Construction of Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future and the present tense.
Construction of Genders. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.
Construction of Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural; and the plural, the singular.
Mandatory and Permissive Verbs. "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
050. LEGALITY OF CONTENTS, THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. If any section, subsection, item, clause, or phrase contained in the Department Manual is found to be illegal or otherwise incorrect or inapplicable, such finding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Department Manual.
060. DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The Department Manual will be available via the Intranet and Internet. Department employees can access the Department Manual via the Local Area Network for the Intranet and via LAPD ONLINE for the Internet.
Note: Employees may copy the Manual onto a CD according to the software/hardware availability in each individual Area.
080. AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
080.10 AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT POLICY. The Chief of Police shall review and approve all changes to the Department Manual. In addition, the Board of Police Commissioners shall review and approve those proposed changes to the Department Manual involving general policy.
080.20 REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS. A request for revision or addition to the Department Manual shall be prepared in duplicate on an Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, and forwarded through the chain of command to the requesting employee's bureau commanding officer. If approved, the request shall be forwarded to the Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy (OCPP). Requests approved by the OCPP, shall be directed to the Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division, who shall cause research, development, and, upon approval of the Chief of Police, publication as a Special Order.
080.30 MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES. To ensure that new or revised procedures achieve their desired results, the unit which has functional supervision over the procedures shall be responsible for conducting an audit to determine:
The scope and extent of compliance with the new procedure;
Whether the directive produced any unanticipated adverse effects; and,
Whether a need to modify the newly instituted procedure exists.
When a Department directive establishes or amends a procedure, the unit responsible for conducting the audit shall be identified in the directive.
The audit, reported on an Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, shall be conducted within six months of the effective date of the directive and shall be forwarded through channels to the OCPP.
Note: The Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy shall forward the original audit to the Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division, and a copy to the Commanding Officer, Audit Division. The Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy shall also ensure that any necessary procedural modifications as specified in the audit are developed.
Upon completion of the audit and the report of its findings and recommendations, the auditing unit has no further responsibility pursuant to the order.
080.60 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DEPARTMENT MANUAL AMENDMENTS.
Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division. The Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division, shall be responsible for maintaining the distribution list for the Department Manual.
Commanding Officer, Records and Identification Division. The Commanding Officer, Records and Identification Division, shall be responsible for distributing Special Orders pursuant to distribution lists.
080.80 AMENDMENT PROCEDURE. Amendments to the Department Manual shall be made by the issuance of Special Orders or Administrative Orders that list the affected Manual Sections.
Commanding officers shall maintain a notebook binder containing all orders which amend the current Department Manual.
082. MAINTAINING AND UPDATING FUNCTIONAL MANUALS. Within the Department, there are a number of functional manuals which establish a centralized reference document for various specialties. These functional manuals, such as the Detective Operations Manual and the Manual of Juvenile Procedures, are maintained by the command having functional responsibility for the manual�s subject matter.
The bureau commanding officer of the entity having responsibility for a functional manual shall be responsible for approving updates, maintaining, and distributing those functional manuals. Updates shall be completed as necessary to ensure a current reference on the subject matter is available to Department personnel. The Chief of Police must approve establishment of new manuals, but once approved, bureau commanding officers are responsible for approving functional manual amendments.
090. ISSUANCE OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES AND INFORMATIVE PUBLICATIONS.
090.20 AUTHORIZATION. Orders which affect only one office, bureau, group, Area, or division may be issued by, or at the direction of, the concerned commanding officer, or the Chief of Police. Orders affecting more than one bureau shall be issued only at the direction of the Chief of Police.
090.40 CLASSIFICATION. Classes of orders and informative publications are defined as follows:
Police Commission Rules. Police Commission Rules are directives enacted by the Board of Police Commissioners setting forth Department policy.
Special Orders. Special Orders which establish, amend or implement Department procedures are directives issued only by the Chief of Police. Special Orders which establish, amend or implement policy are issued by the Chief of Police upon approval of the Board of Police Commissioners.
Administrative Orders. Administrative Orders are directives issued only by the Chief of Police. They are issued to establish or implement Department policy and procedure and also to amend the Department Manual. Additionally, they are used as a means of direct communication to staff and command officers.
Transfer Orders. Transfer Orders are issued by the Chief of Police directing the transfer of concerned personnel within the Department and may also announce promotional appointments.
Bureau Orders. Bureau Orders are directives which establish the policy or procedures of a bureau. They may also announce procedures implementing Special Orders or Memoranda.
Area Orders. Area Orders are directives which establish the policy or procedures of an Area.
Division Orders. Division Orders are directives setting forth policy and procedures of a division.
Department and Bureau Memoranda. Department and Bureau Memoranda are publications which contain advisory information or directives of temporary duration.
Department Memoranda-Distribution "A."
Bureau Memoranda-distributed as directed.
Notices and Bulletins. Notices are publications for the circulation of routine notifications, schedules, and matters of information or general interest.
Notices affecting personnel of more than one bureau shall be approved by the Chief of Staff, or the Watch Commander, Detective Support and Vice Division, in the event the former is closed. Notices are to be routed through the Network Communication System (NECS), Distribution "B", only when necessary.
The Office of Operations Orders and Office of Operations Notices. The Office of Operations Orders and the Office of Operations Notices are directives which communicate pertinent, mission specific, procedures and/or information to the operations segment of the Department. These directives will be issued by the Director, Office of Operations. When the subject matter or scope of the directive exceeds the six operational bureaus, an Office of the Chief of Police directive will be issued.
090.60 IDENTIFICATION. Orders shall be identified as follows:
Bureau, Area, and Division Orders shall be numbered serially without regard to time periods.
Other orders, including Memoranda, shall be numbered serially by calendar year.
090.80 DISTRIBUTION. Distribution of orders and notices shall be determined from the distribution list of Department directives maintained by Specialized Services Section, Records and Identification Division. The appropriate distribution letter shall be placed in the lower left-hand corner of the concerned order.
Currently the Department distribution codes are as follows:
Distribution A: (sworn);
Distribution B: (commanding officers);
Distribution C: (civilians only); and,
Distribution D: (sworn and civilian).
Note: Employees requesting special distribution of Departmental correspondence to specific entities shall submit their request, via Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, to the Commanding Officer, R&I Division.
095. KNOWLEDGE OF ORDERS AND INFORMATIVE PUBLICATIONS. Employees, including reserve officers, shall familiarize themselves with Department directives, training material and informative publications directed to them, including those that have been disseminated during their absences from duty. Each employee shall be responsible for maintaining all valid training material issued to him or her by the Department.
098. MAINTENANCE OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES. For the purposes of this section, a directive is defined as a written communication published by a commanding officer, or the Chief of Police to disseminate rules, regulations, policies, procedures, or other information.
098.05 INDEX OF DIRECTIVES. The Manuals and Orders Unit of Policies and Procedures Division shall maintain copies of all directives issued at or above the bureau level. In addition to appropriate distributions, one copy of each directive issued at or above the bureau level shall be forwarded to the Manuals and Orders Unit, Policies and Procedures Division.
098.10 MAINTAINING DIRECTIVES. Each commanding officer shall ensure that directives are maintained at appropriate locations within his/her command. Directives shall be maintained in a three‑ring binder, labeled "Directives of the Los Angeles Police Department." The binder shall contain directives of the current calendar year, separated by type and identified by tab dividers. Directives for previous years shall be stored in a readily accessible location for reference.
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Alchemias Cancer Treatment Shows Early Promise in Lung Cancer Trial Alchemia, Brisbane, Australia ( ACL) Alchemias lead cancer product from its HyACT technology, HAIrinotecan, was featured on Channel Seven News at 6pm yesterday in most regions, and was also featured on Sevens Sunrise program this morning (Wednesday 28th September) at 6.45am. The first two Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients who received HAIrinotecan have responded very rapidly to the first dose, experiencing substantial shrinkage of their tumours after only ten days. Both patients were treated as part of a Phase II clinical study conducted at Monash Cancer Centre. The Principal Investigator of the trial Dr Vinod Ganju said We are excited by these early responses to treatment, mostly because of the speed of the tumour regressions.
Typically we would anticipate achieving a measurable response to therapy after one to two months of treatment but, in the case of the patients treated with HAIrinotecan, we could measure tumour shrinkage in a matter of days. Alchemia Oncologys Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Tracey Brown described these early responses as extremely encouraging whilst emphasizing that the effectiveness of the treatment will need to be confirmed with further patient data. The rapidity of the responses is consistent with results from preclinical studies of HAIrinotecan in lung cancer, she added. The current study is examining the effectiveness of HAIrinotecan, which utilises Alchemias patented HyACT technology to target the anticancer drug irinotecan to the tumour. Patients are randomized to receive either HAIrinotecan or irinotecan.
The parameters that are being assessed include safety and measures of effectiveness such as ProgressionFree Survival (PFS). In addition, the study will assess the impact of the treatments on circulating tumour cells (the number of cancer cells detected in the blood) and certain cell populations such as cancer stem cells in the tumour. Alchemias HyACT platform works by delivering a higher concentration of the drug to the tumour and enhancing the uptake of the drug by cancer cells. It achieves this by targeting the drug to a specific protein, CD44, that is expressed at high levels by the cells in solid cancers such as breast, lung and colorectal.
The technology has been shown to enhance the activity of a broad range of drugs across a number of preclinical models of different cancers. An earlier Phase II study in colorectal cancer with HAIrinotecan showed a statistically significant improvement in progressionfree survival compared with irinotecan (20.8 vs 9.6 weeks, p0.017). Recruitment to a pivotal Phase III study in colorectal cancer is expected to commence in 2011. For further details of the Phase II investigatorsponsored trial with inclusion and exclusion criteria please see the press release from September 9 available on Alchemias website www.alchemia.com.au Trial sites Peninsula Oncology Centre in Frankston Monash Cancer Centre, Southern Health, East Bentleigh For further details about the trial please contact Peter Midolo MSc Research Manager Medical Oncology Monash Medical Centre 865 Centre Rd East Bentleigh 3165 T 03 9928 8195 F 03 9928 8543 About Small Cell Lung Cancer There are approximately 220,000 new cases of lung cancer in the US, accounting for around 15% of all new cancer diagnoses and 28% of cancer deaths.
Of all lung cancer cases 1520% will be Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) which is particularly aggressive with median survival from diagnosis of 24 months without treatment. Overall, small cell carcinoma of the lung is associated with the poorest prognosis of all types of lung cancer even with treatment, 5year survival is only 5%. SCLC responds well to chemotherapy but a cure is difficult to achieve because SCLC has a greater tendency to be widely disseminated by the time of diagnosis. About Alchemia Alchemia is a drug discovery and development Company founded on its chemistry expertise. The Companys first drug, fondaparinux (a generic version of GlaxoSmithKlines Arixtra, a synthetic anticoagulant mainly used for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis), has been launched by Dr Reddys Laboratories in the USA.
Alchemias pipeline of assets is built on two platform technologies HyACT (targeted cancer delivery) and VAST (drug discovery). The primary objective of the HyACT technology is to develop a new generation of anticancer drugs which demonstrate better efficacy. The lead product from the HyACT platform is HAIrinotecan for which a Phase III clinical trial has been prepared in metastatic colorectal cancer. Dosing of patients is expected to commence in 2011..


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James & Jenifer Crumbley Hire High-Profile Lawyers For Themselves, But Not Ethan
[10 Tampa Bay][YouTube]
Ethan Crumbley opened fire inside Michigan's Oxford High School on Tuesday, killing four of his fellow students.
Three students died in the shooting, while a fourth one succumbed to his injuries a day later. Seven others were injured.
Authorities say the shooting was premediated, so Ethan has been charged as an adult with 24 charges, including murder, terrorism, assault and weapons possession.
Ethan's parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, have been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. All three have pleaded not guilty and are locked up in the Oakland County Jail.
High-Profile Lawyers
As reported by The Independent, James and Jennifer Crumbley have hired two high-profile lawyers, Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman, to represent them.
Smith in particular is a household name, having represented a number of famous clients in recent years. Most notably, she represented former U.S. Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who was accused of sexually abusing more than 250 victims over the years.
Smith has also represented Jumana Nagarwala, a doctor who was accused of performing female genital mutilation on minors in multiple states.
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Court-Appointed Lawyer For Ethan
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Though James and Jennifer have hired expensive, high-profile lawyers to represent them, they apparently let their son Ethan fend for himself.
Ethan was appointed an attorney by the court after proving he does not have the funds to hire his own lawyer. Paulette Michel Loftin, a little known defense attorney from Rochester, Detroit, will represent the teenager, according to reports.
As The Independent noted, defendants in the U.S. are legally entitled to a court-appointed attorney -- paid for by the taxpayer -- if they can't afford one themselves.
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Though many believe that James and Jennifer are trying to distance themselves from their son and avoid any culpability for his actions, some experts say their decision to hire expensive lawyers was entirely rational.
According to criminal defense attorney Bill Swor, "in some ways, the parents have got a harder case than the kid."
"They're adults and he's a child, and the father bought the gun. The mother made the [social media] postings, and public officials... made public statements that are very prejudicial," Swor explained.
No Remorse
In an interview with MSNCB, Sheriff Michael Bouchard said that James and Jennifer have appeared "sullen," but shown no remorse since being charged with involuntary manslaughter.
"They're not talking much to us. We've not seen any remorse," Bouchard said, as reported by The New York Post.
According to Kayla LeMieux, who lived in the same apartment complex as the Crumbleys in 2014 and 2015, the couple often left their son home alone when they went out drinking.
LeMieux says she was so concerned about Nathan that she contacted Michigan's Child Protection Services (CPS), but it remains unclear if the agency ever intervened.


HOUSTON – Leading U.S. pipeline Kinder Morgan Inc <KMI.N> said on Wednesday it will enter North Dakota's Bakken shale with a $3 billion acquisition of Hiland Partners, a pipeline and logistics company founded by Continental Resources <CLR.N> Chief Executive Officer Harold Hamm.
The deal includes acreage in the Bakken's top producing counties from which Kinder expects substantial oil output despite crude prices <CLc1> <LCOc1> that have fallen by more than half since June.
The company also announced that Kinder, co-founder of the company, will step down as chief executive in June in a long-expected move. Both announcements came with the company's release of quarterly results that included net income of $566 million, down from $704 in the same period of 2013.
Hiland Partners operates oil pipelines and natural gas processing systems primarily in the Bakken shale in North Dakota and Montana. Hiland's customers include Continental and Hess Corp <HES.N>.
The deal is slated to close during the first quarter of this year. The $3 billion includes assumption of debt at a time when falling oil prices have pressured oil producers such as Continental.
Hiland's assets include the new Double H 84,000 barrels-per-day pipeline that will move Bakken crude from North Dakota to Tallgrass Energy Partners' <TEP.N> Pony Express pipeline in Wyoming. From there, Bakken flows will move to the U.S. crude futures hub in Cushing, Oklahoma via the Pony Express.
The pipeline is expected to start up by the end of January and expand to 108,000 bpd in a year.
Kinder Morgan also said the startup of the first phase of its $382 million condensate processing facility at the Houston Ship Channel, which would turn ultra-light crude oil into refined products, has been delayed to March from this month because of vendor delays and bad weather. The startup has been delayed twice before, also on vendor delays.
The second phase remains on schedule for startup this summer.
This article was written by Kristen Hays from Reuters and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.